Too Stupid for Words category archive
Ignoring the Oscars 0
I have no interest in watching Hollywood play with itself.
Indeed, that goes for all the entertainment “awards” shows. They are wankery of the highest order.
The Actualization of Potentialities Manifests Itself in Imperative Fashion 0
In my local rag, Bernadette Kinlaw takes on corporate doublespeak. A snippet:
CNN provided us with a wonderful yet horrifying example of gobbledygook.
Management had plans “to leverage internal efficiencies by enlisting external resources, thus driving a reduction in operating costs, thereby enhancing shareholder value.”
How would you interpret that?
We’re laying off people to save money and please our stockholders.
I worked in corporate America for a long time and I learned that long words and convoluted language meant one or both of two things: emptiness and treachery.
Do read the rest.
Afterthought:
You can rephrase the title of this post loosely as “git ‘r done.”
An Impulse to Selfie-Destruction 0
Honest to Pete, you can’t make this stuff up:
The National Transportation Safety Board said a GoPro video camera was found near the plane’s wreckage in Watkins, about 25 miles east of Denver. Recordings on the device showed the pilot and a passenger were taking “self-photographs” with their cellphones, using the flash during the plane’s takeoff roll, intitial climb and flight, the NTSB said.
And, in related news of the narcissistic . . .
The Golden Fleecing 0
In search of the elusive one who’s born every minute.
As stated in his filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Biscardi hopes that selling stock in Bigfoot Project Investments will raise $3 million, the Journal reported.
Facebook Frolics 0
Frolics de mortuus.
Grinch 0
Really, the random pointlessness is dismaying.
Cavalcade of Stupid 0
Honest to Pete, you can’t make this stuff up.
Where does Fox News find these people?
The Mug’s Bowl 2
Seriously? There’s a Bitcoin Bowl?
It’s sponsored by BitPay, a company that attempts to leach its income off bitcoin users. (I wonder whether the promoters accepted payment for the sponsorship in bitcoins?)
Don’t be fooled. Bitcoins are a mug’s game.