by Sean “rothbart” Workman

Oh yeah, now that I have Europe’s Final Countdown clawing its way up from the recesses of your memory… it’s time for another rant. No wait, better yet. I’ll start this rant in 3 days, 12 hours, 39 minutes, and 16 seconds… 15… 14… 13… okay. You might see where this is going.

I understand the idea behind a countdown timer. Some cool event is happening at some predetermined time in the future and you want your anticipation and excitement building inversely proportional to the time left until that event. An event so monumentally important to you that… you have to have an automated “backwards clock” tell you when it has arrived? Maybe you’ve been consuming a little too much Nutrasweet in your diet causing early onset Alzheimer’s? I know I’m a candidate… Diet Dr. Pepper FTW!

So we’ve covered the what and the why, but here’s the part I don’t get. [Article continued after the jump...]

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