The latest digital trend seems to be the act of  “formallly examining of the particulars of something in order to ascertain condition, character, etc.”  What do you think about …?  What are you eating? Are you going to buy something?  How do you feel about …? 

In the past week I have been “selected” to be asked about my chocolate eating habits, my favorite movies, my impressions of government, if a free room would get me on a plane to Vegas,  and whether I think advertisements appearing in the fringes of my TV screen during a program are a good idea.

So now the internet should know that I like to eat pure Milk chocolate while watching commercial-free movies on my Television and dreaming of a a day when I win enough in Vegas to build a utopian environment where everyone will be free to work at whatever it was they were going to do before they were told they had to earn a living.

Of course this collective view of my responses can only be ascertained by having access to all my survey data.  Hersheys will only see that I like Nestles better.  The theatircal Movie producers will understand that I am not in their demographic.  The TV people will see, I think, that very few people enjoy having obnoxious graffiti advertising partially obscuring their view.  Casinos will determine that a free room will likely get me to Vegas but they didn’t ask if it was a suitable substitute for winning.  AND the pollsters will know that I want more than just a choice between Red and Blue.

So why do I bother?  Well, I only particpate when I feel the subject will allow ME to formallly examine the particulars of something I want to think about in order to ascertain and better understand MY condition, character, etc.