Some things baffle me

**lizbud** · 08-01-2010, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by Karen

How certain things make "trending topics" on Twitter also baffle me. For a while there Justin Beiber was there every day ... why?

I don't mind when people I have never heard of are "trending topics" - as they are sometimes political figures from countries I don't know a lot about, or sports I don't follow, but when a pop singer gets months worth of attention for apparently, well, existing ...

I suspect their Public Relations people feed that stuff to the "news" folks.
Some people eat that stuff up.

Whatever.

Check out any regular news website, how many non-news items can be found taking up space there?

**Grace** · 08-01-2010, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by kokopup

I'm baffled by anyones need to "twitter". Period. If people did not have a voyeuristic need to peep into others lives then 'the media', Facebook and Twitter would not exist.

My thoughts exactly.

**Twisterdog** · 08-01-2010, 11:08 AM

I personally don't have a problem at all with the coverage of Chelsea Clinton's wedding. For one thing, it's a positive thing ... and a positive thing getting media coverage is rare indeed these days. I am disgusting by the coverage "stars" get for all their bad, disgusting, assinine behavior. If the media wants to show us some class, and the lovely wedding of two nice young people in love ... fabulous! Much better than who got arrested, who is having an affair, etc., IMO.

I have always thought Chelsea Clinton is a classy young lady anyway. Difficult enough to be the president's child - I can't imagine the pressures and fears at that age. But she also had to deal with some very difficult issues between her parents: something that is terrible enough for any child to tackle, but she had to do it in the public eye, with millions of people involved. She seemed to handle those years with grace and class way beyond her years.

I say good luck to her and her new husband, may they have many decades of happiness.

**Medusa** · 08-01-2010, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by lizbud

When the Groom starts wearing a Bridal Gown, then he'll get as much attention as the Bride.

That's exactly my point. Too much attention is paid to the gown, etc. There are two people in a marriage. There should be less focus on the wedding frills and more focus on the marriage. A celebration of the day, however, is certainly appropriate.

**Freedom** · 08-01-2010, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by Karen

Does the volume of news coverage of certain things strike you as absurd, too?

Oh my yes. The wedding was only one of many. Why / how does Palin keep in the news? She doesn't know squat, and can't use the language so has to make words up. Paris Hilton. Oh yes, there are way too many absurd "news" stories.

I want NEWS as news, not entertainment time.

**RICHARD** · 08-01-2010, 01:47 PM

When I heard that she asked bill to lose 30 ppounds for the wedding I tuned out.

Ask him to lose the weight for himself and the family, ya ditz.

I am a huge CC fan, but only because whe's the kind of gal that you want to get drunk with and try to make her use curse words and do bad things.

IT's not even a real marriage. This was just to get money and prizes and to show the people she knew just how special she is.

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Justin Bieber is another modern day "WTF".. I wnat to grab him by the hair and cut it.

But, I would rather hear all the commontion about CC than listen to Mel Gibson die of an aneurysm on tape.

The buffoonery of the littlest Clinton is better than listening to people feuding?

**Grace** · 08-01-2010, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by RICHARD

When I heard that she asked bill to lose 30 ppounds for the wedding I tuned out.

It wasn't 30 - it was 15.

**Killearn Kitties** · 08-01-2010, 03:01 PM

Sorry guys, not being American I hadn't even heard about Chelsea Clinton's wedding. Can anyone point me in the direction of some good photos? I do love a good wedding.

**Grace** · 08-01-2010, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by Killearn Kitties

Sorry guys, not being American I hadn't even heard about Chelsea Clinton's wedding. Can anyone point me in the direction of some good photos? I do love a good wedding.

From the NY Times - http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/201...1_CHELSEA.html

**Killearn Kitties** · 08-01-2010, 04:31 PM

Thank you, Grace. What a beautiful bride, and I am sure the wedding was lovely, despite the media circus.

**cassiesmom** · 08-01-2010, 07:09 PM

I agree with Karen; that baffled me, too.

I also saw footage on the news of the Obama family going away for the weekend and I thought to myself that his older daughter (she's 12, I think) is looking less like a little girl and more like a pre-teenager. I bet she will be tall like her parents. Their younger daughter is sure cute, too.

**Medusa** · 08-02-2010, 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by RICHARD

When I heard that she asked bill to lose 30 ppounds for the wedding I tuned out.

Yes, I heard about this 30 lbs., too. He looked pretty good in the only wedding pic I saw.

**smokey the elder** · 08-02-2010, 08:07 AM

With 24 hour news channels it needs to be filled with something.

I think that the wedding being in Rhinebeck was a temporary inconvenience which benefited the town in the long run. That part of the Hudson Valley is gorgeous, and is now on the map. I think Secret Service protection is extended to former as well as sitting Presidents; I'm not sure how long it's extended for the family. The thing I was amused by is how everyone was able to keep mum so well!

**jennielynn1970** · 08-02-2010, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by kokopup

I'm baffled by anyones need to "twitter". Period. If people did not have a voyeuristic need to peep into others lives then 'the media', Facebook and Twitter would not exist.

I like to Facebook.... Twitter doesn't do much for me, but Facebook keeps me up to date with what my friends are doing, and I like to know. So, I guess that makes me a peeper or voyeuristic, lol. Ooooh... I wonder if that goes along with being a nudist too!