Comments on: The Tiresome Hate of Everything

By: Big Ben's Motorcycle

Big Ben's Motorcycle — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:57:19 +0000

also i’m only talking about the relatively anonymous internet, not the familiar one (if you know what i mean).

this new internet social experiment shit fascinates me

By: Big Ben's Motorcycle

Big Ben's Motorcycle — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:48:07 +0000

i understand everything in your original post neal (though i bristle at it a bit). i thought it was obvious that i was trolling after that but whatever.

i guess i notice subtle differences between websites. there are the ones full of dummy voices (youtube), dummy voices with a high school education (newspaper sites), dummy voices with a college education (blogs), and dummy voices with a higher education (political blogs).*

to me, everyone is a dummy on the internet. so many comments lack an inherent tone, intent, identity, earnestness, intellectual honesty, and truth that an actual conversation will always contain.

what you seem to be trying to cultivate at this site seems totally genuine and i respect it. i think where we would disagree is what the internet is all about.

without imminent conflict internet discussions are boring to me. from our conversations in real life i would think you’d understand that haha.

friction, heat, dissent. where is it here?

i respect ya’ll for smokin the orioles weed but damn. i just can’t do it.

*i have an high school education

By: dan the man

dan the man — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:54:37 +0000

@George - Yeah I was happy to see the Olympic coverage come out and say they would not be airing that video for the rest of the Olympics. And it's sad that it took something like that to happen before they made some adjustments to the track. On another note, I was pleasantly surprised at how exciting that final speed skating race was, with the three Koreans poised to sweep the medals before two of them wiped out leaving Ohno to nap silver. Not bad as far as Olympics drama goes. And likewise, I enjoyed watching the American girl (name escaping me, shame on me) win gold on the last run down the moguls. Someone set a really fast time and you could see the rest of the women push themselves and wipe out one by one to try to beat it. I would crap myself doing 99% of the winter events. The 1% being Curling, which is always a good time.

By: George

George — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:33:01 +0000

I like Zingers man, their shelf life is like 247 years but they are still tasty.

Also, if you haven’t watched the video of the olympian from Georgia dying please don’t. It’s effing with me big time. Seriously, don’t watch it.

Am I the only one that finds it insane that there’s a sport where you can travel on ice at speeds of 90+ mph, on a platform that you’re not attached to, surrounded by fixed metal structures?

By: neal s

neal s — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:24:17 +0000

@Chris – “Zing” is short for “zinger,” and I was just having some fun. If you want me to be serious: I agree. It’s a good point. I’m philosophically opposed to pointless bitching and negativity even if it’s directed at pointless bitching and negativity.