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You are here: Home / I Don’t Know What the Fuck is Going On

I Don’t Know What the Fuck is Going On

by John Cole|  May 23, 201910:23 am| 129 Comments

This post is in: Fucked-up-edness

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I have no idea what is going on with the ads- I tried to disable them all by removing the widgets and they are still showing up. I am working on this. I feel like Barry Corbin in WarGames- I’d piss on the god damn spark plug if I thought that would stop WOPR.

Between the angst and anger and divisiveness in the comments over the rebuild I am ready to just take a blow torch and kerosene to the god damned website.

I’m having the ad people fix this shit asap.

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  1. 1.

    germy

    May 23, 2019 at 10:30 am

    I must have missed all the drama.

    The site redesigns look excellent and I’ve experienced no problems recently with the old site.

  2. 2.

    The Moar You Know

    May 23, 2019 at 10:32 am

    “I Don’t Know What the Fuck is Going On”

    John, you should title all your posts with this.

  3. 3.

    Edith Head Gave Good Gown

    May 23, 2019 at 10:32 am

    I know you are just venting, but yeah the arguments over the rebuild are a bit much. It’s your joint, man. Decorate it how you want.

  4. 4.

    Ruckus

    May 23, 2019 at 10:38 am

    John
    I wonder if there is actually anything that you can do. Everything seems to have ads or have become paying sites these days. It’s like the pod people have landed. My gut reaction is that someone or ones are clogging up the entire internet and demanding money. And plan on getting it one way or another. Either you can pay them or they will take it, makes no difference to them. Whomever them turns out to be. I suspect that Rupert M has something to do with it. But then I always suspect that end of the spectrum.

  5. 5.

    Gin & Tonic

    May 23, 2019 at 10:41 am

    I’ve missed the “anger and divisiveness.” Anybody got a link? All I’ve read is the normal whining.

  6. 6.

    John Cole

    May 23, 2019 at 10:43 am

    @Gin & Tonic: I’m talking about myself.

  7. 7.

    dmsilev

    May 23, 2019 at 10:43 am

    Yeah, Internet ads have gone all nuts over the last several years. Your ad network farms out chunks of things to other vendors, who embed code blocks from still other vendors, who pull data from yet another set of companies, etc. It’s like going down the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland, except at the bottom, the cake says ‘Bite me’.

  8. 8.

    gvg

    May 23, 2019 at 10:44 am

    I am going to repost myself from below on how to make the you have won popup go away in ipads and presumably Iphones

    @The Very Reverend Crimson Fire of Compassion: I get those on my ipad. The way I found to get rid of them is in settings open safari 1) clear cache 2)open advanced and turn off javascript.
    I usually wait awhile then turn java back on because lots of sites don’t work without it, but the pop up does away for awhile usually for days or weeks. Its annoying to have to reenter logins to all other websites but I don’t want Cole to go crazy and hope the new version fights them better.
    When it happens on Android, I have a lot more trouble getting rid of it.
    I learned this version on the internet but several suggestions didn’t work until this one did and I don’t remember where I found it.

  9. 9.

    rikyrah

    May 23, 2019 at 10:48 am

    Hi Cole. Sorry things aren’t going well.

  10. 10.

    Baud

    May 23, 2019 at 10:51 am

    I remember when this blog was about the ISSUES, man. Before it went all corporate.

  11. 11.

    John Cole

    May 23, 2019 at 10:54 am

    @Baud: This will all change with Baud/Cole 2020.

    Who is with me?

  12. 12.

    Luthe

    May 23, 2019 at 10:55 am

    You’re doing more than most sites. I’ve had the same thing happen on the Washington Post site and they should have better standards. You are actually trying to do something about it, so you get all the points.

  13. 13.

    MobiusKlein

    May 23, 2019 at 10:55 am

    Nuke it from space.
    It’s the only way to be sure.

  14. 14.

    dr. bloor

    May 23, 2019 at 10:56 am

    @John Cole: “I don’t know what the fuck is going on” would be a fine bumper sticker indeed.

