>> ^Lawdeedaw:

Who would actually pay money on the sift to see Lady Gaga covered in bees? I got a 20 down on it.


How about live bullet ants?

Who would actually pay money on the sift to see Lady Gaga covered in bees? I got a 20 down on it.

>> ^hpqp:

I smell a bit of homage beneath the chiding mockery.


Maybe because Lady Gaga does parody songs, too: She's a laughable imitation of Madonna.

Relevant:

"I truly respect and admire Gaga as an artist..." - From Weird Al's blog, which also describes the mixup when he tried getting Lady Gaga's approval for the parody.

Edit: Rats, I can't link apparently, must be because a probationary thing. The blog post is his 4/20/2011 Lady Gaga Update, for those of you who care.

>> ^NetRunner:

If you asked everyone "do you want the news to focus on bullshit, or important stuff?" do you think people would overwhelmingly respond "I want bullshit"?
If you asked everyone "do you want the news to lie to you, or do you want them to tell the truth?" do you think people would overwhelmingly respond "I want to be lied to"?
It's true that people watching Hannity like Hannity. But why does Hannity have a show in the first place? Because someone decided produce a show where ideological propaganda would get sold to people as news.
Who made that choice? Were people complaining that the news was just too truthful?
What choice do you think people tuning into Hannity think they're making? "I want to be told comforting lies?" or "I want the truth, and only Fox News has it?"
As for who should hold news corporations responsible, of course it should be the consumers of news, and people generally. But first you have to get people to stop defending the news media by saying things like "Blame the idiots who devour this garbage" or "to blame corporations is the same as blaming a snake for biting you" and generally get in the face of someone who says "that's not what they're supposed to be doing" when they cut away from Pelosi when she says she won't talk about Weiner!

"If you asked everyone...?


It's a loaded question. Of course, most people are going to respond that they don't want to be lied to. The problem is, it's not a lie if the person lying to you agrees with you. That's just affirmation.

Let's say there is a magical room that "everyone" can sit in. On the left side of this room there is serious debate being honestly reported and covered by good journalists over the fiscal solvency of social security. On the right side of the room is a Bugs Bunny cartoon (or a Jerry Springer episode, a Lady Gaga video, an Alex Jones bit .. ie. anything else). In which direction do you think most of "everyone" is looking?

Most people honestly don't give a shit, they are struggling with their own lives and a quick escape is what they're after. When it's time for news, they don't want honesty, they want the comfort of a voice that confirms their own beliefs. I don't think Hannity viewers (for example) are making a choice between "comforting lies" and "I want the truth, and only Fox News has it?", I think they are comforted by lies because it confirms the easily digestible "truths" they already hold and they're either unwilling or unable to invest more time or intelligence to understand the complexity of reality further.

McCain/Palin got around 46% of the vote in 2008. That means 46% of people were comfortable with the idea of Sarah Palin having the nuclear launch codes of the U.S. arsenal if McCain died (a real possibility considering his age). Don't overestimate people.

This is sort of a silly argument at this point, but I'd like you to understand one thing. I'm not defending the way news is handled. I've said several times that it's awful and shitty .. but it is reality. You don't want it to be reality. Neither do I. But the solution to changing it starts with the consumers, I guess that's where we disagree. The only reason they cut away was for ratings. Again! Yes! That sucks. But that is what a money making machine will do in response to ratings based revenue. Ratings. Ratings. People Watching. People. There's your problem.

>> ^hpqp:

I smell a bit of homage beneath the chiding mockery.


There are some who say "Parody is the highest form of flattery."

Tracklist:

