None of this is a crime of course, but all of it pushes at the bounds of what a “text” can be. It’s creation in the act of breaking, of seeing how far you can bend a story or medium and still have it work. Sure, sometimes there might be an actual crime. You might download a cool dragon scimitar cursor, and end up with a computer virus. But even then, the computer’s wheezing hiccups have led to something that breaks up the monotony, at least for a few seconds. It’s a reminder that digital spaces don’t have to be staid or set, and that in any format, at any moment, any person, whether they know CSS and HTML or not, has the means at their disposal to do some trickery and break the smooth, streamlined way that platforms expect us to behave.
- Today in Tabs, "Just Take a Crowbar to It"