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What an odd article to be posted on hacker news. Stern is the consumate shape shifting media personality, in turns erudite, vulgar, brash, sensitive - all to ke

What an odd article to be posted on hacker news. Stern is the consumate shape shifting media personality, in turns erudite, vulgar, brash, sensitive - all to keep the listeners tuned in and consuming the ads. He's a variant of the Kardashians - famous for being famous having adopted the style of an eighties rock musician. Anything to stay in the limelight...

oldmanjay 10y ago
Well he's actually famous for having run a really popular radio show for a few decades. I'm not sure you're giving him even a minimum of credit here.
- anusface 10y ago
  Two more cents from the peanut gallery: I really just don't like the guy, and don't like his show. I think less of people who champion Howard Stern as talented. And worse of those who emulate him. I've watched lots of Howard Stern, I've watched a lot of pornography too. I've watched beheading videos, and videos of people being humilated and tortured to death across the unholiest realms of the internet. I watch these things and listen to them, as bald facts of life, and they have been engrossing at times. But I wish hell upon all of it, and Howard Stern's shit falls into the same category. I'd make so much of all that disappear, if I could, no matter whether it were right or wrong to do so.
  - brokenmachine 10y ago
    Wow, someone needs to chill. Did you just try to equate a light entertainment/comedy/interview show to beheadings and torture? Here's a suggestion, how about not watching all those horrible things that you are so against? You must be really fun at parties...
    - anusface 10y ago
      Did you just try to equate a light entertainment/comedy/interview show to beheadings and torture? I didn't try anything. I just did it. The fun-at-parties meme is cute. I remain unapologetic.
      - DonHopkins 10y ago
        Yeah, we all get the Donald Trump emulation act you're attempting. It's not cute, it's tired and pathetic.
      - brokenmachine 10y ago
        So much edge, even down to the wannabe-offensive username, and still nobody's interested.
  - DonHopkins 10y ago
    I think a whole hell of lot less of people who watch beheading videos and videos of people being humiliated and tortured to death, than you think less of people who champion Howard Stern as talented or emulate him.
    - anusface 10y ago
      No, seriously. Fuck Howard Stern.
      - DonHopkins 10y ago
        You should really take it easy on the beheading, humiliation and torture videos. Just like Howard Stern, it's possible to go through life without going out of your way to expose yourself to those things, or even hanging out in online discussions about them, telling people how much you don't like them even though you "watched lots of" them.
      - sctb 10y ago
        Please comment civilly and substantively or not at all.
at-fates-hands 10y ago
Last time I checked, the Kardashians got famous because of Kim's sex tape. Before that, I hardly think many people who know Kim, remember her far more famous dad Robert who was an attorney on the OJ case.
- Johnny555 10y ago
  I always figured that most people that know of the Kardashians know of them as just some amorphous blob. I know the name, know they are famous for being famous, but couldn't tell you anything in particular about any of them. I don't even know how many there are, and until reading your post, didn't even make the connection to the OJ case.
  - DonHopkins 10y ago
    To me, they're famous for South Park making fun of them all the time. Other than that, I couldn't tell you much about them.
- abritinthebay 10y ago
  I think if no-one remembers her dad it's hard to say he's far far more famous. In fact the OJ case would be his brief flirt with fame. He is rich and powerful but his fame is two note: OJ and his family.
gluelogic 10y ago
Howard Stern went through a very expensive and drawn out war with the FCC, of which most of the lawsuits were fought around content that is commonplace in mainstream media today. I think the battles he fought in the 90s went a long way to reducing government censorship in the US. In addition to that, I think he's an incredible interviewer. Maybe one of the best ever.
- ben174 10y ago
  He also won the nomination for the Libertarian party for governor of New York. He dropped out of the election when they demanded he reveal tax returns. Like him or not, he's hugely relevant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_gubernatorial_election,_1994#Libertarian_Nomination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_gubernatorial_electio...
CyberDildonics 10y ago
I thought he got famous by having an audience of many millions over the course of 30 years.
jonknee 10y ago
It sounds like you know almost nothing about Howard Stern. Listen to some of his interviews and you will have a different comment to make.
clifanatic 10y ago
Ba-ba-booey!

