Comments on: Blue Monday is bullshit http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 15:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bill Riedel http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1634765 Bill Riedel Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1634765 Just read two books: Joe Bennett - How Bullshit Works and Beyond Bullsh*t: Straigt-Talk at Work by Samuel A. Culbert and you might find more in the academic literature On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt. Just read two books: Joe Bennett – How Bullshit Works and Beyond Bullsh*t: Straigt-Talk at Work by Samuel A. Culbert and you might find more in the academic literature On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt.

]]> By: Steve Anderson http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633762 Steve Anderson Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633762 Cliff Arnall is not a doctor, either medical or academic. He lets people call him that and doesn't correct them. He didn't correct people calling him a professor of psychology either, and his link to Cardiff University is tenuous (he had a class in a nightschool that used some university premises - you know, like Homer Simpson did once - up until around 2006). He and I have a peculiar history. He's my nominated nemesis. Cliff Arnall is not a doctor, either medical or academic. He lets people call him that and doesn’t correct them. He didn’t correct people calling him a professor of psychology either, and his link to Cardiff University is tenuous (he had a class in a nightschool that used some university premises – you know, like Homer Simpson did once – up until around 2006).

He and I have a peculiar history. He’s my nominated nemesis.

]]> By: Tomgliv http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633747 Tomgliv Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633747 Gerry and the Holograms another Manchester band, this was released a few years before Blue Monday, but no member of New Order will admit to ever hearing it.  The voice at the beginning is Frank Zappa who was playing it on a radio show he hosted in 1979. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiR7iQ9yJmo Gerry and the Holograms another Manchester band, this was released a few years before Blue Monday, but no member of New Order will admit to ever hearing it.  The voice at the beginning is Frank Zappa who was playing it on a radio show he hosted in 1979.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiR7iQ9yJmo

]]> By: fiatrn http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633677 fiatrn Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633677 Lauren I did that same thing recently.  Terrible day.  Life gets brighter soon. Also - don't listen to too much old New Order right now.  I love their stuff, but now may not be the time. Jonathan Denver, CO Lauren
I did that same thing recently.  Terrible day.  Life gets brighter soon.

Also – don’t listen to too much old New Order right now.  I love their stuff, but now may not be the time.

Jonathan
Denver, CO

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633581 awjt Tue, 22 Jan 2013 03:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633581 I do like my job.  But wish I had a job that I can do from home.  I like to lounge around in the morning and not feel so compelled to meet with a hundred people and waste all my energy and patience on that.  I'd rather spend my energy writing code and being creative. I do like my job.  But wish I had a job that I can do from home.  I like to lounge around in the morning and not feel so compelled to meet with a hundred people and waste all my energy and patience on that.  I’d rather spend my energy writing code and being creative.

]]> By: Lauren Whiting http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633522 Lauren Whiting Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633522 Today was my Grandfather's funeral.  Pretty blue, I think.  Today was my Grandfather’s funeral. 

Pretty blue, I think. 

]]> By: eldritch http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633488 eldritch Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633488 I, too, was initially bewildered at the thought that anyone could dislike New Order and Blue Monday. Such great music. I, too, was initially bewildered at the thought that anyone could dislike New Order and Blue Monday. Such great music.

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633486 noah django Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633486 Bullshit though it may be I still got hit pretty hard.  The factors about Christmas, resolutions, and holiday debt don't really apply to me, so the calculation is suspect, but I'll for damn sure be paying it more mind in the future.  Really though, I'm sure it had more to do with the solid week of rain we had.  Though I was familiar with the song, I never knew this was an actual thing until now.  Except mine was a blue weekend.  guess I'm ahead of the curve ;_; Bullshit though it may be I still got hit pretty hard.  The factors about Christmas, resolutions, and holiday debt don’t really apply to me, so the calculation is suspect, but I’ll for damn sure be paying it more mind in the future.  Really though, I’m sure it had more to do with the solid week of rain we had.  Though I was familiar with the song, I never knew this was an actual thing until now.  Except mine was a blue weekend.  guess I’m ahead of the curve ;_;

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633445 Donald Petersen Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633445 Once again, it's probably influenced by where I live, but since it's currently clear as a bell and 80 degrees outside, I felt perfectly chipper as I stepped out of the gym this morning.  Everyone else in my family is in bed with one bug or another, but I've a spring in my step and a song in my heart this fine day. That song, however, is decidedly not the major-key version of "Losing My Religion." Once again, it’s probably influenced by where I live, but since it’s currently clear as a bell and 80 degrees outside, I felt perfectly chipper as I stepped out of the gym this morning.  Everyone else in my family is in bed with one bug or another, but I’ve a spring in my step and a song in my heart this fine day.

That song, however, is decidedly not the major-key version of “Losing My Religion.”

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633395 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633395 Just do what I do: work seven days per week. Just do what I do: work seven days per week.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633389 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633389 I'm filled with horror as the days grow longer and the long nights of winter slip away. I’m filled with horror as the days grow longer and the long nights of winter slip away.

]]> By: edgore http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633142 edgore Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633142 If Blue Monday were a real thing, this would cheer you right up - http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Monday-Vol-Kids-Alright/dp/1929998627/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358791299&sr=1-10 If Blue Monday were a real thing, this would cheer you right up - http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Monday-Vol-Kids-Alright/dp/1929998627/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358791299&sr=1-10

]]> By: fnc http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633106 fnc Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633106 I will admit I undergo a particular brand of slight melancholy as winter starts to fade, due to wanting to get out and explore but knowing I must spend the coming spring chained to a desk. But today, today is just a perfectly normal Monday. I will admit I undergo a particular brand of slight melancholy as winter starts to fade, due to wanting to get out and explore but knowing I must spend the coming spring chained to a desk.

But today, today is just a perfectly normal Monday.

]]> By: Sara http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633104 Sara Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633104 but it has good beat and you can dance to it! but it has good beat and you can dance to it!

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633076 awjt Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633076 Every monday is Blue Monday.  I just don't want to go to work. Every monday is Blue Monday.  I just don’t want to go to work.

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633062 Rob Beschizza Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633062 For this very reason, this is clearly the most sensational and outrageous headline I've ever written For this very reason, this is clearly the most sensational and outrageous headline I’ve ever written

]]> By: annoyingmouse http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633056 annoyingmouse Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633056 My reaction to that headline was one of rage until I realised this wasn't about New Order.  Saying Blue Monday is shit is blasphemous.  My reaction to that headline was one of rage until I realised this wasn’t about New Order.  Saying Blue Monday is shit is blasphemous. 

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633053 blueelm Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633053 I *do* get depressed in summer, but I always figured it was the searing heat and hatred of birthdays. I *do* get depressed in summer, but I always figured it was the searing heat and hatred of birthdays.

]]> By: Michael McGraw-Herdeg http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633049 Michael McGraw-Herdeg Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633049 You can buy an autographed, limited series "Goodbye, Blue Monday" illustration from the Vonnegut museum in Indianapolis: https://twitter.com/JBHarrell52/status/292022332187365377 You can buy an autographed, limited series “Goodbye, Blue Monday” illustration from the Vonnegut museum in Indianapolis: https://twitter.com/JBHarrell52/status/292022332187365377

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633051 blueelm Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633051 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftJZomwDhxQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftJZomwDhxQ

]]> By: Tom Pappalardo http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/no-evidence-for-so-called-bl.html#comment-1633030 Tom Pappalardo Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206862#comment-1633030 Goodbye, Blue Monday! Goodbye, Blue Monday!

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