  15. 15.

    Baud

    May 23, 2019 at 10:56 am

    @John Cole:

    I’m not sure our fragile electoral system can handle that much machismo on one ticket.

  16. 16.

    John Harrold

    May 23, 2019 at 11:00 am

    Is there an amount you could raise to completely disable ads after the rebuild?

  17. 17.

    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    May 23, 2019 at 11:03 am

    Don’t worry about it. Everything is going all right. It’s your house, so to speak, and you’re entitled to take it easy.

  18. 18.

    Aleta

    May 23, 2019 at 11:04 am

    @John Cole:
    I’m so there.
    (But waiting for the polling.)

  19. 19.

    seaboogie

    May 23, 2019 at 11:08 am

    @Baud: you fellers made me laugh.

  20. 20.

    NobodySpecial

    May 23, 2019 at 11:08 am

    Sorry to hear you’re getting a ton of ALL CAPS letters, Cole. People need to figure out that the ad problem is exactly why the site needs updating.

  21. 21.

    feebog

    May 23, 2019 at 11:09 am

    @John Cole:

    @Baud: This will all change with Baud/Cole 2020.

    Who is with me?

    Putting the band back together are we?

  22. 22.

    FreeThinkingRedneck

    May 23, 2019 at 11:11 am

    I blame the willow tree. It’s to damn close to the house.

  23. 23.

    OzarkHillbilly

    May 23, 2019 at 11:11 am

    Between the angst and anger and divisiveness in the comments over the rebuild I am ready to just take a blow torch and kerosene to the god damned website.

    Fuck ’em, John. It’s your place and you get to do any damn thing you like with it. If somebody doesn’t like what you do, they know where the door is.

  24. 24.

    seaninclt

    May 23, 2019 at 11:16 am

    this is why most sites don’t ask for input from users during rebuilds.

  25. 25.

    SG

    May 23, 2019 at 11:16 am

    Cole, I love you and I love your site. I just left for an hour til the ad shit calmed down and I knew all would be good because, man, it’s Balloon Juice. It’s one of the few places, like Linus’ pumpkin patch, where there’s nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see or the heart can feel. Or mostly. What’s a few fucking spam ads between friends?

    In the meantime, how are the birds doing? Do you check on the Cornell Labs bird cam sites or use their bird ID app?

  26. 26.

    satby

    May 23, 2019 at 11:18 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: exactly!

    @gvg: I did that but they came right back. And Kindle has a pop-up/redirect blocker enabled. Even updated and scanned with Malwarebytes, which didn’t id any malware.
    But now that you’ve turned them off it seems to be gone.

  27. 27.

    Mike J

    May 23, 2019 at 11:30 am

    @dmsilev:

    Yeah, Internet ads have gone all nuts over the last several years

    Users install ad blockers, which is an excuse for scum to make the ads worse and more intrusive, which causes more people to install ad blockers, which is an excuse for scum to make the ads worse and more intrusive, etc.

  28. 28.

    different-church-lady

    May 23, 2019 at 11:32 am

    I don’t know a ton about this stuff, but I don’t think it’s your sanctioned ads acting up, I think you’ve been digitally hijacked — I seem to remember that this is shit that can happen at the domain-name level or something. It may have nothing to do with your widgets, it may be that somehow anyone who hits the site gets redirected to a mal-page.

  29. 29.

    Amir Khalid

    May 23, 2019 at 11:35 am

    @Mike J:
    The ads started it. We users were just defending ourselves from the onslaught.

  30. 30.

    MomSense

    May 23, 2019 at 11:37 am

    @different-church-lady:

    Yup, I think that’s what is happening because that has been the explanation at other websites where I’ve encountered the invasive ad problem.

    I’m staying out of the blog redesign controversies to the point where I didn’t even know there were any. Whatever Cole and the redesign team line is fine with me.

  31. 31.

