Alternate Title: I Am Not the Unibomber.
Live by yourself long enough, hang out only with fellow travelers, and it’s easy to forget that you actually represent a vanishingly tiny minority.
A couple of days ago I impulsively posted a bit of self-congratulation, just because I was feeling good about life. Possibly due to Claire linking to it, a lot of people* read it. It’s starting to show up in other places.
Some of those people, like most people everywhere, aren’t would-be paranoid recluses. I suppose I should have seen their reaction coming. 😀
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*”a lot of people,” by TUAK standards, means hundreds rather than the usual dozens.
You always have to allow for members of the “Momma’s Basement Brigade of Brave Keyboard Commandos” when honestly expressing a point of view that is not aligned with their fantasies. Their world view is developed through overactive “wannabe perfect” imaginations where real life situations such as foraging for oneself are not even conceivable. Their biggest fear in life is that mommy won’t supply them with their daily ration of loving adulation of their intellectual prowess along with their steady supply of cookies and milk (and high speed internet connection)..
Hey, at least they gave you credit. Even a hot link.
When we move out here 35 years ago my sister-in-law asked, “What do you need all of that land for?” If you don’t get it no explanation is possible. Isn’t it great that she and most of her ilk live in cities where life is civilized?
Oh, I’m not complaining. In fact, some of the commenters are getting it quite well.
Over at Timebomb2000, where it was linked and posted, most of the commenters are also getting it quite well. Unlike most of my friends who think we hermit types are just b@tsh1t crazy.
I’m a wannabe hermit. My wife won’t let me. 🙂
Joel, from what I read, it seems like the majority are picking up what you’re putting down.
Any time you write about the good side of poverty or “the simple life” some percentage of people will ASS-U-ME you’re automatically condemning prosperity. I don’t know why. But there’s just that largish group of folks who can’t see that you’re simply writing about a personal preference, or about making the best of what little you have. They take it as a personal insult. They assume you’re smacking them in the face and that’s that.
I agree, though, that most of the commenters over at TimeBomb2000 get it.
Yea … well Fuck them if they can’t take the truth ! LOL
Speaking of which… Does this look familiar?
I gotta get on somebody to edit the pull-down menu for Author attributions. 😉
Well, yeah…that does look vaguely familiar.
The attributions are correct on the print version. Having been paid, I’m content as it is.
Thanks, Tam!
And while Joel may be humble and self-effacing about his own contributions, I’d love to see him get a co-author credit online as well as in print.
There’s a little part of me that says who cares what other people think about one’s life choices. But in this day and age of the internet, I can see where it’s hard to keep things hermity and avoid all the online judgements.
I think most people are probably more shocked at how well thought out you have chosen the life that caused the contentment. Sheeple have a hard time thinking/doing things for themselves, ya know. So many haven’t a clue what they want or how to make their lives become. – maybe you’ve made them think about it 🙂
“Yet the mindless quacking of hoplophobes can”
Claire, I just LOVE that little bit. LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT.
sorry for the hijack, Joel.