Is this one of them Rorschach tests? Letting people project whatever they want onto your post?
Blog post comment.
Witty reply.
Why, thank you. It took me a while to come up with it...I wanted to express the same emotion, and expend the same amount of energy in my comment that this blogger put into his original post.
Snide retort from troll
A reminder not to feed the trolls.
Blog post comment response (refutation).
THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS!!! FOR HILLARY!!!!
Scathing attack on idiotic, accompanied by concern for it's welfare.
The arrival of grammar nazis, angrily (yet futilely) pointing out the error.
Retort from grammar libertarians, mocking failed attempt at conjugation.
Followed by several seplling erorrs.
HAA! Done in by absent Edit Function!
It's a Recommend Test, isn't it...?
The real question is, now that this is on the rec list - was the test a success or a failure?
Cute cat BTW. Not as sexy as the old avatar, but you simply can't go wrong with a black cat.
Comment indicating bitterness and self-loathing for choosing insufficiently cute avatar.
You can't go wrong with a black cat.
Does this mean that one can only go Right with a black cat?
no, no, no! Black cats also go Left.
Off-topic response assuring poster that their avatar is plenty cute. Further droll comment indicating a preference for black cats with white patches.
Side note acknowledging further movement OT in complimenting clever user name while attempting not to fawn.
Are you a cute black cat too (hard to tell on this screen)? Nice to meet yu! ;) What's your kitty's name?
Obligatory sexist amplification of question - don't you mean to say "what's your pussy's name?"
negatory.
Sophomoric comment about sporting wood.
Rocky, because when he was a wee little thing he'd sit on his haunches and play 'bat the hands' with me. Now that he's old and fat he'd tip over if he tried to stand up.
Hey Rocky!
My cat's name is Stash. He has a perfect milk mustache on his upper lip.
Re avatar: thanks! I think the old avatars prevented people from wanting to talk to me. Hence my cat as my avatar. Everyone in my neighborhood wants to talk to my cat. ;)
Thanks for the avatar encouragements.
Re:
The real question is, now that this is on the rec list - was the test a success or a failure?
a)it was a successful failure because it made it into the rec. list.
b) it was a successful failure of success because it was a tease and we all fell into it willfully. We wished to be played and we were/are, smiling all the way to a dead thread with joy. Just look at the party atmospherics in here. ;)
Cats are playful. So are people, even some adults :)
Snark.
More snark.
Concluding snark.
Acronym indicating perceived hilarity.
Noob comment expressing puzzlement about said acronym.
What a wonderfully well written post. Short, sweet, to the point. It only everyone could express their thoughts so succinctly!
Thank you for your refreshing perspective. It's not often we see posters present their thought with such clarity, wit and honesty.
Recommended.
A Blue Ribbon Comment.
A pro forma polite blog comment with just a bit of extra shine.
Reply to blog repliers.
Excellent reply, Leroy. I like how you expanded upon your previous point.
Highly recommended.
Thank you for reply. Feel honored by recognition and notice...
Blog post flame.
Snark at flame intended to embarrass the flamer.
Snark doesn't work as the flamer has keyboard courage fortified with Pabst Blue Ribbon.
First blog I've seen in a while where I agree with every word.
Gratuitous recommend to promote inanity of post.
Explanation that previous comment was in response to LisB.
Lament about lack of an edit function.
Gratuitous reply to eliyah for mentioning my username in response to someone else's blog.
Inter-post snark about comment made on another post, complete with running inside joke.
LOVE this one. Damn software.
Meta-comment decrying the triviality and lack of substance of this post and lamenting the declining quality of posts in general.
Tongue-in-cheek response to another poster whom I already adore and no longer need to kiss as of, wherein I praise wayitwas for being so brilliant as to notice we all have avitars, and snarky response to wayitwas for promoting their own previous (and highly recommended) post about avatars.
Followed by my apologies if my kissing ass has not been enough and you decide to flame me.
Followed by my realization (personally written, all about me and my family and all of my ex-boyfriends) that I don't need to kiss ass anymore, and I'm my own woman and that's why I'm voting for Obama in November.
Followed by my apology for writing "ass" wrong, in the first sentence of my previous post.
