You know those people who make the little quote marks with their fingers while they’re talking? I think they should have their fingers “cut off.” Or maybe a little something else…<\/p>\n
Seriously, this is something that is wrong and simply must be stopped. We cannot allow this kind of criminal behavior to continue. It is reprehensible and totally inappropriate.<\/p>\n
Of course, when I say this practice must be stopped, I mean by everyone except me, for the same underlying reason that I could never be a cop. I’d break the law and expect people to look the other way. I don’t see anything wrong with it, because I imagine millions of cops do the same thing. Do you think Officer Friendly is really “friendly?” Think again. He probably spends his off-duty time sitting at his computer in a dark room, downloading MP3s and bootlegs of The Matrix off IRC. That’s what I would do. I’d take great delight in giving people tickets and shoving them up against chain-link fences, knowing that my massive collection of illicit tunes and low-quality VCDs was waiting for me to get home and crank up the volume.<\/p>\n
It makes me chuckle just to think about it.<\/p>\n
Now where was I? Oh yes, quote marks. I mean, who started this practice? My bet is geeky 35-year-old homeless people. Homeless people are generally all right, but you never can trust a 35 plus geek. Just look at Bill Gates. He wants your firstborn son and the kitchen sink, and to get them sub-contracts expensive lawyers to write EULAs to which we, the unwittingly laymen, agree without thought. Now imagine Bill Gates as a homeless bum. It’s hysterical, but a little scary, too. Admit it, it’s scary.<\/p>\n
I guess my point would be stop “finger-quoting” or you’ll be “sorry.” I’ll find a way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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