Modern life is rubbish - the evidence thread

[Knulpuk]

A thread where you can post evidence of the fact that modern life really is rubbish

So in summary Cheryl Cole got some lipstick on a tooth. That makes the news.

I despair.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... teeth.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Jonathan]

Lightens the day I suppose, Knulpuk!

Cheryl Tweedy (I have stopped calling her Cheryl Cole ) would have more than lipstick on her teeth if I had my way!

[Doogal]

Classic Daily Mail in true Glenda Slagg style. Scroll down this article and you find two links together, with no sense of irony about who might be responsible for the problem in the second:
* Racy-in-red Dannii Minogue outclasses grey girl Cheryl Cole in latest style clash
* Where have all the role models gone? Today's young women admire style over substance

"Yet it is also true that our obsession with how these women look - the focus on Theresa May's shoes or Ruth Kelly's hair - does little to help. It's hard to imagine a Hillary Clinton or an Angela Merkel making it to the top in the UK, largely because both women ask to be judged not on style but rather on their considerable substance.
Nor is Mrs Clinton an anomaly. The U.S. is full of high-profile female politicians - as are European countries such as France and Spain. Yet in the UK we continually demonstrate that we would prefer our women to look good or say little."

[blahblah]

A thread where you can post evidence of the fact that modern life really is rubbish

So in summary Cheryl Cole got some lipstick on a tooth. That makes the news.

I despair.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... teeth.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

But not as much as she did?

[URkiddingMe]

nah, it's just the Daily Mail attempting to use sex to sell papers imo:



nice heels.

[DrBunker]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8147155.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

10th Birthday celebrations for Big Brother.

It's like celebrating Hitler's birthday.

[uncsi]

Big Brother, strictly come dancing, X factor, celebrity masterchef, celebrities on ice, britains got talent, I'm a celebrity get me out of here, Hello magazine, WAGS, Celebrity pig wink etc etc etc

[DrBunker]

nice heels.

My thoughts exactly

[DrBunker]

One more:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/ ... rents-sue/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Knulpuk]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... right.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



Woman get's wet hair. Dries it.

[Surprised]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... right.html



Woman get's wet hair. Dries it.

They print these only because they believe people are interested in this crap.
Can it be possible that there really are grown up people out there, supposed adult human beings, that find stories like this fascinating?

I like The Sun because it doen't try and pretend it's something else but the Mail thinks it is a quality newspaper

[Darbyand]

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[AKNel1]

The best day for the Daily Mail, is Health Affairs day. Typically 10-12 pages of completely opposite advice on the same subjects - you have to laugh

[Surprised]

The best day for the Daily Mail, is Health Affairs day. Typically 10-12 pages of completely opposite advice on the same subjects - you have to laugh

When will this wonderful day be upon us?
I have to make sure I don't miss it

[Knulpuk]

I only went on the Daily Mail webbo because someone sent me a link to a footy story - but its opened a whole new world - some of the reader comments are sensational - they don't quite say "we are staggering from one pile of sh1t to the next" but that's the sentiment.

[Knulpuk]

Sort of famous man doesn't smile leading to ridiculous extrapolation.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... e-Bux.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[gazwood]

Stop the world, I want to get off!

[mike_d99]

Big Brother, strictly come dancing, X factor, celebrity masterchef, celebrities on ice, britains got talent, I'm a celebrity get me out of here, Hello magazine, WAGS, Celebrity pig wink etc etc etc

Don't forget 'coverage of people buying a house and then living in it'.

[DrBunker]

What's up with your determination to make me hate the modern world, K? That's a truly terrible, pointless story

[Knulpuk]

OMG - Cheryl Tweedy (there you go Jonathan) has a cold sore.

I'm in pieces.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... shley.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Tacalabala]

What makes me wonder is how the journalists writing this crap must feel - do they genuinely give a rat's arse about this? Seems a pretty poor use of talent.

[Surprised]

What makes me wonder is how the journalists writing this crap must feel - do they genuinely give a rat's arse about this? Seems a pretty poor use of talent.

These are Daily Mail journalists so the word "talent" can't be applied to them

[Jim Royle]

OMG - Cheryl Tweedy (there you go Jonathan) has a cold sore.

I'm in pieces.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... shley.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Me too i dont think i can carrt on

[j0nners]

Excellent thread Knulpuk.

It serves to confirm everything we already knew about Daily Mail readers. I try to not generalise / pigeon hole people too much, but I do regard anyone reading the Mail on the train utter contempt. The sad thing is, this is the paper that they use to form their world opinions. No wonder the country is f***ed.

[Knulpuk]

You know what I need? a device that enables my cat to tweet:

http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NE ... 01/183099/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[AKNel1]

OMG - Cheryl Tweedy (there you go Jonathan) has a cold sore.

I'm in pieces.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... shley.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I think this was reported incorrectly - the story should have been

'Cheryl Cole has Coleslaw'

I'm not sure which is the most shocking

[tommymooney]

I actually find my mood affected by looking over peoples shoulders on the morning commute - people reading this drivel!

I read the Guardian - which just reports on the daily mail reporting drivel - i.e. its as bad as the rest of 'em! But thinks its 'ironik'

Other non-newspaper evidence
- football clubs going into adminstration left, right and centre
- albums aren't even as good as 'modern life is rubbish' any more

[t.gridley]

Surely Jordan has to be the queen of this, how many "exclusives" have appeared in the tabloids, news and womens magazines talking absolute drivel and tosh.
Max Clifford has a lot to answer for.
I suppose your wife/girlfriend/sister/mother can be blamed for being interested in this shit.

[Knulpuk]

Don't even need a link for this one - a text book example of an Oxymoron.

"Britain's Got Talent: Chandi the dancing dog and teen boy band Connected progress to final"

FFS

[Surprised]

A dancing dog is the best that Britain has to offer?