Things that make me laugh on the internet

I’ve been on the internet now for quite a few years, more than I care to count. I’ve used what could be called the ancestors to facebook, IRC and ICQ. I’ve seen the evolution of technology that has allowed us yo go from humble dial-up modems to blazing speeds that allow us to download files that would have taken weeks to download otherwise. But through it all, there are things that have remained constant. These are a list of those things, and they have all made me laugh

Trolls

In internet terminology, a troll is a person who gets his or her excitement by intenti0nally posting comments on forums and other forms of internet communication to cause arguments. Some of these “trolls”, while theu will never be known, their comments will. You can see examples of this on facebook. People set up tribute pages for loved ones who have died, and of course the internet idiots just have to post stupid comments. And time and time agein, people respond to these comments, and arguments break out. Comments of youtube are also a good example of this. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve watched youtube videos and read the comments. Sometimes it can be one word, such as faggot or some other derogatory name, or it can be a whole paragraph. Why I say this makes me laugh is this is reminiscient of my days on IRC. You would get idiots joining a channel and making threats over the internet. Such threats would include , be not be limited to, physical violence of one or people in the channel or their friends and family members. This used to make me laugh because making threats from behind a keyboard was so ludicrously chilidish and immature as the person threatening said violence was, in the end, only making themselves look foolish and would ultimately earn themselves a ban not just from that particular server but the entire network. Evetually these people would find themselves banned from every IRC network on existence and had no choice but to go to fourms where the forum moderators didn’t gve a shit about what members did on the forum as they also got banned from forums where the moderators actually did their job.

Youtube comments

This also goes with trolls but also deserves it own mention. While some people actually do write constructive comments about videos, some just write stupid crap that causes arguments. Sometimes it seems that some of the comments are written by teenagers who seem to have nothing better to do that try and upset people by writing silly comments. Mpst of these comments are ignored by the majority of the Youtube community, but some feel compelled to respond with comments that are just as pointless. I guess some people just have too much time on their hands

Chain letters

So, if I send the email that states if I send the email to all my friends I’ll get a stack of money/good luck/insert name of hot supermodel that will give me the best night of my life, I’ll actually get what the email states? Or maybe I’ll just annopy all my friends by sending them some stupid chain letter that causes them to send me an email stating that they don’t want to receive any more chain letters. Although I must admit that I did get an email from my father about some people who had mocked God/Jesus and they did actually die. I read the email but I read it after the amount of time I had to send the email on had expired. Nothing bad happened (not that I can remember) but something good did happen to me (can’t remember what, but hey, I can’t remember everything).

Facebook comments

Ok, so I’ve covered trolls that comment on facebook, but sometimes your friends post things on Facebook that they wouldn’t necessarily say if you were talking to them. Or a grandparent posts something on Facebook that, in their day, meant something totally different to what it means today. And then they can’t understand what all the fuss is about.

So that’s some of the things that make me laugh as I’m surfing the net. There are probably other things that make me laugh, but it’s a late. If you think of something on the internet that makes you laugh, feel free to leave a somment

Until next time

Lord Yu

Sailing, we are sailing…

Mr Rudd has seen fit to give the pensioners of Australia an early Christmas gift; he’s going to spend approximately half of the surplus and give it to us.

That’s right. A politician is giving the battlers of this country money.

So what am I going to spend my money on. Well apart from the bills, I’ve decided that a radio controlled model yacht might be fun. I have one on lay-by at a nearby store electronics/games store. As you can imagine, I’m a little bit excited as I’ve never had one of these. I had a radio controlled boat as a kid, powered by batteries. Sailing my model yacht will prove to be a bit of a challenge, as I’ve only been on a sailboat a handful of times in my life. I’ve been doing some research into how a boat sails, where to position the sails to get the best speed etc. I will still have to guage in what winds I can sail it, as I don’t want it sinking on her maiden voyage. And I’m not going to sail it in open water just yet, this thing is costing quite a bit ($230 to be exact), so I don’t need to be losing control and have it sailing off into the sunset. Where I live can be quite windy, and there is one place I can sail it, but unfortunately, I will have to wait until school holidays are over until I can sail it safely. The last thing I need (apart from the yacth sailing off on its own) is have a bunch little brats trying to hit it with a tennis ball, or grabbing it and turning it into a submarine.

The other thing I’m a bit nervous about is putting it together. The hull, servos and radio receiver are installed, so I have just have to do the mast and sails. I’ve put together a Tamiya radio controlled buggy before, and the woman behind the counter said if I can put together a Tamiya kit, I can definitely assemble the yacht.

Anyway, enough rambling about my new “toy”, once it’s assembled and I can get it on the water, I’ll take some piccies and post them up. Only the good ones though, not ones of it sinking.

Until next time, stay sane

Lord Yu

Australia Post

I have lost faith in Australia’s mail system run by Australia Post

Approximately two weeks ago today, my girlfriend bought a Gameboy game off eBay from a seller within Australia. As we have been having problems with our mail since we moved to our current address, I decided it would be better ask the seller to send the item via registered post.

We have received no notification that the item has arrived at one of the two local post offices.

What really shits me is the fact that Australia Post will take no responsibility for the fact that we have been having this problem for close to 2 years. Their one and only excuse is someone is taking the mail from our mailbox.

Bullshit

I don’t work at the moment due to the fact I am still recovering from eye surgery, and my girlfriend doesn’t work either as she is on a disability support pension and taking care of me at the moment. So once the mail has been delivered, it gets taken straight out of the mailbox, which leaves maybe a few seconds for someone to take our mail. Which means we could identify them. This has been explained in the most simplest terms I can manage ie talking to the customer service help desk like they were 5 year old children.

The other irritating thing is the fact that several items bought from overseas sellers on eBay have arrived no problem. Now, why the fuck are we having this problem with local and national mail when overseas mail arrives no problem? Is it the fact that overseas mail has to come through customs and cannot be messed with, or are the local mail people too bloody stupid and/or lazy to do their jobs correctly?

So as far as I’m concerned, Australia Post are nothing but stupid, lazy, good for nothing liars and thieves. God help Australia Post if they ever tried to manage a chook raffle at a pub, because they certainly can’t manage the nation’s mail.

Update 6/7/08: The cardboard slip stating we had a registered mail item was put into the wrong mailbox. One of our neighbours is in hospital at the moment, and her husband, from whom she is divorced, picked up her mail and subsequently the cardboard slip. He went and picked up the package, and when he realised it wasn’t for his ex wife, brought it over.

You would think with something as important as the mail, the posties would be a tad more careful. Just proves my theory you don’t have too bright to be a postie. You just have to know how to read, which obviously our postie can’t.

So the manager/supervisor of the local delivery centre is going to be ripped a new arsehole tomorrow