I don't receive many comments here. To date, there have been 231 comments on 223 posts, testament, no doubt, to the quality of my writing and the general interest in my chosen subject matter.
Later tonight, Tim Blair will bemoan the wretched humourlessness of the leftists who comment on his site. Excerpt:
It’s usually little trouble to locate a counter-stereotype; a black nerd, say, or a spendthrift Scot. A lazy Chinese student. A polite English shop assistant. A charismatic Belgian, a warlike Frenchman, a quiet Italian - they’re all out there.But can someone please find me a leftist with a [] working sense of humour and direct this unique being to my comment boards? The current lefty voices here are almost parodies of the modern “don’t run with scissors” socialist.
While probably not universally true, it's a phenomenon I've noticed on many other sites.
In response, in a comment tomorrow morning, an apparent non-leftist will type:
There aren't any hard left-wingers with a sense of humor because you can't not take yourself too seriously while laboring under the weight of a towering delusion of moral superiority. This is a rule of nature.
Chuckle. There should be some way to honor the best commenters around the Blogosphere, those that truly add to the weblog-reading experience by sharing their knowledge, perspective and/or humor. As there are weblog awards bestowed (none, to my knowledge, particularly link-worthy), perhaps there should be a Commenter Hall of Fame or Comment Award Ceremony or something.
CGHill and Bigwig are prolific commenters (and bloggers). They are frequently insightful and amusing. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, they were the first to comment on this humble site. Among bloggers, I would nominate both of them.
Perhaps because it receives so many comments, LGF is the source of many of my favorites. Frequent commenter (and now blogger) E. Nough is legendary therein. (Or is it thereon?)
In a single post today, LGF features these two laugh-out-loud comments by Glen Wishard and this one by Iowahawk. Both are fairly representative of their input in general. Frequent commenter Donna V. (at LGF and elsewhere) would also get a nomination from me.
Daily Pundit also receives a large number of enjoyable comments. Of the writers, the first I would nominate is the knowledgeable professor John© (a/k/a John@).
This is by no means a complete list of my favorites, just the first handful of names that came to mind. If any reader is interested enough to submit nominations (no self-nominations here, please), maybe I'll turn this into another Crazy Oscar Jr. Blog-Project.™
There may be a poll involved.
Posted by oscarjr at June 26, 2003 09:24 PM | TrackBackThe best commenter on my site is Addison. I've even named a law after him. Addsion's Law: Whenever anyone in a thread states that Bush stole the 2000 election, that person has lost and the thread is ended.
Posted by: Denny Wilson at 11:45 PMYes, I've read Addison's comments on your site and others (I assume it's the same Addison). Thanks for a worthy addition to the list, and I like the law very much.
Posted by: Oscar Jr. at 02:35 AMI'd say the best of the dozen or so regular commenters on my site is David Perron (he can also be found a few other places - Dr. Weevil, for instance). I like his comments so much, I'm setting him up with his own blog on one of my domains.
Posted by: Dodd at 11:36 AMI've admired David's commentary on quite a few sites, too. Very cool of you to set-up a blog for him. I look forward to reading his, too, and will in all likelihood add it to my blogroll.
Posted by: Oscar Jr. at 07:42 PM