“The internet’s completely over. I don’t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won’t pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can’t get it.
“The internet’s like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good.
“They just fill your head with numbers and that can’t be good for you.”
THE INTERNET IS COMPLETELY OVER? Funny, that’s what I thought about Prince when I first heard “Bat Dance”.
In honor of Kevin Smith’s airline troubles, I present, back-to-back, the original bar scene from Good Will Hunting and the Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season scene from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
Self-professed Fatty, Kevin Smith, got booted from a Southwest flight for being too fat. Here’s my take: if they had a problem with his weight…they should have said something before they sold him a ticket, before they checked his bags, before he went through security, before they took his ticket, before he walked down the jetway, and certainly before he sat down. Kevin Smith has been a fat fuck for a long time….he knows it, I know it, and Southwest knows it.
But how does a company enforce a policy that is subjective? Without delving into the problems of obesity in America, how fat does someone have to be before they have to purchase an extra seat? This isn’t purely an issue of weight…girth plays a big part of it. Let’s face it, a dude with a bowling ball stomach can get away with a lot more weight than a woman with spill-over thighs. After doing some digging, I discovered this page: Southwest Airlines Fat Customers of Size Frequently Asked Questions.
Kevin’s a big dude. And he’s a vocal dude. And from the sound of his ThatKevinSmith Twitter Stream…he’s a pissed dude. And I think he has a right to be.
In their everquest for new eyeballs, advertisers have jumped on the latest bandwagon…following Google’s pay per click model into the relatively new world of Tweets and Twits.
Berlin-based Rocket Rentals has launched Magpie. Through their “global initiative”, Twitter users can sign up and earn cash based on the number of Twitter followers and the “hotness” of their tweets.
There are several ways to get paid, but my personal favorite:
“Pay-per-View: You get paid a base amount for allowing a tweet to be placed in your stream – this amount depends on the number of your followers and the hotness of your tweets.”
And, pray tell…how much can you earn? What is the price they think you’re willing to sell your friends eyeballs for? With Magpie’s handy profit calculator, you can find out!
For example, I put in Wil Wheaton‘s Twitter name, Wilw. They say the leech balls kid from “Stand By Me”‘s Twitter base is worth up to 28,944.39 Euros…a month.
That’s $38,174.89.
Clerks Director and film geek Kevin Smith: $6,469/month
“Like A Surgeon” parodist Weird Al Yankovic: $10,957/month
And who’s paying for these eyeballs? Apple. Skype. Cisco.
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