Sunday, August 31, 2008
Internet Wasteland
I was listening to something online that said the Internet has led to creativity. The theory is that now that everyone has an outlet to be creative there are a lot more creative things going on. I don't know if I believe that.
I have to say that 99% of the shit you see online is just a way to waste time. I belive that if you were going to be creative you would be creative no matter what medium you worked in. The rest is just noise. And that totally includes this rant here.
Look, you go online and the biggest thing is porn. There is porn everywhere. Once you get past porn I guess there television shows, movies, and news and information. The question is how much of that news and information is usable or unique? Most of the news comes from a few sources and then is filtered through the web. It doesn't matter if it is CNN, NBC, or whatever. Even the gossip news is all the same shit. You go to one site and Brad and Angelina are doing one thing and you go to another site and Brit is doing this or that. Then every other site just picks that up and repackages it. But in the end it is all the same bullshit just chewed up and regurgitated out.
Then you have the stuff created by people at home or people who are creating specifically for online consumption. That include the Myspace crap where people spend hours on the perfect background or picking a song that no one wants to listen to anyway. I mean how can someone have a thousand "friends"? Then you have audio podcasts and video blogs and thousands and thousands (millions) of written blogs. Most of it is all crap. I know the narcissist in people would like it to be otherwise but most people are just not that interesting. And they definitely don't have that much to say. Remember, I totally include myself into that pile.
I am not coming down on people's creativity. I just think that sometimes you have to take a step back and realize that most people are essentially talking to themselves. When you create something you should do it for your own enjoyment and not to change the world because it probably won't happen. That is not necessarily a bad thing. Laterzzz...
Oh, just to make sure there is something interesting in this post I am going to add a picture of hot chick in a sexy outfit because I can. Laterzzz...Pt2.
