Being quick to criticise without adequate understanding has always been a human failing.

In the past, it took way more effort and time.

It was also much easier to avoid these constant complainers.

Today, all it takes is a few taps on a screen, keyboard, and/or mouse button, and their groans and gripes are all over the media feeds.

Minimum effort, maximum effect.

And, as with all things loud and popular, many more jump on the bandwagon.

The charge that the more savvy people are with social media, the more whiny they get isn't without some truth.

But it isn't all that they are.

There are also a lot of level-headed, thoughtful people out there. We just hear less from them, perhaps because they are actually taking the time to formulate their thoughts.

Give it a little time and you'll hear and appreciate their insights.

Clubhouse was recently made available to Android users.

I wasn’t sure if it was a little too late and if they had missed hitting their critical mass, but I decided to give it a shot anyway.

A number of featuers were missing, including the ability to show links to your other social media IDs, which I thought was a pretty glaring omission.

As a highly auditory individual, I’ve always enjoyed listening to the radio and, later, podcasts. No surprises that I enjoy Clubhouse as well.

I certainly prefer it far more than Zoom meetings, for the one major benefit that I don’t have to be visible and nobody else is either.

For all I know, the person speaking at any one time may be in the toilet, walking around in his underwear, or tucked cosily in bed.

And it doesn’t matter!

I’ve listened in on discussions about the pandemic, politics, travel, people offering useful tips for various things, and even improv jazz performances.

I’ve also shared my thoughts to complete strangers.

All without having to dress up, prepare my background, and make sure I look presentable.

Clubhouse is interesting. And I’m going to stick with it for a while.