Story of the day, even though it's probably yesterday's news by now, Gizmodo writers killing screens at CES. Everyone knew it was coming, half the people are saying LOL and the other half are saying the whole thing is way out of line.
The latter viewpoint wins with me, simply because the only defense anybody seems to have for this stunt, disregarding lost time, money, reputation and opportunity for CES stand-runners, is that it's really funny, and we should get a sense of humour.
Why is this funny? How is this funny? Has the entire bullshit blogosphere taken leave of it's senses and decided that turning a television off is funny? Yes, I watched the video - after about 20 laugh-free seconds the only reason to keep watching was in the hope of one of these guys being spotted and punched. Sadly this didn't happen on Camera, but we can hope it happened elsewhere.
If Gizmodo had a point to make, it might be worth listening. Lacking this, the stunt can only fall somewhere between pointless and mean-spirited, and there's nothing positive in that void.
It really is a shame that the likeable lifehacker has to live in the same stable as Denton's other rags.
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