That's kind of a cruel post title, isn't it? Okay, so let's get this out of the way: no, I'm still not giving up on Mattress Police. Ideas for stupid little essays keep popping into my head, and as long as that keeps happening, this blog will keep going. Yay!
Yes, I realize this will decimate the H-B/B-S community, and that charging for such a service is an ABSOLUTE OUTRAGE. You can protest this change by
signing up for a $20 subscription. Non-paying protesters will be ignored or mocked mercilessly.
Why, here's one now, with his response to an email I sent to H-B members regarding this change:
I am so sorry. I make no money from my blogging. I blog for pleasure, I steadfastly refuse to click on adsense and the like, I refuse to have adsense and the like associated with my blogs. I blog for pleasure. My blogging takes about an 8 hour day to complete. I have never paid for anything on the internet and I never will, IMHO if it's there its public domain. I am removing all reference to Humor-Blogs and Blog-Storm from my sites. Please close my account. I am un-subsribing from your e-mails. I anticipate I will not be the only one. For me this is a sad day as I have enjoyed my association with you. I am not in favor of commerce in blogging, even though I have not been that active.
For those of you who don't speak Techno-Utopian in the Moron dialect, here's a translation:
I think the Internet is run by fairies who provide server space, software development and network bandwidth for free to all the good children of the world. I blog for pleasure, by which I mean that nobody reads my blog. Did I mention that I blog for pleasure? Yep, not a single reader. Furthermore, the fact that I spend 8 hours a day developing shitty content that no one wants entitles me to take content from anyone else on the Internet. This is not stealing because if it were stealing, it would be much harder to do, and somebody would probably stop me. I have never paid for anything on the Internet, because I think that artists, writers and musicians get paid way too much already. When I buy books and music, I buy it from my local retailer, where I can be assured that 95% of the money I spend goes to someone other than the actual content producer. Content on the internet should not be monetized, by which I mean GIMME IT FOR FREE.
It's a truly ascetic life Mr. Public Domain leads, taking advantage of free services while forbidding himself from doing anything to support them. I understand that he also abstains from alcohol, tobacco and red meat unless someone else is paying for them. Jackass.
If you have a site listed on Humor-Blogs.com or Blog-Storm.com, please support the sites by
going here to sign up for a one year membership. If it's not worth it to you to pay $20 to keep your site listed, that's totally okay with me -- just keep in mind that it's worth even less to me, especially if you're a jackass. :)
Oh, I almost forgot:
if you sign up before Oct. 1, I will throw in a free copy of my novel, Mercury Falls! With shipping, that's a $15 value! (This offer is only available in the U.S. If you've already pre-ordered MF and want to apply your purchase toward your membership, email me at diesel -at- mattresspolice.com).
Thanks!