Expression of thanks and mutual admiration to LisB, who makes unique and much appreciated contributions to the sense of community on this and many other threads.
That's just laughable. Or it would be, if it wasn't so sad. The author throws out his preposterous idea out there without bothering to support it with one single piece of evidence. Or even plain old facts. This is not intelligent discourse, it's drive-by posting.
The editing is pretty sloppy, too. And honestly, sticking to one-syllable words does not reflect very well on the intelligence of the author. A five-year old could have written that. Come to think of it, perhaps a five-year old did write that.
It's just another symptom of the dreadful malaise afflicting TPM. Practically death throes. The quality of the posts here has truly hit the rock bottom. It's all the unwashed Internet riff-raff gatecrashing this once-great blog. Someone please put TPM out of its misery.
Scathing reply suggesting you should take your condescending attitude to another blogsite that features ongoing food fights among entrenched foes.
Response reminding previous comment to beware of covert snark.
Sheepish apology about being too obtuse to recognize inherent snarkiness of the poster I just flamed.
It's all Obama's fault. We'll take this all the way to the convention!
Flame that the post contains no sources or links supporting its claims.
Response to flame with link that doesn't work.
Nomination of this post for the Frank Mullen III Welcome Distraction Award.
Asks if anyone has seen Frank Mullen III lately?
Second the nomination.
Nomination of this post for being an intelligent post.
D'oh!!
That's what the recommend button is for, isn't it?
An attempt to start a "wave" with idiotic's catchphrase
A ripple in the wave.
Foam at the crest of the ripple of the wave.
Inappropriate branching of wave into non-standard ending.
Duplicate foam at the crest of the ripple of the wave.
A warm welcome to new poster nobody_you_know. Eager to see an avatar to match the name!
Frustrated and cranky and profanity-laced comment about not being able to figure out how to load an avatar without getting some stupid error message.
Apology for the above profanity, and complaint about having to work on a holiday weekend.
Feigned amusement containing juvenile attempt at flirtation.
Flirt! Flirt! Flirt!
batting eyelashes, batting eyelashes.
Don't forget to also gently swish your tail in that delightfully feline way.
Tail swishing, lazily.
Quietly admiring the swishing action, wondering how cats manage to be such graceful creatures. With really sharp teeth and claws.
Rif on wave comment to remember Hunter S. Thompson's lament on the passing of the 1960s and its "sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil." "There was no point in fighting -- on our side or theirs," he wrote. "We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark -- the place where the wave finally broke and rolled back."
Waves 'hello' to wayitwas, in response.
Could quote another poet here, of course, but decides to keep that for another blog post instead.
It's comments like the ones in this thread that exemplify everything that's wrong with the other side's supporters.
Piling on without any further content.
Posting a complete non-sequitur including a link to nothing of relevance to the topic of this thread:
Comments (153)
Is this one of them Rorschach tests? Letting people project whatever they want onto your post?
May 25, 2008 2:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Blog post comment.
May 25, 2008 3:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Witty reply.
May 25, 2008 3:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Why, thank you. It took me a while to come up with it...I wanted to express the same emotion, and expend the same amount of energy in my comment that this blogger put into his original post.
May 25, 2008 3:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Snide retort from troll
May 25, 2008 5:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
A reminder not to feed the trolls.
May 25, 2008 7:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Blog post comment response (refutation).
May 25, 2008 3:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS!!! FOR HILLARY!!!!
May 25, 2008 6:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Scathing attack on idiotic, accompanied by concern for it's welfare.
May 25, 2008 7:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
The arrival of grammar nazis, angrily (yet futilely) pointing out the error.
May 25, 2008 8:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Retort from grammar libertarians, mocking failed attempt at conjugation.
Followed by several seplling erorrs.
May 25, 2008 10:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
HAA! Done in by absent Edit Function!
May 26, 2008 12:41 AM | Reply | Permalink
It's a Recommend Test, isn't it...?
May 25, 2008 3:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
The real question is, now that this is on the rec list - was the test a success or a failure?
Cute cat BTW. Not as sexy as the old avatar, but you simply can't go wrong with a black cat.
May 25, 2008 6:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Comment indicating bitterness and self-loathing for choosing insufficiently cute avatar.
