Next we have a 2009 “X Factor” winner doing a cover version of a Miley Cyrus song…
Well, back in Christmas of 2009, UK fans voted, and they voted with thier money by buying songs. RatM beat out the expected winner by 50,000 “votes” with the 16 year old song. (source).
Why the old news?
Well, the promised that if they won, they’d give a free concert!
And, in good fasion, they’re going to follow through on the promise. Still, it’s likely going to be somewhere in the UK, so if you’re really into RatM, better be ready to book your tickets.
Also, for what it’s worth, I am not a rabid RatM fan though I do enjoy a few songs from them.
By Tuesday afternoon, over 212,000 had signed up, but were then informed that the organisers were actually the Svenska Nekrofil-föreningen (Swedish Necrophilia Association).
A message on the Facebook page read: “As many already know, it is the Swedish Necrophilia Association which is now sending 500,000 kronor to ensure that the bodies which are brought home from Haiti are in as good shape as possible.”
The moral of the stoy is, don’t just donate to any old group. Sure, support a good cause, help the poor people of Haiti, jsut make sure you’re note randomly throwing money around “just because”. The fact that 200,000 people donated to this thing before realizing it was a HOAX is pretty rediculous.
Something else to consider when donating. There are ads talking about “Donate $10 by texting to this number”. Remember, the money doesn’t go anywhere until your bill actually comes in, which may very well be in a month or more.
Also consider that when donating to th Red Cross, money may be going to a “General Fund” and not nessesarily irectly to Haiti victims.
This advice is good for any donation crisis in general. Make sur there’s No Agenda hidden in the reciever’s motivations.
Why let dumbass teenagers off themselves when the movie itself can do it MUCH MORE EFFICIENTLY. The whole deal is so rediculously lame. Even BEFORE the hype surrounding this film It didn’t look interesting, now it seems less so. Hell if it wasn’t for the hype of this srot I probabyl wouldn’t have even known the film even existed despite it’s “tremendous record breaking sales”.
People talking about how amazingly beautiful and unique the visual ae in this game should play some Final Fantasy or other similar video games. Not to mention that in order to watch them you have to deal with nausea inducing 3D effects.
Take that away and what you have left is apparently a total remake of Disney’s Pocahontas.
This is kind of interesting but it also tends to fall under the idea of “Stunt”. i suppose it’s good to maybe get a few people thinking from time to time.
This is, admittedly, a bit long. Also, clearly outdated. I find it rather odd that they push the angle that these guys are evil for being homosexuals and not because they are say… CHILD MOLESTERS.
Which I find hilarious. I don’t know that he ever said he did use it but his account during the election was relatively active and had a huge following.
There’s always been some speculation as to if these celebrity accounts are actually real. While Ashton Kutcher’s account likely is, Barack Obama’s is certainly not.
That’s not to say that branded link based Twitters are a bad thing. I subscribe to several and find them useful. Some even have additional “real Tweets” that aren’t links. However, I do find Twitter accounts that have the pretense of authenticity to be rather deceitful.
Or, from another angle, if you consider Obama to be a brand name, you’ve got more ammunition for your arsenal.
The Media Hype Flu is really starting to get old. God knows if it’s even any sort of real threat. Half the real information out there is fake or inaccurate and half the “misinformation” is misleading as well.
Seriously. Seven Patties of meat? That is seriously gross. It’s also exclusive to Japan, which doesn’t strike me as a place that’s big on “gratuitous cow burgers”.
I’m not real sure who thought this was a good idea. On the other hand, there’s not much special about the burger so it’s not like ti costs BK a whole ton of extra to produce it. Offer only good for 7 days though, so you’ll have till the 29th to get your massive Windows 7 Wopper.
