Well, a lot of stereotypes do contain a grain of truth, but to say that such a stereotype is a good way to understand the male gender as a whole isn't a very good idea. I'm sure many men DO think in military terms, but I don't think I do, and I'm sure many other men don't.
Now, emails are good too, but they're better if you have something actually to SAY to a PARTICULAR person, and most people don't feel compelled to share their day-by-day ordinariness with their email penpals... but still it's nice to know those things.
Yeah, that makes sense. To me, it seems more forward to e-mail someone than just to post a journal entry. Of course, I expect most of the people who list me as a friend to read my entries, but it's something they can do on their own terms. It's somewhat more passive, I guess.
I've never kept a paper journal, and I don't think most of the stuff I write in here is what people who DO keep paper journals write in them. I don't post my personal, private thoughts (which I don't even know that I have all that often), but rather stuff that I WANT other people to read.
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Now, emails are good too, but they're better if you have something actually to SAY to a PARTICULAR person, and most people don't feel compelled to share their day-by-day ordinariness with their email penpals... but still it's nice to know those things.
Yeah, that makes sense. To me, it seems more forward to e-mail someone than just to post a journal entry. Of course, I expect most of the people who list me as a friend to read my entries, but it's something they can do on their own terms. It's somewhat more passive, I guess.
I've never kept a paper journal, and I don't think most of the stuff I write in here is what people who DO keep paper journals write in them. I don't post my personal, private thoughts (which I don't even know that I have all that often), but rather stuff that I WANT other people to read.