YES! thanks

so, since covers should have some meaning and/or connection to the content, are we left to assume this is an invitation to look at all the crap inside?

it's an interesting enough of a picture, but why?

how do you "suck at the internet?" what are you, 12?

A descent photo would help.

Now I am waiting for the "two girls, One cup" article in Lake Superior Woman.
And, Clip sucks at the internet.

Did I just hear something snap?

L2internet

Being good at the internet is not always a good thing either... I'll not do that search (hello.jpg + goatse.cx)
Timolino, not going any further with that one either :) I know when to say when, until I say now which I'm sure will come cause I just gotta know sometimes...

i suck at the internet but i am a whiz on the interwebs. must be all them tubes and whatnot.

The Internet I'm OK at. I don't know shit about the interwebs. However, Teh Internets is where I truley am proficient.

it's clip, timmy

what's that clip? timmy's stuck in the well?

It's my favorite when folks whine about how bad things suck while not doing a thing to make things better.

Don,
Are you referring to samh's diagnosis of people's internet usage? That would be hard for him to make better without running one of those TV ads about how you can unlock the interweb with these cd-roms!

Or are you talking about DLTBGYD's evaluation of the photo of the newspaper? Again, not an easy fix?

Or are you referring to the play on words allusion and critique I made of the cover art, where I was wondering what the objective was in the editorial decisions at work? I suppose I could petition to play editor for a day and learn valuable lessons about the free-newspaper industry, but even if that was the only way I'd receive answers to fairly simple questions, I wouldn't because I just don't care that much.

Please let us know what you were thinking of here so we can continue to whine in your favorite way and ensure that no one lifts a finger to make "things" better.

My favorite is: pew pew pew lazrs - QQ L2play 111111

If anyone is still confused as to what the cover is about, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goatse.cx
Or does everyone prefer these message boards remain inside jokes?

I don't know that many people are confused as to the reference/source material. I just don't understand why that reference would be put on the front cover.

Reader covers hardly ever relate to the inside content and they don't have to, it's art for art's sake. I doubt, though, that the publisher was aware this one's a dirty joke.

Goatse!!!!!!

thanks farglebargle for ruining all of the fun.

farglebargle: goatse is an inside joke, indeed. Believe me, I get no pleasure from knowing what Goatse is. I wish I didnt have that image burned in my brain. But thanks for letting everybody in on the joke, it was hard keeping it a secret from everyone since 1999.

Excuuuse me. A lot of us sucked at the internet back in 1999.

The left hand is missing a wedding ring and can therefore not be a true representation of the aforementioned Internet icon.

skull in thine anus?