[kj] More Comedy Gold From Trent Reznor

[Alexander Smith]

Someone needs to get Trent a step-ladder, as he's clearly having a lot  
of trouble getting over himself.

Alex in NYC


On Jun 6, 2009, at 3:40 PM, The Mighty TB wrote:


>> From everyone's pal, Trent Reznor:

>

> There's many problems at work here, not the least of which is the  

> nature of the internet and the culture it spawns. Perhaps when and  

> if I feel up to it I'll write an essay on the matter from my  

> perspective. In the meantime, the replies are not going to get read,  

> nor the PMs or forums. It's too draining to attempt to communicate  

> with a mob and ultimately utterly pointless. Any community that  

> grows to a certain size will implode as the lowest common  

> denominator takes over. I try to stay personally engaged but it's  

> either truly mentally unstable types constantly spamming my PMs  

> (100s per day), or self-righteous entitlement from "fans", or random  

> cowardly snipes from hate-driven scum of the fucking earth that need  

> something to define their utterly meaningless lives by attacking  

> someone from the shadows.

> It makes me resent people, resent my work, resent fans and resent  

> any interaction whatsoever with the "community". Of course this is  

> not aimed at everybody and BY FAR most of you are decent and cool  

> people. BUT, for those wondering why I occasionally lash out, often  

> with some scolding advice for me... You have NO IDEA the amount and  

> intensity of bullshit that comes my way from the "community". You do  

> not experience this in your life, and you don't know what it's like.  

> You just don't. And MOST of it is coming from people who are your  

> FANS?

> When this tour ends, so does any accessibility to me and I really  

> can't wait at this point.

>

> +++++

>

> A link explaining Trent's problem with one fan in particular

>

> http://www.thrashhits.com/2009/05/trent-reznor-crushes-all-that-oppose-him-on-twitter-at-least/

>

> And that "fans" website (she's pretty cracked):

>

> http://www.angiez.net/blog/?p=606

>

> T.B.

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