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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	hangingfire 2007-06-08 04:30 pm UTC (link)
	envies autographs We saw them on the tour, but I generally suck at the whole "trying to meet the band" thing. There's an entry on It Couldn't Happen Here on Wiki, and as it turns out it points to the entire thing uploaded on Google Video. The quality is kind of crap, as you might expect, but ... it's the whole thing. :D With Japanese subtitles and all. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dante_the_mouse 2007-06-08 06:15 pm UTC (link)
	Ha, I'm actually kind of an autograph whore. Last year I got The Strokes, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, and the Boys. I really wanted to get Tom Petty's autograph, but it wasn't to be. Awesome concert, though. This summer I'm hoping to catch the White Stripes and Rufus Wainwright. For some reason I just love having autographs as souvenirs of concerts. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dante_the_mouse 2007-06-08 06:16 pm UTC (link)
	ETA: love that icon. Any chance I could use it? With credit, of course. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hangingfire 2007-06-08 06:20 pm UTC (link)
	Certainly! Use it in good health and enjoy. ^_^ ("Flamboyant" is my absolute, #1 favorite PSB song. I especially adore the video.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

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