I love Miley Cyrus

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I'm calling it now, Miley goes full-Lohan in the next 5 years.

Anyone else find that this above this

Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

to be ironic?

I find it ironic that a pack of Discordians are fawning over a pop princess.

I find it ironic that a Discordian is crapping all over this sort of thing to appear like he's not media-driven.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

 

[Ben Shapiro]

I'm calling it now, Miley goes full-Lohan in the next 5 years.

Anyone else find that this above this

Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

to be ironic?

I find it ironic that a pack of Discordians are fawning over a pop princess.

I find it ironic that a Discordian is crapping all over this sort of thing to appear like he's not media-driven.

[Faust]

I'm calling it now, Miley goes full-Lohan in the next 5 years.

Anyone else find that this above this

Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

to be ironic?

I find it ironic that a pack of Discordians are fawning over a pop princess.

Why?

I have a shrine to Greta Garbo Hidden in my cupboard. I flagellate before it daily.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I'm calling it now, Miley goes full-Lohan in the next 5 years.

Anyone else find that this above this

Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

to be ironic?

I find it ironic that a pack of Discordians are fawning over a pop princess.

Why?

I have a shrine to Greta Garbo Hidden in my cupboard. I flagellate before it daily.

You get away from her, you home-wrecker!  I love her, and she loves me.

[Faust]

I'm calling it now, Miley goes full-Lohan in the next 5 years.

Anyone else find that this above this

Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

to be ironic?

I find it ironic that a pack of Discordians are fawning over a pop princess.

Why?

I have a shrine to Greta Garbo Hidden in my cupboard. I flagellate before it daily.

You get away from her, you home-wrecker!  I love her, and she loves me.

Ok fine but you stay the hell away from Marlene Dietrich.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I'm calling it now, Miley goes full-Lohan in the next 5 years.

Anyone else find that this above this

Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

to be ironic?

I find it ironic that a pack of Discordians are fawning over a pop princess.

Why?

I have a shrine to Greta Garbo Hidden in my cupboard. I flagellate before it daily.

You get away from her, you home-wrecker!  I love her, and she loves me.

Ok fine but you stay the hell away from Marlene Dietrich.

Deal.

[Cainad (dec.)]

The documentary is also a good strategic move; many people are defending their insistence that she really didn't know exactly what she was doing, now that she's come right out and said that it was meant to be funny, by squawking that she is only claiming intent to be funny after the fact. The documentary follows her in the two weeks leading up to, and backstage at, the VMAs, which is going to make it awfully hard to continue with that "after-the-fact" bit.

Which will, of course, be followed up by squawks of "Yeah, well, I didn't think it was funny at all."

[The Good Reverend Roger]

The documentary is also a good strategic move; many people are defending their insistence that she really didn't know exactly what she was doing, now that she's come right out and said that it was meant to be funny, by squawking that she is only claiming intent to be funny after the fact. The documentary follows her in the two weeks leading up to, and backstage at, the VMAs, which is going to make it awfully hard to continue with that "after-the-fact" bit.

Which will, of course, be followed up by squawks of "Yeah, well, I didn't think it was funny at all."

Which, of course, only makes it funnier.

She is, first and foremost, outrage porn for a nation that is desperate to be offended, just so they can remember what outrage feels like.  A never-ending war in Afghanistan?  Complicated.  A woman with an improperly calibrated sense of humor?  BURN IT WIFF FIRE!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The documentary is also a good strategic move; many people are defending their insistence that she really didn't know exactly what she was doing, now that she's come right out and said that it was meant to be funny, by squawking that she is only claiming intent to be funny after the fact. The documentary follows her in the two weeks leading up to, and backstage at, the VMAs, which is going to make it awfully hard to continue with that "after-the-fact" bit.

Which will, of course, be followed up by squawks of "Yeah, well, I didn't think it was funny at all."

Exactly like the parking-meter story.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

The documentary is also a good strategic move; many people are defending their insistence that she really didn't know exactly what she was doing, now that she's come right out and said that it was meant to be funny, by squawking that she is only claiming intent to be funny after the fact. The documentary follows her in the two weeks leading up to, and backstage at, the VMAs, which is going to make it awfully hard to continue with that "after-the-fact" bit.

Which will, of course, be followed up by squawks of "Yeah, well, I didn't think it was funny at all."

Exactly like the parking-meter story.

[hooplala]

For the record, this is what Cyrus' label tried to turn her into when they decided it was time for her to transition to sexpot pop star:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjSG6z_13-Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySsbkLVuYOs

I much prefer her under her own direction. Yeah, it's ugly, it's uncomfortable, and I don't much like the music (other than Wrecking Ball, which I actually like) but it reflects the vision of a smart, self-directed young woman with ideas and a future that belongs to her, alone. I'm old. I don't belong in her future; I don't have to like it, I'm not invited to the party. That's OK.

Those two videos reminded me why I never liked her at all until now. The first one is a Britney video, essentially. With Raquel Welch hair ca. 1967 or so, but still Britney. The other one is just...WHOSE FUCKING IDEA WAS THAT? 

It's not my future, either. But it's WEIRD. Like if Zappa had been doing a Glen Campbell thing, and then one day he just said "FUCK ALLA YAS" and started being himself. ON THE FUCKING VMA's.

I don't have to be at the party to enjoy THAT. 

George Carlin.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The documentary is also a good strategic move; many people are defending their insistence that she really didn't know exactly what she was doing, now that she's come right out and said that it was meant to be funny, by squawking that she is only claiming intent to be funny after the fact. The documentary follows her in the two weeks leading up to, and backstage at, the VMAs, which is going to make it awfully hard to continue with that "after-the-fact" bit.

Which will, of course, be followed up by squawks of "Yeah, well, I didn't think it was funny at all."

Exactly like the parking-meter story.

This: http://www.newbedfordguide.com/mayor-holds-emergency-meeting-to-chastise-parking-attendants/2013/08/28

Read the comments. Tons of people taking it seriously, followed by being told "um, it was satire", followed by "WELL IT ISN'T FUNNY!" 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Zach Spier said, of something similar but unrelated,

it is because they're worried that they aren't getting something about the argument
which causes them an intellectual and social panic that they feel they must respond to

...which seems to pretty well sum up why people can't seem to stop squawking about how it's unimportant and the same as everything all the other pop stars do and there's nothing to see here and it wasn't funny anyway.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

If it was ACTUALLY unimportant and uninteresting and inspired in them no discomfort and no dissonance, as they have been loudly insisting for over a month, they would ignore it completely rather than entering the dialogue, like non-sports-fans simply avoid the multitudes of discussion and media about things like playoffs and what teams are good or whatever sports fans talk about. The fact that they are so participatory in the dialogue utterly belies their words.