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A Checklist for the Culturally Insecure

by Maurice Fitznuggly, Culture StudiesEditor


Part III. Cyber Stuff
___ 1. Give yourself +1 for each cellphone in your household.
___ 2. Give yourself –1 for each landline over 1 in your household.
___ 3. Give yourself +1 for each broadband connection in your household.
___ 4. Give yourself +5 for each T3 connection in your household.
___ 5. Give yourself –1 for each dial-up internet access in your household.
___ 6. Give yourself +1 for each time you used Google in the last week.
___ 7. Give yourself +1 for each hand of an online card game you played in the last week.
___ 8. Give yourself +1 for each video game you have become addicted to in the last year.
___ 9. Give yourself +1 for each time you’ve look at Internet porn in the last week.
___ 10. Give yourself +1 for each of the following web sites you’ve visited in the last month: www.slashdot.com, www.metafilter.com, www.theartnewspaper.com, www.lasvegascitylife.com, www.alternet.org, www.edge.org, www.killingthebuddha.com.
___ 11. Give yourself –1 for each of the following web sites you’ve visited in the last month: www.wsj.com, www.drudgereport.com, www.fark.com, www.weeklystandard.com, www.microsoft.com.
___ 12. Give yourself +1 for each 1,000 songs your have on your iPod.
___ 13. Give yourself +1 for each p2p music file you’ve downloaded in that last week.
___ 14. Give yourself +1 for each flat-screen monitor in your household.
___ 15. Give yourself -1 for each charitable thought you’ve had about Bill Gates in the last week.
___ 16. Give yourself -1 for each negative thought you’ve had about industrial designers in the last week as you attempted to press tiny buttons on any of your essential cyber-gadgets.

Cyber Stuff Score: _____

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