Have A Great Summer And Stay Sweet, You Guys!
Dear You Guys,
So for the past 15 months I've gotten to help plan and launch a totally unique new website, working with a team made up entirely of people who were already my friends on an idea so crazy it just did work. I got to write about almost anything I wanted and share editorship of the site with a writer who makes me laugh out loud every day. And it was my full time job. Not a bad deal!
Now it's time to move on to write for other sites, including my six year old blog lindsayism.com, where they always have to take me back because they is just me. But I have a few people to thank first!
First, thank you to Scott Lapatine for dreaming up Videogum and thinking of me to write for it, and for being the coolest boss in the world, even though "boss" still sounds like such a weird word. Thanks to Amrit Singh for his constant support and for never making me feel like an idiot because of my inability to learn punctuation (I still haven't totally mastered it.) Thank you to Jim Jazwiecki for his infinite patience in teaching me the most basic tech stuff and for always knowing the answer to every question, and to Angela Williams for her encouragement and ability to pull off a perfect party in a matter of days. And thanks to Stereogum's Brandon Stosuy for his funny emails and impossibly cool true stories of crazy rock shows. You guys were all an absolute pleasure to work with.
And, obviously, Duh Aficionado Magazine Cover Story Of The Year: Thank you to Gabe Delahaye, my friend of over three years and a person whose enviable writing talent was evident from the moment I met him. Thanks to Gabe for putting up with me when I was a gigantic pain in the ass, for his generosity of spirit, time, and with funny tips (I still owe him big time for letting me have Mark Gormley), and for being a good friend to have with me in the blogging trenches. We made a great team, and I hope to work with Gabe again someday, like when he becomes the President Of Entertainment. To use a cliche that's a cliche because it's true: Videogum is like our baby, and it's a huge relief to know it will go on in good hands and not be sold off to some terrible company that will turn it into a bot-written celebrity gossip zombie site. That would be The Worst.
Thank you to my friends, both bloggers and normals, for putting up with my constant complaining about "having to watch 30 Rock" and for listening to me agonize about the mean comments that one time I got Cookie Monster and Ernie mixed up. ("They called me shit for braaaains!") You all know who you are and I love you.
And, finally, thank you, the readers, commenters, and tipsters. I want to tell you a secret: ever since you guys started showing up and commenting here, every time we've met up to talk about the site, Gabe and I have marveled, in hushed, conspiratorial tones, about how we got so lucky in getting the smartest, funniest, sharpest commenters of any blog we know of. Let's face it: the comments sections on most blogs are too full of trolls and idiots to even glance at, but you guys have turned ours into an ongoing on-topic conversation full of one-liners and, like, almost no hate-speech at all, except the few times we got linked on those weird right wing sites. You guys are, literally, the best. Even our trolls have been mostly funny!
For anyone who's read this far, I have lots of big plans in store but until then you can find me on the aforementioned personal blog, which will be much more frequently updated than it has been recently, and on which I'll continue to do my thing, whatever my thing is. And also, while we're at it, what the hell: on Twitter. This job has been the most creatively fulfilling project of my life so far, and the one I'm most proud of. Yay!
Now I will go and be like this hilarious little horse, running around wild and free, all over the entire internet:
K.I.T., and I'll see you back here in the previously praised comments on Monday. GO you guys, and GO GABE!
Posted by Lindsay at 5:15 PM in Alternate Endings
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Lindsay. You will be missed. Downers are so much rougher without the uppers. Good luck!
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Who is Lindsay?
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Lindsay. You will BE MISSED, sorely and sadly. I feel like we're all your BABY, and you've been forced to abandon us by the powers THAT BE. And my heart is torn! YOUR MEMORY WILL LIVE ON. And now that you gave us your blog SO TO WILL THAT.
BUT ALL THINGS ASIDE, (and, let me point out, that I LOVE how you listed ALL YOUR FAVORITE TAGS) I wanted to let you KNOW one thing...
I LOVE YOU.
Was that too personal? SHIT.
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too* DANM IT TYPOS!
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You're taking this really hard. ::distant pat on shoulder::
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You make my day, Lindsay. Good luck.
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You can tag this post with as many "toilets" and "vaginas" as you like (?) and I will still support you. Goodbye, Lindsay! See you on Monday over at your place. (And also on this place.)
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aaand Lindsay's Twitter explodes with followers.
Lindsay, help us say goodbye.
we'll miss you. may your LIFE be tagged as fantastically at this blog post (what?).
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Don't say that. Don't say "goodbye", even if it's true. It's too painful. Say "bon voyage".
Bon voyage, Lindsay.
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Just subscribed to Lindsayism, looking forward to it! You will definitely be missed.
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no goodbye from me, i'm just going to happily follow you to your other sited.
good work here, though.
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No, Lindsay: Thank you.
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Thanks Lindsay, I hope your travels allow you to meet Box Cat Maru in person (in cat?) some day.
