Today we looked at millennials and their job woes and how the New York Times talks about them. It sparked some serious discussion! One commenter weighed in to say that, surprise surprise, the Times has it all wrong.
Today we looked at the worst sentence of the year and dared you to best (worst?) it. Many of you obliged and they were all terrifically bad, but one really took the cake.
On Wednesday we asked for your vacation horror stories, and you people delivered with some shitty vacations. Literally. Step on in for tales of woe that will shock and amaze you, and might make you stay at home this summer.
Today we warned you about the hordes of rabid raccoons roaming Central Park. This prompted two of you commenters to tell us your own harrowing raccoon tales.
It's been pretty hot out lately, so you'd probably like to try something cool, wouldn't you? Well, how about live-blogging Top Chef with us? That's cool! It's more interesting than sticking your head in a freezer, anyway.
As the July 4th weekend approaches and with the kids finally out of school, summer really does seem to be upon us. Which means vacation! Typically that's a good thing, but sometimes it can go horribly, horribly awry.
Today we looked at how prettyboy Massachusetts (sigh) senator Scott Brown totally doesn't want to pass finance reform. One commenter poetically elaborated on a sad and obvious fact: Brown isn't actually making any decisions himself.
Today we looked at the hotbed of hot Missed Connections that is the L train, inspiring love, lust, and confusion among you commenters. One commenter in particular had his heart captured by an enchanting strap-hanger.
Today we took a look at the Little Fockers trailer, the third part in the popular Meet the Parents laffapalooza series. You know there will be a fourth, and one commenter has a head start on figuring out a title.
Today our line-waiting anthropologist Brian Moylan compared iPhone fanatics with Twilight fanatics. One commenter, though, thinks it was maybe an apples and oranges comparison. Because nothing can ever be the same as teen desire.
Hey, folks! What's on your menu of activities for this evening? Hanging out in the kitchen? Deconstructing borscht? Well, join our commenter live blog and help us deconstruct Top Chef instead! It can't be beet!
Today we did some hand-wring about the problem of nepotism. But maybe nepotism is the wrong word? Really, we were talking about access to opportunity. One commenter laid the problem out for us nicely.
Today we looked at how, basically, school these days is dumb. One commenter thinks that his generation, the Boomers, learned how to do things better. Another commenter begged to differ.
We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into when we asked for your subway horror stories. Here are some of the grossest things we've ever heard, and the winner of our sick little contest.
Today we looked at how America's teens are being besieged by a society that hates them. This prompted two commenters two reminisce about a dangerous teen fad from years ago: those weird clacker ball things.
In your puerile Monday media column: Michael Wolff vs. Tony Judt, a newspaper's futile search for accountability in online comments, fake press releases get slightly more difficult, and Larry King is immortal.
Today we talked about the execution of a Utah man and how it got Tweeted by the state's attorney general. Naturally this prompted death penalty discussions. One commenter summed their philosophy up nicely.
Today we looked at Massachusetts senator Scott Brown's Fourth of July essay contest, for which he's charging $50 per entry. We're not sure what Brown's tastes are, but we think one commenter has it locked up.
Keith Olbermann has maintained a blog on Daily Kos for a while, where he usually just dumps "Special Comment" transcripts for his fans. But one random commenter was mean to him yesterday so he is leaving the site! Incredible.