Anyone who thinks the Appalachians aren't dramatic has obviously never hiked them in spring!
Most people live in a sort of la-la land where the Internet is concerned...
Exactly. There's no "free" on the internet, you're going to either pay with money or pay in other ways. When you're paying with money, at least you know for sure what the price is going to be!
(Mind you, I might have had a different opinion if online advertisers had exerted even a modicum of self-restraint. But they didn't, and there's no reason to think they will in the future, and there's only so much blinking, moving "punch the monkey!" crap I can take.)
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Most people live in a sort of la-la land where the Internet is concerned...
Exactly. There's no "free" on the internet, you're going to either pay with money or pay in other ways. When you're paying with money, at least you know for sure what the price is going to be!
(Mind you, I might have had a different opinion if online advertisers had exerted even a modicum of self-restraint. But they didn't, and there's no reason to think they will in the future, and there's only so much blinking, moving "punch the monkey!" crap I can take.)