You'll be missed.
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pouring out some liquor for the homie Lindsay.
linsayism is going to explode all over the internet's face.
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Looks like she's gonna need a bigger server. *sniffle*
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Good luck Lindsay! I enjoyed your writing!
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Oh Lindsay. Truly this is a :( to the WOOFth degree.
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Duh Aficionado Magazine just became Bummer Weekly. Congrats on a great run, Lindsay Lindsayism. May you never have to write about animals with Paul Rudd fetishes that are all hopped on salvia bouncing on trampolines ever again (that is, of course, unless you want to!). K.I.T., indeed!
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See ya later! & good luck. Now gimme that horse.
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I am so sad about this. I think I am going to have to do a marathon of Lindsay post's like I watched MJ videos for hours to cheer me up yesterday.
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Consider yourself followed. Lovingly, and at a respectful distance of course.
And it's so hard not to toss out a "have fun at dinner" joke right about now.
TEAM LINDSAY
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I look forward to the day I can say, "I 'knew' Lindsay when..."
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Lindsay the best! So hawt!!
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Lindsay, you are a tremendously talented writer, and I have no doubt that SO MANY great things lie in store for you. Duh! You are The Best! You are The Best!
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Better than all the rest.
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I'll speak for the witless and anonymous and say that I couldn't give a shit about internet videos, but you guys are such fun and interesting writers that I came back every day. I'll still read the site, but Lindsay you did a great job and I look forward to seeing your writing everywhere in the world (billboards? t-shirts? magazines?).
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DVR descriptions for the home shopping network.
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Great last post. Stay golden, Ponyboy.
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Mr. T is crying because he's happy. Ding dong the witch is dead!
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Hey diaperface, FUCK YOU.
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yeah, you "won". "congratulations". feminismgum.com FTW. gloriasteinemgum.com 4 evr.
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heh, it's hard to convey sarcasm on the internets (blushes). buenosueno is an idiot, you'll be missed, Lindsay.
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May the internet dragon eat your blog face.
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wow, you're a fucking tube top
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"There is no future/there is no past/ thank God this moment's not the last."
-Rent. Yep, Rent.
See ya in the future.
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So much of today was definitely The Worst, but Lindsay - you're anything but. Thanks for all the great writing/sharing/commiserating!
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In honor of your departure, I am going to go out and get so embarrassingly shitfaced that the entire city of Baltimore will be regaling their coworkers with stories of my humilation on Monday morning. Sure, I do it every weekend but this time it MEANS something.
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To That's Your Boyfriend/Girlfriend, the innumerable cute-animal videos, and all the wonderful curios of the internet that you brought to us, Lindsay. All of us here that followed Videogum will most certainly miss your presence, but it's comforting to know that you're just a single bookmark away.
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I've been bummed all week about you leaving the videogum...which says a lot about you and this board. i've never been emotionally attached to a board. emotions 2.0, i guess. anyway...thanks for starting this up and best of luck. keep on Lindsaying on. :)
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Lindsay, I hope there will be a day when you are sitting with your friends at a bar, speaking of your exciting new endeavors and glorious conquests. When you go to grab another round, you will look down and see all of the drinks already in front of you with the simple note: Thank You.
That note will be from me. I would like to buy you all of the drinks. Thanks again, and I wish you nothing but the best. Whatever that might be.
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Good luck, Lindsay, though someone with your talent and charm certainly doesn't need any.
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:(
we'll miss you!
good luck!
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Aw I wish there was a bar I could go to tonight in Seattle that would play Lindsay videos and Mark Gormley.
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You and me both. We'll have to spill a little PBR at the Cap Hill Block Party for Lindsay now.
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Never forget!
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I will be in the beer garden dumping out PBR's, with a Lindsay t-shirt on. Come find me!
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You're such a good little champion. I love you.
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I am eagerly awaiting your "After VIDEOGUM."
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:( 's all around. Won't be the same around here.
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Is this where we sign Lindsay's yearbook?
So long, Lindsay! You are The Best! Remember all the good times! I kid, they weren't the good times. They were The Best Times. Have fun at college!
Rex Manning Day
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Thanks for making me laugh a couple of hundred times. And that Survivor Audition tape for Double Dog. That was hilarious. Bye, Lindsay!
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Like a bunch of us, I came for Gabe's snarkiness, but I stayed for the kitten feeds, movie trailers, Paul Rudd interjunks, and SNL and 30 Rock recaps that you made so much fun to read, and comment on with a bunch of terrific and funny people. I'd feel much less :( if I knew that you were leaving on your own terms but, like others have already said, I will follow you wherever you go. Not like a stalker or anything. Ah, you know what I mean.
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This is just wrong! BUT, I've been enjoying your blogging since, like, 2004 and I don't intend to stop now! Thanks for everything, Lindsay!
