An Hour and a Half to Kill

Remember way back when I posted about Facebook Stalking?

And then again about Coketalk?

I have some insight to connect those two, believe it or not. Well, kind of. Whatever.

The fact of the matter is, our society today is primarily internet-based. The ability to anonymously connect with people from (literally) all over the world is something unique to our generation. This anonymity basically gives us free reign to talk about whatever the hell we want, and no one can say anything about it. Given, not every single person chooses to be anonymous over the internet, but those who do are granted enormous freedom. It takes freedom of speech to entirely new levels, never attained by anyone before. We are, in essence, the technology generation. So many technological innovations are specific to our generation, from the personal computer, to the iPod, to cellphones, and all of the social networking sites to connect to through those devices, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr.

Coketalk encompasses every single one of these. She combines innovative thought, anonymity, and technology all in one beautifully crass advice column/blog/Twitter. Originally, her advice column was a Tumblr, with no profit. She recently got a gig with The Daily, an iPad specific newspaper as an advice columnist in Dear Coquette, remaining anonymous, even to her employers.

And throughout all of this, she remains an amazing writer. She appeals to a specific niche of young people, atheist pro-choice liberals who love indie films, irony, and aren't hipsters. Her voice is perfect on so many levels -- she says what most of us are thinking, and if we're not, you will after reading it.

Seriously, I want a shirt that says "What would CokeTalk do?"

My idol. Girl crush. Whatever.