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    Image of Ogiri W Surie Ogiri W Surie
    02:32 AM

    In reply to 2005's 123 Reasons to Love New York Right Now
    Brings back memories. because our tap water won't kill you, so true, and so delicious.
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    Image of takeouteurotrash takeouteurotrash
    02:23 AM

    In reply to 2005's 123 Reasons to Love New York Right Now
    Because the idea of "New York" has died.*

    *I'll be crass in stating that 1998, and, in particular, 2006 unleashed the mouth-breathing masses onto the city, looking to find a place for them. Those who made it, congratulations. Those that didn't, get the fuck on. Those two years, specifically, lent me mornings of seeing fresh grads crying into the shoulder of their Patagonia's, trying to decipher the "how" and "why" aspect of their lives. Things were far too easy during those times, and the juniors not only ravaged the city with their voting power, but also prolonged the "I'm extremely important, and have a great deal to offer this world" thinking. I love New York because Entitlement is Finally Fucking Dying.

    P.S. I really enjoyed my cigarette tonight with the 30mph winds and intense snow drifts, you bags of fuck. Our bars fucking suck.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    01:55 AM

    In reply to 2005's 123 Reasons to Love New York Right Now
    This is awesome.

    I think my favorite one is "Because Anderson Cooper."
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    Image of youngmarblegiant youngmarblegiant
    01:54 AM

    In reply to 2005's 123 Reasons to Love New York Right Now
    Just wondering by and (sigh) now I miss NYC.
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    12:55 AM

    In reply to The Media Holiday Party Circuit: Drunken Ragers, Danceoffs, and Food at the ______ Party
    It's a muthafuckin' walkoff!
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    12:25 AM

    In reply to 2005's 123 Reasons to Love New York Right Now
    By the way, regular commenters, I made a #SaturdayNightSpecial tag page for you if you want to go wax on SNL. Right here:

    [gawker.com]
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    Image of Bobby Big Wheel Bobby Big Wheel
    12:12 AM

    In reply to 2005's 123 Reasons to Love New York Right Now
    Because any time you hail a cab, there's a chance you'll make it onto a nationally televised game show. #123
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    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    12:07 AM

    In reply to 2005's 123 Reasons to Love New York Right Now
    Because James Franco just dirty tongue kissed some guy for like 20 seconds on SNL. Is he officially out yet?
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    12:09 AM

    @Solomon Grundy: I think James Franco might be pansexual.
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    12:12 AM

    @DahlELama: It's almost 2010. We'll all be pansexual next year.
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    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    12:15 AM

    @DahlELama: Me too!

    ::makes call me gesture to James Franco on my TV::
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    Image of Miss Anita Manbadly Miss Anita Manbadly
    12:06 AM

    In reply to 2005's 123 Reasons to Love New York Right Now
    Maple syrup? Have you been in the vicinity of 30 Rock in the springtime? Streets and San is spraying vanilla to cover the olfactory wow of the bums' urine. That does not smell like maple syrup to me.

    Otherwise, numbers 17, 45, 60, 78 and 85. And 91. Fabulous.

    I have yet to see someone naked in Times Square and the Naked Cowboy does NOT count.

    No mention of Channel One? No other city has anything like it. Chicago's CLTV is close, but no cigar.

    Oh, and regarding Uniqlo -- please check out [www.uniqlo.jp] It's not set in NYC and yet it's delicious.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    12:11 AM

    @Miss Anita Manbadly: I believe that line was referring to the incidents mentioned here: [www.nytimes.com]
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    12:12 AM

    @Miss Anita Manbadly: YES. That's a good one. "Because waking up on a floor/couch to NY1's twitch-inducing weather jingle is a good indicator that (A) you're alive and (B) you're still somewhere in the five boroughs." #123
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    12/19/09

    In reply to 2005's 123 Reasons to Love New York Right Now
    41. Because we invented PNP.

    I believe there's a certain city by a bay that would like to object to this.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    12/19/09

    In reply to 2005's 123 Reasons to Love New York Right Now
    The "why NY is awesome" comment uttered in my apartment this afternoon:

    "Because you have the luxury of deciding which kosher restaurants are good or bad instead of just being grateful that there is one." #123
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    Image of The One The One
    12/19/09

    @DahlELama: So, which ones do you like?
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    12/19/09

    @The One: Mmm, good question... Gotta go with Mike's Bistro and Va Bene. The food at Prime Grill is great but the service is horrible, and Tevere 84 is objectively good but I don't like Italian food. I will say, though--NYC is sorely lacking in good kosher Chinese, so, still not perfect.
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    Image of The One The One
    12/19/09

    @DahlELama: Thanks for the info. I guess I never heard of these because we're downtowners.