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First of all, I just want to make it clear that I'm in no way crying, because, I mean come on....of course I'm not crying. So, now that's covered. Definitely not crying. Didn't start wanting to cry about halfway through and then, whence realizing how ridiculous that it was, actually start crying. So, that's completely out of the question.
If this were facebook, you'd probably be asking us to leave a favorite memory. Since we're not facebook friends (but you could totally add me if you wanted...just sayin), I have to do it here. My favorite memory was when someone was bitching about the Paul Rudd coverage and I defended it and you commented me back "xoxo". I felt like maybe if I happened to be in New York that day and I'd run into you, we might have gone out for cocktails and you'd get a little tipsy and we might start making out but I'd DEFINITELY not tell anybody (just sayin) because that's where our friendship was.
My mother has no idea how much she's going to miss you, but she is. This past year was my first away from her, and she relied on weekly videos of cute baby animals and Paul Rudd outtakes. Now she'll be screwed.
I will conclude with a favorite quote, that I'm sure you'll be familiar with:
"If you love something, sometimes you have to let it go. And if it's meant to be, you just....grab it"- Wheeler, Role Models.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or2BOntnYEU&feature=related
That's your a capella group, Lindsay... Okay, you hate a capella, but the sentiment they put into a terrible music style puts into words what I, sadly, cannot...
Stay cool, Lindsay...stay cool forever!
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I almost cried real tears reading this :( .Best of luck Lindsay! Hopefully you and Paul Rudd can run away together now and start the cat ranch of your dreamz.
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It's a jerboa ranch. I caught all the jerboas, by smiling at them. Do you know why I did that? I did it for you, Lindsay. Because I am, and will always be, Your Boyfriend.
These guys know.
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I had a hard time upvoting you, Paul Rudd, because I was laughing and it was making my mouse-hand shake.
Damn, he's good.
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Today, all the upvotes belong to Lindsay. It's the only gift sad monsters can give.
ps Dear Linz. Come back to the ranch soon. Alec Baldwin and I are making heart-shaped pancakes! Love, your boyfriend.
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I can't wait to tell my grand kids that I started reading videogum in April '08 when Lindsay Robertson was a contributor.
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I ♥ Lindsay as much as every other reader of this blog (I registered just to comment on this!) but I am more concerned about what my source of animal knowledge is going to be now. Lindsay's careful selection of videos made the "Animals on Film" tag the Slow Loris of tags: it is mostly cute but sometimes sickening and deadly, and I've grown so accustomed to this ratio that I can't go back to Animal Planet's undiscerning eye.
The torch has been passed, Gabriel. In the words of RuPaul: Don't fuck it up.
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And, uh, sorry about the repeats.
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Dude it's totally cool...it just shows everyone that you really meant it.
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I'm pretty sure that's the most amount of repeats in the history of this website. That, or I'm drunker than I thought.
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I like how none of these repeats are downvoted (yet?). It's a nice tribute to Lindsay's retirement. We as commenters and comment-voters have finally been able to put aside the snark and appreciate a good comment for what it is, no matter how many times it's been posted. Or maybe it's because everyone has been nicer since The Dude broke the news (An American Patriot is getting all the upvotes, whaaaaaaat?)? Anyways, sometimes I just love You Guys.
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I enjoy that your comment score goes up around number 14 or 15. We were really buying what you were selling the more we saw it. Anyway, I agree; I learned about a million animals from Lindsay (that is NOT an exaggeration) and she only made me watch a shark eating a horse once. (I didn't actually watch it--I'm sensitive.)
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It's the Sideshow Bob stepping on rakes of Videogum comments.
The last one should get the highest score.
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This must be some sort of alternate blogiverse when that many repeats actually gets UPvoted.
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If I could find the final scene from "Lucas," I would post it. But alas, it is not to be.
Break a leg, Lindsay.
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This reminds me of my 8th grade graduation party where I made fun of everyone who was crying, but then by the end of the night, I was bawling my eyes out.
Don't ever change, Lindsay. Promise me you won't ever change!
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I wanna cry.
I seriously felt like it when I read that dreaded comment this week.
I felt so helpless, I felt like SOMETHING could've been done to stop this.
But I guess we all must move on, move on to lindsayism.com, and wherever you go. PLEASE keep us informed on where you go, because I'm pretty sure I speak for a lot of people when I say that I want to follow you wherever you will go (on the internet).
Or even in print!
But seriously, this blog actually was a huge bright spot in some dark times, and an augmenter of happiness in happy times. I've never felt so attached to a website before. :('s
I already followed you on twitter for months (found it by finding amrit somehow, and then finding one of his followers that seemed to be named lindsay (lindsayism). That sounds really creepy. But it's just to show how much I cared!)
Okay, almost done. But this is not (totally) goodbye. I will be @ your blog right away. Blog, and blog, and blog again.
