10/06/21 Show 71 : Operation Shutdown

The Gerard Cosloy Radio Hour (That Feels Like Two Hours)

Whether it had anything to do with this program’s staggering popularity or it was a purposeful, malicious act on the part of a rogue state or an ransom-minded hacker, we’ll never know for certain. What we have learned, however, is that Monday’s Mixcloud outage is a cautionary tale for a modern society far too obsessed with convenience. For instance, when was the last time you sought out someone whose slights, real or imagined, have caused you profound psychic damage. And I don’t mean hacking their linked in account, I’m talking about old fashioned legwork. Follow them home. Key their car. Replace their pet anaconda with one that won’t come when called. Anything, heck, EVERYTHING, to reduce your pathetic, lemming-like devotion to Mixcloud. As the Lewd once sang, it’s time to FREE YOURSELF. Alright, they really sang, “Kill Yourself”, but think of how much more successful that song would’ve been has they opted for a more positive message