Prince Myshkin

No The Velvet Underground

This thread (if it takes off) will likely spread out into wider discussions on the media but I just wanted to start a discussion on the way that the news reports certain events, and the events they choose to report on. I could also sit here all day and talk about some of the methods of gaining the images and information that they then report on but I'll keep it restricted to this. Some of you will have heard of the Daily Mail sidebar of shame. On the online site it used to be filled with women in bikini's. Someone too fat, someone too skinny, someone too something. Always 'too'. And there'd be a feast of perverted photo's and teasing captions to get the click required to meet their advertisers needs. Such click bait is a very obvious way of doing things though, it is instead more respected media outlets that trade in on misery that are starting to annoy me just as much. On the BBC at the moment there is a link to a story titled Girl 'repeatedly raped by group'. No other information is given, only this. They are aware that people who are clicking on it will not know anything about the case or who the people in question are, otherwise they would have given more detail in the headline. Instead they have decided that to get more people to click on the link they would go with that headline. I just find it weird because I got a real urge to click the link to find out more but I'm not sure I agree with the tactics used. I find myself debating whether we should be more euphemistic in our approach to these things, or whether we could confront the truth. Simply in terms of headlines to click on I think a little more tact could have been used. Basically, anyone wanna discuss something about that?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/22/fbi-man-shot-florida-tsarnaev-brothers

I'll never go bald. I've got a grey streak though.

Wahey, found a whole load of closet racists on my Facebook to defriend. Had a guy saying we should just bomb Afghanistan and start again by sending all the foreign people in our country there. Then he went on about vengeance, etc. As for the event it's crazy they got the video footage. Strange and depressing story but I'm consoled by the fact that these things don't happen more often. Given how the media portrays the people of this country, particularly those who weren't born here, you'd imagine these outbursts would happen more regularly. Not as gruesome as this one and with the hands on approach (bombings, etc would be more likely) of course, but outbursts of some form. People are better than you realise.

Maybe that was us getting to know Tnspieler1012.

No, I'm saying it's notable that women change their appearance more drastically than males and given it is not through individuality (as it is fashion based and these same people change every year or so to something else that is a trend) or genuine self expression this depresses me. The fact that females have to distort themselves far past their natural self appears to be a fact where I am shows what is expected of women in my society. I'm not saying they are bad people or that they are wrong but I am saying that it depresses me because I don't feel they (certainly the majority of them) have any real choice in the matter.

I'm glad you didn't post that last night when I had sleep deprivation as it'd freaked me out a hell of a lot more. I'll do the video in the next few hours as I need a shower and some food yet.

Very tired but a lie in tomorrow as it's my day off. Had two 11 hour shifts the last two days.

I'm starting to find people weirder and weirder and I can't help but wonder why people want to be so different to what they are. It doesn't help that I'm not in the city so it's like I'm surrounded by hundreds of failed prototypes (even though in reality they are cheap failed copies). Unfortunately females appear far more distorted than males. Not that I'd wish males would be more than females, just that I wish it was equal.

Sweet. I'll sort it tomorrow!

Sweet. Don't forget to keep the questions anonymous. (I'm sure you won't, I'm more posting that for future reference)

Or tomorrow afternoon if you wanna do it sooner.

I'm free Friday early afternoon (BST) to record one. So there's still about 36 hours left.

Me too. Edit: That was meant to be one post above.

Sweet. My girlfriend saw him tonight in France. Said he was awesome. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcSL-EWMkCo]Connan Mockasin - Faking Jazz Together (Official Video) - YouTube[/ame]

Laying in my parents bed after a suicide attempt whilst they phoned for an ambulance and my mother wept. Long time ago but won't ever forget it. Nor will I repeat it.

The advertising business should basically die.

I've heard his name crop up a bit but he doesn't have a thread. He's got four or five awesome songs: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyILJaEPwo8]Forever Dolphin Love (Live) - Connan Mockasin - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T9cCiwqKRA]Connan Mockasin - It's Choade My Dear - YouTube[/ame]

Incidentally, I do know what you mean about my Internet persona.

I was hoping it wasn't going to be zero questions. That would have been crushing for such a pretentious fellow haha.

Are you religious?

Questions to Nick it is!

It was just a general point on beauty and an explanation of her situation and the reason why she's making the video.

19 man is a bit too specific.