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I hate to be the one to say it, but ever since Queerty launched, it's proven again and again to be nothing more than a roundup of Towleroad's roundup of Google News Alerts' roundup of stories containing the keyword "gay". I like Towleroad because you can leave comments, and Andy doesn't end his entries with a tired "Oh, snap!" punchline. As for Queerty, well, comments are disabled, and the "Let's take back the word 'faggot'!" brand of humor gets really old, really fast.
I say this because of Queerty's recent (and out-of-character) stab at soapboxing, in regard to gay and lesbian parents bringing their children to the White House's egg roll. The entry caught the attention of AOL's gay-oriented "Worth Repeating" blog - Queerty blogs about it here.
Augh, when I first read Queerty's take on the egg roll, I couldn't help imagining some hysterical queen shouting, "Won't somebody please think about the children?!" The entry was just so bizarrely earnest - not to mention wrong. I'm glad the AOL blog pointed them out on it.
Of course, Queerty's response to the AOL blog is pathetic at best and plain old retarded at worst. Isn't there a way to, like, shut down a blog for being totally pointless? Queerty gets my vote.
Addendum: On a lighter note, re-read Lindsayism's of blogging cliches. A classic, BUT SO FUNNY.
Comments
Did I get really old, really fast?
I do suppose it feels that way getting out of bed some mornings.
Posted by: Faggoty-Ass Faggot | April 19, 2006 11:58 AM
what the hell is queerty? I'm not gay enough.
Posted by: Kwake | April 19, 2006 12:32 PM
Ad it was my post that AOL linked to and started the whole thing I've posted my own response.
Posted by: Terrance | April 19, 2006 01:24 PM
Wouldn't it have been easier for her to list all of the things we CAN blog about?
Posted by: Malcontent | April 19, 2006 03:25 PM
Seriously, I think her list was a cliche. Now I'm off to blog about a super great salad I had for lunch, y'all! (Oh, and I had high hopes for Queerty after Dan took over, but yawnfest...still)
Posted by: Charlie | April 19, 2006 04:27 PM
That's it. No more blogging about the Asspounder.
Posted by: (No Longer Famous) Author Rob Byrnes | April 19, 2006 05:00 PM
I could careless, if, he got on his soap box about the Easter Roll at the White House. The event was for families i.e. adults with children which would also include gay couples. The problem is when gay organizations sent individuals to collect as many tickets as possible gay couples denying other families waiting in line to get tickets legitimately. Theses organizations wanted to make sure that there were as many gay couple prominently displayed around the White House Lawn. When somebody pulls that type of scheme, I believe they are trying to politicize the event, instead of being an innocent Easter Egg Roll for the children. I don't think this plays well in the public and certainly does not win people over.
Posted by: DCMASSHOLE | April 19, 2006 06:39 PM
I don't get why everyone is so upset about this whole Easter egg hunt thing, I mean what's a more Christian thing to do on Easter than to punish the children of people who's sexual orientation you disagree with? I mean it's what Jesus would have done right?
Posted by: Allison | April 19, 2006 06:58 PM
Queerty delinked my blog. How dare they. They're dead to me.
Posted by: Chad | April 19, 2006 07:02 PM
yay toby!
Queerty sucks... it's written by a fat irrelevant 30+ queen who like to consider him an "it" kid no matter how out dated he is.
How many posts can I read about Madonna or Brokeback Mountain. Hey fatty - the under 25 gay crowd just doesn't care.
Posted by: fatty brad | April 19, 2006 08:51 PM
Just found 7 brokeback references, and thats just on the homepage. Are we allowed to say: Give it up queens, the movie was a bore-fest.
Posted by: towleroad not so good either | April 19, 2006 09:13 PM
Queerty is totally lip-syncing to Towleroad...
Queerty Is The New Ashlee Simpson!
Posted by: mac | April 19, 2006 09:27 PM
wait. blogging is supposed to have a point? fuck ...
Posted by: vuboq | April 19, 2006 09:44 PM
Hey Fatty-Brad,
Why all the hate for us post 30 fatties? Sure we are old, fat, and tired but we keep tina dealers solvent. What's wrong with that?
peace
Posted by: james | April 20, 2006 09:48 AM
...not to mention Queerty's recent change in command. The quality has gone downhill ever since. Dan Renzi is an MTV figurehead, not an editor.
Posted by: midnight lounge | April 20, 2006 03:05 PM
Bring back Shellhammer! Bring Down Renzi!!
Posted by: Anonymous | April 20, 2006 06:00 PM
Hard to imagine how "the quality has gone downhill ever since". It was poorly written/(lazily copied) crap from the start.
Posted by: Chris in SF | April 21, 2006 07:51 PM
Renzi didn't stuff up Queerty - it was flawed from the start.
Posted by: J.B. | April 23, 2006 11:43 AM
Tobs, I find it funny that you would make fun of any blog since yours characterizes you as the desperate, ugly, horse-faced little troll that you are. But you're somebody, right?
Quit writing and focus on your job as a glorified call center guy.
peace.
Posted by: Sheena Easton | April 24, 2006 01:20 PM
i didn't know they served egg rolls at the white house. and they say the republicans are anti-immigrant. pshaw!!
Posted by: Dean | April 26, 2006 05:15 PM
You hit it on the head; "hysterical queen". It's gay news with an overly gay spin. Get's tired. At least Towerland feels like it's written by a "regular" guy.
Posted by: paul | April 26, 2006 08:28 PM