You’ve gotta be a princess bride fan to truly appreciate this piece of flair I found on Facebook today:

…but in case you aren’t, the remainder of that line would be

…I do not think it means what you think it means.

So I read this post today, and it really got me irked. Apparently John McCain (rather astutely) observed that illegal immigrants do our nation a great service because they’re actually willing to do many jobs that Americans would refuse to do.

Then, Sensico posts a link to the video, outraged that McCain would essentially call Americans lazy, because McCain states that even if they were offered $50/hr to do so, Americans wouldn’t ever pick lettuce in Yuma during the summer. (If you’ve missed it, as Sensico obviously did, this is hyperbole. Offering $50/hr to pick lettuce would cause the price of Lettuce to hit about $15/head.) Sensico says:

You don’t understand how much I want to yell out MCCAINS AN ELITIST. I can’t believe McCain would basically call Americans lazy and then offers $50…

And then, here’s the priceless bit. TWO PARAGRAPHS LATER:

I for one would never pick lettuce because Im not used to manual labor,

THAT’S THE EXACT POINT JOHN MCCAIN WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE!!!!! <sigh> How do you even try to reason with this?

edit:
Just to clarify, my point here is not to defend the ways in which Americans take advantage of illegal immigrants in order to maximize their own profits: the Bible is quite clear on this, that it’s absolutely despicable. (Read James 5 among others) My points are that:

1. Many Americans are proud and lazy
2. Many immigrants work very hard and get NO appreciation or respect
3. Some Americans like to ignore both of these facts and yell very loudly about their own “rights”
4. McCain is astute enough to recognize this, and
5. A lot of the most vocal people on the internet don’t understand common literary devices such as hyperbole: I still think that the blogosphere is going to destroy civilization.

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They come up with ideas like the name of this MP3 Player

So, Apple currently doesn’t offer an (easily) upgradable PC (as in “personal computer”, not “Windows Computer”) that’s affordable to the mainstream. To upgrade a Mac Mini requires a few putty knives, a lot of determination, acute care, and nerves of steel. To upgrade anything else they make (Besides the $2800+ Mac Pro) is pretty much impossible.

Some people don’t like this: after all, why should I have to buy a whole new computer every time I want to add another Hard Drive, or get a faster graphics card? And speaking of graphics cards…why should I have to buy a computer with a built-in monitor (iMac) or shell out nearly $3000 (Mac Pro) if I want to play a 3D shooter or two? Select any $800 windows box, spend $140 on a GFX card, and you’re rocking some decent fun!

Yet, because the EULA on OSX does not allow for installation on hardware that isn’t “Apple-labeled” (whatever that means), no one else can sell computers to install OSX on. And yes, OSX is worth installing.

All of that is (possibly) about to change.

Actually, it most probably will not change, but Psystar is going to try to sell non-Apple computers with OSX Preinstalled. Wait for it, wait for it…

Lawsuit.

Personally, I think this is awesome. Allow other people to enjoy the goodness of OSX without being constrained to a chioce between 5 or 6 different computer models. Let competition do its thing. But, alas, Apple will probably throw a ton of money at the justice system and just out-litigate Psystar. <sigh> As usual, the whole situation can be aptly summed up by Dumb and Dumber:

Lloyd: What do you think the chances are of a guy like you and a girl like me…ending up together?

Mary: Not good.

Lloyd: You mean, not good like one out of a hundred?

Mary: I’d say more like one out of a million.

Lloyd: So you’re telling me there’s a chance. Yeah!

Josh, who is much more of a creative guy, challenged me to sum up my life in 6 words. It’s tough to do, but this is what has come to me so far. There’s so much missing, but so much here.

(oh, if you’re using Internet Explorer 6 or lower, this will look like crap. You should upgrade to Mozilla Firefox today so you can experience the internet like it was meant to be seen)