In reply to Post #44
Why would anyone take offense to what anyone says on the internet, especially unknowns? No one's opinion matters to me personally unless they are someone I know and respect. Let's face it, I imagine very few would drop into that category that are carp anglers for most that have half a brain.
Why would anyone take offense to what anyone says on the internet, especially unknowns? No one's opinion matters to me personally unless they are someone I know and respect. Let's face it, I imagine very few would drop into that category that are carp anglers for most that have half a brain.
In reply to Post #46
Not everyone is the same Alpha Male. Not everyone is an Alpha Male. I will be 50 soon. My generation had it easy compared to the kids of today. The kids of today have had to grow up with the internet, we did not.
The internet has changed absolutely everything. We are only just learning what a massive effect it has on the human brain. You cannot fail to see how many of the youth have mental health issues since its inception. It's 100% all to do with the internet, and what we are speaking about now. When we were kids school stopped after school. Now any problems at school continues into the night for them. Everything is under a microscope, including how they look, speak, and are accepted by society. Small comments escalate, other people follow in. Mike Tyson's famous quote sums it up quite well..... "Social media made y'all way to comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it."
Do you not think that Scott's family, who will be proud he made some video are not googling his name and reading this?? The same as your family would. Do you believe your strong will and mental strength, of nothing effecting you, is the same for everyone else? I can tell you that it's not. A lot of the younger generation are suffering things my generation simply did not suffer. The internet is everything now. Kids and the generations since the internet, do not go out, they spend their time in their room on the internet.
Rightly, or wrongly, when I was 14, I was at the first raves. Doing things, no 14 year old should really be doing. The youth today, are in their rooms socially until they are 18. On the internet constantly. That creates very different people mentally/socially. The only reason I even know all of this, is because I have had an internet business for the last decade. Unlike a lot of people in my generation, I understand the internet/social media a bit better because of that.
I was born into poverty. But luckily for me my father was a grafter. By the time I went to school, my family lived in one of the better areas of London and me and my sisters went to good schools. My extended family are all still poor. They all live in Peckham or Brixton mainly. If my dad had been a drunk, and not a grafter... My life would have been completely different. I'm not stupid enough to not realise that.
Not everyone is the same Alpha Male. Not everyone is an Alpha Male. I will be 50 soon. My generation had it easy compared to the kids of today. The kids of today have had to grow up with the internet, we did not.
The internet has changed absolutely everything. We are only just learning what a massive effect it has on the human brain. You cannot fail to see how many of the youth have mental health issues since its inception. It's 100% all to do with the internet, and what we are speaking about now. When we were kids school stopped after school. Now any problems at school continues into the night for them. Everything is under a microscope, including how they look, speak, and are accepted by society. Small comments escalate, other people follow in. Mike Tyson's famous quote sums it up quite well..... "Social media made y'all way to comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it."
Do you not think that Scott's family, who will be proud he made some video are not googling his name and reading this?? The same as your family would. Do you believe your strong will and mental strength, of nothing effecting you, is the same for everyone else? I can tell you that it's not. A lot of the younger generation are suffering things my generation simply did not suffer. The internet is everything now. Kids and the generations since the internet, do not go out, they spend their time in their room on the internet.
Rightly, or wrongly, when I was 14, I was at the first raves. Doing things, no 14 year old should really be doing. The youth today, are in their rooms socially until they are 18. On the internet constantly. That creates very different people mentally/socially. The only reason I even know all of this, is because I have had an internet business for the last decade. Unlike a lot of people in my generation, I understand the internet/social media a bit better because of that.
I was born into poverty. But luckily for me my father was a grafter. By the time I went to school, my family lived in one of the better areas of London and me and my sisters went to good schools. My extended family are all still poor. They all live in Peckham or Brixton mainly. If my dad had been a drunk, and not a grafter... My life would have been completely different. I'm not stupid enough to not realise that.
In reply to Post #47
Personally I don't agree with the statement that younger people have it tougher today than when we were young.
