Something I don't get
While I'm looking forward to election day, I have to admit that I am probably the only person on earth -- including the pundits! -- who is not looking forward to the election being over. To me, elections are like football and soap operas combined. I love spending my mornings and eveninings catching up on polls and learning about statistics over at 538 (the only guy to call the Rays getting as far as they did, when everyone else said that was crazy), and checking up on the political debate over at The Straight Dope Message Boards (where they convinced me to vote against prop 2 for reasons that will explain in comments if anyone cares), and Politico (which was interesting up to a couple of months ago, but which has sucked lately). I don't know what I'm gonna do without my "daily episode" of politics. Maybe get interested in finance, but that's just not nearly as entertaining.
One person I WON'T miss, however, is "Joe Sixpack". OMG, HOW DID THIS MEME CATCH ON?! It's beyond stupid. It's condescending. Who in the living world has such a low opinion of themselves that they -want- to be called "Joe Sixpack"? My feeling is that Mr. Sixpack is an ephemeral representation of 'that other guy, you know, the drunk simpleton' -- a personification that no one except the most idiotic is willing to claim for themselves.
Does anyone know of anyone who actually wants to be known as Joe Sixpack?
One person I WON'T miss, however, is "Joe Sixpack". OMG, HOW DID THIS MEME CATCH ON?! It's beyond stupid. It's condescending. Who in the living world has such a low opinion of themselves that they -want- to be called "Joe Sixpack"? My feeling is that Mr. Sixpack is an ephemeral representation of 'that other guy, you know, the drunk simpleton' -- a personification that no one except the most idiotic is willing to claim for themselves.
Does anyone know of anyone who actually wants to be known as Joe Sixpack?