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Tom Brosz — 9/8/2006 6:51:59 PM (archived)

It doesn't take much time on the internet to realize the enormous amount of time people are spending on completely obscure things.

Check this out. (Careful, it has sound).

There's MERCHANDISE. Cafepress.com has made it possible for ANYBODY to sell T-shirts.

Multiply this kind of thing by a million. There is no subject so bizarre, so out in left field, that at least one person isn't spending half his frigging LIFE documenting it in excruciating detail on the net. The good news, of course, is that if you want to find out something obscure, hey, it's out there somewhere. Guaranteed.

It raises uncomfortable questions. How much productivity is going into these things? More important: what the hell were these people doing with themselves before the Internet? Some form of activity in the world must, by definition, be declining precipitously in recent years. Which ones?

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AmericaWeakly - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2006 3:23:12 AM
- Some people really have too much time on their hands (n/t) - Laurie Street - 9/8/2006 5:30:12 PM
  - That's a whole thread to itself. - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2006 6:51:59 PM
    - Screw the productivity - ER - 9/8/2006 11:48:19 PM
      - How to sit at home and still go out - Lindy - 9/9/2006 2:01:39 AM
        
        I think Lindy's nailed it. - Tom Brosz - 9/9/2006 2:17:16 AM

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