A billion or so years ago, in a conversation with a now-deceased friend (and probably just about the last actual friend I will ever have in this world now that I think about it) in the earliest days of convergence and connectivity that has evolved into the Internet-We-No-Longer-Recognize-But-Cannot-Live-Without, we spoke of the missing 'killer app' aspect of it all so far.
Earlier, in the era of videotape, Betacam a technically superior, in terms of resolution and stability, video format lost out to VHS primarily because the latter's storage capabilities were monstrous in comparison to the former. And the folks who made porno videos took quick advantage.
Neither of us was saying that porn could/should or would rule the internet though at times it seems like maybe it does, but beyond the pale uses certainly took up a lot of bandwidth and helped a lot of folks who had trouble talking find something to say. For a moment, two guys in New London County, Connecticut seemed pretty smart.
And then one of them fell asleep in his chair after an early-morning workout session on his treadmill and never woke up and here I am, learning about audio smut, which sounds like a very much in character caustic descriptive I would deploy but it's more of an open-minded summary.
Talk about a fine line between an orgasm and an eargasm.
And I'd been wondering why sales of hearing aids, headphones, and earbuds were trending up, sometimes triple-digit increases, in recent years. Just when I'd thought I'd heard everything.
-bill kenny
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