Where Is Hollywood Going?

To here: Sudan, 1993 – Famine victim in a feeding center. Reminiscent of the Holocaust? This image, while sickening – shows not only the plight of the world, but also I believe makes a statement (extreme as it is) about perceived beauty. How long until Hollywood stops promoting girls’ bodies that look like little boys, to something more drastic – closer to this. I’m sure we all hope it would never go that far, but let history speak for itself.

Famine Victim

Google Sucks as a Dictionary

I know. Google isn’t meant to be a dictionary.
But they do offer the “define:” feature, and they also offer spelling suggestions in most cases. Since I’ve become accustomed to using Google by default – I expect to find the results I’m looking for.

Recently, I misspelled the word “misogyny” and used the define feature “define: masoginy“. I got back nothing and no spelling suggestions. I could understand if I was so far off that any dictionary would tell me to go die in a fire, but damn man – I thought I was close. It’s as if Google was saying to me, “Look, I’ve searched, and whatever you typed – I have no idea.” It reminded me of Bill Burr’s joke about spell check.

OMGWTFBBQ

I can appreciate most all the acronyms that have arisen since the “Internet age”. But for crying out loud, it’s been out of hand for far too long now. And while I may not condone all of it, or get frustrated by some of it – I still feel as if the “new stuff” is making me more stupid somehow.

A little background:
When I began my “Internet endeavor” in 1991, people weren’t using all the acronyms they are now – no where near. The first I was exposed to was:

  • LOL
  • LMAO [LMFAO]
  • BRB
  • AFK

I could even stand the ones that evolved into or came much later, such as:

  • JK
  • OMG
  • WTF
  • FTW

The one’s I never liked and never will are:

  • L8TER (or any variation using numbers)
  • ROTFL
  • B4 (or CU, CYA, or any variation of using “C” as “see”)
  • M$ (because that’s gay)

There you have it. Live by my opinion.