OT: The Age of Sensationalism

[weisan]

It's almost like we have to resort to using absolute, or controversial or hyperbole terms in our language these days in order to gain attention or be taken seriously. We see that here in the way pals title their thread, the guy who got elected in the highest office, in the tabloids, newspapers, and magazines (of course), in social media, everywhere!

What can't we just say what we meant and meant what we say?
Nobody ever speak plainly anymore. :D

[Dead Man]

Well... the noise has skyrocketed here in the information age. Guess you have to be really, really loud to be heard

[weisan]

Well... the noise has skyrocketed here in the information age. Guess you have to be really, really loud to be heard

True dat.

I tried to get away from that noise by going for a bike ride...and sometimes my buddies would unknowingly bring that noise into the bike ride and I would be like..."hELLO!!....can we have a little bit of peace here?" :(

I don't need more drama. My life is a drama. :D

[eddief]

your stem is too short was the worst ever. Alternative facts would suggest it is much longer.

[Frankwurst]

What can't we just say what we meant and meant what we say? :D

Not sure what you're trying to say here.:beer:

[adub]

And everything is epic.

[CampyorBust]

It's almost like we have to resort to using absolute, or controversial or hyperbole terms in our language these days in order to gain attention or be taken seriously. We see that here in the way pals title their thread, the guy who got elected in the highest office, in the tabloids, newspapers, and magazines (of course), in social media, everywhere!

What can't we just say what we meant and meant what we say?
Nobody ever speak plainly anymore. :D

Only the sith deal in absolutes! I am slightly bored and looking for a good time so…

Was is the norsemen pjorn comment? :o

C'mon you have a sense of humor, and a good one at that, yet you seem to be pining for the fjords of yesteryear.

Kidin, cool thread and interesting topic. Sensationalism and hysteria are nothing new in society but it has reached levels unlike anything we have seen before. I think some of it can be chalked up to a lack of honor and decency in our society. It has been systematically eroded over the past 30 years if not more. Thank you Jerry Springer, Eminem and Salt-n-Pepa, you too Miley (a fine rendition of Jolene is all you get credit for!)! It was always under threat but the information age has truly bumped it up a notch or ten. We essentially live in the age of limitless information, which sadly leads to a curious troll like conscience to some degree or another. A most unfortunate step in our development, alas there is no movement forward without it, at least not at this stage of our collective degradation.

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These little black rectangles we carry around with us everywhere, sleep with, eat with, shop with, bike with, scuba dive with, some asstronaughts probably take em to space and send naughty pics to Spok with etc etc, they are with us in our most private moments watching and recording everything, for “marketing” purposes of course oh and yes “safety” boogy woogy sheep boogy woogy. Pensioners have access to technology the stasi’s wet dreams could not even fathom and some of them know how to use it which is terrifying, not too mention private contractors and beyond, here probably the Romulans are jealous.

Everyone is curious about everyone else. Oooweee lemme check their facebook, instagram and twitter. No I cant be friends with them they like edamame and recumbents eeeewwwww. Restraint and discipline are present in only the precious few and even fewer display a capacity for compassion and understanding. When I tell people I don’t use facebook twitter or any of that I am looked upon like a unicorn. Most turn into Tim Curry’s devil from Legend (and I am left jumping on couches trying to prove my sanity). I must have something to hide, my horn dust probably cures rabies and gout, and my mane is the most potent controlled substance on earth. A rare being to be feared, prodded and de-horned. Well you can’t have my horn dammit, and stop pulling on my glittery tail, how bout a hoof to the forehead you freakish little fiends? Hows that for a mark of the beast? It’s the latest body mod fad.

These little Hal 10,000 now dictate our lives, an irreplaceable tool, a most insidious opiate, a tool so powerful and sinister it is hard for your average person to contemplate its vast reach let alone grasp the ramifications of trusting and using it. The effect that it is having on kids is catastrophic, yes there are small benefits but at what cost? Decency, honor and rational thought are very much endangered. They have been replaced by ruthless calculation, deceit and hysteria. So naturally it takes sensationalism to catch our attention and even more to hold it.

Re the sensationalism on this forum, in part I think it actually has subsided some, I for one am thankful the passive and masterful interjection of politics into comments and threads by established elite members to gauge and provoke unsuspecting wholly innocent newbz has almost vanished. I have a crazy theory… it could be a gender issue, seeing as how the vast majority of members appear to be men the following statement from Mrs. Banks must be put forth for deliberation…

“Though we adore men individually, we agree that as a group they're rather stoopid!”

The whole song… https://youtu.be/Kvk1NZDFvZU … is rather catchy.

Group think! It all male group thinks fault! Get a bunch of doods together interject a little sillyness and wallah the stoopidity will run amok,a fumbly bumbly race to the bottom will surely ensue. I am not a 100% on this theory but there it is, just putting it out there.

Consequently I must apologize for creating the whackin’ it thread. That was irresponsible of me, I failed to consider the ramifications.

Tangent filled totally sober rant over.

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[Black Dog]

And everything is epic.

You beat me to that. :D

[Schmed]

No doubt. How about the various speeches at this weekend's protests? Man... (woman???) how vulgar can you get?

[gasman]

No doubt. How about the various speeches at this weekend's protests? Man... (woman???) how vulgar can you get?

Sigh- please no political statements. Thanks I don't want to have us go down this road.

