The first wave of spam bots are infiltrating twistedtripper.com. Again! Fucking spam! Previously the hole they were trying to worm their way through was closed but the sneaky fuckers don’t give in. They begin with a few posts and then just flood and bombard once they learn that I’m just deleting em. They then launch their full fledged assault showing no mercy, inundating my empty comments with their useless gibberish, selling penis enlargements and various drugs that Big Pharma charge exorbitant prices for. It boggles the mind that idiots actually follow the links of these spammers (although I must admit I’ve done it myself on occasion) and purchase the wares these spruikers are selling (which I’ve never done). Who can blame the stupid for tempting fate with the offer of cheap medication but one can’t help thinking if something sounds too good to be true then it probably is. One’s bullshit meter and cynicism ought be brought into the sphere of suspicion when some dubious marketer is selling wares through mass mail outs and especially on a crappy blog such as this . Can one trust the source of the spammers offer for cheap medication as authentic? But the spammer is more likely trying to get a more prominent position on Google by flooding my blog with links and illiterate nonsense.

But who knows, maybe it makes little difference if the product is legitimate or counterfeit because all too often my cynicism returns to the idea that all medications are merely placebos. I take my fair share of medication and I don’t see any benefit, although my doctor seems adamant that I should continue with it even though half the time the condition it is purportedly trying to treat hasn’t shown a remarkable improvement. Well I haven’t stopped because I sometimes wonder if the only thing medications do is just trick our minds into believing in its efficacy and thus allowing the body to heal itself. That’s neither here nor there because spam still wants to implode this blog with its message of mail order prescription medication and male appendage ego boosts although it is mainly concerned with prescription meds.

I’ve been lucky so far because my spam filter has caught the few that have found my site but its only a matter of time before it falls over and the spam ends up displaying its nonsensical text in my comments. I could close all comments but that’s no fun. When someone leaves a comment it puts a smile on my face, having someone take the time to reply to some rant I’ve posted is cause for celebration. It doesn’t happen often and when it does I’m over the moon. Its sad and pathetic but what can a geek like me do?

As much as I hate spam and luckily not a great deal hits my main email account otherwise I’d have slashed my wrists by now, I’m rather fascinated by the whole idea and in particular how in fucks name does it make a profit? Surely no one buys the stuff they’re trying to sell or do they? Maybe one in a million and if a billion spam messages are issued by zombie PC’s then what’s that, 1000 customers who might pay 10, 20 , 30 dollars? So lets say it’s 30, that makes 30 grand for the mangy spammer who had to just infect a few websites with malware so the less technical savvy can have their PC’s join the zombie network. Not bad for a few mouse clicks work. But still it’s hard to imagine that even one in a million people could get sucked in to the sale but maybe that is the sad truth that even with such a low figure it is still profitable.

So who’s to blame? The spammer? The consumer? Multi-national Pharmaceuticals? The media? The Porn industry? All of the above?

Well penis enlargements could be attributed to the Porn Industry seeing as there are some big guys showing off their pride and joy, making my little Willy pale in comparison thus causing my ego to shatter and shrivel like my old fella on a cold winters morning and by God I just need a bigger dick so I can have some self respect. Hang on a minute what the fuck am I saying, this is a public place, I ought not share my dirty little neurosis for all to see. But can the Porn Industry be accountable for the stupid male ego – hardly!

Okay so lets place part of the blame on Big Pharma for hiking the price of medications that don’t work to highway robbery levels whilst ripping the heart out of poor grandma whose pension barely covers the cat food for tonight’s dinner let alone the dozen chemicals that is required for her to live to the age of 100. Can’t blame Grandma because- well that would just be wrong and Big Pharma is only trying to line its coffers with a few trillion dollars more. This is democracy right? And democracy is about which Corporate power gets to write policy that serves best its interest while fucking the docile slave over. We all want a democratic society and even if we don’t there is the military that’ll be more than glad to persuade us that it is the best thing for one and all. Who can argue with a such powers of persuasion?

The consumer is barely able to figure out what brand of toilet paper is better without being programmed by some Corporation on prime time television that you can have a shit and not leave skid marks on the porcelain with Brand X – special soft as silk shit house paper. So the consumer couldn’t make any sort of decision without being instructed to do so from the idiot box – that rules them out.

So that leaves the spammer and the media. The spammer is merely trying to make a buck (see Big Pharma) and provides a public service by offering cheaper alternatives although it may be somewhat unethical becasue they are bypassing the correct channels.

So who is to blame? All that remains is the media. And haven’t they been spamming for decades anyway? With unsolicited advertisements slotted in between the entertainment we so eagerly devour with a ravenous appetite to fill the void where our minds used to be? Filling it with fear and loathing so we actually do buy the wares they’re spruiking by pulling at our primal instincts. So maybe the next time you see that ad for a penis enlargement in your inbox think about where they learnt their fine art from and if thinking is too hard, just flick that remote switch to your favourite channel and wait. It won’t be long before you see and maybe the light bulb will flicker too. That flicker may be alarming at first but rest assured it is merely the harmless moment of enlightenment.