Comments on: War http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/09/29/war/ I'm a mere, tiny, insignificant cog in a whole clockwork of stupidity. I'm the tiny cog that wants to break free. Seriously. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:45:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: irbis http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/09/29/war/#comment-3184 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:23:53 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/09/29/war/#comment-3184 Nice comedy. But I tend to get irritated - and a headache too - from listening to continuous canned laughter for maybe an hour when watching tv comedies. I would claim that, for example, Monty Python would be better without its canned laughing audiences. Well, funny experiences are often social, so maybe canned laughter creates an illusion of social fun when watching tv all by yourself? But still, isn't such laughter tracks also a bit insulting to the intelligence of the viewers of a show, explaining and suggesting which things are to be laughed at and which things are not? Canned laughter is sometimes used in propaganda too for the same reasons. Such suggestions promote certain kind of interpretations of a story instead of varied and different interpretations. ...What? Well, ok, ok - I'll shut up and admit that I'm being all too serious here. Now continue watching the comedy... Nice comedy. But I tend to get irritated - and a headache too - from listening to continuous canned laughter for maybe an hour when watching tv comedies. I would claim that, for example, Monty Python would be better without its canned laughing audiences.

Well, funny experiences are often social, so maybe canned laughter creates an illusion of social fun when watching tv all by yourself? But still, isn’t such laughter tracks also a bit insulting to the intelligence of the viewers of a show, explaining and suggesting which things are to be laughed at and which things are not? Canned laughter is sometimes used in propaganda too for the same reasons. Such suggestions promote certain kind of interpretations of a story instead of varied and different interpretations.

…What? Well, ok, ok - I’ll shut up and admit that I’m being all too serious here. Now continue watching the comedy…

]]> by: mikesum32 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/09/29/war/#comment-3167 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:11:53 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/09/29/war/#comment-3167 The funny walk/goose-step brought it from awesome to awesomest. The funny walk/goose-step brought it from awesome to awesomest.

]]> by: LoeZ http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/09/29/war/#comment-3166 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:28:11 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/09/29/war/#comment-3166 Don't mention the war! Love it! Don’t mention the war!

Love it!

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