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Time magazines persons of the year
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Bill and Melinda Gates...and Bono.
WTF Melinda Gates? Bitch didn't start Microsoft from scratch and make billions. All she had to do was him. How does that make her an important person. Nadia in American Pie was going to screw Jim! He's a nerd too, so why isnt Shannon Elizabeth the person of the year? Bill Gates has given away money EVERY YEAR. Whats special about 2005? Gave another few billion to a foreign country. wow the country of America rapes whatever he gives in foregin aid in a month. last but obviously not least...Bono. hey TIME magazine, "how to dismantle an atomic bomb" came out last year. and it wasnt very good. Maybe when the Irish bastard can count to four in Spanish. Give this award to the people that matter. Like the 42 year old bus boy at Chipolte working 12 hrs a day to support a family of 8. Or how about the guy who has to clean the floor of the subways in the inner cities? Bono and Bill Gates didnt struggle or shit. They just were born with a skill that enabled them to take shits on golden toilets. The unskilled, who kill themselves to live are what deserves recgonition.
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for sure. but i know a guy who is nominated for picture of the year for them. thats all i got.
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you seem to be a little upset about this... but getting upset over who a magazine names person of the year is a little much
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yes, because no one else on NS rants about anything.
do you post something in a thread where someone says something like "omg t hall sucks" or "ns is lame"?
getting upset/taking time to respond to this or any other piece of any NS thread is a little much. the "why do you care" logic could be applied to anything on the internet.
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probaly because she donated fucking billions of dollars to various organizations including the red cross, many libraries, schools, and not to mention the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation which has saved the lives of millions of malnourished, starving, sick, and wounded people all over the country. Just because her husband made all the money doesnt mean its not hers too. I bet there are tons of kids who have only one parent who works. The parent who doesnt work isnt starving, they arent sick, they cant not get medical attention, they wear clothes, they drive a car. You probaly dont have a job and your parents give you money for everything you caould possibly need. So why dont you stop making threads about shit that you have no idea about. Wow, i think i just got way too mad about that.
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i forgot to add that i agree with you but i dont share in your anger
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its not anger. its self humoring dialog.
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ah ok you just threw me there in the end when you started glorifying busboys
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but i will address you on it.
i know about the bill and melinda gates fund and their work throught out world. they have saved an estimated 700,000 lives. obviously what i was wasnt completely serious.
ok heres a question. if no one cleaned the shit on the subways, wouldnt it just pile up, eventually taking over the earth and suffocating us all? yes it would. that 42 year old bus boy struggles until he dies. his life is extraordinary. so is bills. so is yours. i understand why they would say hes the person of the year. then again, he was gifted with talents to make that money. the 42 year old bus boy wasnt. he doesnt get breaks. he works so his kids can grow up and actually have a shot at being everything he wasnt. he endures hell everyday just so his kids can see heaven. bill drops a billion on some medical supplies and fedexs them to somalia. if you had that much money, who wouldnt do it?
and obviously you have to agree Bono is a fucking retarded choice.
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skoganjake, you are obviously a moron. i cant believe you think that bono is man of the year becuase of his music. it's becuase of all the work he does trying to cure africa of aids. you would know this if you watched some world news occasionally instead of jerking off. and why honor the busboy with 8 kids. everyone says "oh hes working hard, thats noble" fuck that, get an education. its nobodys fault but your own if you're working at chipolte and you're 42. Bono is in a rock band, that isnt really that good, but he makes millions. he could sit back and live the rest of his life on what hes got but hes doing something big. he is using the fame he has to make a difference and thats commendable. idiots like you think this is stupid because you dont have any problems like the kids in 3rd world countries so you dont feel like its your responsibility to know. grow up a little skogan
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Yeah I was wicked pissed off about Bono being a person of the year... God damnit he's just a singer!!! Whoop-de-doo! He donated money that wouldn't even affect his bank account one bit... I can see it now, "TIME's PERSON OF THE YEAR: The new 50 gigabite Ipod".
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well i had a friend at my old job who was this black guy with no car who lived 45 minutes away and somehow got rides to work under the control of a few teenage surburban white kids. he was like 40 and was supporting his family. his name was Don. he was...the nicest man ever.
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yea you and skogenjake both know nothing
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Care to enlighten us on why Bono deserves this kind of award?
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your a moron for spelling my name wrong.
you think your hot shit becuase you read the yahoo.com news and occasionally a copy of rolling stone? nah man, i do the same. i know what hes done in the world. but hes a fucking entertainer. he gets millions because of his talent. he wisely organizes charity programs. if i was very talented in one area and made millions, id set that up too. who wouldnt?
you are on NS. you arent in a 3rd world country yourself. i make a post that was basiclly a joke, but i led it to say something about making saints out those born with the talents to raise money and actually doing it. ive grown up. i just found that those that are famous or rich arent that miraculous. they are just doing the right thing. so is the 42 year old bus boy. hes doing the right thing. and he pays for it. the rich celebs-they dont have to.
