I think you're exactly right. In my youth, the internet was about having fun, about being INTERESTING, even if your mom or your boss wouldn't understand. And y

I think you're exactly right. In my youth, the internet was about having fun, about being INTERESTING, even if your mom or your boss wouldn't understand. And you could always just walk away from your Buffy Xanga and get into something else. Now, the language of ridiculous places like LinkedIn has become the norm, on pain of having your life derailed. "HI MY NAME IS JOHN (HE/HIM), I LIVE AND BREATHE ENTERPRISE SALES SUPPORT IN THE THRILLINGLY DYNAMIC ECOSYSTEM OF SAAS, MY DREAM EVER SINCE I WAS A CHILD WAS TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT WORK, I WEAR MANY HATS, MY DOG IS MY SON, IT WAS A BLESSING TO ATTEND THE BLACK EYED PEAS CONCERT, SINCERE THANKS TO UNITED PETROLEUM AND ALSO TO ROSA PARKS" I return again and again to the scene with the construction worker neighbor from Office Space: Peter: "does anyone ever say to you 'sounds like someone has a case of The Mondays?' Neighbor: "No, man. Shit, no, man! I believe you'd get your ass kicked saying something like that"