Posted on 01/27/2014 12:59:12 PM PST by longtermmemmory
Because Enough is Enough Already.
We've all seen them - the clickbait headlines that websites like Buzzfeed, ViralNova and UpWorthy use to drive traffic, especially through social networks. Even Huffington Post has jumped on the bandwagon of endless recycled listicles and bombastic titles.
Downworthy replaces hyperbolic headlines from bombastic viral websites with a slightly more realistic version. For example: "Literally" becomes "Figuratively" "Will Blow Your Mind" becomes "Might Perhaps Mildly Entertain You For a Moment" "One Weird Trick" becomes "One Piece of Completely Anecdotal Horseshit" "Go Viral" becomes "Be Overused So Much That You'll Silently Pray for the Sweet Release of Death to Make it Stop" "Can't Even Handle" becomes "Can Totally Handle Without Any Significant Issue" "Incredible" becomes "Painfully Ordinary" "You Won't Believe" becomes "In All Likelihood, You'll Believe" ... and so on. (see the spoilers list below)
These articles are, in general, not nearly as bad as their titles - but the titles have become SO overblown, they're meaningless and annoying. But people still click, so the trend continues. Consider this me doing my part to stop the insanity.
and so on.
executive order is just code for coup de tat.
you can add the translation into the open source library.
for example: in the clinton era, “contribution” would be AUTOMATICALLY translated into “tax increase”.
Don’t forget INVESTMENT means ENTITLEMENT AND PORK BARREL SPENDING.
The phrase I am seeing , especially in web ads used in conjunction with “weird trick” is “that THEY don’t want you to know”. Often “they” will refer to insurance companies, banks or other big faceless institutions who really don’t care if you know the weird trick.
“their fair share” = 10% more than now.
I am seeing this as a viral translation war on MSNBC CNN etc on the Obama propaganda speech.
How ‘bout a Max Headroom Video App/Inset during SOTU, like the inset for close-captioning/signing for the hearing impaired, ‘translating’ everything he says.
THAT would be progress. And damned funny! THAT I would watch.
Yep. Completely.
"Biblical Money Code" becomes "Are you REALLY that f##king stupid that you would give me your money to give you a "secret code" that NO ONE ELSE has discovered from the most studied text in human history?"
Reminds me of the now-defunct “Snoop Dog Shizzolator”.
how about the SOTU closed captioned for the low information voter.
Republican obstruction becomes keep me from forcing you to pay more taxes.
immigration reform means amnesty so my cronies can fire you.
Who dreamed up that “Weird Trick” garbage?
“A really weird trick to help you lose weight! Eat a whole lot less.”
I think it would be a hoot if you could inset a loop
of the translator from the Mandela funeral while
Obama is speaking....
It would be as meaningful as the speech itself.
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