I've Had Enough

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The absolute worst, though, has got to be the attacks for any display of self-confidence. You may conceptualize the Unites States as a great nation. But it’s also a big tribe, with its own irrational taboos. One of them is: don’t talk proudly about your achievements.

But going forward, Jakob Lodwick, the person, is withdrawing from the public web. You will see the results of my efforts through Normative and other companies. I just cannot deal with these animals any longer.

You’re right: this taboo does exist.  But I don’t think you’re correct in calling it irrational.  It’s actually quite rational.

People aren’t attacking you for violating this taboo.  It’s not that kind of taboo. This particular taboo actually exists entirely for your own protection.  It’s to prevent others from attacking you for perceived arrogance and braggadocio.  It’s also to reinforce a truism: praise from others is always more powerful than praise for yourself.  It’s more readily accepted, and rarely if ever is it the catalyst for controversy.

Personally I think that you’ve sought out the attention that you now claim to hate.  Regardless, we’re all responsible for our own behavior and for the reaction that our behavior receives.  I would suggest that rather than complain about the behavior of your peers, you should use your break from the public Web for some introspection — some time to determine what it is about your own behavior that has caused others to treat you the way they have.

I mean that, incidentally, in the best possible way.  I don’t mean it as an assault.

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106 notes | | Jun 28, 2008
  1. imleaving reblogged this from mashburger and added:
    After reading my mom’s post on shutting down her tumblelog, I can’t help but agree, and it’s time for me to end this....
  2. dianethinks reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Jakob Lodwick is basically my hero. He’s doing right now what I would want to do in my life. He’s an inventor, a...
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  5. fimoculous reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Pssst, Lodwick’s back.
  6. ronenreblogs reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    positive then negative inverse...principle (leading...said...
  7. hardcandy reblogged this from jakoblodwick and added:
    cose che accadono dentro tumblr. al di là della mia posizione o di quella di chiunque altro, per sapere. se vi va di...
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  11. tuskart reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    again—I encouraged you...post self-portraits—and I just read your good-bye note.
  12. roads2roam reblogged this from karmcity
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  14. mikehudack reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    taboo does exist. But...don’t think you’re correct in calling
  15. lafuguedantoine reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    This is serious. This is lamentable. This is just plain wrong. I am so sorry that Jakob Lodwick has to do this. I don’t...
  16. alilbit reblogged this from bijan and added:
    I meant to post something about this whole JL schpeal sooner, but I got distracted. I agree with bijan though, he...
  17. lina-and-gusar reblogged this from lapoor
  18. lexroc reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    The following reblog sort of makes...sad. Why? Because I actually enjoyed this blog. Great...
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    Please take notice of “His relationship with Julia “hey guys, I need to write an article, send me stuff and do it for...
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  23. mareen reblogged this from lapoor and added:
    Enough” from Jakob.
  24. lapoor reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Oh god. This makes me cry. Firstly because of how mean and horrible people can be, (Although that isn’t news to me, it...
  25. itsintheether reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Amen brother. I doubt you’ll read this, but I had a good time following you. Its sad how people constantly hate for no...
  26. ali-with-an-i reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    I’m sad that a person can be driven to feel this way. I posted one post about how everyone reblogs lodwick, even if it’s...
  27. meetmyflaws reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    This is just plain WRONG! Why do people have to be so mean, specially with somebody they don’t know.
  28. theshalom reblogged this from marco and added:
    honestly had no idea....paid attention to Tumblr, but apparently I’m
  29. gonegonegone reblogged this from inky and added:
    Who said money changes people? Hmmm.
  30. kire reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    There is no need...whole post, I’m sure you all have seen it already.
  31. pierreism reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    left 2 companies he’s vehemently supported. That doesn’t paint...very trustworthy
  32. ettafungalsteins reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    oh fucking animals!! my day just got a whole lot shittier. 2 of my favourite blogs gone in 1 day.
  33. ronenreblogs reblogged this from seagull
  34. loreal reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    tumblr one day and Jakob shuts...his blog. Goddammit!
  35. timoni reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    I’m not exactly...shame. Very few people deserve...reviled...
  36. claudia reblogged this from loreal and added:
    Loreal. It’s late,...shitstorm has passed...mouth. Also?...
  37. jakoblodwick reblogged this from jakelodwick
  38. loudersoft reblogged this from maura and added:
    The internet makes you sensitive.
  39. monkeytypist reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    crap - in Australia we call it...tall poppy syndrome - but
  40. ultimatefraud reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    [con’d] Alas, poor Blodwick,...you are no more....a shame,...
  41. migueld reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    shambles. nothing but shambles. my fear is that the tumblr “community” has it out for someone else, we just don’t know...
  42. vidar reblogged this from plainclothesman
  43. iammiki reblogged this from randyhaddock and added:
    I think Randy makes a valid point in that if one makes judgments about others in a public forum where those being judged...
  44. daryn reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Jakob hasn’t always been...most humble or polite fellow — you
  45. jhnbrssndn reblogged this from tumbledore and added:
    pleasant. What our subject, and Marco, and our subject’s mum, and all his little hangers-on, fail to appreciate is that...
  46. jakec reblogged this from summero and added:
    It’s a real shame he’s leaving. I hope Eric sticks around. I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to say that Jakob is...
  47. seagull reblogged this from realrealsoft and added:
    started getting some love.
  48. soupsoup reblogged this from blakeley
