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January 14, 2005
Blog Myths and Facts
As the mainstream media give more attention to blogs and more Americans hear about them for the first time, there are many myths about blogging being spread (many by the MSM itself). As a service to the public (and IMAO exists solely to the benefit of the public), I will now list those myths and the real facts about blogging. BLOG MYTHS AND FACTS MYTH: A blog is the mixture of hair and unidentifiable gunk that clogs up a drain. MYTH: Bloggers are partisan hacks. MYTH: Bloggers are just a bunch of ill-informed polemicists writing in their pajamas. MYTH: Bloggers are a bunch of ankle-biters to the mainstream media. MYTH: Most bloggers are paid off by politicians to assert certain viewpoints. MYTH: Bloggers just criticize the media and have no new information to add. MYTH: Bloggers are no threat to the mainstream media. MYTH: People only blog for the money and the babes. MYTH: Bloggers like to drink smoothies made from putting puppies in blenders. MYTH: Many men blog to compensate for their small penises. MYTH: The Daily Kos is written by ten monkeys fighting over one keyboard. MYTH: The most popular blog is Instapundit. MYTH: Democratic Underground is a popular blog. MYTH: Blogging was predicted by Nostradamus as a precursor to the end of the world. 60 Responses To "Blog Myths and Facts"
I refuse to be bribed. I just let the nefarious Tom DeLay keep me in endless supply of seniors / minorities' voter registration cards. Then I turn on my document shredder, and if those registration cards just happen to get in the way of the very sharp blades... Well, its their own darn fault. #1 - Posted by: Chris Elam on January 14, 2005 08:32 AMAs a sub-blogger, I blog in a poopy-suit. (That's the actual name of the uniform we wear underway on a submarine, and I've decided that it's the best clothing article name ever.) #2 - Posted by: Bubblehead on January 14, 2005 08:39 AMBubblehead - Its a good thing you didn't name it a puppy-suit or the evil Instapundit might start fishing for his smoothie ingredients. #3 - Posted by: Plea Deal on January 14, 2005 09:03 AMAnd remember kids, BLOG spelled backwards is GOLB! I used to blog in a poopy suit, as well! Didn't know that they had a name for it in the Navy, though... #6 - Posted by: Some Guy on January 14, 2005 09:25 AM. . . oh and I comment liberally, for the simple reason that I like to see my alias in print! (I so have no life!) #7 - Posted by: Oddybobo on January 14, 2005 09:25 AMSimmons! Give Frank back his stapler you wanker! #8 - Posted by: Chris on January 14, 2005 09:29 AMHuh, I first learned of a poopy-suit from MST3K, when they got to watch Bob Dornan, the ex-rep from CA (as a young man though), in some very white acting, in a movie made from military stock footage... I believe the movie was called "Starfighters" #9 - Posted by: meep on January 14, 2005 09:31 AMScotch goes well with poptarts, too. #10 - Posted by: McWert Deglieb on January 14, 2005 09:34 AMOnly when that prick return my 3-hole punch! #11 - Posted by: Simmons on January 14, 2005 09:36 AMI'm with ya, Meep. Tom: Don't crap in your hand, Mike (joining in): Fill your pants over France, Crow: Flying high in the blue :oD #12 - Posted by: AWG on January 14, 2005 09:44 AMPersonally, I like to soak delicious and wholesome QUAKER OATMEAL BROWN SUGER CINNAMON BREAKFAST SQUARES (link) in my exceedingly smooth and refined WILD TURKEY RARE BREED (link). And I throughly disagree with you that some bloggers have sold out their credibility. Some of us never had any. #13 - Posted by: Confederate Yankee on January 14, 2005 09:54 AMMYTH: Markos Zuniga served in the U.S. military during the first Persian Gulf war. FACT: Markos Zuniga, a.k.a. "Kos", is actually a pseudonym for "Professor" Glenn Reynolds, a dangerous felon currently serving 25 years to life in the Tennessee State Penitentiary. C'mon, per'fessor, let someone else have a turn on the library's computer! #15 - Posted by: on January 14, 2005 10:31 AMCool Blog! I found this post from scanning Instapundit. I'm going to post a link to this post on FreeSpeech.com Thank you, Steven G. Erickson aka Vikingas #16 - Posted by: Steven G. Erickson on January 14, 2005 10:32 AMI admit that I was bribed NOT to post. I think that makes me unique. #17 - Posted by: Laurence Simon on January 14, 2005 10:53 AMPoopy-suit: that's what I wear when I'm so engrossed in my blogging that I don't get up to go to the bathroom... #18 - Posted by: Kal Jones on January 14, 2005 11:01 AMDaily Kos is written by monkeys and gorillas? Oh my! Is this like Crichton's book... Congo? Will they smash your skulls with stone paddles if you disagree with the monkeys? I'm scared. #19 - Posted by: Dubya on January 14, 2005 11:02 AMPeople can make money doing this? I blog because I'm really a crack whore. I write my posts between customers in the alley, stealing the Wi-Fi from a nearby municipal building. Gotta go. Here comes the mayor and he looks ready. Hi, Bloomie! #20 - Posted by: Chuck Simmins on January 14, 2005 11:03 AMIt would benefit me most directly if you'd send me a portion of your ad revenues. Or just traffic. Or one of your old pistols (with ammo). #21 - Posted by: Jeff H on January 14, 2005 11:04 AMMYTH: Most bloggers are paid off by politicians to assert certain viewpoints. I'm for sale. And I will assert your viewpoint for cheap. "bourbon and pop tarts" The average diet of a blogger is bourbon and Pop-Tarts. I thought it was Scotch and Ho-Ho's. #24 - Posted by: aelfheld on January 14, 2005 11:27 