Okay. Seriously. Anger would be appropriate.

[wolven7]

'mass media gets it wrong on comic-con. again.'

Now, I need you to stop, for a second, and think. The way that people think, what tey hear, what they say, and how they portray you? It matters. It actually and really matters, because anything I tell you three times is true. Do you know why that is? Because you stop listening, after the first time and, depending on the context, you may not even hear it then. But you absorb it. You take it in.

Don't believe me? Then I have two words for you:

Derren Brown. Now I don't point him out, because he's special, rather I point him out because anyone else can do the same damn thing, with the right training and inclination. It's advertising, it's neurolinguistic programming, it's the magic words that make you do what I say.

So. Pay. Attention.

In other news, you can make a donation for full media coverage of the Wolf Debacle. I'd recommend it.

Comments

[halafax.livejournal.com]

They do the same thing with dragon con. they find the weirdest weirdos and interview them. This would be like going to a college campus like our beloved GSU and interviewing the bums that ask for change about how they feel about the university...

Some how people really need to wake up. It irks me that the media portrays con goers like that. Then again ever watch the "special" on discovery about the goth scene? They went and found people like that vampire idiot on mad mad house...people who couldnt tell you what the goth scene is about or where it stemmed from. The MTV stint they had on the goth scene and the music was way better...

I think Im annoyed, though I could just be grumpy...

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Demand actual coverage, at Dragon Con, this year. Not just the crappy "freaks on parade" shit, but the actual comraderie and watching people who are normally considered socially awkward open up and have the biggest party and networking event in the entire south east of this country.

[ellenore.livejournal.com]

Another Derren Brown fan! I've been youtubing him like crazy lately- he makes my social science nerd heart go pitterpatter. It's cool to see a magician where I know how part of his act works (though I think some of his "psychology" is misdirection from the ACTUAL trick).

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Possibly, but watching him, you can find each of the cues.