Dramatic Interpretation of the Day: Facebookpiece Theater presents: A dramatic interpretation of a public conversation three 7th graders (and Kelly) had underneath a Facebook photo.
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Middle schoolers are the funniest people on the internet. All the hate, none of the filter. Do you have any idea how many Facebook hate groups 8th graders have created for 7th graders? See for yourself by checking out the search results page for “hate 7th graders”.
I joined a Facebook group about how 8th graders are so stuck-up.
If you’re wondering why this donkey looks so outnumbered: here’s everything you need to know about Republican Super PACs and this year’s election.
“So that’s why we’re caving, and we’ll totally switch back after we win, you guys.”
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The moral of the story: Don’t waste your time admiring famous people, because in reality they don’t give a damn about their fans; they are sleazy and act like dicks for no reason at all, just like you and I.
— I Used to Love Woody Harrelson, but Now I Think He’s a Scumbag | VICE
This creates what is called an echo chamber in which small pieces of borderline meaningless information, or even worse DISinformation, are quickly circulated and amplified and turned into a “thing.” This is, of course, how viral videos are created. It is also why your 10 favorite websites probably write about the same 10 things (again, Videogum included, Videogum is part of the problem, not the solution). There is no better place to see this in all of its sad and boring action than in the more niche markets, like, “film blogs” or “celebrity paparazzi blogs” because their publishing mandate requires them to stay on top of all the “news” in their designated category but there’s only so much “news” on any given day, and so anything that’s even remotely novel or that seems potentially interesting becomes a bigger thing very quickly. The whole system is completely broken. There don’t need to be 10 websites churning out the same 10 rehashes of a thing that may or may not even be true. It’s dull! And if nothing else it creates eyestrain.
So, and not that any of this will be new to you…but with any full-time “professional” pop culture or entertainment blogs, the writers and editors spend most of their day reading other people’s pop culture and entertainment blogs. That’s how they know what is going on, and that’s where 80% of their posts come from. (While we are certainly critical and skeptical of this model, Videogum follows this model to a T, and actually 80% seems low from a Videogum standpoint, so we are just pointing out right off the top that we are not excluding ourselves from this unfortunate NIGHTMARE.)
I’ve heard a lot about you and I googled you and I’ve read a bunch of stuff you’ve written. I like how on Videogum it’s always clear when it’s you and not Gabe and how no one ever mixes that up.
Literary Outfits, v. 3: Other People We Married by Emma Straub
Not only is Emma Straub’s debut story collection wonderful (here’s my review), but she and her husband—design team M + E—designed the book, too.
As you can see, it’s vibrant and lovely. Go buy it!
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Other People We Married by Emma Straub
Riverhead Books, February 2012 (rerelease)
ISBN: 9781594486067. 224 pgs.I love these. Maybe they’re the new nail art…?
MAKE THIS A THING, EVERYONE.
He maybe small…
But he carries a big shocker… Nick Douglas of (our favorite) Silicon Valley gossip blog Valleywag shows that he can roll with the big boys, Michael Arrington and Jeff Veen.
That’s me in… 2006? 2007?
