Who cares?

Over the years of having a blahg I've only garnered a few people (whom I didn't already know) who continue to follow it. Of course, theirs are a few of the sites I follow myself, so that reciprocity is not entirely surprising. There was something to the tone and style they used that suggested we had some modicum of similarity in our outlook on the world.

While a diversity of personalities and beliefs ultimately is what makes life interesting, in those with whom we choose to surround ourselves (literally or figuratively) we do prefer some significant commonality. That's not any sort of revelation.

Of course, even amongst what appear to be similar people there are differences, and thus a big part of what allows the perception of similarity is being vague, at least regarding topics about which people will feel passionately. One might say that seems duplicitous; I say it's avoiding the unnecessary alienation of others.

Now, it's tricky for me to find others who are that similar, as generally the main topic about which I'm passionate is not being terribly passionate about topics. That, however, can be alienating to those who are passionate about topics, so it's a fine line to be walked (so to speak) when composing these meandering posts of mine.

I do think that the majority of people are fairly indifferent about a lot of things, and that the minority who are passionate are who get the attention, whether they represent that majority in any way or not.

However, I'm not passionately of that belief.