Oh yeah, the Low User ID Noob can't POSSIBLY know ANYTHING about DKOS. I mean, Look at his LOW USER ID...what a noob.
(Not that user ID # has anything to do with how long one has been reading DKOS or following politics or politically active...NO if you have a Low User ID you MUST have JUST learned how to spell DEMOCRATIC PARTY) Yeah, well in my short time as a "User ID" it seems the number of Diary cliches have ROCKETED off the charts.
Follow me after the fold to get a rotten taste of what's been passing as "diaries" around this site lately...
- Diary Gets Rec Listed With Clever Title - IE. "Obama, I got Your Back, Man" or some derivation thereof...
CLICHE - Clever trousers everywhere flood diaries with copy-cat twist diaries "Obama, I DON'T have your back, Man" "Obama, I am at Yer Front, Screaming At You, Man" "Obama, I got your back to community service in the 2012 Presidential Elections, Man"
ENOUGH.
- The ALMIGHTY "Open Letter To"
CLICHE - "Open Letter Back" and the inevitable Copy Cat Twist Diaries (see #1)
ENOUGH
- The famous "Some Right-Wing Site said something totally Right Wing and We Should Be TOTALLY GOING TO THAT SITE AND READING HOW RIGHT WING THEY ARE"
CLICHE - Add the "Sarah Palin said this" diaries. Guess what...Right Wingers are going to say stupid Right Wing Shit. Do we need a diary to send folks to their site and give them the hits and the advertising money? We know they say it, and we know it makes our blood boil. What's new to write about? And if you HAVE TO, what NEW SPIN can you put on it? If you can't, do we NEED another diary about how stupid Sarah Palin is?
ENOUGH
- Who can forget: "You are an Obamabot" "No I Ain't" series
CLICHE - These devolve into "You didn't Listen To His Campaign" vs. "I did, but I didn;t think he would do what he said, I thought he would do what I wanted to do and Still Get My Ponycorn(a Unicorn Pony)" Arguments.
We are a diverse crowd. ALWAYS half will be with you and HALF will be against you. You BETTER write a tip fucking top diary with sound and reasonable AND STRONG arguments if you want to sway any of us.
ENOUGH
Everyday, a new "game" is being played with the Diaries. Everyday a new THEME FOR THE DAY is bandied about like so much water cooler gossip nonsense.
All I ask for this Christmas is to HOLD OFF ON THAT DIARY...show a little self control for a few days. THINK before you publish.
We need smart, consistent diaries right now more than ever. We need our best and brightest writers to step up and be that light that guides us from above in these murky, quirky, herky jurky jive talkin' turkey times folks.
And YES - I realize the IRONY of posting a diary like this when I just said THAT...but it had to get out there.
It had to, babies.