Posted by stroker at 204.179.101.3 on December 01, 2000 at 18:08:07:
I just ran across a cute, if brief, mention of Kevin Smith at kuro5hin.org (http://www.kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2000/12/1/91614/3662):
I realize that what I am about to ask is somewhat far-fetched,
but please bear with me.... What if we had a major nuclear
war? There is a pretty good likelyhood that many people would
survive, but that things would not be as they are now. There
is also a good possibility that most/all would be without
electricity for a good, long time. It would be back to basics.
What I am getting at here is, do we have the basic skills to
survive no matter what happens? Sure we have l337 5k1lls for
surviving in the "urban jungle" that we have created for
ourselves. We can clothe ourselves in our (non-)fasion of
choice, feed ourselves with pizza, beer, and coffee, and
entertain ourselves with Kevin Smith movies, pr0n, and
Half-Life. All of these things rely on western society to
remain as it is, and there is no guarantee that it will.
Aside from the "didn't we already cover this about a year ago?" angle, this brings up a point. Exactly what is it about being a computer geek that leads to such a convergence in tastes, be it in food, clothing, entertainment, or whatever? RugMuncher? I know you can weigh in on this.
It can be extended to other lines of work, I'm sure. Do we have a sub-sub-culture of professional basket-weaving VA fans here that can't get enough Jewel, hemp products, and rice cakes?
Me? Stereotypically enough for a sysadmin, I just can't get enough of that Forked Tongue metal,
Stroker