For me, my three and half years at UL have felt a lot like riding the Tower of Terror at Disney World; there’s been a lot of very high highs, deep low lows, and overall, I’m just ready to get off this stupid ride. So if I have to ride this stupid ride, I’m going …
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The Internet is an Ugly Place
“Why are we on this planet? Why are people here? Why do we lead our pointless lives? We are on Earth to make Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg richer.” Personally, if there is any quote that sums up Jared Kobek’s outlook on society and the internet, I would think it is this one. In his …
Watch it Fall Apart
This semester has been a wild ride, and one might not quite understand quite what I mean because they haven’t seen or gone through it with me. On that note, with this free verse poem, I attempt to take the reader on a journey through my final fall semester. Because the poem is made of …
Let’s Get it On (Safely and Responsibly)
Most people know the story of Adam and Eve. They’re put in the garden, Eve eats a forbidden fruit, and everything goes to absolute hell, am I right? Stupid Eve just had to go and make bad decisions, and now the entire world is terrible. Sounds familiar? Well actually, this story sounds a lot like …
I’m Goingggggg Though Changessssss (In My Writing)
Writing is a very personal thing. When looking at my own writing, there are very clear patterns with the way I write that change from device to device, from assignment to assignment, and even person to person. Depending on who I’m talking to, what I’m assigned to do, or what I’m writing on, my writing …
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Robots Give Bad Hugs
The poor guy looks so uncomfortable… Robots don’t give very good hugs; they’re too metallic, cold, and hard. On the opposite end of the spectrum, as a teacher intern myself, I have been told by many of my students that I give some of the best hugs. There is a certain quality that robots will …
Literature Killing the Internet = Millennials Killing Chain Restaurants
Dang, we kill everything. To me, “The internet is killing literature” argument has the same ring to it as the “Millennials are killing the chain restaurant industry,” argument. We’ve all heard it, “millennials are no longer buying diamonds,” and “millennials don’t care about paper napkins,” and usually people ignore the fact that maybe millennials are …
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Literature & the Internet 