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Ordinary Times Wants You!
What we are.
What we aren’t.
What we can become.
What you can do to make it happen.
Daily Kosplay (or Conversational Parameters)
As your campaign draws to an end, Berners, so too shall your ability to speak your mind.
A Raising of the Glass & The Changing of the Guard
In which I announce the handing over of the reins of Ordinary Times to Burt Likko, give some well-deserved thank you-s, and reminisce over a shot (or two) of bourbon.
Who or What Is Using “Commenter Archive” and “commenter-thread”?
If any of you human beings have anything to say on the major uptick in use of these commenting features, please let me know. The spiders and robots don’t answer questions directly.
An Ordinary Halftime Report
Thank you for joining us at the Ordinary Sports Channel for the Ordinary Halftime Report…
Ordinary Times Is Currently A Left “Liberaltarian,” Mainly Cultural Site
If there is a politics or collective “view of the site” currently detectable at OT, it is not, I believe, an especially “conservative” one, but rather a committed but weak and diffuse left “liberaltarianism” – though left liberal-dominated in the comment threads.
Comments Since Last Visit, Reloaded, Augmented, Installed, In Two Steps
Comments Since Last Visit Highlighting (Thread-Specific) – Preserve As-New Formatting for Limited Time – Show Number of New Comments – Go To New Comments – Scroll Through New Comments – Show New Comments Only – Sort Ascending/Descending – Mark All Read (Start New Session)
Open Thread (Testing New New Comments New Since Last Visit Reloaded, Reloaded, Augmented)
Everything you know is wrong, and everything you like is evil and harmful. Did you see that thing? What a thing that thing is! America is pretty great. America is pretty bad. [ ] are pathetic, but you – you’re pretty darn terrific. Commenting on blogs is a complete waste of time. Everyone should support web developers financially to the very limit of ability to pay. RTod was right about something. This thing is/isn’t working.
The Snake Is Implemented
Comment Snaking? The Unbounded Snake? WordPress Comments Ouroborosified? Still haven’t hit upon the just-right name, but she is here – the comment thread version of Santanico Pandemonium.