Two memes on my radar
Jul. 15th, 2005 09:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
New meme:
Suddenly, everyone hates Tom Cruise.
I am not sure why this is. Some strange parodic references to this and that have trickled down to me, but without context they are meaningless. They do provide me with google terms I can use, however. Probably I'll go research them now, but I just wanted to note this here before I figure out what's going on.
Just-noticed meme:
People who run for exercise don't jog; they run. And the word for these people is: runners.
I wonder if this is just regional. I want to jump to the sexier conclusion that it's actually the result of a successful rebranding effort by the running-for-exercise community, since "jogger" is probably right down there with "mime" for most middle-Americans.
Suddenly, everyone hates Tom Cruise.
I am not sure why this is. Some strange parodic references to this and that have trickled down to me, but without context they are meaningless. They do provide me with google terms I can use, however. Probably I'll go research them now, but I just wanted to note this here before I figure out what's going on.
Just-noticed meme:
People who run for exercise don't jog; they run. And the word for these people is: runners.
I wonder if this is just regional. I want to jump to the sexier conclusion that it's actually the result of a successful rebranding effort by the running-for-exercise community, since "jogger" is probably right down there with "mime" for most middle-Americans.
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Date: 2005-07-16 02:26 am (UTC)I'm not sure what the fuss is about, because everyone knows that modern medicine is all a sham and spending tens of thousands of dollars to exorcise the Thetans from your body is all worth it. What? You haven't heard of them? They're the spirits of the aliens who were thrown in the volcanoes by Evil Galactic Ruler Xenu 75 million years ago and now they POSSESS US ALL.
Just last week I was at a mall in San Jose and there was a kiosk, complete with e-meters, offering free "stress tests." I also seem to remember that when you were here 5.5 years ago we saw a big Scientologist building on Market in SF.
Now he's marrying a 26-year-old or something, and they're both gonna live happy Scientologist lives forever and ever. Awwwwww, isn't that sweet?
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Date: 2005-07-16 02:36 am (UTC)I say hip hip hurray to Tom Cruise for drawing attent to the political and profit driven history pharma psychiatry. Then again, I myself did an MA thesis that argued similar views.
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Date: 2005-07-16 02:54 am (UTC)If not, then you probably don't really hold similar views to TC and his Scientologist brethren.
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Date: 2005-07-16 07:30 am (UTC)Yep. I sort of did argue that. See: http://www.livejournal.com/users/glowingwhispers/1971.html
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Date: 2005-07-16 02:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-16 03:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-16 03:25 am (UTC)More likely that they're doing this all over the place but most of my friends are in one people's republic or the other, so I haven't heard.