We have so many insightful and powerful diaries written here at Daily Kos. Our diaries inform, inflame, impassion, and even entertain. We Kossacks have strong voices and an even stronger will to be the change we wish to see in this country.
One of the richest, and perhaps most under-appreciated, areas of thought come in the form of comments attached to these diaries.
Here at Top Comments we strive to recognize and promote the talent of this community by highlighting outstanding comments found throughout the day by the diarist, and through nominations at made at topcomments at gmail dot com by your fellow Kossacks. (We welcome your submissions - and remember to leave your user name, for credit!)
These nominations are subjective, and certainly not complete (as no one can read the complete site on a daily basis!). But hopefully they will serve to shine a light where deserved, and to give the reader a good starting point in finding conversation on the site.
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Last week, SeattleLiberal had the great honor of making the 15 millionth comment here on DailyKos. Given that this is Top Comments, I thought the occasion called for a bit of a celebration of the sheer volume of comments that comprise so much of the enjoyment of the site. I started to wonder – what’s in all of those comments?
So, I decided to search. Tonight: acronyms, since we can be a pretty abbreviated bunch.
Acronyms | Count |
LOL | 104052 |
IOKIYAR | 2387 |
SYFPH | 928 |
WATB | 757 |
I like these results. Clearly, we laugh a lot. It took me about 20 minutes to compile just the LOL’s, primarily because there were so many it kept almost breaking the archive. The search could barely run! It kept timing out. Sorry, jotter! My bad.
Our pace of LOL-ing has also increased dramatically over time.
LOL Time Frame | Count |
2002-2005 | 24148 |
2005-2006 | 34139 |
2006-2007 | 45765 |
Perhaps this is a function of a rise in registered users over time, and an acceleration of the rate at which people join in. Perhaps it’s due to an increase of hilarious troll diaries. Maybe it’s the increasing number of community diaries, and the cameraderie they create. Or who knows, maybe we’re just getting funnier. That must be it!
In any case, there you have it. For whatever reason, feel free to add to the LOL total below, as I’m sure you all will.
On to the Comments!
From Lithium Cola:
condoleaser makes a comment about prairie dogs that leads Trix to engage in the funniest one-Kossack thread I've seen in a long time.
From Gooder Service:
In response to two Sunday diary titles, this comment by bhagamu is very funny.
From Cali Scribe:
In KingOneEye's diary reporting the rumor that Rachel Maddow may be poised to replace Tucker Carlson at MSNBC, xenubarb suggests what Carlson can do with his newly found free time.
From noddem:
Kagro X, nowheredesign, and darthstar get an exclusive peek at TM Pundit's itinerary.
From terrypinder:
The ever brilliant (and awesomely gorgeous) pico had this funny bit to say.
From The Maven:
From clammyc's diary, highfive absolutely nails it. It's hard to conceive of a better distillation of our waking nightmare.
From marykk:
Madhaus starts a great thread on the sex lives of Gorillas, and rghojai sums it all up in 4fx's diary "Huckabee: women's role in marriage is to "graciously submit."
From lineatus:
gchaucer2 made me laff.
From Steve Singiser:
RickMassimo perfectly defines the conservative blogger.
From sardonyx:
In smintheus's front-page diary Other people's children, balconesfault asks (and answers) the question When does a Con take on Liberal Positions?
FishOutofWater draws inspiration from Al Gore, and in a reply, bronte17 quotes some undeniable truths from Al's Nobel acceptance speech today.
Something the Dog Said offers congratulations in a manner that I hope is much emulated here on Daily Kos.
My Picks:
PhillyGal posted a silly and fun pootie-pic diary last night. GoldnI had a great caption for this one.
Rockmon continues the theme of (demographic category) not voting for (candidate), and has a funny observation.
In plf515’s great diary on unsung diarists, Dave the Rave calls out some great commenters. Agreed!
Finally, this is from yesterday, but I really liked it. poe on personal sacrifice.
Mojo Courtesy of BeninSC!
Top Mojo - excluding search-identifiable tip jars, first diary comments and C&J comments (top 30 of each plus ties):
1 It's winter. by Bob Johnson - 181
2 As an extra added plus... by KingOneEye - 155
3 ...and the sheep were nervous n/t by oldjohnbrown - 145
4 If they do this to Americans, What about Iraqis? by FishOutofWater - 107
5 letitbeletitbeletitbeletitbe by Terre - 96
6 I know a Christian woman by judybrowni - 81
7 That would be great. Maddow is one of the best by tigercourse - 79
8 And one of the best things about by dotdot - 75
9 Lots of good points, MB. by TomP - 74
10 This is a TOP NOTCH report by icebergslim - 73
11 It may win him the nomination... by PsiFighter37 - 73
12 Golden compensation by David Boyle - 71
13 you should listen to the diarist by GunLovinDem - 71
14 Unitary Moonbat by Avila - 68
15 plf515's not bad either ;-) n/t by Snud - 68
16 Looks like KBR fights it over there by antirove - 67
17 Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh,,, by Miss Blue - 66
18 And like most on DailyKos so will I by DWCG - 60
19 Good diary. To put offices and outreach by Geekesque - 60
20 You mean those countless e-mails by jayden - 59
21 I'm white, I'm getting old by Kayakbiker - 59
22 Talk about an unnecessary war of aggression - by occams hatchet - 59
23 I'm here!!! by CocoaLove - 59
24 Imagine all the other women by duha - 59
25 This is an outrageous story. by srkp23 - 56
26 it could work! by nonnie9999 - 55
27 The surrendering of the kit by vivens fons - 55
28 Mornin' Boys by vicki - 54
29 Speechless here too by kyril - 54
30 the actions of KKR and haliburton are by agnostic - 52
Top Mojo - everything included:
1 Tip chalice by occams hatchet - 676
2 Tip Jar by gooderservice - 261
3 ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease by sap - 240
4 Tipjar by SmileySam - 215
5 Tip jar by plf515 - 200
6 Tip Jar by Skulnick - 184
7 It's winter. by Bob Johnson - 181
8 tips by thereisnospoon - 173
9 As an extra added plus... by KingOneEye - 155
10 Kudos for access to bloggers by jhutson - 149
11 Tip Jar by Avenging Angel - 146
12 ...and the sheep were nervous n/t by oldjohnbrown - 145
13 Tip Jar by calipygian - 129
14 Tips for a surge that's good for America. eom by Geekesque - 119
15 If they do this to Americans, What about Iraqis? by FishOutofWater - 107
16 Tips for rising by Ellinorianne - 107
17 Tips for Bold Change by benny05 - 105
18 gimme gimme gimme jar by poblano - 102
19 letitbeletitbeletitbeletitbe by Terre - 96
20 I know a Christian woman by judybrowni - 81
21 The men were men, and the women were grateful by 88kathy - 81
22 That would be great. Maddow is one of the best by tigercourse - 79
23 And one of the best things about by dotdot - 75
24 Lots of good points, MB. by TomP - 74
25 It may win him the nomination... by PsiFighter37 - 73
26 This is a TOP NOTCH report by icebergslim - 73
27 Tips for Grassroots Change by SamGrahamFelsen - 73
28 you should listen to the diarist by GunLovinDem - 71
29 Golden compensation by David Boyle - 71
30 So, how 'ya doin? ... err, Tip Jar! by PhillyGal - 70
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