Radio People love to hear themselves talk, obviously. But one of the main reasons they do what they do is so that they can express their opinions as either fact (scientific or otherwise) or law (whatever law would govern the undereducated speaking to hundreds of thousand of sheep at the same time.)
Radio People live by the dictum that he who has the microphone, wins. By that I mean if you are listening to a radio station and someone calls in to present an opinon that may go against the Radio Person, he or she will raise their voice in order to goad the listener into raising theirs and then hang up and call them insane. Now this sort of argumentative style doesn’t work too well in real life, which is of course why Radio People are highly addicted to Internet Porn, cause it doesn’t talk back.
The other place that Radio People have begun to spread their opinion is in the blogsphere. This is where it gets a bit dicey because you can’t hang up on email, you can either delete it or if you are smart enough, write around it. Take for example this Radio Person’s blog…about one of their own listeners:
(here is the email from the listener)
Do you really need to keep on blubbering on with these slam dunk type opinions of the masses? .. C,mon (sic) they, {these silly opinions of yours} are too freaking easy, I know your (sic) not that smart,
your (sic) just lucky to have a captive audience of youngsters pounding Budweiser..dawg
Robert
(Here is the witty Radio Person response)
I’ll match wits with you any day of the week Robert.
You see, my job is to be myself. . . literally.
So if you hear me express something, it’s exactly the same thing as overhearing someone else’s conversation at a bar. You have a few options: you can butt out (tune to another station), you can butt in (which you’ve just done), or you can introduce yourself and make a new friend (which every man and woman between the ages of 18 and 49 in insert random city has done.)
Only a real fruit loop would yell at the person to shut up.
Are you mentally ill Robert?
Your friend,
%*$&
Here is the problem. The Radio Person went on the air and probably said something like “Barack Obama could never be President” which before this week’s speech was a pretty common thought, and then said, what do YOU think, call (insert radio station number) or email me at (Radio Person’s email). Then some customer takes time out of their day to write him and says “I think for a guy who speaks his mind for a living, you aren’t that bright” which is his right and the Radio Person did ask for it. The Radio Person, who will defend their opinion to the bitter end, goes off on a customer and actually is so angry that someone would question him, he tells them to listen to another station or join the masses that listen to this guys show.
Another thing about Radio People, everyone is # 1 in some demo…just give them 5 minutes.
The other thing that Radio People will always tell you right after they give an opinion is that it is their job to “just be themselves” which is the biggest line of utter horse shit you have ever heard. There job is to be entertaining and at times, if able to be, enlightening. But regular people aren’t either…so like a resume, you trump up some excitement by taking an opinion you heard on Fox News and presenting it as yours and then blast off on the first third shift GM worker who took time to share his thoughts with you.
That is how Apple got all its customers, that is how Goggle took over the Internet and that is how Radio People do it. Wanna build an audience? Piss em off one person at a time and trust me in about 90 days your cume will be through the roof and you won’t have enough pre-fab opinions or witty email responses to keep up with em all. But what do I know I am just giving you my opinion and daring you to email me about it.
