[Ads-l] NYMag: FOGO is the New FOMO
Jonathan Lighter
wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Sat Apr 18 20:02:48 UTC 2015
Possibly germane: I was told just yesterday, and in all seriousness - by
an attorney, that the selfie stick was invented specifically so that one
might take selfies of one's butt.
JL
On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:
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> It's all about the trendy.
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> Be thankful that so few of those inconsequential, flash-in-the-pan
> allusions are taking up your valuable brain space.
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> It isn't old age, it's directed attention.
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> JL
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> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 9:49 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
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> > This is all very meta... What has social media wrought?
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> > http://goo.gl/l6GjCh
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> > I must be getting old because I find this piece hard to read. I'm sure
> > people here will find a lot of things to like (or dislike) here. I'll
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> > leave you with a link.
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> > VS-)
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