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Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"!
Reply #90 - Dec 8^th, 2023 at 4:37pm

Frank wrote on Dec 8^th, 2023 at 3:37pm:

mothra wrote on Dec 8^th, 2023 at 7:18am:

Butthurt old white guys EVERYWHERE!

Honestly, the things you lot get sand in your lady gardens over. Hilarious!

How dare somebody you don't rate rate! I mean, didn't they get your strongly worded emails?

The Spice Girls were the artistes du jour in 1996. They rated!

**glooms**

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Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"!
Reply #91 - Dec 8^th, 2023 at 4:40pm

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Dec 8^th, 2023 at 4:35pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 8^th, 2023 at 2:45pm:

John Smith wrote on Dec 8^th, 2023 at 2:25pm:

AusGeoff wrote on Dec 8^th, 2023 at 3:51am:

John Smith wrote on 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

Well, of course this doesn't personally affect me at all John.

But would you agree that it's yet another indicator that
our population—particularly the younger, future, scientists,
teachers, engineers, doctors, politicians etc—are being
dumbed down by this sort of media-led drivel?

In purely realistic terms, Taylor Swift has never offered
the world anything of credible value—nothing that's
enhanced society overall, saved lives, stopped wars, cured
cancer, improved global air quality or water supplies etc.

And yes, I'm aware that she supports several charitable
causes, but then she has an estimated worth of US$1.1 billion.
She can afford to simply as virtue signalling, with no actual
impact on her lifestyle at all. But it makes her look good in
the eyes of her moronic fan base—who call themselves "Swifties".
Puhleeze!

According to recent estimates published on CNN, Taylor's Eras
tour could gross $2.2 billion in just North American ticket sales
alone, which would make it the highest grossing tour in history.

She could take home an estimated US$500 million from this
single tour.

Is that your beef? That's she's richer and more applauded than you? Cheesy

and no, I don't agree that this another indicator of our population dumbing down. There are billions of her fans who would argue that she has enhanced their lives.
You don't have to like who times chooses, but you are fooling yourself if you think she's had zero impact on peoples lives.

Check out this example:

More than 35,000 people registered to vote after Swift posted on social media Tuesday for National Voter Registration Day, encouraging her fans to register themselves to vote.

Swift posted an Instagram Story urging her 272 million followers to register to vote on Vote.org, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization offering voter registration services. According to Vote.org, Swift and the platform have been working together for several years.

Vote.org has a goal of registering 8 million voters before the November 2024 election, according to a release, and thanks in part to Swift's posts, the nonprofit is making progress toward that goal. After Swift's post, Vote.org was averaging 13,000 users every 30 minutes, Nick Morrow, Vote.org's communications director posted on X, formerly Twitter.

And just check out how many followers she has.

Stacked vote, eh? Same thing as The Tavern whining and crying.... Taylor Swift - vote early, vote often.

Stacked vote? How so?

She isn't telling anyone who to vote for - she's just telling them to register to vote.

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philperth2010 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21097 Perth Gender:	Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"! Reply #92 - Dec 8^th, 2023 at 4:50pm The new conspiracy theory is Taylor pulled a Swifty....There appears to be pattern where a certain cohort of people call everything they don't agree with corrupt or tainted....Being popular wins votes and Taylor Swift is certainly popular with those who would bother voting....Who cares???
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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 89677 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"! Reply #93 - Dec 8^th, 2023 at 4:53pm Keep up, town dorks...... Nobody GAS about Swaylor Tift..... whoever that is ..... as for charities - BAH .... Humbug!!
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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 89677 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"! Reply #94 - Dec 8^th, 2023 at 4:57pm And now for a little more triggering from our sponsor....
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Dnarever Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 61122 Here Gender:	Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"! Reply #95 - Dec 8^th, 2023 at 8:34pm Taylor - has done some great covers.
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Frank Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 56067 Gender:	Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"! Reply #96 - Dec 8^th, 2023 at 9:26pm Dnarever wrote on Dec 8^th, 2023 at 8:34pm: Taylor - has done some great covers. It's like Hillsong without Jesus.
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Dnarever Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 61122 Here Gender:	Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"! Reply #97 - Dec 8^th, 2023 at 9:49pm Frank wrote on Dec 8^th, 2023 at 9:26pm: Dnarever wrote on Dec 8^th, 2023 at 8:34pm: Taylor - has done some great covers. It's like Hillsong without Jesus. Hillsong only markets Jesus for profit. There is nothing in common.
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Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"!
Reply #98 - Dec 8^th, 2023 at 10:52pm

philperth2010 wrote on Dec 8^th, 2023 at 4:50pm:

The new conspiracy theory is Taylor pulled a Swifty....There appears to be pattern where a certain cohort of people call everything they don't agree with corrupt or tainted....Being popular wins votes and Taylor Swift is certainly popular with those who would bother voting....Who cares???

