I must say that I am pleased that WordPress has moved the Freshly Pressed tab to the sidebar of the Reader page.
It used to annoy the hell out of me when I’d open my Reader and find all those Freshly Pressed posts written by other bloggers. My thoughts typically ran along these lines:
♦ *sigh* Missed me AGAIN!
♦ B-O-R-I-N-G!
♦ Honestly – I can write way better than that!
♦ Who the hell picks these things anyway?
♦ Who needs Freshly Pressed, when I’ve already been Harshly Pressed!
Now that the Freshly Pressed tab is on the sidebar, I find myself totally ignoring it. Most days, I even forget it’s there. When I do check it these days, my normal reaction is something like:
♦ Crap – still missed me, and the ones they picked are boring.
♦ Oh well. Let’s see who OM reblogged today – at least his picks are entertaining.
After more than a year, I have learned to accept the fact that I’m unlikely to meet whatever requirements there are for selection by the Freshly Pressed committee (if there is one). My posts are entertaining, amusing, and sometimes heart-rending, but never, ever boring. Obviously, not what Freshly Pressed is all about, judging by the posts presented there (with a few exceptions – the committee sometimes has off days when they actually pick good posts!).
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Now that I’ve had my say, and probably pissed off the Freshly Pressed committee, thereby assuring they’ll totally ignore me forever on (like they always have), I have an addendum to my most recent Spam-Bam Thank You Ma’am post.
This spam comment came in after this month’s edition of Spam-Bam and is too funny (and possibly too time-sensitive) to wait until next month:
COMMENT:
“An impressive share! I’ve just forwarded this onto a coworker who was conducting a litle research on this.
And he in fact ordered me breakfast due to the fact that I stumbled upon it for him… lol. So allow me to reword this…. Thank YOU for the meal!!
But yeah, tnanx for spending the timme to talk about this matter here on your web site.”
RESPONSE:
Considering that you wrote this on my “[Maybe] I’m Going to Kill You“ post, I would be real careful about that breakfast your co-worker is offering you, especially if he/she delivers it personally. Someone “conducting a litle research” on the subject definitely makes me nervous. If you suddenly drop out of the spammer lineup, I’ll know why.
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Thanks for reading, everyone! Lots of great posts coming up in October, so y’all come back now, ya hear?
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Reblogged this on HarsH ReaLiTy and commented:
Oh Lord… don’t start that Harshly Pressed Rumor! Thanks for the kind words and mention and I am glad you are obviously having fun with your blogging. -OM
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Those are the exact same reactions I got when I used to look at the Freshly Pressed selection. Good post 🙂
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I figured it might get some sympathetic reactions. I bet lots of us stopped looking at the Freshly Pressed choices. Thanks for the comment.
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This was great! “Tnanx” for sharing! Glad to see I’m not the only one who gets a kick out of those ridiculous spam comments. Actually, they make me quite angry. As does the zillion times I’ve been passed up by Freshly Pressed. I’ve given up the dream by now. Not even sure I deserve it anyway. Good luck to you, maybe one of us will live the dream someday!!
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Thanks for the support. I think it used to be easier to be Freshly Pressed, but there are just so many bloggers now that we’d probably have a better chance of winning the lottery. And, I don’t think it really means that much any more. As long as we each have readers, that’s all that really matters, isn’t it?
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I too am never Freshly Pressed. I’m not sure if that is a commentary on my blogging or my personal life but… whatever! I have to agree with you about OM, I could read his stuff all day.
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I think we should all start a “Never Been Pressed” club. There are so very many of us! Thanks for reading and commenting.
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Harshly pressed…that may always be me. Crappy dress and all. But see…the staff had a day off and picked a good one! Yours. Congrats…you’re the bride.
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Well, now, that comment made me jump right onto the Reader sidebar to see if by some miracle I had been FP’d! Oh, well. But apparently I did hit a nerve – I’m not sure if that makes me the bride or the mother-of-the-bride! Great comment – made me think and react, which is always good for a blogger. Thank you.
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Oops, guess I read wrong! Well….It’ll happen…my comment was prophetic!
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Well, if it does turn out to be prophetic, I will be contacting you for lottery numbers!
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hahaha Very timely, just posted a spoof on this!!! Love your post, here’s a shorter version along the same vein:
http://workforthecausenottheapplause.com/2014/09/25/dear-freshly-pressed-on-wordpress/
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Your post is hilarious. “Freshly Baked” – gotta love it!
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For you!!!
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Cool! May I use it on my blog?
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Yes please do and give it out lovingly to to the real people you love 🙂
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Will do. And of course, I’ll link back to you.
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Thank you- Just spreading the love to those of us wanna be writers :). Feel free to link the post. The badge probably won’t make much sense without it lol
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Crap. You are funny. I mean “crap” in a good way.
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That’s amusing. When I first started blogging, it was through my daughter’s blog, Cordelia Calls It Quits. My posts were in a series I called Cordelia’s Mom Is Still Hanging In There. My daughter shortened it to Cordelia’s Mom Is [the] S.H.I.T. That always kind of bothered me, but she swore it was a sign of respect. Of course, sometimes kids lie.
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I’ve noticed… mine are young enough to lie to me only a little.
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practice “the look” Trent. They won’t be able to lie to you. You better get on it before they get too old… then you are gonna have to practice something else…
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You should see my wife’s looks… they are dangerous and seriously hot.
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So. Happy. It’s. Thursday?? S.H.I.T. ? or Tuesday?? What a clever girl you have! 😉
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Actually there is a committee… and I know a person who knows the body guard of the girlfriend who went to university with a committee member’s aunt.
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Ah, so you have an “in”? Please mention me at the next group gathering.
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This is awesome. To FP..Pfft. People I’ve read and followed get it and many times, their readership goes back to the numbers they had before it. It kind of makes me laugh, actually.
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And when I say that it makes me laugh, I mean th FP committee does…
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Judging from the responses I received, many of us feel the same way. Maybe soon being FP’d will be viewed a something other than an honor.
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It wasn’t really meant to slam, but the choices are so subjective. I know I will never write anything “worthy” and I’m cool with that. If it ever happened, I’d be tempted to give it back.
Thank you for sharing the link to OM site. He is hilarious.
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Hahahaha! That actually made me laugh out loud. Thanks, CM. 🙂
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You’re welcome. Glad I could give you a little joy today, Linda.
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“♦ Who the hell picks these things anyway?” LOL
Don’t be so fatalistic. You never know. =)
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I prefer to think I’m just being realistic. But, hey, if FP did ever pick me, I probably wouldn’t turn it down.
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Probably.
=)
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