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On 07/18/2013 at 07:07 PM by Blake Turner

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 I find it weird that people still buy those magazines about celebrities. Firstly, have these people never heard of the internet? You know that place where you can find out about all that kind of shit for free? I used to understand people wanting to read them while on the toilet, but guess what! They invented something to get around that. It's called a fucking smart phone, and most people in the world have one! I also find it disconcerting that people think that buying these magazines is normal. Yes, obsessing over every detail of someone you've never met's life is totally fucking normal. And healthy. Oh, and even better, they put puzzles in these magazines. If you are actually compelled to read speculations about an out of context photo of Prince Williams talking to a random woman in a public location, I'm sorry but you are far to fucking brain dead to complete a crossword.

When people ask me what my favourite part of the bible is, I say the part where Jesus dies. I like that the author is willing to kill off such a major character from his work. Yeah, I know he came back, and I think that's kind of a cop out. It just shows that George R. R. Martin has more balls than god. Oh, and while we're on the subject, I call bullshit on Jesus being resurrected. He didn't even look like Jesus! He's just some random dude who ran up to the Apostles and said “Look, Look! I have holes in my hand, I'm the Messiah!” And because the Apostles were used to following ignorant dribble they believed him. That bit where Jesus rose up to heaven? That's just the Apostles realising that they'd just been following a crazy homeless guy around for a couple of days and didn't want to admit it, so they just kind of wrote him out.

Does anyone else find peoples obsession with glorifying the military disturbing? I mean we make heroes out of people who decided they want to kill people for money. That's a little fucked up. You can say they're protecting our nation all you want, it doesn't change the fact that most of them commit more murders than Charles Manson over shit that makes about as much sense as the Manson murders. “Yeah, uh, you've got a resource that we kind of want, and I know you need it more than us, but we're going to take it anyway.” “Yeah, those guys over there think we should reconsider the way we run things so we're going to kill people who have nothing to do with our argument!” “See those guys over their? They're Christian, like us, but they happen to think Jesus is the son of god, rather than god himself. They deserve to die because they're opinion on something that is open to interpretation and doesn't even remotely effect me is wrong!”


 

Comments

Dragon1989

07/18/2013 at 08:12 PM

I totally agree with you, today you can find any thing in the internet from magazines to gossip news, whatever u can think of. Yet ppl still buy them, knowing they can use  a tablet or a phone for that.....plus when we read stuff in magazines it's outdated, because in the internet the news is always updating for free, but for a magazine u need to wait and buy the next one to do so, which is kinda silly.

For the army part, i can say i know what u mean. I live at Morocco so we have different types of media, so i tend to see the news from two angles local and western, which paint a clear picture oh how the war  become a fight for more ressources Oil , Money .... no matter who dies or the families and the futures that get destroyed in the process.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

07/18/2013 at 08:17 PM

Exactly, it's essentially bullying on a grand scale. "Do what we want or we'll kill you and everyone mildly related to you." It's kind of messed up. Good to hear from a different perspective though!

 And yeah, Magazines are so outdated. I mean people still buy gaming magazines too, which is insane because you'd think gamers would at least be connected lol.

Bilbasaur

07/18/2013 at 09:46 PM

You completely stole that first paragraph from me lol! But yeah, it's true... They're the only things they ever have to read at the hairdresser's though, get some National Geographic people, please? Although I can understand why people prefer to buy magazines and books compared to just looking at them online, I like the feel of a book, that it's a physical... thing. I like owning things, so shoot me :P

(And wouldn't it be amazing if George R. R. Martin rewrote the Bible? Imagine what the guy could do with that!)

The military thing does kind of scare me... Yes, in WW I & II it was kind of justified, as it was mostly in our defence, but now it's people with the most power manipulating world events to their benefit. I mean that's always been what happens, but with technology and everything it's on such a huge scale. Little scary to think of really...

Blake Turner Staff Writer

07/19/2013 at 12:05 AM

I stole the one bit of information from you? Like, none of the rest is yours at all. All you said was the bit about Prince Williams lol.

 WWI totally wasn't justified. WWII was, WWI was a joke.

Bilbasaur

07/22/2013 at 03:55 AM

Well, half of it lol :P

ThatKidOverThere

07/19/2013 at 10:38 AM

BILBYYYYYY!

Bilbasaur

07/22/2013 at 03:55 AM

THAT KIDDD!! :D

Super Step Contributing Writer

07/22/2013 at 06:58 AM

Glad to see you around. Have some cake.

SanAndreas

07/18/2013 at 10:28 PM

I'd still rather read printed stuff than read it on tablets, and especially on dinky little smartphone screens. I like my iPhone, but I'm not reading 100 pages of shit on that screen.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

07/19/2013 at 12:04 AM

No, I mean like a short bit of news is perfectly acceptable on an Iphone, like a bit of celebrity gossip, or gaming news or whatever. Couldn't read a whole book on my iphone lol.

asrealasitgets

07/18/2013 at 10:53 PM

This was the last magazine I bought.

