Quote Originally Posted by Frodo View Post
I feel like you don't find it funny as you haven't really gotten the joke. Ok Boomer isn't telling meant to be an insult (yes, it's insulting in an overall context but not a straight insult).

Ok Boomer basically means that the person you are speaking to isn't going to listen reasoning as they have already formed an opinion based on no facts.

Ok Boomer actually stands for "Whatever".

My point earlier was when I thought you were complaining about JJJ without listening to it. Based on the notion that they didn't play commerical music solely based on who wrote it. Which I think is incorrect.

For examples Rhianna, Beyonce, INXS, MJ, Queen, Jay Z, Puff Daddy, Prince, Tupac, etc have all been aired on JJJ. They just made songs that the listeners liked. Bruno Mars has also featured on plenty of tracks that JJJ have played (but only as a feature rather than his own work). Taylor Swift may have never made the cut.


Also also (in case anyone missed it) Taylor Swift wasn't allowed to enter into the Hottest 100 because she was using paid advertising from KFC to get votes from people, they used a voting bot which let people bypass all the registration stuff and only had a click once to submit a vote (you could also vote as many times as you want) and also because the record company had been throwing it's weight around on other stations promoting it.

oh i get the OK boomer stuff. i just dont find it funny. maybe because im neither a boomer, nor someone who cares about someone calling them names. when politicians start using it, you know its super lame and time to move on.
i dont care what JJJ plays, i just prefer them to play their music rather then needing to rationalise it.

The revisionist reasons for booting Swift off the Hottest 100 were laughable. They were better off just saying, "we think she sucks" and owning it. the relentless back peddling made them look like the biggest pack of softcocks. it was lawyer speak and all done after the fact. if they were honest and just said they dont like her music and they are changing the rules because its their comp id have admired it more.

mind you, this is the same organisation thats biggest and most successful promotion ever was the original 'bang the drum' campaign. These guys pulled off one of the most successful and original guerilla marketing campaigns we've seen. it was amazing how they did it. but when they 'got got' themselves, the sneering belittling bullshit that they came out with was so lame it made them all forget where they came from.
it was just a sad chapter and could have been handled better. the move there was just to put it straight in the hands of the Chaser guys and dont let management open their mouths. it would have been good content. it all ended up pretty sad.



also, on this:
Ok Boomer basically means that the person you are speaking to isn't going to listen reasoning as they have already formed an opinion based on no facts.
lets be real here, the definition is that the person isnt going to listen to 'your' reasoning as they have already formed an opinion based on facts different to what 'you believe' to be facts. its meant as an insult, in the same way getting called a 'social justice warrior' or a 'snowflake' is supposed to be an insult. none of them are particularly funny or clever imho.