Finally started full-time work again, and it's not that grating so far; surprise surprise, right?
I guess it's just working a regular nine-to-five, five-day-a-week job has taught me a little bit of responsibility and humility; next year I've got to be a little bit smarter with the money I throw out and what I save, lest I beg off the street for pennies for Timmy's.
Fuck, it's another one of those nights where I'm staring at this blog screen trying to find something interesting to talk about; I mean, what's going on in the world today that I could comment on?
Oh wait, I know.
What the hell is up with this Swine Flu bullshit? I don't understand what people are doing working themselves up into a frenzy for: if you've been exposed to any number of chemicals/diseases/environments within metro USA or Canada, your immune system should be tempered enough to withstand this "pandemic."
My main gripe with this global panic, as usual, is the news. Because Barack Obama hasn't been doing anything interesting lately, the media's been in an uproar about Swine Flu because it's apparently killed a few people in Mexico. Let that sink in for a second; Mexico. A place where not everyone has access to pharmacies or universal health care. Get this: people aren't even sure the recent deaths in the country can be attributed to the flu, but they're still reporting it anyway!
I mean, come on. That's just sloppy.
Pull up your goddamn socks, news; I know you're dying, but that doesn't give you excuses to post lame-ass stories like this, that Susan Boyle woman (no offense to her; I'm no fan, but I think it's hilarious that all the assholes in the audience got shut up in an instant), or Anonymous' latest online conquest: the Time 100.
Seriously, if you're reduced to reporting poorly-guarded online poll results, you've got some priorities to re-organized.
I wish "Anonymous" would give it a rest; they're not scaring anyone. They're power structure is too messed up to be any difference; because they have the idiots who just want to fuck around and protest running around beside the people who actually want to accomplish something, they're just doomed to mediocrity and, ultimately, fail. The rules of the internet decree it so:
15. The harder you try, the harder you will fail
16. If you fail hard enough, you might be a winning failure
17. Every win fails eventually
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3 comments:
I agree with almost everything in your rant except for the anonymous part.
First of all, I don't think they were trying to scare anybody, they just did it for the lulz. There are much more effective ways to scare people.
The thing I find most fascinating though, is that, although they are very loosely organized, they have demonstrated time and time again the ability to project their power through several mediums. Albiet, these projections usually don't accomplish much but they give us insight into what is possible for an anonymous internet collective. Thinking about the future, picture 4chan times 1000. Now THAT, is somewhat scary.
So I'd actually prefer that they continue on the path that they are on. I like novelty on my internetz, and it's a helluva more interesting time when 4chan is in the house.
Gotta love how the rules of the internet still apply.
swine flu is pretty homo.
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