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What Celebrity Had No One Ever Better Fuck With?

I'm listening to Johnny Cash today, and suddenly I feel like I don't entirely like this guy. Thankfully I realize I just don't care for his early work as much as his later stuff, because if I honestly didn't like Johnny Cash, who would ever sympathize with me? You can't criticize the man in public. Even the Beatles aren't that unassailable. So I wonder, who's the most unassailable modern celebrity, someone almost everyone genuinely loves? Cash? Jon Stewart? Meryl Streep? Mr. Rogers? Judi Dench? [Photo by Shredcity]

2:29 AM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Nick Douglas
4,898 views, 147 comments

Latest by Sweden: Did anyone say Maddie McCann? more »

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Who Are You People, and Why Are You So Mad?

This post is about comments. Consider that your invitation to tell me I have it all wrong. To be honest, I don't know that much about the commenting scene. I'm not above making anonymous judgments or being bored at work, I just never understand the motivation of blog commenters. Is it winning a commie? Being quoted in the New York Times public editor's column? I get that being anonymous makes people more free to revert to their Lord of The Flies side, but why is everyone always so rude? And is that rudeness destroying society? More »

3:07 PM on Tue Mar 18 2008
By rebecca
7,450 views, 382 comments

Latest by Koreanish: I'm here because I love truth. more »

week in review

"It's Cold Outside. Don't Forget Your Mittens!"

  • We watched the total meltdown of Viacom when they drastically altered the benefits for their "non-employee staff." Coming up: On Monday, there may be a walkout!
  • Jakob and Julia ended it or ended a thing.
  • Emily and Michelle still need a roommate in Astoria!
  • American Apparel ads have way more boobs in France.
  • That person talking in your head on Prince Street in SoHo? Just an ad! You're not crazy.
  • Lots of people seem to be questioning the videotape of the girls beating up that guy on the subway. We do no such questioning.
  • Why aren't you people taking more drugs?

    • 6:00 PM on Fri Dec 7 2007
    By Choire
    11,813 views, 1540 comments

    Latest by irishbreakfast: @Hez: Well, you both look great all the time! In anything! Except for that time that Hez wore chartreuse...so now I've got two 'friends,' me (did it by mistake the first week of the site 'makeover' and can't undo it) more »