Watching Fox 10 Arizona I was fortunate enough to witness the stupidest thing ever said on television. You can tell by a person’s expression even tone of voice if they are being serious. Sadly the newscasters seemed outwardly serious when they dropped a news story about the new trend of #somebodyelsie. I did a search on the term and found it shared as a humorous joke and not serious in any other way than the hashtag situation linked above. Unsurprisingly, the newscasters who aired the story also went online and posted their own so-called somebodyelsies.
A somebody elsie is not a new thing. It is defined as turning the camera around and, instead of taking a picture of yourself, taking a picture of somebody else. Holy revelation, Batman. This is truly the stupidest news story I’ve ever witnessed. To devote time to a story in which you tell people that it is trendy to take pictures and that in fact it might be a new idea is mind blowingly ignorant. Of course I shouldn’t be terribly surprised. The preceding story focused on a proposal by (i don’t remember the group) to pee in the shower in the morning in order to save the water you’d use peeing in a toilet and flushing. During the segment they showed images of people spry painting their dying grass green. The tangential connection was not lost on me.
Please tell me I’m off and wasn’t supposed to take this seriously. Of course, the section of news was called the buzz–stories everyone is talking about…
Later in the broadcast the news harped on Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella because of his comments about women asking for raises. He says in part that not asking for raises provides you good karma. He went on to say, “The system will give you the right raises as you go along.” Women at this Women in Technology conference were mightily pissed. Here’s a flash, Nadella feels like nobody should ask for a raise. Not just that women shouldn’t ask for a raise. Unfortunately he’s had to back away from his valid comments in order to appease the masses. I kinda agree with him. Don’t ask for a raise unless you have to. Allow the system to recognize your skills and for the management to recognize your willingness to put at least some faith in the system. Don’t lose faith until you must.
Maybe that’s just me. People tend to think I’m a pushover though.