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= F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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Dummies
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I was browsing in a bookstore the other day, skimming through
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various texts on computers, writing, and other interests of mine,
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when I ran across a title that made my blood run cold.
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_Sex for Dummies_
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Now, the folks at IDG books have been producing their
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computer Dummies series with good results and high profit. Their
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original idea was a good one. After all, there are people required
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to do some computer related work that they have no interest in doing
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but are nevertheless required to do so by their employer or school.
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They are also good introductory texts for people who need the basics
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before they get into the meat of the subject matter. I used to view
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these books in the same manner I viewed Cliff's Notes in high school -
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a quick outline that gets you going.
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But now they have gone too far. Curious, I looked through
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some other shelves in the store, and was amazed to discover some more
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IDG titles.
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_Job Hunting for Dummies_
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_Taxes for Dummies_
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_ISDN for Dummies_
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_Time Management for Dummies_
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_Parenting for Dummies_
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This last title made me giggle. I wondered if you had to buy
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_Parenting for Dummies_ if you missed _Sex for Dummies_. But then I
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got serious. These Dummies books have a subtle impact on the minds
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of their readers. First of all, by purchasing any of these titles,
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you are practically shouting from the rooftops that you feel stupid.
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That's quite a self-esteem boost. Secondly, some of these books give
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people the impression that anyone can do anything just by reading one
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of these "idiot" texts. As you can see, these titles range from complex
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to common sense. In my mind, it's ont thing to pick up a book about a
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simple topic like time management, but something else entirely to use
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a similar IDG book for seriuos topics that could impact lives other than
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yours. To use these books as a primary reference in this instance could
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cause serious security, financial, and personal problems. Case in point:
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A friend of mine was browsing the computer section of a
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bookstore when he was approached by a woman clutching one of these
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bright yellow Dummies books. It was entitled _Unix for Dummies_. She
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asked if he knew a lot about computers, to whch he replied "Sure."
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She then proceeded to tell him that she had acquired a job in System
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Administration and that she hoped this Dummies book would get her
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going. What she was really saying, without ever using any of these
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words, was "HACK ME". Once this tale had been related to me, I
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wondered of her root password was going to be "dummy".
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Now that IDG has expanded their repertoire, covering
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everything from mutual funds to parenting, I wonder what these books
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are saying about our society in general. One title in particular
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strikes me at this point.
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_Job Hunting for Dummies_
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If you are so dumb (or lazy) that you can't comprehend the
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better texts about resume writing, proper interview techniques, and
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contact making, then you shouldn't be buying _Job Hunting for
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Dummies_ in the first place. You should pick up an application for
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Taco Bell or McDonald's and move on in your life, because you won't
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even be able to get a cubicle job at IBM with this book.
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Furthermore, our country has reached a sad state if people must
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purchase a Dummies book about parenting. What does this say about
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us? That Americans can't even procreate without a book? That we are
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too stupid to comprehend the fundamental (and supposedly instinctive)
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basics of parenting?
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Our society has reached a point where we do more reading
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about doing than doing, and we can't even use the more detailed
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intellectual texts to read about doing. IDG is capitalizing on this,
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and our insecurities about ourselves. Everything is getting 80's
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again. Quick and dirty, with no desire for anything to be done
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thoroughly, or even well. IDG is saying all of this to us, and, like
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the "Dummies" we are, we are falling for it.
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DeMoNiKa
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= Questions, Comments, Bitches, Ideas, Rants, Death Threats, etc etc... =
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= Internet : jericho@netcom.com (Mail is welcome) =
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= Files through Anonymous FTP: FTP.NETCOM.COM - /pub/je/jericho/FUCK =
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= FTP.FC.NET - /pub/deadkat/misc/FUCK =
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= ETEXT.ARCHIVE.UMICH.EDU - /pub/Zines/FUCK =
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= Files through WWW: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/je/jericho/jericho.html =
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