March 10, 2007
From the desk of Jane Galt:It's just such an honour to be nominated . . .
I've made Atrios's wanker of the day. I'd like to thank my parents, my agent, the director, and all the little people . . . my friend Kate, Mickey Mouse . . . . oh, I should have prepared something, but I never thought I'd win. Thank you all. You hate me. You really hate me.
Posted by Jane Galt at March 10, 2007 12:26 PM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound linksHonored to write complete bullshit about things you know nothing about. I'm sure your parents are proud.
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/columnists/warren_p_strobel/16646194.htm
The best bit is that as part of your WotD duties, you get to make mac and cheese for the estimated 2 million Iraqi refugees. Which should take about . . . hmm . . .
Only a wanker of the first water would even have a feature like "Wanker of the Day," so I guess Atrios knows of which he speaks.
Congrats! You've made it!
Nothing says you're on the right about an issue like a comment from Dsquared saying you're wrong and a negative posting from Asquared.
Congrats Jane!
Did not read all the comments @Atrios (who could?), but I was incredibly amused to see that they think you are a wanker because they didn't understand a sentence you wrote at about a 5th grade comprehension level. Or, am I missing an incredibly subtle sense of humor?
Reading the comments on Atrios and Deltoid is like reading an unfunny FARK thread.
BTW~ You are more fun than chewing on bricks.
That comment thread on Deltoid has some of the lowest reading comprehension I've ever witnessed. Of course the post itself sets the bar very low, having totally missed your point. The fact that Atrios pegs you was WotD based on the Deltoid post doesn't reflect very well on him, either.
Do any of these people ever bother to read before they react?
Congratulations! It's an impressive feat. Given the wide swath of competitive material Mr. A has to pick from just from his own website, you must be really outstanding to be drawn in from the wings like this. A true Michael Moore arriving in Hollywood, as it were.
As I understand the literal meaning of that word, I don't believe it can accurately be applied to a female. Perhaps they mean Diddler of the Day, or perhaps they are just ignorant.
Being dissed by Atrios is the equivalent of having a petulent 4 year old stick his tongue out at you and shouting "you're full of boogies".
Atrios is doubtless very important to Atrios. I doubt that any other sapient being cares much about what he writes. ^_~
Atrios is the Permanent Eternal Wanker Of Every Day For All of Eternity Even Past The Singularity.
Posted by triticale:
As I understand the literal meaning of that word, I don't believe it can accurately be applied to a female. Perhaps they mean Diddler of the Day, or perhaps they are just ignorant.
This was my thought as well, and I was searching for some delicate way to put it but I see that Triticale has bulldozed this in :-)
Not to worry, we love you anyway, Megan, and you won't be going blind either.
As I understand the literal meaning of that word, I don't believe it can accurately be applied to a female.
And what about gay? That used to mean something very nice.
Well, it's an honor to be mentioned in an acceptance speech, I'll say that. I'll also say that being called a Wanker by Atrios is kind of like being called a Faggot by Ann Coulter. It no longer has any kind of bite and is only used to pump up the street-cred of the person being name called and make the user doing the name calling look foolish.
As someone who reads Atrios I think you should be honored to just be mentioned. And, similarly, I am honored to be mentioned in the acceptance speech.
Yancey, since the equipment is different, the technique is different. I believe that the honored title refers to a specific technique.
Yes. I believe the difference comes down to push vs pull economics.
Actually, the term is used in a coed fashion in the UK, whence it comes. While it may be used more in a male context, that's more social commentary than actual statistical fact. Women, some women, at least some British women, do 'wank'.
And this is why I like Jane's Blog. An economic and etymological discussion of the word Wanker.
Should we offer Jane multiple congratulations?
In a thousand years, there won't be any men or women. There'll just be wankers.
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