Had to make sure you were listening. So, now that I've got your attention:
My god you're an asshole, you complain about how I have no life doing nothing but posting on slashdot, and then you waste even more time trolling.
I'll ignore the part about me being an asshole (which is true, of course). As for the rest of it: I am a smoker. I will tell you not to smoke. I will sincerely believe that what I tell you is for your own good. That does not make me a hypocrite.
you're calling me immature? Sorry for being 15, I mean, I can't control when I was born
No, I'm calling you misguided. And don't apologize for your age. Not necessary.
at least I'm doing something productive with my time
Here's the meat of the issue, because no, you're not. Posting and reading comments on slashdot is one of the least productive things you can do on the internet. Before you jump on the hypocrisy schtick, re-read that comment about me being a smoker.
Nothing happens here. Slashdot posters are not people to emulate. All this place is is a great big circle jerk for geeks to shoot their mouths off about whatever Malda decided the issue of the day would be.
Nothing happens on slashdot. Nothing has ever happened because of slashdot. Which OS you use means nothing in a larger sense of the world. Online rights mean nothing compared with real world rights. How the music industry functions, or who they sue, just really isn't that important. Working on a bot for a chat client is much less useful than just having an actual conversation with someone. Spending your teen years learning programming is not something you will be thankful for when you are forty.
The internet is not the future. The internet is a tool. It is a tool that many are exploiting to make themsleves rich. They are getting rich at your expense. You have also become their tool.
You have been lied to. Your skills (impressive appearing, I'll admit) may make your teachers and parents proud, but they will not make you happy. They may make you wealthy, or at least comfortable, but not happy.
Again, you have been lied to. This is not life. It is not even an acceptable substitute for life. You are being used by your tools and those that have created them. You have made yourself a slave.
You have allowed yourself to become everything that is wrong with slashdot and the people who frequent it. You are wasting your time, and much your preciously short life, on things that do not matter.
I'm sorry you were misled. I'm sorry you've already wasted so much time. I will be very sorry to see you blow me off and continue along this path, continuing to believe that what you do here matters or is worthwhile.
I will stop harassing you because, again, what happens on slashdot has no effect. You will prove me right by ignoring me. In a month you will have forgotten this exchange even occurred.
When you are middle-aged and miserable you will remember it again and hate yourself for thinking I was just some blowhard.
Anyway, I gotta split. I accidentally picked up a paper today and there was all this shit I didn't know a damn thing about in it. It kinda got me freaked out, 'cause I spend all my time sitting in front of my computer and I don't know much of anything about what goes on outside my bedroom.
There's, like, some kinda election thing that just happened in Mexico, but I don't even know where Mexico is, right? I mean, is it a state? I'm not even sure who my Congressman is. Or my senator. Or my neighbor.
Then there was this stuff at the bottom of the page I saw about about someplace called the Mid-East. Since I live in the Mid-West I figured it was maybe like on the other side of Cleveland, but then there was a map and my Mom pointed out our town and showed me all this blue stuff between here and there! It was whack! I mean, if it's so far away, why should I care about it? Can't I can just talk to these people on/. like the rest of my friends?
Anyway, like I said, I'm going to go check out some of this stuff. I think I might even have a brother somewhere, but I don't know his email address so I haven't talked to him in a couple of years. Mom says he sleeps in the room next to mine, but he's like NEVER there! I mean, he gets up and LEAVES THE HOUSE or something! And stays gone for HOURS! Without even a laptop! Isn't that crazy? What the hell does he do without a computer in front of him all the time?
I'm sorry, Karma Pimp. You're right. I'm going to start changing my life today!
The first thing I'm going to do is go outside for a walk. Then I'm going to have a conversation with a real live human being. After that I hope to discover that a whole world awaits me outside of my computer screen!
I'm giddy with excitement at the possibilities! Thank you, Karma Pimp! Your wisdom didn't get lodged in my earwax! I have heard your message loud and clear! Today is the first day of the rest of my life, and I will make the most of it!
All of you slashlings, come! Follow me! Karma Pimp has opened my eyes to something called the "Real World", and it's full of wonder and joy!
Think of all the time we have been wasting, typing words on a screen and trying to convince ourselves that they have meaning! What fools we have been!
Slashdot Mirror
It is much more fun to waste your time doing something when you accept it for what it is: A waste of time.
