It was always ridiculous for me to think that I could have an effect on the world. I grew up with the delusion that I would be able to change the world. When I turned 30 or so I realized that it just wasn’t going to happen. When I realized that, I just gave up and started this blog, because I had the chance to write about how bitter I was about the world. This has become a great outlet for me and whether 4 people read it or not, I get to express everything that makes me bitterness about the world. And believe me, there is a lot. Just when I think there couldn’t possibly be anything more to write about, 12 other things pop up and my bitter blog folder starts growing once again.

I’ve published over 1500 posts, and I have a backlog of about 300 ideas that I haven’t written about yet.

It’s kind of unbelievable.

The biggest reason why I write, is because I can’t stand verbal communication. I go to work everyday, but I’m constantly on the lookout for ways to avoid speaking to other human people. There are estimates out there that say that women speak on average about 20,000 a day and men speak about 7,000. A lot of people that say that is a myth, and they are probably right. The real study they should be doing is how many words do extraverts say vs. introverts. According to some random studies, it’s 20,000 extraverts vs. 10,000 introverts.

I go out of my way to lower that average. I sneak around like a ninja, doing everything in my power to avoid conversations. I walk fast, slink into shadows, and pretend that I’m invisible by using headphones as my Vibranium shield against the dreaded evil “Conversation”. My words are a weapon because they are always used for maximum damage against people, and as such, since they are so powerful, I only use them sparingly. Kind of like someone who knows karate. They only use it in their own self-defense.

My words are also my economy. They are very valuable, and as such, I don’t like wasting them on frivilous things like people I don’t care about. If you are worth my time, and I consider you a good investment, I spend a few words on you. But if you turn out to be a bad investment, I will pull my words from your account and reinvest them in someone else, or just put them under my mattress if I don’t find any good investments. I DO NOT waste my words on people that don’t appreciate them.

Since most people don’t appreciate how valuable my words can be, you will see a guy that uses his words wisely.

In politics, they say the only thing that matters when you are campaigning is soundbites and snapshots. Very few people read or care about your policies. They only judge you off of two things. Viral clips of things that you’ve said, and TikTok like clips of things that you’ve done.

That doesn’t just apply to politics though. It applies to what people think about you. If you are jabbering like an idiot and saying things constantly, nobody cares about the thousands of things that you are saying. They only care about that one thing you said that they heard that reveals everything about you. When you are saying thousands of words everyday, they are only going to remember the one brilliant thing you said, or the one stupid thing you said. Since it is almost always the stupid thing, I choose to remain silent most of the time. That is why I choose to say so little and save my most insulting things for maximum impact.

The fact that we are almost all just a soundbite or a snapshot, is a double-edged sword. It both makes us memorable in some way, but it also is insulting to us that our whole life is whittled down to a couple of words and descriptions. But since I understand the impact of words, I am okay with just being a soundbite or snapshot to most people.

That might be why books are so much better than real life. Stories are carefully edited and all the fluff and the super dull everyday boring stuff is edited for time and content. When it comes to my words, I’m like for them to matter, so I constantly edit them out in my head before I say them. I want the soundbites to be impactful.

Speaking of editing for content, this post is getting too long, but you will never know that, because by the time you read it, all the fluffy parts will be edited out and this will feel like a perfectly sized post as always. Because backspace.

And now, here are some snapshots, or as I like to call them, Bitter Friday Giftures…

When I was younger, I was taught…

I was taught that I could make…

But then I realized that…

And most people don’t want that many…

I’m all about those subtle changes…

I also realized that I don’t really like verbal…

Words have impact…

Which is why I choose to use them carefully…

Snapshots…

That’s why I rarely take photos…

Why?…

ARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH

Bitter Snapshots and Soundbites Ben