From jaguar@claw.wimsey.com Thu Jul  7 10:20:29 PDT 1994

jordanl@teleport.com (Jordan C. Lund) writes:
>       I sat here watching some moron use his time on public television 
>to show nude women and repeatedly print the words "muffburger", "shit", 
>"fuck", etc. etc. on the screen and I was thinking that moronic people 
>sure waste a lot of time, energy and "OPM" (Other Peoples Money) just 
>trying to rile other people up and draw attention to themselves.

Truly the best example of this was the hilarious Kids in the Hall sketch,
entitled Screw You Taxpayer!  (Really only relevant to us Canucks, since our
tax dollars go to support the CBC, which then supports local talent like the
Kids)

Bruce: "Oh, look at this overly expensive prop!  WHOOPS!"

KA-CHING! KA-CHING!

SCREW YOU, TAXPAYER!

(Entire audience holds up fistfulls of bribe money)

(in unison) SCREW YOU, TAXPAYER!

Seeing that one sketch made even all the boring things that Adrienne Clarkeson
Presented worthwhile.  Hell, it even made up for Ralph Benmergui, whose name
I still cannot spell, and who made me pine for the days of really good talk
show hosts like Pat Sajak and Alan Thicke.

>       Now I find out about Kibology. 

Congratulations.

Welcome to Usenet.

Now go home.(tm)(R)(c)1994.

>       What is the problem here? You guys have access to what is 
>arguably the most astouding construction in the history of mankind and 

Wow.  I'm absolutely amazed to think that you consider Usenet to be the
most astounding construction in the history of mankind.  And to think,
tonight I can go to bed and think: "alt.fan.jeremy-reimer is one small 
part of the GREATEST, most ASTOUNDING construction in the HISTORY of
MANKIND!  UNALTERED REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this IMPORTANT
INFORMATION is ENCOURAGED!"

No, really.  Usenet _can_ and is used for discussion of serious topics
and the free spread of ideas, and all that other nonsense.  You see,
they have groups for the serious stuff, like alt.folklore.computers,
rec.arts.prose, and alt.fan.lemurs.  There _are_ places where people
can be pretentious and radical and cyberpunkian and all that.  Then
there are the places where we make fun of them, like here.

alt.religion.kibology started because it was about Kibo.  But it has
gone beyond that.  a.r.k. is like a microcosm of the Net-- any thread
really bizarre, really outrageous, and above all anything that seems
to be taking itself too seriously has a good chance of finding its way
here.  Instead of reading the entire Net, like Dave DeLaney, it is
sometimes easier just to read a.r.k. instead.  There are some oddities,
like John_-_Winston, and Leader Kibo himself often joins in the fun
giving us free samples of his wit and Generation-Pu type world view,
which often involves massive quantities of really bad science fiction.

If it is to your taste, enjoy, if not, why read it?  Go enjoy the fun
in the Star Trek groups, where there are only serious discussions, like
where to find those essential nude photos of Marina Sirtis.

>you waste it with nonsense like this? You should all have the good sense 
>to be ashamed of yourselves, but I am sure you do not and will 
>relentlessly flame me instead.

The Wise Zen Kibo Master Says: One being's waste is another's pleasure,
and that's why newsreaders and killfiles were invented.  So drink your
Tetley Tea and relax, it's only Usenet.

                        -- Jeremy "OS/2ibo" Reimer

Completely uninvolved in the Imminent Death of the Net since 1989.