tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026171904413475346.post7009821452747736829..comments2024-02-06T17:22:39.512-08:00Comments on Bobby Jameson: (part 290) A Post Everybody Can HateBobby Jamesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01527521612297449370noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026171904413475346.post-63102862627491311852015-03-14T13:29:20.976-07:002015-03-14T13:29:20.976-07:00Thanks Alistair.....nice to hear from you....Thanks Alistair.....nice to hear from you....Bobby Jamesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527521612297449370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026171904413475346.post-63294131254433208982015-03-13T18:51:57.063-07:002015-03-13T18:51:57.063-07:00Nothing to be offended about here. Just about sums...Nothing to be offended about here. Just about sums up the situation in your usual well-written way. You and I are acquaintances in a particular sphere. Whether we'd have got on face-to-face at other stages in life - who knows? I'm enjoying this relationship - I hope we both get something out of it, but best not to pretend (as some, unfortunately do) that we're each other's best mates, that what we do and don't do with each other's posts is analysable to any great degree, or that this FB and its cousins are complete replacements for real face-to-face interaction. Cheers, Alistair McCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026171904413475346.post-68790893520740659572015-03-13T13:43:02.281-07:002015-03-13T13:43:02.281-07:00I thank you for this comment, and agree with your ...I thank you for this comment, and agree with your points made.....and it was the loneliness that led to trust, which in the end is deeply flawed...Bobby Jamesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527521612297449370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026171904413475346.post-10632084655869486972015-03-12T23:00:00.080-07:002015-03-12T23:00:00.080-07:00The virtual will never come close imo - ever. It...The virtual will never come close imo - ever. It's called "virtual" for a reason. I don't know why anybody puts any stock in it, much less their heart (said the borderline misanthrope)<br /><br /> Each to his own but imo, based on years of personal experience dating back to around the early '90s "Prodigy" dinosaur days with virtual/online so-called "friends" - even in rare cases of supposed deep extended online virtual relationships, <br />in the end they inevitably turned out to be bullshit in the flesh 99 times out of 100. <br /> <br /> "Virtual's" main flaw - people are allowed to EDIT themselves, their thoughts, feelings and statements - even photographs - before hitting "send" - unlike in real life. <br />Combine that with a lack of physical-sensual look, smell, taste, vibe etc ... it's all a charade of potential fantasy / fraud - or more simply put - it's bullshit. <br /><br />I suppose it beats mumbling to ourselves in times of loneliness, (hence this post) <br />but often not by much. <br />(Caution: this comment is bullshit)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026171904413475346.post-59050775821183044662015-03-12T22:07:45.987-07:002015-03-12T22:07:45.987-07:00Thank you Tim....I have always looked forward to y...Thank you Tim....I have always looked forward to your comments, because they shed light on whether I have conveyed my intent, in my own writing, to the reader...Your take on my take allows me, or helps me, see whether I was successful or not at making my pointBobby Jamesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527521612297449370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026171904413475346.post-82533580154063102042015-03-12T21:55:00.224-07:002015-03-12T21:55:00.224-07:00comments are working nowcomments are working nowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6026171904413475346.post-20633054534643684962015-03-12T18:15:12.924-07:002015-03-12T18:15:12.924-07:00As has been true in the past with your blog, the p...As has been true in the past with your blog, the pure reminiscence is cleaner and easier than analyzing and discussing the present. Because this is YOUR story, you share intimate details about your life that, of necessity, involve others as well, and whether it is music industry hustlers, former friends, family members, institutions and their employees, or FB acquaintances, those "teams" or cliques line up to hash out or, more specifically, "defend" their own take on "their" reality.<br /><br />Your last paragraph is a very fine analysis of the possible disconnect afforded by social media as well as the potential for connections. As a truly unsocial person in general (though not actually anti-social), I have made a (small) handful of connections through social media (including MySpace, Blogger, YouTube and Facebook) that I actually do value, but clearly, if one is seeking personal interaction beyond the intellectual or aesthetic realm, social media is antithetical to that pursuit. <br /><br />As usual, I enjoy your willingness to parse your experience both past and present as well as the artistic vision with which you do so. Tim McMullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15557278156583310231noreply@blogger.com