Rip Haywire by Dan Thompson for May 02, 2018

As do I, Ripcord, as do I…and sadly, as a writer and a sociologist, the onus is on me to study what makes them tick.

Driven to dillettantism as they are, my research and temperaments lead me into studying how fan domains, or fandoms, are taking on a structure akin to religion and mythology, which itself has developed an analogue in fan fiction.

Is it odd that despite being born in 1991, I do not share their attitudes, temperaments, or even interests?

Maybe it’s because I’m an academic, even though I’m still technically a student.

Maybe this is my M.N. Srinivas moment. Maybe I can finally understand them, be the missing link between them and their forebears, and I just hope that my thesis on the millennials and their successors the linksters can have the same significance as “Religion and Society Amongst the Coorgs of South India.”

(@Dan ThompsonLook it up. It’s one heck of a read.)

Rip may be, er…blind, but his tear ducts still work!

“Stop giggling, Mister! This isn’t FUNNY!”

“Sorry, my knuckles can’t help it.” ;-)

So, all it takes is one skinny blindfold and your nearest and dearest won’t recognize you or the dog? Nearest and dearest are kinda dumb.

I hear Ripster, people I work with are addicted to their cell’s and cannot wait to sneak a text.

Being this addicted to social media is almost as dumb as disguising oneself as a blind shepherd by wearing a blindfold. Dumber still, the mooks who fall for the disguise.

KA-FACEBOOK! To be honest, if you’re not on Facebook, you’re not missing much. Just another waste of time.

Facebook… Taking over people’s lives since 2004.

Poor cellphone zombie! :(