This is my Dignity, saying goodbye and thanks for all the fish

[girlanachronism]

(Firstly, Happy Birthday theblackmeat! Am I late? Stupid international timezones.)

Ok. So I'm doing the readings for my media course, and they are bemoaning the death of journalism, criticising the monglot of traditional news institutions and singing the praises of newsblogs as 'gatewatchers' and blah blah blah, when I come across this comment about Americans: "many of whom receive their news in the form of THE PITHY SATIRE PROVIDED BY JON STEWART AND STEPHEN COLBERT."

This is an academic. In my curriculum. Quoting Stewart/Colbert as an example of a media revolution.

I promptly proceeded down a spiral of squee and procrastination, scribbling 'fuck yeah fakenews ftw' all through the margins of my course reader, making macros and now here I am sitting in the university library writing this instead of revising the validity of volenti as a defence in a tort of negligence case.

Where my beloved fandoms are concerned, I really am more excitable than a labrador puppy on crack.

Comments

[trustingno1.livejournal.com]

I don't know why, but I am laughing so hard at "pithy satire". Indeed!

[greenpixiehair.livejournal.com]

I know. Use of the word 'pithy', so cute.

[taurenova.livejournal.com]

Use of the word 'pithy' for the motherfuckin' win.

[trustingno1.livejournal.com]

comment twinzzzz.

[greenpixiehair.livejournal.com]

Damn straight.

[sirdrakesheir.livejournal.com]

PITHY SATIRE LOL

They could have a media revolution in my pants any old time BB. Any old time.

[greenpixiehair.livejournal.com]

They could have a media revolution in my pants any old time BB. Any old time.

Am seriously considering putting this in my essay.

Fully credited, of course.

[sirdrakesheir.livejournal.com]

PLEASE DO

[greenpixiehair.livejournal.com]

OH I WILL.

I have this genetic inability to back down from a challenge. Thats why a significant part of one of my year 12 italian orals last year consisted of me explaining why I wanted the dude who played prince caspian in my pants. Or rather, 'niei miei pantaloni, adesso!'

AND I GOT AN A

[sirdrakesheir.livejournal.com]

YES

CREDIT ME AS LIKE SOMETHING AWESOME

[greenpixiehair.livejournal.com]

IT IS AS GOOD AS DONE.

I will keep you update re: response. I hand it up on thursday.

[sirdrakesheir.livejournal.com]

:)

[truthiness-aura.livejournal.com]

FORGED FROM AWESOME.
/guitar solo

[greenpixiehair.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed. And hving not done the homework, I shall simply hand up that macro instead.

[truthiness-aura.livejournal.com]

Feh, homework. What does Stephen teach us? "I hold my Truths to be self-evident, which I why I did absolutely no research." Let your gut do the talking.

[greenpixiehair.livejournal.com]

I shall quote that at my tutor.

No, like, I really will.

And I'm sure you've seen this, but re: your subject line

[truthiness-aura.livejournal.com]

Re: And I'm sure you've seen this, but re: your subject line

[greenpixiehair.livejournal.com]

I've seen it, but YOU CAN NEVER SEE THAT TOO MANY TIMES.

Thanks. :)

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[tigris18.livejournal.com]

Pardon me, but I would very much like to know what you icon is from. Please? *puppy eyes*

Re: And I'm sure you've seen this, but re: your subject line

[greenpixiehair.livejournal.com]

The rather gloriously wonderful and awesome The IT Crowd, part of my Britcom addiction.

From this scene (featuring the straight but ridiculously co-dependant main characters, Moss and Roy):

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[tigris18.livejournal.com]

Ahahahahahaha!!!!! XD XD XD

That was excellent! Oh my goodness that was great!

"Couldn't we have just hid behind those bins?" - No, of course not! Heehee! XD

Thanks a bunch! I appreciate it! *hugs*