Sharing Disclaimer
YOU ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION
to react to whatever I just shared with you.
I am sharing something with you because
I enjoyed it and thought you might too.
I realize this risks making me the annoying
person at a social gathering forcing everyone
to watch "just another" YouTube video they
find hilarious. Or someone who persist-insists
you try their favorite ice cream flavor because
they love it. I get how this can make you,
the receiver, uncomfortable. Like crying
"Just open it!" after pushing a wrapped gift
in your hands, I’m almost demanding an
endorsement of my taste. But, you didn't
care for it. And so now what? Be honest
or feign excitement to protect my feelings?
To avoid any begrudged forced response,
I invoke this disclaimer. I require no
acknowledgement of any kind. No validation
I’m the coolest friend/coworker/family-member
for having made your life better (somehow)
by sharing a video or article or poem
or picture (I didn’t even create).
But, hey.
If you DID
check out the thing,
and you LIKED it,
and you WANT to . . .
I am HAPPY to discuss.
"Sharing Disclaimer"
by Cliff Feddema
is licensed under a
Creative Commons
Attribution-ShareAlike
4.0 International License.