Nothing I Can Say, Hasn’t Been Said Already

Posted by Greg Bond

May 30, 2008

I have heard a saying along the lines of: “There are an infinite amount of ways to screw something up, but there is only one way to do something right,” or something similar. My reply to that, and most other sayings is: “bullshit.” I read about people doing things right all the time. They make similar things, say similar things, live similar lifestyles, but they do things entirely different from one another and maintain success. Also another blanket statement, most people spend there time doing bullshit. Bullshit - nothing thats wrong or right, but, more or less, pointless.

There is so much bullshit on the web and somehow people are becoming successful. I sit behind my computer, no different from the next schmuck behind a screen, thinking their opinion matters. What evoked this realization is that this question: “What do I have to add to the web?”

The answer: “Not a damn thing”

My mere participation in the bullshit conversation we call Web 2.0 somehow adds to it richness. Somehow, if my own personality shines through, maybe some talent too, a couple poor suckers will even read this post. I’m a poor sucker too. I feed into the bullshit all the time. As time goes, more and more people will start watching the same station as me. Viewers will grow, and maybe I’ll have hopped aboard at just the right time, in just the right current. Some people will be caught in the same drift, and I will be heard.

All I know is that silence never leads to anywhere fast. Talking may not get me anywhere quicker, but it has better odds. On the web, there is only one way to screw things up, and a million ways to do it right.