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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 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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    2. 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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    3. 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.

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

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

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

    George W is going to read this.

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  8. 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.

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

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

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