{"id":10359,"date":"2014-06-17T21:17:18","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T05:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=10359"},"modified":"2014-06-17T21:17:18","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T05:17:18","slug":"translate-this-kanye-quote-and-win-a-buick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/translate-this-kanye-quote-and-win-a-buick\/","title":{"rendered":"Translate This Kanye Quote And Win a Buick!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, you are all too young to know the reference to this title but I’m paraphrasing a joke by Lenny Bruce who was making fun of – oh never mind. The important element is Kanye<\/strong>, as he is all too eager to point out.<\/p>\n

So, Kanye is mad, for a change, and he’s making a big fuss. Some crap about Annie Leibovitz<\/strong> and a wedding picture she didn’t take.<\/p>\n

Okay, so Kanye rants,<\/p>\n

“Can you imagine telling someone who wants to just Instagram a photo, who’s the No. 1 person on Instagram, ‘We need to work on the color of the flower wall,’ or the idea that it’s a Givenchy dress, and it’s not about the name Givenchy, it’s about the talent that is\u00a0 Riccardo Tisci \u2014\u00a0and how important Kim is to the Internet.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
My god, it’s like heaven when that idiot opens his mouth.<\/p>\n
But here’s the part that needs translating:<\/p>\n
“And the fact the No. 1 most-liked photo [on Instagram] has a kind of aesthetic was a win for what the mission is, which is raising the palette.” <\/em><\/strong>[my italics]
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
For the Buick (i.e., the edification of mankind, in this instance) What does Kanye think he means by “raising the pallette?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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