When I was a lad mental health issues were such a taboo subject that they didn't exist. Nobody talked about, not even within the family. In fact I only learned through a friend that my Uncle had ended up in a 'mental institution' as the kinder term was back then.
Now there are a thousand shades of mental problems, some more complex than others. And depression is rife amongst so many, myself included.
As to the video, it was me that used the term "limited vocabulary'. It wasn't however meant as an insult. I wouldn't want to listen to ANYBODY speaking about ANYTHING for 90 minutes if they don't pause for breath. It annoys me. That tells you more about me than it does about the narrater. I couldn't listen to Stephen Fry talking about the Seven Wonders of the World for 90 minutes!
My criticism is more the fact that the producers of the film didn't edit it better, or perhaps punctuate it with silence here and there, or even the obligatory shot of a slow-motion steaming kettle.
I was quite surprised to read such glowing reviews, but each to their own.
Basically I just didn't enjoy it. In fact I found it boring here and there. My criticism was of the production and not the angler. Is saying someone has a "limited vocabulary"an insult? Is qualifying that fact by saying "he grew up in Manchester" an insult? It could be taken as such if you are that way inclined.
Anyway, I will think twice about what I write in future.
Personally I don't agree with the statement that younger people have it tougher today than when we were young.
When I was a lad mental health issues were such a taboo subject that they didn't exist. Nobody talked about, not even within the family. In fact I only learned through a friend that my Uncle had ended up in a 'mental institution' as the kinder term was back then.
Now there are a thousand shades of mental problems, some more complex than others. And depression is rife amongst so many, myself included.
As to the video, it was me that used the term "limited vocabulary'. It wasn't however meant as an insult. I wouldn't want to listen to ANYBODY speaking about ANYTHING for 90 minutes if they don't pause for breath. It annoys me. That tells you more about me than it does about the narrater. I couldn't listen to Stephen Fry talking about the Seven Wonders of the World for 90 minutes!
My criticism is more the fact that the producers of the film didn't edit it better, or perhaps punctuate it with silence here and there, or even the obligatory shot of a slow-motion steaming kettle.
I was quite surprised to read such glowing reviews, but each to their own.
Basically I just didn't enjoy it. In fact I found it boring here and there. My criticism was of the production and not the angler. Is saying someone has a "limited vocabulary"an insult? Is qualifying that fact by saying "he grew up in Manchester" an insult? It could be taken as such if you are that way inclined.
Anyway, I will think twice about what I write in future.
I've just watched it purely to see what all the fuss was about, I wouldn't have normally bothered to watch it. I don't see what all the fuss is about. The guy deserves a bloody medal for what he went through. OK he was in a position to put in the time and most of us wouldn't be able to do that. The sheer effort and graft he put in was amazing and he did a film of it on his own too. Any critics should be ashamed of themselves.
I've also just watched it, have to say I really enjoyed it & the lack of the professional style film crew and shots made it better IMO - but that's just my opinion, same reason some love certain films whilst others can't stand them I guess.
Serious graft for that fish
Serious graft for that fish
In reply to Post #48
Maybe I did not explain myself the best, In general, they have it far easier than we did.
In mental health terms, I think that you are wrong. A lot of people from our generation often have some idea 'they are all snowflakes', or 'they need to pull themselves together'... Of course there were mental health problems when we were kids, of course they went unnoticed. In my primary school there was one lad who clearly nowadays would be at a special school. In my secondary schools there were lads who clearly had issues. When we were kids, those people were very few and far between though. You know that.
When we were kids vast swathes of our friends were not attempting suicide. Vast swathes of our friends were not self harming. I mean literally cutting themselves to the bone. Vast swathes of our friends were not suffering from serious mental health issues, like so many of the younger generations are today. Many of my generation too. It's a big thing that is getting worse. There is no going back now, the internet is here to stay. It's done so many great things, but it has also caused mankind no end of problems. We are social creatures. Take that away and we suffer. We ALL sit glued to our phones now.
In my opinion the internet is solely to blame for this.
