• Profile logout login

#internetcommenters

Gawker

Share Cancel
   
Upload an image | Add an image URL
×

logging in
  • FAQ. Include # before tag:
  • #tips,
  • #stalker,
  • #opencaption,
  • #internalmemos,
  • etc.

New York, 6:36 PM
Wed Nov 25
55 posts in the last 24 hours

Team

Tip Your Editors:
tips@gawker.com
Tipline: 646-214-8138

Editor-in-Chief:
Gabriel Snyder | Email

West Coast Editor:
Richard Rushfield | Email

Contributing Editors:

Valleywag:
Ryan Tate | Email

Media:
Hamilton Nolan | Email

Politics:
Alex Pareene | Email

Investigations:
John Cook | Email

Entertainment:
Brian Moylan | Email

Nights:
Adrian Chen | Email
Azaria Jagger | Email
Ravi Somaiya | Email

Weekends:
Foster Kamer | Email

Video Editor:
Richard Blakeley | Email

SUBSCRIBE TO Gawker RSS

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
4260 Subscribers
Gawker
  • posts about #internetcommenters more →

    The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It

    Are Internet Commenters the New Jews?
  • Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.
    Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
    Image of Marco Van Hylckama Vlieg Marco Van Hylckama Vlieg
    03/13/09

    In reply to The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
    What's with the Julia Allison fascination here? What makes her so interesting?


    I had honestly never heard of this person before reading posts about her on here.

     Reply
    Marco Van Hylckama Vlieg was starred Marco Van Hylckama Vlieg was unstarred
    Image of nirreskeya nirreskeya
    03/14/09

    @Marco Van Hylckama Vlieg: I wanted to say the same. Seven of the things on this list I've only ever heard of through Valleywag/Gawker.
     Reply
    nirreskeya was starred nirreskeya was unstarred
    Image of El Matardillo El Matardillo
    03/14/09

    @Marco Van Hylckama Vlieg: Nothing makes Julia Allison interesting. I would be content never to hear about her again.
     Reply
    El Matardillo was starred El Matardillo was unstarred
    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    03/13/09

    In reply to The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
    On the plus side:


    1) Porn

    2) Hyper-screeds

    3) No more !Pine and !Elm.

     Reply
    BadUncle was starred BadUncle was unstarred
    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    03/13/09

    @BadUncle:

    4) People no longer able to get laid in real life.
     Reply
    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    03/13/09

    @Shamoononon is tired: That doesn't sound like it's on the plus side to me...
     Reply
    BadUncle was starred BadUncle was unstarred
    Image of Dickdogfood Dickdogfood
    03/13/09

    In reply to The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
    No Jeff Jarvis?
     Reply
    Dickdogfood was starred Dickdogfood was unstarred
    Image of Golly Gee Holly Golly Gee Holly
    03/13/09

    In reply to The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
    NEOPETS!
     Reply
    Golly Gee Holly was starred Golly Gee Holly was unstarred
    Image of blix blix
    03/13/09

    @Molly Holly: Oh noes! I haven't fed mine in 6yrs.
     Reply
    blix was starred blix was unstarred
    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    03/13/09

    In reply to The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
    I assume that Gawker commenters are a breed apart from, rather than a subset of, the ilk comprising #19.
     Reply
    Aaron Altman was starred Aaron Altman was unstarred
    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    03/13/09

    @Aaron Altman: Actually, I’m insulted we didn’t rate higher.
     Reply
    iplaudius was starred iplaudius was unstarred
    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    03/13/09

    @iplaudius: 1 is "worstest." 19 is "worcestershire."
     Reply
    Aaron Altman was starred Aaron Altman was unstarred
    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    03/13/09

    @Aaron Altman: Exactly: in a list of "crimes committed," can anything be worse than our criminally searing wit?
     Reply
    iplaudius was starred iplaudius was unstarred
    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    03/13/09

    @iplaudius: Bagels with raisins in them? Fake fish singing about McDonald's sandwiches? The Atlanta Thrashers?
     Reply
    Aaron Altman was starred Aaron Altman was unstarred
    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    03/13/09

    @Aaron Altman: OK, fine, spoilsport, compel me to recognize the simple meaning of words.
     Reply
    iplaudius was starred iplaudius was unstarred
    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    03/13/09

