tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post1959002051420730211..comments2024-03-28T16:35:26.665+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Inflation, lies and the "Twitter Rant" - and the people who noticeBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-43792716747121517842018-05-31T05:04:01.075+01:002018-05-31T05:04:01.075+01:00Your post about the full-spectrum lying we are sub...Your post about the full-spectrum lying we are subjected to reminds me of a related thing, the amplification of nonsense into matters of public comment. I heard an example recently on US National Public Radio. A glib, effeminate male (the only kind they hire) was babbling about a certain singer who did a version of the song "Me and Mrs. Jones." He went on about how only a black man should sing that song and how no one could be whiter than this singer, etc. A female hired giggler tittered in the background.<br /><br />As I switched it off I thought, "A bullshitter bullshitting about bullshit."Avro Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005144579985210348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-52472822776135500582018-05-30T22:29:25.442+01:002018-05-30T22:29:25.442+01:00A gibe, sneer, taunt, jeer, brickbat, insult, barb...A gibe, sneer, taunt, jeer, brickbat, insult, barb; these will do for Twitter.<br /><br /><br />(I know from experience that some of the comments you wisely reject for posting are little more than rants. Thank you!)a_probsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16197411067925016452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-49599576995377082192018-05-30T17:37:19.263+01:002018-05-30T17:37:19.263+01:00@William - More like an interrupted sequence of di...@William - More like an interrupted sequence of discrete ejaculations...Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-77870994876718399312018-05-30T15:02:20.282+01:002018-05-30T15:02:20.282+01:00I assume you're alluding to some particular st...I assume you're alluding to some particular story in the media of which I am blissfully ignorant. In all fairness I do think "Twitter rants" are possible in principle, though a single rant would have to comprise dozens of individual posts.Wm Jas Tychonievichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446790072877463982noreply@blogger.com