Realization while reading finance blog comments.

[randomness]

People who use the word "sheeple" without irony are not to be taken seriously.

Comments

[nhradar]

Felix Salmon comments on this phenomenon from time to time. Like, he gets thousands more comments at seeking alpha than at his reuters blog, but he never, ever reads them at SA>

[st-rev.livejournal.com]

How about 'teabagger'?

[chris-warrior.livejournal.com]

i found that out while interacting with The French Guy from last fall. it seriously left me wondering how contempt-ridden can one be and still function in society...

[rfrancis]

+1

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

They might be talking about a machine that fills tea bags. I'm not sure there's any context in which "sheeple" is used in a similar manner.

[st-rev.livejournal.com]

Hmm...you win on a technicality, sir.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Depends on how broadly you define "function in society".

We should still find a time to trade stories.

[chris-warrior.livejournal.com]

this is true. i'm sure some disfunction is still functionally 'functioning'.

or something. :D

and yes, we should.

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

Reading the comments on just about anything on the Internet will make you lose brain cells.

Yes, I realise I'm not helping.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

True, true.

I've often wondered why a lot of sites have comments.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Amen, and amen.