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


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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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[info]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.

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[info]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?

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[info]napalmnacey
2007-06-09 12:57 am UTC (link)
I like lettuce. Lettuce is good!

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