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Time Magazine Person of the Year — It's You

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who-me? dept.

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."

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  1. It's You. by croddy · · Score: 5, Funny

    How are you, gentlemen?

    1. Re:It's You. by Stormwatch · · Score: 3, Funny

      All your magazine are belong to us.

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    2. Re:It's You. by Cheapy · · Score: 5, Funny

      GREAT! After learning I beat all you sods to become Time Magazine's Person of the Year.

      Suckers.

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    3. Re:It's You. by Hawthorne01 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Fantastic! "Time's Person Of The Year" for 2006" will look great on my resume!

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    4. Re:It's You. by WereRaven · · Score: 5, Funny

      You have no chance to subscribe.

  2. What? by grungebox · · Score: 5, Funny

    How could Time pick such a self-absorbed, idiotic loser as Person of the Year?

    1. Re:What? by Xemu · · Score: 4, Funny

      How could Time pick such a self-absorbed, idiotic loser as Person of the Year?

      Because they felt Paris Hilton has had too much media attention already?

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  3. Misspelled by rudy_wayne · · Score: 4, Funny



    They should have spelled it "YUO". That would have been funny.

    1. Re:Misspelled by LordOfTheNoobs · · Score: 2, Funny

      TIME : j00r'3 p3r0ns 0x0F t3h y3AR !! 1 1 elventy-0n3 !1 1
      TIME : OMGWTFBBQSAUS3 !! 1 WTG! t1m3 <3 <3 <3's j00! 1!
      YUO : 5w33t l3ts dr1n|< b33rz 4nd g0 r4!d 4 s0me l00tz?.!
      YUO : wh=0 3lse w4s uP"?
      TIME : Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, China's President Hu Jintao, former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker who led Washington's bipartisan Iraq Study Group and DPRK leader Kim Jong Il.
      YUO : gg lus3rs. LOLRAOFLMAO -[ Our princess is in another castle ]-

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    2. Re:Misspelled by RealGrouchy · · Score: 2, Funny
      They should have spelled it "YUO". That would have been funny.

      Or given the role of the internet in this decision, a lowercase "u".

      And in the back cover, they could write "j/k lolz"

      - RG>
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  4. The runner up was... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Inanimate carbon rod.

  5. Resume by method77 · · Score: 5, Funny

    My resume will now say "Time Person Of The Year 2006"

    1. Re:Resume by robogun · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's never been an honor, with the likes of Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden nominated or winning. I think Time finally noticed the atrocities of myspace users, in terms of damage to the internet not to mention each other.

  6. Does that mean that.... by 8127972 · · Score: 2, Funny

    .... We need to come up with an acceptance speech?

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  7. ME!!! by spiritraveller · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

  8. CmdrTaco's response by The+Hobo · · Score: 4, Funny

    No individual recognition. Less money than a nobel. Lame.

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  9. Oh dear... by rrohbeck · · Score: 5, Funny

    George W is going to read this.

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  10. Re:What's a magazine? by SeaFox · · Score: 2, Funny
    Slashdot names CmdrTaco man of the year.

    What?! When did that happen? I voted for Zonk.
  11. Next Year by Hoch · · Score: 3, Funny

    This pick is certainly more appealing than next year's pick: The Machines.

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  12. Re:Sad choice by diegocgteleline.es · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  13. Oblig Welcoming by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    I for one would like to welcome myself as our new digital overloard.

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  14. Re:... and gentlewomen? by SEMW · · Score: 3, Funny
    It's an urban myth that the split is 48/52. From Snopes:

    According to that same United Nations document, the world population in the year 2000 consisted of 3,051,099,000 men and 3,005,616,000 women, which (with a little rounding) breaks down to 50 men and 50 women in a population of 100.
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  15. Re:Sad choice by mgabrys_sf · · Score: 2, Funny

    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.

  16. Re:What's a magazine? by MoriaOrc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well don't blame me, I always choose the CowboyNeal option...