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therealljidol2012-07-17 12:01 am
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Green Room - Week 34 - Day 5
There is this meme I’ve seen going around saying: “For All the Guys Who Complain That Women Don’t Come With an Instruction Manual: FOUND ONE” with a picture of 50 Shades of Grey/ any number of the “men do this/women do this” BS that just propagates this mindlessness.
And then there was the video of the guy on Glenn Beck going around screaming about the President paraphrasing Truman.
I read the comments on the second one and honestly feel like I’ve lost several IQ points.
When I read yahoo, I suspect most of them are trolls. When I read things like attacking various fact check organizations, includng snopes, I have to wonder if I’m not just fooling myself.
I get forwards in my work email all the time - not just political stuff, but “household tips” that seem to be completely wrong. So I look them up - and sure enough, they aren’t based on anything remotely credible.
So you tell people that those sources are the ones who are wrong - that you can indeed have this miraculous sounding result, and if you don’t, then maybe you did it wrong... but then when actual news comes along - and they try to correct the idiocy coming out of some talking head’s mouth - well, you’ve already convinced those in your sphere to just ignore them.
It’s brilliant really, and it’s amazing how many people actually believe them - or don’t do their own thinking, who don’t have the innate curiosity to go out there and look at information and process it.
Then again, I shouldn’t be surprised.
After all, you can find out all you need to know about women from 50 Shades of Grey, and all men are assholes. I read it online.
I would go check it out somewhere. But that’s all biased garbage.
There are days when I seriously worry about humanity.
I know though that right now all you are doing is worrying about yourselves: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/587399.html
And then there was the video of the guy on Glenn Beck going around screaming about the President paraphrasing Truman.
I read the comments on the second one and honestly feel like I’ve lost several IQ points.
When I read yahoo, I suspect most of them are trolls. When I read things like attacking various fact check organizations, includng snopes, I have to wonder if I’m not just fooling myself.
I get forwards in my work email all the time - not just political stuff, but “household tips” that seem to be completely wrong. So I look them up - and sure enough, they aren’t based on anything remotely credible.
So you tell people that those sources are the ones who are wrong - that you can indeed have this miraculous sounding result, and if you don’t, then maybe you did it wrong... but then when actual news comes along - and they try to correct the idiocy coming out of some talking head’s mouth - well, you’ve already convinced those in your sphere to just ignore them.
It’s brilliant really, and it’s amazing how many people actually believe them - or don’t do their own thinking, who don’t have the innate curiosity to go out there and look at information and process it.
Then again, I shouldn’t be surprised.
After all, you can find out all you need to know about women from 50 Shades of Grey, and all men are assholes. I read it online.
I would go check it out somewhere. But that’s all biased garbage.
There are days when I seriously worry about humanity.
I know though that right now all you are doing is worrying about yourselves: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/587399.html
And now we pause for this message...
BUT IS HE?
An examination of his LJ Idol entries reveals that most of them are fiction -- he made them up!
TELLING THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE, is this what we want to represent the Spirit of this contest?
WE DESERVE BETTER!
At no point in the past eight seasons has he fulfilled the moderator's mission of stomping dirty hippies. He doesn't bring cookies to the Green Room. And the name Beldarzfixon does not appear on his birth certificate. Does he have something to hide?!
Perhaps it's time he came clean -- or at least took a shower.
Consider carefully when casting YOUR Spirit of LJ Idol vote.
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