BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[briantrumpet]

Some old Norwegian geezer who wears fancy clothes for his job, and about whom no-one outside of Norway had any awareness at all, has died.

And I really don't care. I'd honestly be more interested in hearing the life story of an ordinary person who died yesterday, age 89.

 

[Dorset Boy]

Some old Norwegian geezer who wears fancy clothes for his job, and about whom no-one outside of Norway had any awareness at all, has died.

And I really don't care. I'd honestly be more interested in hearing the life story of an ordinary person who died yesterday, age 89.

You're so not interested that it prompted you to post about the death .......
...... hmmmm

Why did you even need to comment?

 

[AndyRM]

You're so not interested that it prompted you to post about the death .......
...... hmmmm

Why did you even need to comment?

So did you...

 

[briantrumpet]

You're so not interested that it prompted you to post about the death .......
...... hmmmm

Why did you even need to comment?

Because its multiple appearances in various UK media annoyed me. Seems I've annoyed you too. Sorry.

 

[Dorset Boy]

So did you...

I wasn't saying that reporting the death of the king of Norway was pointless.
Brian was, and then he posts aboutr it. Why not just ignore it completely instead if you're not interested in it at all?

 

[Dorset Boy]

Because its multiple appearances in various UK media annoyed me. Seems I've annoyed you too. Sorry.

No you've not annoyed me, I just find it bizarre that you comment on something you think is irrelevant and shouldn't be reported on by the UK media.

 

[briantrumpet]

No you've not annoyed me, I just find it bizarre that you comment on something you think is irrelevant and shouldn't be reported on by the UK media.

So is the rule now that if you don't like something or are annoyed by it you're not allowed to comment on it here? That's going to reduce discussion.

 

[Pblakeney]

So is the rule now that if you don't like something or are annoyed by it you're not allowed to comment on it here? That's going to reduce discussion.

I'm annoyed by that proposal.
Oh...

 

[Dorset Boy]

So is the rule now that if you don't like something or are annoyed by it you're not allowed to comment on it here? That's going to reduce discussion.

All you have done is draw attention to something that you think shouldn't be reported on.
Weird,

 

[Psamathe]

Some old Norwegian geezer who wears fancy clothes for his job, and about whom no-one outside of Norway had any awareness at all, has died.

And I really don't care. I'd honestly be more interested in hearing the life story of an ordinary person who died yesterday, age 89.

Related to my own reaction when eg some massively wealthy celebrity succumbs to some major disease (eg like cancer) and we then get a massive outpouring of public sympathy. I then reflect that the people really deserving of our sympathy are those suffering the same condition but already struggling financially who now can no longer work or need to reduce hours, struggle to get to hospital for treatment, struggle with coping with everyday life.

But the public sympathy goes to the massively wealthy sufferer who can afford being chauffeur driven to private treatment booked without delays at the patient's convenience.

 

[Pross]

Related to my own reaction when eg some massively wealthy celebrity succumbs to some major disease (eg like cancer) and we then get a massive outpouring of public sympathy. I then reflect that the people really deserving of our sympathy are those suffering the same condition but already struggling financially who now can no longer work or need to reduce hours, struggle to get to hospital for treatment, struggle with coping with everyday life.

But the public sympathy goes to the massively wealthy sufferer who can afford being chauffeur driven to private treatment booked without delays at the patient's convenience.

I would chuck in all the people with the most tenuous of links coming out of the woodwork to talk about their experience of meeting a certain celebrity who has died and often saying things along the lines of 'they would have really enjoyed this tribute'. There were some prime examples with Dolly Parton the other day, the BBC interviewing a tribute act for whom it was basically an opportunity to boost their career profile and who spoke as though they were close personal friends on the basis they'd met once. These things make me think of the lyrics from Evita "we've all gone crazy. Mourning all day and mourning all night, falling over ourselves to get all, of the misery right". The death of Princess Diana was probably the most extreme example.

One for the annoyances thread really but BBC Wales news somehow shoehorned Dolly's death in as the top story on the local news.

 

[briantrumpet]

Related to my own reaction when eg some massively wealthy celebrity succumbs to some major disease (eg like cancer) and we then get a massive outpouring of public sympathy. I then reflect that the people really deserving of our sympathy are those suffering the same condition but already struggling financially who now can no longer work or need to reduce hours, struggle to get to hospital for treatment, struggle with coping with everyday life.

But the public sympathy goes to the massively wealthy sufferer who can afford being chauffeur driven to private treatment booked without delays at the patient's convenience.

Exactly. At least someone here gets it.

One of the reasons I liked the Independent for a long time was its refusal for many years to carry royal 'news', which is mostly about rich people borning, dying, doing things rich people do, and having disagreements about money and status.

 

[briantrumpet]

One for the annoyances thread really but BBC Wales news somehow shoehorned Dolly's death in as the top story on the local news.

Now you're just drawing attention to something you think shouldn't be on the local news. Careful, you'll get told off.

 

[Ian H]

I never met the Norwegian king, but I did get quite close to the border with Norway when I was in Finland.

 

[Beebo]

My wife works for a Norwegian company.
The Norwegians in the office are quite sad.
It is slightly news worthy, IMO