# It's that time - 2013 list time that is **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 26, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-2013-list-time-that-is/674833 "2013-11-26T16:40:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-2013-list-time-that-is/674833/1 "2013-11-26T16:40:11Z")
[Let’s kick it off with GQ’s 25 least influential people of 2013](http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201312/least-influential-people-2013). This plays as a slideshow with captions at the link 1. Dennis Rodman 2. Paula Deen 3. Anthony Weiner 4. Justin Bieber 5. Pope Benedict XVI 6. Miley Cyrus 7. Aaron Hernandez 8. Prince George 9. (George Zimmerman prosecutor) Angela Corey 10. Will Smith and family 11. Lady Gaga 12. Tim Tebow 13. NFLer Chris Culliver 14. _Rolling Stone_’s Jann Wenner 15. Alex Rodriguez 16. The Cicadas 17. President Obama 18. Ryan Reynolds 19. Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries 20. Zack Snyder 21. Lennay Kekua (a.k.a. Manti Te’o’s fake dead girlfriend) 22. Edward Snowden 23. CNN’s John King / Howard Kurtz (tie) 24. Dr. Cornel West 25. Jodi Arias ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-2013-list-time-that-is/674833/2 "2013-11-26T16:52:03Z")
_Least_ influential? Really? President Obama? Edward Snowden? Does GQ know the definition of the word “influential”? It doesn’t mean “has the flu”. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-2013-list-time-that-is/674833/3 "2013-11-26T16:58:14Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > _Least_ influential? Really? President Obama? Edward Snowden? Does GQ know the definition of the word “influential”? It doesn’t mean “has the flu”. The man keeps telling us over and over that those damn dirty republicans are keeping him from doing all the wondrous things he wants to, so how influential can he be? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-2013-list-time-that-is/674833/4 "2013-11-26T17:21:23Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > _Least_ influential? Really? President Obama? Edward Snowden? Does GQ know the definition of the word “influential”? It doesn’t mean “has the flu”. I think the list isn’t entirely serious. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-2013-list-time-that-is/674833/5 "2013-11-26T17:35:27Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > The man keeps telling us over and over that those damn dirty republicans are keeping him from doing all the wondrous things he wants to, so how influential can he be? Saying that Edward Snowden wasn’t influential is just plain stupid. He was probably one of the _most_ influential people of 2013. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-2013-list-time-that-is/674833/6 "2013-11-26T17:39:32Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Saying that Edward Snowden wasn’t influential is just plain stupid. He was probably one of the _most_ influential people of 2013. Yeah, that one was just incomprehensible. But hey, we’re talking GQ here, not a bunch of rocket surgeons. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Longshanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-2013-list-time-that-is/674833/7 "2013-11-26T18:07:20Z")
Wouldn’t most of the people on the SDMB be on that least influential list? ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-2013-list-time-that-is/674833/8 "2013-11-26T18:14:08Z")
> [@Longshanks](#): > > Wouldn’t most of the people on the SDMB be on that least influential list? I think people have to have at least heard of you, which come to think of it probably eliminates half of their list. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-2013-list-time-that-is/674833/9 "2013-11-27T12:37:35Z")
I think this is GQ’s failed attempt at being droll and hip. They should stick to giving collar stay advice and the always controversial hot topic of knotting a tie.