Walking Out Of A Movie Proves Yourself To Be An Asshole, Probably Racist And Sexist Too
by gatsome on Aug.03, 2009, under Awesome Advice, Movies
Walking out of a movie theater mid-movie in some kind of passive protest does not make you a badass. It does however make you a giant asshole, and a stupid one at that. In fact it probably means you’re really bad at making decisions on top of the implication you tend to be prejudice. Yes that’s right, the defiant act of leaving a movie part way in only shows the world that you are an idiotic prejudging asshole, not some kind of moviephile elitist with only the highest degrees of taste in art and film.
I haven’t witnessed it too often but there is one slight exception, as was the case when I was at a Watchmen viewing. Being that a family removed themselves from the theater due to the fact they had small children with them. I don’t consider them to be assholes based on that, but I do hold them to a higher degree of stupidity than the normal walk-out. You see, it takes someone stupid to go to a movie these days with total ignorance about what it is they are going to be watching. Movies have reviewers and critics, a synopsis and a genre for a reason. To forgo these massive indicators and blindly walk in is moronic.
Now take that mindset and apply it to a parent or guardian that is responsible for young children. To take them into an R-rated film only to not realize your mistake when there’s an attempted rape scene blasting its way into their psyche forever, is well, really stupid. To take any sub-teenager into an R-rated film is setting yourself up for open mockery and at least a little ostracizing for being a fucking retard. However the plain, old-fashioned walk-out screams for people to give you attention. The whole “look at me, I’m above this, I’m above this wasting my time, look at you sheep, foolishly viewing such a piece of garbage, look at you all, you’re all sub-par to my ability to gauge a valuable use of time” facade you put on as you leave the premises doesn’t fool anyone. Every single person seated in the dark instantly recognizes you as the tool you are.
Now as if these actions weren’t bad enough, with the advent of the Internet as well as the increased usage of forums and the like, the self-promotion of this idiotic maneuver is rampant in the ‘tubes. To be so dumb to brag about a movie that was so “bad” you had to leave only reinforces the fact you are not to be credible as an opinion-giver. The moment you decide to admit or brag about this fact, everyone reading your comment(s) instantly recognizes you as the tool you are. Plus how would you know the movie was bad if you didn’t see the entire thing. This would baffle me the most except I try not to rationalize with the gutter trash of the Internet.
As for the rest of you dirtbags, stop bringing your kids to movies you know nothing about. I’m tired of hearing a crying baby during a bloodbath scene up on the screen because I envision the hellhole that kid must live in and how you’re so inept I’m tempted to just turn around and take the kid from you.
AT&T Is About To Learn A Powerful Lesson When Verizon Gains The iPhone in 2010
by gatsome on Jul.28, 2009, under Awesome Advice, Tech
It’s inevitable. Any doubters at this point are playing devil’s advocate on purpose, just to be asses. Verizon is scrambling to get it’s 4G LTE network finalized for the 2009 holidays, allegedly to make way for the rumored Apple Tablet and/or iPhone. I can’t say I know anything more than other speculators but I can tell you one thing: Next summer when the iPhone 4G debuts (hopefully with the upgraded Samsung ARM processors that finally reach the 1GHz mark) for Verizon’s better and faster LTE network I’ll be taking my contract with AT&T and wiping my ass with it.
At this point what is there to lose? After all AT&T has turned into the “fuck the customer base, we can do what we want” bully company that no one likes. It’s nearly August, where is my [carrier-sanctioned] tethering plan? Where is my MMS capabilities? It’s mid-2009, MMS is practically an unalienable right for any mobile carrier. I know that Apple is partially to blame for being so late to the game but let’s be honest, the rich set of features that come with the iPhone more than make up for the fact it is/was lacking in other areas like MMS and camera abilities. All other carriers have their MMS in order, I guess it’s pretty telling that AT&T is refusing to unlock that gate for it’s iPhone customers only. Talk about discriminatory practices.
It’s not like Verizon’s network is shit either, they’re “America’s most reliable” and are even taking action to have that claimed court-backed. I’m sure their service can outpace that of AT&T. The LTE architecture itself isn’t even riddled with doubt, AT&T is planning to eventually get around to upgrading to it as well… in 2011. That’s AT&T-speak for 2012 though, once again coming a day late and a dollar short. Verizon just seems to be on the crest of the wave, always a step ahead whether it’s FiOS or looking ahead to 4G and beyond and taking the right steps. Meanwhile what is AT&T doing exactly? Upgrading their towers to 7.2 Mbps instead of 3.6? Blocking websites with questionable content because there was a spoofed DDoS attack from their IP? Playing at being police because they love being the government’s lapdog and bending over and grabbing their ankles when the NSA comes-a-knockin?
I say fuck that. June of 2010 will be my last stint with AT&T. I don’t think there’s any reason for it to go any longer than it has. Anyone who can stand up for them has no idea what they’re talking about. You know the only reason I can’t MMS right now is a check box on my internal profile for allowing it? Are you serious AT&T? Another benefit for jumping a sinking ship is the fact that after my $100 ETF for AT&T, I’ll be grabbing the newest model at the subsidized price instead of having to hawk my phone on eBay again to cover my upgrading expenses. You’d think AT&T would recognize these warning signs and pay attention to its customers and, you know, do anything short of blowing them in order to keep them but who knows. Maybe AT&T execs think that becoming the next Sprint is a good thing.
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Update!
It appears that the recent yank of Sean Kovacs’ ‘GV Mobile‘ Google Voice app and the subsequent rejection of Google’s own Voice app were due to AT&T’s police-like barricade on anything they don’t really like. (See also: Skype over 3G)
This has seriously taken a turn for the worse and further cements AT&T’s feet in concrete shoes. Adios fellas.
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Jason Statham finally gets a chance to show some range
by gatsome on Jun.15, 2009, under Jason Statham Sucks
Yesterday there were reports coming in of Jason Statham beating a homeless man nearly to death after an altercation yesterday afternoon. I believe all misunderstandings were forgiven when it was learned that the bum asked Jason if he could spare any change.
Then this happened:
Site overhaul and a new addition
by gatsome on Jun.11, 2009, under Admin
I decided it was long overdue for a new look. The old one was certainly pretty bland, at least to me. Obviously what you see now is subject to slight modification but maybe with this reinventive streak I’ll add some additional useful insights on top of it.
I also installed a forum and am in the process of getting that completely set up. I really don’t expect alot of participation but I feel like it has more use then commenting, at least for me. I’m definitely one who would rather post in a forum than on someone’s website so maybe there’s a lot of other people like that out there.
It can be checked out at any of the numerous links I’ve plastered all over the place or by simply clicking here:
Easy enough to remember incase you need to go there directly. Guidelines and appropriateness are practically nonexistant as well so go wild.
The Real Temptation of Christ
by gatsome on May.12, 2009, under Politics
Just something I whipped up in a stupor of boredom. My apologies to whoever it was that drew the Satan image, blame Google Image Search =/
Some people might actually believe this...
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