Yeah, I think the "rewarding arbitrarily" will always be an issue, because it's always been up to the discretion of the writer/editor who is reading those comments. What I like and appreciate is going to be vastly different than what Kate, Mark, Jia or Colin likes. I like people who choose really unique user names or… Read more

No, I think that commenter and Sarah just copy/pasted boring Conservative talking points that are basically all over right-wing sites right now. Read more

I actually think this is a very fair point/criticism. I agree with you—I feel like sometimes there's too many of the same kind voices featured on every post. I think a revolving feature comment would be great vs the idea of a consistently featured commenter. Read more

I think "begging for a star" is significantly different though than asking a genuine question about how the grey system works on Kinja. We definitely don't want to discourage people from asking "hi how the hell does this all work" and "how do I get out of the greys" definitely falls under that category. That's… Read more

OH MY GOD. WANT. WANT ALL THE JEWELRY. WANT THE PANTS. THE BAG. ALL OF IT. Read more

Good because I pay for them dearly. Tonight I will get an email like this: Read more

OK and that's a great point of view to have! But I'm not sure it applies here? I genuinely love Tara Reid. I know it's hard sometimes to separate snark, smarassery, shittalking and shade from genuine love but trust me, Tara Reid is my goddamn life hero. I am wearing Sharknado perfume as we speak. Thanks! Read more

I focused on appreciating the historical/traditional aspects of my family's religion and silently rolling my eyes and thinking fuck you at all the bullshit doctrine I didn't agree with. I detached by turning myself into a amateur student of religious history when dealing with their bullshit and honestly it worked… Read more

As long as Tara Reid comes along and please brings Tom. Read more

I'm always afraid to Google a follow-up to this story where I will find out that the snake eventually ate the hamster buddy. :( I don't want to know if that ever happened. I just want to live in the surreal Disney movie I created in my mind where they are best friends forever. Read more

You know me, Queen, Snark is my motherfucking religion. Read more

Well I don't know that this qualifies as "news" more like "here's a fun time waster/distraction." I don't know; I liked his take on this. Read more

Not if it means working a 14 hour day like today, lol. But I'm always around. Post a Hiddleston gif or a Burt Reynolds reference and I'll come running. Read more

I agree; I would have done this as a stand alone if I had time to plan for it. I actually I didn't know I would get going like I did when I started the DB this morning. Read more

IT'S OK I HAVE CAT VIDEOS AND WINE FOR YOU!!!! Read more

Side-eyeing you SO HARD right now for the insinuation that women can only be appreciated/immortalized when they are young.

My mother is OBSESSED with the Blessing of the Animals. She would bring all of our cats, fish, birds, pet lizards—everything. I visited her one year in Florida with my dog (who is now in doggie heaven) and I swear y'all she was more concerned about getting the dog to church than she was about me. Like "WHATEVER BECKY… Read more

That makes me think of this, aka my favorite story of all time:

That was it! Yeah my mom used to take that rat everywhere with her. It's funny she HATED it when I first got it but when I was at college she fell in love with her. My mom would take her to the post office and all around town on her errands. There is picture of her in our local paper at church with the rat during the… Read more

Pfft, for Tara it is the year 20,015. She lives in the future. As a mermaid. Read more