"The internet for me started off as forbidden fruit. Attending a Steiner school meant anything online or online-adjacent was banned. It was the type of education where you don't learn how to read or write until year 5 but the school made it mandatory to learn the violin and Chinese in year 1. What ensued was my peers and I graduating as an illiterate, Mandarin-speaking orchestra at one of the only government Steiner schools in Australia."
"The only way the internet radicalised this young man was when playing the game Snake. I had to take an alt-right route to avoid eating my own snake tail. Being a comedian who now exists on the internet, I feel I may have betrayed my core pedagogy but alas have been forced to tell you my 10 funniest things I've seen on the internet or else a giant snake will be sent to my house"
A Steiner-school upbringing strictly forbade online activity while prioritizing early violin and Chinese instruction, delaying traditional literacy. Peers graduated as an illiterate, Mandarin-speaking orchestra and later engaged in market commerce selling lanterns and beeswax. Consumer electronics like iPhones were banned and a Nokia brick provided basic mobile gaming; Snake became an early internet influence. A career in comedy now exists on the internet, creating pressure to share online humor. One recurring gag, 'The front fell off,' functions as a catch-all response to mishaps and social faux pas, applied to lateness, technical failures, and even hospital moments.
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