Judgement for All

Anyone can write a post on the internet and claim anything about someone or something. They can distort, exclude, exaggerate, insult, defame and such without any consequence or accessible rebuttal to the reader viewing that page.

For example - I could make a claim about someone or something today, here on this post and a reader could come along and see it, concluding that what I’ve said is absolutely true.

This is a problem with the internet.

Fact checking has gone out the window. I saw it on a blog post or a 5 minute you tube video or I read an article by a random self-proclaimed writer…and that’s all I need. The truth isn’t really important, just the tidbits of information for one to devour quickly, simply and easily.

The fast food news feed is all one needs.

The assumption is why would they lie? Why would it be untrue? Surely someone has fact checked the information, hence it’s “published” on this webpage or that website. If this was the case, really the case…then places claiming UFOs are real, reptilians walk among us or there is a pyramid on the moon might just be true!

Seriously though, many people have been defamed and misrepresented on the internet and despite asking for recall, it still exists, And thus it proclaims to the world – it must be true cause you can “google it”.

In Europe you have the ability to make places like Google alter the search data giving you more control over your privacy should misinformation or disinformation become part of the internet.

Unfortunately, the rest of the world has not caught up with this revolutionary idea.

So just remember folks, the internet can be full of misinformation…after all, the data on the world wide web was created by humans - those mischievous creatures!

Fondest Regards,

David "cleaning up the net" Innes

from the beautiful city of Perth, Western Australia

Humanity Fails...

YouTube presented me with a selection of videos with such titles as Ultimate Fails for June 2015 and Epic Fails for 2013. These videos, upon playing them, revealed a montage of human stupidity at both it's amazing heights and it's subtle lows.

One such example is linked here:

Ultimate Fails Compilation 2013 (33mins, Rated M)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ybqsis4A64

Many things occurred to me during the visual spectacle of loud anguish, tickled laughter and the groans of mutual understanding that only sights of pain can deliver.

Firstly; one can only imagine the great savings that would be made to the various Health Services, if all of these creatively thick people simply didn't. Just didn't. Just said no!

Secondly; why aren't those rolling boards of destruction, these "Skate Boards", banned? How many more displaced bones and flesh ripping cement licks does it take before we recommend more PlayStation or X-Box time?

There are simply too many videos, too many people, to suggest that these are just a bunch of rare random occurrences by simple lay men. It paints a bleak picture of humankind's collective intelligence.

Perhaps the Pyramids were built by Aliens after all...

NEXT WEEK: Reptilians?! Are they behind the Global Economic Crisis?

Fondest Regards
David "Hoping for Humanity" Innes
Next to his cat in Perth, Western Australia

Adults play video games. Deal with it.

Some peeps dare suggest it's a bad thing or at least an activity that is unbecoming of someone in said maturity to play video games.

Yes, there is quiet mocking, perhaps gentle laughter...certainly behind the door snickering; kids play games after all - not us busy, mature, and sensible adults.

Piffle I retort!

Why wouldn't one indulge in a realm where one can fly as a dragon, battle a legion of the undead, rescue a town from an invading army, complete missions for a royal family and even levitate objects around oneself with arcane magic.

Or perhaps to spend some time to adventure into the endless expanse of space where one can mine, refine and assemble a variety of raw materials to creatively construct one's very own space ship.

To then, given the time, enter a virtual place where one can jump in the some of the world's most expensive vehicles and race around open roads with others or perhaps adorn my military boots and fight endless rounds of warfare in tanks, helicopters, planes and on the ground amidst the explosions.

And yes, one might even budget an hour over the weekend to head off to an island where there dinosaurs roam and play.

I mean why suffer the banality of bars, pubs and nightclubs having to endure marching through the traffic of people and their polluting automobiles in the city? Why travel to pay the inflated costs at restaurants when that microwave over there can provide all the low cost meals I can devour, including popcorn...oh my goodness, the popcorn!

And why oh why, during my precious weekend would I want to spend time pandering to the competitive world of "crap, I just broke my ankle" sports...

No sir! Give me my mouse and keyboard worlds any day. In particular, this Friday.

Warmest wishes,
David "Gaming Nerd" Innes
From the foothills in Perth

To Punctuate or not...

This new generation seems to have developed an allergic reaction to the grand language to which we all take for granted.

From participation in chat rooms, bombardment of the twitter-sphere, and the casual preoccupation with SMSing; I have taken note the complete disrespect towards the use of punctuation, grammar, spelling and the use of capitals.

Now, sure – I’ve probably made mistakes in my previous posts and indeed fallen prey to err in this rant, however I can claim to at least make the effort.

No doubt I’ve forgotten some of the principles to the elegant use of the English language, but not to the point that my next sentence would look this…

wen i want 2 say sumthin i just 4get da need ta use any off it word 2 ya mumma

Sure we could argue it’s still legible to understand but would it have been all that hard to press the SHIFT key a couple of times, use a comma, click on available spellchecker or for the love of all things beautiful, re-read it before one pressed SENT.

Apparently not.

I too understand the need to reduce the amount of text you wish to send due to the limitations of certain mediums…such as the maximum of 140 characters per tweet.

But does “Hey, check out this picture of a Koala hugging a tree last Tuesday when I went to Caversham Wildlife Park in Perth http://imgur.com/a/zU5sH” have to end up looking like:

check out da pic of me huggin a koala lol in da park ftw!!!!!!

Regards

David Innes

Perth, Western Australia

http://www.davidinnesperth.com/