Esquire has a story titled "Why You Shouldn't Drink Champagne on New Year's Eve." Bossy today, aren't we? No link for you. But here's the teaser:
Oh, shut up. I mention it only as another example of modern headlines - their hectoring tone and clicky-linky style. It's taken over the internet, and you won't believe what happened next! For example:
Well, yes, I probably will believe, since the dog became Doge and the rest is played-out meme history. Does anyone ever read these piece and reel away in a state of confusion and disbelief? It can't be so! It can't! Yet it is! As the year ends, and this trait shows no sign of abating, YOU NEED TO STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING - sorry, sorry, that's another cheap annoying trick - and read "4 Reasons 'Viral' Content Stopped Mattering in 2013" by Cody Johnston. It's brilliant and hilarious and absolutely right.
SCIENCE! Screencap of something from my Zite App, which doesn't always assemble things the way the original poster intended:
A Peter O'Toole robot would be cool, but I'm not sure "highly attractive" is the right word.
Speaking of unattractive things:
ARCHITORTURE It's nice that the commercial vernacular of the 70s is getting some attention; it's just a pity it's, you know, the commercial vernacular of the 70s. The Pizza Hut buildings were ungainly and ill-proportioned, but they were certainly distinctive. Atlantic Cities studies how they're being reused:
The one in North Fargo, where I learned the waitering trade, was overhauled in the strange suburban-chain style that's regrettable in its own special way.
