Blacklisting Myself

I do the same thing, though I'm not always good at sticking to it! I kind of wish there was a "self-blacklisting" feature so that when my willpower wears down and I really feel the need to throw my 2 cents in I won't be able to!

I'm going to have to start doing the same thing.  I find myself getting way too emotional over things that some people say...so I'm simply going to have to exercise some self control and not visit their blogs anymore.  It's going to be hard, because it's soooo tempting to just let fly at what they've said...but it does me no good, and throws me off center for the rest of the day.

And that's all I have to say about that (a la Forest Gump)

Jill~Forrest Gump is one of my all time fave flicks! . I got the video and the soundtrack. Anyway, I understand where you are coming from. I've been having to avoid certain blogs and bloggers now too. But I am like you when it comes to constructive comments and such. If a blogger is only making me feel negative (and sometimes purposely provoked) I will start to avoid him/her big time. Yeah, sometimes I will slip, and revisit the blogger again~against my better judgement. But usually these negative bloggers tend to be quite vocal in their deliberate rudeness. And so it's hard to ignore that sometimes? Especially if they are saying mean spirited things about another blogger you like and respect a lot.

And it's kind of tough to ignore when YOU are the one being judged in a most public way, but are not in that resentful blogger's house to defend yourself big time. So I think you are doing the right thing for yourself, k? And if it's any consolation? Your concept about a blog being like a house is true brilliance (IMO). And I am a poet~so words and images mean a great deal to me. Thanks for another excellent blog! And I am really sorry that this sort of thing is happening to you too? But it all will work out okay in the end. I am totally on your side Jill. Thanks for another truly insightful blog!

~MP

I think we are all going to have to hang out together at Jill's place, then... I've got a real hate-on going for a blogger that is just childish... Resistance is not futile! I can maintain some self-control!
Peace, sisters.

Sorry.  Sometimes I can't help "stirring the pot."

I hope that you come back and visit me soon.

Jamie, I would never stop visiting you.  I often just enjoy the pictures without saying anything.  Didn't get that last one though

That was just a needless post of a Jm J Bullock image.  It is weblog "dadaism" at its best.

 

Have a happy day,

Chipperprime

I love it, Jamie... if Joeuser ever allows avatars one day, I suggest that you use an image like this. Posting his picture is not needless...

There are some people's blogs I generally don't visit unless there's a hot topic there.

Yeah, there are a few names that I try to avoid.  A lot of time I read things and don't respond because I know what I say would not be heard right.  You need to develop a very large verbal filter when talking online

It's not just that I can't control myself from commenting but also that I leave with a negative feeling.  Like Dharma said, it throws me off center.  I don't need any help in that department

It's not just that I can't control myself from commenting but also that I leave with a negative feeling.

Yeah, I know what you mean....but that also adds to the addiction of this place.  It's like you just have to keep coming back to see what was posted after you posted what you shouldn't have posted.  It's all just so very wrong......

It's not just that I can't control myself from commenting but also that I leave with a negative feeling.

I just did it again. I said I was walking away, I walked away, and then I took a quick peak--and my blood literally started boiling, I typed my response and hit send--all without really thinking. Hmm--as the baby sis, I suppose it fits that I would be the hot-headed one with the least self control!

It's like you just have to keep coming back to see what was posted after you posted what you shouldn't have posted. It's all just so very wrong......

well said, Karma... I know what you mean.

I never even thought about self blacklisting... good idea. I might do that myself... certain blogs tend to bring out the worst in me.

~Buddha

I did it again.  I let myself get drawn in, I typed something that was pretty blunt and that I'd been wanting to say for ages, and before I knew where I was I had clicked 'submit'.  Now I have a headache and I'm all out of whack again.  I don't know why I do it, talking to this person is like talking to a wall.

Now, of course, i want to go back and see what the response to my response is going to be.  Must....resist....the temptation.....has no .....power...over me.....

ok--but here's the deal--if we don't say it, who will? Yes, my blood is boiling and I'm feeling a little whacked...but, does sitting back and watching the innane chatter continue help at all?

dharma--I agreed with what you said, and I'm glad you said it.

Thank-you, shades.  It needed to be said. 

I generally find it easy to avoid blogs I don't have an interest in or bloggers who annoy me because the people who tend to annoy me are the ones I've concluded have no idea what they're talking about. I don't have a lot of spare time so I don't tend to waste it reading articles from people I've concluded are clueless on the subject matters. That said, if there's a hot topic, I'll take a look around and add my 2 cents.

Keep in mind for whom it needed to be said.

~Buddha

Draginol, so, am I in the "not clueless" category or is this a hot topic?

Shades and Dharma, so far today I feel better having not been on those certain blogs than when I go on and have said what I thought needed to be said.  I guess if you are commenting on behalf of others who are reading, it has value but there are some bloggers you just can't get through to so you will only end up banging your head against the wall trying.

Yes, Dan, I will.  I did.  I needed to say it, but I needed to say it TO you.

I hope you will continue to visit my site, and add comments to my notorious articles. Brad's blog is the only one I would say that I don't visit on a regular basis. Occassionally I will humour the boy with light hearted joshing, but thats about it.

That is all Sir Peter Maxwell has to say about that.

Sir Peter, I stop by for a visit every now and again.  Thanks for continuing my Forest Gump sentiment

My .02 on this subject....

I try not to restrict myself to whom I read (hell, I even read Marvin Cooley's articles), but sometimes I will hesitate to post a comment. Most of the time it is just because I don't want to get involved in that particular argument (waste of time, lazy, too many other discussions going on, etc.). Most of you probably know that I have no qualms about speaking my mind, but sometimes it's just not worth it to me.

-- B