Not The Nice Kind of Comment Love
Posted By Kristabella on June 9, 2009
I love comments. All bloggers do. Any blogger who says that they don’t are liars. I don’t blog for the comments, but I do love that people take the time to read and comment and usually commiserate with me or laugh with me, or at me. And I like the friendships that I’ve formed with all of you who come here and read my drivel. Because I feel like I know you and you choose to come visit this site because you like me or my cats or my pathetic whinings. And that is all fine and good with me.
I don’t really like strangers. I love new people who find my blog through other friends. I hope they stay around awhile. But no one like trolls.
Which is why I am not the biggest fan of StumbleUpon. I love when people Stumble my posts. In theory. I love that someone thought it was funny enough, or well written enough, that they wanted to share with EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET. It warms my cold, black heart.
But the problem with sharing it with everyone is that you don’t know who is going to stumble upon your post and what kind of asshats might read you blog and figure they have some not nice things to tell you.
I’ve been lucky. I know of plenty big bloggers out there who get stumbled and then get a ra shitstorm of comments from trolls who just love to make people feel like crap. Thankfully, I’m a Q-list blogger who no one knows and who hardly gets Stumbled. Which means, no douchey comments. Generally.
Someone (or someones, whoever you are, thank you!) Stumbled this post, where I re-enact the cats’ puking incident. It is one of my all time favorite posts ever and I laugh whenever I think about it.
But Jason, I don’t think Jason found it funny.
So does Jason think I’m single because I’m hilarious and take time to caption my cats photos? Or am I single because I take photos of my cats? Or am I single because my life is so pathetic, I have nothing else to talk or write about besides my cats? THEY ARE MY REASON TO LIVE!
Also, I’m not sure if having Bacon as a section of my website was pathetic, or it made me less pathetic in Jason’s eyes. And of course Jason left his email address as Jason@hotmail.com, which is probably fake unless he was the first Jason ever to have a hotmail email address. Which probably makes him more pathetic than a single girl who writes funny posts about her cats.
So, just for you Jason (and for Ali too, who loves people who talk about cats), I post this video, which I find oddly hilarious. This is Kitty Kitty cleaning her chin fur.
And now, Jason, I give you something to really make fun of me about. You’re welcome.
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God, I have so many videos like this. I CANNOT RESIST IT WHEN MY CATS ARE CLEANING THEMSELVES! It’s the cutest thing ever. Even better? WHEN THEY CLEAN EACH OTHER.
I’m not even going to read back over what I just wrote. That way I can remain immune to what a crazy cat lady I am.
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My recent favorite comment was when I had Scott guest post for me last week and got this in response:
“hey man,
Seems like you had an adventures trip in Azerbaijan and that you are danish. Don’t like Danish too much due to their racist approach to Turk and the racist government in place. Anyway just wanted to say that your article contain serious flaws. To begin with, there is no 2 dollar taxis to anywhere in the city. taxi prices are almost at the same level as in europe. Second you don’t identify the palace which dates to XV century. THese are not bullets FYI, these are just onrmal corression denting old stones which was put in there around 6 centuries away. I don’t blamce you as you most likely do not have such palaces. Around those times you most likely were living in slums and were not familiary with modern architecture.”
Which is funny not only for the countless spelling errors but because Scott is Amurrican and if he took a cab that cost him $2, doesn’t that make it true, ha?
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for you, my dear, I make cat exceptions. because you are snarky as hell and I like that! 😉
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That video will never stop making me laugh! Great start to a dismal, rainy, day!
I never heard of stumbleupon. Yet another way in which I am not cool. And if you are a Q list blogger, I must be a double Z.
I get the occasional comment from people telling me how much better they are than me because they don’t have kids. It’s so douchey. It doesn’t hurt my feelings though because it’s so dumb.
I admit that I did not watch your cat video, but I think it’s the perfect response to Jason. =)
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Oh Jason, Jason, Jason (that sent me back to Laguna Beach on MTV back a few years ago). He didn’t have to be all McJudgey. Somehow I see him as a the subject of that song by Brad Paisley’s song, So Much Cooler On-Line. Sad. Keep the stories coming Kristabella!!!