1. ABBA - Money Money Money
2. Coldplay - Cemetaries of London
3. The Clash - Rock the Casbah
4. Common - Play Your Cards Right
5. Podcast Tour of London
6. The Bravery - An Honest Mistake
7. Corrine Baily Ray - Seasons Change
8. Vangelis - Conquest of Paradise
9. Nadia Ali - Fine Print
10. Plastician - Japan
11. Rihanna - Disturbia
12. Beirut - Elephant Gun
13. Burial - Endorphin
14. Nine Inch Nails - Deep
15. Gospel Choir - You are Worthy of My Praise
16. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
17. Danny Byrd - Ill Behaviour
18. Bruce Springsteen - Down to the River
19. Podcast Japanese 101
20. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
21. Jay Z - Jigga that N***a
22. Disney's The Jungle Book - I Wanna Be Like You
23. Jessie J - Price Tag
24. Bonobo - Kota
25. Lady Gaga - Highway Unicorn
26. Vybz Kartel - All Out
27. Travis - Love Will Come Through
28. Black Eyed Peas - That's the Joint
29. Drake - Sooner Than Later
30. Fleet Foxes - The Shrine / An Argument
31. Kings of Convenience - I Don't Know What I Can Save You From

Taken from YouTube description>> ^Opus_Moderandi:

^ ^ 2 very good points. Can someone that's not as lazy as me compile a list of the songs and artists mentioned? I can only pick out a few here and there...

>> ^shinyblurry:

the video appears to be about lady gaga now..it's scary how people think she is "authentic"..there has never been a more superficial, plastictisized product in the history of music.


Surely Michael Jackson?

Jinx's upvote is right on -- shinyblurry actually saw a vid of Lady Gaga but the comment matches Palin.

Tooooo funny.

>> ^shinyblurry:

the video appears to be about lady gaga now..it's scary how people think she is "authentic"..there has never been a more superficial, plastictisized product in the history of music.

the video appears to be about lady gaga now..it's scary how people think she is "authentic"..there has never been a more superficial, plastictisized product in the history of music.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Lady Gaga, Andy Samberg, Justin Timberlake, snl, digital short' to 'Lady Gaga, Andy Samberg, Justin Timberlake, snl, digital short, golden rule, not gay' - edited by lucky760

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Crazy Air Hose Guy Poker Face' to 'Air hose, Dance, beard, fire wood, wood, wood storage, crazy, poker face, lady gaga' - edited by BoneRemake

>> ^solecist:

yeah, it's also art because there is probably art on the walls in the background. also, this is pretty news worthy. and where is lady gaga? i don't know, but music.
seriously, the tags are so broken because of stuff like that.


Don't forget *engineering because they're in a house and *geek because there's some electronics in the background. Oh, and *fire because there's a woodstove in the corner; *anatomy because I could see really far up the dog's nose; *talks because I could hear words; *equality because dogs are a disenfranchised minority; *eco because he probably crapped in the yard at some point; *mystery because we're left wondering what the man looks like; *science because of all the physical and biological forces at work; *law, *death and *horrorshow because talking dogs usually tell you to kill people; and *sexuality because someone somewhere is really turned on by German shepherds.

yeah, it's also *art because there is probably art on the walls in the background. also, this is pretty *news worthy. and where is lady gaga? i don't know, but *music.

seriously, the tags are so broken because of stuff like that.

>> ^Morganth:

This was supposed to be a fund-raiser. Then someone jumps him with an unexpected question and everyone whips out their camera phones to put this on the internet. If you think Obama is being short and blunt, it's because he is and it's intentional. His every word will be scrutinized by CNN, FOX, MSNBC and plenty of foreign news agencies.
Imagine being invited to a party and while you're there someone pulls out a camera to ask you your position on controversial issue x. You have no prep time and what you say can't be taken back because it's going to be available for the world to see within minutes.
As for Manning, he's not being held indefinitely and he's not in some secret holding cell. He's in Kansas. And his pre-trail hearing is in May. For those of you who think he's some sort of reincarnated Rosa Parks, here are his own words, "If you had unprecedented access to classified networks 14 hours a day 7 days a week for 8+ months, what would you do?" or how about, "listened and lip-synced to Lady Gaga’s Telephone while exfiltratrating possibly the largest data spillage in american history...i could’ve sold to russia or china, and made bank?"
He did it simply because he was bored, he could, and he hated his crappy job with the Army sitting in front of a computer all day in the middle of a freaking desert. He ended up getting caught because he bragged about it wanting hacker fame.
Assange hasn't broken any US law. Manning's lucky that the prosecution isn't seeking the death penalty, which 'Aiding the Enemy' (one of the 23 charges against him) carries.


Well...he was a constitutional law professor. You'd think he'd know a little something about the presumption of innocence.