Monday, December 18, 2006

Such a Horrible Gimmick

Time Magazine named you as it's Person of the Year. What a horrible copout. As I've explained before, these promotions and "honors" are meant to sell magazines, not as a meritorious tribue to someone's accomplishments.
The argument is that user-generated sites exploded in popularity and did the most to change our society in 2006.
I can see the point but in that case why not make the youtube guys people of the year. Or pick a person who uploaded a memorable clip and make them emblematic of the movement. Or pick a 8-year old girl who's on myspace, or a 90-year old man who posts clips of his old age home on youtube. Something a little more substantial than "You!"
But as Pizza Parlor Derek points out, it's going to look great on a resume.

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