Thanks to You, I Get It Now
A Grateful Note
Dear Social Media Friend,
You know how they say that some arguments don’t make sense in 140 characters or less? Well, today your arguments destroyed me. You blew a hole in my reasoning and drove a tank of wisdom straight through it.
The only thing that tempers my awe is my gratefulness.
The things I was writing—the jokes, the snide asides, the animated GIFs, the conversation with a friend, the rambling thoughts that I posted from my phone as I went to bed in a haze of NyQuil—now I regret them. I made a stupid mistake by typing those with so little consultation.
I never knew you before a few minutes ago, but that’s no excuse; I should have known. So count me a convert. But forgive me—I’m going to be a silent convert. I need a little time to prepare myself before I can fully engage with the kind of thinking that happens in your neck of the social media woods. I hope I’ll catch up one day. Not to you, of course.
Even if you don’t hear from me again, or find it difficult to access my account, be assured: I was the wrong one, and I was grateful. Go home under a banner of victory, for your labor unto my foolishness is hereby finished.
Sincerely,
Your Admirer
