Harris The Epic
The Keyboard Guy
Hey guyz, what's going on here?
Oh wow, people yelling at a woman for mentioning her band in a story that happens to be about her. This seems really fun and extremely productive.
Yes, the story is about her weight loss, but it's also a Human Interest piece, right? Isn't the definition of a Human Interest Piece supposed to be "a piece about a human being of interest"? Someone thought Nina was an interesting enough human being to do a news article on, and that someone happened to be at CNN. I don't know who went to who for the idea of reporting on Nina's weight-loss and management, but if it's good enough for someone whose job it is to write about interesting people, then what's the big deal? If you're really that butthurt about it, cool. Go be butthurt, but it's not like they'll take the article down or anything.
When I see something like this, where they mention something that I like in an article about something else, it does interest me more than if they didn't mention it.
In this case, Nina lost weight and happens to sing in a band. That interests me a lot more than if it was something like "Nina lost weight and went on to become an actress". I'm not nearly as sentimental to acting as I am to music. And then I hear "... singer for a heavy metal band", another lightbulb of curiosity goes on. A far greater one than if it had said something like Country or Pop. Does it make me a bad person that I have biases? No, it makes me a person. That's what happens with people, they're naturally attracted to things they like.
Oh wow, people yelling at a woman for mentioning her band in a story that happens to be about her. This seems really fun and extremely productive.
Yes, the story is about her weight loss, but it's also a Human Interest piece, right? Isn't the definition of a Human Interest Piece supposed to be "a piece about a human being of interest"? Someone thought Nina was an interesting enough human being to do a news article on, and that someone happened to be at CNN. I don't know who went to who for the idea of reporting on Nina's weight-loss and management, but if it's good enough for someone whose job it is to write about interesting people, then what's the big deal? If you're really that butthurt about it, cool. Go be butthurt, but it's not like they'll take the article down or anything.
When I see something like this, where they mention something that I like in an article about something else, it does interest me more than if they didn't mention it.
In this case, Nina lost weight and happens to sing in a band. That interests me a lot more than if it was something like "Nina lost weight and went on to become an actress". I'm not nearly as sentimental to acting as I am to music. And then I hear "... singer for a heavy metal band", another lightbulb of curiosity goes on. A far greater one than if it had said something like Country or Pop. Does it make me a bad person that I have biases? No, it makes me a person. That's what happens with people, they're naturally attracted to things they like.