Not like me

  I just did something interesting that I feel bad about. I judged someone on Facebook. Now, I know that some things that people write belong on Failbook and other such sites, but I don't like to make a habit of judging what people write. I mean, I judge them secretly of course, but I would never actually comment or write something negative. What happened was this -

  I saw a pic on a friends page that I immediately found offensive. So I wrote some passive-aggressive status update about whether or not I should delete people who offend me. Then people were asking what happened, what was the pic/link... And I feel now that it was the wrong thing to do. I mean that I shouldn't have posted the status in the first place. It's not my place to comment on other people's opinions.

Social Media

  This is the thing with social media... My opinion is that it is a way for people to be able to express themselves openly and without being openly ridiculed. Obviously people will form their own opinions about what you have written/posted etc, but I don't agree that they should be trashed online... I mean, providing a counter argument is totally fine, or giving back something constructive is also ok (to me). But not bashing someones opinion.

  The obvious example is this:
Some people are homophobic. They don't support gay marriage and gay rights etc. They think it is unnatural and gross and they do not believe that homosexual couples should be allowed to have kids.
I absolutely disagree with this 100%. But that does not give me the right to go bagging the shit out of someone's opinion. Just because it doesn't match with mine doesn't make it right or wrong, because it is an OPINION people, not facts or lies.

  There was a post I "liked" and "shared" on Tumblr this morning, it was about spreading love around the Tumblr community. There has been a heap of negativity floating around, and I actually think this is true of many social media sites. Actually, sites in general. I know internet memes are becoming super popular and more mainstream (which is cool, I find them hilarious) but it seems that many of them are now being used at the expense of people. This isn't cool. I am not a big fan of people trolling others, I see it as kinda a form of bullying which I am usually very vocal about. This is another reason I feel so bad being all mean and stuff on FB. I like to think of myself as a fairly friendly, open person, and now I have come across and whiney and judgmental  Not that this blog should really be about me, I am actually trying to make a point about the bigger issue.

Online bullying

  I have never been a victim of this, and I would hate to think that I have caused someone else to be bullied. I feel like this issue is more of a middle school/high school issue, but you do see it on an adult's status/page sometimes. I hate it. The internet is a strange, strange place full of plenty or awful things. I like to think that social media sites are used for good not evil. 

  Anyway I am going to try and make it my new personal project to try and spread happiness and goodwill across all my media forms - and in real life. 

My fame grows!

  Also, just to blow my own bugle so to speak, I am now a featured blogger for Say Kimchi Recruiting and will be writing for them and their online blog about why Korea is cool and you should work here. My stuff will be featured on Thursdays, so if you would like a PG version of my stories, or just general opinionated advice on Korea then check it out. I believe they are also a pretty successful recruiting company so if you are looking for work have a look. I personally went through Korvia (as you all know) and prob will again, but there are plenty of legit recruiters out there and I believe Say Kimchi are one of them. 

The link to the blog section is here, so have a look if you have a minute and are interested in the life of a teacher in Korea. 

Laters, and Happy Thursday

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