Subtracted from the sum of the human condition...embarrassment?

Dec 10, 2009 22:56

Ranking as the start of one of the most wide-ranging conversations of the week, and a welcome distraction from a lot of number-crunching and policy-wonking, a former colleague threw out a question to a cynical wolf:

"Are we witnessing the death of embarrassment?"Evidence cited (examples recent and current ( Read more... )

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sensaes December 10 2009, 23:20:49 UTC
Did I mention Tiger's money-grabbing line of slappers?

No. Apparently I didn't. That's all right, then...

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Quick as a flash... sensaes December 11 2009, 00:41:02 UTC
http://www.inquisitr.com/51808/motivation-from-tiger-woods/

...although it's not really helping those board-level discussions about the maintenance of sponsorship contracts. Much.

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That T*g*r W**ds injunction. (Sadly not in full.) sensaes December 11 2009, 21:00:22 UTC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8408760.stm

Yeah. That's going to work on the Internetz. Definitely.

Coming Soon: The T*g*r W**ds Ex-Flame Name Generator. Simply input the following data:

A fruit.
A sexual position.
A hair colour.
Lacrimosity.
A book deal advance from a scurrilous publisher.
A U.S. television network.
Oprah (on hold for two weeks).

Jennifer Blondelimefliproast - That Tiger's Always Got Wood.

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astartesyriaca December 11 2009, 01:44:26 UTC
Brilliant post. x

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sensaes December 11 2009, 02:13:02 UTC
Thanks, sweetie. Did you see the Star Trek - The Next Generation mash-up/redubbed vid a couple of entries back (http://community.livejournal.com/anti_gravitas/368999.html)?

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sensaes December 11 2009, 17:54:59 UTC
Dear Information Week,

I cannot begin to tell you how delighted I am that your RSS feed has been sponsored for the past fortnight by NEC.

The reason why I can't begin to tell you this is because the poxy embedded 30-second video which appears on every fucking RSS entry slows down the page-loading time so much that, by the time the comment box appears, I've fallen into a coma.

Since subtlety is arguably something that we both lack (otherwise you would've negotiated a sponsorship deal involving a discreet, hyperlinked logo, and I wouldn't be calling you a bunch of fucking cunts...which I am, and you are), I'll just end on a note of hope:

I hope your website falls under the Internet equivalent of a large, ugly Russian truck. And dies.

Hugs 'n' kisses,
sensaes.

P.S. NEC suck rats' cocks.

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sensaes December 11 2009, 17:57:00 UTC
Seriously - look at this nonsense: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/infoweek_rss/1906278.html

Every bloody entry.

Gah.

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I have absolutely no idea why people keep randomly sending me this link. sensaes December 11 2009, 20:48:55 UTC

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