ADOBE FLASH PLAYER UPDATES: THE PESTS OF THE NET

It seems like every day that the dopes of ADOBE have to come pestering:

YOUR FLASH PLAYER IS OUT OF DATE.

Yeah? What great improvements have you made on it...TODAY?

So now I have to stop what I'm doing, shut off the Internet, re-start for you retards, even though I keep ticking the box for automatic changes?

No matter what happens, I'm assured that very soon, I'll get another pest-message from these assholes.

That's the wonderful Internet:

"Let's create a brave new world! You can get anything you want. FREE! You don't need postage stamps. You can pester dozens of friends at the same time with e-mail. You pay ALL your bills online. You can "friend" thousands of strangers who won't be there when you need them. Did we mention you get stuff FREE? Like porn, and stolen music and movies? FREE! You won't be able to live without it, will you?"

No.

Most of us can't do without the FUCKING INTERNET now. We bank online. We shop online. A lot of us work for Internet-related companies, or know people who do. We're dependent on the fucking Internet. How nice: "Have your life revolve around a totally unstable, easily corrupted and hacked INTERNET."

The monster called The Internet is now the biggest part of our lives. We put Mom & Pop stores out of business. We don't go to movies. No record shops. Long lines at the few post offices. Everybody's on their cell phone. Everyone has APPS. Giant faceless companies that you can't contact now tell you what to do.

Even better...hackers tell you what to do. Hackers steal your identity. Hackers bully and threaten you. And if not hackers, then crackpot assholes you met in forums or who lurk on FARCEBOOK to come after you for having a different opinion on something or other.

Then you have asshole corporations from Apple to YouTube to eBay to your bank — who all conspire to make you do it THEIR way, and there's nobody to complain to. Got a problem, like "Apple has decided to block YouTube" or "Amazon is refusing to sell the new book you want?" Fuck off.

And now the dream is a nightmare. Any day now, some "virus" is going to fuck you up. Some "glitch" will wreck your life. A "pfishing" trip or some "spoof" could drive you over the edge.

It started with little things. Like, "Install the latest version of ADOBE FLASH PLAYER."