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	<title>Comments on: Backlash tennis and the flipside of popularity</title>
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		<title>By: Michael &#124; Low on Hit Points</title>
		<link>http://mononoaware.concretebadger.net/2009/07/31/backlash-tennis-and-the-flipside-of-popularity/comment-page-1/#comment-551</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael &#124; Low on Hit Points</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I must admit, this post highlights what I feel to be the biggest problem with my blog as of late.  I&#039;m too reactionary.  I like Endless Eight, K-ON!, and the current season of anime.  So when I read post after post trashing all three (the third one at the start of the season, but seemingly not anymore), it gets to me.

It&#039;s not the criticism that gets me.  It&#039;s the unfounded criticism; the raging hate that makes no sense; the predisposition to deny a show a fair chance; and finally, the unwillingness to leave well enough alone and continue to bash said show week after week.  Devoid of these faults, criticism is excellent.  More often than not, however, I see hate absent reason.

But I really shouldn&#039;t let it get to me.  I should just shrug it off and let it go.  I shouldn&#039;t let it affect my writing.  I need to just stick to my opinion in a post, without the need to start off expelling the opposing (and often predominant) viewpoint.

And so, that&#039;s one of my major &quot;points for improvement&quot; that I want to work on.  Easier said than done, especially since I&#039;m a blogger that focuses primarily on opinion and emotion...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I must admit, this post highlights what I feel to be the biggest problem with my blog as of late.  I&#8217;m too reactionary.  I like Endless Eight, K-ON!, and the current season of anime.  So when I read post after post trashing all three (the third one at the start of the season, but seemingly not anymore), it gets to me.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not the criticism that gets me.  It&#8217;s the unfounded criticism; the raging hate that makes no sense; the predisposition to deny a show a fair chance; and finally, the unwillingness to leave well enough alone and continue to bash said show week after week.  Devoid of these faults, criticism is excellent.  More often than not, however, I see hate absent reason.</p>
<p>But I really shouldn&#8217;t let it get to me.  I should just shrug it off and let it go.  I shouldn&#8217;t let it affect my writing.  I need to just stick to my opinion in a post, without the need to start off expelling the opposing (and often predominant) viewpoint.</p>
<p>And so, that&#8217;s one of my major &#8220;points for improvement&#8221; that I want to work on.  Easier said than done, especially since I&#8217;m a blogger that focuses primarily on opinion and emotion&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: gen195</title>
		<link>http://mononoaware.concretebadger.net/2009/07/31/backlash-tennis-and-the-flipside-of-popularity/comment-page-1/#comment-546</link>
		<dc:creator>gen195</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fans are crazy period. Just take a look at some of the speculation floating around...

http://heminga13.livejournal.com/1200.html

It&#039;s an interesting read but really, it&#039;s a bit much. I&#039;ll just live by my creed and I&#039;ll do just fine, &quot;Watch for myself, think for myself.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fans are crazy period. Just take a look at some of the speculation floating around&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://heminga13.livejournal.com/1200.html" rel="nofollow">http://heminga13.livejournal.com/1200.html</a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s an interesting read but really, it&#8217;s a bit much. I&#8217;ll just live by my creed and I&#8217;ll do just fine, &#8220;Watch for myself, think for myself.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: The Scrumptious Anime Blog &#124; Tokyo Tower is Not Overrated, You Are</title>
		<link>http://mononoaware.concretebadger.net/2009/07/31/backlash-tennis-and-the-flipside-of-popularity/comment-page-1/#comment-531</link>
		<dc:creator>The Scrumptious Anime Blog &#124; Tokyo Tower is Not Overrated, You Are</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] a totally unrelated note, there&#8217;s a very interesting debate (more interesting than my post OBV) going on around the other side of the &#8217;sphere, and while [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] a totally unrelated note, there&#8217;s a very interesting debate (more interesting than my post OBV) going on around the other side of the &#8217;sphere, and while [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Martin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Endless Eight is, for me, proof that people should be careful about what they wish for! As for the general theme of my original post, I was merely outlining how fans can get carried away. In that sense I think MY WORK HERE IS DONE. ^_^</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Endless Eight is, for me, proof that people should be careful about what they wish for! As for the general theme of my original post, I was merely outlining how fans can get carried away. In that sense I think MY WORK HERE IS DONE. ^_^</p>
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		<title>By: Martin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Videogames, eh? I recall an argument we had at school over whether Zool was faster than Sonic the Hedgehog! Ultimately it didn&#039;t matter; both were fast enough for me!

