Stop "Killing yourself with a knife and fork."

[wednes]

But first, I must mention that David Blaine began boring and confusing people once again with his wierd "let's see if he dies this time" stunts. This time, he'll be impersonating my favorite sea monkey accessory in the middle of that town terrorists hate. (not!) What's his deal? Seriously?

But onto tonights TV. It being sweeps, TV is saving all it's best to air during this month.Law & Order SVU tantalized us with an episode titled simply "Fat." Olivia, due to her real-life persona being knocked up, is "taking a break" from Stabler, save one brief scene where they looked suspiciously like Mulder and Scully trying not to kiss. Stablers partner du jour was a fat guy named Lucious. Why? I think we know it's because of the "Luciousness" of fat people. *snerk* If you think Law & Order is gonna stoop to trot out a bunch of stupid stereotypes and wrap them around a needlessly sensational and utterly implausable plot, you're right on the money. Thankfully, Elliot got violent, and further character development was revealed, not making the episode a complete waste of time. It was annoying and didn't deal with the issues it purported to in any sort of new or even realistic way. Actually, it made more salient points in regard to cell phone cameras, hate-based websites and personal responsibility. No, you don't get to kill people even if they were really, really mean to you.

As if that weren't enough, some jackass from Arkansas who is apparently the govenor and lost a bunch of wieght was on Colbert Report. Of course, people should feel free to lose wieght if they want to. But this a-hole has written a book hyping an archaic Dear Abby phrase. It is titled Quit Digging your Grave with a Knife and Fork. First of all, such a feat would take all day. Moreover, he is implying, once again, that being fat is deadly in and of itself. Science simply does not bear this out. Sedentary lifestyles are detrimental to your health, but it's pure assumption that all fat people lead them and that all thin people excersize. I know this is getting to be a tired topic around here, but such blatant misinformation is as pervasive as it is annoying.

So hey, TV, let's not fight. I less than three you.
But you gotta stop with all the lies.

Also, MySpace is stupid.
Am I missing something?
It just looks stupid. And who the hell is Tom?

Comments

MySpace is stupid.

[erisreg.livejournal.com]

always has been,..i signed on eary but after the hundred or so "come see my pay site" invitation in less than a week,.. i never went back,..o.0

[madush69.livejournal.com]

<3...awesome!!
I less than three TV also!

Re: MySpace is stupid.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

A lot of people seem to have them, but they aren't any better than LJ, and have a ton of ads...so far as I can tell. I just wondered if maybe I was missing something.

[rivetkitten.livejournal.com]

I greatly dislike MySpace also. I added you to help the attempt at non-stupidity that is mine.

(just, please, no blinky shit.)

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Consider yourself added.

[maxverbosity.livejournal.com]

I think the only reason I am ever interested in David Blaine stunts is to see if he dies on a given occasion. "Oops...", the crowd says.

[fyreangel.livejournal.com]

*Twitch*
For once.. I think people sould focus on how dangerous being UNDER weight can be!!!! And how the media is making poor brainless girls starve themselves to DEATH to look like their "supposed" to. ;)

Ha!

[aicerno.livejournal.com]

You met Tom too eh? *Chuckling* Like I told Niki when she asked me that--he's a random generated mod-friend designed to help newbies to the myspace site. It's the person you go to crying when your song doesn't upload quite right, or are having some other technological issue with the site.

Tom is harmless, useless imo--as myspace isn't that damn hard to figure out... personally as a blog site, livejournal beats myspace hands down. Although, yes, I too have a myspace account. *Rolls eyes*

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About the TV, and stopping with the lies... What, you mean you want them to stop doing their jobs? That is to say, spreading disinformation, misinformation, a little bit of truth and a whole hell of a lot of propaganda? That's all they're good at doing... they'd be out of a job if they had to stop... oh wait, is that a bad thing? I think not.

FTVM. ^_^

Re: Ha!

[nate101000.livejournal.com]

I just don't get david blaine. What's entertaining about a guy sitting in a block of ice? Or a guy standing on a pole?

[nate101000.livejournal.com]

Also, MySpace is stupid.

So the question is... Why have one?

very good point

[uterdic.livejournal.com]

I asked this same question a couple of years ago with Friendster. Well, I asked, "what is it for?" and no one could give me an answer. When I saw myspace doing the same thing, I thought the same thing, but was too tired to ask a question in which I knew the answer.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Yeah, so he beter watch out.
People got tired of waiting for Steve Irwin to die and stopped watching.

[ex-jenniepan481.livejournal.com]

of course myspace is stupid.. but damn am I addicted to it!

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Well there's that certainly.

In this particular ep, a guy had diabetes and wieghed like, 320 I think. By the end of the ep his kidney had failed and his foot had to be cut off. Right. Because that's the norm with fat people.

Re: Ha!

[wednes.livejournal.com]

It's not as if I depend on TV to tell me how I should feel about things, but I do think that when you have a large audience, you have an ethical responsibility not to feed them bullshit. Optimistic, I know...I think Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have spoiled TV for me. Now that I know it's possible to be ethical and still be on TV, I want everyone to do it.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

To network with people who don't have a livejournal.

Re: very good point

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think I'm at Friendster as well, I just never go there because I don't care.

I just like for people to be able to find me if they want to.
You know...

[nate101000.livejournal.com]

I can't see why I would want to network with someone who would have a myspace, but not a livejournal.

As far as I'm concerned mypace is the AOL of blogs.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Well, I can't see where anyone's asking you to.

And livejournal is a lot more irritating now that they don't use invite codes.

[sleazeanna.livejournal.com]

yeah, I'm new to MySpace. I gave in and got an account, cuz everyone I know has one and almost no one seems to have a LJ.

The layouts are stupid and annoying, but once you're used to it, it grows on you like a horrible fungus.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I look forward to it. ;-/

[nate101000.livejournal.com]

Sorry. What I meant to say was...

I can't see why anyone woudl want to be on myspace when there's livejournal. My space just seems irritating.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

It's really a question of whether or not you have an interest in networking. I do, so it's worth my time to be a little irritated, but if you don't--then it does appear to be needless aggravation.