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bean

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

MAR 29, 2006 01:45 AM

No, it's not a veiled threat, I just think it's childish and petty to bitch about the work of a fellow member of the SG team, and it's hard enough to keep some semblance of civility on the boards without people who work for the site getting into it. Please, drop it.

[Edited on Mar 29, 2006 by bean]

when was i not civil?

how is it childish or petty to wonder why a conversation between two hosts of the view is any kind of news, celebrity or not? Will celebrity news also bring up when letterman makes fun of paul schaeffer being bald?

If he does it in a way that's unusually harsh and bitter and Paul walks off the set because of it, sure, why not?

Here's what s5 said about the new Celeb section:

s5 said here:
Celeb (aka Celeb Worship) is the dark, seedy gossip side of the tracks. Where we point and laugh at the stage behind the stage. This is an outgrowth of everyone's favorite group on SG, Celeb Worship. You know you read it. Don't front like you're above it.

Note the word "gossip."

Beyond that, the standard policy of the newswire is that editors can publish anything that they find noteworthy. If a newswire editor thinks it's interesting, it's probably going to be interesting to a good amount of the readers here. If it's not interesting to you, nobody cares. Just don't read it.

bean

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

MAR 29, 2006 01:49 AM

AndersWolleck said:
how is it possible for things to be civil when the very nature of the original news post was not very civil. ask an uncivil question or state an uncivil fact, what does one expect? People to be polite and nice?

We expect members to be civil toward each other on the boards. Celebrities, due to the nature of their existence, are in a different class, and while it may appear somewhat unseemly to some to call attention to the slings and arrows of their missteps, that's part and parcel of being a celebrity.

I_Poop_Too_Much

I'm lost

February 2004

MAR 29, 2006 02:05 AM

bean said:Celebrities, due to the nature of their existence, are in a different class, and while it may appear somewhat unseemly to some to call attention to the slings and arrows of their missteps, that's part and parcel of being a celebrity.

Unless they're a known member of SG....(see ANY Courtney Love thread for examples)

AndersWolleck

Astoria, NY

February 2003

MAR 29, 2006 05:43 AM

Celeb (aka Celeb Worship) is the dark, seedy gossip side of the tracks. Where we point and laugh at the stage behind the stage. This is an outgrowth of everyone's favorite group on SG, Celeb Worship. You know you read it. Don't front like you're above it.

Joy Behar and Star Jones are seedy?

Beyond that, the standard policy of the newswire is that editors can publish anything that they find noteworthy. If a newswire editor thinks it's interesting, it's probably going to be interesting to a good amount of the readers here. If it's not interesting to you, nobody cares. Just don't read it.

THen i suppose it is possible to say that if it is uninteresting to me then it's probably uninteresting to a good amount of people.

[Edited on Mar 29, 2006 by AndersWolleck]

PRockGirlScout

Portland, OR

October 2005

MAR 29, 2006 06:05 AM

I honestly can't understand how we are friends. Do you make those kind of pork gravy comments behind my back when I'm sick or feeling not so hot?

PointBlank

New York, NY

November 2004

MAR 29, 2006 06:09 AM

AndersWolleck said:

Dove said:
star who?

seriously, who gives a fuck about any of these dumb shits

Thats how I feel about half the people you interview.

AndersWolleck

Astoria, NY

February 2003

MAR 29, 2006 06:10 AM

PointBlank said:

AndersWolleck said:

Dove said:
star who?

seriously, who gives a fuck about any of these dumb shits

Thats how I feel about half the people you interview.

and thats a perfectly valid thing for you to say. I am not scared or threatened by that comment

PointBlank

New York, NY

November 2004

MAR 29, 2006 06:13 AM

AndersWolleck said:

PointBlank said:

AndersWolleck said:

Dove said:
star who?

seriously, who gives a fuck about any of these dumb shits

Thats how I feel about half the people you interview.

and thats a perfectly valid thing for you to say. I am not scared or threatened by that comment

My point is that I don't go into stories about people I don't care about and then say "I don't care!"

Edit: If my comment didn't bother you, why would you run immediately to my journal to re-post this comment?

[Edited on Mar 29, 2006 by PointBlank]

AndersWolleck

Astoria, NY

February 2003

MAR 29, 2006 06:16 AM

PointBlank said:

AndersWolleck said:

PointBlank said:

AndersWolleck said:

Dove said:
star who?

seriously, who gives a fuck about any of these dumb shits

Thats how I feel about half the people you interview.

and thats a perfectly valid thing for you to say. I am not scared or threatened by that comment

My point is that I don't go into stories about people I don't care about and then say "I don't care!"

Edit: If my comment didn't bother you, why would you run immediately to my journal to re-post this comment?

[Edited on Mar 29, 2006 by PointBlank]

to make sure you saw, i wasnt sure if you would check the boards so soon. i was wrong

how was i supposed to know what the story was about from the headline. honestly i didnt know The View was referring to the daytime show. i thought it said something "view catfight" i like to see women get physical with one another. maybe it was about lindsay lohan getting physical with an enemy of hers or something.

PointBlank

New York, NY

November 2004

MAR 29, 2006 08:50 AM

EdwardTeach said:

bean said:

AndersWolleck said:
how is it possible for things to be civil when the very nature of the original news post was not very civil. ask an uncivil question or state an uncivil fact, what does one expect? People to be polite and nice?

We expect members to be civil toward each other on the boards. Celebrities, due to the nature of their existence, are in a different class, and while it may appear somewhat unseemly to some to call attention to the slings and arrows of their missteps, that's part and parcel of being a celebrity.

