Top Ten Reasons You Should Quit Facebook
January 29, 2011
Facebook privacy policies keep going down the drain. That’s enough reason for many to abandon it. Here you will find nine more:
After some reflection, I’ve decided to delete my account on Facebook. I’d like to encourage you to do the same. This is part altruism and part selfish. The altruism part is that I think Facebook, as a company, is unethical. The selfish part is that I’d like my own social network to migrate away from Facebook so that I’m not missing anything. In any event, here’s my “Top Ten” reasons for why you should join me and many others and delete your account.
10. Facebook’s Terms Of Service are completely one-sided
Let’s start with the basics. Facebook’s Terms Of Service state that not only do they own your data (section 2.1), but if you don’t keep it up to date and accurate (section 4.6), they can terminate your account (section 14). You could argue that the terms are just protecting Facebook’s interests, and are not in practice enforced, but in the context of their other activities, this defense is pretty weak. As you’ll see, there’s no reason to give them the benefit of the doubt. Essentially, they see their customers as unpaid employees for crowd-sourcing ad-targeting data.
9. Facebook’s CEO has a documented history of unethical behavior
From the very beginning of Facebook’s existence, there are questions about Zuckerberg’s ethics. According to BusinessInsider.com, he used Facebook user data to guess email passwords and read personal email in order to discredit his rivals. These allegations, albeit unproven and somewhat dated, nonetheless raise troubling questions about the ethics of the CEO of the world’s largest social network. They’re particularly compelling given that Facebook chose to fork over $65M to settle a related lawsuit alleging that Zuckerberg had actually stolen the idea for Facebook.
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Seven Rules for Attending Baseball Games
January 12, 2011
I’m a pretty hardcore baseball fan. I’ve played and watched baseball my entire life and I love everything about it. I’m willing to bet there aren’t many people out there into our national pastime more than I am.
I’ve attended my fair share of baseball games over the years and every time I go, I always see some actions by other fans that get under my skin. Some people just don’t know the right way to watch a baseball game. When I go to games with Mrs. Sacks or my brother, I complain about these things constantly. I guess I just can’t understand how people don’t enjoy the game as much as me.
Because of this, I’ve created some rules to inform you less-passionate baseball fans out there the proper way to attend a ball game.
Rule #1: Leaving the game early is not allowed (There are only a few exceptions to this rule)
I cannot understand how people can leave a game early—especially a game that is still in question. How can you watch eight innings of a game and not see the final outcome? That’s like going to see a Broadway play and then leaving during intermission. Don’t you want to see what happens? You paid all this money. Why not get your money’s worth!?
Unlike other sports, there is no clock in baseball. The winning team has to record 27 outs. So technically, no deficit is impossible to overcome. You never know when you could be missing a historic comeback. As a very smart Yankees fan said to me at a game recently, “I don’t leave until I hear Sinatra.” Wiser words have never been spoken
As I mentioned, there are a few exceptions to this rule:
Exception #1: You have small children.
After three hours of sitting in the same seat, your children have probably lost complete interest in the game and are likely misbehaving and annoying the crap out of you. If it’s gotten to this point, you have a free pass to leave the game early.
Exception #2: The game goes into a long rain delay with your favorite team trailing by eight or more runs in the eighth inning on a freezing cold day in April, in which it’s likely the umpires will call the game early.
Those are the only two exceptions. Extra innings, traffic and getting up early are not acceptable reasons for leaving a game early.
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Bullshit Job Interview Questions and Answers
January 5, 2011
Going on a job interview is never a fun experience. It can be nerve-wracking, stressful and full of pressure. Most people are forced to resort to lying during interviews because telling the truth would reveal quite a few flaws. On the other side, the interviewer usually ask a number of bogus questions that are either totally irrelevant or require a response that will be a complete lie.
In this post, I will be listing a number of bullshit questions and answers. You’ll hear why it’s a stupid question, the bullshit response most people probably give, as well as the response most people are thinking but don’t actually say.
1. What is Your Greatest Weakness?
This is the king of bullshit questions at a job interview. In the history of job interviews, not a single person has ever told the truth. It’s a totally pointless question to ask because no one would ever give a straight answer. No one is going to be honest about their flaws on a job interview because that would severely hurt their chances of getting the job. You’re always told to say some crap you can turn into a strength such as…
What You Probably Said: I often push myself too hard. I don’t know how to balance my life because I’m a workaholic. I’m a perfectionist who has trouble accepting failure.
What You Were Really Thinking: Well let’s see. I’m really lazy. I usually stroll in to work at least 15 minutes late. I take long lunches and talk bad about my co-workers behind their backs. I am not willing to go the extra mile and I’ll spend most of my day going on Facebook and making personal phone calls.
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8 Decisions That Should Only Be Made While Sober
December 28, 2010
‘Tis the season to get wasted. It’s the time of parties and consequently, a ton of booze coming in a range of delicious traditional and festive forms. Guzzle up and avoid making these potentially catastrophic decisions while feeling warm and full of holiday beer, er, cheer.
8 Signing up for a credit card
Over-sized stadiums are the perfect places for credit card companies to find their prey. “Want this Bears beach towel — even though it’s shitty and it’ll be negative eleven degrees outside for the next three months? Sign up for a credit card! All you have to do is give me your autograph!” Jot down your info and get prepped to be bombarded with junk mail, phone calls, and mysterious statements for your foreseeable future.
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The City Of Garbage
December 19, 2010
Manshiet Nasser is a strange community in Cairo, Egypt. People call this place The City of Garbage because tons of trash come here from all over the capital of Egypt. The most unusual thing about this place is that people actually live here.
Another strange thing about Manshiet Nasser is that local residents, the Zabbaleen, including women and kids dig through the garbage looking for something to resell. About 80 per cent of this trash is recycled and resold later on.
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