- ‘I DON’T KNOW A SINGLE PERSON THAT READS WONKETTE SINCE KEN LAYNE TOOK OVER’: Yeah, the whole thing has gone downhill since they stopped running the Metro Section. [Washingtonian]
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well, I find it flattering that this person does not know me and hates Wonkette because he sounds like a moran. Wonkette has gotten better post-Ken-coup, and remains better than most of the drek out there. So there. (this is not a kiss up) (not purely a kiss up)
The new template and lack of personal archives still suck, though. I think more ads are in order.
He’s right, I’m not a single person. I’ve been married for five years.
No, but does he mean the first time or the second time? I’m wondering when I was supposed to quit reading. Besides, he threw Comics Curmudgeon some love, so that kind of cancels things out, right?
She says Ken banned her or something. What was her screenname? We must know!
I just come here for the pictures.
I don’t know a single person that reads washingtonian since…..ever!
Huh. I don’t know anyone who reads about this prick-stick either…
Interesting.
WONKETTE ES NOT BROKED
[re=32233]norbizness[/re]: You’re right, I was kind of hoping Wonkette would move over and become a LiveJournal community after the move. I even created an LJ account over there, xxgodlessxliberalxx
[re=32240]The Neoskeptic[/re]: rich Republicans do. And people who go to Smith Point. Oh wait, that’s redundant.
It’s true. I only come here and make random comments without reading anything.
Geez, somebody woke up on the wrong side of the Astroglide this morning.
I DO miss Megan.
Ken Layne definitely is clogging up the interwebs, though. Have you seen his AOL commenters? It’s like shaking a beehive, a retarded hick beehive.
“1. The superiority complex. I think the hatred started when I was working at Whole Foods in Tenleytown. I was working as a seafood clerk—same job that I had working on Cape Cod for three summers. Everyone there was a sweetheart. But here, man, no one would talk to me. Some people wouldn’t make eye contact with me. On Cape Cod, I was the fish guy. In DC, I was the help.”
Oh right, I forgot, people who have summer homes in Cape Cod don’t have this superiority complex problem.
[re=32255]Botswana Meat Commission FC[/re]: Do inbreds not also deserve a voice?
What a loss for the blogging world this will be. The Internet has only so much annoying, pointless bitching, and we can’t afford to lose any of it!
Nobody ever comes here any more. It’s too crowded
I’d write something about why I hate WhyIHateDC, but I never read it. But hell, he thinks moving to Columbus Ohio is “making out like a bandit,” so he’s got other problems.
[re=32270]SayItWithWookies[/re]: Yeah. I guarantee you, the slim slack girl has never been to Columbus, but she goes to DC all the time…
washingtonian magazine, now there is a good investment.
I know someone who reads Wonkette but he refuses to tell me his commenter name! I don’t, however, know anyone who reads Washingtonian or has ever mentioned it in passing.
I’m new here (post-Ken Layne takeover) and totally love it, but Megan Carpentier is great and I wish she was still here.
Truculent @ 3:09 pm, July 9th, 2008:
Nice line–by Yogi Berra that is.
Holed up evreebuddy. Giv teh gay a brake. Dont b sole harde on hymn, hees jsut voysing hizz onpino.
Outside of those of you I have “met” in other internetz placez, I know five people who frequent Wonkette and two who comment, here in SF. EAT THAT you bitter elitist blog-hack.
[re=32280]ronaldpagan[/re]: she was good, but I think they were right in that she doesn’t quite fit.
I really DO miss the metro sextion
Poor Rusty wishes he could cry over teh hobos
I want to commend Sarah on her courage in pointing out what a bad editor her boss is. This blog really does suck, and it’s about time they admitted it.
[re=32270]SayItWithWookies[/re]: Yeah, that dudes weird. He comments on Malkin’s blog all the time. It is pretty hysterical reading the threads because he does a good job of annihilating their retarded arguments. Still though- he’s a big douche. He posted here for a while before the big bad ban hammer came crashing down on his little world.
