Reddit

I just discovered crack, I mean Reddit.  I'm generally super slow and way behind the times on computer related things (hence stubborn refusal to learn things which would make this page look more unique.)  So I just came across Reddit today.

And, ummm, hours later...

I can't think of an appropriate exclamation to express my emotion.

I tell it what I'm interested in, and it spits out tons and tons of things about what I'm interested in.  And then, some of those have awesome comments.  But I can't go past like 50 comments before I'm like, 'whatever, on to next topic'  The comments either get REALLY repetitive.  Or, they devolve into a two person invective.  I can see some voyeur getting kicks out of seeing two people go at it with long emotional but still intellectual diatribes.  Not me.

Of course, there are the posts that two comments in are proved to be some sort of hoax.  So everyone thinks this piece is hilarious, which it is.  Person hunts it down and finds it word for word posted in a forum in 2008, writing that that is the oldest one he can find.  This clearly implies that if you copy out the whole thing and post it in Google you will come up with multiple hits and the earliest appeared to be from 2008.  To me this indicates remarkable determination to get things right, damn it!

There's a special girl's area, which is sweet, cause it says basically, you're not allowed to be mean in there or you'll be banned.  Apparently you can be mean in any unisex forums, and there doesn't seem to be a guys only one.  That would probably be sexist.  That said, I love the girl's section! And will probably be checking up on what's posted in there.

I also get my fix of science people.  Obviously I am one.  The thing is, there are science people, and then there are the science people who like to harp forever about how wonderful and perfect science is and how everyone who doesn't agree doesn't get it, and is stupid.  You don't actually want to get involved in a conversation which could in any way be turned towards science with the latter.  Which pretty much means don't talk to them, stay away.