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hangingfire (hangingfire) wrote in otf_wank,
@ 2007-06-07 14:36:00

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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	geekmagirl 2007-06-08 02:10 am UTC (link)
	Sometimes I prefer cheddar cheese over swiss, but not all the time. (What? If he can say something that makes absolutely no sense to the topic, then we all can!) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pastri_archy 2007-06-08 02:43 am UTC (link)
	Mm. Mozzarella and feta, kthxbi. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hallidae 2007-06-08 05:41 am UTC (link)
	Feta, ew. My tongue puffs up like a balloon if I try to eat it. I get such weird looks at Greek places when I have to ask them to leave out the cheese. Mozzarella is very nice, though. I'm partial to blue, too. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pastri_archy 2007-06-08 04:12 pm UTC (link)
	Alas, there ends my experience with cheese. We don't have a very extensive palate in my fridge. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	eilan 2007-06-08 06:10 am UTC (link)
	Gauda for life, baby. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	napalmnacey 2007-06-08 07:45 am UTC (link)
	Cats butts are funny. (I'm giving it a go. It's fun! I can see why he did it!) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	geekmagirl 2007-06-08 02:53 pm UTC (link)
	Sometimes I set up stacks of books to fall over like dominoes! THIS RELATES TO GLOBAL WARMING I SWEAR I AM ON-TOPIC. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	aristaea 2007-06-08 06:38 pm UTC (link)
	THIS RELATES TO GLOBAL WARMING WHAT? Are you causing global warming by arranging giant fields of domino-books to fall over at precisely timed moments to counter global airflow and stop wind from cooling down the planet? AND NOT SHARING? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	napalmnacey 2007-06-09 12:57 am UTC (link)
	I like lettuce. Lettuce is good! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	queencallipygos 2007-06-08 01:39 pm UTC (link)
	I love lamp! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sepiamagpie 2007-06-08 02:47 pm UTC (link)
	My socks are deep blue. This makes me think about seals. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	singe 2007-06-08 02:49 pm UTC (link)
	I love homemade caramel. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	omnicrom 2007-06-08 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	JAM project is a rocking super robot band. Fact. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	greenling 2007-06-08 08:54 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not sure whether I should be more worried that I blinked and it's no longer Sunday, or that I only realized it wasn't because if we've already had the d20 game and tomorrow is the Mage game, today must be the pick-up game. Summer is scary. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	goldberry 2007-06-09 05:07 am UTC (link)
	French Norman is rolling the hay. Also chocolate. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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