२४ जून, २०२३

"Washington Post is embarrassing itself by reporting— at length— an utterly irrelevant PR stunt by two, white, self-absorbed multi-billionaires."

"Reminds me of Rupert Murdoch sensational, trash 'journalism.' Any further coverage of cr@p like this and I’m stopping my subscription."


I looked up "Elonization" — just to see if WaPo coined it — and I found "Elonization Of The World — Is Elon Musk A Cultural Moment? The billionaire is creating the society of tomorrow" by Michel Kana.

But — wonderfully creepily ‚ there was also this:

 

 Well, now you know how to prevent Elonization: urine slime.

Maybe it's a misprint. It's not in the OED:

   

An interesting collection of words.

"Elongation" is a word that could be used to mean "elonization," and I can see it has.

But I like that first word, "adonization." What is "adonization"? The OED says that to "adonize" is "To adorn or beautify oneself; to primp. Used chiefly of men."

Like "Elonize," it's a word made out of a man's name. In this case: Adonis.

Examples:
1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas IV. xii. xiv. 229 The desire I had of appearing agreeable to that lady, made me employ three good hours, at least, in adjusting and adonizing myself....
 
1850 Fraser's Mag. 16 526/2 There are plenty of mirrors and candles about..in case the young men need to complete their Adonisation.
 
1963 O. A. Bushnell Molokai (1975) iii. 392 The long elegant French mirror at which I adonized before I went out into the world.

Did I get distracted from the topic I began with? One answer is I'd prefer to be distracted, because I pretty much agree with Eeyore Eeyore about the value of lavishing attention on Zuckerberg. But a better answer may be that the WaPo article is an effort to adonize Zuckerberg.

२७ टिप्पण्या:

Mountain Maven म्हणाले...

Sorry, Zuck, you're no comparison. Besides Elon makes real products.

Limited blogger म्हणाले...

Twitter vs Meta is as relevant as it gets

Kate म्हणाले...

The meme of the Spartan Chad guy is the current way men adonize other men.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...

WaPo is a Merrick Mob Democrat Party Hack joke.

Ralph L म्हणाले...

When it comes to men, better to adonize than anodize. I'm still creeped out by seeing the chick in Goldfinger at a tender age.

hpudding म्हणाले...

Elon Musk wants a future filled with transhumanism, but he’s scared of transsexualism. Discuss.

re Pete म्हणाले...

"You hand in your ticket

And you go watch the geek"

Owen म्हणाले...

Zuck’s efforts at adonization will not succeed unless he gets the surgery on his eyes. To remove the nictitating membrane and fix the pupillary slits. Nobody wants to date a guy with lizard eyes.

Mark म्हणाले...

Meanwhile Althouse has gone all in on Rogan, because he is the epitome of relevance.

Gahrie म्हणाले...

Elon Musk wants a future filled with transhumanism, but he’s scared of transsexualism. Discuss.

Bullshit. No one is scared of transhumans. We pity their mental illness and object to the grooming, mutilation and abuse of children in their name.

Musk unfortunately knows better than most because one of his sons has gender dysphoria and has disowned Elon.

Gahrie म्हणाले...

Meanwhile Althouse has gone all in on Rogan, because he is the epitome of relevance.

Rogan's only sin is not obeying the mandates of the Left. For that he must be constantly attacked, even on posts that have nothing to do with him.

ALP म्हणाले...

When I first read this post, I thought Eeyore Eeyore was the name of a journalist. Was shocked that Ann didn't write about THAT...then read it again.

Ann - if you ever come across an article written by an Eeyore Eeyore, promise that you'll make much of the name - an entire post please.

Lars Porsena म्हणाले...

"..white self-absorbed multi-billionaires.." Does their whiteness compound their self-absorption ?

Lars Porsena म्हणाले...

"..white self-absorbed multi-billionaires.." Does their whiteness compound their self-absorption ?

William म्हणाले...

Warren Buffet remains my favorite billionaire. you won't see him testing out the stress factors in submersibles or getting involved in any steel cage death match. He does eat a lot ice cream though.

PM म्हणाले...

He's the spirit of America!
Buys Twitter.
He's the scourge of America!

Scott Gustafson म्हणाले...

When I heard about this I immediately thought of Herb Kelleher and Southwest's "Malice in Dallas." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwU9m4oCtRE

Canadian Bumblepuppy म्हणाले...

At least we'll finally find out if Mr Zuckerburg is a human or an android.

I've never been entirely sure about that one.

Drago म्हणाले...

Dumb Lefty Mark: "Meanwhile Althouse has gone all in on Rogan, because he is the epitome of relevance."

Dumb Lefty Mark is not handling non-censored content very well at all, is he?

And that's on top of X/Twitter not completely collapsing as he had predicted and instead evolving into something dumb lefties cannot begin to comprehend.

Tough days for Mark.

Thoughts and prayers as always.

Mark म्हणाले...

Yeah, Drago, Twitter is doing so well. Starting to pay overdue bills is a sign of rousing success.

rehajm म्हणाले...

Just back from Boston this week where there are no white males in power and I can attest- white males in power are the worst, except for all the others…

Drago म्हणाले...

Dumb Lefty Mark: "Yeah, Drago, Twitter is doing so well. Starting to pay overdue bills is a sign of rousing success."

LOL

If the landlords in question do not wish to renegotiate the wildly out of whack rent obligations established by your Dumb Lefty former twitter head honcho's in locations that are absolute Dumb Lefty-run s***holes, then those landlords are certainly within their rights to terminate the leases and evict X./twitter.

Oddly, these landlords are desperately seeking to NOT evict X./twitter.

Why do you suppose that is, Dumb Lefty Mark?

Maybe close your eyes and squeeze them really tight while you "think" about it.

Mr. T. म्हणाले...

Since when do the comment communists over at the WP even know what men are? They keep calling them her/they.

Gahrie म्हणाले...

Yeah, Drago, Twitter is doing so well. Starting to pay overdue bills is a sign of rousing success.

Actually, when it comes to Twitter, it is. Also the bills that are being paid are obligations made under previous management, Musk would have been smart enough not to incur them in the first place.

Drago म्हणाले...

For Dumb Lefty Mark, not that it will help:


NBC
"SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter’s tech rivals are mimicking Elon Musk’s playbook — even Mark Zuckerberg
Social media companies have instituted changes mimicking Musk's changes at Twitter."

--David Ingram, June 25, 2023

mikee म्हणाले...

Those two guys both have professional public relations. Why should I ever care about any "news" presented about them, as anything other than their self-serving paid advertising?

"Hey, everybody, look at me, I'm a cowboy! Howdy, howdy, howdy!" is my favorite Larson Far Side cartoon, but the point of that cartoon (one point, anyway, my interpretations have changed over the years) is that wearing a stetson don't make you a cowboy.

Whatever these two guys are doing, I suspect it won't top the fight between Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lawler.

Christopher B म्हणाले...

I'm so old I can remember when one guy throwing a punch at another guy was An. Event. That. Had. Serious. Meaning.

Well, It was a punch and not a Tweet. and Black, not white.