Loyalty to the Epinions Idiot. May 09 '03 (Updated May 15 '03)    Write an essay on this topic. Tweet The Bottom Line There is nothing funny here - This title was originally “Time to say Goodbye”, but life without chatting with Epinions friends is too scary. I’m a big wimp! I should apologize in advance for this choppy poorly written entry. While writing this, I had about three or four very different potential outcomes for this review. After typing for two days and cutting out about 75 percent of what I originally wrote, I came up with this. I think everyone that knows me understands how much I love to read and write on Epinions. In fact I have been told that I enjoy it far too much. My doctor and my immediate family our angry as hell at the fact that I will spend every waking moment on a web site that they know as "stockholder". They don’t even give it enough thought to remember the name of the website that I write on, they just simply call the hours and hours that I spend on the computer “stockholder”. I’m not sure if you noticed or not but I am on Epinions for an average of 12 hours a day and many days it is closer to 15 hours. No matter what time of the day or night, there is a great chance that you will find me online. And of my time spent online, well over 95 percent is spent on Epinions. Even when I'm doing things such as eating, watching TV, showering etc.. I will leave Epinions on the computer and check in through out. Often my family attempts to call my apartment and the phone will just wring and wring, indicating to them that I am again on "stockholder" and most likely will not be available for them that day; it also indicates that I will be unavailable for most of the night as well. They have grown so accustomed to me not answering my calls that if I were to drop dead, it would be days before my family would even think about investigating my disappearance. When my son is able to reach me on the phone he mentions that he thought I would be writing on “stockholder” and he is surprised I answered. He constantly wants to know what I ate that day and if I got outside to go for a walk or some form of exercise. He sometimes hollers at me for neglecting myself and my family that has supported me through out my whole miserable life. But in reality, when my family visits, I have no urge to be on the computer. But while sitting home alone all day my two favorite things call for me. For some strange reason Epinions and the food in my refrigerator keep calling me towards them, demanding that I consume great volumes of them. If you watch the movie "Requiem for a Dream" you will know what I'm talking about. My daughter cries alligator tears every time I come home from a doctor’s appointment with bad news such as breathing problems, weight 246, Total Cholesterol 290, blood pressure through the roof etc… And of course she blames it on “stockholder”. My doctor is amazed at the fact that I feel pretty darn good, but he believes at my age it is only a matter of time before it all catches up on me and I drop dead. He says all I need to do is get off my computer chair and get some exercise and start eating like a normal human being and I could add 20 years to my life. The million-dollar question is why am I on Epinions so much, why would I sacrifice my few remaining years on this planet for such an artificial existence. There are but a few writers on Epinions that would lose a moment’s sleep if I were to drop dead – Most would just say things like “ you know that old idiot stockholder? He’s Dead! “. Most people on Epinions will forget your friendship the second they have any doubts about you or the second you stop performing for them. So what brings me back? Well I’m kind of trying to figure that out as I’m typing away - It is surely not the money, considering I have only earned $6.80 over a year and a half. It is defiantly not the great writers - out of the 40 or so people on Epinions that I consider to be great writers, they probably don’t make up more than 10 percent of my time spent reading reviews - most of my time is spent reading horrible product reviews by writers that could barely string together a sentence. The reason for me spending so much time here also can not be MY great writing, let’s face it, my idiotic reviews with their horrible personal stories of my son-in-law, overeating and man-boobs will not be remembered 10 minutes from now let alone 10 years from now. And I don’t think I stay around for the 100-150 people that religiously leave a Very Helpful rating every time I write a review. I understand that I could type just about anything now and all I will get is the usual rubber stamp of approval. In fact I’m willing to bet that half of the people that leave a VH rating don't even read the review. After all how many times can you hear about my gas before it stops being interesting or funny? So that only leaves one thing - I guess what keeps me coming back to Epinions everyday is the compliments. Everyone knows it’s true. There are very few people that write on Epinions that do not strictly write for the compliments in the comment section. To me since I’m an older man and I don’t have a ton of visitors everyday or a group of friends to do things with, I enjoy when people write a little something directly to me, whether it is in the comment section or e-mailed to me. If I never got feed back on my writing I would not bother. So as much as I wanted to retire from Epinions for the sake of making my life more productive, I can't do that today. I feel like the people that leave nice comments and e-mails are my friends and I would miss them too much. This review’s originally title was “Time to say Goodbye” due to the fact that many people have lost interest in my writing and have not remand loyal to the friendship I thought we once had. I thought most people at Epinions knew how much effort and time I put into this site. I hate to sound like a crying little girl, but to be completely honest that’s exactly how I feel. As I mentioned in this review, my family wants me to completely stop writing on Epinions. They feel that I’m incapable of moderating my time spent here. But the only reason I'm staying around is out of loyalty to my friends at Epinions. But as their loyalty for me drops off one by one it brings me closer and closer to calling it quits. But I can not tell a lie, the only reason I wrote this was to get more compliments, comments and to be appreciated more. So, if everyone gets one chance to cry and feel sorry for themselves, I just used mine. stockholder P.S brotherman agrees I am acting like a punk. by unhappycarrie All that for some comments and compliments... You are a punk! Carrie

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