Crossing the street is dangerous. Stepping into a bathtub
is dangerous. But both are worthwhile. As is blogging
— for many folks.
Blogging is putting a portion of your life into a
fishbowl. At times, you may find that you will be treated as
an authority on a number of things that you are only peripherally
involved with (e.g.,
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phones). In return, any imperfections you may have will
be blown way out of proportion.
Example: if you are prone to taking images associated with
companies that you work with and inserting them into contexts such
as a Nazi soldier’s hat or a dead soldier’s blood
— well, then you certainly will get noticed.
Particularly if your boss’s mom is a holocaust survivor.
Unless you are both a masochist and independently wealthy, I
have two pieces of advice:
Beyond that, have fun. Take comfort in the fact that the
mortality rate associated with bathtubs is higher than the
mortality rate associated with blogging — for the moment at
least.
Blogging good
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Bullshit. Crossing the street is dangerous. Stepping into a bathtub is dangerous. But both are worthwhile. As is blogging — for many folks. Blogging is putting a portion of your life into a fishbowl. At times, you may find that you will be t...
It is not so hard as it is made out to be. Most people intuitively realize where the line is before crossing.
Working for a reputed company means that some degree of good behavior is expected from the individual. After all people make company. What Niall did reflected badly on the company. Had he realized that responsibility apriori, it wouldn’t have been an issue at all.