[re=32255]Botswana Meat Commission FC[/re]: retarded hick bee hive is going to be my screen name for washingtonian.
[re=32239]tunamelt[/re]: I just come here to discuss Truck Nutz.
Moar aZZfcuking, plzkthx. Noe moar slimshickchack
The only person to fuck up a website more was Rusty himself. Have fun in Middle America!
I never knew Rusty was Tony the Tiger!
[re=32304]KevoTron[/re]: It figures — hell, he even responded to a negative comment about him in the comments to that article. Good lord, Rusty, let it go.
I’m pretty sure that willingly moving to Columbus, Ohio disqualifies you from having a legitimate opinion on cities.
“I used to love Wonkette. Frankly, they’re the reason I even got the audience that I had. They gave me a ton of attention when I started writing about Late Night Shots and they would often link to me. That stuff keeps the hits high and it was always much appreciated. But, man, has that site fallen off or what?”
Translation: “Boo hoo. They stopped linking to me. So I hate them. I hate them so much!”
If no one reads Wonkette anymore, who are all of these spectres, ghosts, phantoms and apparitions who apparently mysteriously post comments at the site?
Why would anyone care what a guy who gets dragged by his clit to Columbus, Ohio, has to say??
his mom cried when she saw a homeless person?!? disturbing. Get that lady some Zoloft.
Also, I think it would be super neat to have a wonkette convention sometime.
Also, he was a horrible fish boy.
ohio’s such a hotbed of tolerance and progressive thinking; he’ll be ever so much happier there.
Okay, okay, okay. So DC sucks- we can all agree. I live in Seattle (which does not suck) but great leaping jeebus Colombus, OHIO!!! For fucksake man that town sounds awful. At least DC is exciting (in some ways). The only advantage to Ohio is the surplus of Trucks with NUTZ.
anyone here ever been to the Laughing Lizard Lounge in Old Town Alexandria?
I stopped reading this stoopid moranic blog years ago…
[re=32329]thefrontpage[/re]: We are all trollz. Not real. Nothing more.
“attention-whoring and falsehoods” I think that should be Wonkette’s motto.
Yeah, well he has a point after the crushing success of Sploid.
/still slightly bitter about Megan Carpentier
I moved out of DC ten years ago or so, miss it, and wish I could get a decent job there so I could move back. Therefore, this douche is a loser, Ken rox – as one of the Washingtonian comments has it, and people must read Wonkette. Q.E.D. Or maybe he’s just referring to the view counter on the posts that never seem to count the actual number of views.
Well, obvy someone at the L.A. fucking Times reads Wonkette. You don’t see the L.A. Times website quoting the Washingtonian, do you? Hmmm?
“Oh right, I forgot, people who have summer homes in Cape Cod don’t have this superiority complex problem”
I’m from Cape Cod, asshat. Like, I was there in the winter.
He comments on Malkin’s blog all the time. It is pretty hysterical reading the threads because he does a good job of annihilating their retarded arguments. Still though- he’s a big douche.
Yeah, that is low hanging fruit. Every one needs a hobby. And, yeah, I’m kind of a douche.
Boo hoo. They stopped linking to me. So I hate them. I hate them so much!
I stopped reading Wonkette long before the linking stopped.
He posted here for a while before the big bad ban hammer came crashing down on his little world.
The only time I was actually banned, Alex invited me back a few hours later. Being banned is different than “stopped reading.”
Anyways, Wonkette isn’t my least favorite blog. It’s just a DC-centric blog that I don’t like anymore. The “attention whoring and falsehoods” thing was about a blog I didn’t want to name since that dude likes the attention too much.
Anyways, I know it’s bad practice to leave comments about posts that are about you, but I like the back and forth. Even if you hate me, thank you for the sliver of attention.
“Being mugged outside of my house. That’s basically the worst thing that can happen to a person.”
Um, I can think of a few things that are worse than that. But I live in the most hated cityand I’ve been mugged, probably by someone who was homeless. And I didn’t even cry. Have fun in Columbus, douchebag!
