This week on RHOA, there was a big scene between one of the hwives (Cynthia) and her fiance (Peter). Peter got mad at Cynthia because she was on the phone with NeNe (another hwife) while he was making dinner for the two of them. He made some really blunt comment about how once he gets home, she should give him all of her attention. This has been getting a lot of discussion on the boards since Sunday night and so I decided to chime in. I commented on how this relationship reminds me of a different relationship (Charles & Cat) from Real Housewives of DC. I even drew specific references from DC to compare to ATL so that others would understand where I was coming from. I put a lot of time and thought into what I wanted to say to make sure I got some reactions and... I got nothing. In fact, they completely changed subjects and started talking about Kim's bad singing and Sheree's horrible acting.
Seriously, these boards are so repetitive and the one time I think I have something insightful to say, I go completely ignored. This is just reaffirming everything I've said up until this point - that unless you're a regular poster and an established member of the community, no one listens to what you have to say. Which is truly frustrating.
I feel like this too when I try to say something on the Glee wiki. Unless you're an admin on the site or recognized by the community, no one really pays attention. I tried to say something a couple weeks ago about how Glee did a good job of using Kurt's character to address the serious problem of bullying that goes on in many schools, but I didn't get much of a response. It doesn't really seem like people want to talk about the show in relation to real life events, but rather they want to immerse themselves in the fictional events of the show.
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