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Positive Cynicism – Your confession is idiotic

Aaron R. Davis The newest trend for young dopes with too much time on their hands on Tumblr? Confessing. I’m not talking about actual confessions, though enough of that goes on. There are many Tumblr sites set up for people to anonymously get things off their chest that, …

Positive Cynicism – Tumblr, I’m very disappointed in you

Aaron R. Davis Last week, I extolled the virtues of Tumblr as an online neighborhood superior to other social networking platforms. In just seven days, I’ve come to realize that if it really is a neighborhood, it’s one that’s already got a serious gang problem and the local …

Positive Cynicism – But if the Internet is over, how am I writing this?

Aaron R. Davis In an interview with the Daily Mirror, pop music legend Prince declared the Internet dead. Discussing his new album 20TEN — released exclusively as a giveaway with the British newspaper — Prince opined: “The Internet is completely over. I don’t see why I should give …

Positive Cynicism – Giving credit where credit isn’t due

Aaron R. Davis Because being on Blogger, Blip, a virtual football club and Twitter apparently doesn’t give me enough on the Internet to be ambivalent about, I’m also on Tumblr. For those who don’t know, Tumblr is another blogging platform, one that’s generally devoted to pictures and short …