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The Age of Mediocrity: Why Rebecca Black Is Everyone's Fault [OPINION]

2 pointsby sharonpaulabout 14 years ago

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anagnorisisabout 14 years ago
Judging between potential problems....I think the most apparent one is the op-ed writer missed a dose of Xanax, or missed a deadline and needed to churn something out.<p>He's imbuing way too much meaning in this.<p>40M views..The numeric is extraordinary, but that's it. What % of these views carries the face time of 2minutes? 1minutes of someone's life? How about 10seconds of someone's randomized procrastination or ennui schedule?<p>Contrast with the % that isn't the 10s Population...and what % are young, pre-adolescent girls (or boys)?<p>Putting probable numbers on <i>these</i> figures, and a real problem may be revealing itself in the writer's thinking while trying to harangue society:<p>an emotional aversion and resistance to the progressive openness of communication.<p>Fwiw, i watched her entire video...but i just liked the beat?