Being the first posting on Take the Ride, Bubba, I have been trying to work out what would be a suitable way to begin. Take the Ride, Bubba has been set up as a self indulgent project quite frankly, a place for me to rant and talk shit about... well whatever the fuck I feel like.
In this age of new technology and gadgets and the potential coming of a 'New World Order', finding your own voice can be difficult. Social Networking, easy-to-access communications (which includes... ahem... blogging) has its place in our world as the near-dominant form of communication. Unfortunately, it has continued the rise of ridiculous cyber-words, such "LOL" and phrases such as "Wat R U up 2 2nite?". Fuck off. You have no right to the English language if your going to embellish in such mindless shit.
I'm far from being a Luddite or a sceptic to the evolution of language and colloquialisms, but emoticons and cyber-speak is rubbish. It represent the laziness of people who cannot be arsed writing correctly and using our faces for emotional reactions. I mean, really - WTF?
If you're any sort of new journalism, cult author or all round literary nerd, then Take the Ride, Bubba may seem familiar to you. It's taken from a well-worn phrase from psychopath Gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson - "Buy the ticket, take the ride". What it means is that there's no determination as to how long we're on this planet, so make the best of it.
In this age of new technology and gadgets and the potential coming of a 'New World Order', finding your own voice can be difficult. Social Networking, easy-to-access communications (which includes... ahem... blogging) has its place in our world as the near-dominant form of communication. Unfortunately, it has continued the rise of ridiculous cyber-words, such "LOL" and phrases such as "Wat R U up 2 2nite?". Fuck off. You have no right to the English language if your going to embellish in such mindless shit.
I'm far from being a Luddite or a sceptic to the evolution of language and colloquialisms, but emoticons and cyber-speak is rubbish. It represent the laziness of people who cannot be arsed writing correctly and using our faces for emotional reactions. I mean, really - WTF?
If you're any sort of new journalism, cult author or all round literary nerd, then Take the Ride, Bubba may seem familiar to you. It's taken from a well-worn phrase from psychopath Gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson - "Buy the ticket, take the ride". What it means is that there's no determination as to how long we're on this planet, so make the best of it.
Take the Ride, Bubba will be a forum for me to talk about politics, literature, media, music, movies, society - anything that comes across my plate that inspires or pisses me off. I won't claim to be an expert of any of these subjects (so quoting me won't do much for your credibility), but by purely making comments and observations, it helps to continue the flow of opinion and objection in a world where freedom of expression is often taken for granted. Throwing our hats in the ring makes us all experts - it's only dictated by how learned our opinions are.
So kick back, open a beer and be enlightened - it's a big world and it's ours, Bubba.
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