There are two possibilities currently for our existence.
One, we are deceased, none of us having survived the end of the world, yet we
go on under the illusion of survivors. Two, we, the anti-social, are together,
albeit not together, as a loose knit pack of lone wolves that have survived the
end times and exist among the souls of those who have fallen. It took more
effort to write out option two, and no one likes hybrids of previous possibilities,
so we’ll just stick with that. Twenty-eight countries, six continents, one club;
we rule.
Those of you I have talked with have asked for a few things
and it is time for me to answer some questions.
Will I be switching to Wordpress anytime soon?
No. I don’t want the hassle of having to worry about hosting
and functionality when Blogger is still nice and simple, taking as little of my
time as possible. Being anti-social requires a lot of doing nothing and the
more I do and more I have to put up with, the angrier I get. Being as my blog
is the outlet for my anger, it doesn’t make sense to switch. We are
anti-social.
Will you be doing anything with other social networking
sites?
I have and in case any of you are unaware, I now have a
Pinterest account. Initially, it was also used for me to be a prick, but apparently
the functionality of randomly sharing articles has grown on me. Expect not only
more content, but a complete separation from the blog, since it serves a
different purpose. The Pinterest account will be undergoing a name change in
the coming weeks. If you’re wondering about Twitter or Tumblr or anything else,
I usually don’t even think about them. I still find Twitter a bit insulting to
true bloggers and Tumblr is more or less aimed at animated gifs and hipster
crap; I don’t even own a Mac. We are anti-social. Anyone who has ADHD has no
use for a Stumbleupon account. The Insanislupus Facebook profile sort of went
against what Insanislupus and the Anti-social Club stood for. We are
anti-social.
Is it Anti-Social Club or Anti-social Club? Grammar Nazis need
to know.
It’s The Anti-social Club, but if you’re anti-social, why
does it matter what I call it, how I say it, spell it, etc? We are anti-social.
Will I re-enable comments on my blog posts?
I’ve been giving this some thought, but honestly haven’t
made the decision yet. The primary reason people want me to re-enable comments
is because no one likes to email anymore. I get that, but at the same time, no
one wants to go through the steps of commenting by logging in, or filling out a
captcha, and the captcha has to be enabled to prevent bots. No one likes newbs
that comment on every single post with one word praise. No one cares about
likes, +1s, shares, etc. and those of our kind say what we want to say and do
what we want to do because of who we are, not acceptance or some popularity
contest. It’s great if we are in agreement, and perfectly fine if it is shared
for the amusement of others, and better still if it is something that speaks
for you, but it doesn’t really bother me if it never gets read. We are anti-social.
Will I be doing the 30 days of Thanksgiving again?
I’m sure most of you realized the entire thing was a mockery
of the online trend, but I will be damned if those entries were not
invigorating and didn’t help me get through a crappy month. Not only will I be
revisiting next year, but I am about to begin 14 days of Love for February, including
fourteen things I love. Don’t expect something like that every month, because
that’s lame and tiresome. However, I plan on re-focusing the blog this year. We
are anti-social.
I don’t feel like answering anymore and I don’t know why I
ended every paragraph with “We are anti-social.”
The picture above is a picture of nothing.