Hi, I'm Oliver.
Coffee enthusiast with a love for all things tech. Tech enthusiast with a love for all things coffee. Failing my
Bachelor's in Computer Science at USW.
Who am I?
Dear friend,
Well, let's get the awkwardness out of the way. My name's Oliver. What's yours?
Oh wait… right… this isn't so much a conversation as it is a safe destination for me to enact my tendencies to portray my chronic verbal diarrhoea as if I've taken textual laxatives.
Why I hate: The claim "Wikipedia isn't a reliable source"
Dear friend
Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia. It's maintained by a large amount of people, including anonymous people who only come to fix a spelling error; so you can see why some people might want to call it unreliable. If anyone and any…
Why I hate: Imperial measurements
Dear friend
Every country in the world has adopted the metric system. Well okay that's not true. Liberia, Burma and the US haven't. But the UK has! Sort of. Almost… Okay, the UK has such a fucked up combination of measurements that it leaves many to…
Why I hate: The term "immigrants"
Dear friend
I hate the term “immigrants”. It sounds dirty to most people, doesn't it? You can hear the disgust in the mere utterance of the word. Immigrants. To rhyme with scum. Why is that?
First off, let's get one thing clear. I understand ...
Your opinion is not free from ridicule
Dear friend
For a little while, I've wanted to start a series of blog posts in which I extensively explain my position on pressing controversial topics. My stance may or may not align with popular opinion, it may or may not align with yours, and I'd like to open the floor up to discussion about these things. The problem however, lies when people get defensive and aggressive about it.