Comments on: Blogger Wrote Sensationalistic Post Title … And Was Burned at The Stake!

By: Zaskoda

Zaskoda — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:50:51 +0000

@Byrd Wut? I got my feelings hurt? Funny, I hadn’t noticed. I thought I’d be the first to know!

By: ted

ted — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:02:56 +0000

Alex, how do you “remain silent”, when you’re posting the blog entry? That’s a paradox. Or are there two of you…?

That’s like when someone says “I’m not talking to you”, and you reply “You just did!”

I didn’t actually get the whole “burned at the stake” feel from the original post. Did you receive a lot of e-mails that I’m not aware of? Cause I’ve seen more vitriol in other comments before.

By: PotatoCouch

PotatoCouch — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:21:14 +0000

Alex, awesome, I LOVE reading posts about internet drama. Keep it up, reading bloggers’ hissy fits really keeps me coming back to a site instead of entertaining links.

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:39:07 +0000

@ Gauldar

Argh!! *charlie brown style*

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:23:48 +0000

@Ali S.

I had just assumed you had a 10 foot Polish bodyguard.

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:36:39 +0000

@ Wes

D’oh! I meant pole POLE!

By: Jae

Jae — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:56:36 +0000

SenorMysterioso:

And now the people complaining about the people complaining about the…

*aneurysm

By: Shen

Shen — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:42:10 +0000

it doesn’t take much to start a ”controversial” issue
sigh… its true, people have nothing better to do. *right now i actually really don’t*
just let it go, its just a darn title, raah! lol

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:51:47 +0000

and the people complaining about the people complaining about the previous post also do not have anything better to do.

By: Jae

Jae — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:40:27 +0000

The author of this post and people complaining about the previous post really don’t have anything better to do. Perhaps they should evaluate their own sad lives instead of getting all bent out of shape over a story on a blog.

Seriously, life would be better without people like you modern day Puritans.

By: silversand

silversand — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:30:20 +0000

It was in 1939 when John Steinbeck wrote “The Grapes of Wrath” (awesome book by the way) in which he let one of the female characters in the end breastfeed an old man who is about to die from hunger in the Great Depression. Needless to say, that scene didn’t make it in the movie version of 1940, but I would have expected that American prudery and fear of anything biological, anything related to nakedness or sexuality evolved from there.
I’m surprised this issue gets so much attention. In Berlin in a train station you can see right now a gigantic picture of a woman breastfeeding her baby as an advertisement for an exhibition. Don’t see or her any people complaining about that, even though you can see her nipple (gasp!)

By: JamesM

JamesM — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:20:33 +0000

Outrage for the sake of outrage. Dear god, people… get a grip and learn to have a laugh.

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:51:48 +0000

Ali S.: I would never participate in a 10-foot poll.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:58:41 +0000

@Frau

Speaking of which, do you know they make bacon flavored toothpaste for cats?

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:31:46 +0000

Whoa. A brother goes out for a few days to enjoy the Sun and comes back to a civil war in blog form. I’m keeping away from this with a 10 foot poll!

By: jermH

jermH — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:59:42 +0000

To those of you who tell the naysayers to lighten up, consider this — we just expected better of Neatorama.

By: DaveL

DaveL — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:40:18 +0000

It’s like you people have never seen ink bait before. *rolls eyes*

By: Frau

Frau — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:50:39 +0000

“Can we please have some actual news that’s actually neat now?” – BlessedBlogger

Chicky – I have been tryin’. But people dont seem to like posts about “bacon flavored jelly beans” or great museums.

By: cameron

cameron — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:22:54 +0000

@Tempscire – I’m just amused.

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:59:54 +0000

Alex, have you ever considered that maybe you’re doing something wrong? If people are so disappointed, shouldn’t there be a change? Or should it just be ignored, the way its done? Yes, this isn’t the first such occasion, and it won’t be the last, but that is no justification.
-Same anon.

By: Byrd Brain

Byrd Brain — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:50:04 +0000

seefish3- I know, I know. I got you so good that all you had left was the old use “your spellcheck” line.

As far as you hating puppies- dude, don’t ask me to explain you people.

By: seefish3

seefish3 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:22:16 +0000

Oh, wait, I didn’t spellcheck, did I ?

Damn, that’s even funnier…

By: seefish3

seefish3 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:20:37 +0000

Hey Byrd !

1. I hate puppies.

2. Spellcheck! I did.

3. You’ve been a wonderful audience…Good night!

By: Geeksaresexy

Geeksaresexy — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:42:59 +0000

Wow, Relax people. Neatorama isn’t exactly a news blog, it’s an Entertainment site. I run a blog similar to this one, but more focused on technology, and I’ve done similar stuff in the past, and never regretted it. While there’s a lot of people who will complain, most readers will just read the post and see the humor behind it.

If you think that Neatorama is posting misleading headlines, try reading Gizmodo… or even better, head over to Reddit or Fark. Boy are you in for a SHOCK.

People who run big blogs like this one make a living with traffic. The more traffic, the more money comes in. No traffic = No Money = Can’t hire writers = No Awesome blogs.

Great job Alex. We all love you

By: Larfin Jackarse

Larfin Jackarse — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:42:47 +0000

Perhaps the father was tittie latte’d?

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:16:13 +0000

“I’m not very happy about that as even the implication of incestuous behavior turns my stomach.”

