Ain't It Bloated

Half off all shafts!

@Cordfucious v 2.0.1: Hey! What is this ""Smeagol diet plan" of which you speak? Is it any better than my diet plan? I've been losing weight since early May at the rate of about 10 pounds/month, but this Smeagol plan has me intrigued. As a vegetarian, would I be required to eat Hobbits?

bosskev

Classic...rockin' the Styx lovin' Friday Night Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master look. Where's the 2 liter of Coke and the big bag of Doritos?

anti-hello-kitty

That would be Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool fame...

RESPECT.

RiceBandit

Looks like someone needs the Smeagol diet plan ASAP.

Cordfucious v 2.0.1

@marc_wtih_a_c:
I also think that you are watching too much blue ray when your eyeglasses bend to 170 degrees

marc_wtih_a_c

i do believe I can see a snickers bar in that beard from here.

marc_wtih_a_c

That guy used to look badass in the dwarf costume from the movie... now it's just look nerdy.

VakeroRokero

I think Harry ate a few hobbits

Large

Is that pic of a real person? Its very disturbing.

rdldr1

Now that guy could use a GoateeSaver!

GeekyNerdGuy

is that a young Bilbo Baggins in the picture?

jcrockerman

ban him!

hu_hu_cool

I still like [bluray.com.] Easier to figure out the audio codecs (and languages) of EVERY audio track on the disc.

scarbrtj

@mitchel_stevens:
kidding, kidding. just wanted to post this message in the past. now then--

future self: don't take the express home.

mitchel_stevens

FIRST.

mitchel_stevens

@bosskev: Congrats on your loss! In the spirit of requested peer pressure, I'd encourage you to continue exercising, eating healthy, and throwing up after every meal.

I'd also advise against Hobbits. Most Westerners are hobbit-intolerant, and unless you eat the Hobbit with rice, it's not a complete protein anyway.

frigg

@RiceBandit:

more like disrespect.

That asshole is a pretentious bastard.

Just go read his Blade II review, or how excited he was in his cameo for Monkeybone, or maybe even how he ruined that deathball film, when the director redid the whole movie to make Knowles happy. And even after that, he went on to trash the damn thing.

Parapraxis

@bosskev: majority fish (sashimi style)mild-moderate insanity and wandering all over earth in search of some ominous gold jewelry.

Seems like it worked wonders for him.

BTW. I am doing [hundredpushups.com] as well as [www.healthbolt.net] this. I will take before and after pics.

Cordfucious v 2.0.1

God, Harry Knowles is such a fat fucker.

Captain_Collide

@Captain_Collide: You do know that Harry had a lap band a few months ago, and I've seen him a couple of months ago, and he's lost a couple of hundred pounds too. So STFU.

ヨシダさん 25

Of f**k. Wrong thread. I only used this place to preview my comment and then stupidly hit submit.

Move along, nothing hear to see.

bosskev

So, here's the deal:

(1) Having only just come to this thread, there's WAY too much for me to wade through in a timely fashion. So, even though I routinely poke fun at people who DON'T read threads and then still comment anyway, that's exactly what I am about to do (with apologies if anything I say is uninformed/stupid/redundant due to my calling TLDR).

(2) The edict to "stay on topic, don't go off topic" is so ill-defined and limiting as to not only be nearly useless but, worse, to be potentially damaging to Gizmodo. What few early comments I skimmed in this thread from longtime, well-regarded and/or starred commenters seemed to suggest similarly. WTF do we mean by "staying on topic"? And is that REALLY the goal? Only making dry, factual comments regarding product specifications? I don't think so.

The comments from someone like a 92BuickLeSabre are, in my estimation, frequently off topic--at least in a strict definition--yet his comments are clearly among the most incredibly witty and entertaining on Gizmodo. Indeed, it is those very kinds of hilarious posts that make Gizmodo the blast that it is to visit.

Other fabulous commenters, say for example Curves, will combine (on topic) product discussion with clever or insightful (off topic) personal commentary. Yet, again, she remains among the most entertaining of Gizmodo commenters. Are we really saying we are not to include personal (off topic) anecdotes?

The list of highly entertaining commenters who routinely stray off topic is long and is the reason I visit Gizmodo. From my perspective, what makes a great comment isn't necessarily one that "stays on topic" at all but is one that uses the topic/thread as a natural and organic springboard to present thoughts that combine elements of wit, intelligence or insight.

(3) Bottom line: I'm not going to sweat it. I am not going to live in fear of "is my comment on topic" or not. I'm going to be me. I'm going to write what I think is appropriate to any given story and pay zero attention to the questionable and ill-defined edict to "stay on topic". At the same time I will continue to strive to keep my comments free from hateful, bigoted, distasteful, prurient, gratuitous, moronic, grotesque, and/or dullard ideas--those, to me, are the guidelines that define what should be banworthy. If it turns out that "being me" means I am no longer welcome, that's fine, I shall indeed take the hint and discontinue commenting.

bosskev

Of course, that was supposed to be

"...nothing here to sea."

Or something like that.

bosskev