Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Egoist or Voyeur?

I have decided that bloggers fall into two categories: egoists and voyeurs. I, for example, am an egoist.


EGOISTS

Egoists are in the most extreme cases, people who are deeply in love with themselves, relish the smell of their own farts, laugh at their own jokes, post pictures of their mangy cats and would marry themselves if they could. Many male egoists enjoy writing blogs that showcase their sexual prowess, the size of their member (at least the size of a marrow) and recounting unpleasant sexual details about the dozens of women they have satisfied. Many of them happily combine being a sexual god with spending twelve hours a day with their pants around their ankles cruising the blogosphere. Female egoists who don't post pics of their cats often post pictures of their back and front bottoms and yes, sometimes even their cat flaps.

VOYEURS

Voyeurs are socially inadequate individuals who believe that blogging is the equivalent of a social life and who enjoy obsessively stalking visiting the blogs of attractive strangers.

Voyeurs often feel they 'know' the bloggers they worship. But do they really? Probably not. Blogging seems to be about wearing one's heart on one's sleeve, but after you do it for a while you realize it has very little to do with revealing the truth. I think blogging is mainly about trying to hide certain parts of one's personality and creating an idealized version of oneself and one's own reality. Blogging is very much like Picasso said in 1923 about art (I have substituted the word blog here for art):

"We all know that [blogging]art is not truth. [Blogging]Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The [blogger]artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies."

So there you have it. What I really want to know is, are you an egoist or a voyeur? Also, how do you see me in reality, I mean, do you imagine I am happy go lucky, a manic depressive etc? Go on, be honest, what impression do you have of me?



Also, who is the blogger you would most like to have sexy time with?

58 comments:

Jules said...

I don't want to have sexy time with any bloggers!!

I think I am a voyeur. I don't love myself much at all.

I think you are probably a bit the same as me. An intelligent Mum, who loves her husband and kids but fantasises a bit about life being a bit more exciting and wonder what you would have done had you not chosen the path you chose to walk. You are probably prone to a bit of depression due to your high IQ and past that isn't terrible but had it's moments - but you see your way through the haze to appear pretty damn normal.

sparsely kate said...

I'm definitely a voyeur (I think)...and I blog because I really like the interaction with other bloggers that I feel I have some sort of connection with. But you are right - it's a very hazy stratosphere! quite a controlled environment.

Bloggers I want to have sexy time with? Well I've had a few mini-crushes on some blogger boys but that passes fairly quick.

sparsely kate said...

oh and how do I see you? A witty, funny bugger who likes the topics to be wide and varied and engaging.
You're a sort of half n' half.
You are also one of the best writers that I have on my bookmarked list.

Steve said...

Hmm. Really not sure. Thought I'd be an egoist but having looked back over my many posts I don't think I've celebrated the size or the prowess of my member at all. Not once. In fact I think I've barely referred to it (though I've accused lots of people of being dicks). But I don't think I'm a voyeur either (well, not in the blogging sense). I blog because I can't stop writing... maybe writing is a form of penis extension for me?

Which blogger would I like to have a sexy time with? Can only be you, chuck! ;-)

Steve said...

P.S. You're definitely a egoist!

fingers said...

Gosh, am I a vain tosspot with my head stuck firmly in my ass, or a vapid leech sucking the creative goodness out of others to feed my insatiable appetite for inspiration ??
It's so hard to decide.
They're both such wonderful options...

Kitty said...

I don't think I'm an egoist or a voyeur. Perhaps an egoyeur or a voyist? I'm different things on different days. And my multiple personalities agree. So there. x

Grundy Boyo said...

Grundy doesn't have a blog, so he must be voyeur. He's certainly got a little list of bloggers he plans to stalk, and, eventually, have sex with. If he can remember how.

Misssy M said...

I'm an egoist for sure.

If I don't get enough comments on a post I've thought deserved them, in a fit of rage I threaten to post not only pictures of my cat flap but of my back yard and unpruned bush.

