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His reaction was pretty much exactly the same as mine in real life. I love the onion!
Our babies, ourselves claims that shortly after birth, mothers will instinctively tell whatever man (baby’s real father, boyfriend, janitor, whoever) is in the room that the kid looks like them. In spite of who the kid actually looks like (a raisin). Everyone will instinctively agree.
That was a great article. I larfed. The Onion’s main site has been hitting a good stride lately, after a slump that lasted a good 2-3 years. The A.V. Club, however, is becoming near-intolerable due to the unrestrained comments section. A recent interview with Ileana Douglas has 300-plus comments! Ileana Douglas! I mean, she’s great and all, but come on. The most minimal blog missive garners at least 100 comments, which pretty much defeats the purpose and renders any discussion meaningless. I’m not really sure what a “solution” would be, per se, but at this point I don’t even bother reading past the posted content.
@3: you’re missing out, I enjoy the comment section there very much. It’s massive and somewhat daunting, but often funny and interesting.
Love it! Thanks for posting, Jen.
Oh, I know there’s funny stuff that comes up in the comments, it’s just that a lot of it strays from whatever the topic at hand is/was. I mean, there’s no possible way to have 357 unique things to say about Ileana Douglas, right? It also seems like many of the commentators are playing My First Internet or something, i.e. lots of “First!” and variations therein. That shit was played out in 1996 or so. Obviously it’s a matter of preference, but I’m wondering where the line is between allowing unfettered comments and simply opening an A.V. Club forum instead.
@6: there is that, but the way comments are laid out encourages conversations to spin off in different directions. They’re probably not all about Ileana Douglas, but started from there. (A news post about Limp Bizkit reuniting may lead to a discussion about the myth of punk authenticity. Or dick jokes. Or both.) I think it’s a nicely-done although not perfect example of what commenting can be.
Here’s a good Onion article for new mothers (and it includes the phrase “happiest day of my life”):
Childbirth to be area woman’s least pain…
The comment section at the AV Club is 100x better than SLOG lately. Nothing sincere, but witty as hell.
Here’s the thing about being a Dad: you don’t fall in love with your kid on day 1. You start when they start to smile. And it just gets better and better. But no, on day 1, all the women in my life were saying “isn’t it amazing how much you love this person from day 1?!?” and I was like “ummmmm… yeah.”
I do agree the new comment format is much more navigable than before. But I still prefer Slog; while popular and wide-reaching, it’s easier to jump into a conversation without feeling like you’ll be buried. Imagine the reaction if the AV Club blogged about foie gras or pit bulls… :^)