- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Yes, forumrunner, I refer to the glass teat that succors most of us. But it's a potentially bitter drink...
The expression is a Harlan Ellison-ism, from his excellent collection of rants against TV (and other subjects) in the early 1980s ("The Glass Teat" Essays of Opinion on the Subject of Television" and "The Other Glass Teat." Quote from an Amazon reviewer: "If upon reading this book you want to shoot your television, Mr. Ellison has succeeded!")
We feed from the glass teat (PC, TV) far too much in modern Western society, IMHO. Hence the irreverent poll, hoping to stir some !@#$ about the habits of your "average" Bnet Forums poster....