Dear open letters,
I must say it is truly an honor that I am writing to you today. After all this time you have been merely a common sight on my Facebook feed, and now I have the opportunity to address you directly. I'm not going to sugar coat the facts; people don't like you. Maybe it's the fact that you show up at every turn! You must admit, there's an open letter for everything now-a-days. Open letters to college roommates, open letters to older siblings and sometimes you see open letters to inanimate objects. Do people really have that much to say about literally everything? I get that the intent is for you to be relatable to a large audience, but you've become so redundant that I've lost a lot of interest in you. I almost feel bad saying all of this about you because, in the end, you have no choice but to exist. The real problem stems from the writers of these letters. They're the ones producing these cliche articles on the daily and scattering everyone's social media with your tender messages. So, open letters, if I may I'd like to switch my focus to the writers of open letters everywhere.
Writers, journalists, or whatever you like to call yourselves...PLEASE STOP. I've seen the same open letter idea used about 6 million times and I've begun to despise you all more and more. If you don't have anything clever to write, don't turn to an open letter to fulfill your weekly quota. Think outside of the box, write something that'll spark interest in your readers or attempt to make people laugh with a clever article or listicle. There can only be so many things you can possibly want to say to your college roommate! I'd love to see this trend die down very soon.
Alright, back to you open letters. I guess I have to give you some credit. You've given quite a lot of people some relatable reading material that they can share with their roommates, siblings, parents and everyone you've written about. I will admit I've read my fair share and have enjoyed some of the things you've had to say, but in the end you have to cut it out. You're like a stray cat who gets attention for one day and then never stops showing up. And to the writers, you've beaten the dead horse that is the open letter long enough. I want all writers to do more than just write an open letter. See, I'm allowed to bash on you because I have never written one..... oh wait. Isn't irony beautiful?
