Me Vs Us Vs Them

 me:  i think, in a lot of ways, the internet is our generation's mode of rebellion

like, only the real cool kids wrote poetry, and then played good music, and then protested, and then skate boarded, and then used the internet

 Elisabeth:  yes, totally

it's our generation's way of being like, THIS IS ME AND WHY I AM SPECIAL

 Elisabeth:  PLEASE THINK I AM COOL

 me:  the difference is that with the other rebellions, it was like an us vs them

and now it's like a me vs them

which is shittier, i think

 Elisabeth:   there is certainly some aspect of community to the blogosphere

but it's really more like, "oh i'm going to participate in this community so as to get more people to look at my personal corner of the internet"

 Sent at 1:00 PM on Wednesday

 Elisabeth:  but, yes, i think the overall tone of our generation is "i am mad because i did not personally get all of the awesome that was promised me as a child, now that i am a disillusioned grownup, hear me roar impotently via twitter"