Already broken: the news of the day...so, uh, never mind?

(edited: original title was "Broken! Ted kenne....oh never mind...", which was intended as a comment, as I thought I pointed out below, about how we all rush to share the news of the day with our fellow DKos types....but as commenters have pointed out, it comes off as insensitive. I'm the son of a melanoma survivor, so believe me, mocking Kennedy was not my intent. Maybe if i'd put "Broken! Ted Kennedy has canc...oh, never mind" it would have worked better....but maybe not. In some people's minds, I am now the a-hole who made fun of Ted Kennedy's cancer. Furthest from the truth, but....so goes the internet. Took TK's name out of the title...)

In a snarky mood today in general, the last day of the 32nd year of my life....wait, how does that work again? Actually, it is the last day of my 33rd year of life....but it's besides the point, so never mind. But then again I don't really have a point, other than to point out the sense of community engendered by DKos wherein we hear a bit of news, whether it be cool or tragic, as in today's word of Senator Ted Kennedy's brain tumor (a PSA, just in case you missed the other, oh, probably 8 diaries by now that have mentioned it), and we want to share it, and the first thought is to check in on this site and post the news.

We're here because of our shared politics. But once we arrived, we became a part of something bigger (oh no! sappy alert!), a community where we can share our personal tales of growth, of loss, of change. I felt sad to read of Devilstower's loss this morning, and somehow honored that he shared that intensely personal story with us. The same thing happens on a semi-regular basis, whether a tale of the havoc wrought by depression, or a heartfelt paean to a dearly departed pet.

I don't know any of you, yet I'm enriched by your collective wit and wisdom. So, for that if nothing else, thanks. For making me care, and have to spend time every freakin' day on here to catch up to what you might have to say....not so much (oooh, nice comeback by snark, giving him the upper hand on sappy once again!)

Truth be told, I just needed to post another diary because the last one I did had to do with Rush Limbaugh, and I needed to get drug addled gasbag's name off the top of my personal page. I'm just sucking up to you because...well, because I care about you guys in the abstract, as well as in terms of the personal stories. After all, it's us, the relatively young, liberal and progressive brethren (and sisthren? Is that a word) that will hopefully be shaping this country and the world for a generation (and more!) to come, and I'm glad to have a chance to be a part of it....

Gratuitous pole below (from a place I've actually been! Qutub Minar near New Delhi, India)

And gratuitous poll, to boot.

•  darn, didn't put enough poll options in

  i still have to look at Rush's stupid name at the bottom of my user page...

  by pmukh on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:06:00 AM PDT

  •  tipped

    A little gratuity for your birthday.

    by cloudbustingkid on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:16:17 AM PDT

  •  OK, you've been asked by a lot of people

    top change the cruel title.  So far it hasn't changed.

    The content of your diary is fine.  As someone who also appreciates this place, I think it's a good sentiment.

    But until you change that title, I'm HRing you in protest, and I hope others will too.    When you change it, I'll happily remove it.

    by chumley on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:19:01 AM PDT

    •  Me too, HR'd for poor taste

      pmukh, you had your 10 minutes of fame.  And you've ignored the requests to change the title.

      by cph on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:20:15 AM PDT

      •  it was meant to be a comment on repeat diaries

        As I thought the opening paragraph on how we're all rushing to report the news to this community makes clear....but point taken....editing....

        by pmukh on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:22:08 AM PDT

        •  You made it even worse

          Please get rid of any reference to Ted Kennedy, Breaking, Broken.  Today is NOT the day for that.

          by donnamarie on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:35:10 AM PDT

        •  Not good enough.

          The whole concept is out of line, and you suck.

          by kestrel9000 on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:35:34 AM PDT

        •  Just take Kennedy out of the title, OK?

          I understand your attempt at snark a little better now, so I'm removing my HR...

          But jeez, just find something else to be jokey about today, OK?  

          It's not working, and no one is amused.  So for your OWN purposes of being funny, if nothing else, try another take.

          There's no reason to mulish about it, especially in a diary extolling the virtues of this community.  

          (And happy birthday)

          by chumley on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:43:04 AM PDT

          •  Thank you.

            Just saw your 2nd title change.

            I appreciate it.

            by chumley on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:51:17 AM PDT

  •  Pmukh

    Either you posted this diary and then walked away from your computer, or you are being somewhat rude. You should at least respond to the comments about your title.

    by islandinthesun on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:20:19 AM PDT

    •  working, geez

      not all things get done in internet time....thought I'd posted the comment immediately above before i started editing but i guess not....

      and if I just ignored all the comment, that wouldn't be just "somewhat" rude, that'd be outright asshattery

      by pmukh on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:24:36 AM PDT

      •  first time getting hr'd....weird

        I understand the one one the first one, but this one just baffles me....kestrel: the fact that I'm agreeing with iits that ignoring the comments would be rude is HR-worthy, why?

        by pmukh on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:31:32 AM PDT

        •  Because

          you have no business spinning this off into something else.
          You are one low-class individual.

          by kestrel9000 on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:36:19 AM PDT

          •  really?

            I don't understand this comment either, what am I spinning this off into?

            I thought I just admitted that yeah, I fucked up?

