Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

Gotta disagree, emphatically, on one particular corner of 3). Ranting on LJ is at least as cathartic as ranting to a friend, and can on occasion be even more so. Moreover, I always find - and I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in this - that ranting in a blog entry about how one's life is sooo hard often proves to be a first-class ticket to turning around, rereading what you've just written, and realising that things could be worse.

If you feel like it's the end of the world, then what the hell is so bad about coming out and saying that it feels that way. Nobody's saying it IS the end of the world, just ranting about how they feel in a particular moment. IMHO, there's no difference whatsoever in ranting about one's trobules to a friend or ranting in one's blog. In both contexts you're taking a breath, sitting back, and ranting about it, so what's the difference? Ranting is ranting, and if it's okay to rant in one place, then why in the name of all things holy is it not okay to do the same thing in another?