April 07, 2014

Does the Internet Make You Dumberer: A Kintinuing Ceres
— Ace

I kind of think this must be true, inasmuch as we are constantly retraining our brain to perform in whatever environment we find ourselves in.

We've been in a digital environment for a long time now. There must be some consequences of that, right?

Claire Handscombe has a commitment problem online. Like a lot of Web surfers, she clicks on links posted on social networks, reads a few sentences, looks for exciting words, and then grows restless, scampering off to the next page she probably wonÂ’t commit to.

“I give it a few seconds — not even minutes — and then I’m moving again,” says Handscombe, a 35-year-old graduate student in creative writing at American University.

But itÂ’s not just online anymore. She finds herself behaving the same way with a novel.

“It’s like your eyes are passing over the words but you’re not taking in what they say,” she confessed. “When I realize what’s happening, I have to go back and read again and again.”

...

Wolf, one of the world’s foremost experts on the study of reading, was startled last year to discover her brain was apparently adapting, too. After a day of scrolling through the Web and hundreds of e-mails, she sat down one evening to read Hermann Hesse’s “The Glass Bead Game.”

“I’m not kidding: I couldn’t do it,” she said. “It was torture getting through the first page. I couldn’t force myself to slow down so that I wasn’t skimming, picking out key words, organizing my eye movements to generate the most information at the highest speed. I was so disgusted with myself.”

I find that happens to me a lot. I have trouble reading more than a five or six pages of a novel at a time (unless it's really compelling).

I think my brain is looking for links to click on.

Posted by: Ace at 04:23 PM | Comments (442)
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1 First

Posted by: wte9 at April 07, 2014 04:23 PM (2vi0K)

2 Attention span... huh what was I saying?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 07, 2014 04:23 PM (L50WF)

3 First?

Posted by: Carol at April 07, 2014 04:24 PM (s0f54)

4 I agree, though. I can't read more than the first few paragraphs unless it's for work.

Posted by: wte9 at April 07, 2014 04:25 PM (2vi0K)

5 Bizarre. I spend a shitload of time online, far too much really, and I've got no problem sitting down with a book and reading. There's got to be more to it than simple "point and click complex".

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 07, 2014 04:26 PM (GEICT)

6 TL;DR.

Posted by: obligatory at April 07, 2014 04:27 PM (/al0u)

7 TLDNR

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at April 07, 2014 04:27 PM (XWw96)

8 I had to read the quoted part about three times before I could actually read it. Something about cats, I think.

Posted by: mugiwara at April 07, 2014 04:27 PM (3a584)

9 I made essentially the same observation in this Sunday's book thread. I noted that I used to read 50-100 books per year; now it's more like 5-10.
 
I blamed (and blame) the Internet. I'm not reading less, just differently.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 07, 2014 04:27 PM (cHZB7)

10 Twitter is for old fogeys with old brains. I'm starting a new company to replace it, to be called Twit Messages are limited to 12.4 characters. For writing this endless (yawn) comment, I denounce myself.

Posted by: zombie at April 07, 2014 04:27 PM (mizYg)

11 I'm an avid internet reader and a bookworm -- I've noticed no difference in how I read novels or political books. Anecdotal evidence, I know, but there it is.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at April 07, 2014 04:28 PM (KL49F)

12 I skimmed this post, hoping for a cat video.

Posted by: Waterhouse at April 07, 2014 04:28 PM (/al0u)

13

[Ace:] ..."I find that happens to me a lot. I have trouble reading more than a five or six pages of a novel at a time (unless it's really compelling)."

 

Is that with a traditional, paper-pages type book, Ace?

Or on a Kindle?

 

Because, I don't have a problem with staying with it in a traditional book.

Yet.

 

Posted by: wheatie at April 07, 2014 04:29 PM (FWbLS)

14 Ace, you titled the post wrong; it should be Five Weird Ways the Internet Makes you Stupid

Posted by: zombie at April 07, 2014 04:30 PM (mizYg)

15 TL;DR

Posted by: thunderb at April 07, 2014 04:30 PM (zOTsN)

16 Maybe Herman Hesse's glass bead is an agonizing chore, to go through,

Posted by: Corolianus Snow at April 07, 2014 04:30 PM (Jsiw/)

17 This is the story of my life. The internet does make it worse for me, medicated or not, but reading without caffeine or adderall was always like this. I always used to read something three or four times, in bits and pieces because my brain would wander, and find something I'd missed each time. I literally thought this was just how most people read for the longest time.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her ADHD at April 07, 2014 04:30 PM (9AUnb)

18 I do wonder if what really affects it is the gratification angle.  Instant payoff versus a delayed satisfactory payoff?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 07, 2014 04:31 PM (L50WF)

19 Sadly, this is too true. When I'm reading I have to remember it's to be enjoyed, not trying to find the major points and move on. Cliffs notes need a cliffs notes.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at April 07, 2014 04:31 PM (pgQxn)

20

13 [Ace:] ..."I find that happens to me a lot. I have trouble reading more than a five or six pages of a novel at a time (unless it's really compelling)."

Is that with a traditional, paper-pages type book, Ace?
Or on aKindle?

Because, I don't have a problem with staying with it in a traditional book.
Yet

Interesting. I find I have trouble staying in for long reads on Kindle but not with a traditional book.

Posted by: northernlurker at April 07, 2014 04:31 PM (Xmw9g)

21 So does this mean you're not going to try and make us read the movie review length posts anymore, Ace?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 07, 2014 04:31 PM (GEICT)

22 Ace, I know what to do.  Every other paragraph insert a small picture of hot chick. 

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 07, 2014 04:31 PM (Iyg03)

23 The only difference I've noticed in my reading habits is I have a lot more digital books now than paper and ink.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 07, 2014 04:32 PM (yh0zB)

24

@5 I spend a shitload of time online, far too much really, and I've got no problem sitting down with a book and reading.

There's got to be more to it than simple "point and click complex".

-----------------------

 

Agreed.  I have no problems reading large books or doing other time consuming activities.

 

Posted by: junior at April 07, 2014 04:32 PM (UWFpX)

25 I stopped reading the post at "inasmuch"... What's it about?

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 07, 2014 04:32 PM (g4TxM)

26 Funny title Ace, but... tl:itdtr That's: too long, i too dumb to read.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 07, 2014 04:32 PM (oFCZn)

27 This article makes me realize that I'm doing the internet wrong. I painstakingly read every word of the articles that I read.

Posted by: Lauren at April 07, 2014 04:33 PM (hFL/3)

28 My reading is still good, but my handwriting has absolutely gone to hell. Used to be very good at it too.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 07, 2014 04:33 PM (ojnk6)

29 I'm with #11. I spend way too much time surfing the net (Bristol Stool Chart interesting), but have no trouble with my long-term addiction to wreeding.

Posted by: BarneyOffal at April 07, 2014 04:33 PM (ul4Lc)

30 I hate this stupid #waronwomen

Posted by: Mary Jo Kopechne at April 07, 2014 04:33 PM (eToum)

31 I have always been a very fast reader. Fast readers naturally skim for key words and concepts. If you are trying to increase your reading speed, that's what they teach you to do. I think that with the internet, people are reading more than ever, and faster, but in short bursts Its just a different way of processing. Fast food vs a gourmet meal.

Posted by: thunderb at April 07, 2014 04:33 PM (zOTsN)

32 Speaking of looking for links to click on, anyone got a link to watch the NCAA Final tonight?

Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2014 04:33 PM (aeXtp)

33 'm an avid internet reader and a bookworm -- I've noticed no difference in how I read novels or political books. Anecdotal evidence, I know, but there it is. My guess is most people don't read enough books to offset the internet change to their reading habits. But I'm not sure it's a bad thing - authors used to get paid by the word, so they'd take the long way to get to their point a lot of times. The internet is a highly competitive environment and so writing has become streamlined to convey thought quickly.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 07, 2014 04:34 PM (uhAkr)

34 Meh. My handwriting has always sucked.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 07, 2014 04:34 PM (yh0zB)

35 I got mail. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. I got mail. I got mail.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! I like the internet!

Posted by: Special Ed at April 07, 2014 04:34 PM (08jH8)

36 Yes, it's true in my case. I spend so much time online that I don't have time to read actual books. I still keep buying them, though. "Oh, that looks interesting! I'm sure I'll read it someday!" On the bright side, if the internet is ever shut down, once I get over the withdrawal symptoms I'll have enough books to keep me occupied for the rest of my life.

Posted by: rickl at April 07, 2014 04:34 PM (sdi6R)

37
Stick with good pron and your eyes will never betray you by skipping over the good parts.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at April 07, 2014 04:35 PM (nQjHM)

38 Man, my last post was jumbled. What I mean is that I read everything (books, assignments, magazines) the way described (skimming, getting restless, needing to read it over to understand) before I got my ADHD treated. I thought it was normal for years. I still catch myself reading online materials this way.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her ADHD at April 07, 2014 04:35 PM (9AUnb)

39 It's on CBS.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 07, 2014 04:35 PM (bitz6)

40 I spend hours each day on the net, and have yet to notice this problem.

Of course, online pr0n does not involve reading.

And that may be the secret.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 07, 2014 04:35 PM (hDwVv)

41 You post like a fag and your shit is retarded.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at April 07, 2014 04:35 PM (E8IHS)

42 Books? You talk like a fag and your shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 07, 2014 04:35 PM (H4aQb)

43 On the bright side, if the internet is ever shut down, once I get over the withdrawal symptoms I'll have enough books to keep me occupied for the rest of my life.

Posted by: rickl at April 07, 2014 08:34 PM (sdi6R)

 

You are not alone

Posted by: The Jackhole at April 07, 2014 04:35 PM (nTgAI)

44 I do a lot of work regarding the brain and accelerated learning. It's my hobby.

A few years ago, when I started, I had the worst attention span simply because of an undisciplined mind which was not helped by technology - constant channel flipping, continually pushing the refresh button on smart military blogs to catch the newest comments, etc.

I started simple concentration exercises, 3 sets of 3, starting at about a minute each and building up to 20 minutes a rep. Three entire hours.

On a cheap computer chess game, I suddenly jumped from struggling at level 2 to beating the highest level 10 playing black. The hours doing mental training pay off in increased productivity and better ideas.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at April 07, 2014 04:35 PM (AC0lD)

45 Speaking of looking for links to click on, anyone got a link to watch the NCAA Final tonight?
Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2014 08:33 PM (aeXtp)


You can find it here:


http://gofirstrowus.eu

Posted by: mugiwara at April 07, 2014 04:35 PM (3a584)

46 On the bright side, if the internet is ever shut down, once I get over the withdrawal symptoms I'll have enough books to keep me occupied for the rest of my life.

Posted by: rickl at April 07, 2014 08:34 PM (sdi6R)



I just picked up paperbacks 5 for a dollar this weekend so I have books to read...and I'm not reading them...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 07, 2014 04:36 PM (yh0zB)

47 I notice no difference. As a matter of fact, after reading the intertubes all day, I'm relieved to read a work of fiction that is straight up identified as such.

Posted by: no good deed at April 07, 2014 04:36 PM (ILBCY)

48 Repetition is actually a good thing.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 07, 2014 04:36 PM (H4aQb)

49 I can read when it's interesting & I have the time. Right now I am at work & if I read everything I will end up here later. Sometimes I'm also trying to watch television. Last night I was watching Shameless during ONT. I find my neck feels better when I stay away from computers & especially iPhone. Back to work for me.

Posted by: Carol at April 07, 2014 04:36 PM (s0f54)

50 I prefer reading paper books to on line. While I read faster on line, I find I do have to re-read. But I do not have that problem with a paper book. I also find the background light on e-readers and online tiring to my eyes.

Posted by: thunderb at April 07, 2014 04:36 PM (zOTsN)

51 I blamed (and blame) the Internet. I'm not reading less, just differently. Posted by: GnuBreed at April 07, 2014 08:27 PM (cHZB7) I blame the internet for being a time sink by providing access to mostly useless, but very entertaining, random bits of information/entertainment that are easier to engage in than sitting down and reading a real book.

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 07, 2014 04:36 PM (o3MSL)

52 On the bright side, if the internet is ever shut down, once I get over the withdrawal symptoms I'll have enough books to keep me occupied for the rest of my life. Careful with your glasses.

Posted by: that guy from the Twilight Zone at April 07, 2014 04:36 PM (/al0u)

53 What is cracking me up is that Ms. Handscombe is in the field of creative writing but apparently has the attention span of a crack smoking monkey on Speed.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 07, 2014 04:36 PM (L50WF)

54 I fall asleep reading books at anytime of the day, without any sleep deprivation contributing to the situation.

Posted by: Narcolegis at April 07, 2014 04:36 PM (wu/TK)

55

20 13 [Ace:] ..."I find that happens to me a lot. I have trouble reading more than a five or six pages of a novel at a time (unless it's really compelling)." 

 

Is that with a traditional, paper-pages type book, Ace? Or on aKindle? 

 

Because, I don't have a problem with staying with it in a traditional book. 

Yet.
 

 

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Interesting. I find I have trouble staying in for long reads on Kindle but not with a traditional book.

 

Posted by: northernlurker at April 07, 2014 08:31 PM (Xmw9g)

 

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When you are forcing your eyes to stare at a lighted screen...it's sort of natural that they would 'revolt' on you after a while.

 

Mine do.

This is why I have resisted the urge to go with E-books.

 

I also enjoy the tactile sensation of touching and turning the paper pages.

Not sure why...I just do.