    Mandalay

    May 23, 2019 at 11:39 am

    @Ruckus:

    I suspect that Rupert M has something to do with it.

    Speaking of vile assholes, Newscorp’s initial response to complaints about putting the image of a female politician in the cross hairs with the headline “You’re Next” was GFY:

    “What the front page seeks to highlight is the fact that Labor’s poor performance in the federal election in Queensland means the State Government is now in the political sights of the conservative parties in Queensland.

    “On that basis, we do not intend to pull down the front page from online, nor apologise.

    They eventually issued a non-apology apology after a compliant to the Press Council.

    For someone who is not a politician, and has never been to prison, Murdoch has to be near the top of the list of people who have willfully brought misery and suffering into the lives of others.

  32. 32.

    Jeffery

    May 23, 2019 at 11:39 am

    Joe. My. God. Has been under the same attack for several days. He had to rebuild his site. It seems to be aimed at anti trump sites.

  33. 33.

    Aleta

    May 23, 2019 at 11:40 am

    Sorry John, worrying about a bunch of people like you do.
    You’re humping too much stuff, troop.

  34. 34.

    J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford

    May 23, 2019 at 11:41 am

    NOOOOOOO! God! No! Not the Allison Stokke ad!

  35. 35.

    Major Major Major Major

    May 23, 2019 at 11:41 am

    @Mike J: @Amir Khalid: I didn’t have an adblocker on my phone until the Taboola ads started here, which made participating in the comments so irritating that my options were to stop commenting or download an adblocker.

    Unfortunately for y’all, I chose the adblocker.

  36. 36.

    Aleta

    May 23, 2019 at 11:42 am

    Sorry John, worrying about a bunch of people like you do.
    You’re humping too much stuff, troop.

  37. 37.

    Fleeting Expletive

    May 23, 2019 at 11:43 am

    OT little bit: every D cndidte tell it–DJT=..loozer … luuzer…l00zer!
    not typing right b/c wet keybord —
    #1 letter, & no next to it either bc wter on keyz. Hope to dry out forthwith. How much cn I type legibly w/o 2 letterz?
    Too,cn u fix memory of mym & emil on commenting form pleeze? regret for ugly writing.

  38. 38.

    dexwood

    May 23, 2019 at 11:43 am

    Echo others here, John. Thanks for this great place, but it’s yours to run as you see fit.
    The only device ads show up here for me is on my Kindle Fire 10 which forces me to use that fucking Silk browser and prevents me from using adblockers. Last night, BJ was completely hijacked by a goodluckday pop up. I turned the machine off and opened a book.

  39. 39.

    Eric U

    May 23, 2019 at 11:47 am

    seems like you can sideload chrome onto a Fire. I have done other apps, but don’t browse on my Fire enough to make it worthwhile

  40. 40.

    Leto

    May 23, 2019 at 11:49 am

    @John Cole: I’d be down for that ticket. If that doesn’t work, @MobiusKlein: this is the only correct answer.

  41. 41.

    chopper

    May 23, 2019 at 11:50 am

    john cole, driving down the information superhighway in a 1970’s orange hatchback with bald tires and a brown door.

  42. 42.

    chopper

    May 23, 2019 at 11:52 am

    @John Cole:

    now that’s a ticket

    Baud/Cole 2020
    I Don’t Know What The Fuck Is Going On!

  43. 43.

    John Cole

    May 23, 2019 at 11:53 am

    @chopper: with a cloud of weed

  44. 44.

    Leto

    May 23, 2019 at 11:53 am

    @Major Major Major Major: Not just unfortunate for us, but then they made you a front pager!!! The horror! /s

    Edit: @chopper: final destination? A cow pasture. Where all good things must end.

  45. 45.

    chopper

    May 23, 2019 at 11:54 am

    @Fleeting Expletive:

    grblb blabt unt mipt speeb!! oot piffoo blaboo!

  46. 46.

