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can the united states media please pay attention to SHIT THAT FUCKING WELL MATTERS, like, i dunno, civil unrest across half the arab fucking world, massive problems with our own government's budget, homelessness, monopolies, and the fact that starbucks can't make a palatable cup of coffee at gunpoint?


seriously. they get all shaky and spill it as soon as you use anything bigger than a .22
Date/Time: 2011-03-02 16:04 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] shanmonster.livejournal.com
It's bizarre, isn't it?
Date/Time: 2011-03-02 16:05 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] satorisearching.livejournal.com
If they reported too much about shit that matters, you might not be in the proper "buying mood" for the crap you don't need that's sold by their sponsors.
Date/Time: 2011-03-02 16:06 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] sestree.livejournal.com
YES !
Date/Time: 2011-03-02 16:16 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] smjayman.livejournal.com
Dude, I understand your point, but there is more than a bit of sang froid in the meltdown of a celebrity. They tend to do it much more spectacularly than you or I could, owing to their popularity and money. That said...

The middle east situation is particularly troubling, and not just because of the higher gas prices. I suspect if much more of this goes on, we'll encounter riots and protests all over the globe. Everything will become more expensive, and eventually there will be food shortages. (Which is really one of the only important things, if you think about it. Food. Who cares if you can't drive up the street? If you can't eat, things are dire.) I figure it is a matter of when, not if, for us to see such things here in this country.
Date/Time: 2011-03-02 16:25 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] cchan8.livejournal.com
The point is that such a celebrity meltdown is a wonderful distraction. It is for me, anyways. But more of a distraction from my own messy life than the turmoils of the world.
Date/Time: 2011-03-02 16:28 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] the_axel
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Starbucks can't make a palatable cup of coffee period.
Date/Time: 2011-03-02 16:31 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] perspicuity.livejournal.com
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i do not know of what you speak! i will keep it that way!

man, if our govt could get it's shit together, and stopping worrying about keeping their jobs, but DO THEM, keep 100% of Americans from going hungry, getting shelter, a job, and generally getting other help they need, i'm not even asking for flying cars... man, a lot of the rest would possibly just work out.

not even going to worry about magnetic monopoles ;)

also, asking coffee drinkers to remain calm seems to be a tough choice... but they'd shake less if you weren't pushing them on the back of the head so much :) "DO YOU CALL THAT A LATTE?"

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Date/Time: 2011-03-02 17:04 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] argonel.livejournal.com
I thought starbucks was a specialized automotive maintenece chain. It seems that all they stock are slight variations of brake fluid and carbureator cleaner.
Date/Time: 2011-03-02 17:37 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] sskipstress.livejournal.com
The Starbucks near my church had to close down for a few days a while back because one of the employees shot himself in the foot with the gun tucked into his waistband.
Date/Time: 2011-03-02 18:26 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] kambriel.livejournal.com
Bravo.
Date/Time: 2011-03-03 01:13 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] cheez-ball.livejournal.com
I'm perplexed as to why he and Lindsay Lohan lead off Headline News. That crap belongs on the entertainment news shows/pages.

Wouldn't know about the gunpoint thing. The starbucks here all have signs requesting we leave our firearms outside. Strangely, I'm not joking. Anyways, their coffee is crap. It improves with a generous addition (take the top of the container and "sprinkle" it in) of cinnamon.
Date/Time: 2011-03-03 01:45 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] david-deacon.livejournal.com
With all due respect to civil unrest in the Arab world, our government's budget, homelessness, and so on, you have to admit that Sheen's ex-wife is hot enough to melt steel:

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Date/Time: 2011-03-03 05:17 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] miss-adventure.livejournal.com
Precisely. Well put.
Date/Time: 2011-03-03 07:26 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] missmorte.livejournal.com
I just used all his tigerblood and winning tweets to tweet about saving Tony the Tiger which is one of my pet projects.
Date/Time: 2011-03-03 08:44 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] ivy
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Shop Starbucks!
Date/Time: 2011-03-03 13:40 (UTC)Posted by: [identity profile] yokes1971.livejournal.com
speaking of coffee the 2nd story the other day after charlie sheen was that roll up the rim to win was back. I am now informed