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Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"!
Dec 7^th, 2023 at 2:45am

Time magazine has named Taylor Swift as their Person of the
Year for 2023, bucking their tradition of recognising influential
political leaders and acknowledging the global superstar(?) as
a "source of light" in a "divided world."

The magazine's Person of the Year recognises an individual
"who most shaped the headlines over the previous 12 months,
for better or for worse". (Which one is Swift?)

"In a divided world, where too many institutions are failing,
Taylor Swift found a way to transcend borders and be a source
of light," Time magazine editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs wrote.

(Presumably, Jacobs is a 14-year-old girl?)

—I seriously believe that this absurd decision marks the
beginning of the end of the world as we know it. Or at
the least confirms the absolute global power of the corporatists
and crass commercialism.

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aquascoot Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 37168 Gender:	Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"! Reply #1 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 6:13am Tough times make strong men Strong men make good times Good times make soft sloppy sentimental weeklings. (Taylor swift is their queen) Soft sloppy sentimental weaklings will result in tough times Mother nature has a way of autocorrecting when humanity gets out over its skis
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 115675 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"! Reply #2 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 7:24am Her music is absolute, immature, infantile rubbish. I got Google to find her best song: How can people let their brains be insulted by that?
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Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"!
Reply #3 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 8:16am

I don't think we should be harsh on Taylor as an individual
In fact she is climbing the narrow road to success by pandering too the masses

The masses are addicted to sugary sweet visions of utopia
The masses are addicted to pleasuring themselves
The masses are addicted to getting out of any responsibility for the trajectory of their lives
The masses are sloppy soft marshmallowie spineless structureless blobs of entitlement

Taylor is merely providing the background music to these failures

She is cashing in on their failure
Not much different to McDonald's or KFC in reality and just as popular Wink

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Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"!
Reply #4 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 8:25am

aquascoot wrote on Dec 7^th, 2023 at 8:16am:

I don't think we should be harsh on Taylor as an individual
In fact she is climbing the narrow road to success by pandering too the masses

The masses are addicted to sugary sweet visions of utopia
The masses are addicted to pleasuring themselves
The masses are addicted to getting out of any responsibility for the trajectory of their lives
The masses are sloppy soft marshmallowie spineless structureless blobs of entitlement

Taylor is merely providing the background music to these failures

She is cashing in on their failure
Not much different to McDonald's or KFC in reality and just as popular Wink

She arrived at the time when music was turned into disposable garbage -
she has no classics that anyone will still listen to in 50 years.
She portrays the lack of talent nowadays compared to the 1960s and 70s.

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Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"!
Reply #5 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 9:27am

Bobby. wrote on Dec 7^th, 2023 at 8:25am:

aquascoot wrote on Dec 7^th, 2023 at 8:16am:

I don't think we should be harsh on Taylor as an individual
In fact she is climbing the narrow road to success by pandering too the masses

The masses are addicted to sugary sweet visions of utopia
The masses are addicted to pleasuring themselves
The masses are addicted to getting out of any responsibility for the trajectory of their lives
The masses are sloppy soft marshmallowie spineless structureless blobs of entitlement

Taylor is merely providing the background music to these failures

She is cashing in on their failure
Not much different to McDonald's or KFC in reality and just as popular Wink

She arrived at the time when music was turned into disposable garbage -
she has no classics that anyone will still listen to in 50 years.
She portrays the lack of talent nowadays compared to the 1960s and 70s.

She portrays the lack of talent in multiple streams of the mainstream masses

There is something fairly mediocre about a McDonald's cheeseburger
It's certainly is not as appealing as your grandmother's roast beef with gravy and Yorkshire pudding

There is something fairly mediocre about Taylor swift music
In general to be successful with the mainstream masses it does not hurt to be mediocre because the mainstream masses are mediocre

Garbage is the norm Bobby
Never forget it
Failure is the default
If you don't struggle against it with all your might
Failure is virtually guaranteed

The majority of people have a job they do not like
Are either not in a relationship or are in a relationship with someone they do not like
The majority are overweight or obese
And the majority have less than $1,000 of savings in the bank

If you want to be a failure just copy what the majority are doing Grin

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Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"!
Reply #6 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 9:49am

aquascoot wrote on Dec 7^th, 2023 at 6:13am:

Tough times make strong men
Strong men make good times
Good times make soft sloppy sentimental weeklings. (Taylor swift is their queen)

Soft sloppy sentimental weaklings will result in tough times

Mother nature has a way of autocorrecting when humanity gets out over its skis

1950 - the American fighting man

2023 - the American ... er.... who is Mz Swift?

To what kind of people's souls does she resonate more significantly, speak more deeply than anyone else? What kind of people would honour and recognise her above all others as the expression of their life and times in 2023??

Who listens to Taylor Swift? Why?

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Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"!
Reply #7 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 10:06am

AusGeoff wrote on Dec 7^th, 2023 at 2:45am:

Time magazine has named Taylor Swift as their Person of the
Year for 2023, bucking their tradition of recognising influential
political leaders and acknowledging the global superstar(?) as
a "source of light" in a "divided world."

The magazine's Person of the Year recognises an individual
"who most shaped the headlines over the previous 12 months,
for better or for worse". (Which one is Swift?)

"In a divided world, where too many institutions are failing,
Taylor Swift found a way to transcend borders and be a source
of light," Time magazine editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs wrote.