Psh. Who the hell is Jason anyway? And what’s not funny about cats? Or bacon? People who bother taking the time to read other people’s blogs only to then leave mean comments probably have terrible jobs that leave them feeling full of shame and negativity. Like putting puppies to sleep. Or delivering foreclosure notices to little old ladies who care for gaggles of foster children. (Now I’ve offended folks in both veterinary medicine and the banking and/or postal business. My apologies to the non-mean people in these lines of work. I didn’t mean you. Just the jerk-offs.) Anyway, my point being is that these miserable people usually have miserable lives and they spend their down time trying to wipe their misery off on someone else’s existence.
I guarandamntee you that Jason isn’t married. At least not happily. So there.
Ummm…fuck you Jason. That post made me laugh my ass off. I still laugh when I think about it. I showed it to my Mom and my fella and they both laughed their asses off. So there. XOXO.
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CAT ladies rule!!! I have been called a cat lady and I’m married with children. Jeeze, there is always at least one sad person out there who needs to get a life or a cat! Keep up the great work.
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People who troll other people’s blogs to make negative comments on them are the kid of people who only come out for their basement hovel to eat pizza and use the bathroom.
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I have a heckler on my blog. He’s been quiet of late, but I know he still reads on a daily basis. (Yay for statcounter!) His favorite heckling topic: posts about my dog. I guess single people who really love their pets are a popular troll target.
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Cats are the funniest creatures on earth.
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So I went back and re-read your cat-puking post (hilarious!) and then Jason’s comments and…well, it’s not like you can find me smack me to in the back of the head for saying this, but is it possible he was actually trying to be cutesy/nice? Seriously! The last line of that post was “And that’s why I’m still single.” (Or something like that–I didn’t copy and paste.) So he just echoed that, and then tried (in the lame way all men have about them) to salvage a compliment by saying “Then again, you do have a category for bacon…” because that was the first explanation that came to his head about why a person as awesome as you would NOT be single.
I know, I know, it’s possible I am over-analyzing his comment BUT I really do think the alterate reading is possible and I know how often the ol’hastily typed word can cause confusion of sentiment, so I thought I’d throw it out there. You are a nice and funny person and I thought if there was a way to let you reconsider the troll theory, I should offer it up. 🙂
(Also, aren’t guys *famous* for getting themselves into scrapes like this? Like the time a guy I was dating told me my beloved new lotion reminded him of the smell of a funeral home, which–upon further interrogation not possible with a fake email address–turned out he meant AS A COMPLIMENT?)
Even though I prefer dogs (cats make me sneeze) I think you’re hilarious and would never leave a mean comment. What is that about anyways?!?! Rock on with your bad self – keep the Kitty Stories coming! Post more kitty video! Yeah! Maybe I’m glad I only have about 3.5 readers myself (Hi mom!) – I would likely have a bad reaction to random mean comments from people that don’t even know me…especially when it comes to posts about my highly entertaining dog 🙂
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If it had meant giving up my cats (or my Pug – I’m doubly nerdy like that) or bacon, I would have happily remained single. What a douchetard, that phony Jason guy.
I love that you post the crappy commenters’ email addresses (real or not), by the way; if you want to be a troll, you get to take the heat – and more cat video!
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The bacon adds so much awesome to the already awesome package that I think my head just exploded. From the awesomeness.
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You’re awesome and you’re writing is awesome, so don’t let the jerks get you down.
I’m so self-conscious about commenting that I’m surprised there is a whole section of the world that thinks nothing of putting down their issue of Douche Nozzle Monthly and spewing their thoughts all over. Seriously, there’s a back and a front arrow on this thing. Don’t like something? Move along.
I bet Jason is one of the many cab drivers you have rejected.
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ah, trolls. with their wee little pea-brain troll comments. that’s why i have comments on my blog moderated now… trolls no longer get to see their writing published. sorry, trolls.
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Heeee! I used to have a really fluffy cat who would take about 20 minutes to clean his long chesty hairs. He’d lick waaaaaay up and then the piece would stick in he mouth and we’d laugh at how ridiculous he looked, and he’d look at us like, “I’m sorry, is there a problem?”
And in regards to your cat posts, I can never get enough. “Jason” is a mere hairball rolling by in this big kitty-filled world.
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jason totally doesn’t get it. he has it all wrong. being a lover of cats is cool. and i am living proof that you can have your cats and a nice, strong, macho man, too. i was totally destined to be THE cat lady. countless boyfriends had cat allergies, i insisted they would get use to it. and they did. and in the end…we will be growing old as THE cat couple lover of many cats.
