spiralofhope

spiralofhope

2014-08-07
my writing, personal, this website, todo
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I am the sole editor of this website.

TL;DR - Archivist and documentation fanatic. Non-journalist reviewer.

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Table of Contents [hide]
  • 1 About the name
  • 2 About the logo
  • 3 About the person
  • 4 On pseudonyms, privacy and secrecy
  • 5 Attitude

About the name ∞

spiralofhope is all one word, all lowercase.

It is based on a phrase once written by a now-dead philosopher. I don't use the full phrase, making it something people misinterpret, which I'm fine with.

It has no particular meaning. I merely chose it for its uniqueness, impact and memorability.

About the logo ∞

See logo.

About the person ∞

Nosce te ipsum, in English "know thyself", is something I've lived by for some time now. But that doesn't mean I need to share anything. I think there's little value in doing so.

I suppose I could give a sort of curriculum vitae to establish my background and supposed-expertise. But who I am doesn't add to any argument; that's probably some sort of argument from authority. The very act of describing myself is an act of arrogance anyway. I'm using a pseudonym because a name not only doesn't matter but it detracts and distracts from one's work.

So instead, what I've accomplished will speak for my abilities. Maybe.

In short, I'm nobody.

I have heroes.

On pseudonyms, privacy and secrecy ∞

Using a pen name is to detach from the words, not for secrecy from the reader.

I don't generally care about people knowing who I am, and some do know me.

There are people who think that attacking the person is attacking the argument, and that "outing" a pseudonym has any meaning. Such bullying, outrage bandwagon culture and cry-bullying are tools of horrible homilies.. of people who know they're wrong.

Stop wondering and get on with your life.

Attitude ∞

I am bitter and sarcastic.

For example, when reviewing movies, I will say things wrong .. like "big strong man will save me" as a way of pointing out just how stupid or trope that moment is.

People who think they can comment negatively on one line I wrote on one post are fucking idiots. This is the sort of driveby-outrage the internet has been reduced to. Although I've written on this topic here and there in the past, Message in a bottle was specific to this topic.




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