The Idiot’s Guide to Comments on the Internet

Loved this story in the Onion: Local Idiot to Post Comment On Internet. Some of the bits that had me choking on my camomile:

Mylenek, who rarely in his life has been capable of formulating an idea or opinion worth the amount of oxygen required to express it, went on to guarantee that the text of his comment would be misspelled to the point of incomprehension, that it would defy the laws of both logic and grammar, and that it would allege that several elements of the video are homosexual in nature.

“The result will be an astonishing combination of ignorance, offensiveness, and sheer idiocy,” Mylenek said.

According to the idiot, he will become incensed at the quality and sentiment of the comments already posted below the video—which will include such replies as “not great, nice try tho,” “FIRSTIES!!!” and “wtf?? lol so random.” At this point, Mylenek said, he will feel a deep, unwavering desire to offer a dissenting opinion, which he has hinted will include the words “gay” and “reatrd” [sic].

Go on, read the whole thing. You know you want to. In case you missed it, here’s the link again.

My thanks to Scott Beale of Laughing Squid, whose tweet alerted me to the story.

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