The First Lady of the United States can do 25 pushups.
This is apparently important news which we must all be made aware of.
Carry on.
A facebook protest has obtained 1500 people 'against turning off the streetlights at night'.
THIS IS ALSO NEWS.
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on February 02, 2012, 01:43:43 PM
A facebook protest has obtained 1500 people 'against turning off the streetlights at night'.
THIS IS ALSO NEWS.
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!
HAW HAW!
Odds are, what's going on is someone's got his hand in the till, and they don't want you looking.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 02, 2012, 01:45:45 PM
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on February 02, 2012, 01:43:43 PM
A facebook protest has obtained 1500 people 'against turning off the streetlights at night'.
THIS IS ALSO NEWS.
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!
HAW HAW!
Odds are, what's going on is someone's got his hand in the till, and they don't want you looking.
We wrapped up with a reminder that snow is this wet stuff which falls from the sky but, unlike rain, it sticks around for a long time and makes things tough.
I can't stand it, Roger. I feel like the dam is about to burst and drown us all but all anyone wants to talk about is the result of last night's
Got to Dance.
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on February 02, 2012, 01:51:10 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 02, 2012, 01:45:45 PM
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on February 02, 2012, 01:43:43 PM
A facebook protest has obtained 1500 people 'against turning off the streetlights at night'.
THIS IS ALSO NEWS.
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!
HAW HAW!
Odds are, what's going on is someone's got his hand in the till, and they don't want you looking.
We wrapped up with a reminder that snow is this wet stuff which falls from the sky but, unlike rain, it sticks around for a long time and makes things tough.
I can't stand it, Roger. I feel like the dam is about to burst and drown us all but all anyone wants to talk about is the result of last night's Got to Dance.
Hush. The dance band is still playing, even if the deck is rising a tad at the stern. Have a little consideration for music lovers, okay?
(http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/9/20/ee4d89b6-0a70-4265-96cb-6c4dab896183.jpg)
Lies. Michelle Obama hates America and thinks she can tell you what to eat. THIS is the real news you need to know.
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on February 02, 2012, 01:27:04 PM
The First Lady of the United States can do 25 pushups.
This is apparently important news which we must all be made aware of.
Carry on.
Given how many push-ups most Americans are probably capable of doing, that may very well be newsworthy. :lulz:
We need to start a facebook pention to add pushups to american classes
or :?
Clearly this is further indication that she is an East German Anti-Colonial!
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on February 02, 2012, 03:31:02 PM
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on February 02, 2012, 01:27:04 PM
The First Lady of the United States can do 25 pushups.
This is apparently important news which we must all be made aware of.
Carry on.
Given how many push-ups most Americans are probably capable of doing, that may very well be newsworthy. :lulz:
But I'm not even in the fucking US!
I could understand it if David Cameron's dead-eyed spouse got down on the floor with a talkshow host, or if his infant son tore Jeremy Kyle's throat out with his teeth or something...
But now
I am being subjected to the minutiae of YOUR fucking daytime television during the news!
:cramstipated:
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on February 02, 2012, 03:34:41 PM
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on February 02, 2012, 03:31:02 PM
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on February 02, 2012, 01:27:04 PM
The First Lady of the United States can do 25 pushups.
This is apparently important news which we must all be made aware of.
Carry on.
Given how many push-ups most Americans are probably capable of doing, that may very well be newsworthy. :lulz:
But I'm not even in the fucking US!
I could understand it if David Cameron's dead-eyed spouse got down on the floor with a talkshow host, or if his infant son tore Jeremy Kyle's throat out with his teeth or something...
But now I am being subjected to the minutiae of YOUR fucking daytime television during the news!
:cramstipated:
My guess?
It's the Empire's little way of reaching out to touch you. To remind you that it's not what's happening close to you that matters; it's what's happening in the Empire's capital. To make sure you
care, and identify with the goals and interests of the Empire.
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on February 02, 2012, 03:34:41 PM
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on February 02, 2012, 03:31:02 PM
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on February 02, 2012, 01:27:04 PM
The First Lady of the United States can do 25 pushups.
This is apparently important news which we must all be made aware of.
Carry on.
Given how many push-ups most Americans are probably capable of doing, that may very well be newsworthy. :lulz:
But I'm not even in the fucking US!
