Comments on: The Best Part of my Day

By: keightlynn

keightlynn — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:19:27 +0000

abigail-
That is the BEST thing I have heard all day.

By: abigail

abigail — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:06:52 +0000

tss definitely stands for toxic shock syndrome.
you know, that thing you get when you leave a tampon in for too long?

it’s on the side of the box that i read when i pee.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:44:48 +0000

I was wrong. OJ did get convicted. There is a God.

By: Holly

Holly — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:11:32 +0000

@ purplemonkeypaws. Unfortunately, this isn’t kindergarten. We’re not going to sit around and hold hands. The internet is a brutal place filled with people who are going to jump on everything that one does. I’m certain Wendie knew that when she signed on. For every person who constructs an intelligent, well thought out response, there are 40 douchebags who should have their internet privileges revoked.

I’m also not crazy about the assertion that anyone who criticizes Wendie is JEALOUS that she got the job, or that they somehow had an eye on the position themselves. I assure you, I did not apply for the job, nor did I want it. I work in NYC at my DREAM JOB. I am exhausted all week long. The last thing I want is any level of real responsibility on the weekends. :o)

Bottom line… Sometimes criticism is just a way to draw attention to the problem so that it can be corrected. Nothing more, nothing less.

By: BettyCrockerPunkRocker

BettyCrockerPunkRocker — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:53:17 +0000

The situation with OJ is really one of the reasons this website is so much fun to read and comment on. Let me explain:

I don’t know if most of you are old enough to remember what OJ used to be in the public eye, but he used to be a football hero, an amusingly inadequate actor in movies, and the familiar face of the guy bolting through airports in commercials. He was a celebrity that people really liked and looked up to. . . . And then he murdered his wife and some other poor guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. Most people were shocked beyond belief.

The chasm between who the public thought he was, and who he REALLY was in private, is as huge as the volume of knowledge that Sarah Palin does not have. Plus, the backstory on how he used to get away with all kinds of spousal abuse because the star-struck cops used to turn a blind eye for their smooth-talking football hero, shows how our hero worship of celebrities clouds the fact that they are just people, and should been seen and treated, and in some cases punished, as such.

The story of public OJ v. REAL OJ is a lesson that anyone who is interested in snarking at self-important, immature, conceited and rude celebrities should note. Perhaps OJ would have turned into a monster even if he’d never been worshipped on the throne of celebrity, but his celebrity allowed otherwise intelligent people to make allowances for his behavior, for the murders even!

Now, I am not saying that every celebrity is a closet abusive, sociopathic potential murderer! (Perhaps Spencer Pratt, but I digress.) A lot of them merely get swelled heads and lose sight of normal and acceptable behavior. And that’s why telling the stories of how celebrities really behave, and of their hilariously inflated egos, helps carve away at the cult of celebrity.

I know, I know, that was a long way to go just to say, “Finally, that bastard is getting his!” Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.

By: YO MAMMA

YO MAMMA — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:22:39 +0000

Love the way the big black guard moves in behind him as they start to read the guilty verdicts. Like he’s going to try and do one of his famous runs. Maybe he had a white bronco waiting outside the courtroom.

By: purplemonkeypaws

purplemonkeypaws — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:36:36 +0000

@ emily
That’s a good point, and yes you should go after the cooka nd not the waitress, but a lot of people aren’t as smart as the average bear, and they would freak at the waitress.
@ Holly that’s also a good point as well, unfortunately, for Beet many of her readers are acting like a bunch of girls who didn’t make the cut for cheerleaders and are mad they ended up flag girls. If jealous had a smell, a lot of you would stink!

By: medimary

medimary — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:26:28 +0000

WOW!
What a way to start things off!
Welcome Wendie! Beet needs a break on the weekends and I am sure glad you are here. This can be a tough crowd sometimes but I’m sure Beet warned you of that! Ignore the idiots-they won’t go away.

By: Krz

Krz — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:19:20 +0000

I thought TSS was Elvis’ hermaphrodite alien love child, not a man.

I am so disappointed.

By: Coral

Coral — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:11:24 +0000

Welcome, Wendie. I think you’ve gotten off to a good start. You might just want to check your spelling ( you spelled pronunciation and irreverent incorrectly) and read your entries out loud before you post them to make sure they make sense. That way readers won’t lose their damn minds and have to rant and start fights.

As for O.J.: I agree that he should’ve been in prison these past thirteen years; better late than never, I guess.

Does anyone know how his kids with Nicole Brown are doing?

By: Niki

Niki — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:13:27 +0000

I think that Evil Beet assumes that we really like her style or we wouldn’t bother coming to her site. So…she probably chose Wendie because she was the person who could most effectively carry forward in Beet’s style and then we would hopefully not even notice that Beet was away enjoying her weekends with her baby Leo. Let’s give Wendie a chance to ease into place. Once we all get used to having Beet gone on the weekends, Wendie can start developing her own unique style. Just saying…

By: brit

brit — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:11:26 +0000

she reminds me a lot of how evilbeet used to be… you know… EVIL. beet has now turned into happy go lucky beet and i was more that ready for some fresh sarcasm around this place.