May 25, 2008 7:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
You can't go wrong with a black cat.
May 25, 2008 7:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Does this mean that one can only go Right with a black cat?
May 26, 2008 1:45 AM | Reply | Permalink
no, no, no! Black cats also go Left.
May 26, 2008 2:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
Off-topic response assuring poster that their avatar is plenty cute. Further droll comment indicating a preference for black cats with white patches.
May 25, 2008 10:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Side note acknowledging further movement OT in complimenting clever user name while attempting not to fawn.
May 25, 2008 10:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Are you a cute black cat too (hard to tell on this screen)? Nice to meet yu! ;) What's your kitty's name?
May 26, 2008 12:13 AM | Reply | Permalink
Obligatory sexist amplification of question - don't you mean to say "what's your pussy's name?"
May 26, 2008 12:33 AM | Reply | Permalink
negatory.
May 26, 2008 12:39 AM | Reply | Permalink
Sophomoric comment about sporting wood.
May 26, 2008 12:44 AM | Reply | Permalink
Rocky, because when he was a wee little thing he'd sit on his haunches and play 'bat the hands' with me. Now that he's old and fat he'd tip over if he tried to stand up.
May 26, 2008 12:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey Rocky!
My cat's name is Stash. He has a perfect milk mustache on his upper lip.
May 26, 2008 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Re avatar: thanks! I think the old avatars prevented people from wanting to talk to me. Hence my cat as my avatar. Everyone in my neighborhood wants to talk to my cat. ;)
Thanks for the avatar encouragements.
Re:
a)it was a successful failure because it made it into the rec. list.
b) it was a successful failure of success because it was a tease and we all fell into it willfully. We wished to be played and we were/are, smiling all the way to a dead thread with joy. Just look at the party atmospherics in here. ;)
May 26, 2008 12:22 AM | Reply | Permalink
Cats are playful. So are people, even some adults :)
May 26, 2008 4:41 AM | Reply | Permalink
Snark.
More snark.
Concluding snark.
May 25, 2008 3:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Acronym indicating perceived hilarity.
May 25, 2008 10:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Noob comment expressing puzzlement about said acronym.
May 25, 2008 11:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
What a wonderfully well written post. Short, sweet, to the point. It only everyone could express their thoughts so succinctly!
Thank you for your refreshing perspective. It's not often we see posters present their thought with such clarity, wit and honesty.
Recommended.
May 25, 2008 3:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
A Blue Ribbon Comment.
May 26, 2008 1:01 AM | Reply | Permalink
A pro forma polite blog comment with just a bit of extra shine.
May 26, 2008 2:11 AM | Reply | Permalink
Reply to blog repliers.
May 25, 2008 4:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Excellent reply, Leroy. I like how you expanded upon your previous point.
Highly recommended.
May 25, 2008 4:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank you for reply. Feel honored by recognition and notice...
May 26, 2008 12:38 AM | Reply | Permalink
Blog post flame.
May 25, 2008 5:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Snark at flame intended to embarrass the flamer.
Snark doesn't work as the flamer has keyboard courage fortified with Pabst Blue Ribbon.
May 25, 2008 10:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
First blog I've seen in a while where I agree with every word.
May 25, 2008 5:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Gratuitous recommend to promote inanity of post.
May 25, 2008 5:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Explanation that previous comment was in response to LisB.
May 25, 2008 5:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Lament about lack of an edit function.
May 25, 2008 5:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Gratuitous reply to eliyah for mentioning my username in response to someone else's blog.
May 25, 2008 6:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Inter-post snark about comment made on another post, complete with running inside joke.
May 25, 2008 6:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOVE this one. Damn software.
May 25, 2008 8:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Meta-comment decrying the triviality and lack of substance of this post and lamenting the declining quality of posts in general.
May 25, 2008 6:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Tempered by the approving observation that everyone who's posted here so far has an avatar, linking to my own thread on avatars:
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/04/a-vote-for-avatars.php
May 25, 2008 6:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Tongue-in-cheek response to another poster whom I already adore and no longer need to kiss as of, wherein I praise wayitwas for being so brilliant as to notice we all have avitars, and snarky response to wayitwas for promoting their own previous (and highly recommended) post about avatars.
