Idealogian

Why I Hate Blogs

Listed below, in no particular order, are a few reasons I hate blogs:

1. They're pompous. Look no further than the term "blogosphere" for indications of that.
2. They're boring (and I'm not even talking about this one). I don't particularly care what you had for dinner last night (unless it happens to be relevant to the current state of the cosmos).
3. They're too personal. I really don't need to know how things are going with your girlfriend.
4. They're bloated. When the blog you used to like reading reaches twenty postings a day, you should seriously reconsider whether it's worth the time and effort.

That being said, I think blogs have a lot to offer. For example, without them I never would have learned of the dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide, nor would I have been enlightened by the Fellowship Baptist Creation Science Fair (in which, among other exhibits, Cassidy Turnbull, grade 5, "has conclusively shown that her uncle is no monkey" after she "tried to feed her uncle bananas, but he declined to eat them"). (The former site is intentional satire; the latter, astoundingly, isn't.) And some bloggers even have interesting things to say in their own right, or at least elicit interesting comments.

So I'm starting a blog, in the hopes that I'll have something to offer without commiting any of the above offenses. It's a tough balance to strike, but that doesn't seem to have stopped anybody else; why should it stop me?

(Speaking of me, perhaps I'll write a little bit about myself in an upcoming post.)

Enjoy!