RE: virus: Jokes...

Gifford, Nate F (giffon@SDCPOS3B.DAYTONOH.ncr.com)
Mon, 2 Feb 1998 13:21:53 -0500


I've been noticing the same thing with the Clinton - Lewinsky debacle.
There seems to be a feedback loop between the media and late-night TV.

The media is reporting that most people wish that they ... the media ....
would find something substantial to report, but sex in the white house is a
strange attractor ... because the jokes are so easy.

My favorite part of the issue is all the people who are parroting the media:

"A man who would break his marriage vows would certainly betray his public
duty ... "
"I think the public doesn't care as long as the economy is good ..."
Blah Blah Blah.

Its not clear to me what the issues <if any> are, yet the news keeps on
coming.

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From: Dilde the FC[SMTP:dilde@hempseed.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 1998 10:51 PM
To: virus@lucifer.com
Subject: virus: Jokes...

It hit me the other day how quickly memes can be spread, or fed,
by
jokes (Who here ever got any idea as to the intelligence of the
Polish
before Polock Jokes?). Racist jokes are easily modified with a word,
and
if the joke is funny on it's own, it may be retold despite the
feelings of
the person reciting it.

Any ideas?

Dilde