Don't Tell Me What To Do

[susandennis]

Twitter and instagram sometimes LJ is full of 'read this' or 'you must read this' or 'watch to the end' - and it drives me nuts. Unless I ask, do not tell me what to do ever! I love suggestions 'you might enjoy this'. I love information 'read about how xxx' but straight out telling me what to do gets a fast unfollow. The past couple of weeks have been full of people I do not know telling me what to think and what to read and what to watch. So my feeds have been trimmed down a great deal. Just now, my Twitter feed got a very close trim.

Our police department is in deep shit. They are unable to control those who need control. Protests turn into battles night after night. The mayor and the police chief say the right things but nothing changes on the street. It's not pretty. I'm very grateful that it's also not here in this neighborhood.

I do not believe there will be any baseball this year. I think the owners and the players are going to play chicken with the plans right up until there is no time left to play no matter what restrictions are used.

I doubt I will live long enough to get a good perspective but I'd be really interested in what the history books say about 2020.

I'm venturing out today. To Costco. Senior hour. Drugs. But, if the crowd is thin, I might get crazy and go down to the freezer section for ice cream.

Then home to my crochet. I can feel my dedication to that fucking treadmill slipping away. I need to figure out how to get it back. 15 minutes. A half mile, I seem to be able to do. The other half mile, not so much. I will at least get my Costco walk in today. That parking lot is gynormous and I park at the very far end.

Just now I need to shower. I cannot do my first outing dirty!

Comments

[annabelle50.livejournal.com]

I especially hate "watch to the end" when it's like 3 seconds long. How short do you think my attention span is??

[susandennis]

Or 30 minutes... i'm supposed to donate 30 minutes of my life based on your demand???

[mairi-dubh.livejournal.com]

History, it's said, is written by the winners.
So far, I'm not seeing any winners, and at least in theory if all of us were mutually respectful, considerate, and loving in the sense of "conferring life-enhancing benefits" (I hope I've quoted and not mis-quoted, and I'm not sure whether I'm quoting Fromm or Montague [Ashley, the social anthropologist] -- -been too long) on everyone around us, we'd ALL be winners.
Sad.
Potential for such beauty and peacefulness....

[onelargecat.livejournal.com]

I agree about the "Read this" and similar commands. Also turned off by "GO." As in...something like, "Best place to get lunch in Boulder. Go." Automatic skip for me. LOL.

[susandennis]

Oh yes. Another good one. UGH.

[wildcelticrose2.livejournal.com]

Ugh!

"I bet no one is brave enough to post this..." no

"I dare you to post this..." No

"Share this with all your friends..." NO!

[susandennis]

right

[wildcelticrose2.livejournal.com]

Another pet peeve....

Someone asks a question or posts and thought and then says, "Discuss." No.

[susandennis]

yes, exactly

[lenine2.livejournal.com]

I agree with you and all of the comments. I will add links with the assertion that "You won't BELIEVE this!" Or "Watch what happens!" I'm not an imbecile, thanks.

Since lockdown in early March I think I've gone for 6 walks. There is no excuse. Maybe I should get a boyfriend like yours.

[susandennis]

Yes. The boyfriend is a steady driver, for sure.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

I do not believe there will be any baseball this year. I think the owners and the players are going to play chicken with the plans right up until there is no time left to play no matter what restrictions are used.

I fear you are right. This will damage the game permanently; they will lose a lot of fans.

I do not know what is wrong with these people. No matter what they eventually do,. they're all going to still have more money than most folks. But at this point I think the players have more to lose than the owners.

[susandennis]

Around here, when the news covers 'when sports will come back', they talk about the Seattle Sonics (who left 20 years ago) before they even think to mention baseball.