    Walker

    May 23, 2019 at 11:57 am

    That hijack ad was particularly pernicious. Usually they go away when you clear your cache, but not that one. Hijack ads are one of the reasons that I don’t really do a lot of mobile browsing. I have no idea how the youngs put up with it.

  47. 47.

    different-church-lady

    May 23, 2019 at 12:00 pm

    The thing I’m finding most depressing about the 21st century is discovering just how many supposedly ordinary run-of-the-mill people are actually totally shitty, and how technology gives them an ever-increasing number of ways to shit up life for the rest of us.

  48. 48.

    Gretchen

    May 23, 2019 at 12:01 pm

    I was getting the ads last night but they’re gone this morning, so something is going right.
    John, thank you for thinking of this site and all you and the others do to keep it going. Even we lurkers are deeply grateful.

  49. 49.

    different-church-lady

    May 23, 2019 at 12:01 pm

    @Walker:

    I have no idea how the youngs put up with it.

    The youngs are stimulation junkies, and they don’t care where the stimulation comes from.

    I blame Monster Energy Drink.

  50. 50.

    Middlelee

    May 23, 2019 at 12:05 pm

    I’m beginning to feel neglected and completely left out of all the fun. It’s been years since I’ve had any ads. I remember with loathing the one with talking that I had to mute, every single time. I’m on an iMac running Firefox. Rarely look at the site on my phone because I rarely use my phone for anything when I’m away from the house. I just checked and there are no ads on the phone which runs Safari.

  51. 51.

    gene108

    May 23, 2019 at 12:06 pm

    @germy:

    I’m on Safari and all I got was jumping to different spammy websites this morning. Seems to be an issue with Safari, at least.

  52. 52.

    Miss Bianca

    May 23, 2019 at 12:07 pm

    Has there been angst over the site rebuild? Guess I haven’t been following it. Just grateful someone is taking care of it, I guess, and that from what I can see it looks very nice – a combo of classic old look and shiny new functionality. Go, team!

  53. 53.

    Leto

    May 23, 2019 at 12:08 pm

    @different-church-lady:

    I blame Monster Energy Drink.

    I blame the olds who made/marketed Jolt! Cola to my generation. There’s always a way to bring it back to the Boomers /s :p

  54. 54.

    zhena gogolia

    May 23, 2019 at 12:09 pm

    We’ve been watching over a robin’s nest since we saw the mother build it right outside our window. This morning I heard a racket and looked out to see a crow eating one of the young birds alive in our driveway. I’m in despair. Not just about the birds, but about everything. The bird episode is just the icing on the cake.

  55. 55.

    Mike in Pasadena

    May 23, 2019 at 12:10 pm

    Nobody knows WTF is going on. The site and the rebuild are fine. Baud/Cole 2020!

  56. 56.

    different-church-lady

    May 23, 2019 at 12:10 pm

    @Leto: The only thing that sucks more than Millennials is Boomers. And vice versa.

  57. 57.

    Fleeting Expletive

    May 23, 2019 at 12:10 pm

    @chopper: illegible, rite? # 1 & #2 letter on left of keybord. will dry, right?, I hope. Loozer theme iz funny & true & will bring fury to the big lunk nd will echo w/ deplorble 27%, reduce turnout bigly.

  58. 58.

    scav

    May 23, 2019 at 12:10 pm

    Ah, that fresh smell of current marketing, where provoking immediate associations of anger, frustration and annoyance with brand names is deemed best practice.

    If only all that thought anf money actually went to improving the actual good or service.

    Not that any actual good or service is involved in this instance. Pure annoyance and scam vaporware in a malicious disruptive package — the magnificent quintesence of Trumpian ‘Merkan Greatness!

  59. 59.

    different-church-lady

    May 23, 2019 at 12:10 pm

    @Mike in Pasadena: I know WTF is going on. I’m just too depressed to talk about it.

  60. 60.

    brantl

    May 23, 2019 at 12:11 pm

    @John Cole: I’m curious, how did you make your comment blue?

  61. 61.

