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Friday, May 8, 2009

Housekeeping It's Time for Everyone's Favorite Friday Afternoon Game

Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on Fri, May 8, 2009 at 4:32 PM

9d3a/1241824774-mostcommentedmay8.pngUgh. Look at that list. Look how gay it is, how marriage-y, how Savage. Seven out of ten posts! People really care about that lady in California, or Joe the Plumber, or Elizabeth freakin' Edwards? Don't you think it's high time for a little Friday afternoon round of Knock Dan Savage Out of Some of Those Most Commented Spots?

Agreed! The tech department just sent along a list of the runners-up for the most-commented box, the posts that would make it over the hurdle with just a few more comments. It is extremely annoying to report that seven of the ten runners-up posts are also by Savage (this one, this one, this one...), leaving only three by non-Dan-Savage-people that have anything close to a shot at making it in there.

Don't you have any more to say about this inappropriately large fish Lindy West saw recently in Vancouver? It's number 11 on the list of runners-up. Very close!

Don't you have any more insight on the cave-dwelling, homo-subtext-in-Star-Trek-despising commenters at Newsweek's website, which led Paul Constant to heap praise on Slog's commenters yesterday? Think of all that Paul does for you, day in and day out. How can he and Lindy not be on the most-commented list?

The dark-horse, outside-shot runner-up (currently the 19th-most-commented) is the one about my brother going off to war, but it's too far down to ever make it. So: giant fish! Say more about the giant fish!

Meanwhile, most-commented on Line Out: Adrian Ryan ate a muffin by Modest Mouse (or something) yesterday that had a hair in it (allegedly!); a dispute involving a pizza place, Mad Rad, and obnoxious signage; and boob-licking at the Cha Cha.

UPDATE: Lindy makes the list! That was fast.

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pissy mcslogbot 1
that giant fish sure wuz freaky.
Posted by pissy mcslogbot on May 8, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Matt from Denver 2
You can't knock Savage off the list - not until the rest of you a) start posting as often as he does and b) figure out how to push all our buttons like he does. Even when he goes away, he posts from the road once or twice and gets up there.

So work on it, Stranger writers. ECB is the only one who has b) down, and she's not as prolific as Dan either.
Posted by Matt from Denver on May 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Baconcat 3
I read that as "ECB is the only one who has downs"
Posted by Baconcat on May 8, 2009 at 4:53 PM
leek 4
Matt: I don't think those things alone could fix it. Dan Savage is a celebrity (even if it's maybe D list, which Kathy Griffin makes look pretty good anyway). People will chime in to reply to him just because it provides a little reflected glow of celebrity. I'm sure I have this same syndrome.

GIANT FISH!!! Y'know, after reading that post I spent a good chunk of the work day looking for pictures of coelacanth and they are disappointingly normal-looking. Why do I have this illustration in my head of a weird super-elongated prehistoric looking thing with a giant gaping befanged jaw? Is that another kind of deep-sea fish?
Posted by leek on May 8, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Lily Fluffbottom 5
Lindy is not on this list you speak of. Better check it.
Posted by Lily Fluffbottom http://lilyfluffbottom.blogspot.com on May 8, 2009 at 5:01 PM
leek 6
Yeah she is! Just not the one in the screen shot. Check out the upper right corner of Slog.
Posted by leek on May 8, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Andy_Squirrel 7
comments are not an indication of good post-age...rather, which is more controversial....

come on here, lets not be internet retarded
Posted by Andy_Squirrel on May 8, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Will in Seattle 8
Maybe you need better headlines.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on May 8, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Andy_Squirrel 9
excuse me..... leotarded not retarded
Posted by Andy_Squirrel on May 8, 2009 at 5:08 PM
10
Savage's posts are basically the only reason I read slog. I hate that I have to sort through so much trivial bullshit to find meaningful posts. I know I'm older and my humor is not the same as the "hip generation" but I find most of the stuff on slog tedious, distracting and totally lacking in any meaningful way.
Posted by SASS on May 8, 2009 at 5:14 PM
11
Maybe next time, one of those freaky fish has an unpopular opinion concerning the viaduct?
Posted by Dougsf on May 8, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Andy 12
@10, http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Autho…
Posted by Andy on May 8, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Julie in Eugene 13
This one is also pretty close to being on the list. Though, it's also a Dan post. But, in it I acknowledge that Loveschild must be a real, non-troll person. So, that's something...
Posted by Julie in Eugene on May 8, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 14
SASS @10, obviously you're not the only one who feels that way, or Dan wouldn't be running away with the comment counts. No need to apologize.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on May 8, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Our Lady Of Guadalupe 15
Yes, yes, Christopher... Dan Savage, blah, blah, blah... I can't seem to get that pic of your big yummy pink nip out of my head (thanx Michael Strangeways). So you wanna go get a drink with me sometime?
Posted by Our Lady Of Guadalupe on May 8, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Matthew 16
Lindy and Paul both suck. Dan sucks, too, but that's a lifestyle thing.
Posted by Matthew on May 8, 2009 at 11:17 PM

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