Thu, October 26, 2006
asdf lkji—8:47 AM
Cute little blurb about a TV news report inadvertently broadcasting an interview subject's predilection for downloading porn:
Law of averages, really. 80% of Internet traffic (or some other large, made up number) is pornography. If you're going to point a camera at someone's download history, you're likely to find some porn.
But what really bugs me about this is the title of the entry: "The Internet Is for Pron." I'm now officially fed up with this "cute" fad of intentionally misspelling things in a wink to the IM/text-message culture, where such typos are common and unintentional. (e.g., "teh funny," "pron," etc.) I never liked it in hip hop culture, either ("Tha Dogg Pound," etc.), but at least then you knew it was intentional. (The best defense is a good offense.)
In cases like "pron," however, it's becoming increasingly difficult to tell whether someone made an honest typo, or is trying to be "hilarious." I guess you could say it doesn't matter; both people are stupid. But still, I'd rather know. I'm actually more likely to forgive "ignorant stupid" than "unfunny stupid."
AC — Thu, 10/26/06 2:13pm
He he! Sounds like somebody got PWNED!
Bee Boy — Thu, 10/26/06 2:43pm
haha! Totally forgot about that. (I just added a related link – good call.)
When this site became a daily affair, I realized I'd end up retreading some of the same ground now and then (for example, the Survivor columns have become a mishmash of "I know I always rant about..."). But I never thought it'd happen twice in the span of a month!