Or, I suppose the real question is why I abandoned it
This is what I got when I searched Flickr for "inexplicable". I think it's neat and it also fits in with a recent conversation on the I Hate My Message Board Fan Page
On Saturday’s post, my friend Alisa gave me some questions in the comments to help jump start my writing. This reminded me of a series I started last year called Plausible Explanations for Inexplicable crap, which I explained in depth here:
There is a lot of inexplicable crap in the world. You just see something and go “WTH?!? WHY would somebody do that?!?” and you tell somebody else and they are like “WTH?!?! Seriously???” and all you can say is “I know, right?!?” Well you wouldn’t if you knew me because I am here to give you:
Plausible Explanations for Inexplicable Crap
Simply send me your inexplicable crap and I will offer in this blog a plausible explanation, drawing on my expertise as a layman sociologist, amatuer internet detective and born intuitivist.
I wound up answering these three questions then didn’t answer any for a while, then it seemed weird to start again but now, hey, I’m in a blogathon, the old rules don’t apply anymore and anything is possible, so I’m going to start again, answering one question a week on Mondays. You can leave your questions in the comments here and I’ll pick one to answer for next week.
Here are the three I did to give you an idea (by the way, I’m not sure where my images are! Eeek!):
Where do all the millions of dead birds go?
By the way, birds also go into seclusion when they are feeling depressed. That’s why “When Doves Cry” is such a poignant song, nobody really knows what it sounds like because the doves hide so nobody will hear them weeping. Isn’t that a tragic and touching image? Wasn’t Prince a genuis? By the way, all birds do this, not only doves, but it’s only poetic when they do it. When an ostrich does it, it’s just kind of stupid because the dummies only stick their heads in the sand.
No lie, I think the last time I checked my mom had like $500 in two dollar bills tucked away in her china cabinet. These are slowly put back into circulation when their friend’s kids graduate from something/have a baby/get married where they are then presented in a nice card. If the friend is also Korean, these bills are bought back for the other Korean mom to save, but if they are other than Korean, they just let their kids spend them willy nilly even though they are SPECIAL and might be worth MONEY some day.
So, you realize you’re 5-10 lbs over capacity for your pants and the first thing you think is, dang, I need to go on a diet! And that’s when it begins, you start thinking about what you can eat, what you can’t eat, how much to eat and when to eat it. You buy books and magazines filled with pictures of food to help you decide and you actually read email forwards that start with “OMG, you can totally make a cake out of fat free whipped topping, carbless flour and a diet Pepsi!”.
So yeah, I think my quotes speak for themselves and you’ll all be tripping over yourselves to put your questions in my more than capable hands. You want accurate? Get an expert. You want plausible and free? I’m your gal!
I guess since I’ve some space free I will answer one of Alisa’s questions and save the rest for some other time.
What was the message board that inspired you to start a blog and message board titled “I hate my message board?”
It was the forums at breastfeeding.com, which are still in operation. You can read part of the story here. Long story short, I wanted to make a blog first but there was a privacy issue at the other forum (since resolved) and many folks were talking about leaving. Since I’d already bought the domain and my husband had given me an IPB license as a present and was already installing it, I invited everyone to come on over and use that as their homebase.
I don’t regret hosting the forums for the time I did but it became increasingly apparent to me that it was causing me a lot of unhappiness and holding me back from going for what I really wanted so I made the decision to shut them down. This did cause some folks to have ill feelings towards me but it was the best choice possible. One of the other forum members set up a new forum that is more private and I occasionally check in.
In the beginning I thought a lot about changing the name of this site because Hate is such a loaded word and it probably causes some double takes since it doesn’t have much to do with most of what I write, but I sort of look at it like a band name that doesn’t have to make sense.
Oh, and there were 11 reasons that I hated my message board, you can read them here:
#8 Intentional Attempted Derailment
#4 When Grown Folks Tell Other Grown Folks Not to Whine
I hope that provides some clarity on the matter of why I hate my message board.
Remember to leave your inexplicable crap in the comments for me to answer!
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