* Posts by Sarah Bee

2823 publicly visible posts • joined 31 Jan 2008

Labour MP quits over McKinnon extradition vote

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Asperger's

Well, if you've had a quick google about it then I think we can all agree you have acquired a respectable body of knowledge about the condition in all its complexity and are more than qualified to hold the opinion that it's no excuse. Why, if it were, surely they'd all be doing it, a la Peter Griffin with his diagnosis of retardation:

*kicks down toilet door*

"SCREAM"

"Can't help it, retarded."

"Oh, you poor thing, that's OK."

*kicks down second toilet door*

"AIIIIEEEEE!"

"Don't know any better."

"Ah, bless your heart."

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Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Should I even bother. .. ?

AC - Your previous comment has now gone through.

I'm not convinced that much of this is 'tongue in cheek', as you assert. I refer you to a chap who quoth "There is no such thing as 'only joking' - our souls speak through our jokes". But maybe he's full of it.

You seem a little confused towards the end there. You find lesbians 'ugly' as an aberration of nature (which does no harm to you, even if that's what lesbianism is), and yet you find them perfectly pleasant to hang out with? You hope some people will grow up to be decent? Do you not see a little disconnect here? Don't answer that - I'm sure you're right and I just need to do some catching up.

Maty - yeah, you're about right.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Come and get it

Seriously, though. Are you people real?

Really?

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Sarah Bee

Who's smiling?

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Fuck Me! Fuck Me Not!

I'm saying nothing. But I am judging you.

Oh and previous poster - so, another way to put that would be that your views on sexuality are Victorian? Just that it might have been quicker and saved you time to say that. You're welcome.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: old fashioned...

The fact that I still find some of these comments shocking is a source of relief to me. It means that 18 months of moderating hasn't completely deadened my head yet.

In case anyone was wondering, I'm approaching this thread with my "let almost everything through in order that you can see what people really think" hat on.

Just lovely. Keep it up, enlightened souls!

BOFH: Hammer time!

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: @Sarah Bee

The point is that you could probably fill Wembley Stadium with all the people who refer to themselves as 'Sarah B' on the internet so it's highly unlikely that that one would be me. I never refer to myself as 'Sarah B', anyway. Why would I? Tsk.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: @Sarah Bee

Um, no. I haven't got an iPod, nor am I ever likely to run a half-marathon.

I do know the Queen, though.

Bezos begs forgiveness for Amazon's Big Brother moment

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: On the doubleplusgood side

Yeah and some of the words in it are like, totally made up. Also, I was alive in 1984 and I don't remember any of that stuff happening at all. Rubbish.

Bank fined £3m for data loss

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: @Graham Marsden...

>I feel like having a good rant on BBC HYS except it's full of illiterate morons who can't string a sentence together.

Quick - give me five differences between here and HYS. No repetition, no hesitation, no deviation.

Companies line up for funding to break China's Firewall

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Anti-American Idiocy

I'd just like to interject that while I never condone anti-American idiocy - I have one parent from each side of the pond, but I wouldn't condone it anyway, it's idiocy after all - I don't believe it has much to do with the 'former colony' thing. I'd class that angle as, well, anti-British idiocy, myself.

As you were!

Swine flu will [enter scare words here]...

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Anti-virals ...

>Lethal.

Really?

Mysterious organic blobs found in Alaskan waters

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: @AC - 00:40

Nobody's views can be 100% consistent. Everyone's a hypocrite. It's a meaningless and toothless accusation.

As you were.

Vulture Central plans Brit-Yank dictionary

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: The one that really hacks me off...

No no no. "I *could* care less about this, but I don't think I can be bothered."

I love that one. Especially because it really irritates people. See also: "pissed" to mean "pissed off". Somehow "pissed" on its own sounds much angrier and more serious.

Tattooed Swedish devil girls sexually molest cyclist

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: @zid

EVERYBODY PIE SCOTTBOY.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Warning, no IT angle

>fingering the suspects

Look, we all know, OK? Anyone who simply cannot resist is getting booted off the internet forever. Alternatively I may decide to make an example of you by letting through your sniggerings of screaming obviousness and exhorting all others to pie you. And not in the good way.

