A "Scientific" Diagram of a Blog Comment Thread

The nature of the comment thread is ultimately predictable. It's a like a Great Catharsis.

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Ah, thank you for posting that. I saw it in the paper yesterday and I wanted to forward it to someone, but when I went to the NYT website, I could not find it for the life of me!