Talking About it Only Makes It Worse
I'm here today to bitch. Well, that's actually what I do every day but this a particular bitch-fest because it's centered on bitchyness (bitchiness? bitchy-ness?) and hatin'. I see you jockin' me. Like you.. know.. me.
See, in the blogosphere it's very popular for people to offer their viewpoint on a plethora of issues: the government, global warming, why the Red Wings suck, and how Lindsay Lohan's new movie is totally awesome.
Amongst all this verbal diarrhea there are occasionally opinions about various purposeful attention-getters (see, Tia Tequila). Usually, these opinions are condemning dissents saying that it shouldn't be on the air, it has no technical or worthwhile content, it's all that is wrong and unholy with the TV/Internet/Radio today, etc. That's fine, everyone is entitled to their opinion but..
..TALKING ABOUT IT MAKES IT WORSE.
If you talk about something that was obviously made to get news or publicity, it's doing it's job. You're pretty much just as bad as the people fawning over the object of your hatred. So don't talk about it! That's part of the reason why you don't see me post much in regards to what's going on in real life: it's been parroted so much that you don't need some 2-bit opinion about it. That is the explanation I give before I commit some cognitive dissonance.
Ahem.
To all you complaining about Toyota's Saved by Zero ads: STFU. I present to you an ordered list as to why you should STFU.
Bonus points for any links to some nut-job who references this post and bitches about it.
See, in the blogosphere it's very popular for people to offer their viewpoint on a plethora of issues: the government, global warming, why the Red Wings suck, and how Lindsay Lohan's new movie is totally awesome.
Amongst all this verbal diarrhea there are occasionally opinions about various purposeful attention-getters (see, Tia Tequila). Usually, these opinions are condemning dissents saying that it shouldn't be on the air, it has no technical or worthwhile content, it's all that is wrong and unholy with the TV/Internet/Radio today, etc. That's fine, everyone is entitled to their opinion but..
..TALKING ABOUT IT MAKES IT WORSE.
If you talk about something that was obviously made to get news or publicity, it's doing it's job. You're pretty much just as bad as the people fawning over the object of your hatred. So don't talk about it! That's part of the reason why you don't see me post much in regards to what's going on in real life: it's been parroted so much that you don't need some 2-bit opinion about it. That is the explanation I give before I commit some cognitive dissonance.
Ahem.
To all you complaining about Toyota's Saved by Zero ads: STFU. I present to you an ordered list as to why you should STFU.
- One, do you live in metro Detroit? Okay, do you watch Red Wings games or Tigers games all the way through? No? Let me tell you how a Wings game goes: 8 minutes of play, 2 minute commercial break. One of those commercials during that break is a Ford commercial. The same commercial. Over and over and over. That means if you watch the whole game you'll probably see the same stupid commercial about five to six times. And it doesn't even have good music like Toyota's!
- Two, if you're watching enough TV to get sick of a 30 second ad did it ever occur to you that you're watching too much TV? Holy shit, go read a book! Volunteer! Have sex! I mean, I sit on the Internet instead of watching TV but at least with the Internet I can block 95% of the ads that I'm supposed to see. The ones I do, I just filter out because I'm used to them.
- Three, you're not old enough to complain about the song. The song was released in 1983, making it 25 years old. Unless you're over 30, you probably have no recollection of hearing the song on the air. And as we all know, anyone who blabs about endlessly on a blog is probably under 25 simply because they believe they know everything and that the whole world wants to know about it. So, in essense, you're a pretentious dick-bag, go put on your mix tape of The Church and The Cure.
- Four, know what you're doing by simply blogging about it? Not a Goddamn thing. Probably promoting it, actually. See my above rant. If you want to cause some ruckus, write to Toyota's marketing department, write to your local cable provider, go light some Prii on fire, or fightclub it (aka, YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT IT) as it was meant to be talked about. Do something useful.
Bonus points for any links to some nut-job who references this post and bitches about it.