Sunday, May 29, 2011
Random note about randomness
This blog averages about 3 reads per day. Typically 1 of those is from an English-speaking country (US, UK, AU) and 2 from non-English places. Some of the Anglosphere reads are indefinite because Sitemeter doesn't give enough info, but the definable ones are actual readers who spend 5 to 20 minutes reading some of my better stuff. That's satisfying.
The foreign reads are frustratingly mismatched. Examples:
A few days ago I linked to a heavenly piece of Bulgarian music. Today a link came from Bulgaria. Looking at the Bulgarian music? No, looking at something about monarchy.
Recently I said something nice about Quebec. Today a link from Quebec read one of the nice things I said about Russians.
I've said many nice things about Koreans. Do Koreans look for blogs saying nice things about Koreans? Apparently not; all the Korean reads come to one article about "user-serviceable parts".
I've said many nasty things, and recently some nice things, about Arabs. (My attitude on Arabs has decisively turned around.) Do Arabs read either of those opinions? Nope. Readers from Arab countries are either looking for porn or reading about "global warming".
Similarly with Persians. Most of my comments about Persians have been positive, but the only links from Iran are looking for porn or video games.
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Conclusion from all of this: Only Americans are insecure enough to care what others think about them. Other nationalities are more secure in their own identities. They don't give a damn what everyone else thinks; they are just surfing the web for things that interest them personally. Porn. ¶ 4:48 PM
The foreign reads are frustratingly mismatched. Examples:
A few days ago I linked to a heavenly piece of Bulgarian music. Today a link came from Bulgaria. Looking at the Bulgarian music? No, looking at something about monarchy.
Recently I said something nice about Quebec. Today a link from Quebec read one of the nice things I said about Russians.
I've said many nice things about Koreans. Do Koreans look for blogs saying nice things about Koreans? Apparently not; all the Korean reads come to one article about "user-serviceable parts".
I've said many nasty things, and recently some nice things, about Arabs. (My attitude on Arabs has decisively turned around.) Do Arabs read either of those opinions? Nope. Readers from Arab countries are either looking for porn or reading about "global warming".
Similarly with Persians. Most of my comments about Persians have been positive, but the only links from Iran are looking for porn or video games.
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Conclusion from all of this: Only Americans are insecure enough to care what others think about them. Other nationalities are more secure in their own identities. They don't give a damn what everyone else thinks; they are just surfing the web for things that interest them personally. Porn. ¶ 4:48 PM
