Photo by Jason Leonti
Sometimes I am so out of the loop on any new “thing” whether it be the latest fad fashion, TV show, gossip about some celebrity under the age of 30 (can they really be celebrities?) , who is hanging in there on AGT, The X Factor, who’s still in the Big Brother House and who is sent to Redemption Island? I mean wow there is SO MUCH non-informative information out there and really who cares?
Well that previous question can pretty much sum up the meaning of MEH! Currently, this is a popular term used to describe something or someone or someplace that you don’t really give a damn about. The official meaning as given in an online dictionary (really whoever uses the big book anymore), is as follows:
exclamation:
expressing a lack of interest or enthusiasm.
“Meh. I’m not impressed so far”
adjective:
uninspiring; unexceptional.
“a lot of his movies are … meh”
This morning I logged onto Facebook and saw that one of my friends, Grace Gotham, has posted her own personal “Meh” list and I thought what a great idea for a blog post. Of course I was ashamed to read in her post that the NYT Times magazine has one each week. As my husband will tell you, I don’t read the Times anymore because I’m too busy playing on my computer!
Anyway, I thought I would post a blog about my own personal MEH list and ask you dear readers to send in some of your own. Let’s do it.
1. The World Series (if the Yankees are not playing who cares)
2. e-cigarettes
3. The Meatball Shop
4. hashtags
5. Donald Trump
6. Justin Beiber
7. Mylie Cyrus (omg, don’t go there)
8. cro-nuts
9. Starbucks Chocolate Chai Latte
10. Naomi Campbell
YOUR TURN !!
Bill Ding and his band of clowns are the security patrol for this blog site. He is a favorite toy from the 50*s. By the way sometimes a blog is just an ego-maniacal stream of conscience.
The MEH list in the Times is not new, has been going on so long that all the things I can think of have already been “meh’d”.
BTW, A.J. found Cronuts in the supermarket in Denver. I’m sure they are not as good, but …..
My short Meh List runs about 100,000 items. Although, I admit there’s far more animosity in my list than most. Either way, here’s the first 10 that popped into my head, in no particular order:
1a) Loserbook: Doesn’t do a damn thing I couldn’t do on the Internet 20 years ago without handing over every shred of my private life to some douchebag who’ll sell it to anyone. Loserbook is the perfect example of something being popular purely because it’s popular.
1b) The Twit Zone: Most of these jittery, ADHD, illiterates couldn’t generate a thought that requires more than 140 characters to communicate anyway. Why impose the artificial limit on these bird brains unless you’re actually trying to ensure the stupidity of the entire populace?
2) Media outlets that incessantly talk about 1a & 1b in a desperate attempt to appear “kewl”: You’re fucking CNN, NBC, CBS, etc!!! YOU’RE supposed to be what people talk about and dream about being on, not some moronic website for losers living in their parents’ basements. Hey, geniuses! Stop encouraging viewers to turn off their TV and go on the Internet! No wonder the mainstream media is dying.
3) TV Networks using their shows as billboards: Nothing says “What we’re showing you sucks!” like sticking a permanent reminder for something else over top of what you’re watching. As for on-screen hashtags, I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m stunned that “#RealHousewivesOfBangladesh” would be a hashtag for the show Real Housewives of Bangladesh. Never would have guessed that in a million starving orphans.
4)RealityTV This shit pretty much ran its course before the 2nd season of Survivor ended. Over ten years later, enough losers still care about worn out shows that had paper-thin premises to begin with to merit shows like The Bachelor: Season 27. And if you still have a job, Hollywood producers can rewrite your life to appear interesting enough to entertain the drooling simpletons who’ll watch anything. Hangnail Removal Wars: Tulsa Any thinking person can’t help but consider suicide every time they turn on the TV.
5) Smart phones & Tablets: These things are one part Pet Rock and 3 parts crack rock. A new farting App? Huzzah, my life is now liveable! I can instantly re-tweet the status updates of my 4th cousin to the phones of my 6,253 Friends? Oh, I just came in my pants! Who needs to touch themselves to masturbate anymore?
The NSA is building football stadium sized buildings to store the personal communications they intercept from folks using these tech-toys. However, the amount of remotely meaningful, or intelligent, conversation they get in a year probably wouldn’t fill a thimble.
6) The Spying Industry: How long will morons think videotaping everyone in stores and on the streets will deter crime caused by kids who video themselves committing crimes and post them on-line using their real names? How long will the public be scared enough of tent dwellers on the other side of the world to allow the Military-Industrial-Spy-Complex to monitor everybody like they’re Osama Been Deadforyears himself?
7) The 1%: Jesus Christ, these guys are lame! How many more billions must they
earnswindle while billions of people are desperate for less money than what’s stuck in their couches? How many more Lambos should you be allowed to have after you say “Meh, put it over there”? Just when will those superior beings who’ve triumphed in our meritocracy realize more money won’t make them any happier? And just when will the 99% percent actually wake the fuck up and do some wealth redistribution?8) Tattoos and Piercings: When accountants have nose rings and soccer moms have the same tramp-stamp as every female meth-head (the Chinese symbol for “stupid, tasteless, whore”), it’s pretty clear this moronic trend doesn’t set you apart from the mindless herd, it makes you part of it. These days, damn near everyone looks like they spent the last 10 years in prison or on a pirate ship. I hope the next stupid, self-defacing, “body art” trend will be shooting yourself in the head.
9) Sports: I used to follow every sport there was. Today, I fall asleep during the 3 hour pre-game hype for a 1 hour game that takes 4.5 hours to play. The 23 minutes a game it takes for instant replay to determine what I could tell live gives me time to think. Time to think about the ads plastered all over the corporately named stadium built entirely with tax money, so that some billionaire could make more money paying millions to dropouts who throw balls, or hit hockey pucks with fake hockey sticks. But public housing, education, health care? Hey, there’s no government money for that useless shit!
10) Humanity: We’re the best there is??? Wow, God was REALLY off His game that week!
Whew! Glad you got that off your chest!! Did you forget to sedate yourself today? I was thinking of doing another MEH column today – somehow it seemed like yet another disgusting show of immature sexual acting out by Miley Cyrus was going to be #1 BUT I refuse to give her the word space. Take comfort in that you are not alone in many of your sentiments – there’s them and then there’s us.
Anytime you want to do another Meh List, I’m sure I’ll have no trouble coming up with another 10.
Thank you for crediting my artwork, “Meh”. I usually get quite upset when I see someone use my work without my permission, but the credit (and the fact that you wrote a good article using it) went a long way towards pacifying me. 🙂
Jason Leonti
Dear Jason,
I am sorry that I didn’t obtain your permission first. I’m not sure how I found it on the web. I just tried to look the way I did and the image comes up but on PC Sweeney blog. I am SO GLAD I saw your name somewhere and credited you. If there was an email next to this image, so I could contact you, I didn’t see it so shame on me. I just checked out your Facebook page because now if I google MEH with your name a lot comes up. I’d like to send you a friend request on FB – I like your style! Do you have a blog too? Thank you for being gracious about my obvious faux pas.
Lori