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Hello, My Pretties — Meet Your New COW Hostess

witchyThanks to some ill-advised attempts to obtain a pair of shoes, I’ve been summonsed here among you, to dole out compliments and wisecracks about the comments you post here, in such a self-aggrandizing way.

I have put on my court-mandated orange vest and will now begin my community service sentence, which requires me to read everything you’re posting for the past week. You’d best entertain me or I will look into my crystal ball and see who’s going to turn into a flying monkey in the near future! Continue reading →

Retroactive COW

After many pleas for new comments a few people suggested that I do a COW post with old comments that had been submitted, but were never featured due to my laziness. I will admit, I did get some good comments. Some were made in reference to current news events that might not be so current any more, but the joke’s are still funny. Without further ado, here are some of my favorite comments that I received as COW nominations. Continue reading →

The Ten Commandments of Internet Commenting

Like Moses coming down from Mount Sinai, I interrupt your Golden Calf internet orgy to present to you the Ten Commandments of Internet Commenting.  I bring them down from an angry internet God who has judged you and found you wanting.

Much like the other God, they are presented without comment or explanation.  Because, honestly, they should be self explanatory.  But you can spend the next 2000-3000 years discussing and misinterpreting and generally believing they don’t apply to you.

 

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Crasstalk COW: Keep Your Pants On

Generally, I get a real kick out of reading everyone’s dating stories in the various threads around Crasstalk.  Whether your just kicking around stories in the open threads or Betty’s giving advice about trolling Craigslist, I know I’m going to get a laugh.

Why? Well, at it’s core, dating is funny. We all have horror stories, and we can all look back and laugh at something ridiculous that’s happened to us on a date. At the end of the day, dating proves that there are people out there who are much weirder than us.

Before I get to the actual winner, though, let’s highlight a couple of outstanding nominations that landed in my box (ew, gross you guys) this week.

Over on Left Coast Lady’s music thread, a discussion centered around how far back we should reach for bands that coulda/shoulda/woulda been bigger. Arken made a pretty solid point, I think:

Sometimes, in the open threads, we get interesting discussions on politics, or rather, interesting discussions on other’s discussions of politics:

 

But, in reality, none of them are as fun as listening to you all discuss the pitfalls of dating.  And, this week, it seems nobody captured the frustrations of modern dating better than MonkeyBiz:

 

Ain’t that the truth.

#Crasstalk COW: In with the Zin

Well, folks, it’s Friday! That means, as promised, we’re going to give you a Comment Of the Week.

A few other things, first, though:

Now, comment recognition time. Of course, you’re a highly amusing bunch of people, but you knew that. Before giving out the high honor, I’d be remiss if I didn’t recognize pretty much the entirety of Wednesday’s Open Caption thread.

However, there was one comment that seemed to stand out above all those, if only because of the mental imagery it conjures up.  Also, because I tend to think that everyone involved has a pretty good sense of humor. So while there was some gentle mocking, I think we can all agree that this line from Momof3’s How to Drink Wine For Free article, from Cicada, gives you something to think about.

Out of context, that sounds mean. Fortunately, the person on the other end of it, Arken, has a sense of humor, which we can all appreciate.

Until next time, darlings. Remember, if you say something funny, or see something funny, email CrasstalkCOW at gmail, and pimp it!

Presenting the #Crasstalk Comment of the Week

Apparently there was a bit of consternation around here a couple weeks ago. Something about an undersized Italian, a guillotine, and what not?  That’s a shame. I guess he’s your bad witch around these parts. I suppose I’ll just have to keep my eye out.

However, that’s far from what I want to discuss in this little missive. Turns out, a smart, funny, interesting commenter base can prosper regardless of what part of the web they call home. Seeing as how you all qualify as such a group, I think it’s only appropriate to celebrate that.

So, it’s with great pleasure that I present to you a continuing feature: Crasstalk’s Comment Of the Week.

Every Friday, we’ll post the funniest, most interesting, or most informative comments of the previous week.  We’ll be running on a bit of a short week this week, but I’m sure a talented group like this will still have plenty of gems before the week is out.  Hint: This witch is particularly swayed by pithy one-liners, because they make great Someecards like this:

Oh, one thing:  I may be a witch, but I’m not all-seeing.   Much like we ask for a certain level of self-policing, we’d ask for any submissions for Comment of the Week to be sent to [email protected].  You can copy/paste, send screen shots, or forward replies from your email used to set up your ID account.   I plan on clearing the account out every week, and doing the same with the address list, and will not reveal anyone’s identity (in case anyone decides to use their personal email to send along a nomination).

At this point, I don’t have any prizes to hand out, so no ruby slippers for anyone.  Seriously, have you seen what precious stones go for these days?  You’d be better off dropping a house on a bitch if you want a pair that badly.

Have fun!

Simple Rules: Commenting

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These rules for commenting should help everyone have a fun, productive and enlightening time on Crasstalk. To make this clear, yes, we are oppressing you and trampling your freedoms just by having these rules.

  • Be respectful of other commenters and authors.
  • No personal attacks.
  • No promotion of illegal activities.
  • Good grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization are expected.  Yes, we all make mistakes, but that’s different than purposely ignoring the rules. Capslackers have been warned.
  • Don’t be needlessly argumentative. Going out of your way to argue with others for no reason creates a bad atmosphere and makes people not want to come back.
  • Arguments about the decisions of the moderators or admins about these rules will not be indulged.
  • Animated GIFS in the Open Thread posts go in the reply (ITR).
  • Images of bugs, snakes, etc. go in the reply (ITR).
  • No more than 2 images, or 1 image and 1 video, in top-level (OP) comments.
Any commenter who violates these guidelines will be moderated and/or receive at a minimum a 24 hour suspension from the site. We reserve the right to permanently ban anyone who, in the opinion of the site moderators and admins, doesn’t contribute positively to the overall experience of using Crasstalk.com. All decisions of the moderators and site admins are final.