Gorilla Bananas said...

I don't think your binary classification quite covers the rich tapestry the blogosphere. Many blogs are not a vehicle for the personality of the blogger.

Ro said...

At the risk of being rude to the hostess of this blog (fine young woman, salt of the earth, etc, etc), I'm with Gorilla on this one.

I wouldn't put myself in either camp but somewhere between the two.

I certainly do enjoy the interaction with other bloggers that happens in the comments but I claim to know very few of them, those that I've chatted to extensively and, in some cases, met. I certainly don't think I blog-stalk!

On the other side, if you read my blog you'd soon come to realise that it's certainly far from being something to showcase any sexual prowess that I might have! But there is a butt shot :)

As for which blogger I'd love to have sexy time with, she already knows who she is ... largely because that's one ambition I'm fortunate enough to have achieved!

Damn ... blogging about my sexual prowess again ;^)

Gabrielle said...

Interesting question you pose... I'd say I'm a voyeur save for the fact that I am obsessed with my cats and find them much more interesting than any human.

As for you - you seem like someone I'd have a damn good time hanging out with, despite the fact that you have children [see my cats comment, above]. You don't present an idealized picture; you come across as someone who has a pretty healthy sense of self.

Finally, it's refreshing to read a blog that's clever, sarcastic and above all, well-written. There is so much crap that masquerades as 'writing' - my own blog included - that it's nice to find someone who can construct a decent sentence.

Inchy said...

When I fart in the bath I ALWAYS smell it, so what does that make me?

An egoist, or just weird?

Slutty McWhore said...

I don't think anybody needs to spend too much time wondering what I am. It's pretty obvious my ego is massive (but incredibly fragile - like all huge egos).

What do I think you're like? Well, it has crossed my mind that you are probably a good, fun mum. Other than that, I haven't given it much thought. I have often wondered what you're doing living in the US when you're really English. I'm sure you've mentioned that somewhere on your blog, and I've just missed it.

I would most love to shag "The Fugitive Blogger". Not because I really want to or anything, but because I know she really wants me, and I'd hate to upset her. Also, it's about time I experienced the joys of Sappho:

http://fugitiveblogger.blogspot.com

Peach said...

fucking blogger is making me write this again!!!!!!!!!! FUME!!!!!!!!!

I am a HUGE FAT EGOIST and you are a cool and funny egoist.

I have pictures of my (adopted) puss (cat) up but only cause it's a new thing for me.

I have sent bloggers pics of my bum and even for a while posted it up on my side bar.. but took it down again because I got a bit scared.

I would like to have sex with bloggers:

Overnight Editor

Andre Jordan and

Boy

XXX

Gargamello said...

Like several others I'm having trouble fitting neatly into either of the two options. Probably more voyeur but I also like to smell my own farts so it's a tossup.

I think psychologists have been putting labels on personality types for at least a hundred years now, but it's not clear to me whether that's helped or not. Perhaps it's been good for the pharmaceutical companies. You're still the same individual whichever clinical category you've checked off?

EmmaK said...

jules....I think you got my personality pretty much spot on. And you are right you don't love yourself enough, and you should!

sparsely kate....You're a sort of half n' half.
Yeah I am! I had a crush on a boy blogger for a while but it was a disaster so I'm back to being a full time egoist.

steve....I want to have sexy time with you too! And kudos for never mentioning your member.

fingers...to answer your question, you are very much a hybrid of vain tosspot with my head stuck firmly in my ass and a vapid leech sucking the creative goodness out of others to feed my insatiable appetite for inspiration

kitty....yes maybe there needs to be a third category for people who neither need their ego stroked or to worship at the foot of another's blog, yes, let's call them the egoyeurs.

EmmaK said...

grundy boyo
Grundy doesn't have a blog, so he must be voyeur.
Absolutely. The blogless who blogstalk are 100% voyeur. Be careful that you do not become a psycho though. It is a very fine line!