I could understand it if David Cameron's dead-eyed spouse got down on the floor with a talkshow host, or if his infant son tore Jeremy Kyle's throat out with his teeth or something...
But now I am being subjected to the minutiae of YOUR fucking daytime television during the news!
:cramstipated:
"EVERYWHERE IS AMERICA."
- Saint Toyama Koichi
Quote from: Nigel on February 02, 2012, 03:40:11 PM
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on February 02, 2012, 03:34:41 PM
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on February 02, 2012, 03:31:02 PM
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on February 02, 2012, 01:27:04 PM
The First Lady of the United States can do 25 pushups.
This is apparently important news which we must all be made aware of.
Carry on.
Given how many push-ups most Americans are probably capable of doing, that may very well be newsworthy. :lulz:
But I'm not even in the fucking US!
I could understand it if David Cameron's dead-eyed spouse got down on the floor with a talkshow host, or if his infant son tore Jeremy Kyle's throat out with his teeth or something...
But now I am being subjected to the minutiae of YOUR fucking daytime television during the news!
:cramstipated:
My guess?
It's the Empire's little way of reaching out to touch you. To remind you that it's not what's happening close to you that matters; it's what's happening in the Empire's capital. To make sure you care, and identify with the goals and interests of the Empire.
Whilst IAWTC, it still seems a bit retarded, trying to get the heart attack capital of the world to identify with someone who can do pushups. "Michelle Obama swallowed a bottle of deep-fried whisky, without chewing, and then chainsmoked her way through a carton of Superkings to wash it down?" now that would be news.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 02, 2012, 01:45:45 PM
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on February 02, 2012, 01:43:43 PM
A facebook protest has obtained 1500 people 'against turning off the streetlights at night'.
THIS IS ALSO NEWS.
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!
HAW HAW!
Odds are, what's going on is someone's got his hand in the till, and they don't want you looking.
This. And a little bit of, they want to keep you dumb, I imagine.
I honestly don't know why there is an entertainment section of the news, especially where it ends up being a bunch of unentertaining celebrity gossip. Seriously, whatever the most recent coked up starlet's antic are are not important at all. But people seem to care.
Quote from: Billy the Twid on February 03, 2012, 05:21:21 PM
I honestly don't know why there is an entertainment section of the news, especially where it ends up being a bunch of unentertaining celebrity gossip. Seriously, whatever the most recent coked up starlet's antic are are not important at all. But people seem to care.
I was just thinking about this earlier today when someone on Facebook posted about [I think] one of the actor's from Twilight expecting a kid with his girlfriend. I....I just honestly don't understand this celebrity obsession that some/most/seems like everyone seems to have. It's gotta be some weird combination of living vicariously and schadenfreude, right?
And then, I check my boss's e-mail for work sometimes, and the homepage cycles through today's news stories, etc. And apparently what constitutes as *news* is what some actress or another wore 3, 10, 4, whatever years ago. I already don't care who's wearing what ever, but who the fuck cares about what they were wearing any number of years ago (besides, isn't it out of style by now? hurr hurr)
Celebrities are modern day versions of the medieval devotional cults that sprang up around saints. It's something that is hardwired into human behaviour, it seems. You'll also note certain politicians, let us consider a hypothetical Alaskan politician called Parah Salin for instance, who have similar devotional cults around them.
Quote from: Cain on February 06, 2012, 09:40:47 PM
Celebrities are modern day versions of the medieval devotional cults that sprang up around saints. It's something that is hardwired into human behaviour, it seems. You'll also note certain politicians, let us consider a hypothetical Alaskan politician called Parah Salin for instance, who have similar devotional cults around them.
Interesting. Are there any devotional cults in particular that really illustrate this point? I'm not so good with my medieval history and could use a little guidance.
The one that sprung up around Mary is probably the most well known, but Joseph, Michael and George had well established subcultures of rituals, relics and places associated with them.
Quote from: Cain on February 06, 2012, 09:40:47 PM
Celebrities are modern day versions of the medieval devotional cults that sprang up around saints. It's something that is hardwired into human behaviour, it seems. You'll also note certain politicians, let us consider a hypothetical Alaskan politician called Parah Salin for instance, who have similar devotional cults around them.
That comparison does make a lot of sense. It still baffles me though. Especially when it goes from some weird voyeurism/vicarious living to some sort of actual emotional attachment to this character/image/idol.