I'm not sure how much you, the loyal reader, go to Starbucks, but I bet its probably not as much as me. At least 1 trip, usually 2 are the norm. Not so much that I like Starbucks, but there's two places within a block of my office building so its pretty much the easiest place to go. Anyway, they have these "The Way I See It" things on the back of their cups. Quotes from people about how they think the world should run. These ones usually piss me off tremendously, so I hope to start an occasional feature in which I sound off on ones that are particularly retarded.
"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free acces to the sum of all human knowledge. Wikis give us a place where anyone who is kind, thoughtful and intelligent can come and join in building a better and more rational world."
- Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia and wikia.com
I'm glad you're so optimistic Jimmy. You make it sound like the internet is a beacon of intelligence in which all of humanity betters. I'm not going to doubt that the internet is a great invention, I just don't see all of humanity celebrating its intellectual prowess. That's why the # 1 searches are related to pornography. So the response to Mr. Wales would be something along the lines of:
"What's that Jimmy, I couldn't hear your better and more rational world. I'm too busy watching two lesbians get double fisted. Then I'm going to go to Youtube and watching a dancing bear. I couldn't care less about research."
- The General Public
So Mr. Wales, please get off your high horse and just acknowledge that your imaginary world will not come true.
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