    Middlelee

    May 23, 2019 at 12:11 pm

    My first complaint. I just posted a comment that seems to have been disappeared. Is it against the rules to say something nice about the site. Like, I don’t get any ads.

  62. 62.

    different-church-lady

    May 23, 2019 at 12:11 pm

    @brantl: He threw in a bunch of curse words.

  63. 63.

    Middlelee

    May 23, 2019 at 12:12 pm

    Never mind. A bunch more comments showed up and there it is. I’m going back to fucking lurking.

  64. 64.

    different-church-lady

    May 23, 2019 at 12:14 pm

    @Middlelee: Known bug — you hit the post button, but the comment doesn’t appear until you manually refresh the page. Does not happen on a consistent basis.

  65. 65.

    Major Major Major Major

    May 23, 2019 at 12:18 pm

    @Middlelee: if you haven’t commented in the last (some period of time I forget), all your comments go into moderation until a FP’er OK’s you.

    @brantl: just a thing Cole gets to do.

  66. 66.

    different-church-lady

    May 23, 2019 at 12:19 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Yeah, but I’ve had it happen when I’m deep in the middle of a commenting binge.

  67. 67.

    Leto

    May 23, 2019 at 12:20 pm

    @different-church-lady: I’m glad Gen X’ers are escaping this hate ❤️

  68. 68.

    Major Major Major Major

    May 23, 2019 at 12:21 pm

    @different-church-lady: there are any number of reasons you might have to refresh the page to see a comment, especially if you’ve been posting a lot of comments. I don’t know enough about this particular implementation to tell you which.

  69. 69.

    Rob

    May 23, 2019 at 12:26 pm

    No problem here; I refreshed for the first time in a couple of hours and even the Billboard TV (?) stuff is gone from the front page. 6 year old MacBook Pro with High Sierra, most recent Firefox with tracking content blocker turned off, and uBlock Origin and Adblock Plus. Plus I clear cookies out several times a day.

  70. 70.

    Cheryl Rofer

    May 23, 2019 at 12:27 pm

    Just saying that I am seeing more trolls in the comments but will wait to do more until we get a site policy on such, which should be coming along with the new site.

  71. 71.

    Bumper

    May 23, 2019 at 12:30 pm

    @different-church-lady: thank goodness I am just a slacker Gen Xer!

    Cole: please keep your blue.

  72. 72.

    Skepticat

    May 23, 2019 at 12:31 pm

    Not only have I seen no problems (my VPN, private windows, and blocking of ads and cookies probably get the credit), but I’m also interested only in the content rather than the appearance. It’s your blog, so dress it up, down, or sideways however you choose. P.S. None of us know what the fu*k is going on, and that has absolutely nothing to do with the site design.

  73. 73.

    Amir Khalid

    May 23, 2019 at 12:35 pm

    @chopper:
    Right on!

  74. 74.

    The Moar You Know

    May 23, 2019 at 12:37 pm

    Just saying that I am seeing more trolls in the comments but will wait to do more until we get a site policy on such, which should be coming along with the new site.

    @Cheryl Rofer: I, for one, hope it involves the use of tactical nuclear weapons. Or an auto-redirect for 30 days to the “Baby Shark” song. Either is acceptable, although I’ll admit that both are probably war crimes.

  75. 75.

    raven

    May 23, 2019 at 12:40 pm

    We went to this birthday gig last week and they have a live band with friends doing the singing. This year the theme was “One Hit Wonders” and it was mostly stuff way out of my wheel house/ I vaguely remember “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blonde but the crowd wen nuts and the ladies singing it did too!

    What’s Going on!

    Apparently it is a gay national anthem too!

    ReplyReply

  76. 76.

    cwmoss

    May 23, 2019 at 12:42 pm

    @MobiusKlein: Pedant here. Um, I believe you meant to say nuke it from orbit, not from space.

    As you were.

  77. 77.

    Major Major Major Major

    May 23, 2019 at 12:47 pm

    @raven:

    Apparently it is a gay national anthem too!

