In a tribute to Jessica Hagy‘s oh-too-obvious work (but we still love it!) I hereby present:
In the past 20 hours, I have heard of “snow-pocalypse” on FoxNews* & “Comcast/NBC mergepocalypse” / “Comcatastrophe” from the Consumerist**. Need I mention the “financial meltdown” from 2-4 months ago?? I’m not convinced. Sure the snow is “record setting“, but that just means it’s rare, which means exciting. It’s fun, it’s February, it’s supposed to snow! And the more southerly it snows, the faster it will melt. My real concern is the general public (and news media’s) willingness to panic. Panic attacks don’t get anyone anywhere.
Enough already.
Notes:
* I do not watch FoxNews. Ever.
** I was pointed to this link by a friend, which was amusing.
/rant/perhaps i should comment that it’s annoying to be subjected to panic propaganda simply because someone goes out in public/rant/