Don't worry about the having sex part, you never forget how to do it. It's like riding a bike...but remember to not wear a bike helmet while you're in flagrante!

Misssy M... you are an egoist, but a darling one!

I threaten to post not only pictures of my cat flap but of my back yard and unpruned bush.

Oh God...dashing over to your blog to post a dozen comments ;)

Gorilla Bananas
I don't think your binary classification quite covers the rich tapestry the blogosphere.
True, I did simplify it somewhat!
I am working towards a more detailed classification of bloggers.

Ro...
I wouldn't put myself in either camp but somewhere between the two.
Indeed, when I dashed off my post I did not think of the pure hybrids like yourself and Gorilla Bananas, not to mention Fingers.

largely because that's one ambition I'm fortunate enough to have achieved!
you dirty little monkey! And there was me thinking all male bloggers were all mouth and no trousers ;)

Gabrielle...
you seem like someone I'd have a damn good time hanging out with
Thank you. Very sweet of you to say so.

Inchy...
When I fart in the bath I ALWAYS smell it, so what does that make me?

I do it too. That makes me an egoist, as are you! Wear the title with pride!

Slutty McWhore...
I have often wondered what you're doing living in the US when you're really English.
nothing too exciting. Found self six months pregnant, boyfriend was moving to USA and asked me to go with him....I thought, ho hum why not? That was eight years ago.

it's about time I experienced the joys of Sappho
absolutely! look forward to a blow by blow account.

EmmaK said...

peach...
Yeah Overnight Editor is a brilliant writer but isn't he always recounting blacking out after huge drug binges. Wouldn't that affect his sexual performance.

Never mind, I'll try and organize a four-way for your next birthday with Overnight Editor, Boy and Andre Jordan ....or do you mean Peter Andre? ;) LMAO

Gargamello...
I think psychologists have been putting labels on personality types for at least a hundred years now, but it's not clear to me whether that's helped or not.

I think in another hundred years people will laugh their heads off when they hear that people used to pay therapists hundreds of dollars and hour to be able to talk about their inner child.

Melissaria said...

Oh crappy crap, and today I posted a video of a cat (not mine) and threatened a picture of my arse. I'm becomg One Of Them...

I'm a bit of both I think. Blogging gives me the chance to think, write and comment on subjects that I don't normally get to touch, being stuck in the Essex Mummysphere. It's my current equivalent of office banter. And just as I never had a crush on anyone I ever worked with, I've never had one on a blogger either. What I give away about myself informs my opinion on how much you can get to know the 'real' person behind the blog.

EmmaK said...

melissaria...you are too smart for your own good. It is true that you can never really know a blogger because of what they choose to reveal or keep to themselves. I am hurrying over to your blog to have a look at your arse now ;)

Kathryn said...

Out of the two I'm closest to an egoist. I do like to lurk, though. Not denying it. Have to read a bit more of your blog but if you say you're an egoist, I'll agree with you. :)

Mars said...

i think i'm a cross, honestly. i can't define myself either as an egoist or voyeur.

since u raised a point, perhaps my perceptions of you wouldn't matter anymore as i could either be right or wrong, or neither.

(i'm in a bad mood)

EmmaK said...

kathryn.....I will have to study your blog more closely if I am to decide if you are more egoist than voyeur.

mars...sorry you are cranky. big hugs to you. Do yourself a favor and buy yourself a huge tub of chocolate ice cream and eat it in front of an erotic yet intellectual movie. You will feel so much better!

Midnight said...

I guess I'm an egoist then. But my cats aren't mangy, they are as well bred, immaculately groomed and desirable as I am!

Besides I'm too busy having sex with myself to have sex with other bloggers.

Rocco Tool said...

