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Pop Culture & The Meaning of Life

Most Influential Man Of The Year

Who is the most influential man of the year?  Askmen.com ranked the top 49 in this area.  Lists may be a cheap way to throw together click-inducing articles, but recapping those lists is even dirtier.  Don’t worry, I’m not gonna do that.  Much.

As you would expect, the opinion of whoever selected these names is a mess.  Of course, it’s also meaningless, just good water cooler chat.  So here’s a few thunderbolts from the list.

#38–Bear Grylls

My readers know how I feel about the star of Man Vs. Wild.  I see quite a few men who shouldn’t have beat Bear Grylls.  Some of the higher names include Renaldo, some other soccer loser at #22, the lead singer of Coldplay, and even a couple of fashion gurus!  Internationally known fashion designers have about as much impact on society as Rupaul.  Vince from Shamwow made a bigger impact than most of these fools. 

#34–Sidney Crosby

 Sid is at once the reason I heard of this list, wrote this article, and give the site’s authors zero credibility.  Crosby at #34?  I suppose they think he wasn’t the most important human on the planet in the past year.

#33–Kobe Bryant

I don’ know who is more annoying, Kobe or…

#26–Kanye West

You know what I think of the president’s favorite jackass.  It’s kind of like when Time suggests Iranian tyrant Ahmadinejad for Man of the Year. Continue reading

October 7, 2009 Posted by | Pop Culture, Sports | 2 Comments

   

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