Oh, and even as a gay boy, you are super cute. My friend also said he totally wanted to be your friend when I showed him your survivor audition tape. So if you are ever running out of friends, just send me a...blog post?
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DANG GURL, that was ridiculous. normally, i would downvote every one of these, but today I will just say, DANG GURL. Miss you LINDSAY!
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You've been great, Lindsay. Thank you for everything and good luck.
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U R 2 Good 2 Be 4Gotten. (Sorry, that was the standard yearbook inscription at my school, along with "I never really knew you that well, but you seemed really nice" [Am I the only one who got that one?].) Anyway, your daily doses of humor (and of super-cute animals) will be sorely missed 'round these parts, but I'm really excited to see what you do next--I have a feeling it will be unbelievably awesome.
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Sad day :( But we'll follow you wherever you go Lindsay.
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ALSO it always made me really happy how much you liked my "Tiptoes" tip.
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Lindsay, thank you for the many early morning surprises in bed over the past year...grabbing my laptop right when i woke up, reading your posts...best feeling ever.
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Lindsay, thank you for the many early morning surprises in bed over the past year...grabbing my laptop right when i woke up, reading your posts...best feeling ever.
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Lindsay, thank you for the many early morning surprises in bed over the past year...grabbing my laptop right when i woke up, reading your posts...best feeling ever.
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no downvotomo
:***
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FAMILY LOVE LINDSAY
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I would give up all my vote up comment points for Lindsay to stay... :(
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I will follow you to the ends of the internet.
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We had a wonderful blogger,
One who never really grew old;
Her posts was made of sunshine,
And her humor was solid gold.
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Is Lindsay's goodbye pic from an episode of MASH? It's driving me nuts. Somebody please say so if they know.
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(yep. it was the series' extensive movie length finale. minus the dress and blonde hair.)
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You're cool, and I will miss you. It's been one hell of a depressing week. KIND of ridiculous how invested I've become in this blog, as others have noted. It is a special site somehow though. Would it be so so creepy if I friended you on Facebook? Oh my god nevermind, it would be so creepy. I still might do it, if I'm drunk enough one day. So many drunk people on this post! ANYWAY. Good luck and I am officially adding Lindsayism to my bookmarks bar. HAGS.
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Thanks for the time of my life.
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I'll see your that and raise you a this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpmILPAcRQo
Lindsay, may nobody ever put you in a corner. Unless it's a corner office because you are super rich and important. Or a corner booth when you're on a really nice date and don't want to be disturbed. But other than that, nobody.
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I really don't know what to say. I admit I haven't been here as long as some of you guys, but I can safely say that I'm going to miss Lindsay just as much as the regulars here. So all I can really think to say is good luck, God speed, and GET OUT THERE AND KICK SOME ASS!
You will be sorely missed.
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Run free little one. Run free!
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this is just :((((
i feel like wearing my Just Jack tee and take a big walk and pretend i didn't read this.
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Best of luck Linds! I hope you're able to come back or move on to an even greater project, and thanks for all the laffs and good times.
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Adding my voice to the praise chorus, Lindsay -- whenever I need a smile, I'll imagine you in a Just Jack T-shirt, posing on a corner. I have gotten so many laughs out of reading your brilliant, funny writing.
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I just realised, if it weren't for you I wouldn't haver known about The Room, so thank you for that!
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This was me when I read you were leaving =(
David Archuletta lost American Idol style
I feel like it all happened so fast. . .
I think most everything has been said
Hope you saw my photoshop present full of Paul Rudds, jerobas and lorises on your first post today. LINDSAY U R OUR PRINCESS
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Awww, Lindsay who loves all the same boys and Amy Poehlers and box cats as me! I feel so artificially close to you and will creepily follow your many endeavors to the best of my creepy abilities. It's not goodbye, it's just see you later, right? :(
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I actually have tears in my eyes after reading that, corny but true. :( Your posts will be much missed Lindsay, I always looked forward to your fluffy animal YouTube videos and Paul Rudd updates and the Just Jack Double Dog was by far my favourite. But you're a talented writer and seem like a great girl to boot, so I have no doubt you'll have much success and cool things to look forward to. Good luck Lindsay, we'll be following you on Lindsayism!
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I'll see your that and raise you a this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpmILPAcRQo
Lindsay, may nobody ever put you in a corner. Unless it's a corner office. Or a corner booth when you're on a really nice date and don't want to be disturbed. But other than that, nobody.
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Goodbye, Lindsay.
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this is what I was trying to say...but had a hard time saying
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WQ6Q_65qck
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I don't comment here enough, but I've been loving on this blog and making everyone I know read it since day one. I'm all broken up about you leaving, Lindsay! You are truly The Best and we'll miss you!
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You rule! I'll miss you so much! H.A.G.S. Stay awesome!
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i just read EVERY comment to see if anyone already said HAGS. goddamn it. regardless,
lindsay,
i have to admit, there were times when i was vocally a hater. but reading this, i realized that i can't remember why at all.
love,
jacob
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Wherever you go, I want to go to there.
