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Well, it's a slight improvement over "LIES." Someone has been placing homemade warning labels on newspaper boxes—only Toronto Sun newspaper boxes, as far as we know—that caution: "Contents may cause ignorance, cynicism, and distrust in public institutions. Repeated exposure may impair intellect." The stuck-on Sun box pictured above was spotted by Ron Miyanishi around Jones and Danforth.
Photo by squeakyrat from the Torontoist Flickr Pool.
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Well it is right, I am amazed people read that drivel, real world events in 50 words or less. I am sure on occasion they use more than there allotted word count, just when they are pushing some right wing nonsense.
Is that cynical, distrusting message on the sticker referring to itself?
Well to be honest it makes a good point.
I wonder about the point the sticker is attempting to make: is it that media shouldn't pursue a political or ideological agenda, or that the sticker-author disagrees with the agenda of this particular paper? If its the former, then the beef should be with all of the major Toronto dailies, since you can plot them pretty easily on a left-right continuum. If its the latter, well, thanks for you input, but your point is no less dim than "lies".
Here's a game: what would the warning stickers look like for other media? What would Torontoist's say?
Warning: Contents under pressure. May explode if heated. I think that would describe Torontoist decently, without getting petty or niggling.
You could probably slap that sticker on any news outlet in the city. However, I'd probably use this one if I wanted to play copycat:
WARNING: Contents may cause paranoia, narrow-mindedness and long-term memory loss. Repeated exposure may destroy faith in humanity.
As for Torontoist's, maybe:
WARNING: Contents may contain sarcasm, pretention and an abundance of fluff pieces. Repeated exposure may lead to strong feelings about graffiti.
Still like the site though.
A more accurate sticker would say "WARNING: Exposure to public institutions may cause cynicism and distrust in public institutions."
They should stick one of those on Queens Park.
No warning label on the Sun is complete without the inclusion of the word "alarmist".
Why does the link on "LIES" take me to a page that says I don't have permission to see the photo?
What's the sense in that?
All of the photos by moonwire (including that one) seem to have disappeared off of Flickr as of a few seconds ago. I'll look into it.
"As for Torontoist's, maybe:
WARNING: Contents may contain sarcasm, pretention and an abundance of fluff pieces. Repeated exposure may lead to strong feelings about graffiti."
Nicely put, rocketeer.
I'm definitely suffering side effects. While on vacation in Montreal, I prattled about new developments in graffiti and contrasted the street artwork between the two cities.
I'm on the lookout for a 12 step program to recover...