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    12/08/09

    In reply to Dan Abrams Wants to Be the Next Nick Denton
    "aight" was dated even before "lol" was.
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    12/08/09

    In reply to Dan Abrams Wants to Be the Next Nick Denton
    Of course Dan Abrams would want to be the next Nick Denton. Even Dan Abrams doesn't want to be Dan Abrams.
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    Image of RandomLunatic RandomLunatic
    12/08/09

    In reply to Dan Abrams Wants to Be the Next Nick Denton
    I just think of Dan as a self-hating bald man. Is it weird that I'm fixated on that? The fact that his hairline has mysteriously slid forward quite a bit since he first hit the mediatainment scene during the OJ trials?
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    12/08/09

    In reply to Dan Abrams Wants to Be the Next Nick Denton
    Dan Abrams aspires to be gay? He's not talented enough.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    12/08/09

    In reply to Dan Abrams Wants to Be the Next Nick Denton
    The made-up concoction "Mediaite" is like drunkenly pinching the buttocks of the English language in a dive bar during the wee hours of the morning, but "Styleite" is straight-up GHB-ing it and date-raping it.
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    12/08/09

    @snugbug: "Geekosystem" has a ring to it, though. In a kindergartner-just-discovered-the-delights-of- punning kind of way.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    12/08/09

    @snugbug:

    Could it be they wanted "Mediaite" to resonate with "Meteorite"?

    {{{shudder}}}

    Kinda works though -- something that comes screaming down from space, a firey fameball that simply burns up upon hitting the atmosphere.

    Styelite sound like something the opthamologist would use on you.

    Geekosystem: In some countries people are shot for creating words like this, and their parents are forced to pay the costs of scrubbing it from the internet.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    12/08/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: I sincerely have no idea how you're supposed to pronounce "Mediaite."

    "Medi-AAAIGHT," like Ali G wood?! "Medi-ATE"?! "Medi-IGHT"?! "Medi-ehh-ee-TEH", French-fried style?! Maybe it's a moot point since I doubt there are actual living persons who interact in person with other living persons and feel compelled to mention the name of this site in an actual conversation.
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    Image of Mike Byhoff Mike Byhoff
    12/08/09

    @snugbug: New Abrams sites on the horizon:

    Carbitrary
    Sci-Fidelity
    BigGameHunting
    Pornonthecob
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    Image of sfBirdie sfBirdie
    12/08/09

    @snugbug: I really hate when coinage turns into a battle of the vowels. Pisses me off to no end.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    12/08/09

    In reply to Dan Abrams Wants to Be the Next Nick Denton
    Dan "Slim Shady" Abrams should really give Disclosline.com a shot.
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    12/08/09

    In reply to Dan Abrams Wants to Be the Next Nick Denton
    FYI, I have been contacted by Abram's people. They want me as a commenter -- exclusive, of course.

    The offer: (i) an irrevocable star; (ii) unlimited use of exclamation points in my comments; and (iii) the right to motorboat a certain chesty editor/employee once a quarter.
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    12/08/09

    In reply to Dan Abrams Wants to Be the Next Nick Denton
    The Bronze Age peoples of central Anatolia look forward to Abrams' next venture, Hittite.
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    12/08/09

    @AzureTexan: Double-plus star for that one, Herodotus.
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    12/08/09

    @Swifter: Thank you, kind sir or madam. Given the thunderous applause, I'm just glad I didn't go with the more geological but less hilarious "Hematite."
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    Image of crazy_prophylactics crazy_prophylactics
    12/08/09

    @AzureTexan: There are so many fitting "-ites" in the geological world, aren't there? Biotite - for all your medical blogging needs! Muscovite brings you all the latest happenings in sunny Moscow! Goethite - keeping you up to date on your favorite German author (Goethe-Watch: Still Dead)!
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    12/08/09

    @crazy_prophylactics: And everyone's favorite, Coprolite, examining the exciting world of fossilized animal dung.
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    12/08/09

    @AzureTexan: you smarties. I could only come up with Miller L-ite.
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    Image of momof3wildkids momof3wildkids
    12/08/09

    In reply to Dan Abrams Wants to Be the Next Nick Denton
    Perhaps Abrams should have called one of is sites 'DentonLite"
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    Image of Magister Magister
    12/08/09

    In reply to Dan Abrams Wants to Be the Next Nick Denton
    Hopefully it won't get me banned over there and it's a little better today, but I'd say from the way Mediaite's content has evolved, Abrams may also have his sights set on becoming a Huffington Post.
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    12/08/09

    In reply to Dan Abrams Wants to Be the Next Nick Denton
    I can only hope Abrams hires Jay Mariotti for his sports site. That would be the Old Faithful of Comedy.
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    12/08/09

    In reply to Dan Abrams Wants to Be the Next Nick Denton
    Dan Abrams will never be Nick Denton.

    The difference between them is that I know who Nick Denton is.
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    Image of fatmonalisa fatmonalisa
    12/08/09

    In reply to Dan Abrams Wants to Be the Next Nick Denton
    Entertainment Rumor of the day: Warner Bros is laying off a bunch of assistants and getting interns to fill their positions to save money on all NYC productions.
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    12/08/09

    In reply to Dan Abrams Wants to Be the Next Nick Denton
    Is Abrams also going to match Mr. Denton's $1 per word commenting stipend? If so, I'm very, very, very, very interested.
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    12/08/09

    In reply to Dan Abrams Wants to Be the Next Nick Denton
    "Geekosystem?" Really?!? Who is their star correspondent, Meghan Asha?
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    Image of jerusalemcricket jerusalemcricket
    12/08/09

    @Swifter: That is seriously the worst. It reeks of trying too hard. He would have been better off using "o-rama" for all of them.
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