Shit, this is so many new thought patterns to comprehend from your comment! We've clearly been raised very differently, and where I find myself thinking about the subject as if it's a legitimate matter unless it's really badly written, you dismiss it if it doesn't fit your criterion of insightful (and well-worded?) writing.

No, and I hope I do not come off that way. I'm dismissive in that there is a whole class of blogger types out there that have lived incredibly sheltered lives of privilege that then go on and tell me that they had this wonderful insight into life that people like me used to call "common sense." And there is an envious part of me that is upset that these people are getting paid to be elitist condescending jackholes.

Think if you saw an article written by someone whose parents paid their way through life, coasted through college, then wrote an article saying that everything you are doing they did better. Wouldn't it come off as dismissive of your life experience?

Articles like these are everywhere, sadly. I find them insulting to people who have to live out in the, for lack of a better term, "Real World."