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A funny contradiction

We all know what the FCC is, right? Well, if you don’t, then here’s the gist of it:

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. The FCC’s jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions.

Right, so there’s a communications regulation agency of the U.S. government. They handle things like what can be said or displayed on public television (television that doesn’t need a subscription; for example, Cartoon Network can be viewed for free, whereas you have to pay extra for Showtime). The contradiction is this video:

If you click on it, it says you must be over 18 to view it. Funny… it’s a television ad. The FCC approved of it, yet some silly monkey went and marked the video as adult content. It’s funny what some people do, don’t you agree?

One reason why Internet Slang is required

Have you ever read the comments on websites such as YouTube or any type of site that allows users to post a comment? There is someone that will always like Internet Slang (lol, ya, np, etc.), and, likewise, there is always someone, or some people, to flame him/her. I agree, it is annoying. However, I’ve just had a lesson pounded into me while playing Mabinogi.

You may remember Mabinogi from my previous post. My character can handle all wolves, excluding wolves more powerful than a white wolf. Well, I was killing wolves and… got killed trying to finish one off. A good-hearted chap wanted to revive me, but… the problem was, I’ve never typed a message while I was dead - in fact, I didn’t know how to! So, he asked if I needed help, I couldn’t respond (trust me, I tried to answer with a “Yes!”) and he left. I then revived at the city and immediately went back to where I died to apologize for not replying (from his perspective, I was ignoring him) and what do you know: he was almost dead. So, I save him. He gives his thanks and this is where I learn a lesson: I tried to reply, but given my fanatical anti-1337speak attitude, he left before I could even finish what I was typing. Probably thought I was ignoring him again. So, I said “Screw it,” logged off and then came on here.

I’m not sure if it was a girl or a boy, so I just use “him” (and other forms) as a gender-neutral pronoun. His character was a boy, though.

Drieick