by Stacey Thompson
The internet has to be one of the most awesome inventions humanity has ever invented. It is on the same tier (if not higher) as the wheel, indoor plumbing, democracy, and bacon. Information has never traveled so fast, and never so much of it, as it does today. We can thank this massive and continually expanding electronic network.
With this expansive and ever-evolving webwork of knowledge, you would think humanity would have discovered the solutions to all the problems by now, right? To put it bluntly, no. There is still a lot of hunger, poverty, ignorance (in the age of INFORMATION, so shameful!), extremism, wars, foodies, global warming, reality shows, and other problems and hindrances to human happiness, balance, and prosperity.
What is holding us back? The internet has its capacity to spread information all over the world, and it also serves a vehicle of knowledge and ideas that are not exactly beneficial for mankind. No, I’m not talking about p0rn, because p0rnography is actually good for you.
These so-called hindrances are actually biological beings, seemingly normal and innocuous when encountered in the real world, but on the internet (mostly in picture post pages and video sharing sites), they take on a sinister quality. They attack the unwitting public with their feigned innocence and saccharine appeal. Only a handful among the world’s burgeoning population of humans are immune to the mind-neutralizing powers of these deceptively harmless creatures.
The mere sight of these creatures on the screen deprives us of our intellect, our will to achieve, and most importantly, they take away our precious, irreplaceable time. These are the great three distractions, lesser (but still very distracting) beasts will be discussed in a future sequel.
Cats
With this expansive and ever-evolving webwork of knowledge, you would think humanity would have discovered the solutions to all the problems by now, right? To put it bluntly, no. There is still a lot of hunger, poverty, ignorance (in the age of INFORMATION, so shameful!), extremism, wars, foodies, global warming, reality shows, and other problems and hindrances to human happiness, balance, and prosperity.
What is holding us back? The internet has its capacity to spread information all over the world, and it also serves a vehicle of knowledge and ideas that are not exactly beneficial for mankind. No, I’m not talking about p0rn, because p0rnography is actually good for you.
These so-called hindrances are actually biological beings, seemingly normal and innocuous when encountered in the real world, but on the internet (mostly in picture post pages and video sharing sites), they take on a sinister quality. They attack the unwitting public with their feigned innocence and saccharine appeal. Only a handful among the world’s burgeoning population of humans are immune to the mind-neutralizing powers of these deceptively harmless creatures.
The mere sight of these creatures on the screen deprives us of our intellect, our will to achieve, and most importantly, they take away our precious, irreplaceable time. These are the great three distractions, lesser (but still very distracting) beasts will be discussed in a future sequel.
Cats
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