A case for not blocking.
There’s a lady I’ve been chatting to in DM’s for the last few weeks and we get on quite well. The weird thing is in 2023 I’m fairly certain she blocked me for having a counter point to her views. I know big crime right? But she seems to have forgotten and it became a bit of fun for me to civilly chat away about our favourite tv shows and plans or the summer, wondering if she’ll suddenly remember, blow a gasket and disappear again.
She’s American and has strong political views - well don’t they all? If they’re not playing the brave conservative defending their turf from all manner of external threats, they’re in the other club who think they’re Rosa Parks at the fulcrum of history and their posts are a beacon of hope for the oppressed. But happily for the moment this one is happy to chat about band tour dates and cures for hay fever, and I’m cool with that. Bygones and all that jazz.
It goes to show that if some topics are given a wide birth people can be quite pleasant.
Another thing to consider is people change, whether you want them to or not. Sometimes it’s subtle and other times they have a serious word with themselves - and I include me in this - and they come around. But you can’t do that if everyone has petulantly blocked each other.
And it is petulant, its immature and it’s stupid. Nobody can do this in the real world - and it does make me wonder how some of you cope in the real world without a block button - frankly I doubt some do.
Anyways. That’s my 5p worth. I wonder if she’ll notice I’m referring to her 😆
She’s American and has strong political views - well don’t they all? If they’re not playing the brave conservative defending their turf from all manner of external threats, they’re in the other club who think they’re Rosa Parks at the fulcrum of history and their posts are a beacon of hope for the oppressed. But happily for the moment this one is happy to chat about band tour dates and cures for hay fever, and I’m cool with that. Bygones and all that jazz.
It goes to show that if some topics are given a wide birth people can be quite pleasant.
Another thing to consider is people change, whether you want them to or not. Sometimes it’s subtle and other times they have a serious word with themselves - and I include me in this - and they come around. But you can’t do that if everyone has petulantly blocked each other.
And it is petulant, its immature and it’s stupid. Nobody can do this in the real world - and it does make me wonder how some of you cope in the real world without a block button - frankly I doubt some do.
Anyways. That’s my 5p worth. I wonder if she’ll notice I’m referring to her 😆