I'd say I'm both and my blog makes it a necessity. Its purpose is to document my online fun; that's the egoist side. And the secondary part is to show the smoking fetishist side, the voyeuristic tendencies.
Along the way, I do watch other blogs, like yours, for instance. I don't like to make snap judgements about people, so I won't even try to psychoanalyze you.
I'll just continue to enjoy your blog and be respectful of everyone else's.

sparsely kate said...

**laughing my arse off at missy m's comment**

Inchy said...

My blog is as close a cyber representation of me and what I think as I can get. I'm not really sure what I class myself as, and to be honest, I'm not really bothered. It's all just a laugh.

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electro-kevin said...

I'm both an egoist and a voyeur. Hey, I'm allowed to be both, aren't I ?

I think of you as funny and sexy, though I've a feeling you may be edging towards depressive.

Who would I like to have sexy time with ??? Well I must say I used to like your old blog photo with the kinky boots !

Inchy said...

Kinky boots??

Where?!

spew-it-all said...

My impression of you: you seem nice, funny, outspoken, pragmatic, can be panicking over little thing.

Interesting point on voyeur vs egoist. However i am not sure in which category my blog personality will fall into.

One thing you might have forgotten though, is blogging, to some degree, is sort of exhibitionist form.

Marcelle Manhattan said...

Great question! I'm definitely an egoist. And yes, I'm pretty sure you are, too. As for the blogger I'd most want to shag ... well, I'm actually about to write about that on my blog, so I don't want to give anything away. But the first blog I ever read was MonMouth.blogspot.com, and I've always liked him quite a bit.

Eighty-eight said...
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Eighty-eight said...

Most definitely a voyeur. I click on as many blogs, posted on peoples blogs, while I am trying to decide what to post on my blog. My first impression of you is, GREAT TOPIC!!!
I have a blog crush on dooce http://www.dooce.com, she is amazing and an inspiration. And apparently she attracts lots of voyeurs she is at the top of the best blogs in the world practically. If only she knew about my blog crush, she would visit my blog and our worlds would collide. http://www.ladiosadevino.com

Meg said...

I'm a 'peeping' egoist. And let's see, is Colin Farrell a blogger?

Inchy said...

No Meg, he's an arsehole, but the two are often confused.

Daisy said...

i believe i am a bit of both at times...and it all depends on what i want to be because this is a playground of sorts...at times i am brutally honest about what is happening in my life and the feelings and emotions are so strong i need an outlet for them...
this is my outlet...as i don't show people in my real life my emotions, i have learned that lesson too well...
at times, i make things much better than they were...post jokes when my heart is breaking...but it is too hard sometimes to share...
other days i watch and live through others...i read about them and for that moment live vicariously through their words taking me into a different place...sharing an experience which is so private i could not describe the emotions...
other times i am learning...seeing different points of view...listening to what others think of a situation i may be opposed to but in my safe blogosphere i can listen and take what i want from them and learn how to be patient at times...

okay sexy time...i know who he is...he knows it too...and i would be remiss if i were to utter the name with only my fingers and not my lips...

Kara said...

can i be somewhere in between? like...a voyeur with an ego? i bet a gajillion people already said that. i'm not original on fridays.

Kara said...

oh yeah, i forgot the part about you - you seem like someone i would enjoy sitting on a bar stool judging young skinny bitches with (cocktail in hand of course)

Vi said...

If I've got to put myslef in either category, it would be the first. But I'm not enjoying the smell of my own shit at the moment since I have the runs!

Vi said...

Oh, and you did subscribe Middy well! ;p

having my cake said...

I guess it doesnt really matter how hard I profess to being a voyeur with that picture next to this prose...

And I would have listed Middy top of my list of bloggers to have sex with but it appears he's too busy.

Crushed said...

More the Egoist than the voyeur. But still a voyeur.

bittersweet said...

> i think blogging is mainly about trying to hide certain parts of one's personality and creating an idealized version of oneself and one's own reality.

Perfect! and a useful reminder - i can't resist my blog crushes.

I am with Marcelle; the first smutty blog i read was Monmouth's and he made a huge impact on me.