Followed by my apologies if my kissing ass has not been enough and you decide to flame me.
Followed by my realization (personally written, all about me and my family and all of my ex-boyfriends) that I don't need to kiss ass anymore, and I'm my own woman and that's why I'm voting for Obama in November.
May 25, 2008 6:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Followed by my apology for writing "ass" wrong, in the first sentence of my previous post.
May 25, 2008 6:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Expression of thanks and mutual admiration to LisB, who makes unique and much appreciated contributions to the sense of community on this and many other threads.
May 25, 2008 7:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's just laughable. Or it would be, if it wasn't so sad. The author throws out his preposterous idea out there without bothering to support it with one single piece of evidence. Or even plain old facts. This is not intelligent discourse, it's drive-by posting.
The editing is pretty sloppy, too. And honestly, sticking to one-syllable words does not reflect very well on the intelligence of the author. A five-year old could have written that. Come to think of it, perhaps a five-year old did write that.
It's just another symptom of the dreadful malaise afflicting TPM. Practically death throes. The quality of the posts here has truly hit the rock bottom. It's all the unwashed Internet riff-raff gatecrashing this once-great blog. Someone please put TPM out of its misery.
May 25, 2008 6:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Scathing reply suggesting you should take your condescending attitude to another blogsite that features ongoing food fights among entrenched foes.
May 25, 2008 10:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Response reminding previous comment to beware of covert snark.
May 25, 2008 10:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sheepish apology about being too obtuse to recognize inherent snarkiness of the poster I just flamed.
May 25, 2008 11:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's all Obama's fault. We'll take this all the way to the convention!
May 25, 2008 6:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Flame that the post contains no sources or links supporting its claims.
May 25, 2008 6:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Response to flame with link that doesn't work.
May 25, 2008 10:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nomination of this post for the Frank Mullen III Welcome Distraction Award.
May 25, 2008 7:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Asks if anyone has seen Frank Mullen III lately?
May 26, 2008 12:14 AM | Reply | Permalink
Second the nomination.
May 26, 2008 4:11 AM | Reply | Permalink
Nomination of this post for being an intelligent post.
D'oh!!
That's what the recommend button is for, isn't it?
May 25, 2008 7:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
An attempt to start a "wave" with idiotic's catchphrase
May 25, 2008 7:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
A ripple in the wave.
May 25, 2008 7:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Foam at the crest of the ripple of the wave.
May 25, 2008 7:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Inappropriate branching of wave into non-standard ending.
May 25, 2008 10:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Duplicate foam at the crest of the ripple of the wave.
May 25, 2008 7:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
A warm welcome to new poster nobody_you_know. Eager to see an avatar to match the name!
May 25, 2008 11:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Frustrated and cranky and profanity-laced comment about not being able to figure out how to load an avatar without getting some stupid error message.
May 25, 2008 11:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Apology for the above profanity, and complaint about having to work on a holiday weekend.
May 25, 2008 11:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sympathetic comment, with reference to wayitwas's post, http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/04/a-vote-for-avatars.php, with an exhortation to keep trying.
May 25, 2008 11:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Abashed acknowledgment of inept cut-and-paste skills.
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/04/a-vote-for-avatars.php
May 25, 2008 11:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Lame attempt at humor.
Snark.
Knocked over by ripple of wave.
May 25, 2008 7:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Feigned amusement containing juvenile attempt at flirtation.
May 25, 2008 11:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Flirt! Flirt! Flirt!
batting eyelashes, batting eyelashes.
May 26, 2008 12:27 AM | Reply | Permalink
Don't forget to also gently swish your tail in that delightfully feline way.
May 26, 2008 12:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Tail swishing, lazily.
May 26, 2008 2:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Quietly admiring the swishing action, wondering how cats manage to be such graceful creatures. With really sharp teeth and claws.
May 26, 2008 2:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Rif on wave comment to remember Hunter S. Thompson's lament on the passing of the 1960s and its "sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil." "There was no point in fighting -- on our side or theirs," he wrote. "We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark -- the place where the wave finally broke and rolled back."
