I’m such a prude, I can’t leave my blog total at 69. I’m sure that 68 and 70 are interesting too, but neither have the attention 69 gets. Enough now, ENOUGH!

I feel as if I’m in my own echo chamber. All I know are my thoughts. So much I know about the modern world and how language of politics and religion has changed if from Twitter and YouTube. I’ve deleted my Twitter account, or it will be in about 20 days. I deactivated it when I just gave up with 35 feeds bombarding me with people I probably agree with, given that sometimes I really don’t understand the argument, but side with the person I decided to follow.

There’s the option to follow dubious people who you don’t agree with. And we should read and be in contact with views we don’t approve of. But modern politics has shown the danger of clicking a “follow” button or joining a group. Suddenly, by doing so you seem to associated with all of the bad stuff.

Admittedly, actually joining the English Defence League, UKIP (nothing wrong with them, they are a legitimate political party, even though they are misguided) would look bad. After all, you really have to have the values, or lack of values an organisation has. But simply following, or joining a social media group can come back and haunt you too, especially if you “liked” or shared something that is against the correct thinking majority.

So, just to be on the safe side stick with your views. Views that are mainstream and won’t offend anyone. Don’t expose yourself to bad, or dangerous ideas. Become outdated, and leave yourself at risk from not knowing how language changes and can make you look like a dinosaur. You’ll find out about words like “echo chamber”, but you’re not an early adopter of these things. And it may not even be a problem for you. Your physical “real life” echo chamber will protect you, and you may feel reasonable and justified in your views. The problem is that the world will change around you, or maybe it won’t. You may be happy in your views that have served you well.

I haven’t won a crystal here. Not every blog wins one. I could keep running and jumping the wrong way, or perhaps I’ve made my point, and I don’t need to keep smashing boxes open with an axe on the off-chance I could find a stewed apple.

I’m going to complete the tricky (simple really, but I keep making a mess of it!) task in Zelda! This may be a running theme.