    And we are all continually gobsmacked that it’s called What’s Up instead of the obvious title.

  78. 78.

    RAVEN

    May 23, 2019 at 12:49 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: I am soooo clueless! I FB live’d part of it and my brother in LA just wrote “Prince”. I had no idea what was up with that either!

  79. 79.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    May 23, 2019 at 12:49 pm

    Just got back from voting in the European Parliament elections. Voted Green. Not only do I like their politics but they are pro-remain so suits me. Second time I have voted since I have been home and it feels quite empowering. I like it.

  80. 80.

    FlipYrWhig

    May 23, 2019 at 12:51 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: I thought that was because the obvious title was taken first by Marvin Gaye.

  81. 81.

    Ksmiami

    May 23, 2019 at 12:53 pm

    @Edith Head Gave Good Gown: I love this blog and it’s host. Thank you

  82. 82.

    Major Major Major Major

    May 23, 2019 at 12:54 pm

    @FlipYrWhig: I feel like after twenty-plus years it’s okay to reuse a song title that’s also a very common phrase.

  83. 83.

    Scout211

    May 23, 2019 at 1:05 pm

    We have found an influx of browser redirect malware being loaded onto (mainly) my husband’s Macs, especially using chrome. You all may already know this, but check the settings on your browsers (all of the big main browsers can be affected) and see if there are added extensions or added search engines in your preferences. Then reset the browser to the original settings. I have none of the issues with crazy ads now. On my iPad with Chrome, I had to delete the whole app and start over with a clean version when the pop-ups happened a couple of years ago.

  84. 84.

    Omnes Omnibus

    May 23, 2019 at 1:07 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:
    Blue – A Perfect Circle
    Blue – R.E.M.
    Blue – First Aid Kit
    Blue – Lucinda Williams
    Blue – Beyoncé
    Blue – The Jayhawks
    Blue (Da Ba Dee) – Eiffel 65

  85. 85.

    EthylEster

    May 23, 2019 at 1:07 pm

    I’d just like to get on record here.
    I have never vented about any version of the website for the last 14+ years.
    I have also never contributed a cent for any rebuild.
    I can live with it, whatever version.
    Some people need to get a life and I’m not talking about JC.

  86. 86.

    ronno2018

    May 23, 2019 at 1:08 pm

    I had to help a friend the other day with a simple WordPress site and ouch, I cannot imagine a big site with years of data. Good luck!

  87. 87.

    Omnes Omnibus

    May 23, 2019 at 1:10 pm

    @EthylEster: If everyone was like you we’d be cursed with threaded comments by now.

  88. 88.

    RAVEN

    May 23, 2019 at 1:12 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Joni.

  89. 89.

    Omnes Omnibus

    May 23, 2019 at 1:13 pm

    @RAVEN: Fine Young Cannibals too. That list was not exhaustive.

  90. 90.

    EthylEster

    May 23, 2019 at 1:13 pm

    @dexwood wrote: I turned the machine off and opened a book.

    And still you continue to function! Bravo.

  91. 91.

    Eric S.

    May 23, 2019 at 1:17 pm

    @different-church-lady: FWIW, I’ve been dealing with the pop ups for a couple weeks on my Android phone, using Chrome, when not connected to WiFi. It has made for some sad commutes not being able to read Balloon-Juice on the El.

  92. 92.

    Ruckus

    May 23, 2019 at 1:18 pm

    @Jeffery:
    Gee, I can’t imagine……..

  93. 93.

    Martin

    May 23, 2019 at 1:22 pm

    Cole, all redesigns are hated. It’s why Apple doesn’t focus group, they just ship and everyone can fucking deal.

    As for the ads, I block pop ups and let the rest through so you can cover costs.

  94. 94.

    satby

    May 23, 2019 at 1:25 pm

    The Mayor is kicking ass.

  95. 95.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    May 23, 2019 at 1:33 pm

    I love Nancy Pelosi.