And yeah, Melee is fine for just button-mashing and kicking the living daylights out of people. There&#039;s something therapeutic about an overweight Italian plumber beating the crap out of Pikachu!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Videogames, eh? I recall an argument we had at school over whether Zool was faster than Sonic the Hedgehog! Ultimately it didn&#8217;t matter; both were fast enough for me!</p>
<p>And yeah, Melee is fine for just button-mashing and kicking the living daylights out of people. There&#8217;s something therapeutic about an overweight Italian plumber beating the crap out of Pikachu!</p>
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		<title>By: TheBigN</title>
		<link>http://mononoaware.concretebadger.net/2009/07/31/backlash-tennis-and-the-flipside-of-popularity/comment-page-1/#comment-527</link>
		<dc:creator>TheBigN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, &lt;I&gt;this&lt;/I&gt; took an odd turn. :P 

It&#039;s the people that feel to the point of personal insult with how Endless Eight has gone that make me chuckle a bit at how emphatic the reaction is. Mostly because these people often were the ones that ragged on KyoAni to high heaven for not producing more Haruhi, only to quickly come rushing back when new episodes debuts. It&#039;s a very extreme love-hate relationship, and it&#039;s fun to see.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, <i>this</i> took an odd turn. :P </p>
<p>It&#8217;s the people that feel to the point of personal insult with how Endless Eight has gone that make me chuckle a bit at how emphatic the reaction is. Mostly because these people often were the ones that ragged on KyoAni to high heaven for not producing more Haruhi, only to quickly come rushing back when new episodes debuts. It&#8217;s a very extreme love-hate relationship, and it&#8217;s fun to see.</p>
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		<title>By: kadian1364</title>
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		<dc:creator>kadian1364</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Man, arguing about video games is so much easier. I remember when Super Smash Bros Brawl came out,  I&#039;d debate with anyone who&#039;d listen that Melee was still superior gameplay-wise. It&#039;d inevitably turn into a challenge, where I&#039;d summarily whip my opponents and face the sky laughing hysterically. Not that it settled anything, but I definitely felt better afterwards!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Man, arguing about video games is so much easier. I remember when Super Smash Bros Brawl came out,  I&#8217;d debate with anyone who&#8217;d listen that Melee was still superior gameplay-wise. It&#8217;d inevitably turn into a challenge, where I&#8217;d summarily whip my opponents and face the sky laughing hysterically. Not that it settled anything, but I definitely felt better afterwards!</p>
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		<title>By: Martin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Right, I&#039;ve given you the benefit of the doubt so far but now I have to admit I think you&#039;re an absolute moron. I might not always see eye-to-eye with your co-writer Jeff but at least he&#039;s shown he&#039;s able to explain his stance and put his views across in an intelligent and articulate way. How can you even begin to prove your point and expect it to be taken seriously when it&#039;s lost in a shitstorm of unfunny wisecracks and &quot;I&#039;m cooler than you!&quot; posturing which fools nobody?

Re my original post title: your stupidity, Sean, has provided almost as much entertainment value as the Wimbledon finals...without the threat of rain putting a stop to the fun. Now I have to wonder if there&#039;s any point arguing further with someone who is medically inapable of listening to anything apart from his own misguided horseshit.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Right, I&#8217;ve given you the benefit of the doubt so far but now I have to admit I think you&#8217;re an absolute moron. I might not always see eye-to-eye with your co-writer Jeff but at least he&#8217;s shown he&#8217;s able to explain his stance and put his views across in an intelligent and articulate way. How can you even begin to prove your point and expect it to be taken seriously when it&#8217;s lost in a shitstorm of unfunny wisecracks and &#8220;I&#8217;m cooler than you!&#8221; posturing which fools nobody?</p>
<p>Re my original post title: your stupidity, Sean, has provided almost as much entertainment value as the Wimbledon finals&#8230;without the threat of rain putting a stop to the fun. Now I have to wonder if there&#8217;s any point arguing further with someone who is medically inapable of listening to anything apart from his own misguided horseshit.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Man, what kind of lame blog software shows embeds in the real-time preview and not the actual post?

http://www.youtube.com/v/TY41o-iZStI</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Man, what kind of lame blog software shows embeds in the real-time preview and not the actual post?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/TY41o-iZStI" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/v/TY41o-iZStI</a></p>
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		<title>By: Sean</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;If you want to be the tough kid in the playground, why do you crawl up in a corner and cry when we don’t want to play ball with you?&quot;

Because we like telling people how wrong they are.

Also: HITS</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;If you want to be the tough kid in the playground, why do you crawl up in a corner and cry when we don’t want to play ball with you?&#8221;</p>
<p>Because we like telling people how wrong they are.</p>
<p>Also: HITS</p>
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