2009’s Most Poopular Posts
Fifth place actually went to a post in which I skewered a former roommate for ruining my curtains, but since he reached out, I have since password-protected the post. So the new fifth place goes to:
#5. Free Universal Healthcare. Doctor’s Orders.
my commie pinko friend Cameron on Fox Biz as he drops some knowledge regarding why we need universal healthcare at no cash cost.
#4. Fresh Air Fund Taps Bloggers To Spread The Word
let’s pretend that the campaign’s goals were to drive donations (which it isn’t, but I’m being generous): the donation page has no clear “call to action”. Give us a form, people! Create a stand-alone splash page! Too! Many! Places! To! Click!
#3. Collaborative GRE Analytical Writing Scoring
Perhaps, then, the way to approach matters of happiness prerequisites is: “Only once one stops looking for it can one feel true happiness.”
#2. Marketing Is Still Marketing
So, a year ago, The People wanted Hot Sex On A Platter, and that’s what American Apparel served up. But now, The Moody People consider that untoward. A recent cartoon in The New Yorker captured this mood swing nicely: “I’m trying not to flaunt my employment, so I’m not carrying a briefcase these days.” What do The People want today? They want to feel like the companies with whom they transact aren’t a bunch of greedy douchebaggy corporate welfare recipients.
#1. (Situational) condescension is a moral obligation
the language I speak is often at odds with the language spoken by the dominant status quo — and by definition, the middle chunk of the Bell curve is the dominant status quo. And the dominant language is one that makes others feel good about themselves, gently persuades them to agree that 1+1=2, and blows sunshine up their grade-inflated, “Hooray For Everything”, if-it-weren’t-for-Spanx-it-would-occupy-four-zip-codes backsides.
Oh dear. What goodies shall 2010 bring? Will people even read blogs any more? Or all we all too busy crafting clever replies to our friends’ status updates?
