I am way too busy for this..
..But since everyone feels the need to fucking have a say in how Alternate is run, post all your comment shit to this post. Tell me how much I suck, how much you hate this site and how badly it’s designed. Go ahead, here’s your chance. This is absolutely the last fucking thing I need right now but apparently you all feel the need to jump in and tell me how to run a site that I helped start a few years ago where no one read it and we didn’t fucking care. We started it so that we could make public some of the things that we talked about in private and felt that other people might be interested in. We also felt that journalists and other webloggers at the time were too wishy-washy and refused to put forth a strong if not popular opinion. We feel strongly about what we tend to write about and voice our posts accordingly. That’s it. I don’t owe you a god-damn thing and if you feel that I should sit here and take personal attacks with a smile and a shrug then you can fuck yourself. There.
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i don’t really see any need for the hide/show button on the side panel. I think the font should be a pizel or two bigger as well. But it never really bothered me enough to say anything to you by email before, so if you don’t change it i won’t be devastated.
Also you should change the name of the site, totally redisign it without tables, allow anyone to post, quit using php3, and convert it into a blog wherein the readers can learn about your cat Poofy. Goodbye.
Isn’t that why you made the field optional?
I made the field optional because I didn’t want to force anyone with something useful to say to do anything they were uncomfortable with, such as leaving their email address out in the open. You, on the other hand, are doing nothing useful and are simply abusing the fact that you don’t need to enter anything in for the form to work. Admittedly, you could put false information in there, but that’s still being a coward.
Oh, gimme a break.
You’re the anonymous fuckhead who won’t leave an email address, not me.
You mean like metafilter? 🙂
metaphilter would be a great jumping-off point. good luck with the actualy implementation and content. but no one needs that as long as you have kewl site. to increase your coolness, i suggest a phase two to my previous plan in which you add a 18 second flash intro, and flash navigation.
you should still make the font bigger though.
i like this healing process idea: dont make fun of Alt, make fun of Mefi. even though i kinda like Mefi. but whateva
geez. Don’t be such a baby, Kevin. Some people just pull your leg, and you get all huffy. My wife on PMS is less bitchy than you.
I’m a designer and I spend most of my time thinking about BMW M3z, Titanium G4’s, Little tiny cell phones, dinner parties, small dogs and independent coffee… chating about my friends dot-com with obscure navigation systems..
It ain’t about the design, its about pretense… Get a fucking clue…
Hurray for pixelated gifs and 10pt Verdana font! I truly walk the edge between business and art.
Yawn.
Good comeback, Kevin. Your keen wit shines through like a burnt out bulb.
Screw you guys. I’m going home!
..This from someone whose email addres is fake. I simply don’t understand where all the criticism is coming from. I suppose I should aplogize for acting like a child, but some of those comments were things I knew I would read over and over again, and end up believing. So I deleted them. End of fucking story. I hate that insecure people acting on immature instincts brought me as low as it did but there’s nothing I can do about that now. The design is how it is because that’s my style and I felt having things out of the way of the content would be the best way. And I LIKE 10px verdana very much and it seems to me that if I were to redesign it at this point just to make you happy, that would bring on even more criticism.. and that a new design that’s not how it is now would be pretentious because i’d be trying too hard to keep away from the norm. Am I right?
I liked it better when NO ONE commented on anything I wrote. Let’s just put this behind us and go on like nothing ever happened, like any healthy, normal family would.
Your design is not really the point. It could be the greatest in the world, but if you keep getting densive and angry, it only makes it more fun.
Ah.. see, but it’s not fair if I don’t have anything to use against you …
Anonymous posters have no balls. … ROFLOL.
frankly, i’m a little surprised by all the fuss. some individuals seem to have gone a little overboard, but i believed that the majority of comments were intended to say something about the usability of the site. your design is a personal choice, and you shouldn’t have to change it, however when a legitimate comment tells you that the usability could be improved, i think that you should listen… i think there is quite a difference between saying that something could be improved and saying that something sucks. obviously, we wouldn’t continue reading kev’s site if it didn’t have anything to offer…
Actually… I was only upset at the personal attacks. But it’s over now…. 🙂
what’d I miss? *shrug*
Don’t let the assholes get to you. A similar thing happened to me this week. All they’re looking for is a reaction. If you react, they’ve won. However, if their criticism hurts (as it did to me), wait a couple days, and when you get over your anger, consider whether they make any valid points. If not, fuck ’em. Require an email address.
timo is my new favorite poster.