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I realize this is a mile down the page now, but I will press on!
Thanks for your time here Lindsay, you've drawn my attention to many a fine (or weird or creepy or disturbing) thing here during your tenure at Videogum, but for me, the finest would have to be The Room. I came across your posts about it last year, laughed myself silly watching the clips and immediately ordered the movie. I've had about ten viewing parties with my friends, a few of whom went on to purchase it themselves, go to their respective states and have even more viewing parties, selling more DVDs ad infinitum. Now we all yell "Oh hi Mark!" at our local TV weatherman who happens to be named Mark, who is getting annoyed, and it is really all your fault. :)
In conclusion, you helped me help Tommy Wiseau make like 80+ bucks (minus Amazon fees). Thanks for that! (You should probably call him up and demand a percentage)
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I'm really bad at commenting on anything on the internet, but as a professional videogum lurker since day one, I will really, really miss your voice here! Sad day indeed. :(((( Here's hoping you land on your feet.
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Lindsay! Come get drunk in Philadelphia!
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the day is finally here. you will be missed
the first internet meme I remember was back in '98. I'll quote it now:
"Bye. Thanks for stopping by"
:-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(
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This is us, Lindsay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RssIN3ustUw
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Lindsay,
you have made so many of my days, I sincerely wish I could make yours today, but it appears all these other lovely folks have already done it. Godspeed!
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sadder than the ALF finale.
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NO WAIT...SADDER than the 6 Feet Under finale!!!!! Now THAT'S sad, now THIS is sadder.
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As bittersweet but moving goodbyes go we the Videogum faithful can be Max Cherry.
You can be Jackie Brown..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qkrGcTjWFY
Slan Abhaile Lindsay
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So Lindsay's job position is vacant?
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Relax, technobillypilgrimisunstuck!
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I registered just to tell you that I've been reading this blog for a couple of months, and think you're great.
Thanks for making us :) and :(. Good luck!
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first Michael, and now lindsay, except she didn't die...
Damn this Economy! DAMN IT TO HELL!!!!! AAAAAARRRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!
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Sure. Right after I finally decide to make the big step from lurker to OFFICIAL COMMENTER, Lindsay leaves. It's ok, I still got to enjoy all your posts. May you continue to inspire others to step out of anonymity! You were always like a nice chaser of pina colada to Gabe's shot of pickle juice (I don't know, leave me alone, people keep dying and shit).
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Same here. Long time lurker, um, 6th time commenter. Lindsay, I hardly knew ye.
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I never truly appreciated the humor behind animal videos (Cat on a Roomba!) before reading your posts, Lindsay. Thanks forever.
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I empathize with Sassy (I have an account reserved but I'm not using it yet) So I start posting and you leave... :`(
Lindsay, thanks for being the bundle of slow loris awesomeness that you are.
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We'll always have space Paris.
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I feel like pulling a Jessica Alba and posting picture of Lindsay all over building in DC.
You will be missed. Please visit!
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first michael now this?!?
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I'm not good with anything emotional and I use humor to distance myself from emotions (Psych 101) so I was going to make a joke about how you have more time now to scout out Will & Grace locations, but I think variants thereof have probably already been made. So instead I'll just say thanks for the memories.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfqNXADl3kU&NR=1
THANK YOU LINDSAY!
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good riddance and take your liberal bullshiz with you!!
BYE BYE LINDS!
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Michael Jackson stole your thunder, Lindsay. Complete and utter underminer, that one.
So, duh, pretty much everything that's great about Lindsay + Videogum has been said/typed, but I just wanted to put my two cents in and say that I'll miss your voice here. No snark or winking cleverness. It'll be different, but still probably great, without you. That's all. You're awesome at what you do so you'll more than likely have no problem getting another gig, I'm sure of it (what economic downturn?)
Don't be a stranger, never change, LYLAS, and best of luck to you!
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Lindsay, thank you for not jumping the shark. You > The Internet.
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Now I got teh sads. I'm just gonna try to think about all teh happys you brought us.
(Here's where I'd do teh Tin Man speech about knowing he has a heart 'cause he can feel it breaking :o[.......)
Bye, Lindsayism
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Oh yeah, and HAGS!
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Dear Lindsay, you are the best. All devoted Videogum readers know it. It's just fact, and you know what they say about facts, they're factual. You're loved by your readers and we hope the best for you. To put it briefly, you were the Canadian to our little blog bacon.
-IPG
PS: You can always come write on my site www.whytheinternetsuckswithoutlindsay.edu
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Lindsay, you are the ultimate class act. Your talent, humor, and impeccable entertainment recommendations will be missed.
You are The Best. Now go CRUSH IT all over the Internet (I even signed up finally just to make this OFFICIAL).
