Magically Deceptive

So, today in the booth I got some texts I wasn’t totally prepared for. One of our loyal viewers texted in that she had the misfortune of having an inoperable tumour; and the response was totally heart warming. All of a sudden the screen was jammed up with well-wishing texts and a lot of big time props for being a great mom to her son.

So there you have it: one person’s misfortune gets a lot of other people’s attention, and the response was amazing. 

It was weird too, having so many positive things being said during an episode of My Life Sux. Oh well, if you can’t beat em, join em.

Also, people were not impressed with Nike’s new Tiger Woods advertisement. Good to know our viewers are as well informed and ethically grounded as us. Comment of the night goes out to McHorton, who said: “who’d of thought your dead dad could help you sell golf clubs?” - roflmao!

It’s weird though, with the chat shows you get a real mix bag of opinions and ideas, all at the same time. It’s like life turned down the filter something fierce, and everyone just lets their innermost opinions and ideas out into the ether. It’s bizarre, as a moderator, you spend so much time focused on making everything work properly, you can’t get too caught up in what’s being discussed.

But then something gets said that you can’t take your eyes off of.

It’s really rewarding and fulfilling to know that the other moderators are having similarly interesting experiences, and good for the whole network to know that people are watching, texting, and participating. Even though the raw feed of people’s ideas, thoughts and feelings can be hard to handle, people generally are not.

When people come together out of earnest interest, it can be magical.