Comments on: This is stupid.

By: adam

adam — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:17:08 +0000

None taken. Who said I wasn’t anal retentive?

I acknowledged in the post that it could, indeed, be a joke. I just didn’t care. I maintain that it was stupid, regardless of whether it was a joke or not.

By: k

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 17:06:24 +0000

Err. this was so clearly a joke that, well – the people who really need to get off the computer might be the ones who didn’t get that it was a joke.

No offense Adam, but this commentary sounds like the stereotypical anal-rententive geek, taking the entire subject of microwave popcorn so seriously in context of gag.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 19:09:00 +0000

I guess you guys have never been to http://www.lifehacker.com/

By: Nick Douglas

Nick Douglas — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:23:37 +0000

If it was a joke, it was a lame one. And I really like Kottke.

By: adam

adam — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:03:07 +0000

Yeah, but that was funny.

By: Joel Bernstein

Joel Bernstein — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:25:05 +0000

Jeez guys, this post was *clearly* a joke, like the time he spent an entire day linking to five-year-old internet memes like they were brand new.

By: Dude

Dude — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:22:12 +0000

Let it go, man. Take it easy and have fun.

By: Noel

Noel — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 01:06:53 +0000

I just think it’s sad that this “blog” (this kottke.org), which is supposed to be the poster child for blogging-for-a-living, is so pitifully sparse, so fifteenth generation in every post, so completely, like, 2003. It’s one of the most boring, useless blogs out there, but still you feel compelled to pay attention just because of his little publicity stunt a while back….ridiculous.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 21:02:47 +0000

I’m glad I’m not the only person who this entry made want to punch Kottke in the face. Why didn’t he save the trouble of talking about popcorn and just post an entry that said, “Look at me, I’m a total and complete imbecile. I know absolutely nothing about anything unless it involves a computer.”

By: adam

adam — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 18:55:52 +0000

It is? Maybe I could accept a popcorn piece like this from an amateur, but there are standards for professsionals, no?

Generally, I find his blog entertaining and sometimes useful, and I support what he does, but I don’t see that as a reason not to comment on something stupid like this. Dealing with criticism and contrasting opinions would seem to be a prerequisite for being a professional blogger.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 18:34:01 +0000

Hey guys, seriously – lay off Kottke. The man is in his seventh month of blogging for a living, and Cabin Fever is real. It is not for us to judge or make fun. No, our role here is to pop some corn (in whatever manner one chooses), sit back, and watch the sociology happen.

By: Naina Redhu

Naina Redhu — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 18:14:11 +0000

I was looking for a place to leave a comment on Kottke’s blog to say that I’ve been making popcprn like that for ages now! How’s “his” technique a “hack”? But yeah, I’ll let it go too once I’ve posted this comment!

By: Griff

Griff — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 17:03:03 +0000

Yeah, I nearly fell of my chair reading that….
That looks remarkably like the PROPER way to make popcorn.
What a numbskull.
I’m thinking Kottke’s losing it a bit..just copying Boing Boing..

By: adam

adam — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:44:29 +0000

Oh, come on now. There’s very little hate in the room. But the popcorn post is almost as entertaining as the “Sandwich Chewing: The Lost Art” post I wrote but never put up (discretion got the better of me somehow).

By: Gabriel Mihalache

Gabriel Mihalache — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:37:55 +0000

Don’t be hating on Kottke!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:33:06 +0000

So he’s discovered…the original method for popping popcorn. I am in awe.

By: adam

adam — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:14:00 +0000

I think I did let it go.

By: Paul Watson

Paul Watson — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:09:38 +0000

I seriously would not think too hard about a popcorn post. Really, let it go.

Though “As good as microwaved.” is something I have never heard before, made me laugh. Normally microwaved food is convenient but not as good as using a stove/oven.