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i envy pumpkin
posted by suntory_boss
on 18-11-2008
If this were
bizarro world,
pumpkin would
like nice guys

posted by .
on 18-11-2008
What If Sam
Beckett...

posted by TVs_Frank
on 18-11-2008
this is not a
thread about
pumpkin

posted by .
on 14-11-2008
If pumpkin were
a penguin

posted by .
on 19-11-2008
Okay, what do
ya'll want from
europe?

posted by suntory_boss
on 18-11-2008
STICKY: I
announce my
candidacy for
moderator

posted by suntory_boss
on 08-11-2008
What do you
have
crockpotting
today?

posted by suntory_boss
on 16-11-2008
this thread is
about bogel2

posted by Bagel2
on 18-11-2008
this thread is
about pumpkin

posted by Bagel2
on 18-11-2008
The battle of
wits has begun

posted by Bagel2
on 18-11-2008
HATE TO RELEASE
PI, BUT HERE IS
THAT JERK
ROCENANTE

posted by .
on 18-11-2008
this thread is
about bagel2

posted by .
on 18-11-2008
I hope pumpkin
would be a
wolverine fan

posted by suntory_boss
on 15-11-2008
FUCK
posted by Bagel2
on 30-10-2008
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DANCING IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Who cares about correspondence?

I was reading a piece with Jesse Siminski (a.k.a. Heartthrob) in Interview today, which tied up like this:

Anita Sarko: And what's more magical than creating that feeling of being back in your basement with your friends, throwing records onto the record player?

Heartthrob: With a fantastic sound system.

AS: The sound system you always wanted.

H: Maybe have some attractive people around to create some sexual tension.

AS: Oh, you've got to. You don't meet people if you stay at home.

H: There's always the Internet.

AS: Well, that's true.

H: But there's no magic on the dance floor there, right? And that's more powerful stuff, dance-floor magic.

I take exception to that remark.

Good posting is almost exactly like a dance, and has the potential to be a more potent exchange of information than any physical bump-and-grind, in my opinion.

My favorite correspondant last year was an unknown vandal I exchanged words and drawings with over the course of several months on a bathroom stall in a grocery store, who I never met in person--who I didn't need to meet in person, because that wasn't the purpose of our conversation.

Anyone who enjoys text-wrestleing anonymous strangers on message boards does it for the coversational exercise, not in the hope that someone thousands of miles away will one day show up with bjs and blow ("Have a cookie").

Yes, the Internet is shit for conveying emotion.

But difficulty in communication forces a person to be inventive. If the Internet is a hard instrument to play, I see it as a challenge, and a way of teaching myself how to be more thoughtful and composed; it's also a way of weeding out those incapable, or uninterested, in surmounting such obstacles.

I think it's just trendy for the trendy to give it a thumbs down without much thought. You wouldn't want to be one of those people who blogs, or has a Myspace, or uses a chat room. No way. Because that isn't cool.

In reality, the technology is quite impressive and very useful.

Is there magic on the digital dance floor? Yeah, but a different kind. - Danni Puff

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