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Lindsay, I found Videogum last year during a pretty shitty time in my life. I remember that the post I stumbled on (or maybe StumbleUpon-ed) was written by you although I don't remember the exact post. I was hooked. I have religiously read every post since that day. My friends have learned not to ask where I saw or read something I share with them because the answer is always Videogum. I frequently refer to VG as my favorite site.
I love Gabe as much as the next cranky, syphilitic octogenarian, but your posts were usually the ones that left me with a smile instead of a smirk. On a couple occasions, when one of my tips was actually post-worthy, you took the time to email me for more information and to share your thoughts.
I don't really have a point or some sage truism. I just wanted to share that I think you're great and you will be missed. I will definitely be reading Lindsayisms. If it's not too bittersweet, I hope to see you in the comments section around here. Thanks for making my life a little brighter!
Oh, and have fun at dinner.
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Lindsay this is for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8UL_9R_W-Y
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Lindsay, I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say that I hope your leaving the site as an editor does not mean leaving the site completely as a community member. Please continue to post here when you can, though it may be unfair to the rest of us for Monster's Ball if you start consistently taking up the top spots every week!
Also, officially e-stalking you in the twitblogosphere. Have a great summer!
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Lindsay, to quote on old Irish blessing: "May you always be poor in misfortunes, rich in blessings and have unlimited breakfast cereals with pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars and green clovers."
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I've followed for 14 months. Had never heard of Stereogum and still don't know how I got tipped off to Videogum but you and Gabe are both terrific and I have no sarcasm to add to this post. I'll miss you here but you can be certain I'll be following your blog.
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I haven't the foggiest how I found this place, but you're departure deserves some sort of grand gesture.
like taking up smoking, and then quitting, or replacing the addiction with something else, like coffee or CATS magazine.
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I think you mean Cat Fancy
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once upon a comments section, everyone agreed with each other. all the monsters, and all the children, and the hippos and the giraffes, and the box cat and the slow loris, and the christian fundamentalists and the bunny hoarders - they got together just to say: Lindsay is The Best.
K.I.T, Lindsay - you got fans, girl!
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our reaction upon reading you were leaving. MISS YOU LINDSAY.
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Maybe she'll come back and it'll be like the nothing never was!
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This is terrible. Thank goodness I am drunk. :(
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lindsay: just wanted to add my voice to the throng. as someone who DOES work for a blog that is populated by bots and trolls, i can't tell you how much your (key word here:) quality work improved my work day, every day. on days when living a the bottom of the barrel got un-barrel-able, you (and your devoted followers) reminded me that intelligent interaction with an internet community was possible. and sustainable! and for that, i am genuinely grateful.
in honor of our mutual love (haters to the left) of HIMYM, and my complex emotions: [IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/2na0if6.gif[/IMG]
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well, that didnt work out. i guess i still need someone to teach me technology.
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can someone please teach me html tags?
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The fact that this comment isn't in the big negatives just proves the charitable mood in here.
xoxo, you guys!
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These two sites should at least instruct you on how to bold, italicize, and imbed images. If you want to make sure you're doing it right, just preview your comment. But if you're replying to a comment, don't forget to recheck reply after previewing and before submitting. Best of luck, champ.
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Seriously, world:
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Thank you for being a funny, intelligent, talented female blogger. It's been one giant leap for feminismkind just reading your posts. This is tearing me apahrt, Lindsay. You will be seriously missed.
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Lindsay, this site will never be the same. Thanks for the memories.
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so sad. i also lost my work lindsay today too - too many lindsays to lose in one day - lindsay i will follow....just like U2
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I'm sad that I had to wait until after work to say my goodbye. I'm probably too late :(
I miss you already, Lindsay! I promise to stay dedicated to reading your blog/twitter posts. See if you can come back soon!
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Lindsay, I miss you so much I started a Friday Fight with mySELF. I was so skeptical of this site's premise when it launched, but then you guys just tap-danced the crap out of it and brought untold joy to the Internet. Thank you for a job well done!
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I will always remember the good times. You will be missed here but we will all continue to follow you as long as you put yourself out there publicly for all the internet to see.
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If for nothing else, thank you for The Room. It was a life-changer.
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Lindsay, you are the reason i have a cute animals folder on my computer. I'm going to miss your post times a million.
i'm sad now.
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I'm really late to the party (the sad sad sadface party) because of timezones, but farewell Lindsay! The heartwarming feeling I got reading all these great comments paying tribute to you is just one of the many many things you are leaving behind as your Videogum legacy! Good luck wherever you go! And thnks fr th mmrs.
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I know it's very late, and I feel sorry that this probably won't even be read now since it's like the millionth post on this, but you will be missed, Lindsay. I feel like my eyes should be welling up, but I only cry when I'm happy because I'm fucking weird.
Stay cool, don't change! kick some ass in college!