We were really lucky my generation. I went to a posh school. When I was in my first year at secondary school, we were the first to have computers. We grew up in a more innocent world and played outside at all times before that. But when I was a teenager computers came along. Later the internet. We got to grow up mentally strong, and then experience this new amazing thing. The generations that followed us, had computers and the internet during their formative years. They have not really played out as kids. They have socialised less and less. They only meet people on apps now. People have become more fragile mentally ever since all this started.
Fairplay for saying you will think twice. If you suffer from depression you clearly understand. Again, no one was downright savage about Scott. But the internet creates a situation where people start making personal comments. No one likes having personal comments made about them. No one. I used to be clueless about all this. My son is a paramedic so I sort of hear things from him. I also have a young nephew, who suffers from severe depression and has tried to take his own life three times. I have had Instagram obsessed girlfriends, who suffer with terrible depression and serious mental health issues because of it.
Anyway, we are no longer talking about the video, or even Scott.
People who do harm, con people, steal, I am all for hanging them out to dry in public. I do not care about their feelings. But personal things about brothers of the angle, that's not on really. The video was great. Made me want to go fishing.
I get to see certain things that you lot do not. Like the build up of antis on social media stamping their feet on popular posts. They are growing, and they do not like us going fishing. We all as fisherman, have far more to worry about than a fishing video, or someone saying the word sick.
Maybe I did not explain myself the best, In general, they have it far easier than we did.
In mental health terms, I think that you are wrong. A lot of people from our generation often have some idea 'they are all snowflakes', or 'they need to pull themselves together'... Of course there were mental health problems when we were kids, of course they went unnoticed. In my primary school there was one lad who clearly nowadays would be at a special school. In my secondary schools there were lads who clearly had issues. When we were kids, those people were very few and far between though. You know that.
When we were kids vast swathes of our friends were not attempting suicide. Vast swathes of our friends were not self harming. I mean literally cutting themselves to the bone. Vast swathes of our friends were not suffering from serious mental health issues, like so many of the younger generations are today. Many of my generation too. It's a big thing that is getting worse. There is no going back now, the internet is here to stay. It's done so many great things, but it has also caused mankind no end of problems. We are social creatures. Take that away and we suffer. We ALL sit glued to our phones now.
In my opinion the internet is solely to blame for this.
We were really lucky my generation. I went to a posh school. When I was in my first year at secondary school, we were the first to have computers. We grew up in a more innocent world and played outside at all times before that. But when I was a teenager computers came along. Later the internet. We got to grow up mentally strong, and then experience this new amazing thing. The generations that followed us, had computers and the internet during their formative years. They have not really played out as kids. They have socialised less and less. They only meet people on apps now. People have become more fragile mentally ever since all this started.
Fairplay for saying you will think twice. If you suffer from depression you clearly understand. Again, no one was downright savage about Scott. But the internet creates a situation where people start making personal comments. No one likes having personal comments made about them. No one. I used to be clueless about all this. My son is a paramedic so I sort of hear things from him. I also have a young nephew, who suffers from severe depression and has tried to take his own life three times. I have had Instagram obsessed girlfriends, who suffer with terrible depression and serious mental health issues because of it.
Anyway, we are no longer talking about the video, or even Scott.
People who do harm, con people, steal, I am all for hanging them out to dry in public. I do not care about their feelings. But personal things about brothers of the angle, that's not on really. The video was great. Made me want to go fishing.
I get to see certain things that you lot do not. Like the build up of antis on social media stamping their feet on popular posts. They are growing, and they do not like us going fishing. We all as fisherman, have far more to worry about than a fishing video, or someone saying the word sick.