  49. thebeatisinyourhood reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    feel bad that people are so insensitive. I thought that...internet was getting better....
  50. realrealsoft reblogged this from blakeley and added:
    Lots of people have blogs. Lots of people disclose and “put themselves out there.” But not everybody gets so much flak...
  51. inky reblogged this from jakelodwick
  52. sciencevsromance reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    be cruel jerks, it’s hard...someone who posts pictures
  53. chimp-shitbitch-kittenscrazy reblogged this from blakeley and added:
    Well babe…this is why I asked you. I just don’t understand the whole Gawker thing. Do you hold auditions for commenters?...
  54. blakeley reblogged this from chimp-shitbitch-kittenscrazy and added:
    often mean things to...people. How does...us suck? We do...
  55. rand0mflora reblogged this from marco and added:
    Not involved with the blogger community at all, mind you, but seeing things like
  56. soupsoup reblogged this from marco and added:
    agree with Marco, but...also think you should be prepared to deal with people’s...
  57. theipodguru reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Jakob Lodwick’s Tumblelog: I’ve Had Enough agh....that made me smile.
  58. derbygirl reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    never followed Jakob Lodwish (once referred...“training wheels
  59. kfan reblogged this from meghanagain and added:
    Min Jung Kim’s Blogger Lifecycle.
  60. shiningstar reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    I honestly have no opinion on the whole Jakob Lodwick thing, but this ‘I’m resigning from the internet’ post is probably...
  61. mashburger reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    I always thought of Tumblr as a ‘community’, and one that supported all its occupants. I guess this is not so much the...
  62. mascarah reblogged this from marco and added:
    respect Marco, David, and everyone I’ve...you would say I’m a nice person. Marco is 100%...
  63. tskaggs reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Jakob Lodwick, I’m sorry you’re leaving. I think I’m one of the few who enjoyed your tumblogs. You being an a successful...
  64. kassieparrish reblogged this from catherine-eliza
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  66. summero reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    I enjoy reading Jakob’s informative posts. They will certainly be missed. He is an intelligent being, and is curious...
  67. meghanagain reblogged this from maura and added:
    Yes. A thousand times yes. Which makes sense, right? Don’t girls develop faster or something about science. Anyway in...
  68. marco reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    People who have actually met Jakob will recognize that...hadn’t met him before,
  69. byrdie reblogged this from thedailyfiona and added:
    have experienced...as well and it can be devastating....all...
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  71. kyleshank reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    all that criticism. That said, if you leave the commenterrorists will have won. Jakob
  72. catherine-eliza reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    The first thing that popped into my head when this got reblogged onto my dashboard was the Mary Rambin thing. Why is it...
  73. obifferson reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    I’m glad things haven’t got this bad with my public face (yet). I have a really hard time with people disagreeing with...
  74. rbmntjs reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    points you make, Jake,...change. They’ll keep trying...don’t...
  75. vccvc reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    It sucks that a voice that...find interesting...the tumblr...
  76. dawnowar reblogged this from bijan and added:
    quitting blogging… again… People who officially announce they are quitting always crop
  77. dhk reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    JL, 1st totally agreed. With that being said, you stated the essence of the beast(s) in ur post, re:American taboo to...
  78. joncrowley reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    […] But going forward, Jakob Lodwick, the person, is withdrawing from the public web. You will see the results of my...
  79. tumbledore reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Thou hast neither heat, affection, limb, nor beauty...make thy riches pleasant
  80. karmcity reblogged this from plainclothesman and added:
    When you’re making...click “Show advanced options”
  81. seejesse reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    jakob, i know it sucks to be called names, treated like shit,...downplayed by people you...
  82. movingsideways reblogged this from jakelodwick
  83. tylercoates reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Mission accomplished.
  84. maura reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    reads exactly like every “wahhh,...Internet because you’re all being
  85. soupsoup reblogged this from krankmills and added:
    I concur with fareastmeetswildwest, you only get what you give. Put out bad vibes, you often get them back, such is the...
  86. aaronwhite reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Jakob, For what it’s worth,...both spaces love & hate...same...
  87. lstarnes reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    too found tumbler because...you. Good luck!!
  88. bijan reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Jakob is calling it quits...blogging. He’s tired of the abuse he’s getting online.
  89. xgetsthesquare reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    A tangled web indeed
  90. suitep reblogged this from ben and added:
    This makes me incredibly sad. I found tumblr because of Jakob, and then I went on to find his mom, who has become such a...
  91. hannahkc reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Boo. I enjoyed Jakob’s posts. even if i didn’t always agree with them. I very much admire the confidence he has in his...
  92. zzellers reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    young hopefuls such
  93. krankmills reblogged this from supernice and added:
    You know I would...lot more sympathy...he not been on the...
  94. slaughtered reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    i don’t know any...whole tumblr-thing so it took...pieces...
  95. saraliz reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    Jakob Lodwick’s Tumblelog: I’ve Had Enough
  96. plainclothesman reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    A feature missing from Tumblr (or I can’t find it?): PRIVATE posts only available to ‘friends,’ the list of people you...
  97. ben reblogged this from jakelodwick
  98. supernice reblogged this from jakelodwick and added:
    mascarah have won out over jakob in...respect for his vibrancy, his passion
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    got your back, dawg; had it since day 1 (well, really like November ‘07,...still). Do what...
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