It's a barrage of noise. It's not like every post has insight to the subject, like "Here are the pros and cons regarding this new piece of technology:..."
It's just "I'm SO EXCITED about TECHNOSKUB Y! It's SO MUCH NEWER than than TECHNOSKUB X" So what?
One guy's asking people to vote on which color of phone he gets, for fuck's sake.
Originally shared by Jonathan Tweet Tonight, my "Lethal Damage" 13th Age campaign draws to a close. Meanwhile, the guys are work have talked me into running a couple D&D sessions for them. That was the day 13th Age was announced, and they're happy to play 13th Age instead. That will be my "Great Center" campaign, based in the imperial capital of Axis, the center of the world. It's my opportunity to explore the setting from yet another perspective.
From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
Originally shared by Curt Thompson This is an interesting theory, but I notice the author has to omit one of the most important Heinlein novels to make it work. Time Enough For Love was written in the very early 70s and was a straight (heh) extrapolation of the chaotic and frenetic zeitgeist of that era. http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2012/11/the-joke-is-on-us-the-two-careers-of-robert-a-heinlein/
I believe it finally did.
ReplyDeleteMy stream is nothing but dozens of Nexus 5 and KitKat posts.
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ReplyDeleteChrist almighty, related: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JamesOlchak/posts/bd2AqCPsTuU
ReplyDeleteNow the question is whether there will still be any of them left to buy when I get around to acquiring one 2 weeks from now.
ReplyDeleteJames Olchak that's generally the way I feel when some popular Kickstarter goes live or is getting ready to close.
ReplyDeleteMy phone post will come in January probably.
It's a barrage of noise. It's not like every post has insight to the subject, like "Here are the pros and cons regarding this new piece of technology:..."
ReplyDeleteIt's just "I'm SO EXCITED about TECHNOSKUB Y! It's SO MUCH NEWER than than TECHNOSKUB X" So what?
One guy's asking people to vote on which color of phone he gets, for fuck's sake.
Fucking vapid, man.
I was too busy looking at Halloween themed cute animal photos and talking about Canadian potato chips to notice!
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