            You know that I'm a low class individual from one diary title that I didn't think enough about before hitting post? Even if the rest of the diary talks about how cool the site is?

            by pmukh on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:41:53 AM PDT

            •  Like

              something like that took any thought at all?
              Some things are outside the bounds of acceptable snark.
              This is one of them.
              And if I have to TELL you that......
              ...you may be beyond redemption.

              by kestrel9000 on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:46:23 AM PDT

              •  probably just attracting hrs if you got any left

                but...if I'd thought about it.....I wouldn't have put "broken" and "Ted Kennedy" side by side....the fact that I've had cancer in my family ought to have made me sensitive to the wording, but I didn't spend any time on the title....rather, I put in a few moments commenting on the sense of community that makes multiple people want to tell everybody about it...

                I understand that on these tubes, trying to explain how you came to err often leads to a bigger hole. Like Mark Green said to the guy Tweety was filleting on MSNBC last week, "When you're in a hole, stop digging."

                But for some reason, I feel compelled to try and explain to you...yeah I fucked up, I get it...

                To riff off another comment, one man's mulish is another guy's mea culpa.

                And as far as your personal viewpoint about me, based on this one badly worded title....tell you what, peek at my comments, previous diaries, and
                see if it persists....

                not that it's worth anything at the moment, but I know you and I have traded recs in the past, if not recently.

                by pmukh on Tue May 20, 2008 at 12:23:39 PM PDT

                •  fair enough n/t

                  by kestrel9000 on Tue May 20, 2008 at 03:36:39 PM PDT

        •  I think the point was that the diary was up for

          about 18 minutes before you made any response to the comments about the title.  In this world, that's forever.

          by cph on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:53:19 AM PDT

•  Good diary, I just wish you would change

  your title.  Even in a snarky mood, ted kennedy jokes aren't really appropriate right now.

  by smash artist on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:09:14 AM PDT

  •  time's up

    no longer a good diary

    by lisastar on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:40:55 AM PDT

•  Get rid of the inappropriate title

  Not funny. Not appropriate.  And I don't quite get the diary. But Happy Birthday anyway.

  by cph on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:09:58 AM PDT

•  Your title is not funny

  Not even a TINY bit funny. Many people, like myself, are pretty upset by this news. You should be more sensitive to that.

  by islandinthesun on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:10:17 AM PDT

•  change title please now eom

  by voila on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:13:44 AM PDT

•  Title needs to go ASAP.

  Snarky, witty, irreverent is fine.

  Your title's just cruel, given the news today.  

  by chumley on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:13:50 AM PDT

•  I didn't and won't read this diary

  I don't understand the title. But I'm angry about it. Revise or delete.

  by raatz on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:14:56 AM PDT

  •  I think the title is supposed to mean this.

    He is saying that he was about to type:

    Breaking: Ted Kennedy diagnosed with brain tumor.

    And then he saw that there were already 20 diaries reporting it, so he said ... oh never mind.

    It was an attempt at humor gone terribly wrong.  I hope he checks in soon and changes it.  The body of the diary is not bad at all.

    by Rian Fike on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:22:45 AM PDT

    •  thats what I thought

      by lisastar on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:25:45 AM PDT

•  Dick.

  by droogie6655321 on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:15:40 AM PDT

  •  sorry you feel that way

    yours was the depression tale I referred to

    by pmukh on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:54:49 AM PDT

•  I'm the king of snark

  and this title is out of bounds.

  If I'm calling you out of bounds, you better change that motherfucking title.

  by jre2k8 on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:21:18 AM PDT

  •  Get these snakes of your motherfucking

    site, Kos!  Indeed.

    by godislove on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:23:59 AM PDT

    •  OfF. See, I can be not funny, too.

      But not at Senator Kennedy's expense.

      by godislove on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:25:42 AM PDT

      •  i thought it was funny

        off base, as anyone peeking at my comment history might find, but hey, I appreciate a SoaP reference as much as the next guy....

        by pmukh on Tue May 20, 2008 at 12:24:57 PM PDT

•  WHAT THE FUCK

  Delete.
  NOW, asshole.

  by kestrel9000 on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:24:16 AM PDT

  •  Seriously.

    We mean it!  Fucking delete it!    
    At least he put up a troll jar.

    by godislove on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:27:05 AM PDT

    •  OK, title changed.

      Deep breaths.  Our good Senator being sick is definitely getting to all of us.

      by godislove on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:28:23 AM PDT

•  Happy birthday anyway.

  Unfortunately, you hit an exposed nerve.  

  by godislove on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:30:39 AM PDT

•  Please--PLEASE--take Kennedy OUT of the title n/t

  by cultural worker on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:34:48 AM PDT

•  Yeah...

  ...this diary just pissed me off.

  TIME AND PLACE, people.  Time and place.

  by cartwrightdale on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:35:37 AM PDT

•  I get the title

  I was a little disturbed at the rush of diaries to be first to tell us all that Ted Kennedy has an awful diagnosis. I attempted to ask somebody to take out the exclamation marks and capital letters, but most people thought I was being some stupid diary cop. I just thought it looked oddly insensitive and almost excited.

  Anyway, I hope you have a nice birthday tomorrow, and I get the feeling of community this place has. Its taught me a lot.

  p.s. love the pillar. If I remember correctly it was the most advanced metal working of its time.

  by Grass on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:40:23 AM PDT

•  Next time avoid using the Oxycontin King's

  name so you won't have to look at it. I try not to even use his initials.....
  The news today is sad. Ol' Oxycontin is everything Kennedy is not.

  by Temmoku on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:42:25 AM PDT

•  Heh

  You think this is bad?

  At least my parents have left on vacation. So I won't have to listen to my father say things like, "Oh, good, you mean that fat miserable fuck is finally gonna die?" and the like.

  by ChurchofBruce on Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:44:48 AM PDT