May 25, 2008 8:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Waves 'hello' to wayitwas, in response.
Could quote another poet here, of course, but decides to keep that for another blog post instead.
May 25, 2008 8:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's comments like the ones in this thread that exemplify everything that's wrong with the other side's supporters.
May 25, 2008 8:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Piling on without any further content.
May 25, 2008 10:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Posting a complete non-sequitur including a link to nothing of relevance to the topic of this thread:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKMyuzuE27w
May 25, 2008 8:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Add music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXMr29d89ek&feature=related
May 25, 2008 8:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Attempt at insightful comment, falls flat.
May 25, 2008 8:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Insert obscure reference to counter-culture movie from 1975 involving killer rabbits and prancing Englishmen.
May 25, 2008 10:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks to subpost for some followup to attempt at insightful comment, even if nonsequitor.
May 25, 2008 11:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Deplore lack of moderation by Lamont. Some of these comments are clearly off-topic.
May 25, 2008 8:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
I resemble that remark!
May 25, 2008 8:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Copy and Paste from another post....
May 26, 2008 12:43 AM | Reply | Permalink
Blog post hijacking thread to unrelated anti-Billary topic by self-professed Billary-hating troll.
YOU CALL THIS EXCELLENT NEWS FOR HILLARY?
May 25, 2008 8:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
who has the "audacity" to come to the party naked and devoid of avatar. How crass... how uncool...
May 25, 2008 8:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Adds snarky comment that the Emperess has no clothes.
May 25, 2008 8:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Late-comer to the thread replies with one-line comment to anyone because missed all the initial fun is just trying to get into the thread.
May 26, 2008 12:11 AM | Reply | Permalink
Sleazy reference to a hot tub out back. * wink wink *
May 25, 2008 8:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hot tub? Beer? Wine? Refreshments?
Considers invitation and sneaks off to enjoy bubbly dip.
Promises not to mention "shrinkage" problem.
May 26, 2008 11:38 AM | Reply | Permalink
...my wife already knows. ;-)
May 26, 2008 12:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Further acknowledgment of blog post repliers.
May 25, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Excellent moderator of blog thread!
May 26, 2008 12:47 AM | Reply | Permalink
Blog moderator's extended hiatus from blog is noticeable. Blog commenters are now blog squatters.
May 26, 2008 1:07 AM | Reply | Permalink
Reply that commenter has nothing else to say about that.
May 25, 2008 10:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
I deny reading this.
May 25, 2008 10:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
I deny writing this.
May 25, 2008 11:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
I deny posting comments to it.
May 25, 2008 11:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
I denounce and repudiate any involvement with this.
May 25, 2008 11:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
I reject, denounce and renounce this meaningless, spittle-riddled thread.
May 26, 2008 12:32 AM | Reply | Permalink
This blog is a suborning corrupter and should be hauled into the center of town and tweaked with a fork.
May 26, 2008 12:59 AM | Reply | Permalink
Suggestion to repost this post daily until expiration date.
May 25, 2008 10:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Resolve to not allow this post to have an expiration date.
After all, this post had no post.
May 25, 2008 10:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
THIS
(Oops, sorry, Lis. That was supposed to be a reply to rabbitsmorgasbord, upthread. Damn software.)
May 25, 2008 11:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
New coined word "upthread" enjoyment of.
- Yoda
May 25, 2008 11:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's sort of like evil TPM reader commenter "Registered User" and his generic troll-like name. (I don't think you're a troll though).
May 25, 2008 11:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Insert shark jumping reference here.
May 25, 2008 11:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes. I think I'll make my exit here, and come back for the reunion.
May 25, 2008 11:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Mention of "shark" incites public panic. Reports of man-eating Great Whites come flooding in.
Department of Public Safety threatens to shut down blog until shark threat is lessened.
PETA and other animal rights group begins protests... threatens "blog-in."
May 26, 2008 11:48 AM | Reply | Permalink
Comment ridiculing surfers' abandonment of wave and scramble to board jet skis.
May 26, 2008 12:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Mention of "jet skis" inspires overheated conspiracy theory re: secretive VP selection process, uncannily well-timed endorsements.
May 26, 2008 1:27 PM | Reply |