I just visited some young people in their twenties, and their home was extremely messy.
I have to admit that myself, I surely had a much less orderly home when I was at that age, twenty years ago.
Is it a youth thing? Do people only start to desire order at a mature age? And why do they start desiring it? What changed?
Update, related: when did "thinking about what to do with your life" become something you start doing when you turn thirty?
Update: Aniko wrote:
Don't worry: it is not age! It is subculture. Really.
And the intellectual / working class distinction does not apply here. Anyway, I think it doesn't exist any more either. There are innumerable subcultures out there... :-) There was even a very nice tv series about english "tribes".
Well, if you don't often meet young women in their twenties, you may generalize this experience... Please don't. :-) [note: good warning, because funny enough the last set of young women I knew were living in the same apartment, and they were also spectacularly messy.]
I am sure I would have felt an alien, and my 22 years old sister and my 9 years old brother would have felt alien too... :-)
It is possible that there is a specific english subculture. I don't know. But it is certainly not about people being of a certain age...
Or... well, I guess the people who need to have a drastically messy period in their life will have it in their early twenties. But the people who don't need it won't have it.
Anyway... It must have been a funny experience. People usually think they have to go very far to meet a totally different culture. Though, quite often, you just need to cross your doorstep... :-)
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Reckless spending at tOP
The White House Spray
The White House Spray, video/article. A 30-second photo opportunity? Has the world become that hectic? Come on, gimme a break.
Olympus review
When I was a teenager obsessed with photography, I'd have sacrificed both my grandmas to get a camera like this, and thrown in both my grandpas to get it at such a price!
Ann Summers
More proof that ads are not what they used to be.
(Even my town in Northern England has an Ann Summers, with dildos and porn in the back.)
(Even my town in Northern England has an Ann Summers, with dildos and porn in the back.)
Stimulus
I don't know who wrote this (cursive, below), but it reflects an earlier post.
Carl Barks wrote a classic Uncle Scrooge story, where a tornado took all of Scrooge's money and distributed them all over the land. So everybody was now "rich" and stopped working. Scrooge was unperturbed about the loss, he and his family just kept working. Because nobody else were producing, they could soon sell farm products at super-inflated prices. And soon after that, he was once again the richest man in the world.
Not so dumb, Carl Barks.
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This year, taxpayers will receive an Economic Stimulus Payment. This is a
very exciting new program that I will explain using the Q and A format:
Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment?
A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.
Q. Where will the government get this money?
A. From taxpayers.
Q. So the government is giving me back my own money?
A. Only a smidgen.
Q. What is the purpose of this payment?
A. The plan is that you will use the money to purchase a high-definition TV
set, thus stimulating the economy.
Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of China?
A. Shut up.
Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the US economy by spending
your stimulus check wisely:
If you spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to China.
If you spend it on gasoline, it will go to the Arabs.
If you purchase a computer, it will go to India.
If you purchase fruit and vegetables, it will go to Mexico, Honduras, and
Guatemala (unless you buy organic).
If you buy a car, it will go to Japan.
If you purchase useless crap, it will go to Taiwan.
If you pay your credit cards off, it will go to bank management bonuses, and they will hide it offshore.
Same with stock investment.
Instead, you can keep the money in America by spending it at yard sales, going to a baseball game, or spending it on prostitutes,
beer and wine (domestic ONLY), or tattoos, since those are the only American businesses still operating in the US.
Carl Barks wrote a classic Uncle Scrooge story, where a tornado took all of Scrooge's money and distributed them all over the land. So everybody was now "rich" and stopped working. Scrooge was unperturbed about the loss, he and his family just kept working. Because nobody else were producing, they could soon sell farm products at super-inflated prices. And soon after that, he was once again the richest man in the world.
Not so dumb, Carl Barks.
---
This year, taxpayers will receive an Economic Stimulus Payment. This is a
very exciting new program that I will explain using the Q and A format:
Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment?
A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.
Q. Where will the government get this money?
A. From taxpayers.
Q. So the government is giving me back my own money?
A. Only a smidgen.
Q. What is the purpose of this payment?
A. The plan is that you will use the money to purchase a high-definition TV
set, thus stimulating the economy.
Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of China?
A. Shut up.
Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the US economy by spending
your stimulus check wisely:
If you spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to China.
If you spend it on gasoline, it will go to the Arabs.
If you purchase a computer, it will go to India.
If you purchase fruit and vegetables, it will go to Mexico, Honduras, and
Guatemala (unless you buy organic).
If you buy a car, it will go to Japan.
If you purchase useless crap, it will go to Taiwan.
If you pay your credit cards off, it will go to bank management bonuses, and they will hide it offshore.
Same with stock investment.
Instead, you can keep the money in America by spending it at yard sales, going to a baseball game, or spending it on prostitutes,
beer and wine (domestic ONLY), or tattoos, since those are the only American businesses still operating in the US.
Streaming Netflix
David Pogue on Netflix' streaming service. In short, if you have a Netflix (mail DVD rental) service, you can stream thousands of movies over the Internet, in HD, for free. (Apart from the DVD subscription fee.)
Isn't pricing a bizarre thing? Some online movie services charge like five dollars per movie to rent for 24 hours. And some give you thousands essentially for free.
I have a feeling though, that this kind of service is not just around the corner here in Eu and UK. We are always robbed a lot more on this continent.
Isn't pricing a bizarre thing? Some online movie services charge like five dollars per movie to rent for 24 hours. And some give you thousands essentially for free.
I have a feeling though, that this kind of service is not just around the corner here in Eu and UK. We are always robbed a lot more on this continent.
Friday, January 30, 2009
EARTH: The Pale Blue Dot
[Thanks to Bert] EARTH: The Pale Blue Dot. Video about the sky, space, and the future. Very pretty and cool.
Like I said before, I'm a bit sad that there are so few space-opera SF books these days. And I think one of the coolest things in life would be to get to see alien civilizations.
Bert said...
I did send you some stuff lately, but not this one, I'm afraid... ;-)
Nice link anyway!
OK, it seems this was one of the times where I built up so many browser windows I hadn't looked at yet that I lost track of who had recommended what, and what I found myself. Ah well, there's a couple recently I didn't credit you for, Bertie.
Like I said before, I'm a bit sad that there are so few space-opera SF books these days. And I think one of the coolest things in life would be to get to see alien civilizations.
Bert said...
I did send you some stuff lately, but not this one, I'm afraid... ;-)
Nice link anyway!
OK, it seems this was one of the times where I built up so many browser windows I hadn't looked at yet that I lost track of who had recommended what, and what I found myself. Ah well, there's a couple recently I didn't credit you for, Bertie.
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