In reply to Post #51
Mark,
Don't forget you are coming at this from your particular age group view. When your Dad was giving your Mum the wink, I was patrolling the streets with a flak jacket, helmet and 7.62 rifle. There were people nearby, on every corner who wanted to kill me. Fast forward 15 years I was in a hole in a desert being pumped full of drugs to protect me from Antrax, bubonic plague etc that had only been tested on animals and a daily dose of diazepam to protect against nerve agent. We just had to get on with it. You were doing raves at this time
Although I never really heard of people being mentally affected, the law of odds would dictate some were. However, I do think that once we go down the route of ‘encouraging illness' it is letting the genie out of the bottle. You now have ‘celebrity's' who have ****ed up stating they are suffering from PTSD FFS
How can a reality show actress suffer the same mental problems as a firefighter who pulls dead, burnt children out of a house fire?
By all means be aware of mental health but do not let it become an altar for the masses to kneel before. Life isn't fair, you are dealt a hand at birth, it's up to you what you do with the cards you have. Actually reading your account yours and my life start and journey are remarkably similar
Right fishing, which is why we are here. Obviously as a general age thing I don't get the desire to be a ‘known angler' - I can't think of anything worse. For me this isn't a sport. It's a hobby, a pastime. A chance to get away from it all, enjoy nature and catch fish.
I have watched the opening of the video, admittedly only a few minutes and the bloke seems alright. I haven't watched enough to see if he has annoying mannerisms, but if he does, surely mentioning them is a natural instinct? In the long run it may help him if this is a lifestyle choice ( vlogging) he aspires to? Surely if you are irritating part of your potential fan base then knowing this is beneficial. If you are a professional actor/ presenter then the paid critics out there are really savage if you aren't up to scratch.
So, although I don't understand the desire to be a ‘Top Angler' or to have a YouTube presence, I also don't understand the mentality to deliberately ‘troll' someone in a truly obnoxious way either. Reasonably criticism though? I would say that if you put yourself out in the public domain you should really expect it. It used to be described as a thick skin, required by those who thrust their life into public view.
Mark,
Don't forget you are coming at this from your particular age group view. When your Dad was giving your Mum the wink, I was patrolling the streets with a flak jacket, helmet and 7.62 rifle. There were people nearby, on every corner who wanted to kill me. Fast forward 15 years I was in a hole in a desert being pumped full of drugs to protect me from Antrax, bubonic plague etc that had only been tested on animals and a daily dose of diazepam to protect against nerve agent. We just had to get on with it. You were doing raves at this time
Although I never really heard of people being mentally affected, the law of odds would dictate some were. However, I do think that once we go down the route of ‘encouraging illness' it is letting the genie out of the bottle. You now have ‘celebrity's' who have ****ed up stating they are suffering from PTSD FFS
How can a reality show actress suffer the same mental problems as a firefighter who pulls dead, burnt children out of a house fire?By all means be aware of mental health but do not let it become an altar for the masses to kneel before. Life isn't fair, you are dealt a hand at birth, it's up to you what you do with the cards you have. Actually reading your account yours and my life start and journey are remarkably similar
Right fishing, which is why we are here. Obviously as a general age thing I don't get the desire to be a ‘known angler' - I can't think of anything worse. For me this isn't a sport. It's a hobby, a pastime. A chance to get away from it all, enjoy nature and catch fish.
I have watched the opening of the video, admittedly only a few minutes and the bloke seems alright. I haven't watched enough to see if he has annoying mannerisms, but if he does, surely mentioning them is a natural instinct? In the long run it may help him if this is a lifestyle choice ( vlogging) he aspires to? Surely if you are irritating part of your potential fan base then knowing this is beneficial. If you are a professional actor/ presenter then the paid critics out there are really savage if you aren't up to scratch.
So, although I don't understand the desire to be a ‘Top Angler' or to have a YouTube presence, I also don't understand the mentality to deliberately ‘troll' someone in a truly obnoxious way either. Reasonably criticism though? I would say that if you put yourself out in the public domain you should really expect it. It used to be described as a thick skin, required by those who thrust their life into public view.