 

Posted by: wheatie at April 07, 2014 04:36 PM (FWbLS)

56 http://www.ncaa.com/march-madness This purports to be.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 07, 2014 04:36 PM (bitz6)

57 How we our children ever make it through an entire Ace Movie Review?

Posted by: garrett at April 07, 2014 04:36 PM (2bPYY)

58 42 Books? You talk like a fag and your shit's all retarded. Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 07, 2014 08:35 PM (H4aQb) Beat ya by an inch. *takes bow*

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at April 07, 2014 04:37 PM (E8IHS)

59 41 You post like a fag and your shit is retarded. Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at April 07, 2014 08:35 PM (E8IHS) Tell me youngster, do you even remember a time when there was no internet?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 07, 2014 04:37 PM (GEICT)

60 Repetition is actually a good thing.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 07, 2014 08:36 PM (H4aQb)

 

fap,fap,fap

Posted by: The Jackhole at April 07, 2014 04:37 PM (nTgAI)

61 For writing this endless (yawn) comment, I denounce myself. Posted by: zombie at April 07, 2014 08:27 PM (mizYg) **** I like the concept of "Twit", zombie. Maybe a better approach would be using software that automatically deletes four out of every five words in a given sentence or paragraph. Could call it "Twent-er" (short for twenty-percenter)

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 07, 2014 04:37 PM (g4TxM)

62 For my part, I am not that big a reader of fiction. A good history book, or even a so-so history book about a topic I love though? That shit'll absorb me for hours. The WWW is mostly like corn chips, and a good book is like a porterhouse. I will say, though, that I have slowed down in my dead-tree reading because e-books are so much easier to go through, especially while on an airplane or while eating.

Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2014 04:38 PM (aeXtp)

63 Posted by: Stateless Infidel at April 07, 2014 08:35 PM (AC0lD) Did you use a commercial program or self-designed approach?

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 07, 2014 04:38 PM (o3MSL)

64
I surf the Internet for the fart jokes.

Posted by: Jo Jo Biden at April 07, 2014 04:38 PM (nQjHM)

65 Repetition is actually a good thing. Indeed.

Posted by: Soren Kierkegaard at April 07, 2014 04:38 PM (2bPYY)

66 So, what the fuck is going on at Breitbart?

Posted by: butternut at April 07, 2014 04:38 PM (F6ceQ)

67

50 I prefer reading paper books to on line. While I read faster on line, I find I do have to re-read. But I do not have that problem with a paper book. I also find the background light on e-readers and online tiring to my eyes. 

 

Posted by: thunderb at April 07, 2014 08:36 PM (zOTsN)

 

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Same here.

It's like my eyes want to 'get it over with' when I am reading online.

Posted by: wheatie at April 07, 2014 04:38 PM (FWbLS)

68 Careful with your glasses.

Posted by: that guy from the Twilight Zone at April 07, 2014 08:36 PM (/al0u)



Fortunately I'm nearsighted, so I can read just fine.



I do, however, wear bifocals. Good thing I can get reading glasses at retail outlets everywhere.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 07, 2014 04:39 PM (yh0zB)

69 When I was a youngster, I would devour books in no time and read far above my grade level. I can't seem to do that any more. I miss it.

Posted by: Mindy at April 07, 2014 04:39 PM (Ew9Pv)

70 Careful with your glasses. Posted by: that guy from the Twilight Zone at April 07, 2014 08:36 PM (/al0u) **** Yeah, tell me about it.

Posted by: Dustin Hoffman in "Papillon" at April 07, 2014 04:39 PM (g4TxM)

71 A little bit of The Mary Jane will slow down your reading speed. I remember in the 70s trying to read the LOTR trilogy for the 4th time, but enhanced. It seemed like hours to read one page. I was absorbing everything from a million different points of view. James JRRTolkien Joyce.

Posted by: Corona at April 07, 2014 04:39 PM (fh2Y7)

72 I have to read a victim's 500 page book because defense counsel will cross-examination on it. It is a bunch of hippie-like memories of drinking and drugging with this guy and that. (It also accuses a friend of mine with covering up a murder.) Man, it is slow going but I feel guilty if I read anything else.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 07, 2014 04:39 PM (Mogjf)

73 I scan for boobehs. I also brake for them.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 07, 2014 04:39 PM (oFCZn)

74 The interviewed woman is a "35 year old graduate student in creative writing" This may have something to do with her inability to read. 35 really?

Posted by: weirdflunky at April 07, 2014 04:39 PM (ner2b)

75 >>I surf the Internet for the fart jokes. Posted by: Jo Jo Biden Who explains them to you?

Posted by: Aviator at April 07, 2014 04:40 PM (3rrMW)

76 Yet schoolchildren are being required to read pro-gay books (to carry the last thread's theme into this one):
 
http://tinyurl.com/42kn873
 
(Fox News; 2011 article, though I know I have read of more recent cases of this)

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 07, 2014 04:40 PM (cHZB7)

77 Posted by: mugiwara at April 07, 2014 08:35 PM (3a584) --Thanks muchly!

Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2014 04:40 PM (aeXtp)

78 Access to limitless information makes you unstoppable.

Utilizing that access to incessantly text your feelings.  Or play what was that farm game on FB?... oh and FB, makes you dumber.

It's a choice.

How people use information is almost like watching someone get drunk.  Alcohol magnifies character for a time, so if you're sad?  Super Sad!  Angry?  Super Angry!  Stupid?  Super Stupid!  et al infinitum.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2014 04:40 PM (x3YFz)

79 Tell me youngster, do you even remember a time when there was no internet? Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 07, 2014 08:37 PM (GEICT) Came out about the same age as when polio was eradicated for you old fogies.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at April 07, 2014 04:40 PM (E8IHS)

80
>>I surf the Internet for the fart jokes.
Posted by: Jo Jo Biden

Who explains them to you?

Posted by: Aviator at April 07, 2014 08:40 PM (3rrMW)


Well, I am married to a doctor. 


Posted by: Jo Jo Biden at April 07, 2014 04:40 PM (nQjHM)

81 "This is why I have resisted the urge to go with E-books. " Kindle paperwhite has zero eyestrain compared to normal books. It's really pretty amazing.

Posted by: Lauren at April 07, 2014 04:40 PM (hFL/3)

82
On the upside, since the internet is interactive, we're probably writing more than ever.  20 or 30 years ago writing a letter was a big thing, now you dash off the equivalent amount of text just replying to a random post that you wanted to riff on.

And the more you write, the better you can get at writing: logic, argumentation, organization, research and readability.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 07, 2014 04:41 PM (kdS6q)

83 52 Careful with your glasses. Posted by: that guy from the Twilight Zone at April 07, 2014 08:36 PM (/al0u) https://tinyurl.com/ldhs4ho

Posted by: rickl at April 07, 2014 04:42 PM (sdi6R)

84 Reading online effects your attention span? test Nood up

Posted by: RWC at April 07, 2014 04:42 PM (QeH9j)

85 I read books like crazy growing up. Pretty much incapable now. Get immediately bored.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 07, 2014 04:42 PM (ZPrif)

86 I actually always loved reading, even when I skipped around and skimmed all the time. I loooove re-reading. A book you like the first time around is amazing the second time around, when you pick up on something you missed the first time.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her ADHD at April 07, 2014 04:42 PM (9AUnb)

87 >>Jo Jo Biden Ha

Posted by: Aviator at April 07, 2014 04:42 PM (3rrMW)

88 And the more you write, the better you can get at writing: logic, argumentation, organization, research and readability. Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 07, 2014 08:41 PM (kdS6q) *** Word!

Posted by: jswet at April 07, 2014 04:42 PM (g4TxM)

89 An image is worth a thousand words.  What does this one say?
http://tinyurl.com/pjveuod

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 07, 2014 04:43 PM (L50WF)

90 there are all sorts of computer "games" and programs for people with executive function processing problems. The point is to increase processing speed. Neuro-bio feedback is all the rage for people with ADD or spectrum disorder

Posted by: thunderb at April 07, 2014 04:43 PM (zOTsN)

91 And the more you write, the better you can get at writing: logic, argumentation, organization, research and readability.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 07, 2014 08:41 PM (kdS6q)

Keyword:  'can'

Many people don't.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2014 04:43 PM (x3YFz)

92 When you are forcing your eyes to stare at a lighted screen...it's sort of natural that they would 'revolt' on you after a while. Mine do. This is why I have resisted the urge to go with E-books. I also enjoy the tactile sensation of touching and turning the paper pages. Not sure why...I just do. Posted by: wheatie at April 07, 2014 08:36 PM (FWbLS) --I have the dinosaur, second-generation Nook, crisper than the original but still monochrome and no lighting. From what I've read here, the lighting is not necessarily an unmitigated plus. My only beef with it is that I can enlarge the text, but not the graphics, so it's tough to see the details on, say, maps without fetching my magnifying glass.

Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2014 04:44 PM (aeXtp)

93 I can speed up or slow down as needed so this whole thing about bacon tea is just waffle iron.

Posted by: eman at April 07, 2014 04:44 PM (AO9UG)

94 And the more you write, the better you can get at writing: logic, argumentation, organization, research and readability.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 07, 2014 08:41 PM (kdS6q)


We'll have to introduce you to Twitter and YouTube comments.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at April 07, 2014 04:44 PM (AC0lD)

95 I'm still big; it's the internet which has gotten small

Posted by: Abdullah Abdullah on Sunset Blvd at April 07, 2014 04:45 PM (JyjXt)

96 Ur poost uses to many beeg werds.

Posted by: WannabeAnglican at April 07, 2014 04:45 PM (g0H8G)

97 Imagination and wonderment are lost to the firmament

Posted by: tits up at April 07, 2014 04:45 PM (wu/TK)

98 So, back to dial-up then?

Posted by: eman at April 07, 2014 04:45 PM (AO9UG)

99 Came out about the same age as when polio was eradicated for you old fogies. Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at April 07, 2014 08:40 PM (E8IHS) Ha! Tell ya what, if they try and not serve you at the MoMee again this year, I'll strawman all your booze for ya.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 07, 2014 04:46 PM (GEICT)

100 Among the many, many nasty schisms developing in the contemporary USA-SSR is an age divide in the workplace.

On the one hand you have frankly brutally ageist firms like Google and Faceplantbook that try to hire at age twenty and start easing people out the door by age thirty-five, because as Fuckerberg says, "Younger people are just smarter."

And then on the other hand you've got established firms with older employees who are being asked to deal with Generation Special Snowflake, and finding a major deficit in stick-to-it-iveness and concentration. Plus inability to accept constructive criticism. And insistence upon a "high quality of life", which near I can figure means being able to start a water gun fight in the office at any random time of the working day without getting fired for it.

This will all work out as well in the end as everything else in the USA-SSR. Which is to say, in disaster.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 07, 2014 04:46 PM (noWW6)

101 yeah, lotz of cogent argumentation on Twitter


F*ck you!


Oh, yeah?  F*ck you!


etc

Posted by: Abdullah Abdullah ( and his hair was perfect ) at April 07, 2014 04:47 PM (JyjXt)

102 85 I read books like crazy growing up.
Pretty much incapable now. Get immediately bored.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 07, 2014 08:42 PM (ZPrif)

I honestly find that interesting.  I read growing up, read through school; now I devour books.  I can't remember the last time I didn't have at least 3-4 books going at the same time.

I *have* to have books, and no I don't do the online versions.  I prefer printed text.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2014 04:47 PM (x3YFz)

103 there are all sorts of computer "games" and programs for people with executive function processing problems. The point is to increase processing speed. Neuro-bio feedback is all the rage for people with ADD or spectrum disorder Posted by: thunderb at April 07, 2014 08:43 PM (zOTsN) **** Let's give the twenty-percenter concept a trial on thunderb's cogent comment: there... computer... people... problems... increase... feedback... for... spectrum. (Hmmm- that oddly makes sense. Maybe I'm onto something here.)

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 07, 2014 04:47 PM (g4TxM)

104 The Quebec separatist dream was finally crushed tonight. And Canada did it the same way the Democrats won in America and Labour won in the UK. If you can't change the voters' minds, then change the voters. Canada opened up immigration and flooded Quebec with foreigners. Not a shocker, those foreigners just admitted into Canada are not so keen about Quebec independence.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 07, 2014 04:47 PM (ZPrif)

105 101 yeah, lotz of cogent argumentation on Twitter


F*ck you!


Oh, yeah? F*ck you!


etc

Posted by: Abdullah Abdullah ( and his hair was perfect ) at April 07, 2014 08:47 PM (JyjXt)

yup.  the shit barrel of human thought.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2014 04:48 PM (x3YFz)

106
On the downside, the internet has allowed the various Deros we had managed to keep isolated to coalesce together into a critical mass of hard weirdness that is driving our society off a cliff to our inevitable extinction.

So, there's that.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 07, 2014 04:49 PM (kdS6q)

107 I look forward to the new 'white page' kindle...but the old one is fine by me. Nothing like having a small library that fits in your back pocket.

Posted by: garrett at April 07, 2014 04:49 PM (2bPYY)

108 Related: To my surprise, after switching to Chrome from Firefox, I got a low-level headache while surfing. No headache after switching from Chrome to Pale Moon.

Posted by: gs at April 07, 2014 04:49 PM (Wc9US)

109 I spend a shitload of time online, far too much really, and I've got no problem sitting down with a book and reading. There's got to be more to it than simple "point and click complex". Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 07, 2014 08:26 PM (GEICT) Agree with you 100%

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 07, 2014 04:50 PM (HVff2)

110 Comment sections of places like YouTube, that wretched hive of villainy Ben Kenobi warned about.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 07, 2014 04:50 PM (L50WF)

111
I no it mkes my speling much wrse.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 07, 2014 04:50 PM (hUf/y)

112 Crap, they lost! I'm Canadian and want them to separate. In time, in time.

Smaller states with more homogenous populations...the wave of the future baby....

