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Jun

30

Philly.com Continues Baiting Its Readers

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Philly.com’s current previous front is devoted to Karen Heller’s column on cheesesteaks. Heller’s column is mostly a recap of the recent hilarious Internet drama-style cheesesteak war in City Council, but veers off at the end into a discussion about why the cheesesteak is annoying. Heller proposes the city’s sandwich be a “roast pork Italian with aged provolone and broccoli rabe.” (Hmm. A bit wordy for my taste, though I do appreciate any sort of attack on cheesesteaks, the most overdone Philly thing besides Rocky.)

There isn’t any new Alycia Lane or Kidd Chris news, so Philly.com plastered this on the front page. And now there are over 100 comments. And they’re pretty typical of the website with the world’s stupidest readers; my favorite is, “Next person who tries to defend this woman will find me outside of their residence/place of business w/ a tire iron and a determination to ‘keep it real.’”

We’re coming up on even slower news days — both later this week and in the news-dry month of August. John Carroll and I came up with some future front-page topics for Philly.com, which you can read below. These are sure to attract a ton of comments.

  • Is Donovan McNabb black enough?
  • Mayfair: Getting better or getting worse?
  • “Something with Bolaris… he’s due.”
  • Should cops be allowed to beat up suspects if they feel like it?
  • Obama: Muslim or not?
  • Death for dog abusers?
  • Is Barbaro a saint or an angel?
  • “Brian Tierney will hire a Hispanic contract killer to kill some Italian in South Philly.”
  • “Kyle MacLachlan… sounded frightened by our description of the Mutter Museum.” Oh, wait, this is already a story.
  • Once and for all, let’s do this: Blacks or whites, who’s better?

Ugh, you’re right. This isn’t nearly as funny as any of the comments on any randomly selected story from Philly.com. Hey, it’s a slow news day.

Update: Nevermind, this is my favorite comment: “Take it from someone who grew up in Philly but moved away 16 yrs ago: the cheesesteak is still a major topic of conversation wherever I go, and it still evokes a trememdous amount of passion whenever I think about it.”
 
dmac | 4:02 PM | 6 Comments
Baiting, Cheesesteaks, Internet Comments, Karen Heller, Mutter Museum, Philly.com, Philly.com Comments
 
  1. chris Says: Jun 30 7:47 PM

    Unfortunately I don’t think many of PWD’s broccoli rabe-eating readers will get the mayfair line, but that’s one of the best jokes I’ve read on here in a while. And it would no doubt evoke a good deal of vitriol from the ole n’easters.

  2. Dark Horse John Says: Jul 1 9:03 AM

    I don’t think David Rabe would much appreciate being put on a sandwich. You ever seen him? Dude’s scary…

    And, D-Mac, only Communists hate cheesesteaks. You aren’t a communist, are you?

  3. dmac Says: Jul 1 9:52 AM

    Chris: The Mayfair joke was essentially just for my mom (she grew up there). I’m glad somebody else got it, too!

  4. Dark Horse John Says: Jul 1 9:57 AM

    I live in Mayfair and I don’t get it…

  5. Bob Johinton Says: Jul 1 6:02 PM

    I don’t know what is worse, reading stupid comments from stories at philly.com, or reading comments about those comments from a “reporter” who wishes he worked for a paper that could actually charge people to buy it. zinnngg suckkas!

  6. Bob Johinton Says: Jul 1 6:03 PM

    I don’t know what is worse, reading stupid comments from stories at philly.com, or reading comments about those comments from a “reporter” who wishes he worked for a paper that could actually charge people to buy it. zinnngg suckkas!

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