Ken who?
It’s been all downhill since Ana left.
Wait, are they saying I don’t count? This must be what those bitter Hillary voters feel like.
[re=32387]Rusty[/re]: Hates a strong word bud. And I’m a big douche too so it’s all fair. Now that I have your attention please keep bringing the funk to On-My-Soapbox, 30 pieces of Silver, Gabe and all the other jackasses over in the dark alley of the internet. I only wish Malkin would open up her registration so I could play too.
There. Fixed.
[re=32413]queeraselvis v 2.0[/re]: Shit and fothermucker. [re=32387]Rusty[/re]: [/i] There. Now it’s fixed.
[re=32387]Rusty[/re]: Sensitive child aren’t you? Why so defensive? Not only is it bad taste to respond to a post ABOUT you, but to be such a pansy about it? Pwease.
[re=32387]Rusty[/re]: At least Columbus is outside the political arena though. Maybe it will dumb you down a little bit.
[re=32387]Rusty[/re]: Oh and I still don’t know a single person who reads your bullshit. Hack.
http://www.whyihatecolumbusohio.com, opening soon!
I, for one, NEVER read Wonkette.
I just keep hoping the Snorg Girl will reappear.
This is total Bullshit. I didn’t start copying and pasting Wonkette articles to my blog and assuming responsibility until Ken took over.
What an asshat. Please tell Washingtonian to collectively go fuck themselves.
Who gives a fuck about D.C.?
Megan was great, but she’s got a good crowd at Jezebel and now we’ve got CP out of the deal.
BRING BACK JOHN CLARKE JR!!!
(on second thought…don’t)
Wonkette: One million unique hits per month. Some funny shit.
WIHDC: “Frankly, they’re the reason I even got the audience that I had.” Translation: Now that Wonkette’s stopped linking to my hokum, I get twelve unqie hits per month.
Biting the hand that fed you on your way to O-hi-o? Class-y. Bitter much, fuckwad? Can’t wait to read WhyIHateColumbus. Prediction: four unique hits per month.
Responding to critical comments @ Washingtonian and here only demonstrates thin skin and contributes “nothing but attention-whoring and falsehoods,” which you claim to despise. Got a mirror handy?
And, by the by, calling yourself “Rusty” stops being cute at about twelve. Give “Mildred” a try.
[re=32529]PeteJayhawk v2.0[/re]: ftw
a swedish friend of mine had to go to columbus o-hi-o for a couple months. people were regularly asking him if he speaks ‘european’, how did he learn to speak american, and does he plan on emigrating (!! like who would want to move to the Ohios from Stockholm!)
Megan sucked and so did the weekly crossposts with Jezebel. It’s true. wonkette has only gotten better since it got out of the gawker gossip bullshit empire, and Jim and Sara are both awesome. It’s all true.
I do actually miss the Metro Section.
he died like he lived life: ugly and not funnily. RIP some douchebag.
I read Wonkette every day and it might be my favorite website. That being said, I never understood why Megan Carpentier was fired, and I think it is really annoying that Ken keeps linking to his AOL stories– that kind of thing should stay on a personal blog.
[re=32784]SedatedGodzilla[/re]:As someone watching US politics from afar, I love what this site does. I don’t go far back enough to care about previous writers, but I love the current writing. I can’t tell you how much I enjoy this.
As for the AOL pieces, I enjoyed the most recent one a lot, and I enjoyed commenting on Dave’s points. You don’t have to share Ken Layne’s views to the nth, as I see it.
[re=33597]wheelie[/re]: And he doesn’t expect you to, you forgot to say. It’s a website, not a friggin cult. That’s the essential diff between the likes of Wonkette and the likes of Little Green Footballs.
(Technical difficulties. Jokes to resume shortly.)
This is actually the only blog I read that isn’t by a personal friend. And I live in Tulsa, OK – where billions of TruckNutz roam free.
But hey – at least it’s not Columbus.
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