{"id":107,"date":"2003-05-09T20:00:16","date_gmt":"2003-05-09T23:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/soapbox\/?p=107"},"modified":"2005-07-27T07:38:58","modified_gmt":"2005-07-27T12:38:58","slug":"oh-i-forgot-its-all-about-you-isnt-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/soapbox\/oh-i-forgot-its-all-about-you-isnt-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh, I forgot&#8230; it&#8217;s all about you, isn&#8217;t it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of these days I am going to learn that with people in the blog world, it&#8217;s all about them. We&#8217;re all here for your amusement.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than deal with guilt over something you know is hurting your friends, you&#8217;ll take the easy way out and bury them. Sell them out even though you know damn well they once went to bat for you. <\/p>\n<p>When some people try to do something nice, since it didn&#8217;t apply to you&#8230; rather than do something similar (since you&#8217;ve noticed a need for a different group), it&#8217;s just easier to piss in someone&#8217;s sandbox and walk away laughing, isn&#8217;t it?  <\/p>\n<p>I can go on and on about the self-centered bullshit in this community that makes me sick to my stomach, but I&#8217;m aggravated enough. Oh right, let me guess what your cop-out answer is going to be&#8230; you&#8217;re only human, right?<\/p>\n<p>Fuck!  No wonder why I choose not to get involved with people in real life&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If the shoe fits&#8230; wear that bitch.<br \/>\nExcuse me while I go puke in your honor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blogshares Drama &#8211; My reaction to a few &quot;friends&quot; who just decided it was easier to villanize me than take a stand on a silly game that they&#8217;re addicted to.  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