Thanks for the new round, Oliveriver.
AGAINST: Writing
People think writing is fun, but I don’t think so. It’s a long, grueling task which consists of repeatedly rubbing a graphite stick encased in a wooden shaft on a piece of wood pulp over and over, using specific symbols to give meaning to your lines, until the symbols are put together in such a way that they imbed thoughts into the poor sap that decided to start deciphering the symbols in the first place.
Sounds overwhelming when I put it like that, right? And typing isn’t any better. The graphite stick becomes buttons with the symbols on them, and the paper becomes the computer screen, which is essentially a bunch of light bulbs that light up or not, according to the computer commands, to create different images with 3 simples colours: red, green and blue. Although the proper shade would rather be magenta cyan and green, RGB is more common.
And with computer colours, come printers. Ah, printers. Where to begin? How about with the monopoly of the ink industry, which is the reason why replacing ink cartridges costs more than the printer itself. Speaking of printer cartridges, let’s discuss HP’s shameful business practices. Looking past the overpriced cartridges, let’s look at “expiry dates”. Why would cartridges expire? Is it so they force a constant demand on the market? NoOo, they would never do that! Instead, they force your ink cartridges to idly drain themselves while not in use inside the printer, which will refuse to function if the ink level is under 25% capacity, which sure is a waste, considering they are ONE USE.
My points have been stated, writing is awful and sinful because rubbing graphite on mashed wood paste gave life to a disgusting market of awful corporations. You are now free to burn all your work as an attempt to boycott writing.
Prompts:
AGAINST: Mugs
FOR: Deleting YouTube
AGAINST: Prison