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Time Magazine Person of the Year — It's You
Thib writes to point out that Time Magazine has picked you — or us, or the Internet — as Person of the Year because you control the Information Age. From the article: "But look at 2006 through a different lens and you'll see another story, one that isn't about conflict or great men. It's a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before. It's about the cosmic compendium of knowledge Wikipedia and the million-channel people's network YouTube and the online metropolis MySpace. It's about the many wresting power from the few and helping one another for nothing and how that will not only change the world, but also change the way the world changes."
How are you, gentlemen?
How could Time pick such a self-absorbed, idiotic loser as Person of the Year?
They should have spelled it "YUO". That would have been funny.
Inanimate carbon rod.
My resume will now say "Time Person Of The Year 2006"
.... We need to come up with an acceptance speech?
This is my opinion. To make sure you don't steal it, it's covered by the DMCA.
And here I was, thinking they were going to pick everyone else!
Oh happy day.
It comes with a prize right? It has to come with a prize. What? It doesn't??? Lame. Give it to someone else then.
No individual recognition. Less money than a nobel. Lame.
There is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men. -- Boondock Saints
George W is going to read this.
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from: http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=2434
Kerry Humbled to Be Named Time's 'Person of the Year'
by Scott Ott
(2006-12-17) -- Sen. John Kerry, D-MA, today announced he is "humbled and grateful" to be named Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year' for 2006.
"When I picked up my copy of Time at the newsstand," said Sen. Kerry, "and saw my own image looking back at me, I thought 'Of all the great people in the world this year -- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, Kofi Annan, Kim Jong-Il -- how can it be you, John?'"
The presumptive runner-up for the Democrat presidential nomination in 2008 said he had not yet read the Time cover story because "modesty restrains me."
"And yet," Sen. Kerry added, "in a way, my whole life has been moving toward this moment when the people of this nation and their leaders would say, 'You're the one, John'. There's a sense of destiny, and you can't fight that."
In related news, spokesmen for Sen. Hillary Clinton and former Sen. John Edwards said both would appear at separate news conferences later today to reflect on their feelings after being named Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' for 2006.
What?! When did that happen? I voted for Zonk.
This pick is certainly more appealing than next year's pick: The Machines.
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It's not narcissism. The times person of the 2006 it's only *ME*!
It's so obvious, I'm so important they don't even need to write my name, just "you".
So this is not really aimed for a narcissistic society, it's aimed just at me. I'm sorry (well I'm not, it's just an expression), but you're wrong and I'm right.
What a dumb, hype-driven decision. The many wresting power from the few? Not even. Youtube and Myspace are controlled by big corporations who retain full power to delete or change any content as they wish. Wikipedia articles are maintained mostly by a small percentage of users. Users "control" the information age only about as much as the people who bought cars or shoes or soda controlled to manufacturing age. Youtube users are the new Pepsi generation, big woop.
I for one would like to welcome myself as our new digital overloard.
Table-ized A.I.
What's purple and commutes? An Abelian grape.
Actually you're off about 23 years. It was the year they were going to initially feature Steve Jobs on the cover, and then discovered he was a prick.
Well don't blame me, I always choose the CowboyNeal option...