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You might have noticed that the LJ NavStrip is now set to "always show" by default, and that while you can disable it on your own journal and on journals that are set to defer to your preferences, you still have to see it on the journals of people who leave it as "always show." Yes, their "always show" overrides your "never show."
I hate the NavStrip even more than I hate Beta Navigation. If you share my distaste, check out this helpful post to learn how to keep the accursed thing from appearing while you browse LJ. I feel better already!
In other news, last night I followed a link to MySpace from a tech article and I, well... I don't understand MySpace. I do not understand, yet I spent two hours going through threads in the "Physics" forum and reading the choice bits aloud to my brother. It's like eating an entire tub of cheap candy on Halloween; you know you'll be sick later, and the stuff isn't even tasty, but you can't stop. Someone said "graviproton." Ten posters claimed demonstrable psychic powers. One clever young thing explained that we all use the power of our mental energy to lift objects by creating thought-interference with the gravity fields that bind everything to the floor. And this is not even getting into Mr. "Light is a wave, not a particle AT ALL, and photons are the greatest lie of the establishment, grr." I also learned that scientists recently disproved time. Like, all of it.
Then I clicked on the "High School" forum and found an earnest post asking why emo kids act sad and suck blood and if the latter isn't kinda unhygienic. You can't find topics this beautiful even on GameFAQs.
O Internet, my Internet.
And for the uninitiated: The Adventures of Dr. McNinja.
I hate the NavStrip even more than I hate Beta Navigation. If you share my distaste, check out this helpful post to learn how to keep the accursed thing from appearing while you browse LJ. I feel better already!
In other news, last night I followed a link to MySpace from a tech article and I, well... I don't understand MySpace. I do not understand, yet I spent two hours going through threads in the "Physics" forum and reading the choice bits aloud to my brother. It's like eating an entire tub of cheap candy on Halloween; you know you'll be sick later, and the stuff isn't even tasty, but you can't stop. Someone said "graviproton." Ten posters claimed demonstrable psychic powers. One clever young thing explained that we all use the power of our mental energy to lift objects by creating thought-interference with the gravity fields that bind everything to the floor. And this is not even getting into Mr. "Light is a wave, not a particle AT ALL, and photons are the greatest lie of the establishment, grr." I also learned that scientists recently disproved time. Like, all of it.
Then I clicked on the "High School" forum and found an earnest post asking why emo kids act sad and suck blood and if the latter isn't kinda unhygienic. You can't find topics this beautiful even on GameFAQs.
O Internet, my Internet.
And for the uninitiated: The Adventures of Dr. McNinja.