Roll Eyes

Hey, whatever and whoever sells Time Magazine the most.
That's all that matters.
Cashing in on whoever will sell their boring Mag the most.

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Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"!
Reply #99 - Dec 9^th, 2023 at 2:20am

John Smith wrote on Dec 8^th, 2023 at 2:25pm:

AusGeoff wrote on Dec 8^th, 2023 at 3:51am:

John Smith wrote on 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

Well, of course this doesn't personally affect me at all John.

But would you agree that it's yet another indicator that
our population—particularly the younger, future, scientists,
teachers, engineers, doctors, politicians etc—are being
dumbed down by this sort of media-led drivel...

Is that your beef? That's she's richer and more applauded than you?
and no, I don't agree that this another indicator of our population dumbing down. There are billions of her fans who would argue that she has enhanced their lives.
You don't have to like who times chooses, but you are fooling yourself if you think she's had zero impact on peoples lives.

No John, I seriously don't give a damn that she's filthy
rich. Most people in the public eye have a lot more
money than me, so I'm certainly not singling Swift out
for that reason alone—or at all in fact.

What I do object to is the obscene amount of money a
singer of modest talent with unremarkable vocal prowess
is effectively ripping off millions of naive, impressionable
tweenie girls the world over.

Driven of course—not by any fabulous talent per se—but
by a relentless marketing machine that itself sinks
multi-millions of dollars into promoting Swift.

Anyway...

Despite Time's frequent denials, the designation is often
regarded as an honour and spoken of as an award or prize,
simply based on many previous selections of admirable
people. However, it points out that controversial figures
such as Adolf Hitler (1938); Joseph Stalin (1939 and 1942);
Nikita Khrushchev (1957); Ruhollah Khomeini (1979);
and Rudy Giuliani (2001) were also granted the title for
their impact on world events.

As a result of the public backlash Time received from its US
readers for naming Khomeini Man of the Year in 1979,
the magazine's editors now shy away from naming people
who're controversial in the United States, fearing reductions
in sales or advertising revenue. Time simply nowadays
chooses someone who'll sell lots of copies. End of story.

—It's all about money John, with Swift's talent, or lack
thereof, immaterial.

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Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"!
Reply #100 - Dec 13^th, 2023 at 10:29pm

mothra wrote on Dec 8^th, 2023 at 8:57am:

Frank wrote on Dec 8^th, 2023 at 8:55am:

mothra wrote on Dec 8^th, 2023 at 8:43am:

Frank wrote on Dec 8^th, 2023 at 8:41am:

mothra wrote on Dec 8^th, 2023 at 7:18am:

Butthurt old white guys EVERYWHERE!

Honestly, the things you lot get sand in your lady gardens over. Hilarious!

How dare somebody you don't rate rate! I mean, didn't they get your strongly worded emails?

Better? Happy, Jen?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GAq4vnJWAAATqcG?.jpg

As meaningless to me as Taylor Swift's appointment.

You on the other hand, massively triggered.

Silly bint: you don't care because it's meaningless but you do comment.

Only to mock you in your hysteria, fruitbat.

You're like the gift that keeps giving.

Hysteria.

Do you see what they have in common?

https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1734833110242799827

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Baronvonrort Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20267 Gender:	Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"! Reply #101 - Dec 13^th, 2023 at 10:51pm .
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Dnarever Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 61122 Here Gender:	Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"! Reply #102 - Dec 13^th, 2023 at 11:24pm Why do young women trigger the rethuglicans so badly. Taylor wrote a song about Republicans.
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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 89677 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"! Reply #103 - Dec 14^th, 2023 at 2:59am We don't care about Swift or Republicans or Democrats .. what WE need to concern ourselves with is the OzPol Person Of The Year.... that is a contest with about as much meaning as these mutual back-slapping exercises...
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 55130 Gender:	Re: Taylor Swift... "Person of The Year"! Reply #104 - Dec 14^th, 2023 at 3:12am Grapps for Ozpolian of the Year !!!
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