Thursday, November 19, 2009

Morning Thoughts

1) Why is it that when someone says "no offense, but..." they're about to offend you?

2) Why is "dyslexic" not spelled the same frontwords and backwords? (Or the word "palindrome" for that matter?)

3) Why is "abbreviate" such a long word?

4) Why does Rush Limbaugh say that Sarah Palin's new book is the "best policy book" he's ever read? Has he read no other books before?

5) Why do people say "what goes around, comes around"? That's only really true for things that travel in circles. If I toss a rock into a field it's not like I'm going to find that rock on my pillow the next day. Or will I...?

6) Why did they call it "twitter" when a better word for it is "e-stalker"?

7) And on that note, is it really stalking if the "victim" wants to be stalked? By twittering?

8) How did all sitcoms go from having laugh tracks to having the actors just awkwardly pause where the laughter used to be?

9) How did laugh tracks come about in the first place? Did someone say "maybe people will now know it's okay to laugh here"? They don't use them for movies, just television. Should someone have invented a "cheering track" for musical studio recordings?

10) How come once we get used to an Internet browser or word processing application they have to upgrade and change it to something we have to re-learn? Did anyone actually complain to Microsoft that the current versions were too easy to figure out?

8 comments:

  1. They actually use "cheering" tracks on live albums bands put out.

    As far as the Internet thing....Firefox and Chrome are just simply better and faster, enhancing your experience online, something Microsoft has failed to do. They are more interested in building applications that suck up more juice and processing power on your PC, forcing you to constantly upgrade.

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  2. #2- hahahahah. God I hate Palin.

    #9- I don't get laugh tracks, at all. Unless it's supposed to, like, encourage the audience to laugh. So you don't feel weird laughing alone.

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  3. I meant #4 regarding Palin. Sigh... perhaps I'm dyslexic?

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  4. DF--live albums are obviously different--if they're playing live then you'll have cheering anyway. Enhancing it just makes the band sound more popular. But adding laughter? Does it really make a joke funnier? If so then they're admitting the jokes are weak! As for Firefox, I get that--but why do they have to change my toolbars and applications? Doesn't it make more sense to upgrade the previous version with fewer functional changes? Fools!

    Brett--yeah Palin is a joke--what's sad is all these people cheering her on. Or are they all in on some joke above our heads? I'd prefer to think that's the case than to think so many people think she's tops!

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  5. Funny I am a republican and can't stand Limbaugh and Palin. Funny post

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  6. "10) How come once we get used to an Internet browser or word processing application they have to upgrade and change it to something we have to re-learn? Did anyone actually complain to Microsoft that the current versions were too easy to figure out?"

    *snort* Haven't you heard? Microsoft needs money. Poor things.

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  7. Zipcode--understood! Having Palin or Rush speak for conservatives is like having Pauly Shore speak for modern comedy.

    Lacochran--true, just do they have to be so obvious about it?

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