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2004-07-22 Home Front: Culture Wars

Majority of Americans out of touch with mainstream

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Posted by Korora 2004-07-22 10:47:02 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 In one breath they say, "MOST Americans are out of touch". In the next breath they say, "No one seems to care that these are the things that influence the everyday life of MOST Americans." Hmm......no wonder they're confused.....they don't know what MOST means. I reckon they're still trying to find out what the meaning of the word "IS" is.

Posted by Halfass Pete 2004-07-22 12:27:36 PM|| 2004-07-22 12:27:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Pete.... Pete....

This is The Onion :) Satire... humor...

Other headlines:
73 Percent Of U.S. Livestock Show Signs Of Clinical Depression

Bill Gates' Wife Worried He's Lying In A Ditch Full Of Money Somewhere

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-07-22 12:33:23 PM|| 2004-07-22 12:33:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Halfass seems to only half read the content. Although he does like a good full cursefest every now-and-then.

Posted by Dragon Fly 2004-07-22 12:35:31 PM|| 2004-07-22 12:35:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Ok, it's the Onion, but like all good humor, it has a lot of truth in it. I didn't watch the final episode of "Friends", don't have a iPod, don't download music, don't wear penguin-logo golf shirts, don't go to half of the "Hollywood smashes", haven't read the DaVinci Code, or listen to Usher. I know they are happening as backround noise, but don't care to find out more. The reason is personel choice, not because of ignorance. We have such a vast array of choices to pick from these days that the idea you'd be able to know everything (or want to) is a joke. I think that's what the Onion was trying for. They did a great job, if it wasn't tagged as a piece from the Onion, how would you know?

Posted by Steve 2004-07-22 1:14:06 PM|| 2004-07-22 1:14:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I think that this is pointing out is that what the alledged 'experts' claim as being 'mainstream' (such as watching 'Friends' reading 'DaVinci Code' etc...) are not the mainstream america is all about. In truth there is no 'mainstream' America -- it is kind of like finding the 'average american' (he/she/it doesn't exist).

These 'experts' are kind of like those Greenpeace 'pollsters' around here in Seattle -- I have yet to see them ever 'poll' someone in a business suit (and not everyone around here goes around in tie-dye and sandles).

Actually I had the same reaction as Pete until I checked for a scrappleface/onion byline....

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-07-22 2:00:32 PM|| 2004-07-22 2:00:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Steve, I'm w/you on all counts. I do watch NASCAR though.

Posted by Jarhead 2004-07-22 2:22:06 PM|| 2004-07-22 2:22:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 There was an insipid article in the Chicago Tribune (barf, but blame the wife, not me) a few weeks ago entitled: Why is America So Fascinated by Young Blonde Celebrities Who Have Nothing to Say? It had photos of Britney, Christina, Kate/Mary-Wazzherface, etc.

But just like the entire Princess Diana thing, most Americans aren't interested in them. Some yo-yo journalism major (who didn't have the IQ to do the heavy lifting required for a French major) sits at a news desk and decides for himself that Britney is interesting.

And they wonder why they have to fake their circulation numbers.

Posted by dreadnought 2004-07-22 2:33:54 PM|| 2004-07-22 2:33:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Ah, the Onion. Famous for the headline
"World Ends! Women and children hardest hit."

Posted by mojo 2004-07-22 2:53:00 PM|| 2004-07-22 2:53:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 don't wear penguin-logo golf shirts

Is your life still complete? I doubt it.

Posted by Shipman 2004-07-22 3:23:16 PM|| 2004-07-22 3:23:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Need to drag in cheap print aloha man about now.

Posted by Shipman 2004-07-22 3:23:58 PM|| 2004-07-22 3:23:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Majority of Americans out of touch with mainstream

This statement dosen't mke a bit of sense.
Wouldn't the majority be trhe main stream/

Posted by raptor 2004-07-22 5:52:33 PM|| 2004-07-22 5:52:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Two more mainstream Donks...

Posted by .com 2004-07-22 6:47:34 PM|| 2004-07-22 6:47:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 This is funny but there is a grain of truth in that most people around here don't care about the things that most "chic" people do.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2004-07-22 8:34:49 PM|| 2004-07-22 8:34:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Personally I think the Onion hasn't been worth the paper its printed on since it left Madison for New York. I mean when it was in Madison you "knew" it was an ernest piece of leftist crap instead of just maybe being a smug tongue in cheek New York piece of crap.

Posted by cheaderhead 2004-07-22 11:01:17 PM|| 2004-07-22 11:01:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 This all reminds me very little of a corollary the famous Iceberg Theorem:

The Iceberg Theorem: Over 90% of a given issue is not in direct sight.

The Generalized Iceberg Theorem: Over 90% of everything is shit.

I am beginning to agree rather strongly with both of these concepts.

Posted by Zenster 2004-07-23 12:06:14 AM|| 2004-07-23 12:06:14 AM|| Front Page Top

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