In reply to Post #52
I am not talking about people who thrust themselves forward into the limelight mate. I am talking about normal everyday people, who have grown up in an age of the internet. They are very different to me and you. Mentally they are so much more fragile. In all walks of life, including carp fishing, there are always people who will take advantage of a situation. Carpers who have fished their whole life virtually full time whilst being carers. Carpers on disability who manage to full time it. Disabled but can lift a heavy Bic252 on and off their motors roof constantly. It's nothing new. That's what is happening now regarding mental health you are totally right. But it's only happening because there are actually SOOOOO many people from the younger 'internet' generation who are truly suffering. That's why others even try to take advantage. It's all new.
I am 49. I was married and divorced at a very young age. I am a lucky man, I've had had some very beautiful girlfriends ever since. My missus is 30. She is very much in a minority of her age group, in that she does not absolutely live on social media. The woman I was with before her, was the same age. She was so beautiful, she was Instagram obsessed. It consumed her. You could see it literally ruled her life. She became so withdrawn, but could never understand that it was the thing that she loved so much that was hurting her. It affects their confidence. They have none. The most stunning woman, who is actually convinced she is ugly.... Because of a life that revolves around strangers comments on social media (mainly other women, who were jealous of her beauty). That age group grew up through their teenage years as social media was kicking off. So many of them have mental health issues because of it. I have had people on this forum refer to me as a 'shed roller', this that, the other. They literally do not know me from Adam, or anything about me. But because of the internet, they somehow think that they do. The reality is, I probably had more money riding on a horse result that day, than they earn in a year. I did not feel the need to even tell them that, because I understood why they would even need to make such comments about someone they do not even know in the first place. Let em think what they want, I could not give a monkeys.
My nephew had to have his computer/internet taken away for a period. Doctors advice. It worked. He is in a much better place these days. This is the reality I am talking about. It's a reality that is lost on people our age, because we simply do not understand, unless we are in a situation where it is put into our face. That confidence we have from being grounded in social situations our whole life.... They do not have. Things we can brush of as banter, or a laugh, sends them to a different place because of it. I was a plasterer for so many years. Around builders everyday and in and out of different peoples houses everyday. Nothing phases me like that. You will be exactly the same.
Kids grow up in their bedrooms on the internet these days though. That causes massive problems for them in social situations. To the point, where they literally cannot leave the house. Get anxious in social situations etc, etc.
I am not talking about people who thrust themselves forward into the limelight mate. I am talking about normal everyday people, who have grown up in an age of the internet. They are very different to me and you. Mentally they are so much more fragile. In all walks of life, including carp fishing, there are always people who will take advantage of a situation. Carpers who have fished their whole life virtually full time whilst being carers. Carpers on disability who manage to full time it. Disabled but can lift a heavy Bic252 on and off their motors roof constantly. It's nothing new. That's what is happening now regarding mental health you are totally right. But it's only happening because there are actually SOOOOO many people from the younger 'internet' generation who are truly suffering. That's why others even try to take advantage. It's all new.
I am 49. I was married and divorced at a very young age. I am a lucky man, I've had had some very beautiful girlfriends ever since. My missus is 30. She is very much in a minority of her age group, in that she does not absolutely live on social media. The woman I was with before her, was the same age. She was so beautiful, she was Instagram obsessed. It consumed her. You could see it literally ruled her life. She became so withdrawn, but could never understand that it was the thing that she loved so much that was hurting her. It affects their confidence. They have none. The most stunning woman, who is actually convinced she is ugly.... Because of a life that revolves around strangers comments on social media (mainly other women, who were jealous of her beauty). That age group grew up through their teenage years as social media was kicking off. So many of them have mental health issues because of it. I have had people on this forum refer to me as a 'shed roller', this that, the other. They literally do not know me from Adam, or anything about me. But because of the internet, they somehow think that they do. The reality is, I probably had more money riding on a horse result that day, than they earn in a year. I did not feel the need to even tell them that, because I understood why they would even need to make such comments about someone they do not even know in the first place. Let em think what they want, I could not give a monkeys.
