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Offline Tony

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#clickbait
« on: November 14, 2013, 12:50:16 AM »
I get irritated by the use of it, and now it's spreading to usually staid organs.

eg
It was hard to stomach David Cameron preaching austerity from a golden throne
or
Off yer bikes! Cyclists are a menace to society — and self-righteous to boot


The second one might provide an insight in the cesspit of the resulting comments where rodliddle writes that he's paid £500 for every 100 comments.

Can anyone think of six reasons to smash a subeditors teeth in?
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Re: #clickbait
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2013, 01:07:54 AM »
It's all part of the dumbing down of political debate.

My personal bugbear is internet quotes that turn out to have never been said. They're soundbite length, they're the sort of thing you wish was true, but when you look them up they were never said by the person they were attributed to.

There's probably more untrue ****e swilling around on the Internet than verifiable fact.
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Re: #clickbait
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2014, 09:32:56 PM »
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Re: #clickbait
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2016, 09:28:56 PM »
The latest round seems to be along the lines of You'll never believe what Toyah from coronation Street looks like now

Does anyone really click on this stuff when it's at the bottom of a Daily Telegraph article on the Prime Minister's leather trousers?

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Re: #clickbait
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2016, 11:33:20 PM »
TM The PM in leather keks...

/shudder
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« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2016, 10:12:03 PM »
Bet that you wouldn't have said that last year.
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Re: #clickbait
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2016, 11:02:26 PM »
The strides/person combination would have elicited the same response. The PM bit just makes it all a bit too real for me.
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Re: #clickbait
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2016, 07:13:50 PM »
What could anyone possibly have against leather trousers? It's healthy and allows the air to circulate.


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« Reply #8 on: December 25, 2016, 12:28:28 PM »
Only a master race would feel that's an appropriate way to dress.

Excuse me while i nip to the toilet...
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« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2017, 10:44:18 PM »
Talking of leather trousers, I hope all our new Russian members are having a nice time...
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