how is today's digital-american getting shit straight? consider this marvelous story!
while walking home from a rock concert - a local band, because local bands are never talented enough to be popular, and liking unpopular things is, to a certain degree, quite important - we at gss stumbled across an amazing sight: fourteen local people, unattractive and yet unashamed, walking in a circle, carrying around placards. 'what do those wonderful signs say?' we asked aloud, and as if miraculously, they turned toward us. politics! we can't repeat, on this family oriented (and yet with the gay-friendly too!) weblog, certain of the phrases written on the signs, but rest assured they were pretty fucking inappropriate.
was it a party? a college prank? someone mentioned labour laws, someone else mentioned morocco abu-jamal. politics!
we whipped out our moleskines - not yet certain what sort of information would be written in them, just to HAVE THEM OUT - and watched carefully. did the placards herald the arrival of some extraordinary force? the circus? were we to be privy to the plans of a team of highly-trained assassins, communicating with one another entirely via posterboard? no. here is what we ended up writing in our moleskine (the miniature this time, quadrille-lined, only $45.99 ordered direct from a team of mole farmers in senegal):
'who are these people? what? shit is this america? going to last much longer?'
get some sleep. things can only get better.
dude, i ask again: why do you bother? picking on geeks makes no sense unless you perceive you have an audience. and how many people do you really think are out there who 1) know about who/what you're talking about 2) feel the same way you do about them/it 3) AND have found this site? the only other explanation is some sort of personal grudge. either way, this is a rather poor way to spend time and effort. i'll go out on a limb and guess that it's not giving you the satisfaction you hoped it would.
have a nice day.
Posted by: tang | 26 January 2005 at 13:56
the impulse to get shit straight is universally beneficial - though not universally accepted, or even acknowledged! it's the shit that dare not speak its name. that's why this mission is so important. is that word ok, 'mission'? does it make the whole website seem a little bit...pretentious? spiritual, even?
not that your feedback is worth a goddamn. but asking questions is pleasurable.
Posted by: gss | 28 January 2005 at 11:11
"either way, this is a rather poor way to spend time and effort."
I disagree. Getting ones own shit straight SHOULD be on top of everyone's list. And if this happens to help others, then so be it. Everyone needs to fix themself, and anyone who says otherwise is selling you something. ;)
Posted by: Travesty of the Norm | 02 February 2005 at 18:00