When I was a kid, the highest future standard anyone my age could be held to by our parents, grandparents, teachers or the mumbling Filipino guy in my neighborhood who handed out cigarettes to 10-year-olds and only didn’t have to register as a sex offender because they didn’t do that back then was that of … Continue reading The Myth of a Successful Person
Generative AI is still in a swaddled infancy. An enfant terrible of the 21st century, you might call it. I won’t, however, because that would probably make it seem like I was complimenting it. “Horrible infant” is better. “Monstrosity in diapers”. “Bull calf in a China shop”. “Freaked out housecat in a China shop”. “Captive … Continue reading Internet, Meet AI. And Let the Downfall of Civilization Begin
More people need to be skeptical. I mean intelligent skeptical, not flat-out denying stuff they don’t want to believe. It’s not something any of us are taught at the elementary or secondary levels here in America, unfortunately. In college, depending on what you study, you’ll likely acquire a healthy dose of it, but it’ll also … Continue reading Grifter Spotting 101
You think that’s unfair? Just type ‘wtf’ into the Internet right now. Or the word ‘funny.’ I guarantee you the results will come back: bear falls on chainsaw, cuts itself in half lengthwise. Pregnant woman slips in the gore. People on YouTube write: 'this should be another book in the bible.'
I bet you thought this was going to be a quasi-scientific, journalistic roadmap to understanding the stupidest words people are using today on the internet. It’s not, sorry. Instead, it’s going to be an argument as to why you should never, ever feel any desire to learn those words, use them, or feel like (your) … Continue reading A Gen-X, Millennial and Baby Boomer Guide to Contemporary Slang
Hello! I’m your friendly, proprietary AI chatbot developed specifically for the website thebrimborion.com. I’m here to help in any way I can. Is there something you’d like to discuss or ask today? Before we continue, however, I feel it’s important to offer a few disclaimers, which may assist you in formulating your question. Machine learners … Continue reading Question: What Is the Point of Social Media?
And it took a little while, but with its unrestricted, minimum standard of acceptance, unthreatening appeal and perfect price to join, the internet—along with millions of hungry, hive-minded social media users—somehow conceived and then gestated this comparatively talentless yet hugely popular 21st century monstrosity called the Internet Celebrity...
Every August, a plague descends upon the city of Chicago. A plague so wretched, so sickening, so disease-ridden that parts of downtown have to close entirely. Police call in reinforcements and parents pray for the safe return of their children. I am speaking, of course, of Lollapalooza...
I myself learned to drive stick in Portland on a 1990 Plymouth Laser, aqua green with pink detailing and sparkles, spray-painted gold wheels, no muffler and a semi-malfunctioning fuel injection system. Paid $575 for it in 2006, which, if adjusted for inflation today, would probably come out to around $300...
Awake early on a Monday, before her eyes could even adjust to the vague light of day, she would reach for her phone and check her Facebook. It had her weather forecast for the day, and it was normally the first thing she absorbed of her surroundings, not long after the anxiety of returning to … Continue reading Just A Facebook Girl in a Facebook World
Fallacy of the hive mind – 1.) Inferring that someone who makes a comment which aligns with a consensus political opinion or movement on social media possesses the same deep, ingrained, singular, core principles or characteristics as that group or movement. 2.) Erroneously clumping people into a spuriously-named, demographically or sociologically unofficial group because they agree with, voice their opinion regarding or argue in favor of a consensus opinion which is temporarily influential, on social media or elsewhere.
Welcome—saccadists, finger-flutterers, the deficient of attention and children and disciples of Burn Culture, alike—to the contemporary Age of Immodesty.
You can maybe get where I’m going to go with this. Depending on how good your King James English is. Mine’s terrible. I grew up in the inner city of Philadelphia, where they forced every kid in the 2nd and 3rd grade to take Latin. So, of course, back then I was like, “Bitchin’! Not only will I be able to decipher the Bible, but one day I’m gonna get a job as Secretary of the C.H.U.D. for the Philly branch of the Latin Kings...