tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735040292604331611.post5308523757255076314..comments2023-10-17T10:25:57.853-04:00Comments on learning my lines. . .: "I'm Eating A #Donut. . . And Other Ridiculous Stuff You Don't Need To Know. . . "Walt Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502588185280592205noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735040292604331611.post-88229657203603080882012-02-07T15:06:15.075-05:002012-02-07T15:06:15.075-05:00Excellent thoughts. I've been wondering the sa...Excellent thoughts. I've been wondering the same thing for awhile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735040292604331611.post-40999020814278289072012-02-06T17:20:57.071-05:002012-02-06T17:20:57.071-05:00Questions 1 and 2 are valid, even though I know pe...Questions 1 and 2 are valid, even though I know people who have nothing else to talk about in person other than donuts. Social media makes it more pronounced, but even in face to face conversations this is a common event.<br /><br />For question #3, it is more difficult. Should we ever talk about our "donuts" even outside of social media? How many things must be said? For years, those who held power (whether it be title, money, cool-factor) were the ones who were heard. Sometimes they said what needed to be said, but it was not uncommon for them to talk "donuts" either. <br /><br />Looking for acceptance is a major reason we do about anything we do. Whether it be acceptance from the public-at-large or from a specific group of people, it is the way we grow. I ask this as sincerely as possible, but has there ever been a time this was not true?Mike W. McVeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18147605509327569356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735040292604331611.post-84952271645829465332012-02-06T16:57:36.872-05:002012-02-06T16:57:36.872-05:00It does make me wonder the same thing. The consta...It does make me wonder the same thing. The constant check-ins people make or the constant comments about food that they find delicious seems, well, pointless. Even the term 'followers' feels funny. I struggle with this every time I post something because I don't want to overuse the media, but I don't want to never use it. I am a youth pastor, so I try to model this and not get carried away. I get concerned about what all this "connection" is actually doing to teens especially.Derek Manskerhttp://nothrowaways.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735040292604331611.post-49586446048902092732012-02-06T14:41:24.782-05:002012-02-06T14:41:24.782-05:00Anytime a group of people listen and without quest...Anytime a group of people listen and without question, swallow one's stated opinions, hook, line and sinker, without ever voicing even the slightest disagreement, they do indeed dangerously qualify as "followers."Joannenoreply@blogger.com