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There are many things in the world that I don’t understand. I don’t understand people’s craving for religion and mythology. I don’t understand the appeal of the USA. I don’t understand the appeal of techno music. I don’t even understand the appeal of the taste of onions, or why people choose to be vegetarians.

But there are a few things that I just don’t get, and there appears to be no reason for those things. I just don’t get why the word fuck is any worse than the word orange. I don’t see why the word shit is more profane than the word love.

And what is wrong with a little harsh language and nude bodies on television, anyways? Are there little girls who would immediately become lesbians, should they see a breast on televisions? Are there little boys so vulnerable that they would immediately become homosexuals if they saw a naked penis on television?

I’m sorry, but I just don’t fucking get it. Why are we so afraid of our own bodies and our own language? Why is sex even so taboo, anyways? It is perfectly natural.

Are you afraid that kids will imitate what they see on television? The thing is, sooner or later they will see people have sex, either via the Internet, in their parents bedroom or on TV late at night. It is inevitable, and it shouldn’t be so bad or wrong.

And words, oh my… What the hell is wrong with the words bitch, fuck, cunt, twat, shit, etc.? How are they bad? The society universally accepts them as wrong, and there’s just no reason to.

If you think you can provide a carefully reasoned argument, why showing breasts or genitalia on television is wrong, or why profanity is bad, leave a comment below.

…because I sure as hell can’t.

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All photos taken with an Apple iPhone 3G
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The emotions I am feeling right now are indescribable by mere words alone. Those emotions did not come lightly.

Today, I thought about the human race, our place in the Universe. Our history, our future. And I kept thinking, that something is wrong. Something is very, very wrong.

As long as our species has existed, we have constantly killed one another. We have created ideas, ideologies, theologies and doctrines to justify killing one another. We just want each other dead. We are the only species in the world that kills one another. Why are we doing this?

From the beginning of our conscious mind, so kindly “given” to us by Evolution, we have tried to find ways to kill one another. It started off with brute force attacks, but as time advanced, those attacks became more sophisticated. We have evolved in terms of warfare, and killing each other, but we haven’t got rid of it.

We fight over superficial things, such as economy. We fight over fossil fuels, which are outdated to say the least and should have been replaced by something better years ago.

We get absolutely nothing done, and it’s all due to our idiotic beliefs that do not help us the least.

Today, I heard about the latest happenings in Texas. The texas school board have voted for the distortion of facts and history in school textbooks. They voted for the teaching of bullshit instead of Evolution. They voted for indoctrination over education.

So, yes. I’m embarrassed to be a part of this non-progressive utterly conservative idiotic species that believes 2000 year old bullshit instead of scientific facts, backed by evidence. A species so eager to get back into the dark ages. A species killing one another over religion.

I’m embarrassed to be a human being.

As you can probably see, there are a couple of advertisements on this site of mine. However, the problem with most advertisements is, they don’t work for the spot they occupy.

Let me explain. There are some ads, that work for certain types of sites. For instance, the ads that work brilliantly on blogs don’t work at all on portfolio or video sites. The ads that work on the streets don’t work on the Internet and vice versa.

On television, however, it is much worse. The ads do not fit the show they’re interrupting. I don’t care about the new BMW when I’m trying to watch Grey’s Anatomy. I don’t care about the elections when I’m trying to watch Top Gear. I don’t care about what the local equivalent of Lidl has to offer when I’m trying to watch a film. I really don’t.

And usually, the advertisement doesn’t fit the bloody market it is in? I mean, seriously, I live in a northern, very cold country. I don’t need to know which drink will keep me cool during a hot summer’s day. What I need to know is which drink will keep me from fucking dying if I take out my bins in the winter (it’s bloody  cold here during the winter).

And even if the ad fits the place, the ad is of crap quality. Seriously, how hard is it for you to produce a proper, good quality, funny ad that could actually draw people to your product, and not just piss people off?

And on television, the ads are just way too fucking loud compared to the rest of it. How hard is it for you to do it properly, without blowing out my eardrums every time the advertisements start.

How fucking hard is it to produce a proper advertisement, and not one that makes people hate your product?

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I am quite literally enraged and offended by the latest efforts by the biggest retards the society has ever seen to enforce censorship on us. I am terribly on fire.

Freedom of speech, the free circulation of ideas is what has kept our western civilisation going for all those years. I am completely, one hundred percent enraged by these people.

About a week ago, Viacom got threats from Muslim extremists, because they had depicted their prophet mohammed. Yes, only depicted. They received threats that they would end up like Theo Van Gogh. Don’t remember Theo?

Bouyeri shot Theo van Gogh eight times with an HS 2000 handgun, and Theo died on the spot. Bouyeri then attempted to decapitate him and stabbed him in the chest. Two knives were left implanted in his torso, one attaching a five-page note to his body. The note threatened Western governments, Jews and Ayaan Hirsi Ali (who went into hiding).

