tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697082176991195542.post771386253362208645..comments2023-10-19T06:07:33.562-06:00Comments on In Bad Taste: In Bad TasteLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212969079717720025noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697082176991195542.post-66077309754242635802009-05-13T17:47:00.000-06:002009-05-13T17:47:00.000-06:00Eric, I love how sometimes I don't know what you'r...Eric, I love how sometimes I don't know what you're trying to say.<br /><br />And I just remembered that one pic you had on myspace: You Gonna Get Raped.<br /><br />Love you.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03212969079717720025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697082176991195542.post-34569206241729429912009-05-09T16:04:00.000-06:002009-05-09T16:04:00.000-06:00And I did not proofread before submitting. Omit f...And I did not proofread before submitting. Omit freaks. I was going somewhere else, but changed course.Eric Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697082176991195542.post-82097127124133710892009-05-09T16:02:00.000-06:002009-05-09T16:02:00.000-06:00Your enlightenment freaks makes me uncomfortable a...Your enlightenment freaks makes me uncomfortable and inadequate. Thank you.Eric Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697082176991195542.post-66235568238191412562009-05-01T08:33:00.000-06:002009-05-01T08:33:00.000-06:00Yes, I'd have to agree. Having sat at that lunch t...Yes, I'd have to agree. Having sat at that lunch table with you, I think just because we made jokes didn't mean we didn't feel what the rest of the nation, or world, felt. But as you said, the joke was the media, the packaging, the branding of a tragedy. The bald eagle got a brand new outlook on life with his single tear.<br /><br />But as time has gone on to show, the underbelly of all the profiteering during that time has reared its ugly head. <br /><br />And to think that all of that was before the real onslaught of Facebook or Twitter - I can only imagine the level of panic/fear/hate that would have come to life out of those utilities.<br /><br />But you're right - we love a good tragedy in this country. It gives us something to bond over. It gives us something to actually feel about - we all kind of blindly just float through life, pretty complacent but when tragedy strikes, we really get to play the melodrama out. It gives people permission to feel and act out on a grandiose scale.<br /><br />And the money that can be made off tragedy is amazing. To your point, Elizabeth Smart may have went through a horrible ordeal, but by God did she turn it into enough money to probably never have to work in her life or live very comfortably.Justinhttp://justinyourmind.comnoreply@blogger.com