(Presumably, Jacobs is a 14-year-old girl?)

—I seriously believe that this absurd decision marks the
beginning of the end of the world as we know it. Or at
the least confirms the absolute global power of the corporatists
and crass commercialism.

Angry

You know Hitler was person of the year too, yeah?

It's not about the best person of the year.

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Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"!
Reply #8 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 10:41am

Frank wrote on Dec 7^th, 2023 at 9:49am:

aquascoot wrote on Dec 7^th, 2023 at 6:13am:

Tough times make strong men
Strong men make good times
Good times make soft sloppy sentimental weeklings. (Taylor swift is their queen)

Soft sloppy sentimental weaklings will result in tough times

Mother nature has a way of autocorrecting when humanity gets out over its skis

1950 - the American fighting man

1938 - the German dictator

https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2019712_2019694_...

The good ol' days, hey Frank?

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Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"!
Reply #9 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 10:49am

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 7^th, 2023 at 10:41am:

Frank wrote on Dec 7^th, 2023 at 9:49am:

aquascoot wrote on Dec 7^th, 2023 at 6:13am:

Tough times make strong men
Strong men make good times
Good times make soft sloppy sentimental weeklings. (Taylor swift is their queen)

Soft sloppy sentimental weaklings will result in tough times

Mother nature has a way of autocorrecting when humanity gets out over its skis

1950 - the American fighting man

1938 - the German dictator

https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2019712_2019694_...

The good ol' days, hey Frank?

Ah, now we know why Frank is so upset!

"Swift beat out a shortlist which included Russian President Vladimir Putin, King Charles III and Barbie."

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 78311 Gender:	Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"! Reply #10 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 1:24pm ohh, another thread where Geoff complains about something that will never have any affect on him you're not off pommie origin perchance, are you Geoff
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Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"!
Reply #11 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 1:48pm

She's probably not the most appropriate "Person of the Year" but the US probably wants somebody who is a relatively wholesome role model.

I used to run to "Drops of Jupiter". At least it was in my playlist. I grew up with the Beatles, and some of their early lyrics were probably much worse.

The good thing about it was that the pace was spot on 4:15 per kilometer. My preference has been for early classical music, but you can't exactly run to that.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Now that she's back in the atmosphere
With drops of Jupiter in her hair
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there's a time to change, hey
Since the return of her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like June.....

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Versus:

She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You think you've lost your love
Well, I saw her yesterday
It's you she's thinking of
And she told me what to say

She says she loves you
And you know that can't be bad
Yes, she loves you
And you know you should be glad

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Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"!
Reply #12 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 2:13pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 7^th, 2023 at 10:06am:

AusGeoff wrote on Dec 7^th, 2023 at 2:45am:

Time magazine has named Taylor Swift as their Person of the
Year for 2023, bucking their tradition of recognising influential
political leaders and acknowledging the global superstar(?) as
a "source of light" in a "divided world."

The magazine's Person of the Year recognises an individual
"who most shaped the headlines over the previous 12 months,
for better or for worse". (Which one is Swift?)

"In a divided world, where too many institutions are failing,
Taylor Swift found a way to transcend borders and be a source
of light," Time magazine editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs wrote.

(Presumably, Jacobs is a 14-year-old girl?)

—I seriously believe that this absurd decision marks the
beginning of the end of the world as we know it. Or at
the least confirms the absolute global power of the corporatists
and crass commercialism.

Angry

You know Hitler was person of the year too, yeah?

It's not about the best person of the year.

He was far more momentous and significant than a singing, prancing popette.

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Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"!
Reply #13 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 2:58pm

Frank wrote on Dec 7^th, 2023 at 2:13pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 7^th, 2023 at 10:06am:

AusGeoff wrote on Dec 7^th, 2023 at 2:45am:

Time magazine has named Taylor Swift as their Person of the
Year for 2023, bucking their tradition of recognising influential
political leaders and acknowledging the global superstar(?) as
a "source of light" in a "divided world."

The magazine's Person of the Year recognises an individual
"who most shaped the headlines over the previous 12 months,
for better or for worse". (Which one is Swift?)

"In a divided world, where too many institutions are failing,
Taylor Swift found a way to transcend borders and be a source
of light," Time magazine editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs wrote.

(Presumably, Jacobs is a 14-year-old girl?)

—I seriously believe that this absurd decision marks the
beginning of the end of the world as we know it. Or at
the least confirms the absolute global power of the corporatists
and crass commercialism.

Angry

You know Hitler was person of the year too, yeah?

It's not about the best person of the year.

He was far more momentous and significant than a singing, prancing popette.

That's right folks: Frank likes Mr. Hitler better than Ms. Swift.

You heard it here first.

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Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"!
Reply #14 - Dec 7^th, 2023 at 3:02pm

John_Taverner wrote on Dec 7^th, 2023 at 1:48pm:

She's probably not the most appropriate "Person of the Year" but the US probably wants somebody who is a relatively wholesome role model.

No.

That's not what Person of the Year is about.

As explained before, Adolph Hitler was Time's Man of the Year back in 1938.

Moreover, it's not just a title for Americans - it can be anyone in the world, from any country.

"Swift beat out a shortlist which included Russian President Vladimir Putin, King Charles III and Barbie."

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