From my column in Today’s Metro newspapers:
So the pickle won. Good for the pickle. To recap: Last month, there was a Facebook campaign spearheaded by someone named Coral Anne to see if a lowly, anonymous dill could attract more Facebook friends than Nickelback.
The “Can this pickle get more fans than Nickleback [sic]?” crusade became something of an Internet sensation and blew past Nickelback’s 1.4 million friends in rather short order.
Everyone from Rolling Stone and MTV to U.K. newspapers picked up on the story.
Given the nature of Internet memes and the hate so many people seem to have for Nickelback, the pickle’s victory wasn’t much of a surprise. But before lovers of cured cucumbers get too smug over their victory, remember this: We will always need bands like Nickelback. And here’s why.
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