From the Deadspin pool:
Might these guidelines be communicated to weekend or guest editors, who tend to approve accounts without regard to the long-term impact of a commenter named, say, “YankeesSuck6969” or “SuperMike?”

I’m looking at you, Young Manhattanites. Your policy of inclusion went against every principle the phrase “Young Manhattanites” suggests.

It’s true, we’re non-judgmental and very accepting of others.

A co-worker just handed pink roses to everyone in the office to brighten up this rainy day. I believe that’s called sincerity. Now I feel like Mahir. I kiss you!

A co-worker just handed pink roses to everyone in the office to brighten up this rainy day. I believe that’s called sincerity. Now I feel like Mahir. I kiss you!

Originally Posted By youngmanhattanite

pareene:

“This sterile moral posturing, which is not only useless but humiliating, has made America’s liberal class an object of public derision.”

Chris Hedges, Liberals Are Useless. (via YM) (via katiebakes)

“We may lose if we step outside the mainstream, but at least we will salvage our self-esteem and integrity.”

OH GOOD THOSE WILL BE VERY USEFUL.

Well, don’t lose sight of his bigger point. Here’s a better passage:

I save my anger for our bankrupt liberal intelligentsia of which, sadly, I guess I am a member. Liberals are the defeated, self-absorbed Mouse Man in Dostoevsky’s “Notes From Underground.” They embrace cynicism, a cloak for their cowardice and impotence. They, like Dostoevsky’s depraved character, have come to believe that the “conscious inertia” of the underground surpasses all other forms of existence. They too use inaction and empty moral posturing, not to affect change but to engage in an orgy of self-adulation and self-pity. They too refuse to act or engage with anyone not cowering in the underground. This choice does not satisfy the Mouse Man, as it does not satisfy our liberal class, but neither has the strength to change. The gravest danger we face as a nation is not from the far right, although it may well inherit power, but from a bankrupt liberal class that has lost the will to fight and the moral courage to stand up for what it espouses.

He’s talking about blogging, right?

Fuckoff.

Fuckoff.

Thanks, Jeffrey. The Christianization of Judaism is now complete.

Originally Posted By choire

choire:

I largely can’t tell when people on Tumblr are joking or angry or serious.

It’s just like talking to dad, right?

Who wants a book deal? They’re handing them out on 3rd Ave near 93rd St right now.

Who wants a book deal? They’re handing them out on 3rd Ave near 93rd St right now.

Originally Posted By televisionarie

Missed Opportunity

televisionarie:

Should have used the “Fucking Jews” tag.

Our cock-suckingly narcissistic and entitled side requires this to be reblogged.

Originally Posted By televisionarie

[¡¡¡Too insidery!!!]

skybarn:

televisionarie:

Jesus Christ, sometimes the insane circle jerkiness of Tumblr just makes me want to hack into someone’s account and scream “There’s more to life than this! Like Golden Girls reruns and Thai food and buying fucking Uggs when you swore you never would!”

And please, please stop talking about how obnoxious other people’s “entitlement” is if you have ever contributed to any of the following sites:

  • Any Gawker Media entity
  • Animal NY
  • Blackbook
  • Condé Nast
  • Time Inc.
  • Mediaite

There really are those of us out here who truly do not give two shits about your Tumblr-to-book deal or lack thereof, or how brilliant the Altarcations entry was this week or how that new media orgy of a party was and how omg you haven’t had a day off in forever because you secretly actually really enjoy what you do.

You do that, and maybe I won’t write another entry about how cock-suckingly narcissistic and (GASP) entitled that whole group has become.

To the rest of you (aka, all of my friends who don’t follow any of this and read this Tumblr because of my awesome gasp of the aforementioned Golden Girls reruns) I apologize

Good writing gets around, so this should be a book in a matter of days.

Now you can say it, Foster: SHOTS FIRED! More, please.

Book Idea for Brian Van: 10,000 Words Or It Didn't Happen

Originally Posted By ninety9

6h057:

ninety9:

Yeah, that fucking Kafka was so entitled.

Why don’t you blog about it?

Like this?

Originally Posted By evrt

brianvan:

Also: inviting the entire NYC tech scene crowd and AGAIN having too little space to let all the registered ticketholders into the event? But this time having it in Brooklyn on a Monday in December, so that it’s even more infuriating when they turn away 50 people at the door? That’s a huge boner. Hope you had fun at your pretty-pretty-princess birthday party! UNFOLLOW.

Crüe forever.

Originally Posted By foursquare

dpstyles:

~38% of people at the event checked in (based on posted 650 person max capacity)

foursquare:

We had 242 checkin at the Boxee beta party last night at Music Hall of Williamsburg last night!  (I snapped this pic just before my battery died)  World Record?

Seriously, from URDB:  (68 was the old record)

“Largest Group To Check In At The Same Venue On Foursquare At Once”

http://urdb.org/Content/RecordDetail.aspx?id=1193&attempt=2397

Oh, and 242 of us also scored the Boxee badge :)

(ps:  user pics = beta build = coming soon!)

What percent checked in but didn’t get in?

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