From Allyson's link:

It is a truism that a negative written comment has a harsher impact than a spoken one.

I call bullshit. I could probably construct a nice insult on paper, but I promise it'll hurt worse when I say it in a completely dismissive tone.

I call bullshit

But... but... it's a truism!

I have a low opinion of Salon and I felt embarassed for them while I was reading that. I can only assume that their new target audience is Andy Rooney.

Let's take over Salon.

They really are crappy.

I've anonymously called people assholes on the internet. AIFG.

I've anonymously called people assholes on the internet. AIFG.

I want to hug this post.

I want to hug this post.

I thought the exact same thing, Daisy!! I loves it muchly, I do.

I was hungry when I got home early from my training thing, and then I ate too many tortilla chips, and now I don't want to eat the hamburger I took out of the freezer, so it will probably go bad per usual. Either that, or I'll be hungry again by 8 and will eat it then.

Meh.

I dunno... I am far, FAR more confident of my ability to articulate scathing disdain in the written format than in the spoken, where grasping for an angry "So's your mom!" is far too likely in the heat of the moment.

Salon also has an article today defending the guys who are trying to publish the Harry Potter Lexicon. Clearly, the writer of the article hasn't read fandom_wank.