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I’ve been fake-retweeted before by people in the UK making fun of their Prime Minister, but it’s been a while since I’ve seen this much retweeting of a message I never actually sent.
Probably because this time the original fake-retweet was sent by pop singer Lily Allen to her 3,490,335 followers. And because it was really funny.
Cheers, Lily. Thanks for the LOL.
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SUBMISSION: Will Scobie
I’m kind of addicted to this blog now. It soothes me…
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Brian Eno, Michael Stipe and Stephen Colbert perform an a cappella rendition of “Lean on Me.”
I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence, heightened sexual attractiveness and a better sense of humor….there are physiological benefits, obviously: You use your lungs in a way that you probably don’t for the rest of your day, breathing deeply and openly. And there are psychological benefits, too: Singing aloud leaves you with a sense of levity and contentedness. And then there are what I would call “civilizational benefits.” When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a capella singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community. That’s one of the great feelings — to stop being me for a little while and to become us. That way lies empathy, the great social virtue.
— Brian EnoSo fantastic.
So Colbert.
I only put this here so I may refer to it again and again and again as the best expression of how much of what I see online makes me feel…
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