How to Have a Serious, Thoughtful Discussion on the Internet
Nevermind. Maintain low expectations so that when your hopes fall, they don't have far down to go. Cartoonist Jim Benton reminds us of the dangers of reading comment threads.
Except for Neatorama comment threads, of course. Neatorama commenters are brilliant, thoughtful, polite, good-looking and smell nice.*
Artist's Website -via Daily of the Day
*Except for that one commenter who always smells like an old gym mat. You know who I'm talking about.
Oh, and who can talk about Internet comments without touching upon the high level of discourse that occurs every day on YouTube's comment section? Pure intellectual stimulation there.