Fish-inna-barrel wank of the day
The NY Times newsblog The Lede reports that Paris Hilton is out of jail and under house arrest. Predictably, the comments thread explodes. 690 comments and counting.

My favorite part about this is actually not the comments thread (which is full of all the self-righteous wankery you'd expect, on all sides). It's the Recent Posts sidebar and the comment counts therein:

I find it especially funny, and possibly even a touch ironic, in light of the sheer number of people in the Hilton comments thread ranting about how news is SERIOUS BUSINESS and complaining about the girl getting yet more airtime.

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	ru_debega 2007-06-07 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	I cannot be the only person hoping like hell that she does something idiotic in the next couple of days so they're forced to chuck her right back in. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	frequentmouse 2007-06-07 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	Hoping, no. Betting on it, oh hell yes. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	hallidae 2007-06-07 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	This is Paris. While I'm not expecting her to pull an Andrew Luster or anything, I fully expect her to do something that's still incredibly stupid. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	harrylovesron 2007-06-07 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	Thing is, even if she does something idiotic they won't chuck the poor delicate flower back. Heavens no! She might come close to a nervous breakdown again! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	dragonfangirl 2007-06-08 09:32 am UTC (link)
	Well, she's been ordered back to court on Monday; the justice system of that town is not pleased with this turn of events, o no. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ru_debega
2007-06-08 02:01 pm UTC (link)

I know! I could kiss that judge AND the city attorney. I wish I lived anywhere near California so I could send them flowers or something. I just wish they'd do this with all celebrities, just not the near-universally-reviled ones.

Shh, I hate Paris with a passion. I used to be indifferent, but the media saturation forced me to develop an opinion. Verdict: karma's long overdue on this bitch.

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	evilsqueakers 2007-06-08 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	I wanted to chip in and send him a fruit basket. Or an all chocolate one. That could work, too. Just something to honor their awesomeness of making her serve the time. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	caffeine_fairy 2007-06-08 10:26 am UTC (link)
	She'll get as far as the gates and loads of prison cutlery will fall out of her clothing... (Reply to this)(Parent)

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