LMAO! The kid could barely read all those big words.
David http://www.taoofdavid.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Enric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Shook this man to the core": > http://www.evilvlog.com/?p=2951 > > ;) > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "David Howell" <taoofdavid@> > wrote: > > > > That fact alone scares the living daylights outta me. > > > > David > > http://www.taoofdavid.com > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, andrew michael baron > > <andrew@> wrote: > > > > > > Another important consideration that people often overlook is that > > > these young teenagers will soon be the leaders of the world. Very > soon. > > > > > > > > > On Feb 26, 2006, at 5:06 AM, Frank Carver wrote: > > > > > > > Sunday, February 26, 2006, 2:39:39 AM, Jay dedman wrote: > > > >> but for whatever reason, MySpace still seems like a dead end. > > > >> doesn't seem like it will last. > > > >> I like to think that media we create will last...so it means > > > >> something > > > >> in the future. > > > >> I wonder if MySpace has that kind of longevity. > > > >> http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=1650209&page=1 > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, longevity is not the point. Longevity is the kind of > > > > thing that concerns the middle-aged rather than the teenagers > who form > > > > the backbone of a service like MySpace. > > > > > > > > Most children and young people live in a kind of eternal now, > where it > > > > is assumed that things will be like "this" forever. It's not usually > > > > until a little later in life, when you have experienced change, felt > > > > loss and begun to ask yourself the definitive adult question "should > > > > we have children yet?" that longevity becomes a driving force. > > > > > > > > As a real example of this, one of my college students (aged > around 17) > > > > while talking about styles of clothing, casually expressed that, in > > > > comparison to fashions from the past (say the 1980s and 1990s), > > > > today's fashions would probably last forever. When I probed a bit > > > > deeper, the explanation was that today's styles are ordinary, > > > > whereas the others were just wierd. > > > > > > > > This attitude, that the the strangeness and change was all in > the past > > > > and things will just remain as they are from now on, goes a long way > > > > in trying to understand both the success of observably transient > > > > phenomena such as MySpace, and failure of the many attempts to > > > > interest young people in politics. > > > > > > > > Keeping people in this passive, unquestioning, state is good > news for > > > > advertisers and governments, so many cultures have developed > elaborate > > > > ways of delaying the onset of adult responsibility. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Frank Carver http://www.makevideo.org.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