I don't think SG needed it's own Joan and Melissa Rivers set and the staff can delude themselves into thinking people just won't comment on threads if they don't agree with them all they want. That will never happen. I have never bought into the shallow cop out of, "well they are a celebrity so we can make fun of their weight, complextion, celulite(sp?), and ailments at our leisure.

What about all of the paying SG members that identify with a particular celebrity for a particular reason? Personally, I know an SG member in my very state who had gastric by-pass surgery and lost tons of weight. She may want surgery to tighten a few things up after such an ordeal. What if she reads a thread that suggests a wide angle lens is needed to capture such people...then you open the thread and it is suggested a "gravy transfusion" saved someone going through similair ordeals?

THEN, to top it all off, staff not only promotes and rewards such posts but says to just keep your mouth shut if you disagree with that kind of shallow bullshit?

BULL. SHIT.

Big fucking pile of SHIT.

Shame on you SG.

[Edited on Mar 29, 2006 by EdwardTeach]

Hillarious that someone so consistently nasty and insulting to other members can complain about "mean" articles that he doesn't have to click on or read. Your hypocrisy is so tired.

[Edited on Mar 29, 2006 by PointBlank]

Shal

Los Angeles, CA

October 2002

MAR 29, 2006 08:55 AM

Okay, children, all bitching about the Newswire belongs in the News group. Take it there.

Quirky

Birmingham, AL

October 2005

MAR 29, 2006 09:00 AM

Well, I for one, think it was an excellently written article.

AndersWolleck

Astoria, NY

February 2003

MAR 29, 2006 09:01 AM

bean said:

AndersWolleck said:
how is it possible for things to be civil when the very nature of the original news post was not very civil. ask an uncivil question or state an uncivil fact, what does one expect? People to be polite and nice?

We expect members to be civil toward each other on the boards. Celebrities, due to the nature of their existence, are in a different class, and while it may appear somewhat unseemly to some to call attention to the slings and arrows of their missteps, that's part and parcel of being a celebrity.

please explain how someone by the nature of their existence is in a different class?

Quirky

Birmingham, AL

October 2005

MAR 29, 2006 09:02 AM

AndersWolleck said:

bean said:

AndersWolleck said:
how is it possible for things to be civil when the very nature of the original news post was not very civil. ask an uncivil question or state an uncivil fact, what does one expect? People to be polite and nice?

We expect members to be civil toward each other on the boards. Celebrities, due to the nature of their existence, are in a different class, and while it may appear somewhat unseemly to some to call attention to the slings and arrows of their missteps, that's part and parcel of being a celebrity.

please explain how someone by the nature of their existence is in a different class?

Yeah, and please define class.

PointBlank

New York, NY

November 2004

MAR 29, 2006 09:04 AM

EdwardTeach said:

PointBlank said:

EdwardTeach said:

bean said:

AndersWolleck said:
how is it possible for things to be civil when the very nature of the original news post was not very civil. ask an uncivil question or state an uncivil fact, what does one expect? People to be polite and nice?

We expect members to be civil toward each other on the boards. Celebrities, due to the nature of their existence, are in a different class, and while it may appear somewhat unseemly to some to call attention to the slings and arrows of their missteps, that's part and parcel of being a celebrity.

I don't think SG needed it's own Joan and Melissa Rivers set and the staff can delude themselves into thinking people just won't comment on threads if they don't agree with them all they want. That will never happen. I have never bought into the shallow cop out of, "well they are a celebrity so we can make fun of their weight, complextion, celulite(sp?), and ailments at our leisure.

What about all of the paying SG members that identify with a particular celebrity for a particular reason? Personally, I know an SG member in my very state who had gastric by-pass surgery and lost tons of weight. She may want surgery to tighten a few things up after such an ordeal. What if she reads a thread that suggests a wide angle lens is needed to capture such people...then you open the thread and it is suggested a "gravy transfusion" saved someone going through similair ordeals?

THEN, to top it all off, staff not only promotes and rewards such posts but says to just keep your mouth shut if you disagree with that kind of shallow bullshit?

BULL. SHIT.

Big fucking pile of SHIT.

Shame on you SG.

[Edited on Mar 29, 2006 by EdwardTeach]

Hillarious that someone so consistently nasty and insulting to other members can complain about "mean" articles that he doesn't have to click on or read. Your hypocrisy is so tired.

haha...hilarious you can't see the difference.

I'm mean and nasty...how? I tell people they are ugly? I tell people they are fat?

Feel free to point it out when I do. I'll start pointing out your sharp name calling posts when I see them as well. We'll make a little game of it.

This is all I have left to say: You know you're rude and insulting to people on this site (maybe not calling them fat). Don't act like you aren't. I may have said some rude things as well, but I'm not the one wagging my finger at others for doing the same. You've already been zotted, so if SG is so "Shameful" you should put your money where your mouth is and leave. Stop acting like this has nothing to do with your personal issues regarding the writers of these articles. You're being a hypocrite of the worst kind, supporting what you find shameful.

Shal

Los Angeles, CA

October 2002

MAR 29, 2006 09:04 AM

TAKE IT TO THE NEWS GROUP.

AndersWolleck

Astoria, NY

February 2003

MAR 29, 2006 09:07 AM

If he does it in a way that's unusually harsh and bitter and Paul walks off the set because of it, sure, why not?

But that wouldnt happen because Paul wouldnt walk off the set ever. conflict between hosts is nothing!

priapus

I'm lost

January 2004

MAR 29, 2006 09:25 AM

This thread is turning into a catfight about catfights.

That's funny.

Christopher

Portland, OR

November 2002

MAR 29, 2006 11:35 AM

Shalome said:
TAKE IT TO THE NEWS GROUP.

Indeed.

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