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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	pastri_archy 2007-06-08 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	I adored Mike and the 'bots but "This Island Earth" had so many plotholes and wooden acting and implausibility that I had turn it off for several hours and then come back to it. I'm also doing this, so I'm trying to observe and take notes on all the movies I watch this month, you know? I just found out this particular one was uploaded on youtube. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	napalmnacey 2007-06-09 01:02 am UTC (link)
	Oy. I have a hard enough time writing comic scripts. I don't think I could write a movie script. Well - no, I could, but I am better in other mediums so I'm going to stick with those and work my way up. I'm not a jump in and drown kinda person. LOL! But good luck! If This Island Earth bothers you, don't watch Manos, will you? Cause that hurt my brain. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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