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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2011 14:11:58 GMT -5
Why can Rebecca Black trend for 3 days, on Twitter, and Adam Lambert has been made an "illegal" Twitter word! I call foul! >:( (Sorry, I keep interrupting the intelligent convos here with my babbling! I'm just not in a "deep"mood today. I want my damn DVD yesterday!)
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Post by aloha on Mar 20, 2011 14:17:18 GMT -5
Why can Rebecca Black trend for 3 days, on Twitter, and Adam Lambert has been made an "illegal" Twitter word! I call foul! >:( (Sorry, I keep interrupting the intelligent convos here with my babbling! I'm just not in a "deep"mood today. I want my damn DVD yesterday!) Me two. Damn it.
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Post by gelly14 on Mar 20, 2011 14:19:24 GMT -5
Why can Rebecca Black trend for 3 days, on Twitter, and Adam Lambert has been made an "illegal" Twitter word! I call foul! >:( (Sorry, I keep interrupting the intelligent convos here with my babbling! I'm just not in a "deep"mood today. I want my damn DVD yesterday!) No you're right!!WHY????? >:( Double standard much??? The song is so bad that it might be trending for weeks. I call foul too. >:(
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Post by shev66 on Mar 20, 2011 14:29:14 GMT -5
I don't expect to see my AO GNT DVD for another couple of weeks .... ...but my copy from Amazon shipped yesterday so should be here tomorrow ;D ;D\o/ \0/ \0/
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Post by Q3 on Mar 20, 2011 14:29:22 GMT -5
On the question of Gay = homosexual -- it happened gradually. There is an excellent Wiki on the subject: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GayThe term is quite old but it did not become completely associated with homosexuality until the mid-1970's both in the US and UK about the same time. "Gay" was an adjetive until the 1970's -- when it started to be used as a noun. "Gays are ....." In the 1980 the "gay community" AKA LGBT community started to use the term LGBT to be more specific and to clarify the definition of the "gay community" in the US. This has now become a global term. I found a number of reliable online references and studies that trace the use of "gay" as an insult, to the 1970's, US and the UK. "That was so gay." Although this has been often perceived as a homophobic expression, it appears that it is often used with a completely different intent -- to mean "lame" as it is often used by the South Park kids.
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Post by gelly14 on Mar 20, 2011 14:33:23 GMT -5
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Post by NoAngel on Mar 20, 2011 14:33:43 GMT -5
I had an epiphany last night following the discussion on the meaning of "camp" and "campy." I may be wrong, and I may upset some people but in my wondering mind, I asked when the word gay (meaning bright, lively, happily excited) from the 60's became the word for homosexuals? Who changed it and why? It suddenly dawned on me who the real language/stereotyping/put everyone in a box culprits were. When my children were young, I had a business in my home typing theses for students attending Cornell University. Having only high school and a two-year community college education, it was totally out of my box to be typing some of the "crap" these doctoral students were writing about. I remember doing one thesis on the word "small." Only an academic would want to take apart the word small and relabel small, smallest, smaller, tiny, tiniest, tinier, blah, blah, blah. That project almost cost me my sanity. Anyway, last night I got thinking about who the "they" were that would break down the sexual habits of humans so they could label all the proclivities of the human race. I know the masses of which I am one don't spend their time making up new words to call people. However, academics and intellectuals have a job doing just that. Could it be that all those highly educated, socially acceptable, costly trained academics and intellectuals are the culprits in all the stereotyping and labeling of our brother and sister humans? Afterall, they write the books that teach our children and make the laws that govern the masses. I am only asking a question. If any intellectuals are out there, I know you won't be offended because I know you love good conversation. Please enlighten me. Hmm. I'm not sure I agree that "intellectuals" are to blame for stereotyping and labeling. I think they (whoever "they" are, LOL) try to study and put into words what they observe in society. It is human nature to categorize what we see. It's how we make sense of things, and is a primal instinct and self-defense mechanism. Think of animal societies-- they know instinctively (or learn early on) what is safe and what is threatening in the world around them. And something that is unusual and different is automatically seen with suspicion. In animals, to be different from ones fellows is usually a death sentence, or at least cause for rejection. I'm generalizing all over the place to make the point, but you get the idea. In humans, it's the same way. What is unusual and different is usually seen with suspicion, and can be cause for rejection. And in unevolved societies or individuals, it can be cause for murder even. It is only when people become wise enough to recognize that just because someone is different doesn't mean that they are a threat, do we separate ourselves from animals and evolve as people. And, I think sometimes the laws have to come first, before widespread acceptance happens. In the U.S. we had to legally ban slavery even while many people felt there was nothing wrong with it. We had to legally grant women the vote even while there were those who felt it was wrong. And now some states are passing same-sex civil union or marriage laws, even though it will take lots of people a while to catch on that it is the right thing to do.
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Post by Q3 on Mar 20, 2011 14:37:06 GMT -5
The Twitter Trending rule is simple and not Adam specific.
ETA: The rule change was inspired by two celebrities and their fans -- Adam Lambert and Justin Bieber.
They measure trending over the normal Twitter baseline for the term. So if there are and average of 10 Tweets a day that mention Cowbert, and 100,000 Cowbert tweets tomorrow, Cowbert will trend.
If Adam Lambert is in an average of 1,000,000 Tweets a day, and there are 1,000,001 Tweets tomorrow, that will be classified as normal Adam Lambert chatter and Adam Lambert with not trend. But all the Adam fans tweeting complaints about Cowbert trending will make Cowbert trend longer.
This is why new terms -- Justa Baby, Lady Dada, Adam Waterbert -- can trend, but their real names rarely do. (Until Twitter notices the proxy and deletes the trend. Proxies are banned now.)
Clearly, if they did not do this -- Justin, Gaga and Adam would trend all the time. As would Obama and a few other people. It would render the trends meaningless.
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Post by m45maia on Mar 20, 2011 14:37:25 GMT -5
Words are limiting. Language is limiting. Definitions ever changing.
It is all we have to use to describe, but it does not begin to encompass what we see, what we feel, etc. That is why Adam is undescribable. His dimensions are beyond language. And each of us sees him somewhat diffently because he touches the differences in us.
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Post by momtomany on Mar 20, 2011 14:37:31 GMT -5
The sun has peeked through the clouds.
A huge pine tree fell during the night . . . we'll have firewood for years!
AND . . . . PENELOPE JANE HAS COME HOME.
Spring is here; and yes, "hope springs eternal".
Time to put on the music and dance, dance, dance!!!!!
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