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Oh the irony
07 Jan 2005 by Jason Fried
I’m aware this is a tough one to explain away, but I happened to find myself on a page detailing the age of consent in Arkansas. It was research for a bit of a joke that needed to be factually correct. I know, tasteless. Anyhow…
The irony on this page is overwhelming. Ok, they’re talking about rape and consent at the age of 14, but there’s a Viagra and “Cool Teen Sites” ad at the top and happy flowers and waterfalls behind the state logo. It’s all too much.
8 comments so far (Post a Comment)
07 Jan 2005 | Don Schenck said...
All I gotta say is "Start explaining, Jason!". :-)
07 Jan 2005 | SH said...
All I can say is the joke was funny, and the website is sad.
07 Jan 2005 | Darrel said...
Arkansas has the internet now?
07 Jan 2005 | pb said...
I got this "world brothels" ad!
http://coolteensites.net/cgi-bin/bi2.cgi?a=11p1&s=468x60
07 Jan 2005 | haha said...
Darrel, that was funny!
07 Jan 2005 | Tony said...
These websites remind me of something I read:
Follow the Bouncing Malware - Part I http://isc.sans.org//diary.php?date=2004-07-23
Here are links to all five parts:
http://t-mix.blogspot.com/2005/01/follow-malware.html
08 Jan 2005 | laur said...
I got the World Brothels ad too. Sick.
10 Jan 2005 | hartmurmur said...
So what was the joke?