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its stupid to make a few individuals the persons of the year. thats basiclly my thesis.
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you are a very enlightened individual. especially for calling people on out their beliefs because you, in your own self assured wisdom, have the real answers to everyones questions. and feel the need to call those that are inferior out over a message board. if you really are superior, why should you care? why not just realize that everyone has their own opinion and switch to a new post to read?
do i tell myself i am superior to others? no. do i assume others have no idea what the are talking about? sometimes. but my real strength is the fact that i know im flawed and definetly not always right, but i can have no opinion. that opinion is one i can completly contradict tommarow if i choose to.
i just made 4 posts in a row. woot woot.
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bono didn't get the award for making a shitty album last year. he got it fot his efforts in making lives of the more unfortunate better around the world. the man has spent time and money in helping africans with their immense AIDS epidemic, and he deserves to be noticed for his altruistic efforts.
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yeah that was a joke. ha ha.
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I agree partially with skojenjake,I mean bill Gate offer billions but he's the guy with the biggest amount of money in his bank account isin't normal? Same with bono who fight for Africa. What those guys do is what they are supposed to do. But at the same time it seems that a lot of rich people don't give a fuck, so they are kinda special cause every1 isn't right and they are doing what every1 should do.
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holy shit i love the bus boy in chipotle
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melinda gates does do stuff but its with bill gates' cash. If you gave me billions of dollars i would do some amazing stuff as well.
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Yeah that goes to show you of how much our society is based off the people with billions of dollars that can easily just give it away rather than actually do an act like help build a house, organize a school system for 3rd world countries, etc. But to just sit on your ass making phone calls and handing out money to wherever you want, basically efortless, I believe should not make you person of the year. Bill Gates has worked unbelieveably hard his whole life to attain his wealth which I'm just amazed at but to have his wife (who just married into the money, didn't do two shits to earn it) just help give out the millions that they'll never see, well that just makes me pissed off.
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What happenend to all this stuff about Mother Nature being the person of the year?
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What happenend to all this stuff about Mother Nature being the person of the year?
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that wasnt TIME magazine.
im glad i got some support on this.
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I liked the spanish counting remark. Good stuff.
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matt irvin ranks up in the top 10 somewhere
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they won the award not only b/c they give shit loads of money, but because they get involved in what they do and inspire others to get involved (a far more noble thing). Also Bono has used his popularity to teach others about the problems in Africa.
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think of most rock stars that have been in the game for 25 years or more. they all usually have millions of dollars. they all still party hard, and live the lifestyle. and chances are, after being a rock star for 25 years, they have either acquired some sort of disease, or are an absolute drug addict.
bono has millions, yes. but instead of being caught up in the lifestyle, he's gotten very heavily involved in politics, lobbying for the cause of essentially an entire continent of virtually helpless africans. bono is doing an incredible amount of work for these people, and he is finally getting recognition for it.
all the while, you unemployed slobs are sitting in your boxers, staring at a computer screen, and calling him out for his humanitarianism, because 'he's a rock star', or because you didn't like U2's latest album. i'm sorry to say, but that isn't sound reasoning at all, and you are a bunch of fairies.
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haha well that stings. the bono part was really more of a joke i put in to call him out for his improper spanish usage and poke fun at the newest cd. i know his humanitarian efforts and read some interviews...i understand. hes pretty damn special. hes helped many. i just decided to defend my joke by saying that he was given talents to reach this point in life. the unskilled have to struggle just to get cab fair while bono sings something appealing to millions and gets millions of dollars in return. hes a good guy yeah, but person of the year? good guys help people. good guys with millions help people. hes doing what a good guy with a few million would. we all care about AIDS and world crisis. he has the power to do something about it, and he is. i just dont think that makes him the person of the year.
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Here's an idea: if you don't agree, don't buy the magazine.
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i love TIME magazine, and I usually agree with their person of the year, and I think they did a good job this year. It's just as much a statement as anything else. They are saying "Look, parts of the world are really falling apart, and we need people like this if we are ever going to make it right". AIDS is a huge, huge problem, and electing Bono as a person of the year will help bring light of this. You can't argue with that, no matter what its a good thing.
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ya but it was just bill's money
and for the part where you said that the US rapes the amount of money that he gives every year that is because it is a fucking country
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the approstrophy shows possession
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your opening rant was kinda weak.
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