Lady Gaga? Seriously? Nice to see Penny Arcade up there though.
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NephthysWanderer wrote:
Lady Gaga? Seriously?
"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
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I for one think he's a nice bloke.
It's a lie! She showed her ****** in the Telephone video to debunk it. :P
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And you have to admit, EVERYONE knows Lady GaGa.
Edited, Apr 7th 2010 6:07pm by idiggory
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idiggory wrote:
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I for one think he's a nice bloke.
It's a lie! She showed her ****** in the Telephone video to debunk it. :P
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"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
idiggory wrote:
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I for one think he's a nice bloke.
It's a lie! She showed her ****** in the Telephone video to debunk it. :P
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And you have to admit, EVERYONE knows Lady GaGa.
Edited, Apr 7th 2010 6:07pm by idiggory
Can't say I do, old chap.
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Lady GaGa.
Who?
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idiggory wrote:
And you have to admit, EVERYONE knows Lady GaGa.
Edited, Apr 7th 2010 6:07pm by idiggory
Edited, Apr 7th 2010 6:07pm by idiggory
Heard the name, but I probably couldn't tell you it was her if I heard her song. I also don't know if I could find her if she were lost in a sea of drag-queens.
Lady Gaga, like Britney Spears, has found most of her music a permanent residence of strip clubs and other less sophisticated party venues. As a frequent patron of such places, I'm very familiar with her music and I do have to say one thing.
It's catchy.
It's catchy.
I only know her from the Fug Girls.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
idiggory wrote:
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I for one think he's a nice bloke.
It's a lie! She showed her ****** in the Telephone video to debunk it. :P
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And you have to admit, EVERYONE knows Lady GaGa.
Just because you've heard of someone doesn't mean that they've influenced you.
Also, I can't take any list seriously that claims it's going to include the most influential people in the world and then proceeds to make half of the available candidates crappy pop artists and two bit actors from the US.
Turin the Malevolent wrote:
Also, I can't take any list seriously that claims it's going to include the most influential people in the world and then proceeds to make half of the available candidates crappy pop artists and two bit actors from the US.
Tell you what, you let me know the minute crappy pop artists and 2 bit actors from the U.S. stop being influential in the world and I' let you know you should start your Mandarin lessons. It's the way of the world. Everyone wants to be like us whether they admit it or not.
Ah, cultural influence. Power so soft it's scarcely detectable.
They spelled my name wrong again dang it.
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Hold me up and give me air while agree publicly with Moe, but I got down to the end of the thread and Moe said pretty much what I was going to say.
I think the set of people who imbibe pop culture is much larger than the set of people who imbibe serious news and information culture. So even if the two sets of people overlap, someone who sends a big ripple through the pop sphere is very culturally influential, even if you think they ought not to be in comparison with somebody more "serious", "heavyweight" or "admirable".
Not directly maybe. But if they've influenced the culture you live in, then indirectly (insidiously?) their influence will seep back into your life, even if you don't know where the originating imagery, iconography or conceptuality comes from.
I think the set of people who imbibe pop culture is much larger than the set of people who imbibe serious news and information culture. So even if the two sets of people overlap, someone who sends a big ripple through the pop sphere is very culturally influential, even if you think they ought not to be in comparison with somebody more "serious", "heavyweight" or "admirable".
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Just because you've heard of someone doesn't mean that they've influenced you.
Not directly maybe. But if they've influenced the culture you live in, then indirectly (insidiously?) their influence will seep back into your life, even if you don't know where the originating imagery, iconography or conceptuality comes from.
KSR has way more influence than 70% of those on that list, and yet approximately zero people know who they are or what they did.
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Nice, Shahrukh Khan is in the top 10... and is beating Robert Pattenson. I agree with that.
LOL that Obama is only number 16 right now.
LOL that Obama is only number 16 right now.
His Excellency MoebiusLord wrote:
Everyone wants to be like us whether they admit it or not.
I very highly doubt that. They want to watch your TV programs like they want to buy cheap electronics from China. That's about as far as it goes. Most of the world really doesn't give a crap about the US or how you live your lives, it doesn't even cross their minds, whether you admit it or not.
A lot of the world looks at the way you live your lives and goes "wtf? I can't kill a goat in my own city backyard? How am I supposed to make [insertrandomholiday] dinner now?"
Yodabunny wrote:
His Excellency MoebiusLord wrote:
Everyone wants to be like us whether they admit it or not.
I very highly doubt that.
As is your right. No one can force you to be smart.
Yodabunny wrote:
They want to watch your TV programs like they want to buy cheap electronics from China.
Just like us. You're welcome.
Yodabunny wrote:
That's about as far as it goes. Most of the world really doesn't give a crap about the US or how you live your lives, it doesn't even cross their minds, whether you admit it or not.
Which is why so much of our crap pop culture is exported to the rest of the world. You're welcome.
By the way, the reason people can buy cheap electronics from China - the U.S. consumer. You're welcome.
The reason people can buy cheap clothes from Malaysia - the U.S. consumer. You're welcome.
The reason people get Indians on the phone for customer service - the U.S. business community. Our bad.
