Category: Consumerism

XKCD cartoon depicts a character, tiny in scale, standing atop a massive wall of ice. They shout Dear Sony, Microsoft, the MPAA, the RIAA, and Apple: Let's make a deal. You stop trying to tell me where, when, and how I play my movies and music, and I won't crush your homes under my inexorably advancing wall of ice.
Categories: ConsumerismPhilosophy

The modern world has made the concept of ownership a fact of life. From the moment we’re born we are indoctrinated with the ideas of what is yours and what is mine. The terrible twos are when we generally fall in love with the concept of “mine!” Some people developed further into that aspect of […]

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Categories: ConsumerismLife

As I sit here listening to some of my fondest adolescent memories, I can’t help but wonder where the hell the last ten years came from. My favorite bands from the 90’s were the Stone Temple Pilots, Smashing Pumpkins, Lostprophets, and Nine Inch Nails. All of these bands have changed drastically since then, but only one has been for the better. Am I to blame?

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Categories: Consumerism

Until somewhat recently, I hadn’t been watching much TV or at least not their commercials. But there are a few somewhat frightening trends going on that worry me.

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Categories: ConsumerismGaming

The latest album from Nine Inch Nails “Year Zero” has an incredible viral backstory that sends its fans on a hunt to decode messages posted all over the internet and discover the horrifying future we have in store.

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Categories: ConsumerismLife

OK so I feel my two years in the area have provided me with some cool experiences. So I thought I’d write what my favorite places are. Restaurants: (All prices are for two people) The Melting Pot (Ray Rd, Ahwatukee) Fondue is awesome. If you wanna pay the big bucks, go in and get a […]

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Dwight and Gail from the Sin City movie
Categories: ConsumerismGaming

Top Ten Movies of 2005 This was kinda a tough call, because I just saw King Kong and it was awesome. I wasn’t sure whether it was the top on my list because it was the latest one I’d seen or if it was actually merited… Oh well. The top 3 were tough but the […]

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