My nephew had to have his computer/internet taken away for a period. Doctors advice. It worked. He is in a much better place these days. This is the reality I am talking about. It's a reality that is lost on people our age, because we simply do not understand, unless we are in a situation where it is put into our face. That confidence we have from being grounded in social situations our whole life.... They do not have. Things we can brush of as banter, or a laugh, sends them to a different place because of it. I was a plasterer for so many years. Around builders everyday and in and out of different peoples houses everyday. Nothing phases me like that. You will be exactly the same.
Kids grow up in their bedrooms on the internet these days though. That causes massive problems for them in social situations. To the point, where they literally cannot leave the house. Get anxious in social situations etc, etc.
In reply to Post #53
very interesting posts, if not worrying in this day and age and what the world has become.
I watched a clip the other day by David Bowie warning of the terrible consequences of the internet and that was in its infancy back then. Now look at the state of the world, people etc, add to that COVID lockdowns, especially on children. blimey, people stick everything on social media to gain likes they feed off, they cry when they get bad comments. rough with the smooth comes to mind.
I noticed my youngest (15 yrs old this Saturday) get very withdrawn during lockdowns.
He couldn't go to school, couldn't see his mates, so the devil within the computer was his only way of staying in touch with his mates. its definitely had an effect on his mental well being, add to that, we live in a very remote part of the country, yes, blessed to live where we do, and for me, lockdown in a way was a blessing, i didnt have to talk to anyone, i just kicked sticks around my land, as i said, i'm very lucky and blessed, but im happy with my own company, not the same for everyone.
I agree when one puts him/herself in the forefront of the internet, they need thick skin, tin hat on...but i also hate to see the internet idiots go on blatant attacks just to try and big themselves up and make them feel bigger than they really are.
very interesting posts, if not worrying in this day and age and what the world has become.
I watched a clip the other day by David Bowie warning of the terrible consequences of the internet and that was in its infancy back then. Now look at the state of the world, people etc, add to that COVID lockdowns, especially on children. blimey, people stick everything on social media to gain likes they feed off, they cry when they get bad comments. rough with the smooth comes to mind.
I noticed my youngest (15 yrs old this Saturday) get very withdrawn during lockdowns.
He couldn't go to school, couldn't see his mates, so the devil within the computer was his only way of staying in touch with his mates. its definitely had an effect on his mental well being, add to that, we live in a very remote part of the country, yes, blessed to live where we do, and for me, lockdown in a way was a blessing, i didnt have to talk to anyone, i just kicked sticks around my land, as i said, i'm very lucky and blessed, but im happy with my own company, not the same for everyone.
I agree when one puts him/herself in the forefront of the internet, they need thick skin, tin hat on...but i also hate to see the internet idiots go on blatant attacks just to try and big themselves up and make them feel bigger than they really are.
In reply to Post #1
I really enjoyed it. He's always going to be an aquired taste because he doesn't drink bank foraged hawthorn tea from a kelly whilst pretending that he's a scarecrow holding a centrepin on a floppy old bit of cane.
All i saw was a massive amount of enthusiasm and some really solid angling when the odds (both personal and otherwise) were stacked against him. For me, a great film and up there with a lot of what Terry Hearn has chucked out over the last 5 years.
I really enjoyed it. He's always going to be an aquired taste because he doesn't drink bank foraged hawthorn tea from a kelly whilst pretending that he's a scarecrow holding a centrepin on a floppy old bit of cane.
All i saw was a massive amount of enthusiasm and some really solid angling when the odds (both personal and otherwise) were stacked against him. For me, a great film and up there with a lot of what Terry Hearn has chucked out over the last 5 years.
In reply to Post #54
I've seen that clip too. My brother is constantly reminding me on the dangers of spending too much time online.
Give it 3-4 years when AI has taken over, will make the internet seems old school!
I've seen that clip too. My brother is constantly reminding me on the dangers of spending too much time online.
Give it 3-4 years when AI has taken over, will make the internet seems old school!
In reply to Post #54
It was not just David Bowie (he went to my school long before me) who said it Joss. When we were kids, remember when the violent videos and video games etc first came out, there was massive outcry because of the serious increase in violence in the youth. We found out then, how much media can affect the young mind. But progress trumps all.