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at April 07, 2014 04:51 PM (AC0lD)

113 I had been a "slow-absorber" for years.  Ironically, I now read things more slowly on the internet, so as to absorb them. 

I don't know if it was called "A.D.D." back when I was in school, but I found myself re-reading paragraphs over and over again until they 'zorbed.

I also had problems with the minutia in math class.  I knew the formulas and equations, but my mind would hang-up on endgame 7+5, or 8x9 and I would actually make hash-marks and dots on the side of the page to get me out of the "rut".

I find that the internet allows me a "cut&paste/bookmark" -mentality, where I can look back at "things of note" and rewrite them in my own "voice".

Books have since "slowed down" for me, but I cannot say that it is due to the internet, (in inverse relation to the article), and not "growing out of" whatever "Eyes-Too-Fast-Comprehension-Lag" I had.  It wasn't the lack of understanding, mind you, (I had an unabridged dictionary in my locker and a small one on my person);  it was just seeing "words" instead of meanings.

I still believe in Writing Things Down.  It is at my core.  I never have fewer than thirty items, written in my own hand, tacked to the wall.  My paper calendar and datebook look like Shorthand War & Peace.

If I typed something, every time I had a damn thought?  All my posts would look like this one.  TL;DNR.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 07, 2014 04:51 PM (lq3Ak)

114
We'll have to introduce you to Twitter...
Posted by: Stateless Infidel




Twitter isn't writing.  Twitter is a typing exercise with a hotlink.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 07, 2014 04:51 PM (kdS6q)

115 108 Related:

To my surprise, after switching to Chrome from Firefox, I got a low-level headache while surfing. No headache after switching from Chrome to Pale Moon.

Posted by: gs at April 07, 2014 08:49 PM (Wc9US)

pale moon is working nicely for me.  Chrome is a gooogle thing, yes?  So no I refuse to give them the time of day.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2014 04:51 PM (x3YFz)

116 28 My reading is still good, but my handwriting has absolutely gone to hell. Used to be very good at it too. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 07, 2014 08:33 PM (ojnk6) Seconded. I used to letter machine blueprints in high school Drafting class and worked at it as a part-time job after school. I used to, purposely, letter English compositions solely for practice. Had a teacher ask my if I knew how to write cursively. I told her what I was doing and said "Eight years Catholic grade school. What do you think?" Then came computers, there went my career as an Architect and my handwriting went to complete shit. But, I am a top notch forger so, I can always fall back on that while I can still see.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 07, 2014 04:52 PM (f921K)

117 108 Related: To my surprise, after switching to Chrome from Firefox, I got a low-level headache while surfing. No headache after switching from Chrome to Pale Moon. Posted by: gs at April 07, 2014 08:49 PM (Wc9US) Interesting. I switched to Epic from Safari. Epic is Chromium-based. I had to experiment with font sizes at first, but now I hardly notice any difference at all.

Posted by: rickl at April 07, 2014 04:53 PM (sdi6R)

118 I like to imagine what I'm reading is actually a paragraph tattooed on the torso, thighs, buttocks, or under-boobs of naked internet hotties.  Except for those damn Asian characters.  I never know what they mean.

Posted by: Fritz at April 07, 2014 04:53 PM (oJUxt)

119 I couldnÂ’t force myself to slow down so that I wasnÂ’t skimming, picking out key words, organizing my eye movements to generate the most information at the highest speed. That's been my standard reading mode since the late 70's. I'm glad society is finally getting with the program

Posted by: phreshone at April 07, 2014 04:53 PM (kFxpe)

120 No headache after switching from Chrome to Pale Moon.

Posted by: gs at April 07, 2014 08:49 PM (Wc9US)



But does it give you ampersands? &&&

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 07, 2014 04:53 PM (yh0zB)

121 my spelling isn't bad. Its my typing

Posted by: thunderb at April 07, 2014 04:53 PM (zOTsN)

122 from wiki on neurofeedback Neurofeedback (NFB), also called neurotherapy or neurobiofeedback, is a type of biofeedback that uses realtime displays of electroencephalography (EEG) or hemoencephalography (HEG) to illustrate brain activity and teach self-regulation. EEG neurofeedback uses sensors that are placed on the scalp to measure brain waves, while HEG neurofeedback uses infrared (IR) sensors or functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure brain blood flow

Posted by: thunderb at April 07, 2014 04:54 PM (zOTsN)

123 Smaller states with more homogenous populations...the wave of the future baby.... Posted by: Stateless Infidel at April 07, 2014 08:51 PM (AC0lD) The small states should feel the love too, after all small states need lawnscapers and poolboys!

Posted by: Jebbie Bush 2016 at April 07, 2014 04:54 PM (o3MSL)

124 Sidebar story about a dress that turns transparent...

Just ponder Nancy Pelosi in such.  Or Wendy Davis.  Better yet Lena...

There would be so many leftists removing themselves from the gene pool... while others destroy their TVs and monitors to protect their sanity and eye-sight.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 07, 2014 04:55 PM (L50WF)

125 I tried close reading but the book's covers were in the way.

Posted by: Litter Ari at April 07, 2014 04:55 PM (wu/TK)

126 "Twitter isn't writing. Twitter is a typing exercise with a hotlink."

Without Twitter, how would we communicate the serious issues of the day?

Like, OMG, I just learned that Mitt Romney wants to ban dogs and once strapped a tampon to the roof of his car!

Posted by: torquewrench at April 07, 2014 04:55 PM (noWW6)

127 &&&&  whaaaat?  (ampersand test without noscript on pale moon)

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2014 04:55 PM (x3YFz)

128 (string of profanity)

I'm off to marry up no script to pale moon.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2014 04:56 PM (x3YFz)

129 more from wiki In 2010, a study provided some evidence of neuroplastic changes occurring after brainwave training. Half an hour of voluntary control of brain rhythms led in this study to a lasting shift in cortical excitability and intracortical function.[44] The authors observed that the cortical response to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was significantly enhanced after neurofeedback, persisted for at least 20 minutes, and was correlated with an EEG time-course indicative of activity-dependent plasticity

Posted by: thunderb at April 07, 2014 04:57 PM (zOTsN)

130 Epic haz ampersands. &&&&&&&&&&&&

Posted by: rickl at April 07, 2014 04:57 PM (sdi6R)

131 Epic seems to disable access to the dictionary although it flags misspelled words? &&

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 07, 2014 04:57 PM (o3MSL)

132 I intentionally bug my (adult) kids by spelling out complete words when I text them. And using punctuation. "Oh, man! I am laughing out loud! Are you too?" Stuff like that. (I'm easily amused)

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 07, 2014 04:57 PM (g4TxM)

133 Just ponder Nancy Pelosi in such. Or Wendy Davis. Better yet Lena... ..and I just ran out of .45 ACP. *stabs self repeatedly with spork* Nah, I didn't think so......

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 07, 2014 04:59 PM (f921K)

134 Have we ruled out the possibility that Herman Hesse sucks?

Posted by: Splurge at April 07, 2014 05:00 PM (4IvMI)

135 "Stuff like that. (I'm easily amused)"
Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 07, 2014 08:57 PM (g4TxM)

HAH!  That last three-letter word is what I actually exclaimed at your comment.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 07, 2014 05:00 PM (lq3Ak)

136 ..and I just ran out of .45 ACP.

*stabs self repeatedly with spork*

Nah, I didn't think so......

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 07, 2014 08:59 PM (f921K)

yer a jarhead.  ffs son, quit bitching and go steal some.

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2014 05:01 PM (x3YFz)

137 Have we ruled out the possibility that Herman Hesse sucks? He's no Edith Wharton, that's for sure.

Posted by: Ethan Frome at April 07, 2014 05:01 PM (2bPYY)

138 117 108 Related: To my surprise, after switching to Chrome from Firefox, I got a low-level headache while surfing. No headache after switching from Chrome to Pale Moon. Posted by: gs at April 07, 2014 08:49 PM (Wc9US) Interesting. I switched to Epic from Safari. Epic is Chromium-based. I had to experiment with font sizes at first, but now I hardly notice any difference at all. (*****************************************) Being in my mid-60s might have something to do with it.

Posted by: gs at April 07, 2014 05:02 PM (Wc9US)

139 I did not get that intro into the Big Game. The choir was nice but I don't know how it tied in.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 05:02 PM (oMKp3)

140 who are you guys and why the fuck am I here?

Posted by: Guido at April 07, 2014 05:02 PM (GYg/s)

141 Pre-Internet I didn't realize the extent of the stupidity of the masses. It's profound. Nor did I realize the degree to which stupid people seek to commit their stupidity in public. The horror. The. horror.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at April 07, 2014 05:02 PM (4CVLy)

142
Have we ruled out the possibility that Herman Hesse sucks?
Posted by: Splurge




Occam's Razor of Suck would suggest that is the simpler explanation....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 07, 2014 05:02 PM (kdS6q)

143 I blame autocorrect for all the world's ills. It "corrected" my nick, and it probably takes several brain cells and a small piece of my soul with every correction.

Posted by: Splunge at April 07, 2014 05:02 PM (4IvMI)

144 Just ponder Nancy Pelosi in such. Or Wendy Davis. Better yet Lena... - When they're thinking of opening a new abortion clinic that specializes in late term abortions.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 07, 2014 05:02 PM (Mogjf)

145 I'm almost 30, and I began to really notice this same problem in the 6th grade (Pre-Internet) while I was reading "To Kill a Mockingbird." that was assigned to me. This behavior then peaked when reading, "Wuthering Heights" during my Junior Year of High School." For the life of me I just couldn't read half a page without my mind begging me to do something else. It has nothing to do with the internet or digital age, it's simply the result of reading the most boring books in the world.

Posted by: Elephant in the Room at April 07, 2014 05:03 PM (Ggh94)

146 Just finished uninstalling Firefox and installing Pale Moon. F#ck the Gay Mafia!!!!

Posted by: southdakotaboy at April 07, 2014 05:04 PM (yh4lQ)

147 I think it would be nice if both teams lost. What, me? Bitter?

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 05:04 PM (oMKp3)

148 who are you guys and why the fuck am I here? Posted by: Guido at April 07, 2014 09:02 PM (GYg/s) ***** Guido!!! Snap out of it! It's us. And none of us know why we are here.

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 07, 2014 05:04 PM (g4TxM)

149 I was dumb long before the internet...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 07, 2014 05:04 PM (vHRtU)

150 Intense concentration reading books will keep the brain sharp. Most of the internet turns it into lutefisk. (That's right, Scandi lutefisk!)

Posted by: cryptocon at April 07, 2014 05:05 PM (6qMMx)

151 I have a shriveled up little curdled right hand. When I couldn't hold a book or turn a page with this bony thing at the end of my arm I switched to ebooks.

Posted by: Bildo at April 07, 2014 05:05 PM (eToum)

152 Hootie and the Suckjobs with the National Anthem.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 07, 2014 05:05 PM (bitz6)

153 what does Pale Moon do that Explorer doesn't? I really have no idea. please eduimacate me.

Posted by: Guido at April 07, 2014 05:05 PM (GYg/s)

154 I don't know. Wendy Davis has an impressive rack. As for Lena Dunham in a transparent dress, only if I'm armed with a flamethrower.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 07, 2014 05:06 PM (oFCZn)

155 140 who are you guys and why the fuck am I here?

Posted by: Guido at April 07, 2014 09:02 PM (GYg/s)


Because we like you.  Now STFU and get my canoli

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2014 05:06 PM (x3YFz)

156
This may have something to do with her inability to read. 35 really?
Posted by: weirdflunky




Her linkedln profile says she's collecting a paycheck as a Congressional Intern for Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO7).

Top people.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 07, 2014 05:06 PM (kdS6q)

157 when reading, "Wuthering Heights" during my Junior Year of High School." **** Yeah, I only got as far as "Wut..."?

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 07, 2014 05:06 PM (g4TxM)

158 I love To Kill a Mockingbird.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 07, 2014 05:06 PM (Mogjf)

159 Pale Moon do that Explorer doesn't? -------------- Pale Moon collects your personal information and sends it directly to Ron Paul's PAC.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at April 07, 2014 05:07 PM (4CVLy)

160 I have no problem reading either on or off line, and my attention span for books has not suffered from the comments here, either.    Now there are some authors whose slow pace makes me skim or even skip, but that's a whole different problem.  (Brandon Sanderson, you lookin'?)

Posted by: Empire1 at April 07, 2014 05:07 PM (mD1CM)

161 153 what does Pale Moon do that Explorer doesn't? I really have no idea. please eduimacate me.

Posted by: Guido at April 07, 2014 09:05 PM (GYg/s)

Uh... well, let's start with "less hacked" and move on to "privacy."

Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2014 05:07 PM (x3YFz)

162 "Autocorrect", (which is ironically underlined in red, as I type it), should be removable from every item you own.  It is a scourge.

...and curiously, after I typed "scourge", the underline went away.  wooo-ooo-oooo-ooooh!  ...Ghosts in the Machine!

