How On Earth Is This News?

[cassa333]

I can't remember ever having seen such a self indulgent, narssastic, look at me attitude for, well ever really.

Words can't really do justice to how pathetic I think this woman's is.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40604732

I am sure there are plenty of people lapping up every unimportant feature of this woman's life but honest to goodness I lament of society if this is what constitutes as news.

[Mamyalynne]

When I first heard about Instagram it sounded like one of those Photo booths you get on station concourses etc.

[Kromovaracun]

New Judge

Instagram is just an image sharing site which is popular because it's very easy to use it from your phone, and it gives you lots of filters and options to make yourself look nice in photos. If I upload a picture, my followers can see it, and I can also see pictures uploaded by people I follow. Most of it is just people taking pictures of their day out or their lunch or whatever, but I assume more than that goes on there. Never seen the point of it myself, but people clearly like it and it doesn't do any harm, so hey ho.

Anyway, all Beyonce has really done is post some very high-budget pictures to Instagram with her children - which, obviously, her followers can see. Essentially, she's just done what the point of the website is with some more polish. Media has picked up on it because journalism is dying and they tend to just regurgitate everything they find on the internet now.

[Bazile]

It's a good point , pointed out ( if you pardon me )

The article is under entertainment news , and not main news , to which you appear to have your objection - so i don't quite see why you are having a hissy fit .

Now , whether or not you like her and the antics of the industry - that's a different matter .

[cassa333]

It was on my news feed as 'news' .

Superstar my Harris. Give me the Bay City Rollers any day lol

[ludwig]

Stupid picture, stupid names..but y'know, does Beyonce give a toss about my opinion? No, and quite right too.

[Jackdaw33]

An alternative to saucepans is dustbins. These are both old cockney terms.

[tonyav]

Superstar my Harris. Give me the Bay City Rollers any day lol

Wot, leave it out, gotta be Slade.

[ludwig]

// An alternative to saucepans is dustbins.//

Not true Jackdaw. I've tried it but they don't fit under the extractor hood.

[Cloverjo]

I think saucepans is a much nicer term than dustbins.

My Bristol friend was wondering why my Cockney friend was asking her how many saucepans her sister had.

[Jackdaw33]

You know what I mean!

[tonyav]

Quite a few.
Saucepan Lid
Teapot Lid
Dustbin Lid
God Forbid
Bin Lids
Tin Lids.

[Jackdaw33]

I like the cockney slang and enjoy working it out. I don't see why TTT gets so much stick. He will always explain if you ask.

[Mamyalynne]

I don't think it would cause so much comment in the lighter topics or as he says he is interested in the history of such language - Arts & Lit?

In News it seems weird.

[Mamyalynne]

I don't particularly mean this thread as we have established it's really about entertainment.

[tonyav]

Be great if the prime minister gave a speech using cockney rhyming slang though wouldn't it !.

[tonyav]

Chancellor of the exchequer on budget day, I am giving a rise to family allowance it will be two quid for every dustbin lid.

[EDDIE51]

The point is that what she does works,this question proves that.
She lives on publicity . The more publicity she gets the more she earns from her sponsorship deals.
The only way to 'hurt' her is to ignore her .