Things You Can't Trust

Recent discussion has focused on the trustworthiness of blogs. I was quite dismayed to think I may not be able to take everything I read in my aggregator at face value. The problem is that I keep a list of only 10 things I can’t trust. Currently this list looks like the following:

  1. Rental car agents
  2. Object references returned from a web service 
  3. Naked mannequins
  4. The television
  5. The newspaper
  6. The guy reading a magazine in a non-descript van across the street
  7. Financial planners
  8. Mayonnaise
  9. The Sith
  10. Tinky-Winky the Teletubby

My question is, do blogs break into the top 10 list of things I can’t trust? If so, where?

posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 10:30 PM by scott

Comments

Wednesday, June 01, 2005 9:08 AM by Darrell

# re: Things You Can't Trust

Clearly blogs are less trustworthy than Mayo. I'd also move Tinky-Winky up above the Sith and Mayo.
Sunday, June 05, 2005 2:04 AM by Bill

# re: Things You Can't Trust

Scott- you are becomming the HL Mencken of our time as far wonderful and witty social commentary goes. This was classic.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005 12:23 PM by William Robertson

# re: Things You Can't Trust

I think you could drop the Sith off. They are acting in accordance with their nature. They are the "dark side" of the force after all.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005 12:31 PM by admin

# re: Things You Can't Trust

Good point. You can actually trust the Sith - to do evil!