The Walmart version…
…of a DO NOT DISTURB sign
OK, so I’m going to have a bit of a vent here
Is it that time of the month already?
But I am going to TRY and make it a carefully worded rant
So as not to get Dad anyone in any more trouble
Here goes
Say you were a member of a social networking site
Called….ummmm….Spacelook!
And say you were also a comedian
A popular Australian comedian
KNOWN for your politically incorrect-ness
And your daughter, who’s totally hot & skinny signed you up for Spacelook
And showed you how to use it
You get the hang of it pretty quick
Start yourself a ‘fan’ page
And your mates add themselves at a rate of 500+ a day
Then on the day your page hits over 107,000 *likes*
Spacelook DISABLE your page
For violating its policies
Now I understand you need rules
You need to control the content on these kind of pages to some extent
You don’t want people being abusive or threatening
But I think you have to watch how you enforce these rules
See, comedy is a very subjective thing
And what some people find funny
Others may find it offensive
Examples of such jokes are the ones about Japan
I personally haven’t posted any
I haven’t heard any/read any that I found funny
But I’m not going to shit on your parade if you do
If I don’t like it, I just ignore them
But I don’t take offense
Because offense IS something that is TAKEN
It’s very hard to GIVE it to someone
There’s very little comedy that is intended to offend
Just like a certain Australian politically incorrect comedian
There’s no malice in what he says or does
It’s just what he finds funny
“….bought a brand new Japanese car. With only 15 nautical miles on it”
I’m like…’meh’
It certainly doesn’t bother me
Now, if some of the 107,000+ fans on your page then post their own versions of what they think is funny on your wall
Which, in my opinion, not much of it was
Should that affect ‘your’ Spacelook account?
Apparently it does
For inciting hatred
But the kicker is
It takes people to complain about it
If enough people report your comments to Spacelook as being offensive
Your account will get disabled
But these people that report you
Are *fans*
That’s how they get to read what’s on your page
So, they’re enough of a fan to *like* your page
They know what you do
Possibly even have your cds
Or maybe attended a show at some time
But now, there’s something you’ve written that they’ve taken offense to
Really?
You’ve got nothing better to do than troll through peoples Spacelook pages and report shit that doesn’t please you?
Dad Someone told me something once.,
“…don’t let people with no lives dictate how you live yours”
So yeah, maybe I’m overly pissed off about this
And Dad others couldn’t give a fuck
Why don’t these fun police spend their time dobbing in the true trouble makers?
Like the anti-muslim groups
The I hate-so & so groups
The pedophile groups
Leave the people alone, that for 27 years years have been telling the jokes that make people laugh
Sharing the stories for no other reason, than to make people happy
Except for the ONE time it didn’t
I think sites like Spacebook should examine disabling accounts more carefully
Check out who they’re really shutting down
Arsehole, mean-spirited blokes spewing hatefilled rants?
Like a lot of fucktards ARE doing with their pathetic payback for Pearl Harbour & the whales ignorant postings
Or the genuinely good blokes that are on sites like Spacelook to connect with their fans
And maybe give them a laugh every now & then
I feel a song coming on
A love song even
Dedicated to Mark Zuckerberg Dark Fuckingterd
UPDATE: one of Dad’s fans (Hi Malcolm!) has started a “BRING BACK KEV!” page
CLICK HERE to add yourself to it & feel free to share it with your friends
This should be interesting…
Put on a pair of thongs this morning and nearly threw up on myself
And by thongs, I’m talking Aussie here
That’s flip-flops to my U.S. mates
And my Pommy mates
Well, I’m pretty sure it’s never been warm enough to wear them over there
Just so you know, they are SUMMER footwear for people too lazy/cheap to buy/wear real shoes
‘Cause dude, my feet were in BAD shape
I’m talking lifetime members to skansville
Grody to the MAX!
So I decided to dust of some of my vouchers I got a while back, for the local nail place
And hoped they’d still be valid 2 years later
This is something that I would usually do on my own
Go to the nail place at the mall
Comfy massage chair
Warm water for my tootsies
Coffee
Magazine
Little snooze
But Diamond was working his arse off doing some tiling around the house
And being the champ that I pretend to be am
I was all like, SURE.…..I’ll take the girls with me
While inside, I was thinking about all those women I’d seen before
At the nail place with their kids
And I would stare at them, all what the fuck lady – you’re paying for your TODDLER to get a manicure?
Money to burn dipshit or what?
And this reminded me of all the other times that I may have been a little judge-y about peoples parenting methods
BEFORE I was a parent
Back when I knew fucking everything
So today, I was going to be one of THOSE women
Taking her 2 little girls into the nail salon
And I told myself that there was no way I was going to pay for them to have their ant sized fingernails painted
They could just sit and watch me do some colouring or read a book
I had the best intentions
Then we got there
And the lady that runs the place’s little boy, goes to school with Miss 6 and she was all, let me do their nails, they’re so cute – but I was all, well no ’cause I’m trying to prove a point here that I think women that get their little girl’s fingernails done are fucktards and I’m not sure if you’ve noticed but I am SOOO the opposite of a fucktard – but then Miss 6 & Miss 4 looked at me with those oh my God is it too late to get another Mum ’cause this one invented embarrassment pleeeease can we get our nails painted and the boss lady was all, it’ll only be $5 and I’m like $5? for both? well OK then cause my gift certificate will totally cover that ’cause you’ve been such good girls and I’m feeling a bit awesome today…
Short story?
I caved
We all got our nails done
You know what’s scary?
They were SOOO excited
Like Disneyland excited
WAH?
Does that mean I’m one of ’those’ Mum’s now?
‘Cause Miss 6 asked if we could go back & do it again
And I said SURE
When you get a job
And I suggested, well, I’m a really good nail painter
Next time I’ll do them for you at home – for FREE!
She just gave me that uuggh you’re a DORK woman GAH – I give up look
So I think I may have screwed myself
But I have a plan
I’ll tell her that if we’re going to start doing ‘special’ big girl ‘girly’ things together
We have to do ALL the girly things together
I reckon if I took them ONE time to the beautician
To observe the clearing of the forest that is my vajay jay a bikini wax
They’d be all about staying home and watching the shit out of Sponge Bob
.
Hah!
I win.