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BUTTSUCKER, SUCKIN' BUTTS

The title (Dis)connected is a bit on the nose, don't you think?

She sounds like she's just a fun person to be around. Ransom Roles do a lot to humanizes their subject, but this one stands out. What a cool lady.

Where's Firefly?

Maybe if you're a hipster.

They don't even have the offices of Pierce & Pierce.

You should start playing Norwegian Black Metal to balance things out.

Man, I miss that Big Box of Paperbacks column. That was so great.

DeadMau5

I checked this article just to see if the firstie contained a Dawes reference. I was not disappointed.

Well if you're going to do it that way, you might as well exhume Freddie.

So do I!

But Jobs was a revolutionary, if not as an inventor then as a businessman. His products drastically altered the way people interact with technology. How can you deny that?

Plus, nobody wanted to eat white fruit.

Maybe the A. V. Club decided to replace the outdated "column" system with clip shows.

That movie where Vincent Gallo plays a nun.

Fuck, I still want to see this. It just looks fun.

Because he believed it would be more user-friendly in the long run if his company could pioneer touch screen technology? Just a guess.

Nah, he's the Dawes of technology.

Like it or not, creative and hard-working businessmen from Jobs to Ford to the robber barons of the twenties are directly responsible for the life of material luxury we currently enjoy. If you find the price of progress offensive, feel free to move to woods and live a pioneer lifestyle. I won't judge you, I promise.