Fast forwards 40 years. 10 years olds grow up with smartphones. Small children growing up on the internet. The internet, where they get predated on by sickos, or can watch real people being beheaded. Burnt, tortured to death. Where sick ****s will encourage them to harm themselves, or kill themselves just for kicks. If you all think your kids will not see this stuff.... Think back to porno mags when we were kids. Kids find a way.
That is the world we now live in. People from my generation and above don't really always seem to understand that though.
It was not just David Bowie (he went to my school long before me) who said it Joss. When we were kids, remember when the violent videos and video games etc first came out, there was massive outcry because of the serious increase in violence in the youth. We found out then, how much media can affect the young mind. But progress trumps all.
Fast forwards 40 years. 10 years olds grow up with smartphones. Small children growing up on the internet. The internet, where they get predated on by sickos, or can watch real people being beheaded. Burnt, tortured to death. Where sick ****s will encourage them to harm themselves, or kill themselves just for kicks. If you all think your kids will not see this stuff.... Think back to porno mags when we were kids. Kids find a way.
That is the world we now live in. People from my generation and above don't really always seem to understand that though.
In reply to Post #57
A very worrying world we live in today
A very worrying world we live in today
In reply to Post #44
I haven't rushed to reply to your post, I gave it a bit of careful consideration.
My conclusion is that, in the instance of the OP topic, you're talking total tosh.
You make bait and sell it. Some people love it (many) and conversely I've read people say that it's a load of over hyped average gear. I'm sure you must have read the same? If the negative stuff severely affected your mental health then the best thing to do would be to stop selling bait hence stopping any critique, or stop reading the 'reviews'.
I'm self-employed and my work gets put on social media and websites. I mostly get very positive comments about my work, there are always a few that will find something real or imaginary to have a snipe about. If that adversely affected my mental health I would cease to put myself out there for all to see. And that's talking as someone who has suffered from depression (varying degrees) for the last thirteen years or so.
If Scott reads anything about his videos and it sends him to a dark place he should either stop making videos or just stop reading what is said about them. The second option being the most sensible path.
I totally agree about the dangers of the internet as a whole and many people would definitely benefit from getting off the likes of Facebook and Instagram.
Oh and David Bowie definitely did warn about the future dangers of the internet, I remember watching the interview.
Anyway I believe that everyone is entitled to voice their opinions.
I haven't rushed to reply to your post, I gave it a bit of careful consideration.
My conclusion is that, in the instance of the OP topic, you're talking total tosh.
You make bait and sell it. Some people love it (many) and conversely I've read people say that it's a load of over hyped average gear. I'm sure you must have read the same? If the negative stuff severely affected your mental health then the best thing to do would be to stop selling bait hence stopping any critique, or stop reading the 'reviews'.
I'm self-employed and my work gets put on social media and websites. I mostly get very positive comments about my work, there are always a few that will find something real or imaginary to have a snipe about. If that adversely affected my mental health I would cease to put myself out there for all to see. And that's talking as someone who has suffered from depression (varying degrees) for the last thirteen years or so.
If Scott reads anything about his videos and it sends him to a dark place he should either stop making videos or just stop reading what is said about them. The second option being the most sensible path.
I totally agree about the dangers of the internet as a whole and many people would definitely benefit from getting off the likes of Facebook and Instagram.
Oh and David Bowie definitely did warn about the future dangers of the internet, I remember watching the interview.
Anyway I believe that everyone is entitled to voice their opinions.
In reply to Post #59
Conversely what if the negative comments gained traction and increased in volume and the result of that was you come away from social media and your business suffered? I guess by your philosophy, jack it all in?
The one statement I agree with that you made is that everyone is entitled to an opinion, however does not mean you have to share it though.
Conversely what if the negative comments gained traction and increased in volume and the result of that was you come away from social media and your business suffered? I guess by your philosophy, jack it all in?
The one statement I agree with that you made is that everyone is entitled to an opinion, however does not mean you have to share it though.