Reading the Internet
It's good to read. Supposedly. I would say it is good. But not in an absolute sense. Reading does have some potential drawbacks. I mean, the fact of the matter is, if you examine all the written content out there, you'll find that the majority of it falls under the category of "basically deranged."
This is especially true on this invention known as the internet. If you read something online, think twice about how much validity is actually contained in the words you read. Think twice, and then think twice again. Internet content requires a double twice-thinking procedure.
And no, I'm not just referring to what’s posted on social media and message boards and YouTube comments. Even the articles you find on the internet have a tendency to deliver more derangement than validity.
Have you ever come across one of those internet articles that do their darndest to prove the US is a bottom of the barrel country? They give you a bunch of numbers for different countries--and when they get to the US, the picture is not too flattering.
"We analyzed the statistics very thoroughly--and as you can see in this chart, the United States ranks 38th among all countries in education, 122nd in internet speed, 185th in magnesium per square foot, 74th in soccer goals, and 112th in quality of toilet water. Therefore, the United States is the number 135 country overall."
What the bojangles are you talking about, internet article? That analysis is a bit one-sided--don't you think? I mean, yes, the US is not so great when it comes to magnesium--but what about gadolinium? There’s an ample supply of gadolinium in America. And there's also plenty of TCB--as in, Takin' Care of Business.
But you can find plenty of internet articles that disregard TCB and gadolinium in order to present the idea that the US is not a particularly desirable place to live. Europeans are very receptive to that kind of online information. "Absolutely. I agree with this article. It is a statistical fact that America is number 135, and Finland is number one. Here in Finland, we are up to our ankles in magnesium and high quality toilet water."
This is especially true on this invention known as the internet. If you read something online, think twice about how much validity is actually contained in the words you read. Think twice, and then think twice again. Internet content requires a double twice-thinking procedure.
And no, I'm not just referring to what’s posted on social media and message boards and YouTube comments. Even the articles you find on the internet have a tendency to deliver more derangement than validity.
Have you ever come across one of those internet articles that do their darndest to prove the US is a bottom of the barrel country? They give you a bunch of numbers for different countries--and when they get to the US, the picture is not too flattering.
"We analyzed the statistics very thoroughly--and as you can see in this chart, the United States ranks 38th among all countries in education, 122nd in internet speed, 185th in magnesium per square foot, 74th in soccer goals, and 112th in quality of toilet water. Therefore, the United States is the number 135 country overall."
What the bojangles are you talking about, internet article? That analysis is a bit one-sided--don't you think? I mean, yes, the US is not so great when it comes to magnesium--but what about gadolinium? There’s an ample supply of gadolinium in America. And there's also plenty of TCB--as in, Takin' Care of Business.
But you can find plenty of internet articles that disregard TCB and gadolinium in order to present the idea that the US is not a particularly desirable place to live. Europeans are very receptive to that kind of online information. "Absolutely. I agree with this article. It is a statistical fact that America is number 135, and Finland is number one. Here in Finland, we are up to our ankles in magnesium and high quality toilet water."
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