Russians, What Russians?
Remind Me, JB, Did I Pay You to Ask Me About This?
JB, LiveJournal had started to suck long before the Russians bought it. I was hopeful that they would make it better. I tried to work with them:
But that plane was headed straight into the ground. My suspicion has always been that, since the Russian buyout, Cyrillic LiveJournal has been better than English LiveJournal. Russian speaking blogger “Deadprogrammer” assured me at one point that it was not. That LiveJournal was, and is, irredeemably bad. I kind of believe him, though it is hard to fathom. The Russians are our betters when it comes to the Internets. Who doesn’t think that this isn’t better than a Rickroll:
Or that this isn’t the best “Drunk Russian Coalminer” of all time:
I even wrote a post about Russians owning the Internet. Most of the links no longer work because digital rights lawyers hate FREE expression.
As you know, I still keep my LiveJournal. Every once in a while I go back, pay 15 bucks or something, and put things there. The problem is, that while some of the gang still hangs out there, it’s pretty thin. Most of what I get out of blogging is community. I just like to write and respond to other people’s writing. As you know, I am still mourning the loss of the Gawker comment boards. There was a fuckton of funny on those boards.
If you don’t pay for ZheZhe, you get a page that looks like this:
G. R. R. Martin still holds a strong second place in top journals while WRITING THE MOST BORING BLOG IN THE UNIVERSE. That, and the prominance of the “Oh No They Didn’t” community, tells you eveything you need to know about the current state of LiveJournal.
That ad should be expanded. It is sexist Russian goodness.
Theater, Sex, and Salads. In that order. The Russians are really the best hope for Western Civilization. First, the have a great claim to the legacy of Ancient Greece, and second, they still care about theater!
Anyone who reads my above links to LiveJournal can see that my most recent offerings:
Are simple retreads of crap I wrote back on LiveJournal back in 2013. The official term for that is “Hippo Splatter.” You just spray your dreck all over the Internet and see what sticks, or where it gets stepped in.
I’m not ashamed.
I, for one, welcome our new Russian overlords. I don’t care if Trump is owned by the Russian Mob. At least Russian rednecks still hate Nazis.
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