Inchy said...

I'd disagree slightly. I think my blog isn't hiding or faking my personality, it's as close to it as I can get. I try to be as honest with myself as possible, and the views I express are the ones I truly believe. I think a blog should be written for the author and not for the readers. If people enjoy it and comment, so be it.

As for sex with bloggers? You'd all get it, even the ugly ones.

Moobs said...

I don't think of myself as a voyeur I may simply be in your thrall.g

EmmaK said...

midnight.....I'm too busy having sex with myself to have sex with other bloggers.
Or rather too busy having sex with facebook fillies to be bonking bloggers?

Rocco Tool...
Your blog is exhibitionist but fun too. I will keep reading!

sparsely kate....if you don't prune your bush as misssy says, you will have no tom cats lurking around your cat flaps.

Inchy...
It's all just a laugh.Well, this post was kind of meant to be dry dry humor. I think you got it!!

I put up my old profile pic so you can see my kinky boots!

electro-kevin...
Hey, I'm allowed to be both, aren't I ?ooh yeah, as long as you keep revving up my engine ;)

I've a feeling you may be edging towards depressive.
true, sometimes I do tend to feel v sorry for myself.

I will send you a kinky boot in the post!
xx

spew-it-all...
can be panicking over little thing.
absolutely spot on, I do tend to make a mountain out of a molehill.

You are right, all bloggers are exhibitionists in one way or another.

Marcelle Manhattan...
But the first blog I ever read was MonMouth.blogspot.com, and I've always liked him quite a bit.
I wonder if he is as good in bed as he sounds??

Eighty-eight...
If only she knew about my blog crush, she would visit my blog and our worlds would collide.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

Meg...
is Colin Farrell a blogger?
no but apparently he obsessively googles himself which makes him a wanker.

Daisy...
I am like you sometimes I wear my heart on my sleeve but mostly I want to entertain people and use my blog as a form of escapism.

Kara...
can i be somewhere in between? you can do what you like as long as you wear a condom.

Ooh yeah lets go and have some Sex on the Beach cocktails and bitch about the skinny bitches!!

Vi...
I have the runs!
Aaah poor baby. That sounds terrible.

having my cake...
I think of you as a latent exhibitionist.

Yes, Middy certainly has his hand in a lot of pies!

Crushed...
More the Egoist than the voyeur. But still a voyeur.
I will check out your blog and let you know what I think!

bittersweet...
Monmouth certainly makes my pulse race too.

EmmaK said...

moobs.....I don't think of myself as a voyeur I may simply be in your thrall.
Well, at least you're honest ;)

Inchy said...

Emma - You've made a perverted man very happy. I thank you from the bottom of my depraved heart.

EmmaK said...

inchy....maybe you could post yourself on your blog wearing only a blue slip and kinky boots soon, to return the favor? ;)

Inchy said...

Dunno about the slip but I can do the boots no problem.

Inchy said...

Done!

Helga Hansen said...

In truth... I'd be a voyeur... you'd not catch me posting pics of my front or back bottom... although boobs are another matter! :D

As for male blogger...mmmmmmm.... so many to choose from... but at a push... the buttilicious Ro and the enigmatic EA! ~swoons over both~

Ro said...

It is, of course, nice to be swooned over ... but I don't like the level of the competition (bloody silver-tongued devil) ;^)

I Smile 2 Much said...

i found your blog via bittersweet actually.
but i think i'm BOTH (??) is that even possible?
i LOVE being watched and seen.
but i also REALLY love watching/reading/seeing too. i just dont usually admit that i watch/read/see as much as i admit that i love exhibiting
hmmm..... i'm s strange one, it seems : ) *lol

Emma in Canada said...

Oh shit I am totally a voyeur. Except for when it comes to sex, in which case I could care less who sees what. Odd that.

electro-kevin said...

Ooooff !

Thank you sooo much, Emma.

xx