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By Evan ~ November 17th, 2007. Filed under: world news.
• In Australia, one third of women will have sex with someone they met online on the first date, and three quarters of those will do so without a condom. I’ve always liked Australia, maybe it’s high-time I pay their lovely country a visit. Meanwhile, in America, twenty-seven percent of women will engage in oral sex on the first date. I guess that’s pretty good, too, but I think we could stand for a slightly higher percentage. Towards the end of the article, some prim and proper lady says, “Just because you talk to someone online does not mean you know them, and doesn’t mean they’re free of genital warts or herpes.” Whatever, you’re just jealous because you’re not meeting people online and getting the shit fucked out of you. [story]
• A couple living in Seattle has been collecting old answering-machine cassettes and assorted tapes from various thrift shops in an attempt to create a kind of Smithsonian Institute for found sounds. Imagine the possibilities for weird samples that could be incorporated into buzzy droney music? I think I’m in love. I want to do this. [story]
• Here’s a two-pronged story. First, CNN is reporting that teenagers prefer to use Instant Messages and Text Messages to avoid embarrassment. Apparently this is the preferred method for saying what one is too shy to say in person, or to ask people out on dates. Thirteen percent of teens will end a relationship via Instant Message. Now that’s embarrassing. In a related story, Slate is reporting that e-mail is currently in it’s death throes, and that Instant Messaging and texts are becoming the preferred method of communication rather than e-mail. The final paragraph of this story sounds like something I wrote on this blog two years ago when I discussed the decline of the English language as a result of IM/SMS slang. A friend of mine who teaches told me she receives essays from students who see no problem substituting “2″ for “to” and “R” for “are”. To say that kids these days speak eloquently would be a joke.
• The Washington Times says that “America’s college students are in a worrisome state of health” because most of them drink and are sexually active (odd, I just wrote “attractive” when I meant to say “active,” which I suppose is also true — some college girls still exude an aura of innocence and ripeness…at least the non-whores do). Also apparently twenty-seven percent (the same percent as the women who blow dudes they met online on the first date!) have been diagnosed with some kind of mental illness. Nice. College is a weird time in one’s life. The eating disorders, the access to drug and drink, the loose sluts who don’t know what they want in a guy…It really is a fantastic era for all who survive high school! Take advantage while you can, kids. Once you reach your mid-twenties, shit changes. The copious drinking and drug use is no longer cool but “creepy,” and your sexual activity takes a bit of a plunge if you’re not a banker, lawyer or doctor. Fuck, drink, drug and thank God for mental illness while you still can. [story]
