To follow up on Chris' comment, it's not the fact that Honey Boo Boo exists that dooms the US, it's the fact that so many people want to watch and talk about these people.
Rick Stevens Psychology Department University of Louisiana at Monroe stevens.r...@gmail.com OSGrid - Evert Snicks On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Christopher Green <chri...@yorku.ca> wrote: > > > > > > > Mike, > > Just like Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, Charlie Sheen, and Tim Tebow, you > cannot talk or write about them, even in a negative way. You must ignore > them totally. If you can do that, they magically disappear like they were > never there. Like some sort of crazy alien creature on Star Trek, they > literally obtain their vital sustenance from the attention given them by > humans. Without that, they simply cease to exist. Beware, though, once they > become aware that they are being ignored, they will engage in the most > outrageous behavior in order to regain your attention -- drunken outbursts > in public, late night car accidents, slapping cops, even adopting exotic > children. One must remain steadfast, however, and studiously ignore them > until they, finally, vanish into thin air. > :-) > Chris > --- > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > chri...@yorku.ca > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > ========================= > > On 2012-09-01, at 9:44 PM, Michael Palij wrote: > > On Sat, 01 Sep 2012 06:16:40 -0700, Annette Taylor wrote: > > > I just had to see what went wrong at the pageant. Sorry rnc. Besides I had > to > > see if the baby came early. And if they family gals made their weight loss > > goals. Such high drama ;) > > > Here's one analysis of why HBB and her family appear to be so popular, > though this article does heavy quoting of an article on the Slate side that > actually does the analysis. But the good news is there is a commercial > for the Honey Boo Boo show on TLC for everyone to get a taste.;-) > > See: > > http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/2012/08/29/why-is-honey-boo-boo-so-popular/?cxntfid=blogs_momania > > -Mike Palij > New York University > m...@nyu.edu > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=20153 > or send a blank email to > leave-20153-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: stevens.r...@gmail.com. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13526.d532f8e870faf8a0d8f6433b7952f38d&n=T&l=tips&o=20154 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-20154-13526.d532f8e870faf8a0d8f6433b7952f...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=20167 or send a blank email to leave-20167-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
