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December 09, 2005

Nearly Cheneyesque In His Blazing Genius: Atrios/Duncan Black

(Skip down to "What it Takes:") Atrios definitely sprechens de Ace when he writes this:

"To have a very high traffic blog a necessary condition is that you post consistently a lot. It means that great writers who take a lot of time to craft their prose are unlikely to have a high traffic blog. That is not unfair or wrong or anything, that's just not how you generate consistently high traffic. If you are a tremendous writer who spends lots of time crafting your prose, blogging is perhaps not the best medium for you except as a useful tool for self promotion if your goal is high daily readership."

Pretty much my observation, actually. The reason I don't do longer pieces -- and I always put off poetry contest results and the like -- is that there is always an urgent need to have fresh posts up. Even if they're crap.

And, of course, I'm lazy. And only marginally talented.

Still, even my throw-a-lot-of-crap-at-the-walls "style" (if I may be so bold) is not yet in Atrios' league. Here, once again, is a typical span of his recent ruminations:

Can It Really Be That Bad?
The big question facing us all is just how could Springtime For Hitler Media be as bad as it is?

-Atrios 8:10 AM

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Open Thread

She does pretty well with threads from hell.

-Atrios 5:56 AM

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It's not a bug, it's a feature!

Our NotTorture interrogation techniques were based on Soviet-era methods which were designed to obtain false confessions.

They worked!

-Atrios 12:47 AM

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K-Blow

An awesome rap!

-Atrios 12:23 AM

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Thursday, December 08, 2005

Open Thread

When the apocalypse comes... thread me.

-Atrios 11:56 PM

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Open Thread

The thread I bear is scorching me.

-Atrios 8:36 PM

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"K-Blow" is a reference to a woman named Kaye something or other, who writes that Christmas is under attack. See, her name is "Kaye" and apparent she might "blow" from time to time, which, put together, sounds like "J-Lo," a nickname for Jennifer Lopez.

Not exactly on par with Oscar Wilde.

Even 13-year-olds look at that "joke" and say, "I don't know... seems a little puerile and easy to me. Couldn't you have at least elevated your game to a witty sort of poop gag of some kind? True artists reach, Dude."

The man is an absolute master. He's forgotten more about crap-writing than I could ever hope to learn.

posted by Ace at 03:33 PM

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It's like reading poetry. How long do you think it takes him to write one sentence?

Posted by: carin on December 9, 2005 03:41 PM

Ace - you are atleast moderately talented :P.

/TJ

Posted by: TJ on December 9, 2005 03:58 PM

Two observations:

If you're looking at Atrios for keys to success, then you have truly reached that desperation oblivion that even Chris Klein cannot solve.

Second, it's quality, man, not quantity. Think in paragraphs, not sound bites. Rhetoric vs. sophistry.

But why am I telling this to the guy who makes his blog accessible to all the Kos-trolls with the "Continue Reading"/"Close it up" links? The very essence of quantification of quality.

Posted by: DeeDaGo on December 9, 2005 04:07 PM

Atrios is indeed Pinter-esque.

(I will pause to let the many layers of this implication seep into your brain).

Posted by: Harry Callahan on December 9, 2005 04:09 PM

So basically the guy is a communal toilet for the mental diarrhea of the moonbat left.

Posted by: lyle on December 9, 2005 04:10 PM

Who the fuck cares about traffic? I sure don't.

If I did, I would cry. And so would the baby Jesus.

Cheers,
Dave at Garfield Ridge

Posted by: Dave at Garfield Ridge on December 9, 2005 04:13 PM

In your case the fact that you're also an asshole helps your blog immensely.

Posted by: phil on December 9, 2005 04:24 PM

The people who comment on Atrios make me look like fucking Stephen Hawking.

Posted by: Proud Liberal Veterinarian on December 9, 2005 04:30 PM

Ace, if you didn't post something with substance, why the f- would anyone worth a damn come here more than to take a glance around? I wouldn't stay on Atrios' site long enough to take a dump.

If you think his numbers look better than yours, consider this: Your readers have jobs. Most of his are collecting welfare, sitting naked in front of their pc's all day long and hitting his site between masturbation sessions at nastyshemales.com.

Snap out of it!

Posted by: compos mentis on December 9, 2005 04:33 PM

Nasty shemales?

I'm not into that Republifag crap. I prefer straight up vanilla man on beast sex.

Posted by: Still a Proud Liberal Vet on December 9, 2005 04:35 PM

And I'm sure you still have the hoofprints on your back to prove it!

Posted by: compos mentis on December 9, 2005 04:48 PM

Most of his are collecting welfare, sitting naked in front of their pc's all day long and hitting his site between masturbation sessions at nastyshemales.com.

Ah, bliss...

Posted by: ace on December 9, 2005 05:06 PM

I thought K-blow was a take off on K-Lo which of course is a take off on J-lo.

I would like to see a piece titled, Why I Blog. Why do you blog? I have to admire people who can write consistently well day in and day out. It certainly is indicative of professionalism.

Posted by: on December 9, 2005 05:19 PM

I think that post conclusively explains the "why conservative blogs are more effective" business.

Posted by: someone on December 9, 2005 05:30 PM

Jesus Ace, what with you making allusions to Kipling all the time, your prose just HAS to be more thought-out and, um, lengthsome, and stuff.

Posted by: Mark on December 9, 2005 05:42 PM

How about this?

K-BlowAn awesome wrap!
-Atrios 12:23 AM

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Isn't that better? Well, isn't it? No?

Posted by: Craiggers on December 9, 2005 06:15 PM

This must make Lileks the anti-Atrios.

Posted by: The Colossus on December 9, 2005 06:44 PM

"To have a very high traffic blog a necessary condition is that you post consistently a lot

Appears he wanted to stake his position on the tremendous writer thing right out of the gate.

Posted by: JackStraw on December 9, 2005 06:47 PM