Having produced them myself for magazines and Web sites, I can tell you that any list by journalists (even the online variety) is there primarily to rile people up and boost readership. It's the quickest and easiest way to get more eyeballs--especially with anything having to do with pop culture. Why do you think EW does multiple list issues a year? Why do you think AFI published all those 100 movies lists?
This one, unfortunately, seems to even miss his own point in favor of riling up the faithful (primarily ICP fans, it would seem). He could have attempted to make some larger point about single-minded devotion or something, but it appears he really just wanted to piss people off and get more unique visitors.
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Date: 2009-02-25 03:07 pm (UTC)This one, unfortunately, seems to even miss his own point in favor of riling up the faithful (primarily ICP fans, it would seem). He could have attempted to make some larger point about single-minded devotion or something, but it appears he really just wanted to piss people off and get more unique visitors.