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TIME Magazine's Person of the Year is...(pic)
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...YOU! ( link to story)
And evidently you use a Mac.
I thought this was a pretty cool take on things. But I guess this lumps together every thoughtful blogger with the psychotic conspiracy theorists out there as the "Person of the Year." It's not like I've been holding my breath to see who they choose, but it's always interesting.
Sad fact: before I read the headline, I saw the Apple keyboard and monitor.
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dumb TIME. Another crappy 'person of the year'
They should have done some more analysis
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HA, I KNEW IT WOULD BE ME!!!! Finally!
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I don't think it's such a great choice.
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OMG, on CNN.com it says we were, "chosen over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, North Korea's Kim Jong Il and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld."
If that's the list we were obviously the clear winner. One vows destruction of Israel, the other revenge against the world and the last is a top reason the US is stuck in Iraq. If "You" didn't win then "You" are Hitler (who actually did win Man of the Year at one point.) The Time Person of the Year is a sham. Time to watch the funny letters roll in to Time HQ.
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Time should get with the times, Garamond is so old-school. It's all about Myriad Pro now.
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
I thought this was a pretty cool take on things. But I guess this lumps together every thoughtful blogger with the psychotic conspiracy theorists out there as the "Person of the Year." It's not like I've been holding my breath to see who they choose, but it's always interesting.
On a serious note, I think that's exactly what's intended. It does not matter who you are, it's the collective intelligence (and non-intelligence) that impacts the world through the internet.
The person of the year is not necessarily a "good" person, but an impactful one (or as now: many).
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Here's something that always bugged me growing up. Famous personalities get all the spotlight when "normal, regular people" are never praised or honored for anything. Along comes the 'net and BAM! the playing field is more even than it was before. I didn't read the article yet, but I'd bet it's TIME's way of saying that for the first time, normal, regular people can make a difference as much as someone who's famous in the traditional sense.
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No, starman, it's simply because I had my agent badger Time all year about making me person of the year. And it worked. My copy clearly says, "You" on the cover.
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I like the choice.
But check out this ad that airs before you read the main article.
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That is an unauthorized photo. My publicist is going to sue Time back to the stone age.
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Sweet, this'll look great on my resumé.
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Is there a reflective sheet in the YouTube video window?
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
OMG they are so hip and is so web 2.0 of them.
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Originally Posted by Dark Helmet
OMG111111!!!!!!!LOLZ they are so hip and is so web 2.0 of them.
Fixed®.
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Wow, how boring.
I'm sure a 50 something year old editor thought he was being all creative and what not....
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You'd think they'd do the homework needed for such an important choice. EVERYBODY knows I have a MacBook Pro!
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I think they've run out of ideas. How creative.
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Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy
What do I win?
A bunch of tubes and the internets.
Take good care of them.
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you're giving him all the internet tubes? great, now the whole thing is going to be covered in copper.
how come, whenever they discuss who were the runner-ups, they're always political figures? there are plenty of other people making a big impact on the world without being the leader of a nation. still, i think this choice makes more sense than some of their previous winners. they've now given it to planet earth, the personal computer, and every person in the world. i think they may have even given it to DNA one year. and really, what is a bunch of strands gonna do with all that fame?
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Originally Posted by the_glassman
I think they've run out of ideas. How creative.
what you mean? there's always nicole richie. what about edie sedgwick? she's only been dead for 34 years, but a movie about her comes out the 29th. (factory girl)
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Pfft.
Just what I needed. Yet another box of tubes.
Reckon I'll put 'em on the shelf beside the other boxes of tubes.
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information age = cam whores on youtube
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Originally Posted by faragbre967
OMG, on CNN.com it says we were, "chosen over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, North Korea's Kim Jong Il and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld."
But as they form part of "us", then they were chosen too.
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This is a kinda silly person of the year. But if they've given it to the whole earth before I guess that's OK. And it's OK if you noticed the Apple stuff first, I did too haha. But that is one thing I really like about this here interweb of ours. It really does level the playing field.
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Originally Posted by Salty
This is a kinda silly person of the year. But if they've given it to the whole earth before I guess that's OK. And it's OK if you noticed the Apple stuff first, I did too haha. But that is one thing I really like about this here interweb of ours. It really does level the playing field.
How so?
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Originally Posted by Demonhood
how come, whenever they discuss who were the runner-ups, they're always political figures? there are plenty of other people making a big impact on the world without being the leader of a nation.
Regardless, the leaders of the world usually will be in the running for having the most influence over it.
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More conclusive evidence that TIME magazine is for idiots.
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I knew I was getting this a few weeks ago, but I didn't want to rub it in your faces.
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Originally Posted by Dakar²
I knew I was getting this a few weeks ago, but I didn't want to rub it in your faces.
+1 for being humble about it.
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Spliffdaddy's got internet on his computer
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
It's a bunch of tubes!
It's not a dumptruck! That's all I know about the internets.
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That picture of Christopher LLoyd is sort of how I envision Marden looking like...
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Originally Posted by kc311v2
More conclusive evidence that TIME magazine is for idiots.
i agree. this is a moronic cop-out for person of the year.. clearly they had NO IDEA what else to do
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george cloney is going to be pissed
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