Comments on: Killjoy http://iwasben.com/2008/06/04/killjoy/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:58:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jennifer de Guzman http://iwasben.com/2008/06/04/killjoy/comment-page-1/#comment-721 Jennifer de Guzman Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:05:45 +0000 http://iwasben.com/2008/06/04/killjoy/#comment-721 Thanks for chiming in, Steve. I foolishly went back to Kevin's blog, and I was really appalled by the turn the content took. I can't believe they turned an honest observation into an insult that warranted calling me vulgar names. I wrote about the kind of behavior Kevin and his friend were engaged in at the store as the kind of public antics that people who are trying to be wacky for a perceived audience, and the comments are the same kind of thing. These people want to win others' approval by out-jerking each other. There's no room for honest discussion in an atmosphere like that. It degrades into lazy dichotomies (they seem to think it's either "wacky" or "dead-eyed drone") and insults. Thanks for chiming in, Steve. I foolishly went back to Kevin’s blog, and I was really appalled by the turn the content took. I can’t believe they turned an honest observation into an insult that warranted calling me vulgar names. I wrote about the kind of behavior Kevin and his friend were engaged in at the store as the kind of public antics that people who are trying to be wacky for a perceived audience, and the comments are the same kind of thing. These people want to win others’ approval by out-jerking each other. There’s no room for honest discussion in an atmosphere like that. It degrades into lazy dichotomies (they seem to think it’s either “wacky” or “dead-eyed drone”) and insults.

]]> By: Gary http://iwasben.com/2008/06/04/killjoy/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Gary Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:47:30 +0000 http://iwasben.com/2008/06/04/killjoy/#comment-664 You store will always be the great in my opinion, Steve. Flat Earth Comics always had a welcoming feel to it and I wish more shops did. I think a lot of people that get these "cool jobs" (I've seen this at comic shops, as well as many head shops and cool t-shirt stores) where the "power" goes to their heads...or maybe I'm envious of their cools jobs! I gotta say though, I should take some pics of the comic (manga) shops here. It's a whole other story. You store will always be the great in my opinion, Steve. Flat Earth Comics always had a welcoming feel to it and I wish more shops did.

I think a lot of people that get these “cool jobs” (I’ve seen this at comic shops, as well as many head shops and cool t-shirt stores) where the “power” goes to their heads…or maybe I’m envious of their cools jobs!

I gotta say though, I should take some pics of the comic (manga) shops here. It’s a whole other story.

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