New at Reason

October 18, 2007

Katherine Mangu-Ward chats with Fark editor Drew Curtis about Web 2.0, Matt Drudge, the stupidity of crowds and how on the internet "everything devolves into racism and dick jokes."

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|10.18.07 @ 3:28PM|#

A: We are and we're not. I tell people we're Web 3.0. We've accidentally stumbled on the next step in the evolution of social networking, which I call "editing." It's a novel concept.

OWWWW! It burns! Makes it stop please. It burnes the Warrenses.

PantsFan|10.18.07 @ 3:35PM|#

can we get Drew Curtis and Drew Carey together?

Minion of URKOBOLD|10.18.07 @ 3:42PM|#

""everything devolves into racism and dick jokes.""

it certainly does not.

it comes down to hating america and TAINT jokes.

ed|10.18.07 @ 3:46PM|#

And poop. Don't forget the poop.

VM|10.18.07 @ 3:48PM|#

Everything comes down to poo

Episiarch|10.18.07 @ 4:00PM|#

I thought everything on Fark came down to "I'D HIT IT" jokes, but maybe that was just a few years ago.

|10.18.07 @ 4:15PM|#

"everything devolves into racism and dick jokes."

I get that feeling sometimes reading the H&R comments, but it passes.

|10.18.07 @ 4:18PM|#

Curtis has fallen victim to the Media Sucks Paradox: he complains that the media doesn't cover the "real issues", but the "real issues" consist of stuff he learned from the media.

|10.18.07 @ 4:33PM|#

On page A-13. Don't forget that.

AuH20|10.18.07 @ 4:45PM|#

Threadjack!

Mary (somebody) is on Fox Across America (Sirius) right now, talking about the 1.5 bil GWB is sending to Mexico to help fight the useless drug war. She thinks the WoD is unwinnable, a waste of money, and stupid. She endorses legalizing them, thereby reducing crime, then taxing them, and she is taking calls. Listen live below.

http://www.foxnews.com/radio/foxacrossamerica/index.html

|10.18.07 @ 4:46PM|#

@Dan T.: Drew knows exactly what he is and is doing. He has absolutely no pretenses about it.

|10.18.07 @ 5:00PM|#

Regis Carnifex|10.18.07 @ 5:28PM|#

Minion of URKOBOLD-

What do you have against black people? Or do you just wish you were better hung?

Regis Carnifex|10.18.07 @ 5:30PM|#

Also, America sucks. Any country that allows a website like merkinworld.com to flourish, or even exist, is certainly a Great Satan.

Urkobold™|10.18.07 @ 5:39PM|#

"DEVOLVES?"

Minion of URKOBOLD|10.18.07 @ 5:41PM|#

JUST YOU WATCH IT, MR. CARNIFEX, OR ELSE YOU'LL BE HOOKED UP WITH KATHY LEE AGAIN!

Regis Carnifex|10.18.07 @ 5:42PM|#

Oh sweet Jesus, what have I done...

|10.18.07 @ 5:45PM|#

Vice President Cheney told somebody to "Fuck off" on the floor of the Senate and that was some kind of massive deal. "Oh my God, how could you do this? How could you?!" Come on. I live in Kentucky. It's every third word down here.

I've always dreamt of a major presidential candidate just cussing a blue streak during a debate. Something to really put the FCC in a difficult position.

Minion of URKOBOLD|10.18.07 @ 5:47PM|#

THAT DOES NOT MATTER. SOON YOU WILL BE DOING IT AGAIN. AND AGAIN. AND AGAIN.

WITH COACH TY WELLINGHAM WATCHING. CRITIQUING. JUDGING.

Paul|10.18.07 @ 5:48PM|#

They flew me out to Atlanta to talk to the president and gave me a stern talking to. I can't have conversations with you guys. I apologize, sorry about your luck."

Wow...WOW! I may have to take back some of what I say about corporate influence of politics being overblown.

|10.18.07 @ 6:00PM|#

"I've lived in New York so long, that fuck isn't even a word. It's a comma."
-- Lewis Black

|10.18.07 @ 7:23PM|#

The lady without the pants. There on the right. I'd hit that!

SPD|10.19.07 @ 12:31PM|#

I usually visit FARK for the "Foobies" section. Now I learn they have links to articles, too! Huh.

"Foobies," Matt Drudge. You could learn something from Drew Curtis, although rumor has it you're not really into foobies.