troll.

so i just need to get something off my chest before i go to bed... i rewatched an adorable youtube video of Alex Day and Carrie Fletcher's version of 'This Kiss', and i couldn't help but notice the amount of negativity in the comments... GUYS! what's wrong with everyone!? people seem to get so fired up over everything from the clothes vloggers are wearing to whether or not they are dating, from the quality of their music to their new haircut. and a good 80% of what's out there is pure negativity. can we PLEASE grow up and try to be a bit more aware that the people you're constantly taking down in your comments are actual human beings with feelings that could potentially be hurt? i mean, i'm sure most of them are bigger than that and don't care at all, but really there is no need for so much nastiness. if you can't say anything nice, don't say it at all. i know this might seem a little hypocritical coming from someone who uses a decent amount of blog space to rant about things, and i'm not calling myself a saint in any way. 


BUT. at least i do my venting on a less-public forum where its a lot less likely that whoever i'm talking about is going to find and be hurt by what i'm saying. and to be fair, this blog was started initially as a form of therapy for me when i was stressed during VCE. my point i guess is that there is a difference between healthy venting and being constantly derogative and nasty about people you don't even know who are genuinely just trying to put their stuff out there. case in point, the This Kiss video by Alex Day. he's a genuine guy who is a musician trying to put his music out in the world. if you don't like his style, don't watch his videos and post mean comments. for one thing he probably doesn't care, and for another it's not nice for people who actually like him to have to read all that negativity.
also, should he happen upon some of the harsher comments out there, he would potentially get a bit upset. i mean, it's not nice reading nasty things about yourself.


how would you feel if you went onto your facebook account to find that people had filled your wall with horrible comments about everything from your new t-shirt to the photos of you at your sister's wedding? it would hurt. the same thing applies to youtube artists. just because they're famous, successful and in a public forum, doesn't make it right to be as nasty and hurtful as you can towards them. why can't we just be nice?


anyway i'll blog properly about this sometime. gnight.