Badness on the web #8- Take that, Science!!

Hear ye, hear ye.

Disclaimer:

One would hate to see this blog enter the ugly waters of debates over high and low culture, the merits of science versus religion or the like /disclaimer.

That said, sometimes, I see something that so awesomely leaves the realm of rhetoric that one must respect the sheer insanity of it. This Op Ed below bears the hallmarks, not so much of bad argument (though the straw men, appeals to authority and reasoning by analogy are clearly present), as it just plum this brings into question the ability of the author to reason... at any rate, please enjoy this bit o' the lovely:

Hint: when a cat walking on a keyboard can be as effective as a human typing 'thoughts' in the "composing correspondence that makes a lick of sense" Olympics, it may be time make some alteration... just sayin'.

Badness on the web #7- rapping (!?!) All I Do is Click

So, um... sometimes this 'job' has its pitfalls- when folks find-out about this blog, they often recommend things to me that warrant 'appreciation'... this is one such gem...

It should be stated for the record that while the message (auto safety) is a good one, the delivery is annoying and could have been wrapped (teehee) in 1:30 (instead of the 3:00 + minutes that you'll never get back), to say nothing of the poor video quality and deeply questionable monikers that these young fellers took on in their 'rap' personae. At any rate: this YouTube video is there for the... um, something.

Just in case there are those among you who think that we're just beating-up on novelty acts, here are some much, much (did I say much?) better examples: Lord of the Rhyme on YouTube, 'Antony Carmichael' rapping on Music 2000 from Look Around You (series II), and, from the same, 'Tony Rudd' singing Macadaynu, and, my current favorite, Money, Money, Money performing, "Getting Money with a Mouse and a Wacom Pen". There, see folks- it can be done (and in the case of the last video), with flourish and very well-incorporated visuals.

Yours merrily,
Bakagatsuru Eigo, the lesser