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I have several things to say so I’m going with the numbered-points method of commenting:
1. I have no idea how I even found your blog. It’s lived on my Google Reader for a while & I only recently worked up the nerve to leave a comment (on the one where the cats were peeing on the day you moved, I believe). So that makes me a stranger, I guess, but I swear I’m not a troll! I’m just a dorky girl who still feels awkward leaving a comment on a new-to-me blog. Emphasis on dorky.
2. To bloggers who claim they don’t care about comments: if that’s true, turn them off. Don’t even make them an option. Yeah, I didn’t think so.
3. Trolls really do suck. I was listed on Blogger’s “Blog of Note” a couple of months ago. Let’s just say that I have since implemented comment moderation. Now at least I am the only one subjected to the trolls’ vile hatred. And I take immense pleasure in hitting that “Reject” button on their comments. Couldn’t be more aptly named!
4. Jason is clearly also single & obviously has some issues with this. Jason needs to get himself better adjusted, methinks. No one’s going to date him with an attitude like that. (And even though he may check back here & see this comment, leading him to my own blog, where he may attempt to spread some more of his angry bitterness, he will be thwarted by comment moderation, so ha!)
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Aaargh, I hate StumbleUpon! It sends you a huge wave of traffic, most of which jumps on one line of your post and tears you apart for it, without bothering to read the rest and find out what the context is. For instance, it’s StumbleUpon that gets me the occasional comment berating me for being a “redhead hater”. Um, yeah.
Also: cats are hilarious. I love the cat posts 🙂
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So, Jason is a douche. 😉
It’s lucky Kitty Kitty has long chin hair. I think my shorthairs are jealous. They nearly break their necks when they try to do that.
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Trolls make me stabby.
You, however, make me smile on a regular basis.
I hope Jason steps in dog (or cat) shit today.
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Jason sounds like an asshole (plus a horrible communicator).
We all blog about different things that mean a shitload to us. Don’t like it– don’t read it! I don’t have cats, but I think your kitties are funny.
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ha! love the video!
also? jason is clearly King Of The Asshats.
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I mean, Jason’s a dick. But he’s right, ya know? Sucks.
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I don’t even like cats and that was amazing.
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Oh look, Holly was poster number 1
(I read her too)
Jason is a douche, don’t worry about him
Also, he must be without balls.
Since he wouldn’t even man up to give you a real email address.
We love you and your cats
I agree with auntie… Jason is a tool.
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I think there are actually people who make a hobby out of going to random blogs and making mean comments. Nobody knows why. I mean, whats the point of LOOKING for something mean to say? But they always find something. Just ignore them… they’re totally outnumbered by people who LOVE reading about your crazy kitties!
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I read your blog all the time and enjoy it. I don’t understand people who actually take extra time out of their days just to say something mean. So strange. Anyway, thank you for continuing to blog despite the occasional mean comment. I appreciate it!
I am soooo out of the loop. I had no idea what Stumbleupon was, so I had to google it. All I have to say is…
Really?
I barely have time to read the blogs that are in my reader, or that I find through reading my favorite blogs (like yours, even though I don’t comment very often). There are really people out there with enough time on their hands that they go randomly looking for other people’s blogs AND THEN they leave nasty comment???
I mean REALLY????
Those people need a life.
At the very least, I need some of the freekin’ time they’re wasting.
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I think I’ve been relatively fortunate that my SU traffic has not yielded trollish douchebags. Probably because all of my posts that end up in SU are tech related, and you have to work really really hard to leave a douchey comment on a blog post that evaluates the different Twitter apps for the BlackBerry.
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I’ve never understood mean commenters. Don’t they have anything better to do?
I actually found your blog through Google Reader’s recommendations. It’s the only recommendation they ever got right for me, other than people I know IRL.
You need me to find Jason and sit on him for you?? Cuz I’d do it in a second. Man won’t have a chance. Even if I have lost 10 pounds!!! Love the cat video.
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I knew I shouldn’t have let jparks use my laptop when my reader was open.
I don’t really get why people choose to leave mean comments, really that whole adage “if you don’t have something nice to say don’t say anything at all” is a good one to abide by. Seriously besides the fact that this Jason guy is a douche and we all know this and I hope he is reading these comments his bacon comment didn’t even make sense. So not only is he a douche he is stupid.
I love reading and am so glad I found your blog because you make me laugh regularly and you make me laugh hard. no shit.
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