Americans are kinda real fucked up
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DdBob
Dogue in teh desert
They (whoever "they are) have often referred to teh internetz as "teh information superHIGHWAY).....that amkes sense. Just as on all our roads in 'mericuh we have daily episodes of "Road Rage". We se it in the papers and we witness it in the street sometimes.
So it makes sense that on the information superHIGHWAY that we should also expect to see "road rage"....it's no different. people lose or don't feel they have control in their daily lives but when they get in their Prius after work it's "GO TIME"
They now feel they are in control of their lives...they are steering the good ship lollipop and God help who ever gets in the way of that...there will be hell to pay !!!!!11! ...Soooooo.......Just like on that road they get on the internetz road on their Linux or their Apple or their "souped up pc" or their Anroid whatever and "God help who dares get in their way of their perceived CONTROL TIME"...no boss, no wifey or hubby or bank or anybody to tell them otherwise...ti's their time and they be in control....so they wish.
/the end:weinkhan:
pmc100
Faux Guitarist
According to David Letterman's top-ten list, France installed speed bumps on their highways after the German reunification, to help slow down the panzers. Based on that, Poland might be an easier mark
You mess with Poland you mess with us Brits cop0
France you're welcome to
Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
They (whoever "they are) have often referred to teh internetz as "teh information superHIGHWAY).....that amkes sense. Just as on all our roads in 'mericuh we have daily episodes of "Road Rage". We se it in the papers and we witness it in the street sometimes.
So it makes sense that on the information superHIGHWAY that we should also expect to see "road rage"....it's no different. people lose or don't feel they have control in their daily lives but when they get in their Prius after work it's "GO TIME"
Soooooo.......Just like on that road they get on the internetz road on their Linux or their Apple or their "souped up pc" or their Anroid whatever and "God help who dares get in their way of their perceived CONTROL TIME"...no boss, no wifey or hubby or bank or anybody to tell them otherwise...ti's their time and they be in control....so they wish.
/the end:weinkhan:
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DdBob
Dogue in teh desert
....not on teh weed bro but this morning I was cleaning out my old golf bag cuz I'm getting ready to take it down and get like 10 bucks for it at the local used sporting goods place since I haven't played in about 15 years...Anyway i unzipped the long pocket on the bag and there was a 4 foot bong in there...I'm not kidding
*Proud to be a wanker.*
Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
And while I'm sure Reddit (and a Bosox sub especially) skews white male 'Murican, it is site with a global user base. I'm sure there are twats from other countries out there mucking things up too.
DdBob
Dogue in teh desert
guys.....please, can we stop bashing Reddit ! https://www.reddit.com/r/britishproblems/ is one of the best things going on the internet as well as r/ratemytea .......https://www.reddit.com/r/RateMyTea/
these are both good stuff
these are both good stuff
Highernoon
Burninator
I took an honors class in my undergrad about social movements and it was really fascinating. One thing that the professor said to me that has always stuck was "you can always tell when a movement is reaching its end, because people start acting really absurd. Also, men dress like women." The last part doesn't really apply here (we were mainly looking at the 60's, 70s, and 80s, where fashion did become androgynous towards the end of each decade. However, the first definitely applies. As a decade, trend, fashion, way of thinking, whatever, becomes obsolete and is being replaced, it gets really exaggerated and ridiculous. The "thread of anti-intellectualism" that has been in America for a long time is and has for a while been at odds with the information revolution in our world, roughly from the birth of the Internet onwards. As such, people are acting more and more ridiculous in their ignorance and their arrogance of it, but that's not because things are getting worse, but rather, because we're at a turning point where things are actually getting better and the last people holding onto the past do so very loudly. I would guess that in the next 10-20 years or so, this attitude in America will subside and be replaced with the appreciation for knowledge and expertise that the rest of the civilized world shares.
Dogsinplastic
avuncular to no one
When I first read this in the morning, I thought it said "the blend of ignorance and anger with certainty" and that is addressed in the Asimov quote. These people are certain that they are right, speaking to their ignorance, their unwavering ability to reject anything and everything that might undermine their core beliefs. In addition to not being particularly intelligent, they are afraid of new and different information, concepts, realities, etc. They live in the worst "bubble" and are the ultimate "snowflakes". And they are the only people that can't/won't see that.
Danhedonia
Noted duckfat enthusiast
Last night I was talking with my wife and told her that when I meet someone new, if I hear them express uncertainty, I immediately like them much more.
What was weird was just the level of rage. When did we get so angry? I thought the 70's were pretty messy, but I don't remember things being this ugly.
What was weird was just the level of rage. When did we get so angry? I thought the 70's were pretty messy, but I don't remember things being this ugly.
jelloman
Couch'd Tater...
The entirety of human history is anger...rage, hate, extremism are nothing new...the difference between then and now is that NOW it's happening in real time and is no longer an historical abstraction...
Tig
Fucktangular
Thanks, Al Gore.
*inventor of the internet
Johnny N.
Kick Henry Jackassowski
I read this three times and I'm still not sure who it is about. In all honesty, it could be about any of the vocal "movements" we are seeing, either political party, a college football fan, religious extremists, Trump supporters, Trump haters, and on and on. And not limited to the United States. And it' not necessarily a new thing. Maybe some new group names but the idea is the same. The internet has simply given more of these vocal minorities a voice and a place to pound their collective chests and a place for the rest of us to watch it happen. And I get the feeling anti-intellectual is just a way to call someone stupid for not believing what you believe.
Tig
Fucktangular
Yep, I know. I felt the need to add the anonymous rapid communication factor in, and that means Gore!
