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Unrelated but self-amusing: Meet The Mentors who despite appearances are not racist or homophobic though if they commented on blogs we're sure they'd still be pretty offensive

The open casting call for commenters generated such a flurry of responses that we were paralyzed by the amount of work it would take to go through them all. So we've decided to be democratic about it after all. Everyone can get access using the login info below.

login: IWannaBeCommentated
password: gawker

Consider it a trial run and feel free to leave your name at the end of your comments. Or not. Just don't go messing with the user profile or we'll be forced to delete it immediately and then you'll have ruined the fun for everyone. This info will only remain active through the weekend. Go nuts.

UPDATE: Sorry, we just ripped the seat of our Bad Idea Jeans. Experiment over: Comments Man wins, egalitarianism loses. This is only painful since we now have to admit Denton was right with the "invitation-only" idea all along.