Fucked

I know net neutrality is old news, but it infuriates me more and more. In the last few years, technology has leapt farther than I would have imagined. Merely 6 years ago, the Wii was just a twinkle in Reggie Fils-Amie's evil cyborg eye. PS3 wasn't even close to release. In these inhuman, nigh ancient times, playing DivX movies on the big screen required ingenuity and a smattering of elbow grease - to the point where actually paying for this sort of content on a VOD service was reasonable, I mean, unless you wanted to watch The Departed on my 15" Dell laptop. Nowadays, if you know where to look, absolutely everything is free and open. But tons of people are still paying out the ass for content that should be absolutely free - or at least streaming unlimited-ly, Netflix style. But a ridiculous amount of effort has been made on the part of Apple, Time Warner, and Comcast to monetize what should be free.

The fight over net neutrality is the latest turd nugget to be added to this gigantic crock of shit. If you're not familiar with net neutrality, it basically states that an ISP can't decide which sites / services have speedy transfers. Basically, Time Warner could extort a website into paying some kind of fee that guarantees that its transfer speeds won't be artificially diminished. The implications of a lack of net neutrality are obviously nauseating, more so when you note that the Republicans, champions of big business, are fighting tooth and nail to overturn the FCC's recent rulings that the net should be neutral. Not to mention that in North Carolina, a ruling was recently made that it was unfair to giant conglomerates for smaller cable companies to charge less for better service. Not to mention Fox demanding that TWC pull channels from its new streaming iPad app. Not to even mention that even though I pay Hulu $7 a month for the fucking privilege, I can't watch Archer or Community on my PS3. And I thought I was entitled to watch all the programs I pay to see. How naive of me.

These issues are a daily, relentless mindfuck for me. Why am I, the end-user, the ultimate bad guy for only wanting to pay once for for my music, movies, and TV? This kind of bullshit is so tragically far from uncommon, that I can't say it shocks me any more. The total transparency and remorselessness of it all- that's the real fucking shocker. At least when I was a kid they pretended to be looking out for me.

good day to you sir

to whom it may concern:

as the malignant tuba has grown and is now pushing against the snarebellum, the level of retardation at this blog has reached an all time high. like bubble kush kinds of high. as such, i was brought in to instill an element of class, urbanity, and a knowledge of fine wine. i watch "frasier," listen to classical music, and put the comma in the right place when i use quotation marks. i refrain from base language, preferring to use proper terms like "feces" (instead of poop -- aw shit, i said poop. shit. no more swears, promise) and "cunt" (instead of vagina). i come from a house of learned doctors.

but enough about me. how are you? you're probably just getting home from work, pouring yourself a big glass of listerine, and getting ready to beat your wife, or worse, your dog. you sicken me. domestic violence is frowned upon here at the tuba, unless you mean violence against an actual domicile, which is encouraged. usually, the wall/door had it coming.

anyhow, i think i've said enough for someone with nothing to say, and if you've gotten this far, sorry, you're not getting that time back. i have been informed however, that it is customary to leave a musical treat at the end of each post, so i'm sure if you share my distinguished taste, you'll enjoy this:

Wolfgang Gartner - Wolfgang's 5th Symphony (if you can't find it on your own, please leave the internet immediately)

No, I meant in __YOUR__ face!

This comic is for fucking idiots. If you laughed at it, go turn yourself in to your local police station. and don't misinterpret that as my saying you should attempt to somehow become your local police station, because you are so very stupid. I just wasted like 3 whammed out hours of my personal time making a stupid comic for jerks, and it feels downright awful. Knowing what I know now, I would rather start Derek Zoolander's school for ants... who want to learn how to sting good.... in my ass.... than write that comic again, if so it can be called.

On another note, that comic was sweet. Other things that are sweet include this cool song we done found on the interfarts: Acid Girls feat Frankmusic - Wake Up

SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES!!!