Flashfog

Flashfog
: Flashmobs are essentially the useless amusements of the underemployed: We use our phones to mob the unsuspecting and untechnical just because we can and because somebody told us it was fun. This fad will die quickly. And here’s the first sign: It is being taken over by IndyMedia and they are managing to make Flashmobs seem not only useless but excruciatingly dull:

The concept of Flash Mobs can be seen in Science Fiction and the critical mass cycling phenomenon. Probably the most noteworthy of antecedents has been the Situationists as psychogeographers who encapsulated the idea of the flash mob as the d

6 responses to “Flashfog”

  1. B Avatar

    The fad will probably die soon after some victim first says “Get the hell out of here!” and starts bustin’ heads.

  2. Doug Avatar

    Please see earlier post.
    Cough.

  3. Richard Bennett Avatar

    This is one of those tedious Howard Rheingold inventions. Rheingold is a Wellbert who reached his peak with Dildonics, and it’s all been downhill from there, so to say.

  4. Misanthropyst Avatar

    What is to be done with these aging hippie fools?

  5. Richard Bennett Avatar

    Poison their pot.

  6. anthony Avatar

    I knew the novelty had worn off when I saw an undercover reporter’s story about the recent Times Square Toys ‘R Us flashmob on the WB11 News at Ten. Talk about taking all of the fun out something!