    I wish that his family, or his administration, or his staff would have an intervention for the good of the country,” Pelosi told reporters.

    Re Kellyanne Conway:

    “I’m not going to talk about her,” Pelosi said. “I responded as the speaker of the House to the President of the United States. Other conversations people want to have among themselves is up to them.”

  96. 96.

    dnfree

    May 23, 2019 at 1:37 pm

    So far I like the rebuild and it seems very thoughtfully done, if that helps any.

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    Steve in the ATL

    May 23, 2019 at 1:38 pm

    @different-church-lady: and overuse of “literally”!

    Never mind. Can’t start that again.

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    Gin & Tonic

    May 23, 2019 at 1:39 pm

    @Steve in the ATL:

    Can’t start that again.

    I got 10 bucks that says you can and will, it’s just a matter of time.

  99. 99.

    Major Major Major Major

    May 23, 2019 at 1:40 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I thought I requested that that last one be stricken from reality.

  100. 100.

    Steve in the ATL

    May 23, 2019 at 1:42 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: would you prefer your $10 by Venmo or PayPal?

  101. 101.

    Ohio Mom

    May 23, 2019 at 1:45 pm

    I escaped southwest Ohio for a few days, and haven’t had much time to spend here or elsewhere on the internet. Not sure if I should interpret this post as “Boy, I am missing a lot of important developments on my favorite blog!” or “I see everything continues to chug along as usual on Balloon Juice.”

    Ohio Mom in CHO, soon to be Ohio Mom in LGA.

  102. 102.

    geg6

    May 23, 2019 at 1:50 pm

    @Eric S.:

    Yup, I’ve been having the same problem with my iPhone. And it keeps happening no matter what I do. I’ve tried all the fixes I (and our campus IT director) can think of but it just keeps happening. Can’t wait for the rebuild.

  103. 103.

    Bex

    May 23, 2019 at 1:56 pm

    @satby: Don’t know if you saw it, but I listened to the NYT podcast linked here this morning. I recommend it. You don’t have to listen to Dumbshit. He’s in the obligatory both-sides commentary at the end. You can skip it.

  104. 104.

    Gin & Tonic

    May 23, 2019 at 1:56 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: Just send it to Cole. Maybe if he gets enough contributions, he’ll be able to afford a modern commenting system like Disqus.

  105. 105.

    mrmoshpotato

    May 23, 2019 at 1:56 pm

    @Ohio Mom: Community Hospital of Ottawa (Illinois)?

  106. 106.

    Leto

    May 23, 2019 at 1:56 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: Lol, she called KAC “the little people”! Nancy SMASH indeed! :)

  107. 107.

    mrmoshpotato

    May 23, 2019 at 2:00 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Threaded comments are the work of the devil. And by devil, I mean Robot Devil.

  108. 108.

    Major Major Major Major

    May 23, 2019 at 2:07 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: by which you mean, get my coat?

  109. 109.

    mrmoshpotato

    May 23, 2019 at 2:25 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: YES! *cheers*

  110. 110.

    karen marie

    May 23, 2019 at 2:44 pm

    @John Cole: Good, because I would personally take a blowtorch to anyone giving you a bad time about anything but especially the rebuild. You are a god damned delight. Remember that.

    PS Is there an address to which one might send you a present?

  111. 111.

    WaterGirl

    May 23, 2019 at 2:49 pm

    Between the angst and anger and divisiveness in the comments over the rebuild…

    I have been too busy with the redesign for the past 3 weeks to actually read Balloon Juice. Could someone kindly point me to threads where there has been angst and anger and divisiveness in the comments over the rebuild?

    The only one I am aware of is the “we fucking HATE the new front page” thread — and since we’ve changed the front page in response to the feedback, I wasn’t aware that people were still unhappy about that.

    I did a goole search for “site”, “rebuild”, and “redesign” and didn’t find anything noteworthy.

    If someone would kindly point me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it.

  112. 112.

