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- JeffH, on 10/12/2007, -3/+39A good cop out though.
Who's gonna deny me a job when I have:
- Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2006
on my resume? - themarq, on 10/12/2007, -1/+34What a cheap ass cop out by Time... I know it's been said before, but lame lame lame.
I am starting think Maxim has a more competent editorial staff than Time.
Oh, and the Dude abides. - CraigB12, on 10/12/2007, -0/+32All i have to say is "***** Walter."
- trghpy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17I'll take a White Russian.
- wordfan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Hitler was Time's man of the year back when the magazine gave their readership enough credit for being able to understand it was not endorsement or praise but was an assessment of the person's influence, for good or ill. They declined to make Osama Bin Laden the man of the year because they decided we, the readers, weren't smart enough to get that. Now they've made us idiots man of the year. Maybe it's a more subtle comment than I initially gave them credit for.
- kafitz22, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Do you see what happens, Larry? Do you see what happens when you ***** a stranger in the ass!?
- Stonedonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps!
- sjm20k, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15Shut the ***** up Donny, youre out of your element!
- jordanrobbins, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Big Lebowski reference = auto-digg
- Antha, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11That rug really tied the room together.
- TheWriteGuy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Time has lamed out. Since 9/11, they haven't had the guts to make a good, newsworthy or politically controversial choice for Person of the Year. And when was the last time that they actually selected a SINGLE person for the title? I recall The American Soldier (2003), Three Women Who Busted Enron (2002), and the trio of Bill and Melinda Gates and Bono (2005). Fact: Only Rudy Giuliani and George W. Bush have been sole Persons of the Year since 2001.
Who should it have been this year? My opinion: Al Gore, who has managed to remain in the political spotlight, and remade himself as a Global warming crusader. The fact that Time didn't even apparently consider him says a lot about that magazine's political slant nowadays. - JustinSane, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Shut the ***** up Donny!
- loof, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7He beat you by a minute fancy pants.
- beguiledfoil, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7The Dude would be the last one to do something newsworthy??
Well.. *****... that's just like.. your opinion... man... - fadeout, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7How is this crap any worse than their pandering to patriotism with the 2003 man of the year being the US soldier? Give me a break. They may have deserved that in, say, 1945, but now? Give me a break.
- mrdrunkNstoned, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7you human paraquat
- zerocomm, on 10/12/2007, -7/+12go back to slashdot
- creoderiot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"Phone's ringin' Dude"
- Antha, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This will not stand, man.
- aegis9975, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Saying everybody is special is just another way of saying nobody is special.
- fadeout, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Al Gore was considered, he was on the list of candidates when Time's website had voting open. He was leading the pack by quite a bit. The youtube guys (which deserve it way more than the people that visit their website) were in second place.
- FuzzyBunny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Actually, the stated reason for naming Giuliani man of the year in 2001 instead of Bin Laden is because the writers at Time magazine felt that the bigger picture of 9/11 was not necessarily the events themselves, but how America would react in the future (which in retrospect was remarkably insightful). Hitler wasn't even the last "evil" person to receive the award. Joseph Stalin won in in 1939, and again in 1942. The person of the year award isn't really an award at all and doesn't convey any judgment about the morality of the person given it. Instead it's just a recognition of who (or in some cases what) had the biggest impact on news for that year.
- kafitz22, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3bury me six feet under
- jeru48, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2let me guess...... you didn't digg this?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3every freakin' one of you Lebowski quoters gets an upmod from me. ++
My mom died a few months ago, and as the rest of my family was struggling to figure out what to do with her remains, the scene at the beach where they "spread" donny's ashes came to mind... It was really uplifting to remember that scene...
It's SO hard to try to relate that movie to people that haven't seen it. - aegis9975, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Well, if you are a female blogging American soilder used to work for Enron, then you've become Time person of the year 3 times in the last five years.
- renegadeafk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2And that rug really pulled the room together..
- mocheeze, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4It's a quote from the movie, duderino.
- Mahstah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Time's "Person of the Year" is chosen based on who gets the most media coverage that year no matter how loved/hated.
This year they pussed out because it would have to be Ahmadinejad and they didn't want the stigma on their cover. - dmron, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Ok people, enough about this damn Time article already. It's a total sham, designed to get nothing but people talking about this article and linking to it. It's written and designed to make us all feel so warm and fuzzy inside cuz oooh look, Time thinks we're important! Well, wake up call, this is about nothing but dollars and eyeballs and it's working wonderfully for them. Time is COMPLETE AND TOTAL JOKE. Have you ever read it? I'm nauseous just thinking about the last time I picked up a Time. Ugh.
- avasol, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Heeeyyy man, there's a beverage here!
- godcanmoan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2obviously you're not a golfer
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i wonder if you watched the movie or read the article. Do you just like commenting on stuff you have no idea about?
- RoboPimp3000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I hate to break it to you, but "you" isn't a person. You and Time magazine should learn the difference between singulars and plurals. It's called "person of the year" not "internet trend of the year".
- sensibledriver, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Time? Is this some sort of printed periodical? I've heard of those, I think....way back in school.
/* Hey, nice marmot. */ - bitcloud, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Time's Person of the Year Cover:
http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20061225,00.html - ProAm500, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"I am starting think Maxim has a more competent editorial staff than Time."
I hope so. In all fairness, chicks aside, Maxim is as bad as magazine as far as content as Time is. But yes, That was an absolute cop-out by Time.. - lanchfn21, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5"Are You a Lebowski Achiever?"
http://browndailysqueal.com/archives/lebowski_house_01-thumb.jpg - lyricaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1So now I can put on my resume' that I was Time magazine's person of the year for 2006.
- AKAImBatman, on 10/12/2007, -9/+10Just remember: Adolf Hitler was Time's Man of the Year in 1938.
I don't really have a point (other than to make people stroke their chins in thought about what that could possibly mean), but it seemed like the perfect opportunity to invoke Godwins law. :P
(Too bad it can't be intentionally invoked. Damn.) - stoppedcode12, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That line has already been used by JeffH. You don't need to repeat it, thanks.
- mistarojaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1actually, near the end hugo chavez was winning followed closely by Ahmadinejad.
- somnus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Don't you mean:
digg.flycatcher.gotoAndStop("slashdot"); //?
I kid, I kid ;) - RoboPimp3000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I know, what is this, kindergarten? Time is gonna give us all a little gold star to put on our name tags. Then we'll eat cookies and take a nap.
Oh, and next year the award is going to "yo momma". - sailor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think it was a good choice...but I also think that it excludes the majority of posters on Digg. So don't start changing those resumes yet.
- SoccerBoy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Shut the ***** up Donny (aka dougless)!!! Your out of your element.
- Antha, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Nihilists! ***** me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.
- PacketBoy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Is this your homework Larry?
- EllisAshbrook, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1It's almost funnier on basic cable, isn't it!
- V1ncent, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1The person of the year was Bessie, the editor's female sheep. It was supposed to read Person of the Year: Ewe and have Bessie's pic but the printer misunderstood...
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