dan_oz (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} dan_oz) wrote,@ 2006-12-14 09:53:00 |
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Things I won't do!
At least not under normal circumstances. I'll do a whole lot when there's a gun to my head.
1) I won't post a link from a website in a place where I know that anyone who cares already READS that website. I'm waiting for the day that someone posts a link to slashdot.org (no, I'm not linking it you jerks - you won't catch me that easily) ON slashdot.org and the resulting recursive clickfest tears a hole in space/time.
2) Watch cricket. I'm sorry, people, I tried. At various times I've watched all KINDS of sports on tv and figured out their rules. Heck, I've even considered paying the $60 and subscribing to the Aussie Rules International Pass! Cricket is just too painful.
3) Watch dubbed porn. Why on earth did someone think it was a good idea to have a voice "actor" stand in a booth and try to make the right noises at the right time while the performers do their thing? It never works! Really, you don't need a translation for nooky (nookie? nookey?) sounds, you don't need a translation for a lot of the things they're saying to each other, and I think it's funnier when I can't understand the rest of what they're saying!
4) Drink bottom shelf liquor (anymore). There's a time when quantity has a quality of its own, but that's never worked for me and the demon rum (I call him Jorgé). If I must be cheap, I'll go with industrial beer. I've learned that (for the most part) better liquors have less pronounced aftereffects in addition to being superior taste-wise, so at this stage in my life it's worth the extra money.
5) Pirate stuff and keep it without buying. In the age of digital entertainment, we're currently at a stage where theft is easy - so it falls to us to do the right thing. I have no problems torrenting an album, listening, and buying it if I like it (deleting if not). Additionally, I have no issues torrenting something that you just can't find anywhere else! If it can't be bought for less than an obscene price - but someone has managed to digitize it (I'm thinking of some rare books, here), then I think squeezing out middle-men is OK. In fact, I'm all for that. The more we reduce to producers and consumers (disregarding service industry), the happier I am.
That's enough for now. Whee. :)
At least not under normal circumstances. I'll do a whole lot when there's a gun to my head.
1) I won't post a link from a website in a place where I know that anyone who cares already READS that website. I'm waiting for the day that someone posts a link to slashdot.org (no, I'm not linking it you jerks - you won't catch me that easily) ON slashdot.org and the resulting recursive clickfest tears a hole in space/time.
2) Watch cricket. I'm sorry, people, I tried. At various times I've watched all KINDS of sports on tv and figured out their rules. Heck, I've even considered paying the $60 and subscribing to the Aussie Rules International Pass! Cricket is just too painful.
3) Watch dubbed porn. Why on earth did someone think it was a good idea to have a voice "actor" stand in a booth and try to make the right noises at the right time while the performers do their thing? It never works! Really, you don't need a translation for nooky (nookie? nookey?) sounds, you don't need a translation for a lot of the things they're saying to each other, and I think it's funnier when I can't understand the rest of what they're saying!
4) Drink bottom shelf liquor (anymore). There's a time when quantity has a quality of its own, but that's never worked for me and the demon rum (I call him Jorgé). If I must be cheap, I'll go with industrial beer. I've learned that (for the most part) better liquors have less pronounced aftereffects in addition to being superior taste-wise, so at this stage in my life it's worth the extra money.
5) Pirate stuff and keep it without buying. In the age of digital entertainment, we're currently at a stage where theft is easy - so it falls to us to do the right thing. I have no problems torrenting an album, listening, and buying it if I like it (deleting if not). Additionally, I have no issues torrenting something that you just can't find anywhere else! If it can't be bought for less than an obscene price - but someone has managed to digitize it (I'm thinking of some rare books, here), then I think squeezing out middle-men is OK. In fact, I'm all for that. The more we reduce to producers and consumers (disregarding service industry), the happier I am.
That's enough for now. Whee. :)
