PostSecret
Good lord…I’ve been mesmerized with this site for a half an hour..
It’s a site that posts secrets that people send in on postcards that they make. Very interesting.
Update: This one sends chills down my spine!
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OHMIGOSH…don’t you love it?
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I had never heard of this site before. I mentioned it to Jamison and he had. I too was mesmerired and I’ll even admit a little horrified by a few of them. I’m definitely bookmarking this site!
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There was a great interview with the guy who runs the site on NPR. I just didn’t know what to do with it, the entire notion of it was baffling to me.
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It is really baffling..I guess that’s why I was sucked into it for so long yesterday..It’s like watching a train wreck.
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Well most of us don’t live that level of dissonance between what we believe and how we live. So to actually see it written down like that is pretty shocking. If you believe in the theory of cognitive dissonance, this kind of exercise would be a very productive exercise because it allows people to resolve their issues. I’m not sure how productive an exercise it is, but catharsis is always a good thing in the long run if no one gets hurt by it. Which I think the simple format and efforts by the website owner to maintain anonymity allows.
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Well most of us don’t live that level of dissonance between what we believe and how we live. So to actually see it written down like that is pretty shocking. If you believe in the theory of cognitive dissonance, this kind of exercise would be a very productive exercise because it allows people to resolve their issues. I’m not sure how productive an exercise it is, but catharsis is always a good thing in the long run if no one gets hurt by it. Which I think the simple format and efforts by the website owner to maintain anonymity allows.
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I think that it’s fascinating. It amazing to look into the skeletons in people’s closets. Those things people go through. Sad, funny, horrifying experiences. We all need to be more aware of the human condition…we’re not alone, we’re not all perfect. We’re flawed and beautiful. What is a secret to one, is public to another. Some of the confessions make me realize there is a bigger picture and what I’m going through might not be so bad, y’know? I think it’s brilliant.
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Christie, well put. I totally agree.
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You’re right Christie, sadly today we are all missing the most critical element in the human condition which is empathy for our fellow man. As society has become more complex we’ve all been pushed further and further apart from one another and we tend to view each other as aliens. Of course, you ladies have the advantage that you’re not as cut off from your ability to empathize, we men don’t have it as good. Most of us are raised up to be devoid of such emotions.
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I wish that it wasn’t that way. I don’t know why we have to play these outmoded ‘gender roles’. Although women are given emotional freedom, it’s sad that on the other hand, we rarely support other women. We’d rather tear each other down, then build up. Women don’t have the sense of brotherhood that men seem to. It’s so sad to me…but I digress…
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Got me thinking about things long forgotten. Thanks for the link.
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You’re right Christie. Women do tend to tear each other down more often than not. That’s why I decided years ago that women who liked that kind of stuff had no place in my life. I only surround myself with supporting women and my life has been much happier.
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Christie, I’ve been debating your comments about men since Friday. I’ve kicked them around with the guys in the office here, and generally most of us think that the days of the “brotherhood” among men has past. We are all aware that there is suppose to be a homogeneous solidarity we are all suppose to ascribe too, but none of us can find any sort of lasting connection to it. Mostly it has been splintered into common interest groups, the lawn men, the sports men, the car men, the computer men, the married men and so on. Outside those vertical groupings we don’t really share anything in common with one another beyond that we usually all like women and we share the same restrooms. There are men that are members of multiple groups, but there is a tradition of compartmentalizing those relationships. I can talk to some of the car guys because they are also married men as well, but beyond using that as a transition into a question about cars, we don’t discuss anything else in that vertical grouping. Basically the old style fraternity style relationships that use to be shared among most men are a thing of the past, except in those kinds of organizations.
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