I'm fairly sure if they took porn off the Internet, there'd only be one website left called Bring Back The Porn.
It starts with a quiet hum, an empty screen inviting you. "Come inside, " it says. "We're always open. " Will the defendant please rise? How do you find on the charge of murder in the first degree? It's a world, you think, where actions have no consequence... where guilt is cloaked
by anonymitybwhere there are no fingerprints. An invisible universe filled with strangers interconnected online and disconnected in life. It will steal your secrets corrupt your dreams and co-opt your identity. Because in this world where you can be anything you want... anyone you want... you just might lose sight...of who you are.
— We gotta change with the times.
— What are we gonna get, a fuckin' web site?
— That's why you start online dating. They have lots of charts.
— Not that again.
— What is your problem with online?
— What's my problem? Do you watch Dateline? How many creeps are out there? I could end up a skin suit or in somebody's trunk.
The way you can move from city to city and always find a Catholic church, the same Mass said everywhere, no matter what foster place the kid was sent, he could always find the Internet. The truth was, if Christ had laughed on the cross, or spat on the Romans, if he'd done anything more than just suffer, the kid would've liked church a lot more.
News breaks fastest on Twitter. Hearts can be broken as quickly.
It's not always easy to stay in touch. The internet, for all its complexity, is still a work-in-progress. In the remotest parts of the world, you can still wait for minutes — even hours — to make that vital connection.
– How do you like your coffee machine?
– It's, uh, really nice. But I can't accept it. I'm sorry.
– What, are you a government employee?! Hey, I got this for an amazing price in an auction.
– In a what?
– An auction. On the Internet Ebay… I pick the times when the whole country's glued to the television. Prices drop 70%, 80%. Like during the super bowl. Got myself a home entertainment system, eight speakers and a receiver for only $1,000! Would've cost $4,500 retail… Anyway, thursday was the "American Idol" finale. And I thought of you. So I went online and grabbed this.
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