October 2009
21 posts
#78: people who comment "well said"
There’s absolutely nothing on the Internet that’s actually well said
If you have nothing more to add to the discourse than sycophancy, you’re wasting time and bandwidth. We’re all, in ways large and small, content creators on the Web. That’s a responsibility we carry when we hit the “submit” button. Try not to suck.
#77: people who come up with arbitrary reasons for...
Galliani demands compensation from USA Football... →
#76: people who made bacon overexposed and uncool
“Meleanie Hain’s loaded pistol — with a bullet ready in the chamber — was...”
– AP
#75: people who try to fit more than 8 words into...
Pro tip: if you want people to read something, it helps to make it readable.
CIGNA Employee Flips Off Mother Of Dead Girl... →
youngmanhattanite:
skybarn:
caraobrien:
From the Huffington Post, excerpt:
A CIGNA employee gave the finger — literally — to a woman whose daughter died after the insurance giant refused to cover her liver transplant.
Hilda and Krikor Sarkisyan went to CIGNA’s Philadelphia headquarters, along with supporters from the California Nurses Association, to confront the CEO Edward Hanway over...
#74: people who play that Kings of Leon song
I mean, fucking fuck, of all those bands from 2005, these fucking guys get airplay?
#73: people who wear workout clothes to nice-ish...
#72: supposedly reasonable conservative...
Frum, you’re cool, Douthat, you’re pushing it, but fucking fuck, Brooks, we let you into our homes and you proceed to get drunk and shit on our rug. Stop doing that.
#71: people who use skateboard decks to convey...
Especially when:
Skater culture as we know it is almost 40 years old
The decks are used as a corporate branding piece unrelated to skateboarding
The designs incorporate poor Wild Style imitation…
Which isn’t as bad as the poor Ed Hardy imitation
peterfeld:
Harvey Weinstein, via josephweisenthal:
Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion…We were the people who did the fundraising telethon for the victims of 9/11. We were there for the victims of Katrina and any world catastrophe.