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Friday, March 30, 2018

Today's rant: Good Friday

One day, software engineers will develop a mobile application that will allow women to determine if they are pregnant by urinating on their phone.

Since I am a fan of George Carlin and since today is Good Friday, I'd like to share this quote from Carlin, giving his version of unbiased media coverage of the day, from his book When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?:

" 'Today is Good Friday, observed worldwide by Jesus buffs as the day on which the popular, bearded cultural figure, sometimes referred to as The Messiah, was allegedly crucified and—according to legend—died for mankind's so-called sins. Today kicks off a 'holy' weekend that culminates on Easter Sunday, when, it is widely believed, this dead 'savior'—who also, by the way, claimed to be the son of a sky-dwelling, invisible being known as God—mysteriously 'rose from the dead.' According to the legend, by volunteering to be killed and actually going through with it, Jesus saved every person who has ever lived—and every person who ever will live—from an eternity of suffering in a fiery region popularly known as hell, providing—so the story goes—that the person to be 'saved' firmly believes this rather fanciful tale.'  That would be an example of unbiased news reporting. Don't wait around for it to happen. The aliens will land first."

On a side note, given the investigations into Russian interference on social media to persuade American election results, it has only just recently dawned on me that the reason most of my page hits are from Russia is that they are looking for social media fodder.   Well fuck you, you godless commie heathens.  You lost the Cold War, and I bet some of you weren't even alive during it.  Grow the fuck up.  What part of "mutually assured destruction" don't you understand?  No matter who fires the nukes first, we are all fucking DEAD!  I know you are not as stupid as suicide bombers.  If you were, we would've all been dead 30 years ago.