Thank Grog It’s Firday!
I mean it. I am really, really glad that it is Firday…as I really, really, really need a(nother) drink. Lucky for us, this latest update is ALL about drinking, and carousing, and getting pounded…as is our right to do! It is protected by our Constitution…right? Or it was…until it wasn’t…and then was again. No wonder Homer feels the need to make his own bathtub gin.
But, the real reason that I am in need of some liquid diversion, is that yet once again, someone(s) decided it was important to “school us” on the annoying nature of the ads that pop up when you use this site. And while Alissa is generally more inclined to try to explain the “why we use WordPress” and why we have ads to help pay the freight in a nice way… I am more inclined to revert to my CrankyOldGuyness…and remind people that NOTHING is free. Nothing.
This game isn’t free (although you can play for free if you are willing to not place any value on your time). This site isn’t free (although the advice and entertainment we dispense doesn’t cost you a nickle). And, being part of a community isn’t free, even though you do have the option of sitting in the corner and just taking the assets that are offered by others, without contributing.
But, even more important…there is a true VALUE on what those “annoying ads” provide to the team here, as well as many, many others who benefit.
This is the chance to just move on…or perhaps treat the rest of this post like you would an “ad blocker,” (which is always an option if you are annoyed by ads). Because, I am about to be really, really, really honest about why we do what we do…and for whom.
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