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Posted by BLin on June 19th, 2009

I was making a joke the other day in the kitchen when I was telling Jackie about the use of proxies to access Twitter in Iran, and I basically said, “It’s like the Iranian government vs. The World. Guess who’s winning.” Which is basically what this guy said, and CNN reported:

“To the Iranian government hackers who keep attacking the places they see as a threat, you are wasting your time,” wrote one anonymous poster to a message board loaded with eyewitness accounts of violence, plans for protests and notices about people reported missing or dead.

“You are completely outnumbered. There are thousands of Iranians who want to be free and people who support them for every one of you there is.”

The Boomers had rock ‘n roll. We’ve got the internet.

We win.

Tags: Internet, iran, Millenials

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16 Responses to “The Man Hates The Internet”

June 19th, 2009 at 10:30 am
colin says:

Sucks for the boomers. I would much rather have the internet than Rock and Roll.
June 19th, 2009 at 10:44 am
brad says:

Still like that old time rock ‘n roll! That kind of music just soothes the soul. Ya know?

..but if I had to choose, I’d probably stick with the internet.
June 19th, 2009 at 11:01 am
choof says:

I’d take the internet because there’s plenty of Rock and Roll there
June 19th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
rob says:

Well, I can get Rock n’ Roll thru the Internet, but I can’t get the Internet thru Rock n’ Roll… (if only though, if only).

So yeah, Internet.
June 19th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
joe says:

I think I’d take Rock and Roll. If I still had a computer and all, I could do without the internet. As primitive and simple-minded as it sounds, I’m not all that interested in politics and world affairs and all. So Rock and a newspaper or the internet and no rock? Come on…

Getting pretty sick of computers in general. Although if it wasn’t for computers, I’d have to get Tivo to watch “Deadliest Catch” commercial free. Don’t want that. Ever.
June 19th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
brad says:

JOEY!!! What about those goddam fang bangers?! How would you coordinate Mayercraft shennanigans, via post?
June 19th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
choof says:

Homing pigeons!

Seriously though, a computer becomes very limited very quickly when accessing information goes out the window. I think you are underestimating it a little bit here Joey.
June 19th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
joe says:

Not saying it wouldn’t be hard in the beginning, but we don’t NEED it for that many things. It makes tons of things a whole lot easier, but think of how it was in middle school without cell phones. We managed, and didn’t know any better. I eventually got that sweet red Motorola beeper. My mom would beep me 20 minutes before dinner. That’s when I know I had to get my ass home…

Anyway. If we’re talking about the internet only, and not all forms of digital communication, such as cell phones and all, then I’d be ok with no internet. Worst that could happen is I stop hearing from people I don’t care about, I get in better shape, I have more time to work on my house, I get better at the guitar, I become more social and meet people? Sounds terrible.
June 19th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
brad says:

I see your point Joe. I’d also like to bring up the unfortunate bit of information that homing pigeons are extinct… sooo, I don’t know if that changes any opinions around here. Just putting it out there though.
June 19th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
choof says:

@brad I didn’t know that, sucks.

@joey According to your second paragraph, I would agree that you don’t need the internet to survive. That sounds like a great life and if that’s how it plays out, you my friend would be living a dream many only wish for.

We lived without cell phones in middle school because we had to, not because we had the choice. Technology is a funny thing, it creeps into our daily lives one way or another. It’s only a matter of where we reside on the adoption bell curve.

Nobody can deny that technology is advancing our species in ways once never imagined. It used to take months to get information from one point to another. Now it takes milliseconds to span the globe. If/when science figures out quantum transportation, the world that rises afterward is going to change so drastically from day to day we currently can’t comprehend it.

The advent of communication (language/documentation/etc) has been the single most important event to happen to humans. We have only grown from there. The internet is an evolution of that and it’s growing exponentially.

Joey, any more blues in your back pocket? I’ve got the jones for some funk.
June 19th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
rob says:

See, I thought there was something up with homing pigeons being extinct…and to be a smart ass, I’m going to point out that homing pigeons (also known as carrier pigeons) AREN’T extinct.

PASSENGER pigeons, on the other hand, are. It seems to be that alot of people tend to get the two confused (can’t blame ‘em).

From http://www.ulala.org/P_Pigeon/Pigeon_History.html (Yes I’m that bored today @ work):

Passenger Pigeons are native, wild North American Pigeons, while Carrier Pigeons (more appropriately known as Homing Pigeons) are domestic pigeons that were trained and used in WWII to carry messages. They are totally different birds! Homing Pigeons are still popular used today in the sport of Racing Pigeons and seldom used to carry messages today.

So yeah, I learned something new today.
June 19th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
choof says:
June 19th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
brad says:

Shit Rob!
You have no idea how happy I am to learn that homing pigeons are not extinct. As for being wrong, well, I’m devastated…
June 19th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
rob says:

Brad, I’d take your word without question on anything Biology related, no doubt dude.

I just love those little fucking annoying flying rats. How would we send messages to each other once the Rapture occurs? *snicker*
June 19th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
rob says:

How’s about this for full circle too (with additional irony!):

Only way I found out so quickly that Homing Pigeons are still kicking?

The Internet.
June 19th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
BLin says:

COMMENT EXPLOSION!!

not that i don’t like the discussion, but i was mostly referring to ways to stick it to The Man. so given a choice between rock ‘n roll and the internet, i think the internet is much more effective at Man-sticking.

Oh, you wanna learn something? [Summer: Yes, I do.] You want me to teach you something? [most of the students nod] Here’s a useful lesson for you: give up. Just quit. Because in this life, you can’t win. Sure, you can try. [really getting angry] But in the end you’re just gonna lose BIG TIME. Because THE WORLD is run by the Man. [Frankie: Who?] The Man. Oh, you don’t the Man? [class shakes their heads] The Man is everywhere. In the White House, down the hall, MRS. MULLINS, she’s the Man. And the Man ruined the ozone, and he’s burning down the Amazon, and he kidnapped Shamu and put her in a chlorine tank! And there used to be a way to stick it to The Man. It was called rock ‘n’ roll. But guess what. Oh, no. The Man ruined that too with a little thing called MTV! So don’t waste your time trying to make anything cool or pure or awesome, because The Man’s just going to call you a fat, washed up loser and crush your soul. So do yourselves a favor and just give up!
~School of Rock

@rob hilarious