OOOOH! Snap on Myspace.
I agree wholeheartedly – gas station bathrooms ARENT as filthy as they used to be, and there is something unsettling about that.
As the world becomes more and more connected, you can look up the place you’re going to visit on Google and potentially learn more about it than a person who lives there, read reviews of restaurants you’ve never been to written by people you’ve never met, see what the place looks like on Street View, see someone else’s photos of your destination on Flickr, watch a video of it on YouTube, and even buy yourself a souvenir shirt online. Why not just take a vacation right from your computer desk? The thrill of the unknown is shrinking at an alarming rate, in part due to technology.
There’s always going to be unknown experiences. They’re just not as tied down to location and restriction of information anymore. Someone telling you about doing something isn’t quite the same as doing it yourself. Until we perfect the skydiving simulator, that is.
I’m going to print a bunch of posters saying “This is what you get for leaving home” and post them in dreary places around town.
Especially in gas station bathrooms.
February 12, 2009
he he. I cant be nostalgic for myspace, I just added The Basement Apartments last night!
February 12, 2009
Is anyone nostalgic for Geocities? Anyone?
February 12, 2009
OOOOH! Snap on Myspace.
I agree wholeheartedly – gas station bathrooms ARENT as filthy as they used to be, and there is something unsettling about that.
February 12, 2009
Dereck: We don’t have to be nostalgic for geocities, we have myspace!
February 12, 2009
geocities websites are what porn is on according to my gmail spambox.
February 13, 2009
Seems kind of like a role-reversal. Doesn’t really fit Cat’s personality at all. More of a Grrl rant, really. Odd.
February 15, 2009
As the world becomes more and more connected, you can look up the place you’re going to visit on Google and potentially learn more about it than a person who lives there, read reviews of restaurants you’ve never been to written by people you’ve never met, see what the place looks like on Street View, see someone else’s photos of your destination on Flickr, watch a video of it on YouTube, and even buy yourself a souvenir shirt online. Why not just take a vacation right from your computer desk? The thrill of the unknown is shrinking at an alarming rate, in part due to technology.
February 19, 2009
There’s always going to be unknown experiences. They’re just not as tied down to location and restriction of information anymore. Someone telling you about doing something isn’t quite the same as doing it yourself. Until we perfect the skydiving simulator, that is.
March 6, 2009
is she holding an iphone or a blackberry?
April 27, 2009
She’s actually just holding a little paper box.
She’s talking to an anthropomorphic cat, yet you’re confused about the identity of her handheld?
May 11, 2009
That guy must be going to the wrong gas stations.
July 2, 2009
i agree with andrew
October 16, 2009
I’m going to print a bunch of posters saying “This is what you get for leaving home” and post them in dreary places around town.
Especially in gas station bathrooms.
July 12, 2011
Dreaming Pixel, I’m stealing your idea.