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 07, 2014 05:07 PM (lq3Ak)

163 As a staunch republican, I'm looking for yesterday's memes to prove that I'm and hip and cool, like Barack Obama.

Posted by: Fritz at April 07, 2014 05:07 PM (oJUxt)

164 Nice cheer went up when they showed George and Laura Bush in the stands .

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 05:07 PM (oMKp3)

165 A book on the subject, provided anyone can read at length anymore. http://www.amazon.com/The-Shallows-Internet-Doing-Brains/dp/0393339750

Posted by: .87c at April 07, 2014 05:07 PM (qZPXs)

166 I intentionally bug my (adult) kids by spelling out complete words when I text them. And using punctuation.
Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 07, 2014 08:57 PM (g4TxM)

I do that too with my god-daughter and her three sisters. They basically get an email sent to them by numbered text messages. They enjoy those, seriously.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at April 07, 2014 05:08 PM (AC0lD)

167 Didn't get through article. Wut's it say?

Posted by: eureka! at April 07, 2014 05:08 PM (p4EeG)

168 164 Unfortunately, BJ Clinton is also there.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 07, 2014 05:08 PM (ojnk6)

169 I intentionally bug my (adult) kids by spelling out complete words when I text them. ---- So, Seamus Muldoon is my dad. Neat!

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her ADHD at April 07, 2014 05:09 PM (9AUnb)

170 66 So, what the fuck is going on at Breitbart? Posted by: butternut at April 07, 2014 08:38 PM (F6ceQ) Doing what Andrew would have done. Do something outrageous to get people to come see wtf you are doing. For a guy who wasn't the most conservative guy in the room, he sure hated the fuck out of the Dems.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 07, 2014 05:09 PM (HxSXm)

171 Australia and Japan signed a new FTA today. Australia is expected to sign another FTA with South Korea this week. America has made almost zero progress in free trade under Obama. He allowed a couple ratification votes on FTAs that had been signed under Bush, but he hasn't signed a single FTA as president. World doesn't stand still, though. Good for Australia.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 07, 2014 05:09 PM (ZPrif)

172 Is Wildcat a reference to a Trade Unionist tactic?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 07, 2014 05:09 PM (bitz6)

173 As for Lena Dunham in a transparent dress, only if I'm armed with a flamethrower. _ I see head Nork Kim Jong Un ordered one of his ministers executed by flame thrower.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 07, 2014 05:09 PM (Mogjf)

174 Sometimes it feels as though books just go on forever, like they'll never, ever end. You know what I mean?

Posted by: George R.R. Martin at April 07, 2014 05:10 PM (4IvMI)

175 There is some kind of basketball game on.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 07, 2014 05:11 PM (bitz6)

176 35 year old grad school student and congressional intern? yeah. we have gotten to the root of the problem

Posted by: thunderb at April 07, 2014 05:11 PM (zOTsN)

177 149...somebody call me?

Posted by: dumbartist at April 07, 2014 05:11 PM (ahBY0)

178 I read Charlotte's Web. It was pretty good, man.

Posted by: Joe Biden at April 07, 2014 05:11 PM (H4aQb)

179
It has nothing to do with the internet or digital age, it's simply the result of reading the most boring books in the world.
Posted by: Elephant in the Room



I read once, pre-intenet, that a sign of maturity was realizing you didn't have to finish ever book you started.

Read a few hundred books, especially any books about the writing process, and you become such a critical reader that you can't just ignore the flaws in most writing and can't be bothered with that book or writer.

Scan, evaluate, read or flee.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 07, 2014 05:11 PM (kdS6q)

180 Guido!!! Snap out of it! It's us. And none of us know why we are here. Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 07, 2014 09:04 PM (g4TxM) Thank God Seamus....a familiar face...I had lost gravitational pull and was about to shoot off into space....It's all coming back to me, now...morons...no pants....guns...ettes...booze..ettes...ettes...

Posted by: Guido at April 07, 2014 05:12 PM (GYg/s)

181 Weird that none of the Connecticut starters are actually from, you know, Connecticut.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 05:12 PM (oMKp3)

182 I agree but long before the internet, I stopped reading fiction. I prefer history. So, it doesn't really affect me.

Posted by: Mickey Pug at April 07, 2014 05:12 PM (vFh9Q)

183 Two Kentucky players are from the same small town in Texas?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 07, 2014 05:13 PM (bitz6)

184 158 I love To Kill a Mockingbird. --- I can appreciate it now, but as a sixth grader I didn't care about any books that weren't written by Tolkein or Brian Jacques (Redwall ftw!)

Posted by: Elephant in the Room at April 07, 2014 05:13 PM (Ggh94)

185 183 Two Kentucky players are from the same small town in Texas? Posted by: Boss Moss at April 07, 2014 09:13 PM (bitz6) The twins probably.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 05:14 PM (oMKp3)

186 I'd like to blame the Internet but I used to read like that as a kid.  I got better in college when I got introduced to books I liked.

Posted by: Shoot Me at April 07, 2014 05:14 PM (EQcfE)

187 Weird that none of the Connecticut starters are actually from, you know, Connecticut. Crimethink!

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 07, 2014 05:14 PM (30eLQ)

188 Speaking of internet and dumb... Wow, just wow. This country is beyond fucked. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=722037694496309&set=vb.100000702560670&type=2&theater

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 07, 2014 05:14 PM (0LHZx)

189 I love To Kill a Mockingbird. **** Phrasing, people, phrasing!

Posted by: A. Mockingbird at April 07, 2014 05:14 PM (g4TxM)

190 Uh... well, let's start with "less hacked" and move on to "privacy." Posted by: tangonine at April 07, 2014 09:07 PM (x3YFz) Perfect thanks...I really didn't know....

Posted by: Guido at April 07, 2014 05:14 PM (GYg/s)

191 I quit reading when I found out the internet had videos of Playboy's Letters to the Editor.

Posted by: MikeinGa at April 07, 2014 05:15 PM (psVAq)

192 Flatbush Joe @ 171 Australia sells a lot of LNG to Japan, and now will also probably be selling to S. Korea. And Australia is into fracking for gas, it's really picking up steam down under. Australia might be the 'glue' that helps to keep several factions of Asian nations together to confront China.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 07, 2014 05:15 PM (+1T7c)

193 I hope the entire Kentucky team falls into a giant sinkhole.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 05:16 PM (oMKp3)

194 I think The Great Gatsby is hugely over-rated. Shoot me.

Posted by: thunderb at April 07, 2014 05:16 PM (zOTsN)

195 Interesting article. A day of reading and suddenly she can't...um...read anymore, because of all the reading. Um, OK.

Posted by: Max Power at April 07, 2014 05:16 PM (q177U)

196 142 Have we ruled out the possibility that Herman Hesse sucks? Posted by: Splurge I've read a couple of Hesses books. It's a job.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 07, 2014 05:16 PM (HVff2)

197 >>> Does the Internet Make You Dumberer: A Kintinuing Ceres —Ace The headline made me laugh, Ace.

Posted by: L, elle at April 07, 2014 05:16 PM (D1Gfs)

198 Everything Bill Shakespeare ever wrote had a shitty ending.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 07, 2014 05:17 PM (bitz6)

199
And the more you write, the better you can get at writing: logic, argumentation, organization, research and readability.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix


"Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo"


I stand corrected....




Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 07, 2014 05:17 PM (kdS6q)

200 193 I hope the entire Kentucky team falls into a giant sinkhole. Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 09:16 PM (oMKp3) uhh... don't candy coat it gw tell us what you really think. lol.

Posted by: Guido at April 07, 2014 05:17 PM (GYg/s)

201 Well, Al Gore did invent the damn thing. It can't be all that good.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 07, 2014 05:17 PM (l3vZN)

202 What?
No NCAA Finals thread?
Racists!

Posted by: Lt. Smokey of the LIB Brigade at April 07, 2014 05:18 PM (8/dgB)

203 Guido, on my old 10 year old Dell running XP, Pale Moon is a faster than Firefox and much faster than IE.

Posted by: Nylon66 at April 07, 2014 05:18 PM (YELrK)

204 183 Two Kentucky players are from the same small town in Texas? > Father/daughter...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 07, 2014 05:18 PM (vHRtU)

205 I just want to say that I am outraged, outraged!, at the shocking lack of Diversity in tonight's NCAA basketball game. This is outrageous! How can we expect America's boys and girls to feel wanted and valued in America when even in 2014 we see this shameful lack of Diversity? Two teams that are depressingly monochromatic and unrepresentative of the rich tapestry of ethnicity that is modern America. Truly shameful. Wait --what's that? Oh. Really? Oh. Well. Nevermind.

Posted by: Al Sharpton at April 07, 2014 05:19 PM (ZPrif)

206 I kind of liked Herman Hesse in "WKRP in Cincinnati"

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 07, 2014 05:19 PM (g4TxM)

207 '...Gatsby', is just fucking awful.

Posted by: garrett at April 07, 2014 05:19 PM (2bPYY)

208 The internets lowered my reading of fiction, and pretty much ended what political nonfiction I read. Because, you know, I got blogs for that stuff now. It has pointed me to a lot of history books though, that I otherwise wouldn't know about. And to philosophy, and even theology. And I can especially report that the HQ weekly book thread has inspired me to read more than I otherwise would. Of course, it *is* true that, first, you have to get off the computer . . .

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 07, 2014 05:19 PM (30eLQ)

209 The twins probably. Posted by: grammie winger Yeah the Harrison twins. Calipari said he doesn't know a lot about how UConn plays, but he recruited a lot of those players. The powerhouse programs recruit from all over. There are a couple of players from NY City on UConn, which is really just down the road from UConn. But yeah, who plays for big teams from home? Lexington , Ky is really a pretty small city, full of horsey people anyways.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 07, 2014 05:19 PM (+1T7c)

210 Yes. I noticed it with the college kids I taught. My attn span is shorter and my spelling is sloppier.

Posted by: Y-not at April 07, 2014 05:19 PM (zxfH6)

211 191 I quit reading when I found out the internet had videos of Playboy's Letters to the Editor. SAY WHAT!

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 07, 2014 05:20 PM (vHRtU)

212 203 Guido, on my old 10 year old Dell running XP, Pale Moon is a faster than Firefox and much faster than IE. Posted by: Nylon66 at April 07, 2014 09:18 PM (YELrK) Thanks! I already deleted Firefox and had Explorer that came with the laptop....I'll try Pale Moon.

Posted by: Guido at April 07, 2014 05:20 PM (GYg/s)

213 As usual I pick the winners of the basketball game to be the school with the most felons. And we all know these student *snicker* athletes, will go right back to studying and going to class once basketball season is over tonight? Right? LOL

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 07, 2014 05:20 PM (0LHZx)

214 188...that is a Gdamn shame and where it all starts.

Posted by: dumbartist at April 07, 2014 05:20 PM (ahBY0)

215
"Claire Handscombe studied French and Spanish at King's College, Cambridge, and has taught languages to adults for the best part of this century. She also works as a journalist and translator, and writes fiction under a different name."

"writes fiction under a different name"




$5 on dinosaur rape romances.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 07, 2014 05:20 PM (kdS6q)

216 Speaking of internet and dumb... Wow, just wow. This country is beyond fucked. - I'm sure she'll grow up to be a lady and a scholar and not hardly a coke whore at all.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 07, 2014 05:21 PM (Mogjf)

217 Keep it real homes.

Posted by: Freddie's Asbestos Bodega Mart at April 07, 2014 05:21 PM (bitz6)

218 I kind of liked Herman Hesse in "WKRP in Cincinnati" Posted by: S. Muldoon MULDOON!!!!

Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 07, 2014 05:21 PM (+1T7c)

219 Why do you think Breitbart skipped the post and just read the comments? He was always ahead of the curve. RIP.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 07, 2014 05:21 PM (1CroS)

220 Everything Bill Shakespeare ever wrote had a shitty ending. Posted by: Boss Moss ------------- His first failing was that which might be imputed to the evil in most men, he sacrificed virtue to convenience.

Posted by: Something I Think Dr. Johnson Said at April 07, 2014 05:21 PM (aDwsi)

221 Were I to write Romeo and Juliet today, it would read thusly: Romeo: Heh, boobies! Juliet:U r teh sweetez!!11!

Posted by: Zombie Shakespeare at April 07, 2014 05:22 PM (znhKH)

222 Oh, and I uninstalled Firefox this evening. I can barrel myself just fine on Chrome

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 07, 2014 05:23 PM (30eLQ)

223 But Holder has discretion on prosecution. Jim Hoft ‏@gatewaypundit House Committee to File 3 Criminal Charges Against IRS Official Lois LernerÂ… And Contempt Charges! http://shar.es/BSn8H via @gatewaypundit

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 07, 2014 05:23 PM (ZPrif)

224 college hoops can also make you dumberer . . . just sayin'

Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2014 05:25 PM (8lmkt)

225 If Al Gore - the fucking inventor of the internet, you know- is proof that internetz=dumbzilla, then case closed.

Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 05:25 PM (tNrYO)

226 My reading habits have changed but I don't think it's because of web surfing. It was because I had kids... reading two novels in a day and not getting off the couch for the whole time, maybe a whole weekend... that happened in college. It didn't happen with small children. So I re-read books I'd already read because I could pick them up and put them down and not care that I couldn't find out what happened next because I already knew. And then my eyes started going... and I didn't realize it for a few years. (Darn you 40!) But even when I got reading glasses I still re-read books or read the fluffiest romances (by the truck-load) because life is stressful enough. And the last few years have been non-stop stress, worry about money, teenagers, whatever... I have books by authors that I think are fabulous and I don't read them because reading them is *work*. I look longingly at the Monster Hunter novel I got at the library and I think... do I have a day to sit and just do that and really enjoy it, and read it through to the end and get immersed? And I think that no... I don't. And do I want to read it in tiny bits? No... I don't. So I pick up another fluffy romance and plow through it... one after another... re-reading a lot, because I don't want to commit. True. I just don't think it has anything to do with web surfing habits because I *do* read whole books cover to cover... just not anything that requires anything from me.

