Why do you do it?
I was just thinking about why people are so stubborn. When I went, for the first time, to Amsterdam as a teenager my dad said fine, go there, but don't go near the Red Light district, you'll be robbed. So I went down to Amsterdam, and coming out from the central station I walked down the street looking for a cheap place to stay. I found a youth hostel called Bobby's (which I later discovered was quite legendary), checked in, left my back pack behind the reception and asked for the directions to the Red Light District. So much for the good advice from my dad.
I didn't get robbed, but I soon discovered that there were ladies sitting in the windows, offering the time of my life for a special price. As I was window shopping a number of guys (always guys) came up to me offering the time of my life with a little help from different substances. Well, I wasn't there for either of those, even if a few of the guys really insisted that I needed what they had to offer and wouldn't take a no for an answer, I really had to tell them NO! Instead, on the outskirts of the (in)famous district I found the next whisky bar, of which I became a regular patron for a few weeks, until I found Black & White on Leidseplein, and later also The Last Waterhole, which offered live music every night.
With that in mind, I have become dad. I tell people over and over again that if they click on dubious links and whatnot on the web they will be infected, and even robbed, exactly what could have happened to me in Amsterdam. Whatever my advice, they go there, and they click, and they complain their computers start running slowly, weird stuff appears, and behavior is strange. Well... YEAH!?!?
To be fair, I have to say, how can they know and learn stuff if they don't go where man should not go? Experience will teach, only it comes with a cost. I could have lost money and health there, even my life if I had been cocky. On the Internet Super Highways you might lose money, but you don't usually have to hold on for your dear life if something goes wrong. So go there, learn something from your mistakes, but don't whine.
I didn't get robbed, but I soon discovered that there were ladies sitting in the windows, offering the time of my life for a special price. As I was window shopping a number of guys (always guys) came up to me offering the time of my life with a little help from different substances. Well, I wasn't there for either of those, even if a few of the guys really insisted that I needed what they had to offer and wouldn't take a no for an answer, I really had to tell them NO! Instead, on the outskirts of the (in)famous district I found the next whisky bar, of which I became a regular patron for a few weeks, until I found Black & White on Leidseplein, and later also The Last Waterhole, which offered live music every night.
With that in mind, I have become dad. I tell people over and over again that if they click on dubious links and whatnot on the web they will be infected, and even robbed, exactly what could have happened to me in Amsterdam. Whatever my advice, they go there, and they click, and they complain their computers start running slowly, weird stuff appears, and behavior is strange. Well... YEAH!?!?
To be fair, I have to say, how can they know and learn stuff if they don't go where man should not go? Experience will teach, only it comes with a cost. I could have lost money and health there, even my life if I had been cocky. On the Internet Super Highways you might lose money, but you don't usually have to hold on for your dear life if something goes wrong. So go there, learn something from your mistakes, but don't whine.
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