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Showing posts with label Google Plus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google Plus. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Sometimes, Being Loud Is Golden

Welcome to the last day of January chuckleheads.

I hope that you realize that 1/12th of another year has passed, and more importantly, I hope that you have given the forgone 8.25% of 2012, a robust 110% of your effort.

I know that we here at I’m With Stupid, have done just that.  In fact…

While our radio show has been airing for well over a year, Jayman and I have been doing the I’m With Stupid website for less than a year, since late June of 2011 to be precise, and what wonderful accomplishments have we packed into these several months which include the aforementioned 1/12th of 2012?

Well…while nothing monumental or civilization changing, there are more than a few notable items of accomplishment which to, um….note.

In addition to trying to be funny both on the air and on this site, Jayman and I like to set the record straight about our society, as he or I see it.

Sometimes, that means, going after “the establishment”.  And when I say establishment, I don’t merely mean the government.  I mean corporations, private organizations, and yes, sometime individuals as well.

Jayman and I have done that several times over the preceding months, and let me tell you, and let it be a lesson to you…

Speaking out on a public forum such as this site, or our radio show, is not only cathartic, it can and does bring results.

As a united front, Jay and IWS have helped a hot babe slam Google over its puritanical censorship, and they finally acquiesced, and her allowed to post a Karaoke video of HERSELF.

After an outcry brought upon by Jayman and IWS, re-runs of Oprah at 11 PM on Ozarks CW are a thing of the past, and M*A*S*H episodes have been brought back.

Through threat of a boycott, and public, quasi-humiliation brought on by IWS, Time-Warner fixed the internet connection here in the Bagwine digs, by replacing outdated cables.

We called the Gingrich comeback long before paid TV pundits, as well as the Herman Cain endorsement of, "We the People."

Yet...

Because of our satire, rapier wits, and outcries for public justice, we have also been blocked on social media venues such as Twitter, by the likes of Joe Scarborough, Neal Boortz, and, of course Esquire’s own, Scott Raab, among others.

Yes, the pendulum of justice swings both ways when voicing one’s opinions, however, the fact of the matter is…

When one allows their voice to roar through the garble of everyday hyperbole and white noise of life on a platform like IWS whose numbers are pretty damn good by the way, you get a reaction.

It may be positive.  It may be negative, but the most important thing is…you are heard.

Take for instance, the following…

A couple of months ago, IWS published an article about how insufferable Ohio State football fans are.
We were lauded and our article picked up by, and shouted out by, one of the biggest talk radio stations in the country, 700 WLW.

That is the good side of the pendulum.  Now, fast forward to this 1/12th of 2012.  Just recently I wrote an article about how God-Awful, I thought morning guy Doc Thompson of 700 WLW is…er…was…er…whatever.

Many a Clear Channel big wig read said article and yesterday?  It was announced that Doc Thompson had been fired.  During his honeymoon no less.  While we delight in Doc’s passing from the air waves of WLW, we regret the unseemlyness of the timing.  Ouch!!

On the upside of the pendulum…

Our guy…er…potato man, Spuds Tuberosum, recently exalted the deliciousness of the potato and scoured in outrage over the failed attempts by the Obama Administration to remove it from the school lunch menus.

What did we get in return?

A very nice email from Marie Joanis who works for the National Potato Council, and no, I’m not kidding.  It was very nice of her and her organization to follow up with us.  We appreciate that immensely.

Anyhoo, and I guess what my limited learnin’ is trying to say, is…

Words do have power.  When you sift through all the hyperbole, satire, offensiveness, and sometimes profanity of the words that appear here on I’m With Stupid, there is common sense, and evidently, some people listen to that, see through that, and do the right thing, based upon that.

When you out bad things publicly, or laud good thing publicly, things happen…and we would like you to join us.

We are happy that you read and/or listen to our radio show, but help our voices be even louder by writing a blog post for IWS or chiming in on the radio show.  It’s that easy, and we welcome your voices.

For IWS, and on behalf of Jayman unless he doesn’t like this post, I bid you…let it out, let it go, and bring it here...to IWS.

Cheers!!

Matt-Man

email:  neshobadude@yahoo.com
Twitter:  @mattmaniws

Monday, August 1, 2011

Google Plus a Social Media Experiment


Google has, once again, dipped its toes in the social media waters. And this time they mean it. Google Plus is the newest and greatest Facebook killer. Or is a the Twittah Killah? Tumblr Rumblr? Hell, I can't remember. Anyway, as usual I talked a big game about being cool and ignoring the Next Big Thing. But, when my very good HAWT friend Gnetch sent me an invite I jumped all over that baby (the invite, not Gnetch) like republican hitting on another dude in a public restroom.

So, now I'm one of the cool kids who's on Google Plus. Which means I have yet another social media platform that I open up, stare at it for ten minutes, am unable to come up with anything witty to say and just close out of it. Feel free to add me.

At this point, I would just like to say that it really frosts my balls that MOOBS don't make one as immediately internet famous as BOOBS do. Look, there are a lot of areas where women get the short end of the stick, but, social media is NOT one of those places. If you have boobs and/or a nice ass, you will rack up a decent amount of followers pretty fast.

In fact, I've actually considered doing a little experiment on this topic. I'm thinking of creating a fake Stumble Upon account and use a pic of a very attractive young lady. Then I'll stumble on all kinds of sites, blogs and videos that talk about sex. And in the middle of those I'll stumble upon posts on this blog and the world famous “I'm With Stupid” internet radio show. I'm guessing this would be a pretty successful endeavor in terms of driving traffic to this blog and the show.

I have to admit that this isn't an original idea. You see, I'm starting to get the weird feeling that some of the ridiculously hot, babes that follow me on Stumble Upon might be fakes. IKNOWRIGHT?? The first indication I had that some of them might be fake was when they followed me back. That right there is a pretty suspicious act.

If it works there, and I see no reason why it won't, I'm thinking I can expand this idea to Tumblr. This will be a little more difficult, but it can be done. I think I'm gonna need some help on this one though. I need a very attractive woman to agree to send me a bunch of sexy pics. THIS IS NOT FOR ME! IT'S FOR SCIENCE!!!

What I can do on Tumblr is post sexy pics of celebrities, funny pics and some of “my” sexy pics. Along with those will be some text posts where I talk about all the sex I'm getting and/or not getting. Talk about my bisexuality and occasionally post something talking about how deep I am and get all philosophical on everyone. Oh and some emo shit. People really love that.

So, if there is some hottie out there willing to help me in my “experiment” I would be very grateful. I think it would be fun and really, who could it hurt? Nobody was upset to find out that the blogger they thought was a lesbian in Syria turned out to be some middle aged white redneck male in the state of Georgia. So, I don't see anyone being upset if my scam social media experiment is uncovered.

So let me know if you'd like to be a part of the fun. I hope someone does. I would HATE to have to troll Myspace for old photos of hot babes who posted them and then abandoned their account for Facebook and forgot about the pics. That would be kinda creepy.