Ian Royle

The simplest economic law to understand and perhaps the only law in economics is the law of supply and demand.  It states simply that if demand is high and supply is low prices will rise and the opposite is also true.  If demand dwindles or supply exceeds demand then prices fall.  And now we come to opinions.  In our current think-less-buy-more society opinions are in high demand.  Everyone wants opinions on real-estate markets, stock markets, auto-insurance, private schools, presidential candidates and Brittney Spears’ parenting abilities.  Oprah’s empire is built on shilling the opinions of her weekly experts.  Dr. Phil comes to mind.  Opinions though are also in over-abundance.  The number of talk shows, blogs and op-ed pieces in local newspapers is proof of that.  So there it is.  Oversupply for existing demand.  And now for what I am up to here.  What I have noticed stems from a series of video op-eds done on video games by a fellow who goes by the name Ben Yahtzee.  Well not so much a fellow since he hates Christians but I guess fellow human?  His opinions come bundled up with a gimmick or three.  His gimmicks are, he talks really fast, he’s intentionally offensive and he doles out sarcasm like, well like opinions-in copious amounts.  I’m not sure if his opinions are good, I don’t play video games, but his delivery is extremely entertaining, at least at first and interesting enough that I visit back once a week to see his update.  So what the point I guess is is that if you have a good opinion in the internet age, your going to have to have a creative way to get it across otherwise, you may as well not waste your breath.