The Glade 4.0

Not really, but a great spoof.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Uggg. I am still trying to figure out why we have to see crap about this wedding. I mean really, do people in the U.S. really give a ****?

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Raell Kromwell

They're trying to paint a fairytale picture...the whole "prince and princess" sort of thing. The reality is that most people are not in awe or see this is a hallmark moment/happily ever after/fairytale kind of event....but, as always, the media is going to portray it that way and everytime there is even a hint of tragedy or drama in the royal family they will do slow motion montages of the wedding to further their little fairytale story...blech. (Where's the barf smiley??)

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

As it was explained to me:

British people have royalty instead of celebrity. The concept is pretty much the same and they serve the same purpose. The selection criteria is just different: alleged nobility instead of alleged skill.

So essentially, we have stories about the royals for the same reason we have stories about Lindsey Lohan and Branjolina. They are larger than life figures who live their lives under the media microscope. Since people inherently like to gossip as part of their sin nature, well known peoples such as these are an easy target.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

It amazes me people are so excited about the wedding for a royal family we rejected a couple hundred years ago in favor of independence.

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The Dude abides.

Yet we continue to tell our children fairy tales of princes, princesses, kings and queens.

Ha! Good one.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

That is odd. I tell my neices and nephews tales about brave revolutionaries fighting for the future freedom of their families.

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"...but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom." - De Tocqueville

I've figured it out....


Elmo =

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

I don't get it. What does this have to do with T-Mobile? Aside from the logo at the very end.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

I never saw you as a Che fanboy. You learn something new every day.

Somebody at T-Mobile had a cute idea and they ran with it. What does a bunch of people singing a peace song on a hilltop have to do with Coca-Cola?

The original inspiration

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

I have a Che tshirt:

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"...but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom." - De Tocqueville

Clearly, they do. Americans eat this stuff up.

Celebrity weddings are one of the few positive things the media tends to go all out on. I just thought it was funny.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Yes.

Meh. Can't say I'd be overly bothered if someone went all Cromwell on their asses.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

Well, does it really count when you're a Brit IN the U.S.?

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Holy crap, I almost missed this!

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I believe the question was: do people in the US care? I am in the US, no?

Obviously, the media thinks people here care.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Indeed. I was just ribbing you.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

I know!