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Time Magazine Covers Explain Why Americans...

Post by sandinista » Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:47 am

These Time Magazine Covers Explain Why Americans Know Nothing About The World



Is this for real...this is what the US gets? I imagine canaduh is the same, I would never read Time, embarrassing if true. :o

http://www.businessinsider.com/these-ti ... ld-2011-11

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Post by FBM » Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:52 am

We're mushroom farmed. Kept in the dark and fed a bunch of shit.
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Post by Robert_S » Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:55 am

What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Post by Jason » Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:04 am

Yes it is real; you can check the issues on Time's own website and yes we Canadians get the same edition you Americans do. The only times I've ever read Time were when I was in a waiting room and they were usually at least 3 months out of date. :P
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Post by Bella Fortuna » Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:09 am

Did you look at any of the previous covers? The US ones are often different, including one instance where the US cover story was "Can you still move up in America?" vs the rest of the world, which had "Mom liked you best: the science of favouritism." Sometimes there are multiple variations amongst the four covers.
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Post by Audley Strange » Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:28 am

Holy SHIT! They are not even bothering trying to conceal the fnords in the States now are they? It's like a poster from "They Live."
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Post by sandinista » Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:33 am

FBM wrote:We're mushroom farmed. Kept in the dark and fed a bunch of shit.
It is the funny thing about the internet, they used to do these kind of things with propaganda and no one was the wiser, now it's up for the world, including north amercians to see. The internet has been a blessing and a curse for the propagandists.
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Post by Ian » Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:38 am

There's unrest in Egypt? No fucking way. :think:
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Post by sandinista » Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:40 am

Ian wrote:There's unrest in Egypt? No fucking way. :think:
haha...unrest, funny term.
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Post by Ian » Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:40 am

sandinista wrote:
Ian wrote:There's unrest in Egypt? No fucking way. :think:
haha...unrest, funny term.
Does "fidgety" apply as well? :ask:
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Re: Time Magazine Covers Explain Why Americans...

Post by Schneibster » Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:48 am

Because everybody everywhere in the world should all be concerned with the same things.

I'm sure everyone in the world is interested in whether you can still move up in the US economy.

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Post by sandinista » Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:54 am

Ian wrote:
sandinista wrote:
Ian wrote:There's unrest in Egypt? No fucking way. :think:
haha...unrest, funny term.
Does "fidgety" apply as well? :ask:
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Schneibster wrote:Because everybody everywhere in the world should all be concerned with the same things.
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Post by Schneibster » Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:55 am

What news sources do you read?
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Post by Jason » Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:16 am

Schneibster wrote:I'm sure everyone in the world is interested in whether you can still move up in the US economy.

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I sure know we Canadians are! :fp:
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Post by Drewish » Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:20 am

Audley Strange wrote:Holy SHIT! They are not even bothering trying to conceal the fnords in the States now are they? It's like a poster from "They Live."
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