oldmanjay 10y ago

Well he's actually famous for having run a really popular radio show for a few decades. I'm not sure you're giving him even a minimum of credit here.

anusface 10y ago
Two more cents from the peanut gallery: I really just don't like the guy, and don't like his show. I think less of people who champion Howard Stern as talented. And worse of those who emulate him. I've watched lots of Howard Stern, I've watched a lot of pornography too. I've watched beheading videos, and videos of people being humilated and tortured to death across the unholiest realms of the internet. I watch these things and listen to them, as bald facts of life, and they have been engrossing at times. But I wish hell upon all of it, and Howard Stern's shit falls into the same category. I'd make so much of all that disappear, if I could, no matter whether it were right or wrong to do so.
- brokenmachine 10y ago
  Wow, someone needs to chill. Did you just try to equate a light entertainment/comedy/interview show to beheadings and torture? Here's a suggestion, how about not watching all those horrible things that you are so against? You must be really fun at parties...
  - anusface 10y ago
    Did you just try to equate a light entertainment/comedy/interview show to beheadings and torture? I didn't try anything. I just did it. The fun-at-parties meme is cute. I remain unapologetic.
    - DonHopkins 10y ago
      Yeah, we all get the Donald Trump emulation act you're attempting. It's not cute, it's tired and pathetic.
    - brokenmachine 10y ago
      So much edge, even down to the wannabe-offensive username, and still nobody's interested.
- DonHopkins 10y ago
  I think a whole hell of lot less of people who watch beheading videos and videos of people being humiliated and tortured to death, than you think less of people who champion Howard Stern as talented or emulate him.
  - anusface 10y ago
    No, seriously. Fuck Howard Stern.
    - DonHopkins 10y ago
      You should really take it easy on the beheading, humiliation and torture videos. Just like Howard Stern, it's possible to go through life without going out of your way to expose yourself to those things, or even hanging out in online discussions about them, telling people how much you don't like them even though you "watched lots of" them.
    - sctb 10y ago
      Please comment civilly and substantively or not at all.

at-fates-hands 10y ago

Last time I checked, the Kardashians got famous because of Kim's sex tape. Before that, I hardly think many people who know Kim, remember her far more famous dad Robert who was an attorney on the OJ case.

Johnny555 10y ago
I always figured that most people that know of the Kardashians know of them as just some amorphous blob. I know the name, know they are famous for being famous, but couldn't tell you anything in particular about any of them. I don't even know how many there are, and until reading your post, didn't even make the connection to the OJ case.
- DonHopkins 10y ago
  To me, they're famous for South Park making fun of them all the time. Other than that, I couldn't tell you much about them.
abritinthebay 10y ago
I think if no-one remembers her dad it's hard to say he's far far more famous. In fact the OJ case would be his brief flirt with fame. He is rich and powerful but his fame is two note: OJ and his family.

gluelogic 10y ago

Howard Stern went through a very expensive and drawn out war with the FCC, of which most of the lawsuits were fought around content that is commonplace in mainstream media today. I think the battles he fought in the 90s went a long way to reducing government censorship in the US. In addition to that, I think he's an incredible interviewer. Maybe one of the best ever.

ben174 10y ago
He also won the nomination for the Libertarian party for governor of New York. He dropped out of the election when they demanded he reveal tax returns. Like him or not, he's hugely relevant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_gubernatorial_election,_1994#Libertarian_Nomination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_gubernatorial_electio...

CyberDildonics 10y ago

I thought he got famous by having an audience of many millions over the course of 30 years.

jonknee 10y ago

It sounds like you know almost nothing about Howard Stern. Listen to some of his interviews and you will have a different comment to make.

clifanatic 10y ago

Ba-ba-booey!