    @Aaron Altman: I have weird affections for the voice of the McDonald's fish on the wall.
     Reply
    CaptainFantastic was starred CaptainFantastic was unstarred
    Image of tetragami tetragami
    03/13/09

    In reply to The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
    Oh Christ, someday I will be explaining to kids that I am older than the internet.
     Reply
    tetragami was starred tetragami was unstarred
    Image of misslinda misslinda
    03/13/09

    @tetragami: Thank you for that reality check, I will now spend the entire weekend curled up in the fetal position sobbing softly to myself.
     Reply
    misslinda was starred misslinda was unstarred
    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    03/13/09

    @tetragami: Ditto. And the worst part is, when they ask "well how did you _____?" I will have no answer. Because all I remember from life before the Internet is watching Clue on VHS and playing a computer game that required put 12 different floppy disks in my Commodore 64.
     Reply
    DahlELama was starred DahlELama was unstarred
    Image of tetragami tetragami
    03/13/09

    @misslinda: Try drinking, that's what I'm doing this weekend.
     Reply
    tetragami was starred tetragami was unstarred
    Image of tetragami tetragami
    03/13/09

    @DahlELama: I think I'll tell them about "using my imagination" and Mickey's Space Adventure, which required 6 floppy disks on my Tandy 1000. And the floppy disks were actually floppy! Not that they'll know what floppies are.
     Reply
    tetragami was starred tetragami was unstarred
    Image of misslinda misslinda
    03/13/09

    @tetragami: You know what we did before email and cellphones? We made plans to be at a particular place at a certain time, and we showed up!
     Reply
    misslinda was starred misslinda was unstarred
    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    03/13/09

    @tetragami: Oregon Trail and Carmen SanDiego.


    My tween neices called bullshit on me when I tried to explain to them what filmstrips were. I am not even gonna try this time.

     Reply
    TheUptightMidwesterner was starred TheUptightMidwesterner was unstarred
    Image of blix blix
    03/13/09

    @TheUptightMidwesterner quit smoking. Don't Make Me Kill You.: Do not show or discuss Pong with them. Trust me.
     Reply
    blix was starred blix was unstarred
    Image of tetragami tetragami
    03/13/09

    @TheUptightMidwesterner quit smoking. Don't Make Me Kill You.: Will you a) ford the river b)float across or c)ride the ferry?
     Reply
    tetragami was starred tetragami was unstarred
    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    03/13/09

    @misslinda: Or we went bar hopping and ran into whoever we ran into. Serendipity!
     Reply
    CaptainFantastic was starred CaptainFantastic was unstarred
    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    03/13/09

    In reply to The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
    Yes, but would the web have taken off without the graphical browser? Maybe we should blame Marc Andreessen.
     Reply
    Claire Buoyant was starred Claire Buoyant was unstarred
    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    03/13/09

    @Claire Buoyant: ILL
     Reply
    CaptainFantastic was starred CaptainFantastic was unstarred
    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    03/13/09

    @CaptainFantastic: Oh, and I was on campus at that time! Stoned.
     Reply
    CaptainFantastic was starred CaptainFantastic was unstarred
    Image of Alaska Miller Alaska Miller
    03/13/09

    In reply to The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
    "When I built the web, I didn't know what would happen."


    - Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee

     Reply
    Alaska Miller was starred Alaska Miller was unstarred
    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    12/22/08

    In reply to Are Internet Commenters the New Jews?
    What is the offcial line from Jewcy?
     Reply
    miss_msry was starred miss_msry was unstarred
    Image of ekrub ekrub
    12/20/08

    In reply to Are Internet Commenters the New Jews?
    I've worked as a fundraiser for a nonprofit organization in a predominately Protestant, ruby-red state. The most civic-minded philanthropies I've dealt with are founded and administered by several prominent Jewish families. The Protestants (Baptists mostly) are shockingly disinterested in the well-being of the community. (I'm Roman Catholic).
     Reply
    ekrub was starred ekrub was unstarred
    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    12/20/08

    @ekrub: In Judaism, tzedukah, or charity, is not optional, it is a commandment. If you are going to live righteously, you must donate and help in your community, and if you've got more than you need, you should endow, usually in memory of a loved one.


