Musings on the Modern Modus Operandi
by Chris on Mar.29, 2008, under General Thoughts, Internet and Media
This is a bit of a catch-all posting; I’ve been entertained by a few of the things I’ve seen recently, enraged by others, and figured I would pass on a few tidbits.
Seen on thursday evening in a restaurant: A little boy, probably a bit over one year old, starts to do that high-pitched attention-getter crying bit, and after a token effort at calming him by his father, the mother pulls out a portable DVD player and sets it up on the table so that he can watch a TV show and shut the hell up.
Overheard this morning in a Starbucks: A couple having coffee together, both looking modern, professional, and stereotypically ‘starbucky’… Talking about playing online RPGs, power-leveling, and gold farming.
In the news: A film, Fitna, that is — as do so many things these days — enraging the religious of the eastern world to the point of sputtering threats. Please note, “The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.”
March 30th, 2008 on 5:47 pm
wow – that kid totally has a huge future ahead of him. too bad it’s slightly farther away than the DVD player will be.
April 4th, 2008 on 7:20 am
please let that not be me
April 4th, 2008 on 8:29 am
Heh.
Strangely enough, I can’t form that particular mental picture. Not even a little bit.