Get your own Last Days!

Discussion in 'Free Thoughts' started by Tiassa, Jul 3, 2007.

  1. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    Sometimes ... well, first off, you have to imagine that it's a tabloid-style newspaper, a weekly, and free. Add to that the idea that it's the best newspaper in town, and stomps the stones of the two major dailies that rule Seattle and environs.

    And it's not my point to push our wonderfully weird newspaper onto anyone, but rather, an idea.

    See, every week there runs a column called "Last Days". Take what apocalyptic aspect you want from that; it works. And that's the point.

    So think about it. Just how much news about humanity can you take in the course of one page?

    And that's the point. Remembering, then, that this constitutes one page of the newspaper (and not even all of it), this week's "Last Days" includes news of ...

    ... a dead baby ...
    ... a story about another baby, a guy in a car, and the hapless passenger ...
    ... being ankle-deep in "awful human soup" while trapped on an airplane ...
    ... the coolest Metro driver in Seattle ...
    ... separate shooting incidents in Seattle ...
    ... nobody died at day one of the pride weekend ...
    ... nobodu died at day two, either; plus, misguided Methodists, plus Adrian Ryan being a bitch, and homeless news ...

    (Click here to be horrified) ​

    Aside from the bus driver, this is all bad news. No, no, not that nobody died during the pride weekend. I guess that's good news, too. But it's beside the point.

    Most heartwarming sight: The cornucopia of downtown hoboes staggering around in pride beads and "PFLAG LOVES ME!" stickers. Hurrah for all who turned out. See you next year. (Schmader)​

    Yes, it's disturbing.

    In the end, though, it seems to me that every city ought to have a section like this in its newspaper. How much bad news can people take in one shot? How grim a countenance of humanity must they see before they either shatter the mirror or scrub up?
     

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