Admit It: You, Too, Are Paris Hilton

[JEDI]

Fortune magazine

if average Americans of even 30 to 40 years ago could see us today, they'd think we were all spoiled just as rotten as any young Trump, Newhouse, or Bloomberg.

You know it's true. How many televisions do you have? Do you even know? How many channels do you get? Do your kids refuse to watch black-and-white programs? No one had a VCR in 1970. Now 240 million of us do, but VCRs are history now that Wal-Mart is selling DVD players for $29.

If anyone had told you in 1980 that today you'd use a cellphone the size of a cigarette pack to call someone else's cellphone in Sao Paulo?and would complain about the connection?would you have believed him?

Malnutrition was still a major concern in the 1960s. Today's crisis is very different?obesity. That's a problem of national excess on an unprecedented scale.

The consumer culture has achieved total victory. We spend more and save less than ever before. We are richer, fatter, and more obsessed by consumption than any people have ever been.

So let's enjoy gawking at the rich kids on television. It really is fun. But let's also confront the new reality: With precious few exceptions (and home videos aside), we are all Paris Hilton.

 

[Hoober]

Originally posted by: JEDI
Fortune magazine

if average Americans of even 30 to 40 years ago could see us today, they'd think we were all spoiled just as rotten as any young Trump, Newhouse, or Bloomberg.

You know it's true. How many televisions do you have? Do you even know? How many channels do you get? Do your kids refuse to watch black-and-white programs? No one had a VCR in 1970. Now 240 million of us do, but VCRs are history now that Wal-Mart is selling DVD players for $29.

If anyone had told you in 1980 that today you'd use a cellphone the size of a cigarette pack to call someone else's cellphone in Sao Paulo?and would complain about the connection?would you have believed him?

Malnutrition was still a major concern in the 1960s. Today's crisis is very different?obesity. That's a problem of national excess on an unprecedented scale.

The consumer culture has achieved total victory. We spend more and save less than ever before. We are richer, fatter, and more obsessed by consumption than any people have ever been.

So let's enjoy gawking at the rich kids on television. It really is fun. But let's also confront the new reality: With precious few exceptions (and home videos aside), we are all Paris Hilton.

:evil:

 

[Ameesh]

im not paris hilton i am just not an old fart, she is soo fvcking dumb she should end herself right now.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Admit It: You, Too, Are Paris Hilton

I don't know about you, but I've never blown some actor in a night-vision amateur video.

- M4H

 

[Ogg]

Originally posted by: Ameesh
im not paris hilton i am just not an old fart, she is soo fvcking dumb she should end herself right now.

no pearl necklace even??????????


Damn you are serious this time ameesh

 

[Mill]

It's easy too look back at prior decades and minimize the problems that were faced. It's also easy to be an idealist and think that the past was always better.

 

[Beau]

I'm Paris Hilton? OMG!
*looks down shirt.

Yup. No boobs.

 

[edmundoab]

:beer:

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Beau
I'm Paris Hilton? OMG!
*looks down shirt.

Yup. No boobs.

Zing! :beer:

- M4H

 

[Avatar26]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Admit It: You, Too, Are Paris Hilton

I don't know about you, but I've never blown some actor in a night-vision amateur video.

- M4H

True, but you have been known to go without pants in front of an audience...
Although, given the choice between her and M4H without pants, I choose Paris (sorry M4H)

 

[SaltBoy]

Originally posted by: Beau
I'm Paris Hilton? OMG!
*looks down shirt.

Yup. No boobs.

Only Man boobs, right? :evil:

 

[MaxDepth]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Admit It: You, Too, Are Paris Hilton

I don't know about you, but I've never blown some actor in a night-vision amateur video.

- M4H

I cannot even afford night vision video equipment. And if I could, I think, after having a million dollars, it would be two chicks.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Avatar26

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Admit It: You, Too, Are Paris Hilton

I don't know about you, but I've never blown some actor in a night-vision amateur video.

- M4H

True, but you have been known to go without pants in front of an audience...
Although, given the choice between her and M4H without pants, I choose Paris (sorry M4H)

:brokenheart:

- M4H

 

[virusag11]

lol, I'm a member of the anti-consumerism group in the Denver area. I don't shop at so many stores or go to any chain restaurant, only local owned stuff. Luckily there are enough locally own places near me I can get everything except electronics and some groceries, everything else is local.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: Beau
I'm Paris Hilton? OMG!
*looks down shirt.

Yup. No boobs.

:beer:

 

[Descartes]

I always knew I was a sexy bitch.

 

[radioouman]

Originally posted by: Beau
I'm Paris Hilton? OMG!
*looks down shirt.

Yup. No boobs.

 

[rky60]

"You, Too, Are Paris Hilton"

Yep, they're right, I use a $29 DVD player on my Lear Jet

 

[FelixDeCat]

We are not airheads either like PH.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: Descartes
I always knew I was a sexy bitch.

yes you are. you are ATOT's bitch :beer:

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Admit It: You, Too, Are Paris Hilton

I don't know about you, but I've never blown some actor in a night-vision amateur video.

- M4H

I was gonna say turn the lights on during "The Deed" but that'll do nicely. :beer:

-anxi80


the above is a homage to M4H in this thread

 

[fjorner]

Just because we have a higher standard of living doesn't mean we are spoiled.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Admit It: You, Too, Are Paris Hilton

I don't know about you, but I've never blown some actor in a night-vision amateur video.

- M4H

Still havent seen the video anybody want to help me out???

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: fjorner
Just because we have a higher standard of living doesn't mean we are spoiled.

Yup. This is true for every generation or couple of generations throughout history... those in 1900 were better off than those in 1860 probably.

 

[Spooner]

My bank account does not accurately reflect your accusation