Posted by: Synova at April 07, 2014 05:25 PM (7/PU+)

227 I hope the entire Kentucky team falls into a giant sinkhole.

*lol*

Posted by: HR at April 07, 2014 05:25 PM (hO8IJ)

228 Two days with Pale Moon. Very happy. Hmm. Is there a book title there?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 05:25 PM (aDwsi)

229 Yukon's in the championship game? I thought this was a US only thingy.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 07, 2014 05:26 PM (0LHZx)

230 I could get so immersed in a book in HS that my mom would call be several times and then had to throw a shoe at me to get my attention. Good times.

Posted by: Guido at April 07, 2014 05:26 PM (GYg/s)

231 Were I to write Romeo and Juliet today, it would read thusly: Romeo: Heh, boobies! Juliet:U r teh sweetez!!11! I prefer to wonder what Procopius would make of the Obama administration: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts /Procopius/Anecdota/home.html

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 07, 2014 05:26 PM (30eLQ)

232 Everything Bill Shakespeare ever wrote had a shitty ending. - Yeah, and he wrote about fairies and shit.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 07, 2014 05:26 PM (Mogjf)

233 sounds like native American porn two days with Pale Moon

Posted by: thunderb at April 07, 2014 05:26 PM (zOTsN)

234 Using Chrome feeds the Google monster. Just saying...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 05:27 PM (aDwsi)

235 224 college hoops can also make you dumberer . . . just sayin' Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2014 09:25 PM (8lmkt) No, being dumb makes you interested in college basketball. That's why dumb people call it 'hoops'. I keed!

Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 05:27 PM (tNrYO)

236 228 Two days with Pale Moon. Very happy. Hmm. Is there a book title there? Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 09:25 PM (aDwsi) If it's about doing an Indian chick.

Posted by: Guido at April 07, 2014 05:27 PM (GYg/s)

237 FYI browser seekers. Pale Moon is Firefox streamlined and rebranded. I've been using Pale Moon for about two years; it's a Mozilla engine. You don't get off the Mozilla bandwagon that easily, sadly enough. I'm returning to Opera which uses chromium as the foundation, but leaving Pale Moon has been a bit of a trial. It was a fine browser particularly with all the add-ons. Good news, though. The latest Opera has some good add-ons and the development team is reincorporating many tools as the latest version is built up.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 07, 2014 05:27 PM (1CroS)

238 For the Pale Moon peeps: Isn't that just an offshoot of Firefox? Are you really punishing FF by installing it?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 07, 2014 05:27 PM (0LHZx)

239 Nah, internettin' and readin' is two different things. Get up at 5, work at the computer from 7 till about 5, then it's time for Ace, then a book. At the moment, it's re-reading La Place de La Corcorde Suisse by John Mcfee. And James Whitcomb Riley is on deck.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at April 07, 2014 05:27 PM (OSzB9)

240 If UConn keeps hitting threes Kentucky will want to fall into a sinkhole.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 07, 2014 05:27 PM (oFCZn)

241 sounds like native American porn two days with Pale Moon Posted by: thunderb ------------- Exactly. Sounds great, no?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 05:28 PM (aDwsi)

242 Somewhat related - about 15 years I started attending productions at the National Shakespeare Theatre in DC. I usually see six to eight plays a year. The first year or so was almost painful! I had always wanted to be the kind of person who went to the theater, but it was so boring! I realized that I was so used to watching tv and movies, with close-ups, fast scene changes, different camera perspectives etc, that I just couldn't stay interested looking at the same stage and with the same perspective for two-three hours. By the third year I was used to it and I have been enjoying the plays ever since, but it was hard to realize that tv and film ruined the theater for a while.

Posted by: biancaneve at April 07, 2014 05:29 PM (2sR50)

243 Kentucky, if current trends continue, will soon reach getting your ass handed to you territory.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 07, 2014 05:29 PM (oFCZn)

244 Ace,
 One of the days I'm gonna have to send you a copy of my book, which I won't name.

Posted by: Dick (@DicksTrash) at April 07, 2014 05:29 PM (GrtrJ)

245 I saw Pale Moon open for Soggy Canyon back in '88.... has anybody claimed that lame gag yet?

Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 05:29 PM (tNrYO)

246 And James Whitcomb Riley is on deck. Posted by: Skookumchuk --------------- Little Orphan Annie's come to our house to stay...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 05:29 PM (aDwsi)

247 >>I hope the entire Kentucky team falls into a giant sinkhole. Posted by: grammie winger Well, they are going back to Kentucky. Close enough?

Posted by: Aviator at April 07, 2014 05:30 PM (3rrMW)

248 "How can we expect America's boys and girls to feel wanted and valued in America when even in 2014 we see this shameful lack of Diversity? Two teams that are depressingly monochromatic and unrepresentative of the rich tapestry of ethnicity that is modern America."

As I keep saying:
 
The Left claim to want certain things, like "disparate impact" laws.

Let's give that to them good and hard.

OK, we'll have sports teams that "look like America" in exact proportion. America is 14% black. No more than 14% blacks on your team, Coach!

Posted by: torquewrench at April 07, 2014 05:30 PM (noWW6)

249 243 Kentucky, if current trends continue, will soon reach getting your ass handed to you territory. Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 07, 2014 09:29 PM (oFCZn) Ahhh my voodoo pins are working.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 05:30 PM (oMKp3)

250 234 Using Chrome feeds the Google monster. Just saying... Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 09:27 PM (aDwsi) Epic is based on open-source Chromium. Apparently Chrome is a Google variant. https://epicbrowser.com/

Posted by: rickl at April 07, 2014 05:32 PM (sdi6R)

251 If I understand correctly, Pale Moon is served with a lemon slice in chick bars?

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 07, 2014 05:32 PM (vHRtU)

252 in a related story, Sheila Jackson Lee must spend an awful lot of time surfing the web

Posted by: thunderb at April 07, 2014 05:32 PM (zOTsN)

253 * note to self : Stay on grammies good side *

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 05:33 PM (aDwsi)

254 248 "How can we expect America's boys and girls to feel wanted and valued in America when even in 2014 we see this shameful lack of Diversity? Two teams that are depressingly monochromatic and unrepresentative of the rich tapestry of ethnicity that is modern America." Talking about diversity and children feeling wanted: which ethnic groups are regularly getting their voucher for "Make Uncle Sugar pay for nine abortions and the rest are free for life!" vouchers from Planned Evilhood? Abortion be killin' your diversity, tool.

Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 05:34 PM (tNrYO)

255 blue moon and an orange slice thankyouverymuch

Posted by: thunderb at April 07, 2014 05:34 PM (zOTsN)

256 I realized that I was so used to watching tv and movies, with close-ups, fast scene changes, different camera perspectives etc, that I just couldn't stay interested looking at the same stage and with the same perspective for two-three hours. But there *do* exist popular shows that focus on the same stage, or near enough. "Two Girls and a Guy". "Breakfast Club". "1408" and all those cabin-in-the-woods horror movies. "Seinfeld" and other sitcoms. Most episodes of "Star Trek".

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 07, 2014 05:34 PM (30eLQ)

257 Mike Hammer, 246. Ah, yes.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at April 07, 2014 05:36 PM (OSzB9)

258 in a related story, Sheila Jackson Lee must spend an awful lot of time surfing the web That was Elizabeth Edwards who was obsessed with internet blogs IIRC. She probably should have snagged a better man when she was younger or, well, older or ever.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 07, 2014 05:36 PM (30eLQ)

259 255 blue moon and an orange slice thankyouverymuch Posted by: thunderb at April 07, 2014 09:34 PM (zOTsN) I suppose you'll want some whipped cream, too? Maybe chilled candied ginger instead of ice? Brown sugar on the rim?

Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 05:36 PM (tNrYO)

260 253 * note to self : Stay on grammies good side * Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 09:33 PM (aDwsi) It's simple. You're required to take a pilgrimage to Wisconsin at least once in your lifetime.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 07, 2014 05:36 PM (oFCZn)

261

OT: I'm going to bed, soon. But, it I just dropped $5000 for my divorce attorneys retainer today. Is this good or bad?

Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 07, 2014 05:37 PM (b96D1)

262 256 I realized that I was so used to watching tv and movies, with close-ups, fast scene changes, different camera perspectives etc, that I just couldn't stay interested looking at the same stage and with the same perspective for two-three hours. But there *do* exist popular shows that focus on the same stage, or near enough. "Two Girls and a Guy". "Breakfast Club". "1408" and all those cabin-in-the-woods horror movies. "Seinfeld" and other sitcoms. Most episodes of "Star Trek". Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 07, 2014 09:34 PM (30eLQ) --Cheers. Most of it in a bar. Then of course was Hitchcock's classic Rope, which had the unities of time and place.

Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2014 05:38 PM (aeXtp)

263 261 That's pretty standard, Gilaguy. Mine came in under and I got a rebate, but not much of one.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 07, 2014 05:38 PM (ojnk6)

264 speaking of browsers, has anyone had an experience with that nasty ice ransom virus? It pops up a page that pretends to be from the gov't and locks the living shit out of your machine looking for a moneypak donation.

Posted by: dumbartist at April 07, 2014 05:38 PM (ahBY0)

265 Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 07, 2014 09:36 PM (oFCZn) Thank you for your very clear-headed and correct analysis.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 05:39 PM (oMKp3)

266 252 in a related story, Sheila Jackson Lee must spend an awful lot of time surfing the web Posted by: thunderb at April 07, 2014 09:32 PM (zOTsN) SJL doesn't surf the web; she trawls, skeins, filters, floats, drifts, and occasionally scrapes the bottom of the web, if you know what I mean.

Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 05:39 PM (tNrYO)

267 I'm loving this game so far. Go Huskies!

Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2014 05:39 PM (aeXtp)

268 It's simple. You're required to take a pilgrimage to Wisconsin at least once in your lifetime. Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 07, 2014 09:36 PM (oFCZn) But not Milwaukee, right?

Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 05:40 PM (tNrYO)

269 GilaGuy, I am sorry you have to deal with that.😢

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 07, 2014 05:40 PM (60Vyp)

270 Holy Fuck. And by that I mean, Holy Fuck: http://tinyurl.com/oev9w3b

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 07, 2014 05:40 PM (vHRtU)

271 has anyone had an experience with that nasty ice ransom virus? It pops up a page that pretends to be from the gov't and locks the living shit out of your machine looking for a moneypak donation. Yeah, the quick fix was to reset the computer settings, via Windows Safemode, back a couple days. Pretty nasty virus overall, though.

Posted by: Grey Fox at April 07, 2014 05:40 PM (Gyvjq)

272 It's simple. You're required to take a pilgrimage to Wisconsin at least once in your lifetime. Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 07, 2014 09:36 PM (oFCZn Not just Wisconsin, Lambeau Field

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 07, 2014 05:40 PM (HVff2)

273 I think it is the food pellets that will come out of my computer if I just keep clicking.

Posted by: Thatch at April 07, 2014 05:41 PM (qYvEa)

274 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 07, 2014 09:40 PM (HVff2) This is just a given.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 05:42 PM (oMKp3)

275 261 OT: I'm going to bed, soon. But, it I just dropped $5000 for my divorce attorneys retainer today. Is this good or bad? Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 07, 2014 09:37 PM (b96D1) That sucks good luck

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 07, 2014 05:42 PM (HVff2)

276 Dang, looks like a shootout between Napier and Harrison.

Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2014 05:42 PM (aeXtp)

277 Not just Wisconsin, Lambeau Field Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 07, 2014 09:40 PM (HVff2) If that's where they keep the block of cheese from outer space, yes.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 07, 2014 05:42 PM (oFCZn)

278 I do not know if the Internet makes people dumber. Certainly running a self-described "Moron Blog" of right-wing racist hate speech and opposition to our beloved President has made you dumber, you horrible Mr. O'Spades, and there is no guarantee how smart you were to begin with.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at April 07, 2014 05:43 PM (nyLnk)

279 192 Flatbush Joe @ 171 Australia sells a lot of LNG to Japan, and now will also probably be selling to S. Korea. And Australia is into fracking for gas, it's really picking up steam down under. Australia might be the 'glue' that helps to keep several factions of Asian nations together to confront China. Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 07, 2014 09:15 PM (+1T7c) So Australia will be the leader of Oceania in the upcoming war with Eurasia? I'm glad that they will be leading us against Eastasia.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 07, 2014 05:43 PM (HxSXm)

280 The internet didn't make me stupid, I was stupid long before it came around. "Stand up Chuck. Let everybody see you."

Posted by: joe biden's hair plugs at April 07, 2014 05:44 PM (JwQ6V)

281 Epic does several things to protect your privacy. Epic by default removes all Google services from Chromium so that your browsing does not go through GoogleÂ’s servers. When you visit a search engine, Epic routes that request through a proxy server so that they canÂ’t track you by your IP address. You can also manually turn on EpicÂ’s built-in proxy anytime (itÂ’s the icon at right in the address bar). Epic removes referer data from the http header of search sites that may leak your search terms. Epic blocks thousands of trackers and widgets from tracking your browsing and searching across the internet.Epic has an encrypted data preference so whenever possible, Epic connects you securely. This protects you from general surveillance and when youÂ’re on a public WiFi network. Epic always blocks third-party cookies and sends a do-not-track me signal. Epic never collects any data about your browsing or searches. Epic services such as auto-fill in the address bar are local so that what youÂ’re typing is never sent to any server. Epic is always in private browsing or incognito mode so that after you close Epic, all your browsing data and data stored on your system by websites are deleted. https://epicbrowser.com/FAQ.html I hate to sound like a broken record, but I really like this browser. I wasn't even using Firefox. I have been using Safari on a Mac for 10 years, but all the recent talk about different browsers made me give this a try. I hardly notice any difference. Of course, Epic is available for Windows too. One thing: When I start Epic, I do have to enter my name and e-mail before I can comment here, but only once. Safari used to save that from session to session.