[marciero]

No doubt. How about the various speeches at this weekend's protests? Man... (woman???) how vulgar can you get?

Umm... Nah-too easy.

[Schmed]

Sigh- please no political statements. Thanks I don't want to have us go down this road.

Sorry. I thought "the guy who got elected in the highest office" was an opening for commentary on both sides.

Seriously guys, if you don't see the sensationalism on both sides of the aisle, I really encourage you to open your eyes.

[Schmed]

Umm... Nah-too easy.

Don't hold back, marciero. We are supposed to encourage open communication, right?

[Louis]

Seriously guys, if you don't see the sensationalism on both sides of the aisle, I really encourage you to open your eyes.

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[Schmed]

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[Louis]

I don't think anyone's claimed that that never happened.

[majorpat]

If everything is epic, then by definition nothing is epic.

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[Schmed]

If everything is epic, then by definition nothing is epic.

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Awesome! ;)

[fiamme red]

If everything is epic, then by definition nothing is epic.You can't deny that an espresso served in a Rapha cup and saucer is epic.

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[Dead Man]

If everything is epic, then by definition nothing is epic.

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And I think this is near the heart of the whole problem.

[oldpotatoe]

You can't deny that an espresso served in a Rapha cup and saucer is epic.

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Nope, THIS is epic and awesome!! in a Rapha cup!!

[93legendti]

Nope, THIS is epic and awesome!! in a Rapha cup!!

That looks like a latte/cappuccino from a machine made by cousin's company Ripple Maker. Really amazing product.

http://www.coffeeripples.com

[CampyorBust]

http://thefederalistpapers.integratedmarket.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/limo-on-fire.jpg

If only torching limos was where it stopped, unfortunately the hysteria is taking a turn for the worst…

https://youtu.be/nnERQIhsCFc

If anyone ever wonders what does mind control look like. Look no further than this. ;) “This is what democracy looks like!”

Shoot looks like I am contributing to the problem rather then the solution. Ok fine happy thoughts, tea cups, I like tea cups, I like them with flowers while others like showers. Dammit I dun did it again didn’t I?:crap: Ok ok, tea cups are nice because they are pretty, tea cups are nice because they witty, tea cups are nice while I read the Pseudepigrapha, tea cups are nice because they aint Rapha! Oh snap! :D:banana:

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Sorry, I am in full on verbal diarrhea nonsense mode today so a break I must take, after I wake. Ugh:help:

[Ti Designs]

And everything is epic.

Simply a loss of perspective. Looking around in amazement has been replaced with the selfie. Everything is bigger, faster and better than what came before it, even if it's not. Not really the world I want to live in...

[CampyorBust]

Can’t help myself, this just in... oooof, shocking, shameful, desperate, delicious…

Passengers Cheer As woman Is Thrown Off Airplane For Berating Trump Supporter...

https://youtu.be/C-3XbycyQrk

Given the subtle and not-so-subtle anti-Cheeto rhetoric spewed on this forum over the past year, I feel posting this is appropriate. If not somewhat ironic, alas we are not on a plane are we?

[mistermo]

And everything is epic.

and everything is awesome.

The Grand Canyon is awesome. The hot fudge sundae you get at DQ is not.

[ColonelJLloyd]

and everything is awesome.

Everything is awesome (https://youtu.be/9cQgQIMlwWw).

[thirdgenbird]

That looks like a latte/cappuccino from a machine made by cousin's company Ripple Maker. Really amazing product.

http://www.coffeeripples.com

It looks like the cat was made without the help of a machine. My wife is pretty good at this.

Edit:
My wife confirmed that she can pour the pictured cat.

[holliscx]

What can't we just say what we meant and meant what we say?
Nobody ever speak plainly anymore. :D

Zero irony this is posted in a forum that censors language

[Ray]

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Louis, you just can't see 'em because they're all WHITE people, so they blend in with the ground cover. There were millions of them there. Honest. I mean it. It was epic...

-Ray

[Jgrooms]

Louis, you just can't see 'em because they're all WHITE people, so they blend in with the ground cover. There were millions of them there. Honest. I mean it. It was epic...



-Ray



Period!


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[Jgrooms]

http://thefederalistpapers.integratedmarket.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/limo-on-fire.jpg



OMG a car [emoji594] is on fire [emoji91]!

When one believes what someone says, repeatedly, then people might burn stuff.


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[Elefantino]

Because communication has changed the sensationalism-o-meter has spiked; one has to rise above the ever-rising din.

The rise of "alternative facts" is just the latest example and not limited to politics. (Only mostly.) It used to be that yelling "fire" in a crowded theater would get you arrested; now roughly half of the people in the theater are convinced that they smell smoke and fully one-quarter will show you burn marks.

It's an interesting time to be alive, if by "interesting" one means watching society begin to tear itself from the fringes. I only hope that when the real cat poop hits the fan - and Orwell proves to be a more accurate prophet than Isaiah - I and mine are long gone.

In the meantime, at least we have Zwift.®

[Tony T]

In the meantime, at least we have Zwift.

Tried it. Memory Hog (My MBA fans were running full-blast). Didn't like the animation, and the other riders were passing too close to my bars :)
Trying TrainerRoad next… (Just got a Kinetic Smart Trainer)

[fiamme red]

In the meantime, at least we have Zwift.®Great, so now people are posting reports on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter of all the epic Zwift rides they've done. :rolleyes:

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