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January 16, 2008
Is this an expression of an apocalyptic culture?
Leunig
Or more mundanely, it is the way I often feel in dealing with computer technology. The trivia would be Facebook---judging by this comment. The despair would be me currently trying to set up a functioning working office at the weekender in Victor Harbor.The old technology---computer, wireless modem and cordless phone-- have collapsed (computer) are not working properly (modem) or do not work in a wireless environment (phone). All have to be be replaced. So my consumption soars.
What is more frustrating is that the software on my Toshiba laptop is incompatible and so the Tecra laptop keeps closing itself down when the antivirus software cuts in to do its thing. The overall feeling is one of not coping, its all too much, everything is constantly changing.
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Gary, Isnt this related to your post re the current banality and superficiality of Facebook etc.
A case in point. There was a well publicised riotous teenage party in a Melbourne suburb on the weekend.
The teenager involved is now a "hero" and has been the subject/focus of huge numbers of Facebook sites. he has even been offers a lucrative job because of his supposed "talents".
And even more so because the teenage punk seems unable to even imagine that he has done anything wrong in relation to his parents.
Beavis & Butthead rule OK!