http://hesitating.org/2006/12/07/hold-the-phone/ Thinking critically about the world so that you don't have to. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:25:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://hesitating.org/2006/12/07/hold-the-phone/#comment-1518 Fro Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:23:50 +0000 http://hesitating.org/2006/12/07/hold-the-phone/#comment-1518 next time I'm gonna read the comments first, I wonder if this is just a trick of yours to maximise commentary next time I’m gonna read the comments first, I wonder if this is just a trick of yours to maximise commentary

]]> http://hesitating.org/2006/12/07/hold-the-phone/#comment-1508 louisa Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:34:09 +0000 http://hesitating.org/2006/12/07/hold-the-phone/#comment-1508 Actually, this is nothing new. Since people's use of the internet started becoming more prolific in the mid-nineties, there have been artists (mostly from a video or film background) who have been messing with people's expectations of what will happen when they access certain links or sites. I wish I still had a list of some of these sites- but I remember one that when you clicked the "enter" button on the site an animation of bouncing computer screens took over the entirety of your monitor and the only way to stop it was to flip the power on your harddrive. Essentially it crashed the computer. Personnally, I like these things- it's good to mess with people's expectations a bit. However, taking someone to a porn site posits other problems- but I imagine that in general it causes people embarrassment more than anything. Of course if you did this at work, you would risk being fired and that seems unfair to cuase such a risk for someone who isn't actually trying to access porn. As for the gay element of it, I imagine that it brings people's prejudices to the surfice almost immediately regarding homosexuality. Actually, this is nothing new. Since people’s use of the internet started becoming more prolific in the mid-nineties, there have been artists (mostly from a video or film background) who have been messing with people’s expectations of what will happen when they access certain links or sites. I wish I still had a list of some of these sites- but I remember one that when you clicked the “enter” button on the site an animation of bouncing computer screens took over the entirety of your monitor and the only way to stop it was to flip the power on your harddrive. Essentially it crashed the computer.
Personnally, I like these things- it’s good to mess with people’s expectations a bit. However, taking someone to a porn site posits other problems- but I imagine that in general it causes people embarrassment more than anything. Of course if you did this at work, you would risk being fired and that seems unfair to cuase such a risk for someone who isn’t actually trying to access porn. As for the gay element of it, I imagine that it brings people’s prejudices to the surfice almost immediately regarding homosexuality.

]]> http://hesitating.org/2006/12/07/hold-the-phone/#comment-1507 jay Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:22:22 +0000 http://hesitating.org/2006/12/07/hold-the-phone/#comment-1507 I'm pretty sure a cloaked link to a shock site, however (relatively) tame, violates some term of blog etiquette. If not, spoiling such a link in the first comment must do so. Maybe it's a kind of neutralization rxn of lameness here. I’m pretty sure a cloaked link to a shock site, however (relatively) tame, violates some term of blog etiquette. If not, spoiling such a link in the first comment must do so. Maybe it’s a kind of neutralization rxn of lameness here.

]]> http://hesitating.org/2006/12/07/hold-the-phone/#comment-1499 Brendan Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:23:40 +0000 http://hesitating.org/2006/12/07/hold-the-phone/#comment-1499 Obviously I thought a ruse which snagged an entire roomful of people was clever enough to share and I only have you people to share with so there you go... I also was amused by the prospect of seeing how people react... Something that tracks the whereabouts of a person through their cell phone is a sure way to irritate privacy rights advocates and other hippies of their ilk but how do they deal with having gay porn shoved in their faces? Most critics of porn discuss the exploitation of women but very few make mention of men which is typically half of the participants in pornography... People who would complain about the objectification of straight porn probably have a different, more base, reaction to gay porn where their standard criticism of the, eh, product is suddenly invalidated... My theory may be a longshot and secondary to a strong desire to say gotcha but also serves as some slight justification I would offer if I was concerned enough to offer much of any... Obviously I thought a ruse which snagged an entire roomful of people was clever enough to share and I only have you people to share with so there you go… I also was amused by the prospect of seeing how people react… Something that tracks the whereabouts of a person through their cell phone is a sure way to irritate privacy rights advocates and other hippies of their ilk but how do they deal with having gay porn shoved in their faces? Most critics of porn discuss the exploitation of women but very few make mention of men which is typically half of the participants in pornography… People who would complain about the objectification of straight porn probably have a different, more base, reaction to gay porn where their standard criticism of the, eh, product is suddenly invalidated… My theory may be a longshot and secondary to a strong desire to say gotcha but also serves as some slight justification I would offer if I was concerned enough to offer much of any…

]]> http://hesitating.org/2006/12/07/hold-the-phone/#comment-1497 pete Tue, 12 Dec 2006 05:16:14 +0000 http://hesitating.org/2006/12/07/hold-the-phone/#comment-1497 sweet jesus! you shoudda seen what my mate was up to!!! brendan - i can't believe that you would knowingly throw a curve ball our ways? my search turned up male porn and i'm traumatised - draft your apology well sweet jesus! you shoudda seen what my mate was up to!!! brendan – i can’t believe that you would knowingly throw a curve ball our ways? my search turned up male porn and i’m traumatised – draft your apology well

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