Is voter apathy evidence of a working democracy?

Some people say* voter apathy is a terrible sign of the public’s disconnect with politics. Writers claim that the diminishing turnout for elections is evidence that we, the people, have lost faith in the political establishment that only seems to service their own interests. Meanwhile, us poor, poor should-be voters feel that it’s pointless to even try and stop the eternal tide of awfulness turning this once green and pleasant land into an Islamotastic homopot of benefit-scrounging polar bears – or something.

To be uncharacteristically blunt, it’s said that there are less people bothering to vote because they feel let down by the corrupt politicians.

I’d like to offer an alternative theory.

I suffer from social media schizophrenia

After almost a decade of unleashing myself on the information super highway, I’ve developed more identities than Jason Bourne and signed up to more social media sites than I even know exist (sounds impossible, but it’s true). At first, I think I wanted to keep these identities distinct for a reason. Over time however, I’ve completely forgotten what that reason might have been. The problem of having such multiple personalities is that (if I want to gain as much exposure on the web as possible and keep each identity sufficiently vibrant) I’m essentially tripling my workload – or spreading my content thin. On the other hand, if I try to integrate all the varying identities there’s the risk of causing confusion. It’s a tricky problem.

Jennifer’s Body review – Amanda Seyfried rules, Megan Fox drools (blood, that is)

Image credit: Dead Fox by JT-Pixel

Before we begin, let me get this out of the way:

Megan Fox is hot. Truly hot. Astoundingly hot. If you thought she looked good in Transformers and, um, Transformers 2, you haven’t seen anything yet. I was genuinely agog during some of her best moments. And there isn’t much time wasted between those moments. This film is stuffed full of scenes designed solely to show some oogleable aspect of – well, the title kinda gives it away. Let me not stress this enough: Megan Fox is fit.

Good. I’ve said it. Now, I can get on with the movie review.

Se7en: the top secret alternative ending – exclusively revealed by Crunkfish

Exclusively revealed: the hidden alternative ending to Se7en (spoiler alert should go without saying). Presented here is an exact copy of what was in the original script…

[Morgan Freeman opens up the box and, holy shit!, it's Gwyneth Paltrow's head! He rushes back to Kevin Spacey talking crap about envy and whatnot to Brad Pitt. Will he make it in time before Brad gives in to wrath and shoots Spacey in the face!?]

Tory Europhobe wants to teabag you and your country

If you’re a huge fan of populist ignorance (as I am), you’ll love Daniel Hannan’s inauguration of the British Tea Party. This toothless vanity project is an attempt to replicate the so-called success of the American far right original. From what I’ve seen, the greatest achievement of the US Tea Party has been inspiring thousands of posts from liberal bloggers mocking their inferior conservative kin. Something to look forward to then.

Ignoring Hannan’s spurious motivation for the time being, what is he hoping for from this emulation of the “spontaneous” (Hannan’s generous description – The Smirking Chimp has an article revealing exactly how grass roots the US Tea Party movement is) American protest? I can show you…