CHUD REVIEW: NEW MOON
LAWL. Or one of those gold statue guys who poses in the streets for $$.
This is the most hilarious review I have ever read…
“Speaking of Jacob - he’s the one redeeming factor in this film. Especially if you’re a pedophile; Jacob and his buddies spend approximately 90% of the movie topless, exposing their supple boyflesh.”
this is my fave part (~*spoiler alert*~):
“In this film Edward plans to force the ruling vampire council to kill him by breaking the vamp law of exposing himself to the world by walking in sunlight. Real question: Why would anyone who saw him sulking about sparkling in the noon sun think he was a vampire? They’d just think he was an extra in a Lady Gaga video.”
School Employee Loses Job Over Vulgar Comment Online
This looks like a job for 4chan!
UC regents approve fee hike amid loud student protests [Updated]
My sympathies go out to the UC students who are going to be under tremendous financial pressures after this 32% fee hike that’s going to go into effect rapidly. You can blame the regents, but this really is another consequence from years of poor atrocious decisions made by both politicians and voters.
“ Even SEC Officials Saw Henry’s Hand
ESPN
I gotta say, this is the worst call of the season, considering the World Cup only comes along every 4 years and is an actual “World Series” of the world’s greatest footie teams. It’s a shame that FIFA is going to deny Ireland the chance to compete simply because France will draw more ticket sales and TV time.
Even SEC Officials Saw Henry’s Hand - SportsNation - ESPN
Hundreds rally at UCLA to protest expected 32% increase in student fees
Students have locked themselves into Campbell Hall!
Ranting about Yelp Reviews
Ditto. However, as much as I am anti-Yelp (Chowhound snob, here), the LA Yelp seems generous in giving LA’s high end restaurants 4 or more stars. The reviews backing up those ratings, however, are another story…
Agree with lots of your points, D. Here’s my one-sentence explanation of why Yelp reviews are only marginally helpful to me personally:
I have more money and less time than most of their reviewers.
The end. :-)
Lately, I’ve lost a bit of faith in Yelp restaurant reviews, mainly because 90% of what I read is:
- This place is too expensive
- The portions were too small
- I never got ____. They never asked if I wanted _____.
- They “lied”
The anecdotes and stories that are held within these reviews are often great, but the way that people map them to star ratings just doesn’t make sense to me.
- Sure, everyone has different budgets, but this is a complaint on nearly every restaurant from $$ to $$$$. It’s true that there are plenty of overpriced restaurants, but if a place goes from 5 to 3 stars because they don’t serve PBR or they charged a dollar for your side of rice, that’s just not helpful.
- TIWYF. Besides the obvious (it’s not too small, but rather you, like me, are too big…), most of the time I see this mentioned for small-plate / tapas-style places. You know you’re supposed to order more than 1 dish right?
- Did you ask for ____? Did you ask your server when you didn’t get it? I think this is the passive-aggressiveness that come with the safety of a computer between the reviewer and a real person. It’s much easier to complain after the fact, but 9/10 times it was an honest mistake that could have been quickly rectified.
- Really? Again, step 1: ask. For the most part, restaurants aren’t in business to cheat you. “All lunch entrees come with fries” probably doesn’t include your nachos or your baked potato. Would that even make sense? It’s probably just a poorly worded menu, and you should point that out so they can fix it in the future — and you’ll usually get your fries in the meantime.
So, what you see here in Seattle, and probably elsewhere, is that places like teriyaki joints get 5 stars. Go upscale even a little bit, and your ratings plummet. Yes, those places should be held to a higher standard, but then use a higher standard - don’t just apply a linear scale to every aspect of your meal and ever expect to be satisfied.
I’ve got plenty more to complain about with Yelp reviews (like that you can only compliment reviews, and can’t vote on whether a review was or wasn’t helpful), but what do you think? Have you noticed it too, or it is just old curmudgeony me?
I can imagine in years to come when she thinks he doesn't love him anymore and she yells "YOU ONLY DID IT FOR THE TUMBLARITY"
omg yes
