booty, booty, booty, booty rockin everywhere

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I probably should have written this when “Booty, booty, booty, booty rockin' everywhere…” was well… everywhere.

In the early 1960s, Schachter and Singer came up with the two factor theory of emotion, which suggests that we

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It's story time!

One day, my friend RJ and I were listening to Fergie's "London Bridge". And RJ wondered what “London Bridge” was a metaphor for, in “How come every time you come around / My London, London Bridge wanna go down.”

This is a question for the ages.

The only thing RJ could come up with is that it refers to her uterus. Like during an orgasm, the cervix purportedly dips lower into the pool of seminal fluid in the vagina.

But Fergie probably doesn’t know that.

Kinda related, kinda not to the Ms. New Booty - siren thing.

I don’t mean to say Bubba Sparxxx and the Ying Yang Twins had the two-factor theory of emotion in mind. Unlike Fergie, they’re not consciously declaring anything.

You can know what works without knowing why something works, like throwing a football without calculating projectile motion formulas from physics. In fact, lobbing a football probably works better if one doesn’t crunch the numbers. Anyway, Bubba Sparxxx and the Ying Yang Twins could be similarly capitalizing on a phenomenon without understanding it.

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Glad you thought it was interesting, though. That's all I was going for anyway. I use anything as an excuse to talk about neat science-y stuff.

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I'd LOVE to hear someone ask Fergie if THAT was what she meant.

You can know what works without knowing why something works
Touche.

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Yeah, I know. Fergie may not have even written the "London Bridge" herself so maybe it's a complete mystery to her as well.

After re-reading my response, I feel like I should MST myself. I use big wordses!

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Does it piss you off as much as it does me that so many pop stars don't write their own songs?

MST?

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Yeah, it does, but I haven't thought of a good explanation for why.

MST = Mystery Science Theatre.
Inserting text that points out grammatical errors... mischaracterizations... anything worth lampooning.
It's done a lot to fanfic.

...could be similarly capitalizing on a phenomenon without understanding it.
I just don't like saying things in a more complicated way (except in papers) than it requires. Just felt like a hypocrite there.

Oh, this is really tangential, but have you ever seen that apple commercial that ran a few mos back? Hilarious!

And there's Think Different, originally created by Henry Wagner, who has also taken a picture of the greatest street sign ever on his U2 pilgrimage

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Odd name for proof-reading! What does BETA stand for, btw?

I see. Well, I don't mind when people use large words, since it improves my vocabulary, but I as far as structure goes, I agree -- keep it simple.

I didn't see that one (though I've seen others like it). DOOD, I totally used "touche" correctly! ... I think ....

I love that commercial. I can't remember where I've seen it before, but I know I have. It gives me warm fuzzies.

That street sign is all kinds of awesome too.

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You using "touche" correctly makes me think of PC-guy using "touche" incorrectly, so ta-da! I link youtube for you!

Mmmmm... MSTing - more parodying & less proofreading. deleterius is a good example of some vicious stuff.

Not entirely sure, but I think beta isn't an acronym. Just indicates the second. Alpha (writer) -> beta (proofreader) -> public consumption

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Ah! I see what MST is now.

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

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I think it pisses me off because it's insincere. I'd also hate to be one of the song-writers who has to put up with other people going on and on and *insert pop star's name here* genius and having to remain silent.