"INTERNET. SERIOUS BUSINESS."
The Gods has a cruel sense of humor. When the creator Prometheus descended upon Earth with fire, he overstepped his boundaries. The eternal punishment of this Titan was to remain semi-alive, in suspended animation, replaying a scene of pain and suffering like a broken record. His liver was to be eaten, day after day, after day...
Overstepping your boundaries has therefore been traditionally punished before even the formation of Christianity, by various different gods... but we never learn our lesson. After all, overstepping boundaries is the only way toward progress... and if we don't push for progress, then what else do we push for? Consider the nature of mankind. Nay, of life in general. Organisms are supposed to be as independent as possible. Organisms are supposed to take nature to its limits if possible, and to take themselves to the limits if possible. Basically, it was natural that humans would ignore the price of progress.
With no comment to "conservative factions".
The boundary that I'm thinking of is the Internet. Why the HELL is this in existence? It is an incredible tool... but why the hell THOUGHT of it? Interesting questions to consider. But seriously, if Al Gore creating the Internet is not overstepping his boundaries, I don't know what is. Al Gore was punished already. He lost the most recent disgusting presidential election and was forced to grow unsightly facial hair.
But why must the rest of us pay the price for Al Gore's primordial sin? Albert Gore created the Internet, and it has spread like the common cold across rich and middle class, urban and suburban homes in America and across other nations. Because of its accessibility, millions now overstep their boundaries, many on a daily basis.
The price that we pay for the Internet is stupidity.
Sin has always reaped great punishments, and for an oversteppance as severe as the Internet, we must realize that the punishment will be unspeakably powerful. Many people are not smart enough to operate a washing machine. Hell, many can't even operate a sponge. I guess this was a sort of roundabout way of saying it, but it is Zeus's curse upon us all that any moron, including those that cannot read or write or use basic capitalization, can somehow figure out how to access a computer, log on, and connect to the Internet. Like I say, the Gods have a cruel sense of humor - and, now that I think of it, of justice.
One type of person is the chronic debater. It's understandable that no one ever likes to be wrong. I don't like to be wrong. But it's when people are wrong and can't admit it is when it's pathetic. As one person put it... some people can have their heads way up in the sky and up their asses at the same time. Some people are totally consumed with themselves and they think that their opinion is fact. Actually, most of the time, I ignore these people. That's the case with a lot. It just pisses me off anyway. I only respond when they move first... and it always comes out useless. Repitition and elitism are powerful tools. Dead wrong 80% of the time to be sure, but effective in defeating the weak of mind or the weak of will, and definitely effective in ending an argument, regardless of whether or not you have succeeded. Recently, when I ended an argument with such a person, he continued and made another post continuing to argue right after my post.
Specifically, the debate was on Green Day. He claimed that Green Day was a bad band because they were mainstream and because their new music was "bad". How was it bad? Well, he didn't like their new music! The ironies?... well, firstly, one of his favorite songs came from the new album "American Idiot". A few posts later, he said that he "didn't listen to their music" because he "didn't like it." I was nearly knocked over by the stupidity. In essence, he liked one of their songs, but he hadn't heard most of them... but somehow he came to the conclusion that he disliked them. Criticism is usually much more difficult than defense to argue... but he started calling everything that he typed "fact". Taking the internet too seriously is... not a good thing. And please... try to know your subject before you start to criticize it.
One good thing about this type of person is literacy. As much as I disagree with people like this, I can appreciate their typing skills and general grasp of grammar.
The second type of person is the one who's basically stupid anyway. Typically these are the ones with bad grammar. It's the little things that add up on you... the misuse of "they're", "their", and "there" and of "your" and "you're", people who will often misspell simple words such as "therefore" and "existence". People like this are almost exclusively white, I've noticed. It really gets pathetic when this type of person tries to sound smart. They begin using sophisticated words such as "inherent", usually spelled correctly, followed by a string of misspelled words. These people are easily persecuted, and I sort of feel sorry for them in their stupidity. But they make such easy targets that I can't help indulging in shooting them down. There reaches a point however, when trying to show them their stupidity is like trying to argue with one who cannot admit his faults.
There are different people on the Internet, to be sure. I've actually been acquainted with people on-line whose presence I like, and it can connect people that I otherwise wouldn't have as much time to speak of. Asians can do that to your social life.
Speaking of which, some people you know in real life can turn into total retards online. You think you know a person when BAM! they hit you with AIM and suddenly you wonder if they know that the "Shift" key exists. Amazing.
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Well, this was a rather critical rant. I must not seem in the best of moods, which isn't really the case. Junior year's been tough, and the weekend is more appreciated than ever. I've just been trying to do more stuff than I should, between Science team, Math team, volunteering, piano, dance, and whatnot.
Oh, and FBLA.
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Nov. 6, '05
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