Patrick's Take on Listicles

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction) 08/12/2016 at 11:38 • Filed to: None

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If I remember correctly, did he do away with them (and AOTD) a while back? Last one under the tag is the end of last year:

http://jalopnik.com/tag/answers-of…

HammerheadFistpunch > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/12/2016 at 11:43

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He’s recently said that he hates lists. No shock there. Not sure why, as it was one of the things that absolutely got mt clicking into the front page every morning, but whateves.

therevengeofthesaab (really likes pre-2005 hondas right now) > HammerheadFistpunch 08/12/2016 at 11:46

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AOTD and those Craiglist car articles were my favorite part of the site, sucks their not around now

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/12/2016 at 11:53

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On a scale of one to ten how much do you hate scales from one to ten.

MonkeePuzzle > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif 08/12/2016 at 11:54

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banana

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > MonkeePuzzle 08/12/2016 at 11:57

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Viggen > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/12/2016 at 11:57

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I don't know, I enjoyed the AOTD and AOTW. Learned a thing or two from some of them.

Leadbull > HammerheadFistpunch 08/12/2016 at 12:00

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I liked QOTD/AOTD as well, but it had been turning into kind of a shitshow before the end.

HammerheadFistpunch > Leadbull 08/12/2016 at 12:01

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This describes anything that lives long enough.

You either die a legend, or live long enough to see your feature become a shitshow

-Abraham Lincoln

Leadbull > HammerheadFistpunch 08/12/2016 at 12:02

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-Wayne Gretzky

HammerheadFistpunch > Leadbull 08/12/2016 at 12:03

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ah, my mistake.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > HammerheadFistpunch 08/12/2016 at 12:04

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The QOTD discussions were good, but for every really good AOTD post, there were probably 5 pretty lame ones.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Leadbull 08/12/2016 at 12:05

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QOTD did lead to some really good discussions in the comments.

HammerheadFistpunch > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/12/2016 at 12:05

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I suspect thats whyhe hated them. It would get pretty old trying to rack your brain to find good questions only to have people say* “hurr, we already did that one!” in the comments.

*yes, I did that.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Viggen 08/12/2016 at 12:07

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Yeah, QOTD led to good discussions sometimes, but I’m okay with him leaving the lists for places like Buzzfeed.

Leadbull > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/12/2016 at 12:09

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Yeah, that’s mostly what drew me to it.

I should probably clarify, most of the poop spectacleness happened in AOTD.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Leadbull 08/12/2016 at 12:12

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So, questions and discussion = good, lists = bad.

Leadbull > Leadbull 08/12/2016 at 12:12

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Oh, how the turn tables...

-Michael Scott

Leadbull > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/12/2016 at 12:15

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Ok, good talk, let's go home everybody.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Leadbull 08/12/2016 at 12:17

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Did you mean to reply to yourself?

Leadbull > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/12/2016 at 12:18

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Haha nope

Patrick George > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/12/2016 at 12:38

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10. It was too much work to do when we could be spending time doing better stories

9. It was from a different era of the web, when we used clickthrough galleries and were judged on “clicks” instead of overall traffic

8. They weren’t pulling good traffic anymore

7. I do in fact hate lists!

6. After doing AOTD for years we ran out of ideas

5. The internet in 2016 has to be better than daily “Top Ten” lists, for fuck’s sake

4. The readers complained about them to the point of sending us hate mail and even more troll comments than usual

3. The “ten best (whatever)“ were largely subjective; who among us can really say what the BEST BMW was?

2. We do countersteer now and it’s more centered around your personal stories, though we need to do it more regularly

1. Nothing matters because we’ll all be dead eventually

Viggen > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/12/2016 at 12:42

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Bleh. To hell with Buzzfeed.

HammerheadFistpunch > Patrick George 08/12/2016 at 12:45

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everybody dies. Though your words aren’t helping the general state of panic round these parts

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Viggen 08/12/2016 at 12:46

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Exactly.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Patrick George 08/12/2016 at 12:48

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Haha - thanks for chiming in Patrick.

Long live Jalopnik & OPPO!

Patrick George > HammerheadFistpunch 08/12/2016 at 12:51

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There’s nothing I can do to fix that except hope we all get some good news next week!

Justin Young > Patrick George 08/12/2016 at 12:52

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1. Nothing matters because we’ll all be dead eventually

HammerheadFistpunch > Patrick George 08/12/2016 at 12:52

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Anything we can do? Would it help if I told you there were donuts in the lounge?*

*there may not be donuts in the lounge, or a lounge.

Gamecat235 > Patrick George 08/12/2016 at 12:54

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After my 100th, I kind of tailed off, I mean, it was fun, but as you say all things must die. =)

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/absolutely-poi…

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/100-aotds-1434…

scoob > Patrick George 08/12/2016 at 12:57

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http://oppositelock.kinja.com/were-all-count…

For Sweden > Patrick George 08/12/2016 at 12:58

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Maybe Hearst will buy the company and we can be a whole family again

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > HammerheadFistpunch 08/12/2016 at 13:01

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However there is a high probability that somewhere there exists a lounge with donuts in it.

LongbowMkII > Patrick George 08/12/2016 at 13:02

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Work for Oppo. We get your “access” and “talent” and you get... Well some distance from the dumpster fire.

Win/win

HammerheadFistpunch > For Sweden 08/12/2016 at 13:06

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Road & Track & Jalopnik & also Driver I guess.

Future next gen S2000 owner > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 08/12/2016 at 13:26

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There are donuts in my break room, which could be considered a lounge if it wasn’t really just a closet in disguise. Also, they seem to be a day old.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Patrick George 08/12/2016 at 13:28

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1. Nothing matters because we’ll all be dead eventually

Carpe mother-fucking diem

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Gamecat235 08/12/2016 at 13:31

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nerd

Ike > Patrick George 08/12/2016 at 14:07

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I enjoyed this post you should do more like it. Also do you need beer? You sound like you need beer

Ike > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 08/12/2016 at 14:09

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Given an infinite universe, law of averages there should be a lounge inside a doughnut somewhere!

LongbowMkII > HammerheadFistpunch 08/12/2016 at 14:11

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No. Road&Oppo

Patrick George > Ike 08/12/2016 at 14:16

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5 p.m. today and I’m out my dude

Ike > Patrick George 08/12/2016 at 14:29

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End of an era, maybe. Well for this weekend might I suggest than a “Long Ireland Tea” for your evening. It’s same as a Long Island ice tea but add a splash of Jameson Irish whiskey before adding the coke. It’s yummy.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Ike 08/12/2016 at 14:55

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This is true, although the creation of the Universe really was just a bad move.

Ike > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 08/12/2016 at 15:24

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Well we got cars out of it so it has some good points

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Gamecat235 08/12/2016 at 16:49

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But you never owned the podium like I did.

Gamecat235 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 08/12/2016 at 16:58

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Au contraire! (Technical is the best kind of correct. I was the ONLY person with a suggestion. I created a Tumblr account just so that I could suggest something for the QOTD).

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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Gamecat235 08/12/2016 at 17:35

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A stanced VW Vortex Beetle should never win anything.

Gamecat235 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 08/12/2016 at 17:38

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You’re just jelly because I can compete with your podium sweep by being the only one on the podium.

(and also, yes, but given my history with the New Beetle, I kind of had to).

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Gamecat235 08/12/2016 at 17:40

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But you were also last.