Microsoft invests $1m in IT girls

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Sorry sarah, but I must respectfully disagree a bit

Of course. If you look carefully though that's not disagreement - I think support and encouragement = good, positive discrimination = bad. And to be honest the latter only makes things even worse for women because they get the blame for it. See some of the above comments.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Sorry sarah, but I must respectfully disagree a bit

(Good comment btw. Shame you've anonymised really!)

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: sigh

And no I'm not saying there's no room for reasonable debate on this issue, it's controversial. It's just that - well, if you feel the urge to be a complete cock, take a breath and try and figure why that is, and if it's really necessary.

I just want less complete cockery around here. It's probably because I'm a girl, or something.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

sigh

I know you folks love to get hysterical about this stuff, but please remember that encouragement and support given to one group is not necessarily to the detriment of another.

And please, please drop the women/blacks/disabled/gays crap. It's getting really old and it makes you look, well, like a galloping bigot who's only waiting for an excuse to bash somebody who isn't the same as you. I'm sure you're all better than that, aren't you?

World's oldest mum pops clogs

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: @L 4

I'd personally concur about the single parent issue - two can only be better (providing one isn't a complete dick, of course) - but let's not get into a shouty scrap about it. Similarly, I think very little of this woman's decision but do try not to be too abusive to that end.

Cheers.

Sun: Q4 sales to drop by a third, sees deeper losses

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

RE: Intelligent responses

Alrighty then! Just because I can, I'm going to reject all of Mr Bryant's output for the rest of the day. The rest of you can frolic in the golden pastures and hit each other in the jaw to your heart's content.

Normal service will be resumed tomorrow. Matt, you may use this time to... I don't know, ponder life's mysteries, or put a shelf up, or something? Enjoy.

McKinnon faces final appeal against extradition

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Asperger's

What a spectacularly ignorant comment.

I so look forward to McKinnon threads. Always a haven of clear thinking and compassion. Oh, and prison rape jokes. Come on, guys, where Bubba at?

Cats mix baby 'cry' with purr to score dinner

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Pussy want some fish? Nice piece of fish, pussy want some?

Christ, cats really are psychotically rude, aren't they?

Congressman calls for 'cyber-reprisals' against North Korea

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

'septics'

Can we keep the xenophobic epithets out of it, please? Go ahead with the sweeping statements and such, but that just weakens your argument to breaking point. Ta.

Hurt yourself? Try f**king swearing

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: The moderatrix has me by the contextuals

I'm not suggesting swearing indicates a great intellect - it just doesn't preclude it.

And I know people who use swears beautifully and ingeniously, or simply use swears as punctuation in otherwise complex and pleasingly-formed sentences rich in style and content. There's more than one way to swear.

I don't know why people still have such a thing about it, or why 'alternatives' are really necessary. Swearing can be ever so liberating, especially if you're a bit overburdened with brains. Context is all, anyway. Small-minded people talking crap and swearing for emphasis or shock value or out of indolence sound ugly and noxious. Searingly intelligent and creative people swearing loud and long and clear as if flying a magnificent kite of fuck is a different matter entirely.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Habitual users

Pfft. The whole 'miniscule intellect' thing is bollocks. All of the most intelligent people I know are inveterate cursers. New research is needed.

I refer you to Arthur Smith's retort to accusations that a tendency to use profanity indicates a limited vocabulary: "You senescent misanthrope, fuck off."

Moderatrix to gain even more sinister powers

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: But who will Moderatrix the Moderatrix?

You've had no comments rejected unless it was under another alias.

There may be an issue with values across the board, yes (and this place is particularly er, liberal) but some people are so objectively appalling that the only people who think they are justified in spouting what they spout are fellow trolls. And yes, when it's your own house, as someone said above, it's nothing to do with free speech - and there is indeed such a thing as hate speech. Not that I'm gonna get into that one.

I do occasionally get misty-eyed about the notion of people being less evil on the internet but I don't know that it's achievable. I'm such a hopeless idealist. Just been reading some comments on a story in a London paper about a young bloke who killed himself and seriously, I despair of the human race about 7% more than I did yesterday on the basis of those alone. There is quite literally No Need.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: It's stupid

You're welcome.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Goodbye

Um, say what? Nothing's changed here. I'm still doing everything by hand and by eye. More's the pity.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: A flaw?

Beeeeer.