Buck up, kev. I’m making you pancakes for breakfast this morning!
sounds like geek boy kevvy is constipated.
i don’t really see any need for the hide/show button on the side panel. I think the font should be a pizel or two bigger as well. But it never really bothered me enough to say anything to you by email before, so if you don’t change it i won’t be devastated.
Also you should change the name of the site, totally redisign it without tables, allow anyone to post, quit using php3, and convert it into a blog wherein the readers can learn about your cat Poofy. Goodbye.
Isn’t that why you made the field optional?
I made the field optional because I didn’t want to force anyone with something useful to say to do anything they were uncomfortable with, such as leaving their email address out in the open. You, on the other hand, are doing nothing useful and are simply abusing the fact that you don’t need to enter anything in for the form to work. Admittedly, you could put false information in there, but that’s still being a coward.
Oh, gimme a break.
You’re the anonymous fuckhead who won’t leave an email address, not me.
You mean like metafilter? 🙂
metaphilter would be a great jumping-off point. good luck with the actualy implementation and content. but no one needs that as long as you have kewl site. to increase your coolness, i suggest a phase two to my previous plan in which you add a 18 second flash intro, and flash navigation.
you should still make the font bigger though.
i like this healing process idea: dont make fun of Alt, make fun of Mefi. even though i kinda like Mefi. but whateva
geez. Don’t be such a baby, Kevin. Some people just pull your leg, and you get all huffy. My wife on PMS is less bitchy than you.
I’m a designer and I spend most of my time thinking about BMW M3z, Titanium G4’s, Little tiny cell phones, dinner parties, small dogs and independent coffee… chating about my friends dot-com with obscure navigation systems..
It ain’t about the design, its about pretense… Get a fucking clue…
Hurray for pixelated gifs and 10pt Verdana font! I truly walk the edge between business and art.
Yawn.
Good comeback, Kevin. Your keen wit shines through like a burnt out bulb.
Screw you guys. I’m going home!
..This from someone whose email addres is fake. I simply don’t understand where all the criticism is coming from. I suppose I should aplogize for acting like a child, but some of those comments were things I knew I would read over and over again, and end up believing. So I deleted them. End of fucking story. I hate that insecure people acting on immature instincts brought me as low as it did but there’s nothing I can do about that now. The design is how it is because that’s my style and I felt having things out of the way of the content would be the best way. And I LIKE 10px verdana very much and it seems to me that if I were to redesign it at this point just to make you happy, that would bring on even more criticism.. and that a new design that’s not how it is now would be pretentious because i’d be trying too hard to keep away from the norm. Am I right?
I liked it better when NO ONE commented on anything I wrote. Let’s just put this behind us and go on like nothing ever happened, like any healthy, normal family would.
Your design is not really the point. It could be the greatest in the world, but if you keep getting densive and angry, it only makes it more fun.
Ah.. see, but it’s not fair if I don’t have anything to use against you …
Anonymous posters have no balls. … ROFLOL.
frankly, i’m a little surprised by all the fuss. some individuals seem to have gone a little overboard, but i believed that the majority of comments were intended to say something about the usability of the site. your design is a personal choice, and you shouldn’t have to change it, however when a legitimate comment tells you that the usability could be improved, i think that you should listen… i think there is quite a difference between saying that something could be improved and saying that something sucks. obviously, we wouldn’t continue reading kev’s site if it didn’t have anything to offer…
Actually… I was only upset at the personal attacks. But it’s over now…. 🙂
what’d I miss? *shrug*
Don’t let the assholes get to you. A similar thing happened to me this week. All they’re looking for is a reaction. If you react, they’ve won. However, if their criticism hurts (as it did to me), wait a couple days, and when you get over your anger, consider whether they make any valid points. If not, fuck ’em. Require an email address.
timo is my new favorite poster.
Buck up, kev. I’m making you pancakes for breakfast this morning!
sounds like geek boy kevvy is constipated.