Retailers up and down the internet have reported a busy Christmas Day as people looked for another way to avoid prolonged contact with loved ones. It is thought that in the modern world of ever decreasing attention spans, most people can tolerate 1 hour 30 minutes of interaction with humans before needing to check Facebook and Twitter, and spend money they haven’t got online.
Posted: Dec 26th, 2011
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‘By comparing profile information, smiley face usage and posts about their horoscope, we can tell you which people you might as well cut dead now.’
Posted: Dec 13th, 2011
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‘If a pharaoh wanted to let his friends know how he was, he’d just instant message them by carving a status update like ‘wavy line, owl, big eye, smiley face’ onto his wall.’
Posted: Sep 27th, 2011
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Train services from Liverpool Street were severely disrupted last night by the unprecedented absence of anarchic gangs engaging in unexpected organised dance. The “flashmob” phenomenon has become an integral part of daily commuter life in the capital, a tradition which dates back hundreds of years if a scene in the Bayeux Tapestry has been accurately [...]
Posted: Dec 15th, 2010
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Google said it didn’t like hanging with China and doing shit because it was like too clingy and kept telling Google what to do ‘n shit.
Posted: Dec 7th, 2010
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