    What Madoff pulled off? We call that a shanda--a shameful thing.

     Reply
    BookishLookish was starred BookishLookish was unstarred
    Image of caligulash caligulash
    12/20/08

    In reply to Are Internet Commenters the New Jews?
    Just released evidence of an evil IDL attack on innocent Internet commenters ("random idiots"):


    text describing the image

     Reply
    caligulash was starred caligulash was unstarred
    Image of caligulash caligulash
    12/20/08

    @caligulash:

    We apologize, a correction from our translator: These are bodies of Gypsies, Serbs, and Jews: victims of Ustasa (Croatian fascist) atrocities on the banks of the Sava River. Jasenovac concentration camp, Yugoslavia, between 1941 and 1945.
     Reply
    caligulash was starred caligulash was unstarred
    Image of rosaluxembourgeoise rosaluxembourgeoise
    12/20/08

    @caligulash:

    Wait, are you suggesting that the ADL's pointing out that the frothing antisemitism flooding the net IS NOT THE SAME AS COMMENTERS BEING THE NEW JEWS, because antisemitism has had historically genocidal consequences and that such a comparison is offensive? Because if so, how convenient for you and way to give the fascists publicity.
     Reply
    rosaluxembourgeoise was starred rosaluxembourgeoise was unstarred
    Image of rosaluxembourgeoise rosaluxembourgeoise
    12/20/08

    @rosaluxembourgeoise: Which is just want they want!
     Reply
    rosaluxembourgeoise was starred rosaluxembourgeoise was unstarred
    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    12/19/08

    In reply to Are Internet Commenters the New Jews?
    That horrible searing pain behind my eyes is back. The problem is, i can't figure out who's causing it. Stop it! Stop with the hurting!
     Reply
    Hydroceph was starred Hydroceph was unstarred
    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    12/19/08

    In reply to Are Internet Commenters the New Jews?
    "The ADL is concerned that the Internet allows more people to read people's racist drivel. And yet it is spreading this same drivel far and wide through its publicity machine. Remember the ADL sent around a fundraising email with the subject line "Jews Have Ruined Our Country"? This is about as productive. Internet commenters spew anonymous vitriol for one reason: to get attention. And the ADL has just handed it to them in spades."


    Foyst of all, they are doing this as a reaction. Fighting fire with even more fire, etc. Starting a backfire. Foytha moh, if you're going to use the ADL to divert attention from fraud you'd better have a pretty fucking big army of jr. PR pricks, because my little deceitful friends, the entire world has big noses now with plenty of bullshit receptors. There are two different things going on here -- one is a very real battle against racism founded on stupidity, the other is the use of an organization -- that bills itself as a fighter of racism -- to cover up a whole other pile of shit.

     Reply
    Uncle_Billy_Slumming was starred Uncle_Billy_Slumming was unstarred
    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    12/19/08

    In reply to Are Internet Commenters the New Jews?
    Is ADL pissed because their pension fund evaporated in a puff of Bernie?
     Reply
    Uncle_Billy_Slumming was starred Uncle_Billy_Slumming was unstarred
    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    12/19/08

    In reply to Are Internet Commenters the New Jews?
    My prejudices are too broad to be assigned to any specific group. And I'm Jewish.
     Reply
    HiredGoons was starred HiredGoons was unstarred
    Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

Login

Enter your username and password.

Please enter a username.
Please enter your password.
logging in
Login via Facebook | Sign Up | Forgot Password?

Reset Password

Please enter your email address to have your password reset.

Please enter your email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
requesting password reset

Register

Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, you need to audition.

Want to know more? Consult the Comment FAQ and legal terms.

Please enter a username.
Please enter a password.
Please confirm your password.
Passwords are not identical.
Please enter a valid email address.
registration sent, waiting for reply

Submit Your Comment

You don't need to login to comment. Just enter your email address below.

See how your address will be displayed in the Comment FAQ.

Please enter a valid email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
logging in

Login with your Facebook or Gawker account.

Sign up here.



  • Archives
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Legal
  • Help
  • Report a Bug
  • FAQ
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.