This show is on permanent ban in my house because everything they say is SHOUTED OUT LOUD!!!!
Posted on 06/01/2008 12:44:43 PM PDT by yorkie
IN THE SPIRIT of full disclosure, I must state that I come from a long line of accountants and that my sister is a librarian — in other words, quiet types who speak softly and would probably say an electric pencil sharpener it a bit to loud for proper office use.
Early on, I realized my family background didn't prepare me for the outside world, where people honk their horns for no apparent reason, mothers yell out the front door when they want their kids to come inside, and the last child who was born to be seen and not heard came along in the late 16th century.
In short, we are a noisy lot, and we like it that way.
But there is a disturbing outgrowth of this that is casting a shadow over our nation that is becoming as visible as Starbucks on a wedding dress.
It's called credibility shouting. Or at least that's what I called it just now. But basically, it's the idea that the louder you yell, scream and rage at high emotion and decibels, the more sincere and deserving of respect you are.
(Excerpt) Read more at insidebayarea.com ...
I just wrote to Fox News Channel, informing them that when that obnoxious Oxy-Clean guy, Billy Mays, starts screaming in my living room, I change the channel. I politely asked them to "delete" him or they will lose another viewer permanently.
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY, MONSTER TRUCK RACING!!!
Oh sorry, wrong thread?
“That was fine in church, I supposed, but more recently, the notion of screaming and hollering for respect and adoration has crept into almost every corner of our lives.”
How true. I have a colleague who is not only loud,redundant and he filibusters. He seems to think that if he keeps talking and interupting that he has convinced the listener.
Whoops, wrong thread!
Infomercials, nothing...
I can’t watch an episode of Hannity and Colmes anymore, ‘cause Nana grabs the remote and changes channels on me. To be honest, I don’t mind too much...it’s hard to figure out what either side is saying because they’re actually hollering at each other and not saying much of anything.
When I read this, I immediately thought of so many corporate offices, and how they so admire Loud, to the detriment of all other things.
I’m not against Loud, per say. I’ve met many “Louds” and they can be fine people. It’s just that Loud is also wrong, from time to time, but nonetheless seems to get promoted regularly, and is seldom confronted. You see, Loud is intimidating, even to Loud’s own bosses. (especially if they happen to be idiotic “peace at any cost”, bosses” So, rather than call him out, they curl up behind their desks and let Loud get his way.
I have fired Loud on many occasions, and I often discriminate in hiring because I don’t want to deal with the empty rhetoric that often accompanies Loud, as an employee. Loud is a bully, and he should shut up and get his a** to work.
Ma! Pro’s stalking me! LOL!
This show is on permanent ban in my house because everything they say is SHOUTED OUT LOUD!!!!
Ma, I meant to ping you to this! (Pro is stalking again!) LOL!
I don’t ever have cartoons on (no little ones here) but the commercials are getting so obnoxious - I refuse to buy from a company that screams their wares.
I don’t blame you for putting that cartoon on permanent ban
From the title I thought the article was about the liberal (primarily African-American) politicos on the talk shows like O’Reilley. They yell and scream as if the question constituted fighting words and seem to belive the louder you yell the more convincing you will be.
Pro....not again? d:o)
You are so right on this. Most excellently stated! “Louds” often get goodies, like promotions and raises, even tho undeserved.
He’s a chronic hiccupper - I tell ya - and now a stalker. LOL!!!!
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