tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398139335366037888.post1912639992824490898..comments2023-10-24T06:32:19.404-07:00Comments on State of the Art: Read blog comments? Hell, no!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398139335366037888.post-56941676833045353102012-08-27T15:47:23.839-07:002012-08-27T15:47:23.839-07:00Blog and newspaper comments sections are the least...Blog and newspaper comments sections are the least enlightening form of communication ever invented. No one whose opinion is worth reading chooses to communicate through this medium. You'll never get back the five seconds you just spent reading this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398139335366037888.post-21987615385261827352012-08-27T14:35:45.260-07:002012-08-27T14:35:45.260-07:00Amazingly, you still call it a blog. What you hav...Amazingly, you still call it a blog. What you have is just another opinion article on the Observer's website. A blog is a dialog between the author and the readers. But a dialog would mean you would have to associate with the masses, so that will never happen.<br /><br />Good luck and get that resume updated, it won't be long now.Ghoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04099647823915879139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7398139335366037888.post-72990082220061782492012-08-27T14:22:58.569-07:002012-08-27T14:22:58.569-07:00Larry, I'd respond and say how much I respect ...Larry, I'd respond and say how much I respect you as a critic - you're one of the best I've read - but you'll probably never see it. Heh.<br /><br />Anyway, I can easily understand why you don't read the comments. The collective intelligence of the average Observer commenter is apparently lower than their average age. <br /><br />Today's geezers sure do spend a lot of their time being irrational and angry, it seems, if the comment sections are any indication. Webecomingming a very stupid and uncivil country. I blame cable news networks, one in particular.Archiguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13402271358568917397noreply@blogger.com