    NotMax

    May 23, 2019 at 2:52 pm

    the angst and anger and divisiveness in the comments over the rebuild

    No idea what blog you’ve been reading. The direct request was for feedback and that’s what there was. Sometimes curt, so as not to yatter on and on, but delivered dispassionately as far as anything which showed up on my screen went.

  113. 113.

    Chigail

    May 23, 2019 at 3:00 pm

    I knew you were aware of it problem and that people were working to fix it. I trust your competence. I am a jackal with good manners.

  114. 114.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    May 23, 2019 at 3:01 pm

    Look at the bright side Cole, Flickr had an outage scheduled for 5pm PDT yesterday to 5am PDT today, they’re still down. Things could be much worse.

    @WaterGirl: I saw your comment in OTR this morning, I’ll send you an email.

  115. 115.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    May 23, 2019 at 3:04 pm

    @Chigail:

    I am a jackal with good manners.

    Unpossible.

  116. 116.

    WaterGirl

    May 23, 2019 at 3:07 pm

    @NotMax: That was a quote from Cole up top, and I am trying to figure out what threads he has been reading, besides the one I mentioned, where there is angst and anger and divisiveness over the rebuild.

  117. 117.

    AnonPhenom

    May 23, 2019 at 3:09 pm

    @John Cole:
    What’s up with your twitter thing Cole?

    “Caution: This profile may include potentially sensitive content”

  118. 118.

    NotMax

    May 23, 2019 at 3:11 pm

    @WaterGirl

    Exactly. My comment was in response to what’s up top, not directed to you, with whom I’m in 100% agreement on having no friggin’ idea what the quote refers to.

  119. 119.

    Ohio Mom

    May 23, 2019 at 3:23 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: Charlottesville, VA, where I saw the alley named after Heather Heyer.

    There are makeshift flower arrangements hanging from signposts, she is not forgotten.

    Mostly I visited with a BFF. Now I am stuck in delayed flight limbo on my way to Queens.

  120. 120.

    cain

    May 23, 2019 at 3:36 pm

    Man all the comment said what is in regards to the connections to Facebook. Sheesh!

  121. 121.

    frosty

    May 23, 2019 at 3:47 pm

    @Leto: There aren’t enough of you to bother with. //s

  122. 122.

    Kristine

    May 23, 2019 at 3:57 pm

    @gvg: Thanks!

  123. 123.

    mrmoshpotato

    May 23, 2019 at 4:00 pm

    @Ohio Mom: Ah. Glad she’s being memorialized. I’m still in awe of her mother’s strength.

  124. 124.

    Mart

    May 23, 2019 at 4:29 pm

    What happened to the pop-ups? I wanted to get me that $1,000 Wal-Mart gift card. I am greatly informed by this blog, and appreciate the management that gets abused for doing their best with no compensation.

    BE BEST EVERYBODY!

  125. 125.

    EthylEster

    May 23, 2019 at 5:40 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus wrote :

    If everyone was like you we’d be cursed with threaded comments by now.

    I doubt that given how much JC hates them.

  126. 126.

    EthylEster

    May 23, 2019 at 5:44 pm

    @dnfree:

    So far I like the rebuild and it seems very thoughtfully done, if that helps any.

    I may be wrong but I don’t think the rebuild has been rolled out.
    OR….
    if it has, it looks a lot like the old one. I mean, what has changed?

  127. 127.

    EthylEster

    May 23, 2019 at 5:46 pm

    @Mart:

    BE BEST EVERYBODY!

    Fuck off, Melania.

  128. 128.

    NC Soder

    May 23, 2019 at 7:22 pm

    You said almost the exact same thing last rebuild. This too shall pass.

  129. 129.

    Anouthouse

    May 23, 2019 at 7:33 pm

    It was weirdly unusable this morning. Apparently I won something which was some junk internet thing. Everytime I tried to see Balloon Juice it was interrupted by the fact I won that thing. It was like going to raw story.com.

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