Comments on: “If you’re on MySpace, you’re a cretin. And poor.” http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/1885 Freelance writer Gary Marshall on technology, music, Macs and more Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:25:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ben http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/1885/comment-page-1#comment-12701 Ben Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:34:35 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/?p=1885#comment-12701 You know, I think Mr Wolff might have valid point. Cretins, the lot of them. You know, I think Mr Wolff might have valid point.

Cretins, the lot of them.

]]> By: andrewdcs http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/1885/comment-page-1#comment-12700 andrewdcs Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:02:32 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/?p=1885#comment-12700 I think the bit that follows is more interesting, paraphrased (in tabloid style) "There's a sucker born every minute" 1. suckers like buying stuff 2. ... 3. make profit! myspace fills the tricky ellipsis in for swathes of society. Besides, Charlie Brooker uses myspace, so it gets my seal of approval. Because 1. could be written "Suckers like celebrity endorsement, or at least the allure of such" I think the bit that follows is more interesting, paraphrased (in tabloid style) “There’s a sucker born every minute”

1. suckers like buying stuff
2. …
3. make profit!

myspace fills the tricky ellipsis in for swathes of society.
Besides, Charlie Brooker uses myspace, so it gets my seal of approval. Because 1. could be written “Suckers like celebrity endorsement, or at least the allure of such”

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