Posted by: rickl at April 07, 2014 05:44 PM (sdi6R)

282 The governor of Argentina's largest, richest and most populated province declared a 12-month state of emergency following an outbreak of lynching by furious citizens who feel defenceless and 'overwhelmed' by crime. The situation has become a major political issue with magistrates and the Church calling for restrain. http://goo.gl/g5hXEt

Posted by: Mickey Pug at April 07, 2014 05:44 PM (vFh9Q)

283 Adn after James Whitcomb &c, it is a long slog (again) through Tirant Lo Blanc.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at April 07, 2014 05:44 PM (OSzB9)

284 If that's where they keep the block of cheese from outer space, yes. Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 07, 2014 09:42 PM (oFCZn) Well where do you recommend this pilgrimage go to? Crivitz?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 07, 2014 05:44 PM (HVff2)

285 264 I think you can shut down your browser with Task Manager with those type of things.

Posted by: Freddie's Asbestos Bodega Mart at April 07, 2014 05:45 PM (bitz6)

286 Cool, thank you all. I hope I get this new job. My attorney says that this divorce should be relatively simple. I'm glad I now have a "legal team."

Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 07, 2014 05:45 PM (b96D1)

287 Holy Fuck. And by that I mean, Holy Fuck: http://tinyurl.com/oev9w3b - You know what will straighten that out? A fax rate raise.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 07, 2014 05:45 PM (Mogjf)

288 Grey Fox...my brother has it and I think he wasn't quik enough. It has a running clock that activates more shit as it counts down. By the time he called me he couldn't get in safe mode no matter which option he chose.

Posted by: dumbartist at April 07, 2014 05:45 PM (ahBY0)

289 "OT: I'm going to bed, soon. But, it I just dropped $5000 for my divorce attorneys retainer today. Is this good or bad?"

Impossible to tell from the price alone.

Legal counsel is one of those tricky things where the quality of service can be tough to assess in advance.

Anyway, hang in there, Gila. You have a deep well of sympathy out here.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 07, 2014 05:45 PM (noWW6)

290 GilaGuy : sorry it came to that. I just ask that you don't badmouth the ex in here. Because she isn't here to rebut your comments, and - really - I wouldn't be interested in your dirty laundry any more than in hers.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 07, 2014 05:45 PM (30eLQ)

291 You're required to take a pilgrimage to Wisconsin at least once in your lifetime. Posted by: Dack ---- Been there, done that. Ate cheese, drank quantities of Point and Leinenkugel's. Attended EAA, Oshkosh.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 05:46 PM (aDwsi)

292 I don't want to bad mouth anyone at all.

Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 07, 2014 05:47 PM (b96D1)

293 285...ctrl, alt, delete restarts his machine

Posted by: dumbartist at April 07, 2014 05:47 PM (ahBY0)

294 The Internet makes me look fat.

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at April 07, 2014 05:48 PM (aeXtp)

295 Been there, done that. Ate cheese, drank quantities of Point and Leinenkugel's. Attended EAA, Oshkosh. Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 09:46 PM (aDwsi) Sorry about The Point, Mr. Hammer

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 07, 2014 05:48 PM (HVff2)

296 290 Gg hasn't bad mouthed his STBXNJ or anyone else here., why was that comment necessary.?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 07, 2014 05:49 PM (ojnk6)

297 Hush little kitten don't say a word Mama's gonna kill you a mockingbird. And if that birdie don't taste nice Mamma's gonna catch you a pair of mice...

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at April 07, 2014 05:49 PM (ClWQc)

298 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 07, 2014 09:40 PM (HVff2) You went to EAA? Cool!

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 05:49 PM (oMKp3)

299 >>Been there, done that. Ate cheese, drank quantities of Point and Leinenkugel's. Attended EAA, Oshkosh. Posted by: Mike Hammer Yeah. Add some brats and Spotted Cow beer on tap.

Posted by: Aviator at April 07, 2014 05:49 PM (3rrMW)

300

>>>“I’m not kidding: I couldn’t do it,” she said. “It was torture getting through the first page. I couldn’t force myself to slow down so that I wasn’t skimming, picking out key words, organizing my eye movements to generate the most information at the highest speed. I was so disgusted with myself.”<<<

 

maybe she had a hangover.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 07, 2014 05:49 PM (RhQvZ)

301 Has anybody else noticed that Bonny Prince Georgie's teeth and hair are already of a finer quality than Vice President Joe Biden's at any time in the last three decades?

Go XConns!

Posted by: Fritz at April 07, 2014 05:50 PM (oJUxt)

302 286 Cool, thank you all. I hope I get this new job. My attorney says that this divorce should be relatively simple. I'm glad I now have a "legal team." Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 07, 2014 09:45 PM (b96D1) I hope you get that job too, GG. Is your mom still by you?

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 05:50 PM (oMKp3)

303 The comment was necessary because I've seen badmouthing here from others in messy breakups.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 07, 2014 05:50 PM (30eLQ)

304 @256 and 262 - I think it was the lack of close-ups that was hardest to adjust to. Even with the tv shows you've listed, you still get close-ups.

Posted by: biancaneve at April 07, 2014 05:51 PM (2sR50)

305 270 Holy Fuck. And by that I mean, Holy Fuck: http://tinyurl.com/oev9w3b Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 07, 2014 09:40 PM (vHRtU) You know, that is actually quite relevant to the current topic. Without the internet, how many of us would have ever heard of those loons?

Posted by: rickl at April 07, 2014 05:51 PM (sdi6R)

306 296 290 Gg hasn't bad mouthed his STBXNJ or anyone else here., why was that comment necessary.? Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 07, 2014 09:49 PM (ojnk6) I agree. Ignore that comment, GG.

Posted by: Mickey Pug at April 07, 2014 05:51 PM (vFh9Q)

307 Nice shot.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 05:51 PM (oMKp3)

308 287 Holy Fuck. And by that I mean, Holy Fuck: http://tinyurl.com/oev9w3b - You know what will straighten that out? A fax rate raise. Posted by: WalrusRex at April 07, 2014 09:45 PM (Mogjf) Or a trip to Crivitz. I hear it's nice this time of year.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 07, 2014 05:51 PM (oFCZn)

309 303 Well, IMO, giving the benefit of the doubt is in order until given a reason not to.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 07, 2014 05:52 PM (ojnk6)

310 But not Milwaukee, right?

Why not? Milwaukee's awesome.

Posted by: HR at April 07, 2014 05:52 PM (hO8IJ)

311 Clinton and W. sitting together watching the game. 16 years of dull pain for the country, followed by 5+ years of abject misery.

Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2014 05:52 PM (aeXtp)

312 Wisconsin. Wait, wait...., it's coming back to me. Something about sliding around on a race track at Elkhart Lake. Racing a motorcycle when you're really, *really* hung over isn't as much fun as one would think.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 05:52 PM (aDwsi)

313 Internet also makes me skim sporting events. I basically will just keep an eye on the NCAA final. I'll watch the last 5 minutes or so, if it's close. In the past I would watch the whole game.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 07, 2014 05:52 PM (ZPrif)

314 Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 07, 2014 09:51 PM (oFCZn) A young whippersnapper comedian :-)

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 07, 2014 05:53 PM (HVff2)

315 I have been at work all day & just glanced at headlines. I see Rand Paul is turning out just like his father Talking about Cheney.

Posted by: Carol at April 07, 2014 05:53 PM (s0f54)

316 How come Ace can't find some lucrative niche market? I'm sure he could write pervy romance porn with the best of them.

Posted by: Mickey Pug at April 07, 2014 05:53 PM (vFh9Q)

317 Posted by: rickl at April 07, 2014 09:44 PM (sdi6R)

Thanks so much rickl. I was looking for a new browser but didn't want IE or Chrome.

I found the "Twilight Zone" episode for you last night, you find me a new browser tonight. You have to love the internet...

...even if it is making people stupid as...stupid as...puppies!

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at April 07, 2014 05:54 PM (AC0lD)

318 FWIW, this happened to me in about mid-1998. I noticed it one day while reading my morning sports articles. It was very surprising.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at April 07, 2014 05:54 PM (4/o9U)

319 316 Who's to say he isn't already?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 07, 2014 05:54 PM (ojnk6)

320 Is it over yet?

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 07, 2014 05:55 PM (JMmQ9)

321 I see Rand Paul is turning out just like his father

well, there's a huge surprise . . . 

Posted by: Peaches at April 07, 2014 05:55 PM (8lmkt)

322 "As I keep saying:

The Left claim to want certain things, like "disparate impact" laws.

Let's give that to them good and hard.

OK, we'll have sports teams that "look like America" in exact proportion. America is 14% black. No more than 14% blacks on your team, Coach!"
Posted by: torquewrench at April 07, 2014 09:30 PM (noWW6)

That's easy.  We'll just redistribute their wealth if they reach the NBA, so as to directly correlate with the "Unloved 86%"... as tribute.

We Need Moar "Programs" in Suburban Outer Cities.  "Midnight Basketball" comes to mind.  ...but Teh Chalkies can call it "After School Hoops", in accordance with "Their Ways".

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 07, 2014 05:56 PM (lq3Ak)

323 I see Rand Paul is turning out just like his father ------------- Apple/tree

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 05:56 PM (aDwsi)

324 270 Holy Fuck. And by that I mean, Holy Fuck: http://tinyurl.com/oev9w3b Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 07, 2014 09:40 PM (vHRtU) Set phasers to "KILL", OG.

Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 05:56 PM (tNrYO)

325 True Mike! I'm leaving work now & have to go to CVS. BBL!

Posted by: Carol at April 07, 2014 05:57 PM (s0f54)

326 They love kissing the 'Cats freshmen's collective ass, but they would have been blown out by the Fab Five.

Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2014 05:57 PM (aeXtp)

327 I honestly think a lot of it has to do with pages. When you're on a "page" that needs to be turned, your brain treats the language differently. We clearly need to ban scroll bars.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at April 07, 2014 05:57 PM (4/o9U)

328 I hope they serve sugar free Gummi Bears to the Kentucky team at half time. That would be awesome.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 05:57 PM (oMKp3)

329 I don't have any trouble reading something that's worth reading. I don't watch or listen to Obama's speeches because I already know what he is going to say. I don't listen or watch liberal democrats for the same reason. It isn't my attention span or my reading habits on the internet. I'm fed up with politicians and politics because no one is addressing the problem. There is an ideological divide between two different incompatible political philosophies and one of the two is wrong. One side or the other will have to lose. One side or the other will get to implement their ideology. Or we'll just keep on doing what we're doing, and one day the SHTF.

Posted by: Smith the Contrary at April 07, 2014 05:58 PM (yrYPw)

330 322 "As I keep saying: The Left claim to want certain things, like "disparate impact" laws. Let's give that to them good and hard. OK, we'll have sports teams that "look like America" in exact proportion. America is 14% black. No more than 14% blacks on your team, Coach!" Posted by: torquewrench at April 07, 2014 09:30 PM (noWW6) Yeah, I was wondering if we're going to let more male criminals out of prison, or just put more women in prison to make up the difference?

Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 05:58 PM (tNrYO)

331 the internets made me smarter, but I was reaaalllly stoopid before. marginally less so now.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 07, 2014 05:58 PM (XvrTA)

332 323 I see Rand Paul is turning out just like his father ------------- Apple/tree Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 09:56 PM (aDwsi) When a shit apple falls from a tree and grows up in a field of shit, it has no choice. . . .

Posted by: Jim Lahey at April 07, 2014 05:58 PM (aeXtp)

333 Kate Mulgrew was not in TOS, therefore is not a "Star Trek actress"

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 07, 2014 05:59 PM (JMmQ9)

334 "They love kissing the 'Cats freshmen's collective ass, but they would have been blown out by the Fab Five."
Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2014 09:57 PM (aeXtp)

BRB... The intestines are rumbling and I have to take a Michigan.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 07, 2014 05:59 PM (lq3Ak)

335 I honestly think a lot of it has to do with pages. When you're on a "page" that needs to be turned, your brain treats the language differently. We clearly need to ban scroll bars. Posted by: The Mega Independent at April 07, 2014 09:57 PM (4/o9U) ----------- Daily Caller is way ahead of you on that. Damn site is unreadable anymore, in the name of displaying more Ads.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 07, 2014 06:00 PM (ojnk6)

336 Anyways, regarding this ice ransom virus, I read something somewhere (Drudge?) where the fbi is on it and that these folks are making millions from it. Maybe a heads up.

Posted by: dumbartist at April 07, 2014 06:00 PM (ahBY0)

337 327 I honestly think a lot of it has to do with pages. When you're on a "page" that needs to be turned, your brain treats the language differently. We clearly need to ban scroll bars. Posted by: The Mega Independent at April 07, 2014 09:57 PM (4/o9U) --I don't mind them. I hate clicking through several pages to read an article.

Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2014 06:00 PM (aeXtp)

338 Kate Mulgrew is either: A) A raging alcoholic B) Addicted to pain pills and a raging alcoholic C) A pill poppin' drunk and an anti-Semite D) Your typical Hollyweird airhead

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 07, 2014 06:00 PM (oFCZn)

339 So I hear tomorrow is Equal Pay Day.

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 07, 2014 06:00 PM (jldxi)

340 333 Kate Mulgrew was not in TOS, therefore is not a "Star Trek actress" Posted by: AltonJackson at April 07, 2014 09:59 PM (JMmQ9) This Old Shithole? Kinda like an offshoot of This Old House, except in Detroit?

Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 06:00 PM (tNrYO)

341 Lesbian dildo bondage dinosaur romance pron, it's The New Hot Thing! Nothing like a triceratops in a human-leather bustier and strap-on...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 07, 2014 06:00 PM (vHRtU)

342 I honestly think a lot of it has to do with pages. When you're on a "page" that needs to be turned, your brain treats the language differently. We clearly need to ban scroll bars. Posted by: The Mega --------------- Back before there were any laptops that werenot clumsy and expensive, our office received the Grainger Catalog on CD. One of our engineers looked at it and said, "But..., how am I going to read this in the can?"

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 06:01 PM (aDwsi)

343 270 Holy Fuck. And by that I mean, Holy Fuck: http://tinyurl.com/oev9w3b Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 07, 2014 09:40 PM (vHRtU) Whatever makes you happy, Whatever you want, You're so fucking special, I wish I was special; But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo, What the hell am I doin' here? I don't belong here,

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 07, 2014 06:01 PM (HsTG8)

344 "I hope they serve sugar free Gummi Bears to the Kentucky team at half time. That would be awesome."
Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 09:57 PM (oMKp3)

You're pretty spectacular, Ma'am.  I'm going to go ahead and love you.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 07, 2014 06:01 PM (lq3Ak)

345 >>>This may have something to do with her inability to read. 35 really?

Posted by: weirdflunky at April 07, 2014 08:39 PM (ner2b)<<<

 

maybe she went back to school later in life.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 07, 2014 06:01 PM (RhQvZ)

346 I hope they serve sugar free Gummi Bears to the Kentucky team at half time. That would be awesome.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 09:57 PM (oMKp3)

They would need to evacuate the immediate area first, don't you think?  that would kind of be a dead giveaway.

Posted by: CQD at April 07, 2014 06:01 PM (4iOIE)

347 John Schindler ‏@20committee YOLO / RT @Currahee88: Dear Lord! North Korea's Kim Jong-un executes security minister by FLAME THROWER

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 07, 2014 06:01 PM (ZPrif)

348 This Old Shithole? Kinda like an offshoot of This Old House, except in Detroit? Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 10:00 PM The Original Series

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 07, 2014 06:02 PM (JMmQ9)

349 Best Kim Bond villain execution was the guy he mortared to death. Literally had him stand on the spot and rained mortar on him.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 07, 2014 06:02 PM (ZPrif)

350 Posted by: Slapweasel at April 07, 2014 10:01 PM (lq3Ak) Awwww, aren't you just the sweetest ?!

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 06:03 PM (oMKp3)

351 The superantispyware program which is free has portable cleaner that works on that shit. I just keep a cop stored on a usb drive and use it if necessary. That virus is as annoying as crap.

Posted by: Mickey Pug at April 07, 2014 06:03 PM (vFh9Q)

352 341 Lesbian dildo bondage dinosaur romance pron, it's The New Hot Thing! Nothing like a triceratops in a human-leather bustier and strap-on... Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 07, 2014 10:00 PM (vHRtU) I thought that was part of the Common Core curriculum. For third grade reading.

Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 06:03 PM (tNrYO)

353 Mom is here, but leaving tomorrow. She will back later this month or in early May. In the meantime I've seen my doctor twice, and got my blood pressure under control. I figured that was first, as I was no good if I had a stroke. Second, I met my legal team today, and they seem good. Third, I interview again in early May for a new job, which I pray will help sort out this mess. The funny thing is this: I told my I attorney that I wanted no contact with her in any way, amongst other stuff. I got an e-mail from my team addressing some of the the other stuff this afternoon! But! She tried to call my mom after I had my lawyer contact hers! She seems to be reaching out (to the wrong people) and regretting her decisions. I cannot wrap my brain around it, or this whole situation.

Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 07, 2014 06:03 PM (b96D1)

354 I think the internet is a tool. It's like an encyclopedia, only much faster. It depends on how one uses it. If one just copies out of the encyclopedia, then they are not going to get smarter. If one uses it for research and forms their own opinions, they can process exponentially more information. That doesn't mean they are smarter, but that they have more information flowing through their consciousness and are capable of drawing more and more interesting connections and conclusions. I do not have the problem with skipping over words when I read novels. Not in the slightest. I believe the internet has increased my ability to concentrate.

Posted by: Pastorius at April 07, 2014 06:03 PM (gMAUH)

355 Who am I to judge? My small band of vigilantes will carry bullwhips and flamethrowers.

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 07, 2014 06:03 PM (jldxi)

356 So I hear tomorrow is Equal Pay Day.

I just heard today is National Beer Day.  Too late for me to do anything about it.  *grump*

Posted by: HR at April 07, 2014 06:04 PM (hO8IJ)

357 I *think* Kate Mulgrew is married to a Democrat shit-stain pol from the Cleveland area. Hagen? Hagan? maybe. Ran for Gov or something here in Uh-High-Ya a while back. if memory serves

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 07, 2014 06:05 PM (XvrTA)

358 339 So I hear tomorrow is Equal Pay Day. Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 07, 2014 10:00 PM (jldxi) That's right, and you'll all get nothin'! Is that equal enough for ya now?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 07, 2014 06:05 PM (HsTG8)

359 http://www.superantispyware.com/portablescannerhome.html

Posted by: Mickey Pug at April 07, 2014 06:05 PM (vFh9Q)

360 I'm fairly certain Kate Mulgrew was born in Crivitz. Ok, I'll stop now.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 07, 2014 06:05 PM (oFCZn)

361 GG do NOT let her back into your life... she is just searching for her own stability by fucking with you. One and done. She made her bed now she can sleep in the sheets soaked in tears, moldy hand lotion, and gonorrheal vaginal leakage...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 07, 2014 06:06 PM (vHRtU)

362 Shhhhhhh. Don't say Rand's name 3 times in succession!

Posted by: RWC at April 07, 2014 06:06 PM (QeH9j)

363 We haven't decided what our 'calling card' will be yet. I'm leaning towards a penny. As in a "bad penny."

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 07, 2014 06:06 PM (jldxi)

364 358 339 So I hear tomorrow is Equal Pay Day. Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 07, 2014 10:00 PM (jldxi) That's right, and you'll all get nothin'! Is that equal enough for ya now? Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ at April 07, 2014 10:05 PM (HsTG I want my pay for tomorrow to be equal to that of TFG's most trusted drug dealer and/or caddie.

Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 06:06 PM (tNrYO)

365 334 "They love kissing the 'Cats freshmen's collective ass, but they would have been blown out by the Fab Five." Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2014 09:57 PM (aeXtp) BRB... The intestines are rumbling and I have to take a Michigan. Posted by: Slapweasel at April 07, 2014 09:59 PM (lq3Ak) --I'm not a Michigan partisan, just grateful I was in college during the golden age of college ball. It's still fun, but a shadow of what once was must-watch sports.

Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2014 06:06 PM (aeXtp)

366 Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 07, 2014 10:03 PM (b96D1) It sounds like you are taking sensible steps in a very difficult situation. Sometimes life is a matter of putting one foot in front of the other, and doing the next right thing. I will keep praying for you. You can count on that.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 07, 2014 06:07 PM (oMKp3)

367 Does the Internet Make You Dumberer: Crossing paths with liberals will.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at April 07, 2014 06:08 PM (rakCv)

368 She made her bed now she can sleep in the sheets soaked in tears, moldy hand lotion, and gonorrheal vaginal leakage... Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 07, 2014 10:06 PM Ace coined the perfect phrase for this situation years ago: "The genetic stench of human desparation."

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 07, 2014 06:08 PM (JMmQ9)

369 or as I like to call her: the actress who ruined the Star Trek serial franchise

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 07, 2014 06:09 PM (jldxi)

370 I used to go to Mensa gatherings back in the 70's. Lots of fun drinking and carousing with smart liberal women. Then I got on the intertubes, and now I just pay dues each year. I think I got smarter.

Posted by: Erowmero at April 07, 2014 06:10 PM (1gcFZ)

371 I don't know about making anybody smarter, but the internet sure has opened up a whole new world populated by stupid people. So I feel smarter in comparison.

Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 06:12 PM (tNrYO)

372 I've had to mentally accommodate so much for improper word usage on the web - "to" instead of "too" and vice versa, "loose" instead of "lose", "your" instead of "you're", confusion among "there", "their" and "they're", etc. - that when I read a book I find myself hesitating over correct usage. Correct English looks strange until my brain can unfuck itself.

Posted by: whoever at April 07, 2014 06:12 PM (pjMym)

373 369 or as I like to call her: the actress who ruined the Star Trek serial franchise Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 07, 2014 10:09 PM (jldxi) No, over reliance on time travel deus ex machina plot devices and non-germane holodeck excursions ruined the franchise.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 07, 2014 06:13 PM (HsTG8)

374 Yes, yes, save what little vim and vinegar you have remaining for the ONOT.

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 07, 2014 06:13 PM (jldxi)

375 GG, all that means is that she forgot some stuff and wants another chance to take more. Time to keep moving ahead.

Posted by: Museisluse at April 07, 2014 06:14 PM (ngu15)

376 If there was anyone to hate from Star Trek: Voyager, it has to be Jeri Ryan. Her tawdry, public divorce from Republican senator candidate Jack Ryan led to the victory of a brilliant young go-getter named Barack Obama.


Posted by: Stateless Infidel at April 07, 2014 06:14 PM (AC0lD)

377 It's not that the internet makes you dumber, it's that the internet jumps up your nonlinear integrative complexity by an order of magnitude with lolcats and an endless supply of adorable selfies.

Posted by: Fritz at April 07, 2014 06:14 PM (oJUxt)

378 374 Yes, yes, save what little vim and vinegar you have remaining for the ONOT. Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 07, 2014 10:13 PM (jldxi) Good idea...I'm down to my last barrel of vim.

Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 06:14 PM (tNrYO)

379 Thank you all! I mean it... I think if I can get this job sorted out, the rest is just a manner of time. I am patient. Very patient. If I can just move one stone from my back... then I can handle it. I've also reached out to vague people who weren't quite friends, and am now trying to build a local support network. My doc says this is a good thing. Right now I need all of the help I can get.

Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 07, 2014 06:16 PM (b96D1)

380 If there was anyone to hate from Star Trek: Voyager, it has to be Jeri Ryan. Her tawdry, public divorce from Republican senator candidate Jack Ryan led to the victory of a brilliant young go-getter named Barack Obama.

I thought the judge unsealed the records over the objections of both parties.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 07, 2014 06:17 PM (0AKks)

381 371 I don't know about making anybody smarter, but the internet sure has opened up a whole new world populated by stupid people. Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 10:12 PM (tNrYO) The internet makes it much easier for stupid people to network.

Posted by: rickl at April 07, 2014 06:17 PM (sdi6R)

382 "If there was anyone to hate from Star Trek: Voyager, it has to be Jeri Ryan. Her tawdry, public divorce from Republican senator candidate Jack Ryan led to the victory of a brilliant young go-getter named Barack Obama."

Well, that and the Obama campaign maneuvering behind the scenes to get the "sealed" divorce records of the Ryans unsealed.

Not that anything so blatant would ever happen in Illinois politics. Heavens no.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 07, 2014 06:17 PM (noWW6)

383 See y'all later...gotta go walk my wee bully-dog Miss Fatso McPoopsalot.

Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 06:17 PM (tNrYO)

384 "Jeri Ryan. Her tawdry, public divorce from Republican senator candidate Jack Ryan led to the victory of a brilliant young go-getter named Barack Obama." The fucking Borg collective doesn't fuck around.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Borg-Resistent at April 07, 2014 06:18 PM (dkesm)

385 Does the Internet Make You Dumberer?

Unpossible.

Posted by: Low Information Voter at April 07, 2014 06:19 PM (Dwehj)

386 Well, not to relive this morning. I'm not ready to,write off Paul yet. Unlike Jeb the Illegal,Immigrant Ambassador.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 07, 2014 06:19 PM (HVff2)

387 I could see a bit of myself in that, I suppose but I've long had an aversion to videos over a transcript on the internet. A.) It is "faster" for me to read it than suffer through how long it takes people to saaay things but I've been that way since I was about 12. I don't think it is about "scanning for key phrases" either. Just this morning I decided to read the transcript of Dave Barry's interview on PJM for this very reason. B.) Doesn't apply to live conversations in which I may or may not be participating, of course but I generally don't care for hyperlinks to podcasts* or You-Tube videos but I am old. C.) I feel like I can engage better w/ the written word without all the (to me) distractions. Some web-authors that I favor include Hyper-links but I treat them like annotations. I will read the piece entire and then decide whether or not to follow up on a link, or not. Other people process info differently, I know. *I do make time to listen to 2 or 3 different podcasts per week including and especially the AoSHQ podcast but that's an entirely different way of paying attention. (I usually turn off all the lights, lock down the computer and pray that I will be able to sleep.)

Posted by: Deety is... Hard Core! at April 07, 2014 06:20 PM (D8ONs)

388 The internet makes it much easier for stupid people to network.

It's done wonders for me in that regard.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 07, 2014 06:20 PM (0AKks)

389 386 Well, not to relive this morning. I'm not ready to,write off Paul yet. Unlike Jeb the Illegal,Immigrant Ambassador. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 07, 2014 10:19 PM (HVff2) The things they do for love!

Posted by: Jebbie, the Web-Footed Bush™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 07, 2014 06:21 PM (HsTG8)

390 386 Neither am I, but he seems determined to take actions and say things that make me want to do so.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 07, 2014 06:21 PM (ojnk6)

391 381 371 I don't know about making anybody smarter, but the internet sure has opened up a whole new world populated by stupid people. Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 10:12 PM (tNrYO) The internet makes it much easier for stupid people to network. Posted by: rickl at April 07, 2014 10:17 PM (sdi6R) Not everyone on the internet is crazy. But all the crazies are on the internet

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 07, 2014 06:21 PM (HVff2)

392 "She tried to call my mom after I had my lawyer contact hers! She seems to be reaching out (to the wrong people) and regretting her decisions. I cannot wrap my brain around it, or this whole situation"
Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 07, 2014 10:03 PM (b96D1)

I wish I could give you more advice than this, but here it goes:

#1.  Love is overwhelming.
#2.  Being spurned leads to irrational decisions.
#3.  She started a Legal Process.
#4.  The faster you can shut emotion out of it, the better-off you'll be.
#5.  If you're a "Good Guy", they'll always wonder.  It is equivalent to "Drunk-Dialing" for a guy.

