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April 26, 2005
Where the buffalo roam
A charming story about some bison who got loose in a Maryland suburb made it onto the front page of Yahoo:
PIKESVILLE, Md. - A herd of buffalo somehow got loose and wandered around an upscale neighborhood Tuesday, disrupting traffic and alarming homeowners before officers managed to corral them in a tennis court.
More than a dozen police cars and a police helicopter were used to herd the roughly 10 beasts, authorities said.
Great story, right? I thought so. However, the thing about Yahoo is that every news item also allows people to leave a comment. Amazingly, every single story seems to generate the same sort of comments: liberals suck, conservatives suck, a certain state/city sucks, Jews suck, blacks suck, Asians suck. I'd like to think the people commenting on Yahoo stories aren't reflective of the population as a whole, because this is absolutely ridiculous.
For example, here are some of the comments left about the buffalo story:
FIGURES, TYPICAL BLUE STATE INSANITY
by: xsited_5 (44/M/Little Rock, AR) 04/26/05 01:16 pm
Msg: 288 of 343
I wouldn't shed a tear if that shithole Maryland fell into the ocean! A few million dead liberals would vastly improve America!
Or:
Mexicans are proof that...
by: beachstefan 04/26/05 01:18 pm
Msg: 317 of 411
The Indians fukkked buffalo?
My favorite, by the guy who has to be sure to exactly explain his joke:
'M SHAKING SCOTT NORWOOD IN ANGER
by: cooley_54 (32/M/Maryland) 04/26/05 01:20 pm
Msg: 327 of 433
YOU KNOW, THE GUY WHO MISS THE FIELD GOAL IN THE SUPER BOWL. "WIDE RIGHT!"
or...
RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A BIG FAT TURD
by: escapefrom9900 (35/F/USA) 04/26/05 01:10 pm
Msg: 223 of 459
And, finally, this piece of enlightened commentary:
BBWs STAMPEDING TO McDONALDS
by: mean_wooooo_gene 04/26/05 01:07 pm
Msg: 182 of 465
4 recommendations
It IS lunchtime, after all.
Posted by oz115 at April 26, 2005 11:21 AM