OMG, that should really be a thing.

On the post about Jezebel’s picks for People’s Man of the Year, there’s a whole, off-topic comment thread about this sadness:

I guess it’s not in keeping with a focus on celebrity and pop culture, but every week there are comments talking about how readers refreshed forever waiting for BCO. They’re killing - or maybe disowning? putting up for adoption? - a really popular, solid staple of the site.
Changes/RIP to Kinja, I get. From multiple…

I want to wear a black version of the pink feathery one while I mourn Kitchenette and Millihelen. :(

ALL OF THEM!!

So there’s at least one positive.
Unless it’s just because they’ve found a less functional replacement ...

Agreed! Whoever is lucky enough to get Pinkham (as with so many former Gawker staff) has a built-in following to add to their existing readership. There are a few I’ve followed since they’ve left, and I’ll be trotting along behind Pinkham wanting BCO scraps, too!
I’m with you - these are the biggest reasons I check in…

Hahaa! You *nailed it* with that! It’s exactly something my bff since third grade, or my sister and I would repeat for the rest of our existence.

KITCHENETTE?!!! Noo... Doesn’t everyone love BCO? Unaccebtabru, on almost all counts. Also, I really kinda love The Vane. Thought all of these were pretty popular... Sorry to see them all go but wish them the best in new adventures. <3

My 12-year old cannot stop repeating this phrase rn. :P

You’re so right. And your comment mirrors what I said when b-i-l tried to convince me that MINORITY DOCTOR Ben Carson would be more appealing to science-loving me. I was like, nah, he’s not better; he’s just quieter. :/
I really hope it’s neither of them. None of them. Least worst is no kinda choice.

Your choices sound right in line with ours (maybe it’s the Florida in us?) ... thanks! You have now chosen our next cheesy movie - Hollywood Knights seems familiar and right up our alley!

Bahaaa! I love that one! I can’t wait until my daughters are old enough for me to end a rant like Clark does. Someday....
Actually, the brother-in-law’s rant was more like this one, which my sister just reminded me did, in fact, end with “Hallelujah, where’s the tylenol?!” because we quote the helllllllll outta these…

I fully believe most of these, but #1 is based on anecdotal evidence, right?
He definitely smells like gravy that is beginning to sour. I’d bet my life on it. (Why can’t I find a Humperdinck gif saying that??)

Remember the scene in Christmas Vacation when Clark freaks out? It was a lot like that.
It was hilarious, and he knew it and meant it, but he also needed to take a moment to himself afterwards, because as those guys say, he was alllll assed up.

I wish I could remember the exact words of my ultra-conservative, retired(ish) SF brother-in-law. It was something FUCK THIS FUCKING SHITTY YELLOW HAIRED ORANGE SKINNED PANSY ASS FUCKING FLAMING PILE OF NOT EVEN FOBBIT-WORTHY PIECE OF FUCKING SHIT GODDAMMIT I HATE THIS MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!!!!

I love this response, and now you, too. <3
This is too near and dear to my heart, my family, my friends to let this lying, usurping shithead use wounded veterans as cover for the fact that HE WOULDN’T SERVE. A lot of people don’t, and that’s fine, but don’t you dare try to earn points on the broken backs and souls of…

I LOVE THAT. :D
So ... tell us, Shilly, you have something against books, I guess? Weird; I would totally not have guessed you to be an opponent of reading.

Shilly Trollenstein! :P

I thought the same thing.