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I'm not laughing? Are you?
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I know we facin a recession/
But the music yall makin gonna make it the Great Depression
But the music yall makin gonna make it the Great Depression
-Jay-Z
It's not just the music Jay...In recent weeks, the general public has had to deal with an onslaught of tragedies. Some of these have been smaller in scale (the premiere of Tiny & Toya, the Knicks missing out on Stephen Curry, the folding of VIBE, our last Hip Hop magazine, etc.). While others have been truly epic, planes have been crashing, unemployment has increased for the 9th straight month and is the highest in 26 years and we've seen a large number of celebrities and icons pass away in a short period of time.
Starting with Ed McMahon, we've since experienced the loss of Farrah Fawcett, the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, and then Billy Mays. To me, what's shocking about all that's passed is the large number of tragedies I discovered through Twitter and it's trending topics. After Billy Mays passed away, I was pretty much prepared to believe any story of any other celebrity passing away. Apparently, the general populace that is Twitter was ready in the same way and this week we learned about the "death" of Jeff Goldblum (dude from Jurassic Park, Independence Day). Of course he didn't die and the rumor spark was fueled by the gasoline that is Twitter. It got so bad that even CNN reported on his death. (Hilarious video below)
In my opinion, this shows that we are in some down times where we are really ready to accept any crazy story of any type of tragedy (not to mention, everyone (even the media) stopped checking reliable sources). If you read a tweet saying "OMG Diddy was shot on the G train" after seeing a trending topic, you're telling me you wouldn't be prepared to believe it for half a second even tho Diddy wouldn't take use mass transit even if someone paid him (especially not the G)...Even if this is a bad example, I'm just saying that I miss the happier days when everyone wasn't lookin to be the first person reporting a tragedy. I miss the days of everyone laughing at senseless shit. Even in recent days, we've had a lot of great/joyous moments like the Lakers winning a title, Iran having a re-election, the Democrats getting filibuster power in the Senate, Kwame getting drafted by the T-Wolves, and the Kanye directorial debut/upcoming Bishop Ford scandal/ TITTYFEST that is the Best I Ever Had video.
Even here on ViewRoof the most recent post is about me getting mugged. I take 1/8 responsibility for this (other 7/8 still goes to the asshole thief), but I miss the days of random posts about the 12th letter, Daddy Yankee stagefights, and girls getting impaled by power tools in their privates...We as a people need to step up to the plate to make the interweb funny again and it should start ASAP.
Starting with Ed McMahon, we've since experienced the loss of Farrah Fawcett, the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, and then Billy Mays. To me, what's shocking about all that's passed is the large number of tragedies I discovered through Twitter and it's trending topics. After Billy Mays passed away, I was pretty much prepared to believe any story of any other celebrity passing away. Apparently, the general populace that is Twitter was ready in the same way and this week we learned about the "death" of Jeff Goldblum (dude from Jurassic Park, Independence Day). Of course he didn't die and the rumor spark was fueled by the gasoline that is Twitter. It got so bad that even CNN reported on his death. (Hilarious video below)
| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
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In my opinion, this shows that we are in some down times where we are really ready to accept any crazy story of any type of tragedy (not to mention, everyone (even the media) stopped checking reliable sources). If you read a tweet saying "OMG Diddy was shot on the G train" after seeing a trending topic, you're telling me you wouldn't be prepared to believe it for half a second even tho Diddy wouldn't take use mass transit even if someone paid him (especially not the G)...Even if this is a bad example, I'm just saying that I miss the happier days when everyone wasn't lookin to be the first person reporting a tragedy. I miss the days of everyone laughing at senseless shit. Even in recent days, we've had a lot of great/joyous moments like the Lakers winning a title, Iran having a re-election, the Democrats getting filibuster power in the Senate, Kwame getting drafted by the T-Wolves, and the Kanye directorial debut/upcoming Bishop Ford scandal/ TITTYFEST that is the Best I Ever Had video.
Even here on ViewRoof the most recent post is about me getting mugged. I take 1/8 responsibility for this (other 7/8 still goes to the asshole thief), but I miss the days of random posts about the 12th letter, Daddy Yankee stagefights, and girls getting impaled by power tools in their privates...We as a people need to step up to the plate to make the interweb funny again and it should start ASAP.