Caveat #1.  I've never been "In Love".  I've been too busy.  "Infatuation/Admiration" is different than Love.
Caveat #2.  I've never been Married, nor gone through a divorce.  I'm "clean".
Caveat #3.  I'm not a lawyer.

Those are three big ones, but the advice is pure.

Know what you know and own it.  There are certain "Deal-Breakers" that are non-negotiable.  Find those and you'll find yourself.
 

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 07, 2014 06:22 PM (lq3Ak)

393 Then how in the sam hill does Ace get 1000 posts on an ONT with pictures of kittens - is it the '98 pixyware slowing us down.

Posted by: Jean at April 07, 2014 06:22 PM (Aqvh6)

394 Huh.

I guess that makes me the weirdo. I read most web pages a bit like I read a book... so much so that going to a new, interesting blog often means I waste hours reading all of their back posts, then get upset the next time I check in and find I've got... a one line post or something.

Get off ma lawn!

How am I a crotchety old man at 'not quite yet forty'?

Posted by: Spike at April 07, 2014 06:23 PM (UykQn)

395 390 386 Neither am I, but he seems determined to take actions and say things that make me want to do so. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 07, 2014 10:21 PM (ojnk6) The Cheney stuff was from a few years ago. Maybe his tune has changed. His immigration views bug me. (Paul)

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 07, 2014 06:23 PM (HVff2)

396 I find everything I need to know on Facebook.

Posted by: Low Information Voter at April 07, 2014 06:24 PM (Dwehj)

397 I thought the judge unsealed the records over the objections of both parties.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 07, 2014 10:17 PM (0AKks)

Posted by: torquewrench at April 07, 2014 10:17 PM (noWW6)


Yeah, the judge did. And it probably was dirty.

It still doesn't make it easier to watch her though.


Posted by: Stateless Infidel at April 07, 2014 06:25 PM (AC0lD)

398 So I hear tomorrow is Equal Pay Day. I hope I get Matt Damon's paycheck.

Posted by: Waterhouse at April 07, 2014 06:26 PM (/al0u)

399 Images of an Ewok corn-holing a garbage can are now about three light-years away. Soon the Galactic Overlords will have no choice but to act.

Posted by: eman at April 07, 2014 06:26 PM (AO9UG)

400 That Google/OWS shit is funny. “We demand that Google give three billion dollars to an anarchist organization of our choosing. This money will then be used to create autonomous, anti-capitalist, and anti-racist communities throughout the Bay Area and Northern California. In these communities, whether in San Francisco or in the woods, no one will ever have to pay rent and housing will be free.” Ohhhhhhhkay.

Posted by: RWC at April 07, 2014 06:26 PM (QeH9j)

401 I hope I get Matt Damon's paycheck.

You should see mine.

Posted by: Brian Dennehy at April 07, 2014 06:27 PM (Dwehj)

402 395 Paul's stances on Immigration make me uncomfortable as a little too GOPe. If we, lose that fight, no others matter.,

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 07, 2014 06:27 PM (ojnk6)

403 SJL doesn't surf the web; she trawls, skeins, filters, floats, drifts, and occasionally scrapes the bottom of the web, if you know what I mean. SJL waddles the web.

Posted by: Jebbie, the Web-Footed Bush™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 07, 2014 06:28 PM (HsTG8)

404 On the upside, I can pretty accurately determine context & viewpoint from about 15 words.

Posted by: Stark Dickflüssig at April 07, 2014 06:29 PM (MbqmP)

405 Thanks again to you all! I'm going to bed now, as I need sleep. I have a long day tomorrow, but I do appreciate your support. I really mean it... Thank you!

Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 07, 2014 06:29 PM (b96D1)

406 In these communities, whether in San Francisco or in the woods, no one will ever have to pay rent and housing will be free. And you'll all fcuking starve to death. Win-win!

Posted by: Jebbie, the Web-Footed Bush™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 07, 2014 06:30 PM (HsTG8)

407 405 You got it GilaGuy. Be well.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 07, 2014 06:30 PM (ojnk6)

408 400 That Google/OWS shit is funny. “We demand that Google give three billion dollars to an anarchist organization of our choosing. This money will then be used to create autonomous, anti-capitalist, and anti-racist communities throughout the Bay Area and Northern California. In these communities, whether in San Francisco or in the woods, no one will ever have to pay rent and housing will be free.” Ohhhhhhhkay. Posted by: RWC at April 07, 2014 10:26 PM (QeH9j) Because anarchy can totally work, provided they get $3 billion from somewhere.

Posted by: rickl at April 07, 2014 06:30 PM (sdi6R)

409 Ace, buddy, pal, let me just suggest that it is a lot easier to focus on what you are reading, if you stop masturbating when reading.  You can catch up later.  It will be ok.  Just saying.
 

Posted by: rammer at April 07, 2014 06:31 PM (PRGTW)

410 I'm thinking that the $3 billion experiment would be pretty interesting to watch..., especially if they were fenced in.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 06:32 PM (aDwsi)

411 >>>The Cheney stuff was from a few years ago. Maybe his tune has changed. His immigration views bug me. (Paul)

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 07, 2014 10:23 PM (HVff2)<<<

 

from 09 I think and not sure he could spin something to make up for it.  but his immigration views will doom his chances.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 07, 2014 06:33 PM (RhQvZ)

412 Wow, Kentucky woke up and started playing.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 07, 2014 06:34 PM (ojnk6)

413 I'm thinking that the $3 billion experiment would be pretty interesting to watch..., especially if they were fenced in. 20 ft high watertight wall. I think you can figure the rest out. And it would cost much less than $3 billion.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 07, 2014 06:34 PM (0AKks)

414

Watched the sidebar video on the girl getting tasered.  Come on..... who HASN'T done this..... Their mindset seems to me to be that this is unusual.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 07, 2014 06:35 PM (jucos)

415 Step 1: $3 billion dollars Step 2: ??? Step 3: Anarchy!

Posted by: The anarchy gnomes at April 07, 2014 06:35 PM (sdi6R)

416

Posted by: RWC at April 07, 2014 10:26 PM (QeH9j)

 

think that guy missed the plane to fantasy island.

Posted by: rich@gmu at April 07, 2014 06:36 PM (RhQvZ)

417 Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2014 10:00 PM (aeXtp)

No, I hate clicking through pages, and I was kidding about scroll bars (although I hate the terminal scroll bar than only loads the page as needed... who came up with that crappy idea? So much for search on page.).

The internet is different than books so the brain will naturally treat it differently. But I was speaking from a cognitive (linguistic) perspective.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at April 07, 2014 06:37 PM (4/o9U)

418 That "Spin-Foul" was a horseshit call against Kentucky.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 07, 2014 06:38 PM (lq3Ak)

419 Dumber? Oh, I don't know... * clicks 'Refresh' * * clicks 'Refresh' * * clicks 'Refresh' * * clicks 'Refresh' *

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 06:41 PM (aDwsi)

420 Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 10:41 PM (aDwsi)

HAH!

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 07, 2014 06:41 PM (lq3Ak)

421 This is especially screwed up considering that you will never find real in-depth knowledge on any subject on the Internet. You've got to pick up a book for that.

Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at April 07, 2014 06:41 PM (OzZJn)

422 Just finished watching the new Game of Thrones episode. Lots of pointless yakking, not many boobies.

Posted by: Waterhouse at April 07, 2014 06:42 PM (/al0u)

423 Looks like U Conn has stopped the bleeding.

Posted by: logprof at April 07, 2014 06:44 PM (aeXtp)

424 This would, you know... be a good time for The ONT.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 07, 2014 06:44 PM (lq3Ak)

425 This would, you know... be a good time for The ONT. Posted by: Slapweasel at April 07, 2014 10:44 PM This.

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 07, 2014 06:46 PM (JMmQ9)

426 This would, you know... be a good time for The ONT. Posted by: Slapweasel A. Calm down. B. Don't be bossy. It's these microaggressions that make the 'net a bad place.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 06:46 PM (aDwsi)

427 nood

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 07, 2014 06:47 PM (JMmQ9)

428 ..."It's these microaggressions that make the 'net a bad place."Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 07, 2014 10:46 PM (aDwsi)

You're right.  I'll self-examine and come correct.

Posted by: Slapweasel at April 07, 2014 06:47 PM (lq3Ak)

429 425 Your wishes have been granted....noon ONT.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 07, 2014 06:47 PM (ojnk6)

430 @380 The Chicago tribune doing the bidding of it dem masters filed a petition with the court to open the sealed files. Both parties objected but corrupt judge gotta be corrupt. And the rest as they say is history. Also Alan fucking keys was the best the GOP could muster, Alan fucking keys!!!!

Posted by: Kreplach at April 07, 2014 06:48 PM (Xkr8I)

431 I dunno, but in my book, if Jeb or any of the other Bush's don't, can't or won't understand why having political dynasties in America is incredibly toxic to this Republic, then that rules him right out. Maybe Jeb was "the son who should have been elected President". Maybe he should have run? Don't have an opinion, don't care to either. Done is done. I don't care if Calvin Coolidge's great-step nephew were to run for fucking Constable! What, in a township of 3,800 people we can't come up w/ more than 4 people who want to hold this post, for whatever fuckin" reason (like building a private security firm or being plain stupid attention whores) than this dude who wants to trade on Daddy's legacy?

Posted by: Deety is... Hard Core! at April 07, 2014 06:51 PM (D8ONs)

432 413 I'm thinking that the $3 billion experiment would be pretty interesting to watch..., especially if they were fenced in. 20 ft high watertight wall. I think you can figure the rest out. And it would cost much less than $3 billion. Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 07, 2014 10:34 PM (0AKks) Wait, some dough-headed, burnout, liberal douche actually meant that? Fine. But here's the deal: Rule 1: You get your 3 billion and not a cent more, except what you get trading with other countries, including the rest of the US, as you're now another country, which I will call Hippiestan. You're lucky to get that. You are now more or less another country, albeit one that is uniquely blessed with being carved out of the most productive and wealthy country ever, with all the infrastructure already in place. Pretty cool, eh? You don't even have to launch your own satellites! Rule 2: Nobody in your country can live or work in the US, ever, nor will there be any dual citizenship or immigration from Hippiestan. And as far as governance of the US after you go...politically, you will be a non-entity. Oh, and see rule 1. I give you ten years, tops. Deal?

Posted by: model_1066 at April 07, 2014 06:59 PM (tNrYO)

433 I agree with #16, #137, et al. The reason The Glass Bead Game is unreadable is not because of the Internet, but because it was written by Hermann Hesse.

Posted by: Pete in TX at April 07, 2014 07:53 PM (4Nm8H)

434 It's the result of television.  No shot on television lasts longer than two seconds. 

Television has been the most destructive force in the history of mankind.

Posted by: Null at April 07, 2014 08:34 PM (xjpRj)

435 Television has been the most destructive force in the history of mankind.
Hey, watch it, pal.

Posted by: The Religion of Peace at April 07, 2014 09:21 PM (4/o9U)

436 SOLUTION--

I had the same problem (lifelong passionate novel-reader, until Computerworld).

Put a book by your bed, and read a few pages before you turn out the light. I'm halfway through The Last Lion, Vol. II, and really enjoying it.

Posted by: Beverly at April 07, 2014 10:29 PM (YbQrM)

437 Part of internet scanning is ignoring pieces like this one as a bit too navel-gazing. It ignores ebooks and the impressive sales of readers. I believe reading books has increased, not decreased as presumed here.

Posted by: bour3 at April 08, 2014 02:51 AM (5x3+2)

438 Hit the link for 0.45 sec.  Got it.

Posted by: teapartydoc at April 08, 2014 03:55 AM (4U98b)

439 It doesn't help that colleges are flat out TELLING students that skimming is a perfectly acceptable form of research. I started taking classes for a second degree and it was right there in the syllabus for the first course. Skimming is not only acknowledged but recommended. Now granted most student were going do it anyway, but at least pretend that you expect some academic rigor in your class.

Posted by: Future Illegal Immigrant at April 08, 2014 05:13 AM (OPg+h)

440 Interesting. Hyperactive growing up (and probably remain so), I had to train myself to sit/read for long spells of time. I loved reading, just...squirrel! Thus, the internet reading vs. book reading has not changed my approach or technique one iota. That said, I read much, much more, and with greater speed, on my Kindle than I do with paper books. Now, internet reading is as she says it is, I'm skimming unless I'm really interested. The only downside to paper books is the lack of a dictionary that I can simply point and get the definition. That's a muscle memory/brain activity I can't let go of yet.

Posted by: slow learner at April 08, 2014 06:06 AM (Wz1KE)

441 Well, Vox is on the internet.

Posted by: adc at April 08, 2014 06:06 AM (9BA4z)

442 Here's my issue: I primarily read on a Kindle. I love to highlight and look up words (I read books with big words - heh.) Anyway - I was reading a book the other evening and came across a word I was unfamiliar with - I actually HIT the word with my finger and then remembered -"oh, yeah ... this is a B.O.O.K not a touchscreen ..." YIKES.

Posted by: Janetoo at April 08, 2014 06:19 AM (PROOX)

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