<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Barring the man on the street, everyone you see on TV is an actor with a script. Esp. 'reality shows' - bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 12:29 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
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From: <a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com" target="_blank">spike@rainier66.com</a> <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com" target="_blank">spike@rainier66.com</a>> <br>
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>...All this brings me to the real point. When they are doing goofy stuff like this to grab attention, are we less fooled now than we were 30 years ago before the internet? I think we are collectively waaaay more sophisticated now. spike<br>
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But what if... someone gets their fifteen minutes of fame for doing something goofy? Note that legitimate reporting is quickly forgotten, but the silly exaggerated stuff we remember and ridicule years after the fact. This one in the link is always good for a laugh. The silly fool leaned away from the wind, acting like a tree instead of leaning into it, the way even a cow (a stupid COW fer cryin out loud) understands:<br>
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<a href="https://youtu.be/tocuyJ1Fu7U" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/tocuyJ1Fu7U</a><br>
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