Rick Bolt's Blog Random Musings from a Random Bloke

WOW…. Look at this! I’ve actually written another blog post. It’s been almost 12 months since my last one. So I guess I’m due.

Now, in reality none of you know me. A couple of you may have met me, but other than Cate, none of you know me.  I’m an arrogant, hot tempered, 6’5” obese angry arsehole. And I’ve been told I don’t have a heart.  That is an honest description. So when something annoys me, I usually let rip. That’s why I don’t have many blog posts or tweets or even Face book messages. Because if I said what I thought at time, I would end up being the follower-less loser whinging that I have no friends!!! 

Now beginith my rant: Please read on.

So much gets said on Twitter and Facebook, at lot of it so overly nice it makes you dry reach, but also so much that is nothing short of just plain whinging. Yes we all have a whinge now and then and yes we all try to be nice but come on…. Why not just be yourselves? What put on the fake persona?  Cause if it’s not fake, some of you really do have problems and should seek help away from social media!!!

If you can’t get out of bed in the morning unless some is kissing your arse telling you how good you are on twitter, you’re in for  a big fall. Seriously, Life is what it is, we all have some really shit times. I know, I’ve been through just a couple that at the time were the worst possible thing that could have happened to me. I even got so low as to seriously thinking of taking my own life to end the pain for me and everybody around me..  But I rose out of it without having to be told how good I am by every person I follow on Twitter. It’s sickening… There are some on Twitter that have a right to whinging, they have had their life totally destroyed by things not of their doing and guess what?  They are not the ones whinging!! “Unfollow” them and shut up Rick I hear you say… Why? Why should I? At times most of you are actually nice people that can communicate in an appropriate manner without unwarranted whinging or having to be held up by fluffy mumbo jumbo. I like to have nice things said to me or about me but I don’t need it to get out of bed each morning. Charlie makes sure of that.

But some of you can find nothing more to do then whinging your little hearts out.. I’m not talking about having a  gripe at something that has annoyed or offended you at that point or about you  providing your opinion on any given subject, because what would life be without that diversity? I’m talking about just plain whinging.

 If you hate having children so much, why do the deed(s) and have the child(ren)? Why? If all you can do is bitch about them on social media, then maybe you need to take a bit of a look at what you’re doing wrong and what things mean to you. Maybe, just maybe the kids are playing up because someone is too busy talking on social media to give a stuff about what they are doing or need? Just maybe?.  Again, I scream and rant at the kids when things are not going the way I want them too, I struggle to deal with a couple of them and the phases they are going through. In fact as a parent I’m pretty crap. But I sure as hell do not get on social media and denigrate my children. Although I have been known to go to their face book walls and have a little bit of fun at their expense.

 If you don’t like where you live, do something about it! We live in one of the best places in the world and have climates to suit all types. If you don’t like the climate you’re in now, change it… Get off your arse, do something about it. Make a plan, set a goal do something about it and eventually move! But that’s quite hard to do when you spend so much time on social media just whinging about it. Am I wrong?

And what about those of you that do little more than whinging about your partner? If it’s that bad, get up and go. Go through some pain, start again and find something to be happy about, but don’t just sit there and whinging.  Who knows, maybe they are doing the same thing about you at the pub or at work or when picking up the kids from school or daycare? Maybe they are sick of social media being your partner instead of them? Maybe? And of course we all have moments with our partners and we get angry or annoyed, but if we are forever bitching about them, something is seriously wrong.

Now if this blog post offends you, I’m not sorry. I have a right to voice my opinion just as you do to voice yours and you have every right to make a comment. So please do make a comment.

But consider what offended you?  Do you see some of you in my post?  Have I hit a nerve? Or do you not like me having a go at the defenceless?  I mean, I was fair game when I was homeless.

Maybe I can get my act together and publish a post a little bit more often than every 11 months??

Rick

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