Did you read this story about the twins born by c-section at midnight of New Year’s Eve in Illinois?
Doctors pulled out the girl in 2010 and then the boy in 2011. All planned out.
What are people thinking? Or maybe, what are the doctors thinking? Get your patient’s kid in as Baby 1? Or is this what they do for grins these days given the increasing numbers of monotonous c-sections?
Whatever. Smirk, Doc, if you want. The parents totally missed having a tax deduction in 2010 on that boy.
Then, I had to go read the article’s comments. It’s become a train wreck thing for me now, reading news stories’ comments. I don’t want to, but I can’t seem to stop myself.
Like a calorie-free 1 lb. bag of peanut M&Ms.
Including the feeling sick afterwards.
Don’t page down, don’t click to read comments, don’t you do it, Wendy, nooooooooo.
ARGH! I did it.
Know what they riffed off on in comments? You’d never guess.
rowdy (ID name) picked up on the fact that the parents had different last names and wrote that it was sad another unmarried couple is on the front page for New Year’s.
And then it went from there.
Judge, judge, judge-y, judge their worthless judge-y self.
Even a staff member chimed in that you kids should play nice or go home (more or less).
Why do I do it? Why keep reading those things? Should news stories allow comments? Do you read those things?
Or gasp are you commenting in them?
Never never never read comments on news stories (just a bunch of wack-o mudslinging) or YouTube (talk about foul language!)
I do, however, read the comments on blog posts. They are often more enjoyable than the actual post (except your posts, of course). I’ve “met” some really great folk through their comments.
Brooke´s last [type] ..Were so easily amused
I don’t comment on news stories but sometimes I read them, except the ones on births. I find them frustrating – like odd names for children (ok, there’s odd and then there’s Apple) or custody stuff. I figure there isn’t enough chocolate in the world to even out my mood afterwards. It’s not my children, I didn’t live their lives so I really can’t say much.
I don’t even comment negatively on the blogs I read, who am I to tell someone what to think?
Calorie free M&M’s tho – THAT’S a good idea!! I’m thinking someone should get on that idea.
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Mishelle´s last [type] ..Don’t You Just Hate It!!!!! Unless It’s Covered In Chocolate Sauce
Oh yeah…such a bad idea to read comments on news articles. It just makes you weep for mankind…
Haven’t people ever heard that old adage “if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything” (or something like that…)? For Pete of Sake, Thumper said it in Bambi!!
Oh, I try to avoid at all costs. I accidentally read the comments on an article about a recent firefighter Line of Duty Death in Chicago. I was so spitting mad after that… and I know better!
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@brooke, so true about the nutjobs!
@mishelle, everytime i go nuts about the comments i swear i won’t read them again, and then…. i do!
@dumb, yes, “weep for mankind” is right! somehow they’ve figured out how to use a computer but still brain power is very low.
@firemom, i know what you mean about “accidentally” reading them. like you know better, but still your eyes keep moving down the screen or something!