FetLife Validation

Seems like a lot of people have migrated in that direction. I’ve found myself increasingly in conversations wherein a person makes reference to or quotes FetLife or a person who posts there.

So strange.

Part of what is interesting to me is how CLEAR online space can twist the identity and purposes of who is present. There a few folks present who I have met or whom I know in real time who are making it a serious ground for ambition. Now… don’t get me wrong. There’s nothing wrong with ambition. And I have a certain respect for those who know how to play the game. It’s a voyeur sport for me. However, because I don’t play those games, when they come my way I get swallowed. I’m too blunt, clear, and truth-talking to be sly, manipulative and coy.

There a a few people I watch on there making strives, and serious gains at international attention or status. Will that work on those who know them in real life for who they are? Probably not. But for those with limited contact, it’s pretty easy to become a star or an authority through a few strokes on a keyboard. And for those who watch the rise to power regardless of their personal knowledge of where bodies are buried or what personal motives or ambitions move people… well for some of them, it’s a political move to stay quiet. And then there are the streams of toadies (hmmm… I should look up the etomology of that word before I use it hmmm?) that know and capitulate for personal gain.

Bah…. More thoughts but I’ve just bored myself.

!K