All because he was critical of Islam.

If that doesn’t make you filled with rage, you really must be one of them. In which case, go die somewhere in the desert, where you belong, with your worthless paedophile coward of a prophet. And I hope people draw him on May 20th, and post it to the internet, as a way of protesting against the Islam occupation of the First World. I know I will.

Yes, I said it. Don’t like it?

Fuck off. This is how it works in the first world, the thing that you are oh-so-sacredly fighting against. Someone offends you? So what. Nobody cares. You fucking crybabies.

I’m offended by many things. Blasphemy is a victimless crime.

You have no place in the first world.

Islam vs South Park

Is islam a hate crime?

DEATH THREATS TO THOSE CRITICAL OF ISLAM

And now, as a complete shock to me, my Government has blocked 175 online poker sites. Not because they were fraud sites. They were completely legal within the laws of the European Union, to which my country belongs. EU Law reigns supreme. Look, I’m not a gambler, but this is clearly censorship. And you know the worst part? They left one major one unblocked. Guess which one? The biggest one in Estonia: Olympic.

Yes, Estonian government. I am accusing YOU of  possibly accepting bribery from Armin Karu/Olympic Group. Bring me to court for libel? No, it is just an accusation. It may not be this way, but for some reason I think it is.

I am standing up against censorship, against your pointless efforts on restricting the free Internet. This site is based somewhere where free speech matters. I don’t care about your pointless efforts.

I am blaming you for not doing what is right. I am blaming you.

The only thing you can do in a crisis is raise taxes, so that you could still “drive” that 2009 BMW Luxury car with your drivers. That is all you are good for, you worthless pieces of scum up there in Toompea.

I am blaming you, yes, you, Government of Estonia for screwing up the lives of ordinary Estonians. The Liberal Centre party’s advertisement “Ansip [the prime minister] has a Job. You don’t. He’s fine with it” is actually pure, 100% truth, and you know it. You raise the VAT when people are quite literally starving because they don’t have a job, and that is YOUR fault, for not taking action when YOU were supposed to. Shops can’t raise the prices because they would lose customers, but they will have to let people go because of the raising of the VAT.

You live on Western European wages, and have drivers, personal assistants, expensive cars… All you do is make poor decisions.

You, you incompetent pricks we have for Ministers and Prime Ministers. I am ashamed as an Estonian to be represented and ruled by you. I am ashamed that we have elected such terrible, worthless pieces of scum as our parliament.

It’s your call. Shut me up? The world will know and you will go down.

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There are a lot of things wrong with the iPad, mainly the fact that it doesn’t have flash, or a front-facing camera. These are the two main complaints about the iPad that I have heard. The present lack of multitasking is an issue for some, but not for others.

But that’s not the reason the iPad hasn’t been that much of a success. The problem with the iPad, is timing. To launch a completely new type of product during the recession is not the greatest business plan, not even for Apple. People just don’t have the money to buy one. You could argue that $500 or $629 (3G) is cheap for an Apple product, but not really. It lacks basic features of a computer, and it also lacks a phone function, which makes it useless in case of emergency….

It’s not especially good at anything, nor is it very bad at anything either, but still.

Science. What wonders has it given us…

Thanks to science we can work out exactly when solar eclipses happen. Thanks to science we can work out exactly, what would happen if we pushed a car off of a ski jump.

Thanks to science we know what the sun is made of. Thanks to science we have been in outer space, and thanks to science we know it even exists. Thanks to science we know that Earth is a sphere. Thanks to science we know how far the sun is. Thanks to science we know that E=MC². Thanks to science we know the speed of light, or that light even has a speed. Thanks to science we know that white light consists of a spectrum of 7 colours…

Thanks to science we know what you and me are made of, and how we evolved to become the intelligent species and wonderful species we are.

Thanks to science we know that we are all simply collections of atoms, doing our thing on a rock, floating through space, invisibly attached to a big ball of flaming gases, via a force called gravity.

Thanks to science, we know everything we know.
And religion? It hasn’t given us anything. At all.

A moral code is not a wonder. We can have morality without religion. It’s called common sense.

The belief in something unprovable is not a wonder. Stop for a second, and think how mad the idea of religion actually sounds?
It tries to compete with science, but it doesn’t give out any evidence. It’s complete and utter bullsh*t. It hasn’t advanced in 2000 years (well, the major religions at least).

It’s the most conservative thing on this planet.

“God” is NOT an answer. It is the opposite of an answer. It is the denial of admittance that the answer is unknown.

Science knows it doesn’t know everything. Otherwise, it would stop.

Science trumps everything.

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