Media Buzz Words, Cliches & A Rant Against Facebook

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• Interviewer: "Uh - I gotta ask you"

  Or if it's important: "I just gotta ask ya!"

  Interviewer: "Now that several thousands of people on all the different sides have been killed, kidnapped and possibly even badly mistreated, do you feel that sort of, well, what do you suppose the leaders and the victims on either side are feeling right now? Like, I think it must be tough for anybody to be like really upbeat over there, so how do you think?"

• Headline at Gallup.com --
  Poor Wellbeing Linked to Formation of New Chronic Conditions
  by Dan Witters and Sangeeta Agrawal

  • Tyrah Majors
    A 4-day school week? 📚
    Northwest researchers put the idea to the test, and found while kids may like it, the shorter week leads to lower test scores, juvenile crime and a decline in wellbeing.

    • The Berkeley Well-Being Institute — an organization that translates the science of well-being into simple tools and products that help you build your well-being.

      • BUZZ WORD: Wellbeing
        Article says: Increasing your well-being is simple; there are tons of skills you can build. But increasing your well-being is not always easy.
        Do you see a contradiction?
        https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/click-here-happiness/201901/what-is-well-being-definition-types-and-well-being-skills

        Let's complicate something and then set up an institute to study what we will call "science."

        • Tons of skills, say the pros? How much weight do they give to an average skill, 1 lb. 3¾ oz. maybe? Which skill weighs more, surreptitiously wiping one's nose on the living room drapes or winning at Yahtzee?

• A Chicago weekend news anchor has been promoted to anchor two weeknight newscasts at WLS 7/Chicago. What does he say in his Tweet message to announce this happy news? He is grateful for the opportunity to "tell the viewers' stories." Next, one of these bobble-headed news-reading nimrods will pop off with "grateful that you, the viewer, allow me to tell YOUR TRUTH." Is your truth different from the actual truth of the matter? I thought there was only one truth. Now, there are several versions of the truth. Your truth and my truth. And whoever was in the room has a version of the truth also. And our truths need to be told because dammit, we need to be heard! I have a story and you have a story. I'm sure there is a tv news director somewhere just chomping at the bit to get an MMJ out to my house to hear MY truth, edit it and get it on the 5 o'clock news.

• The rona
  Don't use this unless you are a total douche.

• "will live in my heart rent-free" (YUCK!)

• I hate going to the doctor. And the sooner I am out the more comfortable I am. So other than prelim niceties I just want to be gone.

• I use Facebook for three things. I post teasers to radio articles I write here at PSM in a few popular members only radio groups,...some of which include big radio names from the past. I also post content at a Bellingham nostalgia group I enjoy. It is fun to post old radio and newspaper ads and stories. Often I post links to PSM because deejays from the city's past are popular reading. Facebook's popularity does drive traffic, very noticeable. Other than that I sometimes browse personal posts by relatives, but that is often like wandering a minefield. Many of them are all consumed with politics, and of course they are split about 50-50 on the President and Congress so it gets nasty even among members of one segment of a once tight knit family. Personally, I have political leanings like most people but, in my 15 years owning a radio station and the 15 years after that operating a professional services business I just kept my views to myself and to close friends...mostly those who agreed with me. In both businesses there were sponsors or clients who were highly partisan one way or the other. They all had the right to their opinions, so I was not going to argue and lose their business. If I went to a doctor or a lawyer and got a political lecture, I would find another practitioner. I figured my clients would feel the same so I kept clam, as Ivar said. In my businesses I was dealing in numbers, I needed the numbers to meet my financial goals and that meant not alienating my customer base that included conservatives, liberals, socialists, and a few kooks.

  • My doctor in Arizona liked to talk politics and conspiracy theories. We agreed on politics, but his conspiracy theories were way out there. When he would see me in the waiting room, he would tell the girls at the front desk to bring me in right away. We usually spent 30-45 minutes talking politics and he ranted about other conspiracies. Then, I told him about my aching back or whatever and I was out the door. I enjoyed the visits but this is one reason other people may have to wait so long to be seen. Tough titty!

• "In case you missed it, here's what you need to know about..." I will decide what I need to know and do my own research.

• AT&T may be considering selling off CNN. This is seen by some analysts as a great "deleveraging" move.
  Yesterday, I "dedeclined to have a second donut." They were delicious!

• Add "rock star" to describe anyone doing any routine task competently