Author Archives: Giolla

An open letter to the UK Internet

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To all my friends and the rest of the Internet in the UK,  It probably hasn’t escaped your attention that in a few months time we’re going to be having one of those general election things. In theory, this gives us a chance to change who governs us, the direction the country is going in and all that sort of good stuff. Generally speaking, I don’t think we have a very good track record with this; in part, I think because we’re too afraid of the wasted vote boogeyman – however, to improve our track record it would probably be … Continue reading →

The years news in cards against humanity

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As other people have observed this year has been the year of the offended and looking back through all the stories I’ve muttered about here or over on Facebook the amount of offense taken this year has been quite impressive. So what better way to look back at the years news and all that offense than with the Anonymong 2014 review Cards Against Humanity? See how many stories you recognise, remind yourself of who offended who and why, plus a few other things that happened. Plus of course mix up the stories in new and even more offensive fashions. It’s … Continue reading →

Facebook blackout day

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Recently Facebook started enforcing its real names policy, in a particularly cack handed fashion. Facebook has for an awfully long time had an “authenticate name policy. It’s a slightly confused policy as it states: “The name you use should be your authentic identity; as your friends call you in real life and as our acceptable identification forms would show.” But the types of ID they accept are basically state ID of your current legal name which often is the name “your friends call you in real life”. Add to this a very healthy dose of American cultural assumptions to what … Continue reading →