I don't know, it might be unworkable and possibly even unethical (snort, good one) and might be more work, but anything that might slightly diminish the amount of absolute evil wrought upon the world by horrible comments is A-OK by me.

No offence, boys. Most of you are barely evil at all.

Ukraine slaps ban on all porn

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Every new media.

>>Feminists always want porn banned (for men at any rate,) because they want women to have some hold over men.

I'd say "you don't know much about feminism, then", but er... well, you see where I'm going with that.

NZ lad punts nude mum snaps on net

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: @Yorkshirepudding re. my eyes!

You're forgetting that Yorkshirepudding has some kind of deep-seated fear of the feminine which manifests itself in extravagant jokey OMG VOMIT shenanigans.

Obviously she looks pretty good. I mean, it's obvious.

Daily Mail launches McKinnon campaign

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Excuse me but...

I will have to make myself a cup of tea and settle in for this scintillating discussion which I've only witnessed 32 times this year.

Lawyers claim ringtones are public performance

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Which leaves one question.

Ann Summers, obviously.

BOFH: A spot of bother

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: "You know I'm BOFH, I'm BOFH..."

I was only a week late with that one. But y'know, got there in the end.

Really, really BOFH.

Police told to use Wikipedia for court preparation

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: The following is intended to be humourous

It isn't illegal to *be* a paedophile, though, just to do anything about it.

Well, satire's still got to be accurate, you know.

Satanic blob beast menaces North Carolina

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: pulsating satanic blob monster

Ahahaahaahaah I see what you did there.

People on the internet are funny.

Russian's Bulgarian airbags burst mid-flight

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: @Sarah Bee

Er, actually I was talking about your good self drawing attention, on the internet, to the fact that they exist and are nice.

You respond by informing me that you very magnanimously allow her to draw attention to them herself (do you let her occasionally go shopping on her own too? That's good husbanding) and enquire if I am some sort of subjugated prude by proxy. Nice work.

Obligatory smiley face: :)

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Funbags go Pop

So your wife has nice tits but you don't like to draw attention to that fact or anything.

I love the comments sometimes.

Petrol station robbers cuffed after running out of petrol

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: @Mrs Bee

1) I'm not taking it personally, I'm just weary of having to point out the incredibly obvious on a daily basis to people who probably make more money than me.

2) It's Miss Bee to you, minion.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: @Sarah Bee

I dunno, Daniel, maybe we should do a survey.

Or I could just ask what everyone is wearing right now.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Whats the IT aspect?

You know, what worries me is that something unfortunate will happen to me and after I'm gone there will still be Reg commentards wanting to know what the IT angle is on a non-IT story. Listen to me. WE RUN NON-IT STORIES. WE DO IT ALL THE TIME. WE ALWAYS HAVE. WRITE IT DOWN 20 TIMES AND THEN FLUSH YOUR FACE IN THE TOILET.

Can anyone help me out here? Do you think a hearty chorus of 'Sometimes there is no IT angle' might do it?

Feds: Hospital hacker's 'massive' DDoS averted

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: @sarah

Impatient *and* abusive. But er, honest at least, I suppose.

What abusive post is this? And why am I even asking you? You have no idea how many abusive posts I boot off here in a day. More at the moment, in fact, because I would like the world to be a kinder happier place.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: hey!!

I don't know. Where are your manners?

Prof: People reject news which conflicts with beliefs

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Good Job Of Stating The Obvious

I'd challenge you on that belief, Doug, but...

Chaps: Give up, you'll never understand women

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Blokes - take control of the situation

Hmm. So, tell me, has 'negging' worked for you?

Neil Strauss is a nut. If you have to resort to that level of manipulation to get a date then there's something wrong.

Bloke uses nail clippers to go roundhead

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Nah

But you don't like to draw attention to it. I understand.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: IT angle?!

It doesn't have quite the same angle it used to.

An American Werewolf returns to London

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: @Sarah B

Hell yes. The ridiculously incongruous version of Blue Moon at the end still knocks me on my arse.

Thinking about the London-to-Yorkshire implausibility - I suspect it might have been a deliberate quip on how tiny Americans think the UK is. Clever snarky Landis. Either that or it was just expedient to the plot and it didn't really matter what the reality was - or they cocked it up. But I'd like to think it was the first.