"Time" magazine's "100 Most Influential People" issue hit newsstands Friday, putting rising superstars Miley Cyrus and Tyler Perry in the company of long-time influencers Oprah Winfrey and Tony Blair.

Coincidentally, after months of research and tireless polling, 23/6 has just put the finishing touches on its annual list of "The 5 Least Influential People In The World." Without further ado, we present to you the five people making the smallest measurable impact on your world today.

The cultural impact of this pioneering freestyle pop collective has waned significantly since the inclusion of their dance track "Go For Yours" on the 1989 soundtrack for "Caddyshack II." Last year 98% of Americans polled said that Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force has "little to no influence" on their lives in the areas of parenting, auto purchases, or hygiene.



Was a time when no one would even think about starting Thanksgiving dinner before your Uncle Pete arrived with his boisterous laugh and the jug of Chablis that he left to chill in the trunk of his car on the drive down from Rochester. But since Pete succumbed to a melanoma in 2004, his influence on Americans has taken a downswing. As of January 2008, only 4% of Democrats said that their vote in the Primary would be swayed by Uncle Pete's old joke about how a woman president would mean there'll be a nuclear war every 28 days.



During the 2004 Presidential race, Senator John Kerry made a concerted effort to prove that no matter the situation, he will more than likely say or do the wrong thing. America took note. When polled recently, 66% of Americans said that if John Kerry were on fire and he asked them to piss on him, the fact that it was John Kerry doing the asking would make them think twice.





2006 was a big year for the man who falsely confessed to the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey. For a brief while it seemed like this pedophile tastemaker was weighing in on all the hot issues. Whether it be Osh Kosh vs. Garanimals or the best way to spot a cop online, everyone wanted to hear what John Mark Karr had to say. His long vacation from the public eye has taken a toll on his Q rating though, with less than 1% of Americans answering yes to the question, "If you could choose any one person, living or dead, to go on a whitewater rafting trip with, would you choose to go on a whitewater rafting trip with John Mark Karr?"



Just narrowly beating famed pedophile John Mark Karr for the title of Least Influential Person In the World, Jared Leto managed to clinch his win when his recent Mark David Chapman biopic "Chapter 27" turned out to be the saddest explanation for sudden weight gain in the history of physical fitness. It's been a long time since 1994, when a poll of American teenage girls found that 76% would kill their own mother with a rock for ten minutes alone with Jordan Catalano. More recently, 81% of Americans said they would welcome "another 9/11" over the next release from 30 Second to Mars. Congratulations Jared Leto, you are 2008's Least Influential Person in the World!

"Tony Blair joins Miley Cyrus on Time's Top 100 list"- Reuters

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