    For kosher Chinese, have you tried Buddha Bodai? Also, I'm pretty sure that Wild Ginger is kosher.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    12/19/09

    @The One: My favorite kosher restaurant downtown is Madras Cafe; it literally turned me on to Indian food.

    I've never been to Buddha Bodai; I prefer meat in my Chinese so I haven't been to many of the vegan places. Never heard of Wild Ginger, but the menu on the website seems to have shellfish in the dishes so sadly that doesn't qualify!
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    Image of Miss Anita Manbadly Miss Anita Manbadly
    12:08 AM

    @DahlELama: Oh, you have NO idea how correct that is. My absolute favorite in Skokie died last year and I'm still sitting shiva.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    12:10 AM

    @Miss Anita Manbadly: Oh no! It wasn't Ken's Diner, was it? Because that place was awesome.
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    Image of RandomLunatic RandomLunatic
    12/19/09

    In reply to 2005's 123 Reasons to Love New York Right Now
    I think this post is off-putting, btw, because Gawker's "voice" as a blog, as a whole, has moved so far away from the very Manhattan-centric feel it had at first. I pretty much hated this site when I first discovered it in 2005 (after Coen linked a blog I had then), but started loving it a lot within a year or so, as more bloggers were added and the subjects covered were more diverse.
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    Image of RandomLunatic RandomLunatic
    12/19/09

    In reply to 2005's 123 Reasons to Love New York Right Now
    This is a wonderful idea, even if the inaugural vintage post chosen is incredibly off-putting to anyone who doesn't live in New York City. (Mind you, I LOVE NY, too. But it's still off-putting.)
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    12/19/09

    @RandomLunatic: Yeah, I figured that'd be the case. But as this was my favorite, and it's time-appropriate, we're rolling this out to start. Also, maybe some old-school might come out of the woodwork too? Who knows.
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    Image of RandomLunatic RandomLunatic
    12/19/09

    @Foster Kamer: Sorry I didn't wait till you'd responded, Foster - I would have posted my response here if I had.

    Like I said, though - I think this is an awesome idea overall - and this is one of the few blogs that can justify doing such a thing.
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    Image of Miss Anita Manbadly Miss Anita Manbadly
    12:11 AM

    @RandomLunatic: As someone whose first visit to NYC was in 2002, this is completely not off-putting. NYC is what it is, and visitors need to accept it and love it as it is.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    12/19/09

    In reply to 2005's 123 Reasons to Love New York Right Now
    For even more trippy time-travel feel, I would have loved if you had also included the original comments.

    I'm already really, really liking this feature.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    12/19/09

    @Lysergic Asset: HA. There weren't comments in 2005. Imagine that.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    12/19/09

    @Foster Kamer: Gawker without comments... now that is truly a mind-blower. Kind of like jelly without peanut butter, Garfunkel without Simon, Shirley without Laverne.
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    Image of Miss Anita Manbadly Miss Anita Manbadly
    12:12 AM

    @Foster Kamer: For lack of commenters? Or was it that no one felt the need to comment? Clarification, please.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    12:18 AM

    @Miss Anita Manbadly: Ha. I don't think the Gawker comments system didn't come into play until 2006. Until then, a space to put comments on Gawker's posts didn't exist,* or there was at least a point where they didn't exist. There weren't even auditions, I don't think; if you were a blogger in New York, and you were read by Gawker, you now had a place to go have a conversation with them. Sometime after, the "auditioning" concept was introduced. The stars came earlier this summer, in July, I think.

    *Thank you for making me feel old.

    UPDATE: That said, there are some comments on the original post I can see. But not many!
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    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    12/19/09

    In reply to The Media Holiday Party Circuit: Drunken Ragers, Danceoffs, and Food at the ______ Party
    Oh my God, am I going to have to go through CollegeHumor's crappy archives now to find out if Jake Hurwitz has ever done any other hot fauxmo pictorials?

    I've seen him before and been pretty meh, but now .... somehow I suspect he's going to be in my thoughts tonight. Maybe just maybe with Levi Johnston. And a black and white hockey stick.
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    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    12/19/09

    @Solomon Grundy: ...and there it is.
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