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| Alastor Posts: 7847/8204 |
That's not really a fair criticism. Everyone lives shiny. |
| SamuraiX Posts: 26/302 |
Originally posted by Colin And I quote, that TIME bases its Person of the Year on who, "for better or worse, has most influenced events in the preceding year." I think it's just a cheap attempt at grabbing the interest of the people: "Whoa, I, and some famous person, am the winner!" [EDIT] Not to mention the cover is shiny. And we know how much the Time-magazine buyers love shiny. |
| Arwon Posts: 525/631 |
It's not just about "threats to America". It's about the big trends and news stories. Iran and nukes are nothing new, but Chavez has become emblematic of a widespread new leftish swing in Latin America generally, and reportage on the fates of Chavez-type politicians throughout Latin America have been a significant news issue all year. It's one of the bigger stories in the world.
The other possibility is either Al Gore or that Stern guy from the UK treasury, because the global warming debate has been one of the biggest issues of the year too. |
| Cynthia Posts: 5483/5814 |
Ahmadinejad's the one with the nuclear power intentions and the one who's been stirring up the controversy. Chavez... just hates Bush.  (Yeah, I know there's more to it than that but Chavez really isn't a threat. More a thorn in one's side.) |
| snipy_chipy Posts: 31/31 |
I put it on my resume. |
| Arwon Posts: 523/631 |
Why not Hugo Chavez? |
| Cynthia Posts: 5478/5814 |
It's a pick that's out of the box but it isn't a bad pick. Shows you how terms like Youtube and Wikipedia are becoming part of our culture.
Apparently if "You" wasn't picked, the choice would have been Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - and that definitely feels a little off as Time stated.  |
| Schweiz oder etwas Posts: 1922/2046 |
Hey now, Kyouji. Computers are people too.  |
| Alastor Posts: 7834/8204 |
Originally posted by cpubasic13Makes more sense than this. The "Seven Wonders of the World" were really the seven wonders of the ancient world.Originally posted by Alastor Yeah, the computer is pretty stupid, and so is the endangered earth, but eh. More sense than this =/ |
| cpubasic13 Posts: 1051/1193 |
Originally posted by Alastor Well, I dunno. Good Morning America's redid the 7 Wonders of the World, making the Internet one of the new wonders.
Still, making you the person of the year with honorable mentions for your MySpace and Youtube contributions? Umm... All credibility for anything related to similar topics has been lost and will never be found again by me. Go on with your dumbass theories where everyone wins, I'm going to think rationally about this stuff. I'm going to research people who have changed the world without being lazy and just naming everyone because I want to gain money with little work. |
| BiteMark1992 Posts: 6/26 |
Yeah, sounds like someone just got lazy... |
| Toxic Posts: 200/251 |
Originally posted by Salmon Amen to that. At first, I thought it was one of those dumb sites that you get to put info into, and a silly news story, in this case, POTY, comes out that you can show people. But yeah, I don't really have a problem with this. What else was there, Jong launched the Dong, and lots of people hate America. This is fresh, and it will definitely sell a lot of copies. |
| Salmon Posts: 216/221 |
Makes perfect sense to me. DIY culture is growing with the expansion of things such as blogs, wikis, and podcasts. The internet is basically opening the door to amateurism being the leading thing, and I'm pretty sure this is what TIME is trying to say with this. Need I remind you all that both "The Computer" and "The Endangered Earth" has been "Person of the Year" before? Likewise, large groups of people have been Person of the Year as well, such as The American Soldier and the Hungarian Freedom Fighter. |
| Alastor Posts: 7828/8204 |
This. Now, this... This is stupid. |
| drjayphd Posts: 1091/1170 |
Originally posted by Arwon Either that or they have some wacky bets going on in their offices.  |
| Randy53215 Posts: 635/726 |
Originally posted by MathOnNapkins I am thinkning something along those lines. This seems really stupid and trying to boost people self esteem it seems like.  |
| Arwon Posts: 522/631 |
Well, Time's just consigned a decades-old tradition to utter irrelevance. |
| NSNick Posts: 1971/2228 |
"...if you buy me a drink, I'll make you Man of the Year." |
| MathOnNapkins Posts: 1011/1106 |
So in other words, the guy who usually does this stuff is on vacation... |
| Sukasa Posts: 1940/2068 |
Interesting. That's different, but it makes sense. User-generated content is a bit of a misnomer, everything is generated by users, just users in different senses of the word |
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