Have you ever noticed how the world would be such a better place if people just did what we wanted them to do--or didn't do what we didn't want them to do? My List of Don'ts is my humble attempt to improve the world I live in. Perhaps it will improve your world as well.

The CARDINAL DON'T: Don't be such a fucking pussy!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

#133: Media: Don't announce every hour on the hour how the stock market's doing

It doesn't matter that the stock market changes every few minutes because of rumors of decreasing demand for peppermint-colored widgets or reports that CitiBank's CEO has contracted a virulent case of herpes. It may matter to those who make (or lose) money betting on how stocks will perform - people who themselves perform no useful societal function - but it doesn't matter to the rest of us.

Furthermore, don't run anymore photos of Wall Street traders' woeful faces that look as if they just came home to find their entire family's heads on pikes - rather than dealt with a dip in the Dow Jones Industrials.

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