I get the daily e-mail from Daily Writing Tips, so I can keep up with what’s going on in the world of writing (the technical world of grammar and word use, that is, not the world of authors and such). And today’s article, entitled “Putting on Airs” or Expressing One’s Thoughts? really struck a nerve with me. Someone besides me believes that there really is a dumbing down of the American culture.
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The television networks are all up in arms today as the new Spring viewership numbers have come in. And they don’t look good at all. According to CNN , “More than 2.5 million fewer people are watching ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox that at the same time last year…” Aww, the poor widdle networks are woozing their viewers. Obviously, I don’t give a rat’s ass about the networks or their losses. They’ve been feeding us drivel for decades, and we’ve been brainwashed into a culture of abject consumerism and shallow perceptions of what Life is really about.
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“4 out of 5 people will believe anything you say as long as you preface it with a statistic.” — Yours Truly
I get the utterly impossible image of someone perusing my writings in 100 years and quoting someone named Yours Truly with the above quotation. It’s sad, really, that I have such a low opinion of my fellow (and future fellow) human being. What’s sadder is the image I have of someone 100 years from now not even being able to read and/or understand my writings.
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