Cheers!
HA! I'd been ignoring you for months, so I wasn't aware of your new M.O. until today.
I must say, I'm very proud of you ;)
My god you're an asshole, you complain about how I have no life doing nothing but posting on slashdot, and then you waste even more time trolling.
I'll ignore the part about me being an asshole (which is true, of course). As for the rest of it:
I am a smoker. I will tell you not to smoke. I will sincerely believe that what I tell you is for your own good. That does not make me a hypocrite.
you're calling me immature? Sorry for being 15, I mean, I can't control when I was born
No, I'm calling you misguided. And don't apologize for your age. Not necessary.
at least I'm doing something productive with my time
Here's the meat of the issue, because no, you're not. Posting and reading comments on slashdot is one of the least productive things you can do on the internet. Before you jump on the hypocrisy schtick, re-read that comment about me being a smoker.
Nothing happens here. Slashdot posters are not people to emulate. All this place is is a great big circle jerk for geeks to shoot their mouths off about whatever Malda decided the issue of the day would be.
Nothing happens on slashdot.
Nothing has ever happened because of slashdot.
Which OS you use means nothing in a larger sense of the world.
Online rights mean nothing compared with real world rights.
How the music industry functions, or who they sue, just really isn't that important.
Working on a bot for a chat client is much less useful than just having an actual conversation with someone.
Spending your teen years learning programming is not something you will be thankful for when you are forty.
The internet is not the future. The internet is a tool. It is a tool that many are exploiting to make themsleves rich. They are getting rich at your expense. You have also become their tool.
You have been lied to. Your skills (impressive appearing, I'll admit) may make your teachers and parents proud, but they will not make you happy. They may make you wealthy, or at least comfortable, but not happy.
Again, you have been lied to. This is not life. It is not even an acceptable substitute for life. You are being used by your tools and those that have created them. You have made yourself a slave.
You have allowed yourself to become everything that is wrong with slashdot and the people who frequent it. You are wasting your time, and much your preciously short life, on things that do not matter.
I'm sorry you were misled. I'm sorry you've already wasted so much time. I will be very sorry to see you blow me off and continue along this path, continuing to believe that what you do here matters or is worthwhile.
I will stop harassing you because, again, what happens on slashdot has no effect. You will prove me right by ignoring me. In a month you will have forgotten this exchange even occurred.
When you are middle-aged and miserable you will remember it again and hate yourself for thinking I was just some blowhard.
Anyway, I gotta split. I accidentally picked up a paper today and there was all this shit I didn't know a damn thing about in it. It kinda got me freaked out, 'cause I spend all my time sitting in front of my computer and I don't know much of anything about what goes on outside my bedroom.
There's, like, some kinda election thing that just happened in Mexico, but I don't even know where Mexico is, right? I mean, is it a state? I'm not even sure who my Congressman is. Or my senator. Or my neighbor.
Then there was this stuff at the bottom of the page I saw about about someplace called the Mid-East. Since I live in the Mid-West I figured it was maybe like on the other side of Cleveland, but then there was a map and my Mom pointed out our town and showed me all this blue stuff between here and there! It was whack! I mean, if it's so far away, why should I care about it? Can't I can just talk to these people on /. like the rest of my friends?
Anyway, like I said, I'm going to go check out some of this stuff. I think I might even have a brother somewhere, but I don't know his email address so I haven't talked to him in a couple of years. Mom says he sleeps in the room next to mine, but he's like NEVER there! I mean, he gets up and LEAVES THE HOUSE or something! And stays gone for HOURS! Without even a laptop! Isn't that crazy? What the hell does he do without a computer in front of him all the time?
Weird shit, man.
The first thing I'm going to do is go outside for a walk. Then I'm going to have a conversation with a real live human being. After that I hope to discover that a whole world awaits me outside of my computer screen!
I'm giddy with excitement at the possibilities! Thank you, Karma Pimp! Your wisdom didn't get lodged in my earwax! I have heard your message loud and clear! Today is the first day of the rest of my life, and I will make the most of it!
All of you slashlings, come! Follow me! Karma Pimp has opened my eyes to something called the "Real World", and it's full of wonder and joy!
Think of all the time we have been wasting, typing words on a screen and trying to convince ourselves that they have meaning! What fools we have been!