Welcome to the Ubyssey’s Culture blog, also known as the clog. And I’m sure that many would consider it a clog in the Ubyssey’s already malfunctioning drain of bad taste; the metaphorical plumbing which allows terrible ideas to siphon away, east of our Eden (the print edition) into the realm of Nod (the Internet). The clog will cover two areas of interest to students. The first will be UBC student life, and the second will be technology and the Internet.

So welcome, new friend. Although words may be inadequate to describe the feelings you should be experiencing, I will try my best to describe them. Imagine a banner, superimposed by the eerie powers of the Internet, reading “Abandon all hope, ye who enter”. It hangs above the entrance of a great cavern, which expels flashing neon lights and the sounds of delight and torture. From within comes a procession of impish 14 year-olds; chubby, slothful, clad in anime t-shirts and backwards baseball caps, they flow from imageboards inside. In unison they bring forth an array of brass to announce your arrival. As they bring the instruments to their Cheetos-powder dusted lips, you feel a chill down your spine. You know that once you enter the cave there will be no turning back, yet a force propells you ever forwards.