Stupid Comments

It should come as no surprise that I spend a lot of time surfing the Internet and reading random Internet articles. That is what you do when you hate your job and spend the majority of your day procrastinating and trying not to make eye contact.

One the things I sometimes like to do if I have found an article to be either really interesting or really ridiculous is to read the comments. I like to see if other people agree with my assesment of the article or topic. The problem is that most of the comments are STUPID! I am not just saying that for shock value. They make me question both reading comprehension and sometime just people 's thought processess as whole.

For example, I read about candidate Akins' "legitimate rape" comment and one commenter who was offended wrote that "no means no" and that there is no such thing as "illegitimate rape". This was followed by comment that went like this, "...and being an illegal immigrant means just that ILLEGAL. You liberals are such hypocrites". What?!? what does immigration have to do with a candidate making an inappropriate comment about rape or abortion, or even with liberal politics?

Then I read an article on Eonline and it mentioned the Mrs. Obama was on The Tonight Show with Gabby Douglas and made a joking comment about Gabby not encouraging Jay (a notorious junk food eater) about eating a McDonalds and people wrote the usual things about her being to fat to talk about Jay (not true, but at least on topic) to Gabby needing braces and "lining her pockets" post Olympics to Michelle taking too many vacations. All this stemming froma comment about Egg McMuffins.

I read a lot of entertainment and fashion news and am constantly amazed by the way people turn an article about Lady Gaga's hair color into a discussion on race and the "oppression of white people". Which is comment that I will just never be able to get behind.

As much as they infuriate me, I admit that I will probably keep reading the comments at the end of articles. Not only do they keep me from working, but...

They make me feel smarter.