Headline on CNN...
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"24 Corpses Found Shot in Mexico" This is an absurd headline. Why on earth would anybody shoot a corpse? Even better, why would it be "news"? The news media is so completely fucking clueless that it's no wonder the news consuming public is so ill-informed.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
"24 Corpses Found Shot in Mexico" This is an absurd headline. Why on earth would anybody shoot a corpse? Even better, why would it be "news"? The news media is so completely fucking clueless that it's no wonder the news consuming public is so ill-informed.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
The news media is so completely f***ing clueless that it's no wonder the news consuming public is so ill-informed.
Well put. The word corpses should be people, assuming they are human corpses. And like you said, what qualifies this as news, anyways?
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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My wife has a Master's degree in English; what can I say? :-D
Software Zen:
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"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Maybe somebody was using the corpses for target practice? Testing some homemade bullets and their effect on human tissue? Maybe (and is probably more likely) the reports at CNN are ignoramuses.
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"24 Corpses Found Shot in Mexico" This is an absurd headline. Why on earth would anybody shoot a corpse? Even better, why would it be "news"? The news media is so completely fucking clueless that it's no wonder the news consuming public is so ill-informed.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
This is an absurd headline.
And it caught your attention did it not? absurd or not, the art of headlines is to get you to look, or get you to talk to your friends to spread the publicity. Shocking headlines, exaggerated headlines, WTF headlines, they all exist.... YOU found a WTF headline and it worked, you told a whole bunch more people and I bet a few might even have googled or swung by CNN to see the headline themselves, which means YOU just proved the headline worked 100% as it intended. Absurd or not, it worked.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
The news media is so completely f***ing clueless that it's no wonder the news consuming public is so ill-informed.
Well put. The word corpses should be people, assuming they are human corpses. And like you said, what qualifies this as news, anyways?
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
If it said "people shot" then it wouldn't convey the information that the people are dead. "24 People Shot" makes it sound like they are still alive.
“Cannot find REALITY.SYS...Universe Halted.” ~ God on phone with Microsoft Customer Support
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If it said "people shot" then it wouldn't convey the information that the people are dead. "24 People Shot" makes it sound like they are still alive.
“Cannot find REALITY.SYS...Universe Halted.” ~ God on phone with Microsoft Customer Support
How about: 24 people were found dead; at this time the cause of their death appears to be somehow related to bullet holes perforating each corpse.
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. Me blog, You read
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How about: 24 people were found dead; at this time the cause of their death appears to be somehow related to bullet holes perforating each corpse.
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. Me blog, You read
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My wife has a Master's degree in English; what can I say? :-D
Software Zen:
delete this;
Fold With Us![^]Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
My wife has a Master's degree in English; what can I say? :-D
Nothing without her approval I would guess. Are you sure that the Masters is indeed in English or is it actual 'Mercan?
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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"24 Corpses Found Shot in Mexico" This is an absurd headline. Why on earth would anybody shoot a corpse? Even better, why would it be "news"? The news media is so completely fucking clueless that it's no wonder the news consuming public is so ill-informed.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
My wife has a Master's degree in English; what can I say? :-D
Nothing without her approval I would guess. Are you sure that the Masters is indeed in English or is it actual 'Mercan?
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
Nothing without her approval I would guess.
:rolleyes:
Michael Martin wrote:
in English or is it actual 'Mercan
The degree is in English, but she speaks fluent 'Mercan, since she was born and raised here in Ohio.
Software Zen:
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Maybe somebody was using the corpses for target practice? Testing some homemade bullets and their effect on human tissue? Maybe (and is probably more likely) the reports at CNN are ignoramuses.
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Michael Martin wrote:
Nothing without her approval I would guess.
:rolleyes:
Michael Martin wrote:
in English or is it actual 'Mercan
The degree is in English, but she speaks fluent 'Mercan, since she was born and raised here in Ohio.
Software Zen:
delete this;
Fold With Us![^]Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
raised here in Ohio
35-3 my condolences :)
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. Me blog, You read
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
This is an absurd headline.
And it caught your attention did it not? absurd or not, the art of headlines is to get you to look, or get you to talk to your friends to spread the publicity. Shocking headlines, exaggerated headlines, WTF headlines, they all exist.... YOU found a WTF headline and it worked, you told a whole bunch more people and I bet a few might even have googled or swung by CNN to see the headline themselves, which means YOU just proved the headline worked 100% as it intended. Absurd or not, it worked.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
El Corazon wrote:
And it caught your attention did it not? absurd or not, the art of headlines is to get you to look, or get you to talk to your friends to spread the publicity.
It caught my attention because I notice absurd headlines. I didn't read the story, and the only people I told about it was here, and not because I wanted them to read the story (notice there wasn't a link to it).
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
