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News & ArtsWednesday, January 21, 2009
Housekeeping The Tyranny of Dan Savage: Ended Again! Enough Already!
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Look to the right—quickly, before this gets shoved down by 17 super-compelling posts by Dan Savage—and you'll see that our fearless leader has captured every spot on MOST COMMENTED ON SLOG. All of the rest of us are quietly weeping now. We work so hard! We've got not one, nor two, but THREE goddamn writers in Washington DC! What about Wheelcheney WITH Benny Hill music? Or E.C.B.'s latest fascinating update on bike lanes? We huddle together for warmth in Mr. Savage's massive shadow. Cry.
[Title of post updated to reflect NEW HOPE! All commenters below are THE BEST PEOPLE EVER!]
[Author of post updated to reflect MY AWESOME POWER TO EDIT SLOG!—DS]
[Title and author of post updated to reflect original author &etc.! Thank you to Carl for restoring order to the Slog universe! Onward and upward!]
9
I'll do my part to drive this post onto the most commented list.
I am a bad, bad man. Please don't comment on my Slog posts.
I am a bad, bad man. Please don't comment on my Slog posts.
10
ECB just has to say something about Hillary Clinton being treated in a sexist manner, or something, and there will be 50+ comments calling her an idiot. 100 comments of in-fighting. And 20 more or so will defend her. Or will that still work now? Hmmm...
12
Throw down a post about outlawing cars, ciggies, pitbulls, and evangelicals, and you *might* overtake the top spot.
17
Oh, BJC. I feel your pain.
If you could drum up a pic of the Mayor of Portland sodomizing a pitbull, maybe you'd get some comment love.
If you could drum up a pic of the Mayor of Portland sodomizing a pitbull, maybe you'd get some comment love.
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Of course, another way of looking at this is that Dan says all the stupid shit that gets people all riled up, and that's why he gets so many comments. So it's not so much that the rest of you aren't as interesting, as that your statements are better thought out and less offensive. Want more comments? Isolate a cause your passionate about and post an entry demanding that people who disagree with you about that cause should be murdered and disposed of in some horrifying way. That should get things going.
22
Next time Dan leaves his desk, log him out of his computer and log yourself in, then when he posts something, you'll get the credit! It's the American way!
24
If my gratitude for introducing me to the Benny Hill-ifier could be expressed in comments, that post would be way up there.
26
Want more comments? Isolate a cause your passionate about and post an entry demanding that people who disagree with you about that cause should be murdered and disposed of in some horrifying way. That should get things going.
Isn't that Erica's M.O.?
Isn't that Erica's M.O.?
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A couple of those posts are 3 days old. That's ancient history around here.
If they were that important, they would have been moved up.
If they were that important, they would have been moved up.
29
So, hate to point this out, but if this post ends up being a "most commented on", Dan will still have his name associated with every post (since "Dan Savage" is in the title of this post). Resistance is futile.
32
Did you pay to send those THREE writers to DC? Their coverage is fairly lackluster. Please cancel my subscription.
33
Start putting up articles on Mercury Blogtown. If you get more than two comments over there you are officially the blog-master.
35
I find that it helps if the poster replies to comments in the post, Bethany Jean, as Mr. Savage tends to do. It usually keeps the ball rolling another 10-20 comments.
36
I'll post this here to help your cause.
Why is the White House still in the "Enemies of Slog" column?
Why is the White House still in the "Enemies of Slog" column?
37
Here, I'll help out by starting a comment brawl.
I think that everyone in Seattle should be required by law to give up their car, ride fixies and grow beards, and all pitbull owners will have to suffocate their pets with plastic bags, provided at a cost of 20 cents, each.
Also, everyone who commented above me is stupid.
I think that everyone in Seattle should be required by law to give up their car, ride fixies and grow beards, and all pitbull owners will have to suffocate their pets with plastic bags, provided at a cost of 20 cents, each.
Also, everyone who commented above me is stupid.
39
Post up that old pic of you as the Kidd Valley Burger Queen or whatever it was. That ought to get some hits.
40
That is because a majority of the posts on this blog (Savage aside) lack compelling content. With the exception of Schmader's posts, which I always find entertaining. I've brought this up before, but I think your readers would find value in multiple RSS feeds, either grouped by subject matter or author. This would be an easy way for readers to sort through content.
41
Yah really, I kept refreshing to see Slog's inauguration coverage, but all I've seen is someone else's YouTube video and whining about having seats that are too good.
Also, if Lindy West put up Slog posts before 5pm, this post would be titled "The Tyranny of Lindy West."
Also, if Lindy West put up Slog posts before 5pm, this post would be titled "The Tyranny of Lindy West."
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Hey, look! THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE!!! I'm looking into how Most Commented is compiled, so I'll comment again (ha!) when the webpersons get back to me. I think it's the last 48 hours (which maybe is too long?). And @36, thanks for noticing—we shall overcome that A.S.A.P.
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ECB's comments tend to be a little focused on the stone in her shoe. Muede tends to be affected. Savage tends to be a little bit superficial and repetitive. Actualy Paul Constant's comments are most varied and least cliche and in general well thought out.
59
Bush is the most pro-Savage president we have ever had. America needs to stand strong with Savage now. The Stranger has gone against conventional Seattle wisdom and been pro-Savage. Bush is the best American president Savage has ever known, and many in the Seattle Jewish community appreciate what Bush has done for Savage.
