The following mini dialogue is from the LA based show Californication and while it is perhaps an extreme representation of my feelings regarding the Internet, and more specifically the act of blogging, I can’t help identifying with it on some level:
“Your blog for Hell-A Magazine is creating a lot of underground water cooler talk.”
“It’s really more like pissing out of my ass more than anything else. Things bother me and I vent; I write it down.
“What’s your latest obsession?”
“Just the fact that people seem to be getting dumber and dumber. We have all of this amazing technology and yet computers have basically turned into four-fingered wank machines. The internet was supposed to set us free, democratize us. But all it has really given us is Howard Dean’s aborted candidacy and 24-hour access to kiddie porn. People, they don’t write anymore; they blog. Instead of talking, they text…no punctuation, no grammar. It’s “LOL” this and “LMFAO” that. It just seems to me that it’s a bunch of stupid people pseudo communicating with a bunch of other stupid people in a proto-language that resembles more what cavemen used to speak, rather than the King’s English.”
“Yet you’re out there blogging with the best of them.”
“…Hence my self loathing.”
-David Duchovny, Californication
Discuss.
LMFAO, LOL! Shit. I’m one of them, too.
It’s ok…we all are. 🙂
Because I’m an editorial snob like you, I love this.
Sometimes blog people are just funnier (and funner) than the average dolt you encounter in everyday average life.
If you could have a drink with a buddy online, would you ever leave the house?
So is he saying the internet wasnt created for porn?
because I disagree.
damn. I was going to write “LOL ROFLMAO OMG!” but someone else beat me to it. But basically, yeah. So true…
Great. Now I have to quit the internet. Thanks a lot.
JK!
LOL.
This is exactly how I feel, I think those sneaky writers are stealing my thoughts.
Take a second and think about the vastness of the internet. No, bigger. Think of all the pages and all the information. No, bigger.
Now, 1% of everything on the internet is porn. That kind of puts our little hobby into perspective doesn’t it.
Anyway, welcome back. It’s about time. I can’t believe you left me for that long. If this is going to be a habit then I might have to withdraw my marriage proposal.
Love always,
Idealcrap
Yup – we’re all digressing communication-wise to some extent or another. Yet another reason why I absolutely love that show.
I heart David Duchovny.