Paris Hilton Recruited to Publicize Linux 438
lamasquerade writes "Paris Hilton has been named by the Open Source Development Legue as their next recruit in a bid to gain maximum exposure for FOSS. The new Legue's CEO, Jeremy Bleats, noted that the length of Ms Hilton's legs were a great factor in the decision and was sure to deny any links to The Red-Headed Legue. Richard Stallman was quick to label the activity a 'cheap stunt'."
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There is such a thing as "killing a joke"... ya know, that guy who gets a good laugh at a joke, then keeps adding on to the same thing over, and over, and over... the laughter dies down and then people just start nervously chuckling so they don't make the guy feel bad.
"That guy" is
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True, true. This girl I knew wanted me to install Linux on her machine after she saw the neat exploding animation that Window Maker made when you took an icon off the wharf. I'm sure that new wiggly window thing that the guy was showing on her last week will snag a few more converts.
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Its not like she is talented either. Her biggest assets are just being rich and being a celebrity. WHY she is a celebrity is beyond me.
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Do people actually consider her attractive?
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She is a celebrity b/c she is rich and grabs headlines with wild behavior. In other words, she acts like a celebrity, so the media celebrates her. Famous for being famous, Catch 22.
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The moral is either:
(1) The media has skewed our idea of attractiveness towards unrealistic standards.
(2) Slashdot readers should get out more often.
Note the two aren't mutually exclusive.
WHY she is a celebrity ... (Score:3, Insightful)
She's a celebrity because she's a celebrity. It's the same reason everybody uses Windows. Everybody uses it
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You must not get out much
Regarding "unrealistic standards", I don't find her standards as unrealistic: Average looking and boney. You can find that in any developing country. Last time I was in eastern Europe, I saw plenty of girls that were just as slim and much better looking. You can find millions of them in the former Soviet countries.
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Do you think Paris is a closet Dr Who fan who never managed to mention it while exposing every other detail of her personal life, or do you think maybe one of the SNL writers is a Dr Who fan?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
-aiabx
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Dude, you are hilariously 90's esque. She is simply freaking hot, I don't know what you're smoking.
I can only assume you're one of these idiots who tells people "I don't like skinny, pretty girls" because you like "real women". Ahahaha.
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