(H/T to ProBlogger for this idea.)
One should never comment in a diary. The implications of commenting in a diary are truly serious and frightening. Perhaps you comment all the time and you are asking yourself, "Why shouldn't I comment in diaries? I do it all the time and nothing bad has ever happened to me." That's what you think. You're talking to yourself, aren't you?
So join me below the swirl-a-palooza if you dare to learn the awful truth about diary commenting. However, if you want to skip to the Good Stuff™, I'll be resentful but helpless—unless you comment (see below). But, first, a word from our sponsor:
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Commenting at Daily Kos is a hazardous business at best. While it is true that with the touch of a Google search, one can find dozens of posts explaining why one should comment on blogs, I am here to tell you they are all wrong. There are many, many reasons not to comment on a blog, especially at DK. I don't have time to list them all, but I thought I'd hit the high points.
First, commenting in a diary is very presumptuous of you. How dare you comment in a diary on economics unless you have an MBA from Harvard! What, do you think you're smarter than a fifth grader George W. Bush? Also too, do you think you are qualified to remark on the pitiful state of the current traditional media? Unless you have a degree in communications with an emphasis in journalism like Sarah Palin, you might say something foolish. And if you don't have a degree from Princeton like Donald Rumsfeld, you might not know your known unknowns from your unknown knowns in a diary about national defense. Best to keep your mouth shut. After all, you're just an ordinary citizen.
Second, someone might disagree with you. Sure, you think FDR is the greatest president but another blogger thinks it's Lincoln. Next thing you know...PIE FIGHT! Not only that, but yours might turn out to be the (gasp) minority opinion. True disaster. You have not received your needed emotional reinforcement. The effects can be devastating. It's always best to stick with the majority. Look how well it worked in the run-up to the Iraq War!
Third, you might make a typo. After all, comments at DK are permanent, and you are likely to be ridiculed unmercifully by those bloggers who have never made a typo. While there are not many of us who are perfect, we do have a loud vioce.
Fourth, you might say something funny, even if you didn't intend to. After all, Kossacks can take even the most benign topic, like gag gifts for Christmas, and someone will turn it into a disgustingly funny thread. The next thing you know, people are laughing all over the place. You don't want that! How humiliating!
Fifth, even the community diaries aren't safe. They're always asking personal questions and wanting to get together with you in real life. You might reveal too much of your identity and make a bunch of new friends, who will no doubt talk and Tweet about you. No, it's best to protect your privacy at all costs. At least that's what all your friends on Facebook say. Besides, what if you say something profound or funny and someone sends it in to Top Comments? Next thing you know, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people are reading what you said. Then your voice might be heard everywhere, and you certainly wouldn't want that to happen!
Well, I could go on and on about the drawbacks of commenting in dairies. I know, I know. I have made over 20,000 comments here, but I am making a New Year's resolution: No more commenting in diaries. I urge you to join me. But in the spirit of openness, I must confess that in 62 years I have never kept a New Year's resolution yet. However, this time is different! I know I can make it ... till at least ... um ... 9am EST on January 1 before it becomes problematic. My willpower is like steel. Molten steel, it's true, but STEEL!
Well, I'm sure all you Top Commenteers have some good reasons why people should not comment in dairies. Just leave them in the ... um ... comments ... until January 1, that is. After this diary, I am sure there will be no more Top Comments after New Year's because there will be no more comments!
Image Credits:
George W. Bush courtesy politicalhumor.about.com
Pie in the face courtesy multicultclassics.blogspot.com
Facebook cartoon courtesy shoeboxblog.com
Moltensteel dragon courtesy gatherer.wizards.com
Here's the Good Stuff™:
TOP PHOTOS
December 27, 2013
Enjoy jotter's wonderful PictureQuilt™ below. Just click on the picture and it will magically take you to the comment that features that photo. Have fun, Kossacks!
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