Chicagoist: Chicagoist Overheard

joanna

Fri, 05 Aug 2005 12:48:02 -0600

Chicago, I can't hear you! I've been eagerly awaiting this week's installment of Chicagoist Overheard, but it's nowhere to be found. I hope Chicagoist didn't change its mind about this segment. It's silly and a little bad, yes, but what's wrong with that?

js

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:03:36 -0600

I think this site's been x-tra funny lately, but it might just be all the swearing, which is amusing, or not. Keep up the work which is goodful.

elo

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 21:40:08 -0600

Lame, lame, lame. I hope you'll reconsider this.

sky

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:46:56 -0600

I am a huge fan of chicagoist. I go here to keep informed and have a nice chuckle amidst my flourescent lighting and no window 9-6. I love this idea, it's not like the whole site is turning into this....it's nice to have something, light and fun to read throughout the day. Keep it up.

Stephen

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:39:49 -0600

Getting away from porn for a moment, I like the whole overheard thing. Although, it'll mean I'll actually have to pay attention on the train. Ok, back to porn.

Joel

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:35:07 -0600

Drop Them Drawers, some asshole

some asshole

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:33:24 -0600

is this a family publication? everyone always calls me SA...

Erin

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:27:05 -0600

"more importantly, it enables people to bitch about all the porn they watch. HA! You know those people are out there, SA.

Joel

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:20:38 -0600

Drop them drawers, Chicagoist

some asshole

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:12:10 -0600

more importantly, it enables people to bitch about all the porn they watch. don't miss the forest for the trees here, erin.

Erin

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:02:56 -0600

SA: That's funny. I thought its primary function was the mass distribution of porn. I think we can all agree that naked people are WAAAY more important than complaining.

NotSoHealthy

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:01:41 -0600

How I would handle the post above me. Thank you, asshole, for your input, keep posting your thoughts! Chuck, this is just me though...

some asshole

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:53:25 -0600

awwwwww...puddin'! you need a hanky chuck? i've got a box of kleenex i'm not using. this is the internet. its primary function is allowing people to bitch about things.

chuck

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:31:53 -0600

Mea culpa to Moon, if he'll accept it. It just seems that in my brief time writing here that some folks who post comments just post to bitch. Still, they're reading. chiagoist Prime,a s always, looks at the big picture.

NotSoHealthy

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:25:01 -0600

See, Rachelle knows what its all about! I'll buy what she's sellin'

rachelle

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:21:55 -0600

moon is a loyal reader/commenter. we like that!

Mr. Smith

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:20:46 -0600

Looks like the BlogAds thing is fixed now.

NotSoHealthy

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:17:50 -0600

Why Y'all picking on moon, he is adding content to your site! A more apropriate way to handle the situation would be possibly, "Thank you for your input moon, please keep posting your thoughts."

rachelle

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:16:39 -0600

actually - to shed more like on the blogads bug - it's a firefox issue and has been reported like crazy to them.. hopefully they'll fix it soon. we've tried to implement a work around to solve the problem. hope it works because i loves me some firefox!

EgoKitten

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:11:54 -0600

Moon - get Firefox and the Adblock extension. You'll love it!

chuck

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:08:45 -0600

Get past the blogads snafu (which are for a movie and a wine, Moon. Reading comprehension: it's a good thing, even for an annoying blogad) Maybe you should try scrolling down the page more often to see if we've tapped that "nothing else to write about" well dry.

Dave

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:45:14 -0600

Overheard at chicagoist.com Middle-aged lady to her dining companion: "I hope you don't think that I'm hitting on you . . . because I'm not." Overheard at Capital Grille during lunch

jen

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:42:34 -0600

i actually think this is a great idea, and a reason for me to actually *use* that tiny notepad i bought years ago in an effort to try and REMEMBER to write this kind of shit down! these first entries are actually kind of tame... hopefully reader submissions will spice this up a bit. ;)

Erin

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:23:05 -0600

Asshole: I stand by my unbridled adoration of Vince Vaughn.

jeez

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:21:19 -0600

come on lighten up. i thought "the overheards" were funny... and a nice concept to involve some of the readers. The love letter to vince vaughn was (IMO) a very witty little way to spice up the story about vince being the new cusack and working in Chicago so much as of late...

some asshole

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:18:01 -0600

as ridiculous and cringe-inducing as the love letter to vince vaughn was (seriously, i hope you guys are embarrassed) i like overheard. the NYC overheard page is one of my favorite sites on the net. no reason we should have one as well.

rachelle

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:48:36 -0600

moon - we're working on a bug with the blogads right now. ouch - re: mr. anonymous - we're posting this as Chicagoist Overheard because we're collectively pooling together things we've overheard and also including anything you've overheard - email overheard at chicagoist dot com. It's a group effort, not just one person.

me three

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:47:23 -0600

I third. A made-up anecdote about "trixies" debating anal and a trite reference to iPods ... yeech. This is almost as lame as that love letter to Vince Vaughn.

MikeH

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:45:42 -0600

Damn. A lot of grumpy people on here today...

FLowFeelFan

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:45:31 -0600

I hear the Blog saying that we have run out of things to post about! :)

Moon

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:40:58 -0600

Those stupid ads for books that keep sending me to another page without even clicking on them is making me stop visiting Chicagoist! /Overhear THAT!

ouch

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:26:46 -0600

Ouch. I remember a time when Chicagoist could be witty/funny without belittling their neighbors. If you want to write a blog about Chicago culture, at least pretend to be one of us common folks, mr. anonymous "Chicagoist Overheard" writer.

lame!

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:20:44 -0600

maybe try something more original? there are already tons of those sites out there

lame!

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:20:06 -0600

maybe try something more origional? there are already tons of those sites out there