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Well we're movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up,
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.
Fish don't fry in the kitchen;
Beans don't burn on the grill.
Took a whole lotta tryin',
Just to get up that hill.
Now we're up in the big leagues,
Gettin' our turn at bat.
As long as we live, it's you and me baby,
There ain't nothin wrong with that.
Well we're movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up,
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up,
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.
Fish don't fry in the kitchen;
Beans don't burn on the grill.
Took a whole lotta tryin',
Just to get up that hill.
Now we're up in the big leagues,
Gettin' our turn at bat.
As long as we live, it's you and me baby,
There ain't nothin wrong with that.
Well we're movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up,
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.
62
@32: Mr. Hecht went to DC of his own accord; those other two bums are on the clock.
@39: A fine idea, sir, but I think I ought to save that for a REAL emergency.
And re: the compilation of Most Commented: It counts up the comments from the last 72 hours and is pretty much live (though it is cached, so sometimes it's a little sticky)—so sayeth the webmen.
Thanks again, everybody!
@39: A fine idea, sir, but I think I ought to save that for a REAL emergency.
And re: the compilation of Most Commented: It counts up the comments from the last 72 hours and is pretty much live (though it is cached, so sometimes it's a little sticky)—so sayeth the webmen.
Thanks again, everybody!
63
It's futile--he'll just post pictures of eighteen year old Mayor-bait until he's back on top, figuratively speaking.
64
Press Release: Apple Reports First Quarter Results
Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 first quarter ended December 27, 2008. The Company posted record revenue of $10.17 billion and record net quarterly profit of $1.61 billion, or $1.78 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $9.6 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.58 billion, or $1.76 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 34.7 percent, equal to the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 46 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
Discuss.
Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 first quarter ended December 27, 2008. The Company posted record revenue of $10.17 billion and record net quarterly profit of $1.61 billion, or $1.78 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $9.6 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.58 billion, or $1.76 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 34.7 percent, equal to the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 46 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
Discuss.
65
Bethany Jean Clement, suppose I wanted to get Lindy something special for valentine's day, i mean like, REALLY SPECIAL for valentine's day.. if you were dating Lindy, what would you get her? xo
66
My favorite slogger is Lindy.
@37 (boxofbirds): you forgot one: "I love my pit bull and all of you are wrongggggggg!!!!!!!!
@37 (boxofbirds): you forgot one: "I love my pit bull and all of you are wrongggggggg!!!!!!!!
67
i'm sort of leaning towards giving her another eye infection, honestly, but i feel like there are better choices for me out there in the pre-valentine's gift-giving world.
72
we need more posts like...the daily free for all...just keep bumping it up so it's near the top.
Oh, and Savage is a bad, bad man.
Oh, and Savage is a bad, bad man.
77
I think it's a tossup between a Wicker Man poster featuring a screaming Nicholas Cage (allergic to bees) or some of those gross chalk heart candies with dirty dirty double entendres on them (Up Yours, Valentine! Choke On It, Lover! etc).. I can just throw them both in the box with Kelly's box of Hustler porn.
83
Oh sure, Dan, you may be top of the heap NOW, but just wait 'til Constant makes his, "I'm taking a bath in butterscotch pudding!" post.
88
Lindy's New Boyfriend, I'm wracking my brain... after the gift of Wheelcheney WITH Benny Hill music, there's not a lot of room for improvement. We've all watched it like 1,500 times screaming with laughter (even that monster Dan Savage).
96
"We must move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!"
98
Dan's name is in the title of the post ~ so isn't it the luring presence of his name the reason why people are reading and then posting to this challenge against him? I say this contest of Who is the SLOGiest of Them All is flawed from the start.
103
Kinky sex!!!! There! That's how Dan gets the comments going. Simple actually. You can use it to sell cars too. Hhhhmmm--well maybe not these days....
115
Sorry about all that, everybody. I wouldn't want this to end up being the longest Slog thread ever. Bethany Jean Clement would probably hate me for that. This will be my last comment here, ever. I promise.
124
OK, discuss: ECB wants a law that bans toddlers from being transported in any way by their parents, therefore must walk at all times; also proposes to outlaw all spontaneous combustion engines from operating within city limits. Goods transported within the city must come via horse and buggy or bicycle.
140
Well, that's no fun. Now it becomes a test: how obsessive-compulsive are we? I'm not sure I want to know.
145
Yes, it is a mystery as to why it disappeared from the list, but I see it is back up now.
Perhaps we need to keep commenting? It only considers fresh comments???
Perhaps we need to keep commenting? It only considers fresh comments???
146
I don't see it back up in the most commented, and if it only considered fresh comments I'd think this would still be way up there.
I think the stranger staff have censored this blog in an attempt to make it disappear.
We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!!!
I think the stranger staff have censored this blog in an attempt to make it disappear.
We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!!!
152
Holy crap! Urgutha you sneaky bastard!
But wait -- do you hear that sound? That is me, metaphorically thumb-wrestling you to the floor!
I WIN, MOTHERFUCKER!
But wait -- do you hear that sound? That is me, metaphorically thumb-wrestling you to the floor!
I WIN, MOTHERFUCKER!
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