Respectfully, I have to disagree with you and the prior poster.
When you're in a rough emotional state and hurting --as opposed to a regular mental state where you're not upset and depressed--do you really sit down and think logically, "Wow, no LJ responses. I bet people are not up yet/at work/haven't gotten online yet/are offline doing stuff" every single time you post something you'd like a response to?
I would have to say I would have trouble believing you if you tell me that yes, even when you're depressed and upset and hurting you still have that presence of mind to think about the rest of the world objectively, rather than through the filter of your own feelings.
Not only that, but even if you can do it -- think that clearly beyond being in pain and emotional distress--that doesn't automatically mean you have the right to expect that every single human being on the planet can also do it. It's a learned skill and not everyone learns at the same speed.
With the above in mind, I think the previous response was a bit more harsh than strictly warranted -- i.e. kicking a man when he's down.
Simply saying "people may not be in a position where they can respond yet, give it some time" would've gotten the same point across without the unnecessary meanness.
And in my humble opinion, meanness was not only unnecessary, but counterproductive, here.
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Date: 2005-05-12 06:09 pm (UTC)When you're in a rough emotional state and hurting --as opposed to a regular mental state where you're not upset and depressed--do you really sit down and think logically, "Wow, no LJ responses. I bet people are not up yet/at work/haven't gotten online yet/are offline doing stuff" every single time you post something you'd like a response to?
I would have to say I would have trouble believing you if you tell me that yes, even when you're depressed and upset and hurting you still have that presence of mind to think about the rest of the world objectively, rather than through the filter of your own feelings.
Not only that, but even if you can do it -- think that clearly beyond being in pain and emotional distress--that doesn't automatically mean you have the right to expect that every single human being on the planet can also do it. It's a learned skill and not everyone learns at the same speed.
With the above in mind, I think the previous response was a bit more harsh than strictly warranted -- i.e. kicking a man when he's down.
Simply saying "people may not be in a position where they can respond yet, give it some time" would've gotten the same point across without the unnecessary meanness.
And in my humble opinion, meanness was not only unnecessary, but counterproductive, here.