I liked the show and wanted to have something cool on my desk for people to browse through. I never bought another issue, and I hated the title, "Geek"? I don't buy magazines at all. 

Jesus again? I  hope you aren't becoming one of those people that let religion mess them up.

Military. I don't have the energy to go there right now. You think too much! Cool 

Blake Turner Staff Writer

07/19/2013 at 12:07 AM

I just found the thought amusing when I was having this conversation is all, and that having George R. R. Martin be better than god amuses me greatly.

 And eh. Thinking is fun!

Alex-C25

07/18/2013 at 11:05 PM

Ugh, Celebrity Gossip. I don't know if its worse than yellow journalism, but both are crap anyway.

Since you mentioned George R.R. Martin, i'm just going to say that i'm aproaching the half of A Clash of Kings and i'm starting to see Martin's reputation as a character killer.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

07/19/2013 at 12:08 AM

What is yellow journalism? Also, yeah, he's a cunt.

Super Step Contributing Writer

07/19/2013 at 12:38 AM

Yellow Journalism is propoganda masquearding as an objective news source; the term was often associated with the Spanish-American war when I learned about it in school (in the U.S.) growing up, because exaggeration and distorted facts are said to have led to our involvement. Of course, that NEVER happens now. *Ahem*

Fox News and MSNBC, among countless others, could be considered forms of "yellow journalsim," as they sensationalize or misrepresent facts and news in order to push an agenda. Speaking of Fox News, thanks for sending Rupert Murdoch over here, you Australian fucker. That was a wonderful gift, really. Tongue Out

But have you read the Bible? George R.R. Martin may as well have fucking wrote it. Dude, you gotta start reading more Old Testament, shit gets real!

As for gossip rags, I haven't really seen people reading them lately, but I'm also pretty sheltered, honestly.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

07/19/2013 at 12:59 AM

Yeah I've read most of it. Judges is fucking epic lol, so violent and messed up. 

 So long Rupert Murdoch! We don't miss you, you bigoted cunt. Also fair enough. I think we called it something else in History... Idk what or why, but we did learn about it.

Chunopo

07/19/2013 at 05:36 AM

"When people ask me what my favourite part of the bible is, I say the part where Jesus dies. I like that the author is willing to kill off such a major character from his work"

very good!

You seem to know the military in's and out's very well, I ve always cringed a little when people describe them as hero's (a proven propoganda technique for sure) especially when they don't really have much of a choice, my collegue (an ex soldier) once stated that people on the front line don't fight for their country, they fight for their friends standing next to them..... and they don't have much choice either, when bullets are flying at you (I assume) you want to get out alive and it would take a pretty hartless bastard to leave their friends there. It's the advertisement for the boys in green that pisses me off the most though, people don't realise that it's possible to kill people in war and feel ok about it at the time but it's often years down the line when they are removed from conflict and their mates that it hits them, and it hits them hard. It's also a little ironic when they state 'fight for your country' when your country screws you out of money and makes you spend most of your life working for nothing.

Oh and if I hear anything alse about a royal baby I'm going to throw up, that dark oil like sick from the exorcist.

jgusw

07/19/2013 at 10:18 AM

I love buying gaming mags.  IMO, they're better than the internet.  Sure, if I want to look up something quick on the internet, it's easy, but nothing beats having a mag in my hand that I can flip through anytime I want that has info on games.  I don't need an internet connection to read about games and I don't have to pay high 3G or 4G or whatever G phone bills.  

Your views of the bible are interesting.  You don't seem to be a religions person, so I won't bother debating you about it's content.  It does bother me when people compare any very old works to newer works.  I think it's a bit unfair.  Is it fair to say the Ford Model T is a bullshit car compared to a 2013 Ford Taurus?  Time & place are important contexts to consider when it comes to any works.   

I have very little problems with the military.  Most are full of people that want to protect their people and country.  It's their leadship that I believe is the problem.  Governments that care more for their own interests than of their people, are for shit.  They throw their military peoples' lives away in wars and rarely ever see battle themselves.  It's sick.  

Blake Turner Staff Writer

07/19/2013 at 06:51 PM

Yeah, or they promise to pay for an education and then draft them. It's bullshit.

 That whole thing about the bible was a joke. Take it with a grain of salt :p. However, I am quite against religion because of my upbringing. If you do wish to argue/debate with me I'd be glad to. I'd keep it civil and just say what I believe and why I dislike Christianity.

 And yeah, I meant more for celebrity gossip though. Like... buying an entire magazine for that shit is retarded.

jgusw

07/20/2013 at 08:34 AM

I was bored one day and I read through 2 of those celebrity mags (they were just laying around at work).  You're right, it's filled with retarded shit.  I got a good laugh from them, because I kept saying to myself, "People actually buy this crap?" Laughing

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