Comments on: New Yorker on the origins of OWS http://boingboing.net/2011/11/26/new-yorker-on-the-origins-of-o.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 17:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Flesh of Sadie http://boingboing.net/2011/11/26/new-yorker-on-the-origins-of-o.html#comment-1280939 Flesh of Sadie Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131718#comment-1280939 Irony or Mastery? Anti-market Adbusters named Occupy Wall Street and a CATCH PHRASE became the 1st massively anti-market marketing campaign. 140 char :) Irony or Mastery? Anti-market Adbusters named Occupy Wall Street and a CATCH PHRASE became the 1st massively anti-market marketing campaign.

140 char :)

]]> By: tristan eldritch http://boingboing.net/2011/11/26/new-yorker-on-the-origins-of-o.html#comment-1280886 tristan eldritch Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131718#comment-1280886 Okay, I just went to Urban Dictionary to find out tl;dr means, but you know what?  The explanation was really long and convoluted, and I had like three other exciting things happening on my browser at the time.  So I guess I'll never know. Okay, I just went to Urban Dictionary to find out tl;dr means, but you know what?  The explanation was really long and convoluted, and I had like three other exciting things happening on my browser at the time.  So I guess I’ll never know.

]]> By: GIFtheory http://boingboing.net/2011/11/26/new-yorker-on-the-origins-of-o.html#comment-1280864 GIFtheory Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131718#comment-1280864 <blockquote>"It's very tl;dr,"</blockquote> That's the best concise description of the New Yorker I've ever heard.

“It’s very tl;dr,”

That’s the best concise description of the New Yorker I’ve ever heard.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/11/26/new-yorker-on-the-origins-of-o.html#comment-1280828 Antinous / Moderator Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131718#comment-1280828 The Daily Mail is currently trying to make all the Black Friday violence sound like it's the fault of OWS. Oh, that wacky corporate media. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2066011/Black-Friday-sales-2011-Grandfather-body-slammed-woman-pepper-sprays-rival-shoppers.html The Daily Mail is currently trying to make all the Black Friday violence sound like it’s the fault of OWS. Oh, that wacky corporate media.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2066011/Black-Friday-sales-2011-Grandfather-body-slammed-woman-pepper-sprays-rival-shoppers.html

]]> By: wrybread http://boingboing.net/2011/11/26/new-yorker-on-the-origins-of-o.html#comment-1280804 wrybread Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131718#comment-1280804 God that article is so dismissive. They make it sound like the Adbusters guy is responsible for the whole movement. He or they may have given the movement a great name with "Occupy", but other than that, I say this movement is a continuation of the Arab Spring and is far greater than any one person or organization. God that article is so dismissive. They make it sound like the Adbusters guy is responsible for the whole movement. He or they may have given the movement a great name with “Occupy”, but other than that, I say this movement is a continuation of the Arab Spring and is far greater than any one person or organization.

]]> By: a_w_young http://boingboing.net/2011/11/26/new-yorker-on-the-origins-of-o.html#comment-1280648 a_w_young Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=131718#comment-1280648 I think Anon deserves some credit. Many of us knew nothing about it, but they did a great job of getting the word out. I thought the whole thing was their invention for the longest time. I think Anon deserves some credit. Many of us knew nothing about it, but they did a great job of getting the word out. I thought the whole thing was their invention for the longest time.

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