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Martini Glambassador's avatar

Will new weiner doggie stare forlornly waiting for Evan to finish posting so that they can go out and play? If yes, the spirit of Lula lives on.

Also, because Substack is totes not about posting pix in comments, I added a new chat thread for you to post yer kitties and doggies and fishies and whatnot. https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/3758e070-4d97-449f-afc4-c0659cd56083

ETA: also, remember, as per Evan's instructions, we are being nice today... just sayin', some of you are being more terrible than necessary.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Martini. I posted Nyla, the Bag Kitty.

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Leslie Bush's avatar

Thanks for this! The doggos and kitties are all so adorable and heart-melting I had to click the heart on every single one (even the duck)

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belfryo's avatar

It brings up another issue..Does Substack ever plan on making photo-posting possible? Also what's the holdup?

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Paulomatic's avatar

I'd say, "Not a chance in Hell, ever."

It would go against their business model which is to give you certain formatting/editing functions ONLY IF you become an author.

Welcome to Substack, the Amway for writers.

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belfryo's avatar

(:

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Martini Glambassador's avatar

I don't know, but I'm betting it's not a huge priority for them. Wonkette uses the platform a little differently than for what it was originally designed, that being a more writing-forward and less social-posting place. But maybe they will evolve? I haven't seen anything to that effect, though.

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belfryo's avatar

right on...that scans...The social-posting usage is the only 'relationship' I have to substack, so my perspective is skewed

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SterWonk's avatar

The annoying thing is that they *do* support in-line images -- and basic text formatting -- in the Notes interface. I wouldn't think it would be that difficult to add it to the article-comments interface.

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Paulomatic's avatar

And they support more advanced formatting and image handling if you leave notes to become a Substack author. It's like a pyramid scheme.

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SterWonk's avatar

Well, I can understand allowing *articles* to have more complex formatting than Notes or comments, which are expected to be short and simple by comparison.

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Pauly2coffees's avatar

I love all the kitties and doggies!

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Snarfyguy's avatar

Can we get some guidance on how terrible it's necessary to be?

I don't want to step over the line!

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Under Lewis Black levels.

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Martini Glambassador's avatar

I trust you to use your best judgement. Maybe that's an editorial on my own judgement right there.

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Notorious J.I.M.'s avatar

So, just a little terrible?

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Snarfyguy's avatar

I'm going to try to be like 10% less terrible than I think absolutely necessary, just to be safe.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Terrible lite.

Less facts!

More chilling!

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Suzie Greenburg's avatar

Cheers, Martini

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funnyhaha's avatar

Subscribers only. I haz sads.

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Martini Glambassador's avatar

Oh really? Let me see if I can fix that.

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Internet Personae's avatar

I’ve noticed that if I try to noncomment from the internet - it don’t work - so I use Substack - reluctantly - but 94.3 percent of my posts are from an iPad - so - what can you do -

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House of the Blue Lights's avatar

I was able to comment even though I don't subscribe through Substack? (I'm old school through Paypal)

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funnyhaha's avatar

Aw, thanks! I have 3 mini dachshunds I'd love to share!

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Martini Glambassador's avatar

Would you mind clearing your cache and trying again? I think I set it up for everyone, but maybe I still need to toggle something somewhere not immediately obvious.

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You Should Ice That Burn's avatar

I tried to comment on your white vested grey cat, I had one of that model cat that lived to be 19, she was hell on paws, I still miss that old mean cat.

No way for me to comment.

(I'm a paying reader but the old PayPal way FYI)

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Martini Glambassador's avatar

Sorry. I wish I understood what I could do differently to make it work for you. I am noticing not all posters have a "paid" Substack badge next to their nyms, (and I bet many of them are probably Paypal donators, just like you), so I don't think that's the cause of the block. I can't figure it out.

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Old Man Yells at Cloud's avatar

Just start randomly hitting buttons. What could go wrong?

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V4Virginia's avatar

Or, How I Accidentally Learned About Computers.

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funnyhaha's avatar

I am not sure what that means but I logged out and back in and still can't post.

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Rebecca Schoenkopf's avatar

but you just posted.

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Martini Glambassador's avatar

Eeek, I'm sorry. I'm out of ideas. You could subscribe (for free) to Wonkette for the short-term and post and then unsub if you didn't want to continue on. But you may want to continue on too!

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Leslie J's avatar

Is that her real face? 🎭

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Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Evan, I don't have dogs but much love to you and your fur babies.

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Lisa Ditalia's avatar

Can’t post pics here can someone tell me how to?

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Pixeloid's avatar

Is Loomer's face supposed to look like that? When she got plastic surgery, did they use actual plastic? The last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a hook in it.

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Always Be Ithacating's avatar

Lula's sweet, gray-flecked, face always reminded me of the many lab mixes I've known and loved. Just wanted to say that she picked me up out of some dark moods more times than I can count.

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Joe Max's avatar

That poor woman's face looks like a plastic mask. That is some Michael Jackson-level plastic surgery overload.

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alice jena's avatar

fellow animal lover: bless you! may i suggest you check out the breed pacific that is desired under: Wire-haired-Dachshund "rescue." Same foe the Bluey Woo Woo. just make sure it is near you to make adoption easier. Good Luck!

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dzymzlzy's avatar

I don’t know how to post pictures here 😒

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CJLB's avatar

Love the photo but who is that blowup doll next to you? Where's Loomer?

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Gingerwentworth's Theory's avatar

They have the lovliest faces. In France all those dogs are long-haired and they're everywhere. Called 'caniche' I think. They're always in restaurants, sitting up at the tables. (Or maybe caniche is poodle?)

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elledanselajavanaise's avatar

yes, caniche is poodle. these little dogs are known as "teckel".

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Gingerwentworth's Theory's avatar

Thank you. YOur name reminds me of -- isn't javanaise a nonsense language like pig latin? Because I heard a conversation between my husband and a French friend-- and it made my solemn husband laugh hilariously all one evening. I often wondered how our friend could make him laugh so much -- as he didn't speak even a bit of French. But I felt somehow they were laughing at DIRTY JOKES. In French! Which just proves something or other.

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elledanselajavanaise's avatar

"javanais" is pig latin, you're right. "javanaise" is a dance. my screen name is a reference to one of my favorite songs by serge gainsbourg, called La Javanaise, the lyrics of which are va-vou alliterations.

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Trux Mint In Box's avatar

Wait so Loomer has the finances to go to the Darien Gap to interview migrants but doesn’t pony up for a dog walker?

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