Two New Metaphorical Terms
by tino, Tuesday March 20th 2007, 22:18
Filed under: Random Interesting Thing

Both in the same vein:

Turnpike Sushi: something that’s needlessly posh or complicated, offered in place of something that’s humbler but better because it’s within the capabilities of the person or business offering it. The inspiration was sushi in the service areas along the Pennsylvania Turnpike; you might, if they put some effort into it, be able to get a decent hamburger along the turnpike. Instead of putting the effort into that, though, they put the effort into offering horrible sushi.

Metaphorical example: that guy playing the grand piano in the middle of the mall. Better that they should use piped-in music and use the space for sofas.

Banana Saw: a piece of technology that actually makes things worse, not better, when used as directed. Inspired by this Rambo-style knife Nicole handed me to cut up a banana.

Metaphorical example: electronic voting machines.

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  • Fucking Ads
    by tino, Friday March 02nd 2007, 12:10
    Filed under: Advertising, General Idiocy, Media

    Do you see a way to get rid of this ad that popped into view? I don’t:

    200703021208

    Unless I’m really, really interested in the article, I’m just going to leave when something like this happens, rather than puzzle out how to dismiss the ad. And if it happens often enough, I’m going to avoid the site in the first place — or beef up my ad filters. Attempting to show me ads that are too intrusive and rude will result in me attempting to block all your ads.

    Incidentally, if I click on ‘Click Here’, nothing happens, probably because the developers of the ad only thought about Internet Explorer.

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