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I also wanted to add that on Jimmy Fallon right now Cameron Diaz is setting a world record for most bunnies hoarded on a hammock. So many worlds be colliding. It's a videogum miracle!
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In my trials and my tribulations, through our doubts and frustrations, in my violence, in my turbulence, through my fear and my confessions, in my anguish and my pain, through my joy and my sorrow, in the promise of another tomorrow I'll never let you part, for you're always in my heart.
-Michael Jackson, "Will You Be There"
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Lindsay U R GR8! Videogum will be a little less cute — okay, a lot less cute — without you and your jerboa posts. Plus I could relate to you pretty well at times, on a came-from-religious-background-and-became-corrupted-by-the-internet level. I'll miss you!
The question, however, remains... will YOU became a frequent commenter on this blog? I hope so!
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goodnight you princes of youtube, you kings of movie trivia.
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Lindsay,
You will be missed! Good luck!
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I don't comment too much on Videogum, but I've been here since the very beginning, and I mean DAY ONE. I've checked this blog every day, and read probably 80% of the posts. I, as well as the 170 posters above me love this blog dearly. It truly is a gem amidst the Perez Hiltons, Ashton Kutchers, Femskins, and other Worsts of the Internets.
Lindsay, you and Gabe are both absolutely amazing individuals and really do comprise the whole of Videogum as two halves. I'm honestly a little afraid for the future, I'm not sure how I'm going to feel about only Gabe posts :( It's like Ernie and Bert without Bert, or Bonnie and Clyde without Bonnie. You will be missed, and I hope to see your comments to Gabe's posts in the future! And I along with (hopefully) most of the Videogum readership will see you at Lindsayism and wherever else you go. Good luck, Lindsay, and know that we all love you dearly (sounds creepier than I mean it to be, Whoops)
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Lindsay, you gave me boxcat, and for this I am forever thankful. Haven't been this bummed since 10th grade when they shut down ANTM.
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Lindsay, you gave me boxcat, and for this I am forever thankful. Haven't been this bummed since 10th grade when they shut down ANTM.
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I tried leaving a nice long, goodbye comment where I poured my little e-heart out for all to see and instead was given an error screen upon hitting "submit".
Oh well.
G'bye Lindsay.
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Boo, Lindsay!
I've enjoyed this place for the last year, and it's provided me with countless inside references/jokes for me and my friends (Femskins, Dan Quinn, Duh Aficionado, and cetera). Sigh. While the site won't be going away (not right now, anyway), your presence here will be missed (obvs). I'll be following on lindsayism--which is how I found out about Videogum in the first place--and will see you on Twitter.
Best of luck!
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Sadface Lindsay. Sometimes I say things like "OH, today on Videogum, Lindsay (or Gabe) said..." and my roommate is all, "You are aware that you don't actually know these people, right?" and I'm all, "You need to be quiet." It's like that. Anyway, you will be missed around here.
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Sadface Lindsay. Sometimes I say things like "OH, today on Videogum, Lindsay (or Gabe) said..." and my roommate is all, "You are aware that you don't actually know these people, right?" and I'm all, "You need to be quiet." It's like that. Anyway, you will be missed around here.
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The internet is more than just a series of tubes and wires; it's a BIG series of BIG tubes and BIG wires. It's a scary place, and I've spent most of my adult life begrudging it. Stupid internet. PEOPLE DON'T READ BOOKS ANYMORE. WHAT ABOUT BBQ AND CO-REC SOFTBALL?
I never set out to follow a blog or even to like or read a blog. But I found myself here long ago, and I'm still reading the damn thing. Every day. I didn't know that bloggers could be smart, compassionate and principled, and what's more -- you guys do it on a daily basis. You got me watching 30 Rock! Thank you.
Lindsay, as if cute animal videos weren't enough, you seem like a genuinely nice person. On the internet! Is that why this is happening? 'Cause you broke the first rule of Internet?
Anyway, you're a fantastic writer, and I am your fan. The silver lining of all of this is now I get to tell my friends that I like TWO websites. 21st century, here I come.
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Good luck with everything! You'll be missed!
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In the words of Jemaine Clement: "There there....there there there there there there there there."
Best of luck!!!
If only there were a Lindsay Stimulus Package...
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i would argue Videogum deserves a government bailout on account of its being too important to fail.
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You are super great, Lindsay, and truly an inspiration! You are a role model for all young women like me who want to break the glass ceiling of comedic/witty women bloggers/writers. Thanks for obsessing over just about everything I was obsessed with too. Can't wait to follow Lindayism. GO!
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lindsay, i will miss you so much at videogum. i'll follow your writing, but i wish you were staying here. it was perfect.
good luck, yo.
:(
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Lindsays scare easily, but they'll be back. And in greater numbers.
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Don't go! Your boyfriend totally put you up to this didn't he?
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what. the. hell. is. that?
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That's a Capybara. The largest rodent in the world, indigenous to much of South America. They are basically just a huge Guinea pig.
