04.07.07
Quote of the day
While discussing going biking in today’s bad conditions
Me: I do have fenders for the bike.
Joel: I have something better — short chainstays.
Me: What?
Joel: Yup.
Me: How is that better?
Joel: They’re free.
Derek Zumsteg’s site of doom
While discussing going biking in today’s bad conditions
Me: I do have fenders for the bike.
Joel: I have something better — short chainstays.
Me: What?
Joel: Yup.
Me: How is that better?
Joel: They’re free.
So, ~70 comments went up on the K-Rod piece yesterday, including some of the swearing-free “you made it up/Photoshopped it” ones. Another hundred or so didn’t get up, and it was running about 1:2 signal:abuse total when I gave up, with new comments almost entirely abuse. By type, I’d classify them as
I color-coded them that way to match my new hot gay lifestyle. Who knew?
There were also a smattering of “You’re a Yankee fan,” “you’re a crybaby,” and all kinds of other random insults.
My wife was horrified. “Yankee fan?” she said. “That’s personal.”
I’m always a little shocked at the sheer level of bile that gets thrown around on the net (and then laugh because I think of “Green Blackboards (And Other Anomalies)“.
Good times.