The explosion of the U.S. economy & technological innovation in the United States in the second half of the 20th century coupled with the fact that we basically got rid of all of the really insidious threats to world peace, are the reasons that your lives outside this country are so peachy keen. You're welcome and f'uck off.
Yodabunny wrote:
A lot of the world looks at the way you live your lives and goes "wtf? I can't kill a goat in my own city backyard? How am I supposed to make [insertrandomholiday] dinner now?"
It's nice to enjoy the ability to worry about something so trivial because your big brother is the most powerful nation on the planet, isn't it? You're welcome.
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Which is why so much of our crap pop culture is exported to the rest of the world. You're welcome.
No. Your crap pop culture is exported because corporate giants want to spread their rancid seed all over the planet. Nobody comes knocking on America's door asking for a cup of culture. A lot of your "pop culture" comes from Britain.
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Yodabunny wrote:
They want to watch your TV programs like they want to buy cheap electronics from China.
They want to watch your TV programs like they want to buy cheap electronics from China.
Just like us.
Everyone wants to be like Canada, whether they admit it or not. Just as valid.
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By the way, the reason people can buy cheap electronics from China - the U.S. consumer. You're welcome.
Nope. Cheap labour.
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The reason people can buy cheap clothes from Malaysia - the U.S. consumer. You're welcome.
Nope. Cheap labour.
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The reason people get Indians on the phone for customer service - the U.S. business community. Our bad.
I'd like to agree with you here, but nope. Again, cheap labour.
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The explosion of the U.S. economy & technological innovation in the United States in the second half of the 20th century coupled with the fact that we basically got rid of all of the really insidious threats to world peace, are the reasons that your lives outside this country are so peachy keen. You're welcome and f'uck off.
Your technological innovation stalled a couple of decades ago, and your economy is in the crapper. The rest of the world is doing just fine, it does not depend on the US for happiness as you seem to think. You're just not THAT important.
I don't hate America, I really don't, you do a lot of good things. I just hate the self centered attitude I see from a lot (not all, maybe just more aggressive than other countries) of Americans. You're culture is one of exclusion, dominance, and fear that breeds a lot of entitled twats.
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You're culture is one of exclusion, dominance, and fear that breeds a lot of entitled twats.
Grammar aside, that is partially true. Partially.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Yodabunny wrote:
No. Your crap pop culture is exported because corporate giants want to spread their rancid seed all over the planet. Nobody comes knocking on America's door asking for a cup of culture.
Nobody holds a gun to their heads to make them buy it, yet they do anyway. Hmm.
Yodabunny wrote:
A lot of your "pop culture" comes from Britain.
A lot of us come from Britain. We make it better an export it. And people buy it. Of their own free will. Hmm.
Yodabunny wrote:
Everyone wants to be like Canada, whether they admit it or not. Just as valid.
/snicker Sure, if you mean that Canada is so much like the U.S.
Yodabunny wrote:
Nope. Cheap labour.
And a manufacturing infrastructure built to make goods for the U.S. consumer, the best debt spender on the planet. You're still welcome, you ingrate.
Yodabunny wrote:
Your technological innovation stalled a couple of decades ago, and your economy is in the crapper. The rest of the world is doing just fine, it does not depend on the US for happiness as you seem to think.
Doing just fine buying our technology, trying desperately to sell us their crap and hoping like hell we don't decide to cut off our foreign aid to them or stop funding the U.N. You're welcome.
Yodabunny wrote:
You're just not THAT important.
The global outcry that would result if we shut our doors and our wallets would drown out a hurricane.
Yodabunny wrote:
I don't hate America, I really don't, you do a lot of good things. I just hate the self centered attitude I see from a lot (not all, maybe just more aggressive than other countries) of Americans. You're culture is one of exclusion, dominance, and fear that breeds a lot of entitled twats.
Canadian pen;s envy is so cute.
Samira wrote:
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You're culture is one of handouts, over-taxation, and really successful innovators that breeds a lot of entitled twats on welfare or some other form of public subsidy.
Grammar aside, that is true. Mostly.
Better
Samira wrote:
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You're culture is one of exclusion, dominance, and fear that breeds a lot of entitled twats.
Grammar aside, that is partially true. Partially.
Yeah, usually my grammar is a little better, bad day.
His Excellency MoebiusLord wrote:
Samira wrote:
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You're culture is one of handouts, over-taxation, and really successful innovators that breeds a lot of entitled twats on welfare or some other form of public subsidy.
Grammar aside, that is true. Mostly.
Better
Nope.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
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The explosion of the U.S. economy & technological innovation in the United States in the second half of the 20th century coupled with the fact that we basically got rid of all of the really insidious threats to world peace, are the reasons that your lives outside this country are so peachy keen. You're welcome and f'uck off.
Considering world peace doesn't actually exist, I'm not sure it can be threatened in the first place. One might more accurately say the USA removed all the especially problematic barriers to world peace. Not entirely accurately, of course, because its not entirely true.
His Excellency MoebiusLord wrote:
/snicker Sure, if you mean that Canada is so much like the U.S.
You know, I have a friend that went to the US for a visit not long ago.
They said, "It's just like Canada, but dirtier, poorer, and a little darker."
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