Dear Online Comment Posters

Sometimes old adages are around still because they are true.  "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth", "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure", and "Don't feed the bears" all still are relevant today.  The one that stands out above all others is "Those that talk the most have the least to say".  Nowhere is this more evident than on the internet. 

If I ever want to feel terrified with the world around me, I'll click on any random news story and scroll down to the comments section.  After the three or four idiots are done fighting on who posted "First" first, and then question each others heterosexuality, the real show starts.  It really doesn't matter what the article was about, because the comments will never be about anything remotely close to it.  The politics of the day or just plain rampant racism, homophobia, sexism, misogynist banter, and plain old name calling will fill pages and pages of the saddest story known to man.  If someone can make it until the third page until the Hitler card is pulled, then humanity gets to go on another day. 

To say that the people that feel the need to make their horrible opinions known to the world have nothing better to do would be needless.  If I'm reading an article about how the Phillies should eat money to get Papelbon traded, the comments section should contain Bible verses, a discussion that if Papelbon was black, they would get less for a trade, a rundown of the latest episode of Game of Thrones, or any number of links to porn or pyramid schemes.  I want people to discuss teams to trade him to, or the prospects we should get.  Comments on news articles about any crime always devolve into a rampaging screamfest about the death penalty. 

At random, I brought up an article on comedian Lisa Lamponelli losing over 100 pounds.  It was a nice article, congratulating her for a healthy life choice.  This was the third comment:

"jcextraSat May 11 2013 Reply 1 8 I guess she will certainly be able to raise her legs now for the endless pieces of Black **** she wants to take on a weekly basis, lol and SHE STILL HAS THE JAY LENO CHIN. That will never DISSOLVE. Maybe thats why her mouth is so FILTHY or could it be from sucking GIGANTIC DICKS, lol"

 That person clearly needs helped, but damned if I'm going to be the one to do it.

Next, I looked at an article about a 17 year old boy in New Jersey that was killed when a granite slab fell on him and killed him.  This was a featured comment:

Steven Wolff · Top Commenter

Well, they can just carve his birth date and the day he died on it and give it to his relatives.

Reply · Like · 2 · Follow Post · 3 hours ago"

Classy.  As you can see, this man is a top commenter.  He does this all the time.  On top of that, two people liked the comment.  This isn't a discussion on jokes being PC or not.  It's about a time and a place for jokes.  Clearly, we've lost the right to post our comments, because we can't handle the freedom.

Anyone, learn from me.  No one even cares what you have to say until you get a blog.  Then, your opinion is gospel.  People eat it up like a nice lobster bisque, no matter how much you make fun of children.