off your face(book): what not to do when you're drunk on social media

The consumption of alcohol has been an important social pastime  for about 6000 years. Social media has been similarly important for about 6 years. The juxtaposition of the two activities, then, can be a fantastic confluence of ancient and modern - each complimenting the other, increasing the pleasure the other provides.

Well, at least that's what nbij  tells himself as he cheerfully swings the lid of his laptop up, glass in hand, second bottle uncorked - ready to fuck himself over. Truth be told, using social media drunk is more often than not a high speed train journey calling at Shame and Recrimination. Fortunately for you, reader, nbij has already tapped his toe against some of the most common social landmines, so you don't have to.

which famous bromance are you?

WHICH FAMOUS HISTORICAL BROMANCE ARE YOU?

Got yourself a new buddy who you find yourself spending all your time with? Worried it’s all a bit…intense? Never fear! History and literature have been littered with bromance from ancient times to the present day. So take this quiz to find out which famous bromantic couple you and your bro most closely resemble.

What’s the one ship that never sinks? FriendSHIP! Anchors away!

leaving britney alone - the voice of a generation.

It’s been almost five years since video blogger Chris Crocker uploaded a video to YouTube in which he histrionically beseeched the media and the public to “Leave Britney Alone!” - a phrase that would become a shibboleth (yeah, nbij is aware how got pretentious he just got) of a new, emerging online pop culture.

Crocker’s tearful jeremiad and his seemingly deep emotional investment in Spears’ welfare provoked such strong reactions the video attracted millions of viewers in less than four days. As nbij writes, the number of hits stands at almost 44,000,000.

can justin bieber create a boulder so heavy he cannot lift it?

The problem of evil has been troubling philosophers and theologians for centuries. How can a omnipotent and omniscient divine being be entirely good whilst permitting evil and suffering in the world? 


An important question, no doubt. But nbij feels that to quibble over such grand, expansive questions has a propensity to get  bit...abstract.


Is not an equally legitimate means to probe the mind of the universe to ask: where does the hand of Providence lie in the rise and rise of singing Canadian zygote, Justin Bieber? 

please stop the army of sarah palin russian dolls inside my head.

French postmodern philosopher Jean Baudrillard famously said "The Gulf War Did Not Take Place" which, at first, sounds totally ludicrous - the Gulf War is a well documented historical event caught on camera and witnessed by countless Iraqi and American military personnel.

But then maybe Baudrillard does have a point because, to be honest, I'm kinda like "Last Friday Night Did Not Take Place" because all I remember is waking up on Saturday with the taste of gin in my mouth. Even though I was allegedly out until 6am. For this, I blame postmodernism.

Postmodernism can be a real cunt like that.