Internet filtering, censorship and stupidity of many varieties
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Last Friday night in a bar1 after a couple of Mojitos. A friend and I got to debating the perils of allowing this new-fangled internet to continue to grow out of control and exist, largely uncensored. I can't believe this debate still needs to be had. Our debate was prompted by news of teenagers in Hyde Park doing something which started out fun and ended up ruined by some participants who were being stupid, really stupid, and the suggestion by some in the media that this was internet's - or more specifically - Facebook's fault2. In the end, there were ... more
Idiots
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When will people learn that it's a really, really stupid idea to climb over safety barriers and ignore warnings around ferocious, flesh-eating animals in zoos?
Stupid, stupid, stupid!
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For a fair while now I have suffered from some kind of mental disability (commonly referred to as stupidity) whereby I simply forget to eat. It happens fairly regularly during the day when I'm working (especially at home). I'll be sitting there and I'll think "far out, I'm starving". Then I resolve to get some food as soon as I've finished whatever small task I'm doing at the time, and then promptly forget. This can go on and on until I have missed a meal altogether.
This disability reached new levels today. I forgot to eat breakfast and didn't realise ... more
Small Penis Syndrome really does exist
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I had a person announce to me today some time ago: "I'm worth about 10 Million". Pffftt....what ever!
This is sw'as, the digital home of Simon Elvery - a 26 year old Web Developer with too many extra curricular interests. Usually written from Brisbane, Australia, sw'as has entries dating back to 2004 on subjects including politics, photography, books, music, and many other flights of fancy.