I probably watch way too much Animal Planet and Discovery channel.
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I loved so many of your posts! I will miss you on this site, but glad to hear that you will continue writing on your other blog. Just subscribed! Good luck with your future writing endeavors!!
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[Slow loris nudging retarded white tiger who is kissing tuxedo-wearing parrot who is canoodling newsboy-cap-wearing kitten]
Top that, motherfuckers.
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:( :( :( Liiindsaaayy. so sad you're leaving. thanks for the past year.
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the second worst thing about this site (the first being lindsay's departure of course) is the friday comments post. please replace that feature or else this site will go from being "the worst" to actually being The Worst.
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As a long time lurker first time commenter I must say that I will miss you greatly.
But, I'm going to see the Room for the first time tonight in your honor, so thank you for bringing that into my life.
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Lindsay is the Ginger to Videogum's Spice Girls. I'LL MISS YOU!
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Oh my God. This is totally worse than than Michael Jackson dying. Or, at least, this directly impacts my life so much more.
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Hmmm. Yeah, what they all said + 1.
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Oh, and btw. "Have a great summer and stay sweet" sounds like something you'd write on a yearbook after graduating from High School. Good times with the obscure reference.
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Have fun at dinner, Lindsay.
Have fun at dinner forever.
We'll miss you a lot.
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Lindsay, this is so sad! Good luck in the future, and please make sure Gabe will post videos of cute animals in your absence...
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Lindsay is gone, Michael Jackson died, and now Billy Mayes has just croaked, it has been a sad sad week
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Indeed :'(
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sad times, lindsay, and most everything's been said and i'm out of ideas for witty youtube links / animated :( .gif's / cute animal pictures, but i feel like the whole it's-the-thought-that-counts idea is just as relevant here now as it was when i was just a little kid who gave shitty gifts. plus i guess it adds to the volume of comments and further shows you how much we'll miss you as a collective whole.
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Forgot to say, I love the tags. A sort of greatest hits.
Especially the last one.
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Lindsay wasn't dicking around. Our pop culture figures are dropping one by one. Get that girl a job!
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Lindsay, I think you forgot the "Femskin" tag -- (just kidding).
Oh man, this is the saddest thing to me in months (yes, including all the shit that happened last week) -- Videogum is the only blog where I read (almost) every post and as many (all) commenters before me noted: it was the mixture of your two personalities and styles that made this site so special.
I wish you only the best and have no doubt that your talents will be consumable again somewhere else soon.
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Lindsay wasn't dicking around. Our pop culture figures are dropping one by one. Get that girl a job!
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Sorry about the double post, my internets is slow
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That makes me sad you're leaving Videogum. Good luck and thanks for the mini horse video. That horse must be a relative of the horse Paul Revere rode. It was running around warning the other horses DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY MAKE JELLO OUT OF?!?!?
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Thank you, Lindsay, for making me feel endlessly guilty for not watching 30 Rock for the longest time. I finally began watching the first season this past week and I love it.
Thank you, Lindsay, for making me fall in love with Paul Rudd almost as much as you did.
Thank you, Lindsay, for balancing out Gabe's occasional grumpygum/analyticalgum with your adorableanimalsgum.
And thank you, Lindsay, most of all, for being the best.
"Michael Jackson Dies of Heart Attack" - 166 Comments
"Have A Great Summer and Stay Sweet, You Guys!" - 211 Comments
I think we now know who is really more culturally significant.
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Oh yeah, and how can I forget your Slumdog plugging! I hadn't even heard about Slumdog before you posted on it!!
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about 5 years ago, lindsay liked my blog after i sent her an email and she linked to me and that was probably the best day of my blogging life.
i had followed u before that, and ive continued to follow u on ur tumblr and videogum and u still crack me up every day. how the eff do you crack me up EVERY DAY??!! please keep doing the same thing youre doing, forever. otherwise you may relive the eminem song 'stan' with me. xx good luck.
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Lindsay, please don't die :(
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Godspeed
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You made me laugh this big You will be missed, and I can't wait to see what you do next. Now walk away and freeze frame fist raised to the air.
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All of this kind of pisses me off. Why LINDSAY- WHY? Ugh. And what about all of those "500 FUCKING DAYS OF SUMMER" ads- were they for nothing? Thanks a lot videogum. I miss you Lindsay. I feel guilty for commenting that your last double dog was a "mini dare." That looked truly humiliating. I started watching 30 Rock because of you. 30 Rock! Really, it's quite the quality show. Let me shut up before I sound too much like GOOP. I wish you all the luck in the world and I am very sorry you're not going to be here anymore. I will be looking out for you in the future!(Did that sound creepy?) Oh, I have to add that I loved that you found some old klonopin during your SAW marathon. And all of your posts were cheery and endearing and come on, you love Paul Rudd. You are the best.
Love,
Just Jack
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