Incest involves sexual activity between relatives. Breast feeding, with the exception of fetishist, is not a sexual act.

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:05:41 +0000

Justin is revolting

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:50:33 +0000

Man! How did I miss this Rage-fest?!

COME NEATORAMA READERS, WE MUST STORM THE BASTILLE!

By: oezicomix

oezicomix — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:15:01 +0000

i think it is time for a lot of folks to take a minute and think about expectations towards blogs or publishers in general, and the publisher’s obligation to that expectation. i firmly believe that NObody merely consuming and enjoying the entertainment provided by a blog has ANY reason and right to complain about how things go. to quote alexdeLarge: “just don’t click that link”
i wish neatorama could be a bit less restricted some times, but i can understand alex’s reluctance to push the limit, seeing the responses he gets for totally harmless headlines already.

By: Tempscire

Tempscire — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:08:40 +0000

I amazed at how some people are taking this so seriously and amused by those who aren’t.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:59:42 +0000

@Frau

Thems fight’in words!

By: Frau

Frau — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:49:20 +0000

@ Gualdar – My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard. And they’re like…It’s better than yours,

Lulz – the intrawebz is a fun place. Full of fun characters.

Love the pic chosen for this one. I think it would have been better for the original article.

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:46:35 +0000

lighten up Blessed

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:39:16 +0000

The best conversations are about absolutly nothing!

EPIC THREAD!

http://www.nucleocide.net/open/Funny%20Pictures/cats/emperor%20catkind .jpg

By: Andrew W H

Andrew W H — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:19:46 +0000

hahaha. nice alex. no offense BlessedBlogger, but if Alex just rolled over and took it every time someone didn’t like his writing, I wouldn’t come here. I thought the headline was kinda funny, and this response is hilarious.

By: gotango

gotango — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:15:54 +0000

to quote the man, since it is his day after all, “much ado about nothing”.

By: VonSkippy

VonSkippy — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:02:43 +0000

I don’t get it.

The original New Idea article was titled: “I breastfeed my dad”.

How is the Neatorama’s title: “Daughter Helps Dad Fight Cancer … By Breastfeeding Him!” MORE titillating?

By: Byrd Brain

Byrd Brain — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:55:06 +0000

“As a lifetime fan of ALL forms of CONSENSUAL sex, I didn’t find this article’s headline or content the least bit offensive.”

Just because the puppy was still willing to lick your hand afterward doesn’t mean it was consentual.

By: ThEgg

ThEgg — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:53:16 +0000

Reader’s emotions were definitely not homogeneous.

I like Alex, and the post led me to read the article, which had a similar title.

By: LisaL

LisaL — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:13:33 +0000

Hilarious! Keep the funny titles coming I say!

By: Byrd Brain

Byrd Brain — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:38:14 +0000

Burned at the stake? Really? You were able to cite 2 or 3 people calling you out out of almost 50 comments. Sorry, Alex but you aren’t a martyr yet. Maybe you and the steampunk snowboard guy should get together over a glass of milk (your choice as to what type) and commiserate about having your feelings hurt on the internet.

By: Mike Stone

Mike Stone — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:57:29 +0000

A word of caution to the Neatorama crew: Click-baiting headlines like the one on this article, not to mention the amount of front-page space devoted to a post that basically says, “I yanked people’s chains, some of them called me on it, and now I think those people suck” do nothing to enhance this site’s reputation for aggregating links to neat stuff.

Ask yourself this: if this little drama were playing out on some other website (and I’m sure you can find a dozen examples if you really want to), would you link to it? Is this article Neat(tm) enough to be approved on its own merits, or is it getting special treatment because it’s an internal matter?

I come to this site because it has a good track record for aggregating links that I’d be willing to pass on to a friend. I don’t come for self-referential opinion posts and “ooh! ooh! click me!” headlines.

I find the whole line of discussion proper to this thread uninteresting in the extreme. My only reason for posting is to remind you that you have a good reputation for aggregating stuff I do find interesting, and to warn you about the dangers of making drek like this regular fare

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:37:03 +0000

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE! I DRINK IT UP!

*SLURP*

By: TeaFizz

TeaFizz — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:24:22 +0000

Hmmm… buttermilk from the tap?

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:15:48 +0000

@TeaFizz

I think it’s already gone sour.

By: TeaFizz

TeaFizz — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:11:59 +0000

Well, if nothing else, this story will remain fresh in our mammaries for a good while…

By: dalucero

dalucero — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:05:46 +0000

I don’t see how it’s really that misleading. If my son was fed breast milk from a bottle for the first few months of his life, I’d tell people he was breastfed.

By: LS

LS — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:04:33 +0000

So … readers criticize a post title as being low quality for Neatorama. Neatorama then proceeds to mock those readers. If I wanted that kind of quality and attitude, I’d go read Fark.

By: BuelahMan

BuelahMan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:01:33 +0000

Too many whiners without a sense of humor makes for a sad day.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:53:26 +0000

It’s Alex’s blog, he can post whatever the hell he wants. I guess he found it was neat that so many people got so involved because of a headline. I think it was an ammusing headline, and out of all the crap on the internet this is the last thing you need to be concerned about being misleading. This whole issue kinda reminded me of this headline.

http://roflcaek.com/funnynewsheadlines/funny%20news%20headlines/studen t%20excited%20dad%20got%20head%20job.jpg