I've gotten rid of the comments function at both my sites.

You know, I'm pretty lucky that I don't get a bunch of douchebags - and these people are douchebags - coming over here and leaving me mean-spirited comments. I really am. The nice responses and comments I get from people outweigh these tactless wonders by 99.9%. But when I do, it means I get pissed off and irritated, and expending that kind of energy on a small handful of strangers who have no social grace whatsoever is about all I can stand anymore.

It's not that I think I can't be irritating. Or contradictory. Or hypocritical. Or obnoxious. I go back and read some of my stuff and I want to smack me. But hey - I'm human. We're all all of those things sometimes. I'm not going to try and defend what a jackass I can come off like here at this site. Plus, not for nothing, there are several bloggers out there who I think are as ridiculous and as self-serving as some people consider me to be.

But you know, and I've played around with this for a while now, here's thing: a good majority of us out here don't think it's necessary to be such a self-involved yutz as to email someone or leave a comment to a blogger just to tell them how ridiculous we find him or her to be. In addition to being mean, it accomplishes nothing. Maybe it would make us feel a little better, but if we're honest with ourselves, we're just projecting a lot of our own insecurities and crap onto a stranger.

I should know - I used to do it myself to others a long, long time ago. I'm over putting down someone else just to make myself feel better. I know that a lot of my fellow bloggers out there feel the exact same way.

So anyway, I'm done with regular comments over here. In addition to the aforementioned douchebags, dealing with the spam thing is a pain. If you want to say something to me, drop me an email. And if you're one of the select few who is so enraged by what I write here, well, if you go to the trouble to email me over it, I worry about you.

I think you need a hug.

Posted by Erin at 02:46 PM | filed under: Random