How is it possible that a technology with such potential to empower the individual -- has turned into an irritating clique-machine for the hipster sheep?
You know what I'm talking about.
The Flash Mob.
This self-proclaimed movement of self-empowering "spontaneous" public performance has reached internet critical mass in just three months.
Hundreds have gathered to embarrass themselves in New York. More than once. And it is spreading.
Berlin, that epitome of existential cool, has succumbed. But I feel no shadenfreude.
Flash Mobs don't even deserve to hit places like Akron and Boise, though I am sure they soon will.
Like Trucker Caps, soul-patches, and the I Kiss You Guy: it is a stupid idea that got bigger, and stupider, before anyone had the good sense and guts to smack it down.
So: Let's put it all to a silly death right now.
Hack the Flash Mob!
Its time to social engineer the texting, blackberry-checking, cell-phone sheep that promote this waste of public space.
Flash Mobs: Your 15 minutes are over.
Disperse now.
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You know what I'm talking about.
The Flash Mob.
This self-proclaimed movement of self-empowering "spontaneous" public performance has reached internet critical mass in just three months.
Hundreds have gathered to embarrass themselves in New York. More than once. And it is spreading.
Berlin, that epitome of existential cool, has succumbed. But I feel no shadenfreude.
Flash Mobs don't even deserve to hit places like Akron and Boise, though I am sure they soon will.
Like Trucker Caps, soul-patches, and the I Kiss You Guy: it is a stupid idea that got bigger, and stupider, before anyone had the good sense and guts to smack it down.
So: Let's put it all to a silly death right now.
Hack the Flash Mob!
Its time to social engineer the texting, blackberry-checking, cell-phone sheep that promote this waste of public space.
Flash Mobs: Your 15 minutes are over.
Disperse now.