Thursday, 28 March 2002 | Brain eater

Have you ever seen a computer screen on TV? Because of film speed and the fact that the TV's flicker is slower than the computer screen's flicker, the televised computer screen appears in slow motion, making it look like there's a strobe light living inside of it. I saw a computer classroom on the local TV news the other day, rows of boxy monitors flashing like mad, looking like evil hypnotists opposite dumb faces and slackened jaws. It looked like the monitors were brainwashing their disciples with subliminal messages between the flashes of light, perhaps telling them to arm themselves and wear Nikes, or maybe just to click here and download this. It's absurd how much time I spend in front of one of those flickering demons. My eyes hurt even more than they did a minute ago just because I'm thinking about it.