The Apocalypse Will Not Be Digitized
August 20, 2015 11:39 AM Subscribe
Life After A Total Hack. "A short story about the biggest fear you don’t even know you have," by Jon Methven. As a writer friend put it, "The best thing I've read about the Ashley Madison hack was published by BuzzFeed ... Three years ago." (SLBF)
Posted in response to John Oliver's coverage of the aforementioned hack and the curious Ottowan tendency toward infidelity (supposedly one in five people, leading to Last Week Tonight's spoof tourism ad for the city, Ottawa - A Perfectly Decent Place To Fuck Your Own Spouse). None of the e-Reader links seem to work, but it's a pretty quick read.
Upon preview, DLBF - That Ashley Madison Hack Just Got Much Bigger
Posted in response to John Oliver's coverage of the aforementioned hack and the curious Ottowan tendency toward infidelity (supposedly one in five people, leading to Last Week Tonight's spoof tourism ad for the city, Ottawa - A Perfectly Decent Place To Fuck Your Own Spouse). None of the e-Reader links seem to work, but it's a pretty quick read.
Upon preview, DLBF - That Ashley Madison Hack Just Got Much Bigger
This post was deleted for the following reason: Hey, maybe better to put these in the open Ashley Madison thread. -- LobsterMitten
For a while I have been frustrated with the ubiquitous algorithms, silently running the employment scene and the not so random victimization of everyone, ultimately. But hello, why is everyone surprised by the mass social seppuku that is hanging your ragged lingerie out on the balcony for all to see? There are no secrets. We have all become chum, tapas for the bigger fish.
posted by Oyéah at 11:53 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Oyéah at 11:53 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
When Duggar was head of the FRC and had his own TV show, I thought it was perfectly fair to publicize his past immoral and illegal behavior.
Now that he is largely out of the public sphere (no TV show, not head of the FRC), I really feel like his affairs are none of my business.
I'm sure I'll feel similarly when famous people who were not public moralizers are outed by this hack.
If I see any comments on the blue about the affairs of others (who are not public moralizers), I'll be flagging them.
posted by el io at 11:58 AM on August 20, 2015
Now that he is largely out of the public sphere (no TV show, not head of the FRC), I really feel like his affairs are none of my business.
I'm sure I'll feel similarly when famous people who were not public moralizers are outed by this hack.
If I see any comments on the blue about the affairs of others (who are not public moralizers), I'll be flagging them.
posted by el io at 11:58 AM on August 20, 2015
The John Oliver piece was mildly entertaining, but can the guy not learn to tell a joke without flubbing the punchline?
posted by Nevin at 12:02 PM on August 20, 2015
posted by Nevin at 12:02 PM on August 20, 2015
Josh and his family are still crusading to stuff his bigoted cult views down the throats of other people so still deserves to be pilloried.
posted by reiichiroh at 12:09 PM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by reiichiroh at 12:09 PM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
Nevin, I posted two versions of the clip because in the LWT official version, the punchline gets cut off. In the link I've made of the slogan, the punchline is there in its entirety.
I didn't intend the Josh Duggar link as anything other than a serendipitously timed real-life version of what happened in the short story. Sorry if it started things off wrong.
posted by Devika at 12:23 PM on August 20, 2015
I didn't intend the Josh Duggar link as anything other than a serendipitously timed real-life version of what happened in the short story. Sorry if it started things off wrong.
posted by Devika at 12:23 PM on August 20, 2015
Now that he is largely out of the public sphere (no TV show, not head of the FRC), I really feel like his affairs are none of my business.
Given that the affair(s) were taking place during his time at the FRC when he was fighting against the rights of many people in the name of protecting the family, I'd say it's absolutely fair game and relevant.
Further, I'd suggest that choosing to elevate yourself to positions does make further discussion of your life open to discussion. George W. Bush doesn't get to just get to tap out and say that his life is off topic now; I'd say that being an executive at a major lobbying group does the same in the context of what they write policies on. If he were getting caught for something outside of the context of what he was involved in lobbying about (say, he got caught embezzling or driving on a suspended license), I'd say sure, give him his privacy.
But this is a group that wants teenagers to needlessly suffer and potentially die as the consequence of having sex; whether their executives can keep it in their pants is pretty germane, even after they resign in disgrace.
To return a little more to the FPP's broader topic, Cohen's The Future and Everybody Knows and various works of Ballard also tie in nicely with the fear of being exposed and without privacy.
posted by Candleman at 12:30 PM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
Given that the affair(s) were taking place during his time at the FRC when he was fighting against the rights of many people in the name of protecting the family, I'd say it's absolutely fair game and relevant.
Further, I'd suggest that choosing to elevate yourself to positions does make further discussion of your life open to discussion. George W. Bush doesn't get to just get to tap out and say that his life is off topic now; I'd say that being an executive at a major lobbying group does the same in the context of what they write policies on. If he were getting caught for something outside of the context of what he was involved in lobbying about (say, he got caught embezzling or driving on a suspended license), I'd say sure, give him his privacy.
But this is a group that wants teenagers to needlessly suffer and potentially die as the consequence of having sex; whether their executives can keep it in their pants is pretty germane, even after they resign in disgrace.
To return a little more to the FPP's broader topic, Cohen's The Future and Everybody Knows and various works of Ballard also tie in nicely with the fear of being exposed and without privacy.
posted by Candleman at 12:30 PM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
Someone brought up the Madison hack over coffee today; his thought was that AML should have operated more like some sites on the darknet does, paying for things with secondary untraceable payment methods like buying Wal-Mart gift cards for cash and then transferring the balance over to whomever required payment.
I'm just waiting to find out what hole the hackers found to swoop in, though I'm not surprised at the Duggar account thing.
posted by tilde at 12:37 PM on August 20, 2015
I'm just waiting to find out what hole the hackers found to swoop in, though I'm not surprised at the Duggar account thing.
posted by tilde at 12:37 PM on August 20, 2015
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posted by Devika at 11:45 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]