AMtwinkies and wine (for all you Grease fans out there) . . . a dessert wine of course #25 - Posted by: Oddybobo on January 14, 2005 11:29 AMtwinkies and wine (for all you Grease fans out there) . . . a dessert wine of course #26 - Posted by: Oddybobo on January 14, 2005 11:30 AMPersonally, when blogging I wear these http://www.webundies.com/ea37n432.htm Very witty, refreshing post. Thank you. #28 - Posted by: Jeff Faria on January 14, 2005 12:13 PMBubblehead, you still have your poopysuit? My wife threw mine out without telling me; said it smelled like a submarine. "Well, what's wrong with that!" #29 - Posted by: JFH on January 14, 2005 12:40 PMI prefer tequila to bourbon, for myself, and my penis is even bigger than Wonkette's. I'm also open to being bribed, but alas, I'm one of those blogs that only has enough readership to rate a handful of change and some string. I don't really blog in pajamas, although since I wear my sweats to bed, I guess I do blog in my sleepwear. #30 - Posted by: Anne Haight on January 14, 2005 12:45 PMMy poopysuits got stored in the garage, but I'm allowed to pull one out for blogging. The one thing the wife unit won't let me reuse from the boat is my old "patrol sock"... (For non-submariners: yes, a "patrol sock" is used for exactly what you think it is used for.) #31 - Posted by: Bubblehead on January 14, 2005 12:45 PMScotch and Ho-Hos? Better than Scottish Hos. Unless you really like lanolin... #33 - Posted by: Anthony on January 14, 2005 12:58 PMDid you realize that you got an Instalanch AND you made it on the front page of RWN?! Thats amazing! See, just more proof that Puppy Blender and Hawkins have crappy material and must steal from our infamous Frank J! #34 - Posted by: Veritas on January 14, 2005 01:00 PMI blog, therefore I am. And it's red wine and Cheetos for me. I have the most lovely orange keyboard, now. #35 - Posted by: Bane on January 14, 2005 01:20 PMI heard that if a blogger bites you, you become one! #36 - Posted by: Fatboy on January 14, 2005 02:08 PMUhmm, the plural of penis is penii. So says biologists 'in the know'. #37 - Posted by: Rob on January 14, 2005 02:16 PMSign me up for the 8% who get paid to blog...are the benefits good? "MYTH: Bloggers just criticize the media and have no new information to add." It's not like the media ever provides complete information to begin with...
I tried a poopy suit once. Found out you aren't actually supposed to poop in it. So, I just blog in skidmarked boxers now. Bourbon an pop tarts? Aren't those pop tarts bad for you? r. #39 - Posted by: Roger Snowden on January 14, 2005 02:40 PMonly if by pop tart you mean Ashlee Simpson, Britney Spears, etc. . . #40 - Posted by: Oddybobo on January 14, 2005 02:57 PMMYTH: Bloggers like to drink smoothies made from putting puppies in blenders. Screw the poptarts, just give me the booze! #41 - Posted by: Princess Kimberley on January 14, 2005 03:02 PMwhat about the babes? I have been blogging for like 3 months now and still there are no new babes in my house! #42 - Posted by: Gullyborg on January 14, 2005 03:12 PMYour views here! Only $9.95 at Silent Running! Where Wind Rider blogs with his boxers around his ankles. #43 - Posted by: Murray on January 14, 2005 04:28 PM"MYTH: People only blog for the money and the babes." I began blogging because the thrill of reading my name in the telephone book was gone.
Another Blog Myth busted: Blogging has be about something substantial to be read widely and linked to by Instapundit. #45 - Posted by: Ricky on January 14, 2005 06:34 PMI'm offended, on behalf of Koko the Signing Gorilla. She's much more intelligent than Kos is. In Janet Jackson's case, it could signal the end of the world. Firt, the fortold eclipse and then... heaven help us. #47 - Posted by: m a r t i n @ b l o g b a t on January 14, 2005 10:22 PMall I can say, is that when I want to see a Jackson boob, I'll turn on Court TV! #48 - Posted by: Smoke Eater on January 15, 2005 01:17 AMall I can say, is that when I want to see a Jackson boob, I'll turn on Court TV! #49 - Posted by: Smoke Eater on January 15, 2005 01:18 AMJack Daniels single barrel on my Eggos, thank you. But I am only a reader. If that thing about the babes and 8% is true, I should start one. I know how to print t-shirts---part way there? #50 - Posted by: mech on January 15, 2005 01:30 AMMYTH: Bloggers just criticize the media and have no new information to add. Two words: Jayson Blair Any others? #51 - Posted by: SeniorD on January 15, 2005 08:10 AMFACT: Bloggers' penises are very large. Just ask Wonkette. I didn't know who/what wonkette was till i visited the site. now i know. FACT: Bloggers' penises are very large. Just ask Wonkette. I didn't know who/what wonkette was till i visited the site. now i know. Scotch and Pop Tarts. Unblended Scotch, of course. I'm with Anne on the sweats... so I guess she and I are both pajamadeen. #54 - Posted by: Kathy K on January 15, 2005 06:54 PMSwiss Cake Rolls and Mountain Dew. Oh, don't get me started on Swiss Cake Rolls... (inside joke) #55 - Posted by: Army NCO Guy on January 15, 2005 07:19 PMexcellent post. the MSM is clearly reacting out of fear. they need to acknowledge the cold hard facts that their is a new medium for news. michelle malkin and the like are clearly ahead of the game. the old news agencies are going to be pushed out of the way. #56 - Posted by: mlah on January 16, 2005 11:42 AMtesting testing You are so funny FrankJ. How is your ass? #59 - Posted by: Bikermommy on January 17, 2005 01:07 PM Post a comment
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