Thursday, May 17, 2012

Yahoo news

   A good way to keep entertained is by checking the Yahoo news headlines. If you're at all familiar, you know what I mean. They're mostly anything but news, and if they are broadcasting something that can be remotely classified as "news" they usually do it after its been reported by every major newspaper as well as your eight year-old neighbour.
   The site straddles a really awkward line between celebrity gossip tabloid, irrelevant and sometimes false facts for the day-to-day life of a housewife, and local community news column. There was one about a college football player's new tattoo. It didn't cause any kind of uproar, he didn't lose a scholarship or get kicked off the team, he just got a tattoo and Yahoo news though we should all know.
   I recall another article about what all the kids are doing today according to... I don't know who. It was a particularly scandalized article about vodka tamponing, with information seemingly pulled from one specific classroom in the states and applied to the rest of the global teenage population. Good thing for teenagers, nobody reads Yahoo news.
   Sometimes it even feels like Yahoo news readers are testing it, like they know that only crazy people care or take them seriously so they do it on purpose. Today one of the headlines read "Hairdos Take Years Off Face". Not only is it a hilarious line if you read everything literally to experience the most (and the least) of life like I do, but who the fuck cares? Tell me more Yahoo news, tell me more about what haircut I should have because I trust you and your positive influence on social media, especially after that article about whether dressing warmly really does keep a cold away (for the record, they confirmed the benefit).
   So if you're ever feeling down, or have some time to kill, I highly recommend Yahoo news for some laughs. If you've got 5 minutes before leaving for school or work, just take a sit and read the headlines even. I'm sure Yahoo news would support a study to see whether reading something funny increases the chance of laughter. And you know if its Yahoo news than it is nothing short of ground-breaking "news".

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