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Aargh! My eyes, my eyes...!

As if mesmerized by a train wreck in progress, he could not look away from the horrifying sight that lay before him.

Thanks for offering your opinion. What are you doing to make the thread better, more interesting/informative/entertaining?

Oh, that's right. Nothing.

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Oh, maybe not this thread, but I can sure think of one very specific way to help prevent lame comments in all future threads. You might wanna duck...

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As you can see, the quoting serves to indicate to which specific part of a comment the reply is directed. More importantly than that, as many people (Hi, Curves!) prefer to view the comments in "Classic" view (i.e., where the comments are not concatenated with each original poster's comment but instead displayed in independent chronological order), quoting acts to let someone quickly see the relevant part of the conversation without having to click all over a thread.

"Was there an indication that I don't enjoy life?

Only in every grumpy word you expressed. Look, sometimes Giz articles may be stupid. But this isn't television. Life isn't television. Don't sit back like a passive viewer pissing and moaning about the programming. Jump in, get involved. In this case, that means, yeah, you may need to work a tiny bit, challenging yourself, to not only find but to actually create the humor or entertainment in a post. In fact, some of the best threads come from talented commenters finding those off-the-wall viewpoints in otherwise lackluster products/storylines. Just look at the commenting of any of these Giz favorites:

92BuickLeSabre

OMG! Ponies!

Kaiser-Machead

Curves

Lite

Monty

Purple Dave

Geisrud

nutbastard

Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®

Shamoononon

GitEmSteveDave

N@tedog

BeautifulAgony

qbrad

strider_mt2k

frigg

I mean, that list of commenters* is pure gold. Print it. Paste it next to your computer. Study how these folks work the comments. They are our own little Second City TV comedy troupe, and are quite good at it. You may be a thoughtful person, schmere, otherwise I would not have bothered to keep this verbal tennis match going.

So, you ready? Here comes the volley! Now, with the ball in your court, what will you do with it?

See you in another thread.

*list created by LindsayJoy, herself a well-regarded star commenter (and, oh yeah, she had me on her list as well, but modesty and all that...)

* sighs *

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Then again, does the computer you're using right now have a Turbo button? No. And that is why it is inferior to every 286 ever made.

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