So aside from being thankful every day that I can get up, write about some of the best and brightest things in geek culture, and then go off into the world and make a difference, I have to thank certain groups of people that simply make my life easier. They keep me going day after day, they are a worthwhile contributor to my overall outlook on life, and I wouldn’t honestly know what to do without them.
I’m talking about all the failure predictors, of course.
Where would I be without these Nostradamuses keeping me from doing the things that I mistakenly wanted to do? Whether it’s a game that’s only been released a week, a device that’s barely reached the market, or a show with a grant total of one episode, the people calling failure as they see it are real pioneers. It’s certainly a dificult and trying job to jump to an immediate conclusion after seeing only a small percentage of what something has to offer. Someone has to step in and give the first impression – after all, why wait for the slow, arduous process of actually trying to understand the reasoning behind something when you can just make sure people know to stay far away from it? WHat thoughtful people, these failure detectors are.
You can’t ask for a better hype balancer than someone who is just willing to say that something smells like epic fail, even though it’s probably just what they had for lunch. Failure talkers keep things honest. I mean, why buy into all the excitement only to be disappointed? Why get excited about anything at all? These peopl eknow what they know and see what they see, and they make a great bucket of cold ice over a fire of exaggeration, and all they have to do is not say anything if they’re proven wrong. They win either way, you see.
So to all those people out there that just can’t be impressed enough about something because it might make them seem like everyone else, thank you. Your attempts to convince the rest of that we can’t enjoy something are an interesting change in an otherwise happy day.
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