Women's Work.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Saw this posted on Tamora Pierce's blog. http://www.cjr.org/feature/womans_work.php?page=all

[Doktor Howl]

Wow.  That's kind of awesome.  And terrible.  In the classic sense of the word.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Wow.  That's kind of awesome.  And terrible.  In the classic sense of the word.

Ain't it? As usual, some of the comments were priceless.

[Doktor Howl]

Wow.  That's kind of awesome.  And terrible.  In the classic sense of the word.

Ain't it? As usual, some of the comments were priceless.

Comment 3 following 1 & 2 was HILARIOUS.

[Junkenstein]

"If it don't bleed, it don't lead" has been the motto of media for quite a while. The pay scales are truly shocking though.Another perk of the free market or something.

[I_Kicked_Kennedy]

I want to have her baby.

Er...

Whatever. We'll figure out something. Frencesca, if you're reading this... call me.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The sad thing is that what she says about Burlusconi's girlfriends is so true. Do we need to know about them? Do we even really care?

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

The sad thing is that what she says about Burlusconi's girlfriends is so true. Do we need to know about them? Do we even really care?

The world is a fucked up place, Nigel. Even in horror, war, and tragedy; people apparently want celebrity gossip. I see this as a bad thing, personally, but I'm sure there's something to it. Heh.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The sad thing is that what she says about Burlusconi's girlfriends is so true. Do we need to know about them? Do we even really care?

The world is a fucked up place, Nigel. Even in horror, war, and tragedy; people apparently want celebrity gossip. I see this as a bad thing, personally, but I'm sure there's something to it. Heh.

I think that people want news, but get so saturated with ain't it awfuling over the little things that they turn to celebrity gossip so they can feel self-righteous.

And the big news media outlets don't WANT people knowing too much about the big things. They might get too interested.

[Doktor Howl]

The sad thing is that what she says about Burlusconi's girlfriends is so true. Do we need to know about them? Do we even really care?

The world is a fucked up place, Nigel. Even in horror, war, and tragedy; people apparently want celebrity gossip. I see this as a bad thing, personally, but I'm sure there's something to it. Heh.

I think that people want news, but get so saturated with ain't it awfuling over the little things that they turn to celebrity gossip so they can feel self-righteous.

And the big news media outlets don't WANT people knowing too much about the big things. They might get too interested.

Ideas make people unhappy. 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The sad thing is that what she says about Burlusconi's girlfriends is so true. Do we need to know about them? Do we even really care?

The world is a fucked up place, Nigel. Even in horror, war, and tragedy; people apparently want celebrity gossip. I see this as a bad thing, personally, but I'm sure there's something to it. Heh.

I think that people want news, but get so saturated with ain't it awfuling over the little things that they turn to celebrity gossip so they can feel self-righteous.

And the big news media outlets don't WANT people knowing too much about the big things. They might get too interested.

Ideas make people unhappy.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
! YES.

Can I yoink this for use as marginalia for Bitter Tea?

[Doktor Howl]

The sad thing is that what she says about Burlusconi's girlfriends is so true. Do we need to know about them? Do we even really care?

The world is a fucked up place, Nigel. Even in horror, war, and tragedy; people apparently want celebrity gossip. I see this as a bad thing, personally, but I'm sure there's something to it. Heh.

I think that people want news, but get so saturated with ain't it awfuling over the little things that they turn to celebrity gossip so they can feel self-righteous.

And the big news media outlets don't WANT people knowing too much about the big things. They might get too interested.

Ideas make people unhappy.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
! YES.

Can I yoink this for use as marginalia for Bitter Tea?

Sure.  I more or less stole the idea from Terry Pratchett, anyway.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

People getting interested makes corporations unhappy. :P

[Doktor Howl]

People getting interested makes corporations unhappy. :P

Correct.  They just want you to LIKE them.  Which, by the way, was brilliant and evil.  You can't look at their page without LIKEing it, so all your friends get a message like "Jabroni Mike and 4 other friends LIKE Appleby's, which leaves YOU feeling like the last man standing in a zombie flick.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

People getting interested makes corporations unhappy. :P

Correct.  They just want you to LIKE them.  Which, by the way, was brilliant and evil.  You can't look at their page without LIKEing it, so all your friends get a message like "Jabroni Mike and 4 other friends LIKE Appleby's, which leaves YOU feeling like the last man standing in a zombie flick.

Part of the future will involve implants that, while enabling brainmail, also automatically update all social media outlets with your name, town, and credit score every time you enter a chain store or restaurant, or other participating franchises.

You walk through the door of McDonald's and the Twitter will look like this : John Doe (Portland OR/458) LIKES McDonald's. Got a Big Mac and a large fry. You should too! #poorwhitetrashlivin'large #MickyDLOVESYOU #WeAreWatching