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Internet Semantics: Zippidy Zoppidy give me the Boppidy

Lauren Girardin's published an article on govloop.com about The 7 Barriers to Digital Communication . I'd like to talk about one of these barriers in particular, the Semantic barrier. Semantics refers to the way something is interpreted, aka its meaning. For example, the word "yeet" formally means to throw. But through internet usage it has evolved to mean so much more. If I ask my friend if she is still interested in hanging out and she responds with "yeet", we would both interpret that as her saying "yes, I'm still interested". But if I were to say "yeet" to my mother, she would NOT interpret that in the same way, in fact, she would be very confused. This is an example of semantics. The language of the internet is in a league of its own and only people who use the internet in certain ways are able to understand it. Humour in particular has been so warped that what makes most things funny is that they should not be funny, or that t...
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4chan, 8chan, and Liveleak blocked in Australia

  This is absolutely outrageous. There are horrible things happening all over the world all the time. I mean no disrespect to the victims of the NZ mosque shooting when I say this, but why is there so much censorship after this particular event? What makes the footage of THIS shooting more awful than any other? Why is THIS shooting causing so much outrage in the media in comparison to videos of Mexican cartels flaying people alive. Yeah, that's just on the internet. Do I ever want to go to Brazil? Nope, not after what I've seen. If a Chinese person dies at work or in public you can guarantee it's on the internet for millions of eyes to view. Most school shootings and other public shootings are captured by onlookers, victims, or even the offenders themselves. Internet users globally, have seen it all. So why are all of THESE things fine, but not this ONE shooting? The footage of this shooting got put on the internet and now moderators of websites, ISPs and now Tel...
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My Plight with One-Ply

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So there are two things I hate in this world so much that the thought of them physically pains me. Really thin, useless serviettes, and goddam ONE-PLY TOILET PAPER . If you buy one-ply toilet paper for your home, I have some news for you. You aren't human. The small amount of money you save from buying one-ply is NOT worth subjecting yourself to the horrors of wiping your arse with practically nothing. One-ply is so shit, that you'd get the same result from wiping with your bare hand. Doesn't matter how much of it you take off the roll, scruch together or fold into a neat little package, it ALWAYS seeps through to your hand. Because one-ply toilet paper is TRASH. Almost every public toilet uses this stuff too. But it's always THAT much worse than usual. Not only is it one-ply, but you can only take it ONE SHEET AT A TIME. Who actually thought that was good design? Yeah sure, prevent people from using more than they need by making it a chore. Except for the fac...
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"Boruto is such a spoiled brat!"

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Are we even watching the same show?   Alright so if ya'll are Naruto fans then you've probably seen or read the Boruto movie/anime and though to yourself: "Fuck, Boruto is such an entitled little shit. He doesn't respect his dad at all"(1) Well, here's the thing. Why should Boruto respect his dad? The only reason I can think of is just the fact that he is Boruto's dad. But Naruto is hardly at home and spend little time with the family. Since becoming hokage, Naruto just can't . But Boruto doesn't quite understand this. He is like 12. 'Hokage' doesn't mean much to him. He doesn't know what that role is or what it entails (besides from you get your face carved in a big rock), and just how fucking hard Naruto worked to get there. He doesn't know . He is a boy desperate for his dad's attention, just like how Naruto used to be a boy desperate for everyone's attention. I have no doubt that if Naruto's par...
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