Does he suck?/Is he lame? results
First of all, I want to thank everybody for voting. There were 23 votes cast and more than 60 Robin-related posts. Without you and your votes, democracy doesn't work.
Hey, do you remember that scene in "Mrs. Doubtfire" when Robin Williams throws an orange at Pierce Bronson's head and calls it "a drive-by fruiting"? Well, I have just been fruited. Inexplicably, Under 30 readers voted that Robin Williams doesn't suck/isn't lame by a decisive 14-to-9 margin.
Massive sigh.
Robin voters were very passionate in their defense, claiming Mork has starred in dozens of masterpieces over the years like "Dead Poets Society," "Awakenings," "Good Will Hunting," "Dead Poets Society," "Awakenings," "Good Will Hunting" and, last but not least, "Dead Poets Society." The vote would be even more lopsided than it is if the most passionate Robin voters had remembered to say "Not suck" at the end of their posts. Live and learn.
The most impassioned Robin's supporter was unquestionably "Bryan Adams Fan," who credited Mork with rescuing him from post-divorce despair: He was so funny. And inspirational.From that point on, I made a point to see anything and everything I could related to Robin Williams. My new wife loves him too. Robin is something we share. By insinuating that Robin sucks, you're insinuating that I suck, and I don't. And neither does the man who brought me back from a serious depth of dispair.
B.A.F., I didn't insinuate anything. I said it plainly: Robin Williams sucks. As for you, well, I don't know you. At least, I don't think I do...
Look, I officially have no clue what the hell is going on. We have now done five Does he suck? elections, and I have been absolutely stunned by the results of four of them. Any minute now, dogs and cats are going to start mating. That's how dramatically you people have altered reality. I'm considering a new survey called Is Water Wet? just to see what you characters come up with.
Actually, I want the next Does he suck?/Is he lame? subject to be democracy. Because it so sucks.
posted by Steve Hyden @ 1:24 PM
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I've been advocating a meritocratic oligarchy (or an oligarchical meritocracy--I'm flexible) over democracy for years now. The "why" could not be emblematized more clearly than the results of suck/not suck.
ahhh olson so true. then we'd have to have a do the "do the results of the does democracy suck poll suck"...
sigh* right? other people's opinions.
Yeah, I like my meritocracies just how I like my arguments: based on a cartoon show.
Yeah, this feature is kind of scaring me, because I'm assuming the people voting in it also vote for real-life issues.
I guess I'm not so puzzled as to why the country is headed for disaster any more.
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