This Is an Article About Good Comments on WIRED

You got meta this week, commenters (and inspired our headline).

In a thread of remarkable self-awareness, you elevated one-liners to the heights of keen observations about the norms of commenting culture as a whole. You could call it "trolling with a point." You could call it commenting prose poetry. But whatever you call it, we liked it.
Here's how it started:

Keep reading for the "[link to imgur]," "Something about Zionist plot," and the essential "Off topic comment filled with sensitive subject."

It's not a coincidence that this most-favorited comment thread of the week was left on a story about Game of Thrones. This whole week has been about Game of Thrones. We're frankly shocked anyone was able to get any work done this week at all, what with the excitement of the new season starting on Sunday (OMFG this SUNDAY!) on the horizon. We dealt with that by making Game of Thrones anticipation a part of our work--genius, right? To help you prepare for this big premiere, WIRED offered recaps (in the form of words AND emoji, just to cover our bases), a close investigation into the secrets of the GoT official maps, Yelp reviews of the best and worst of Westeros, and an angry rant.

While you had some great things to say on non-*GoT *content, it was really these stories that made us most proud of you this week, readers.

Regarding the review for the Inn at the Crossroads, reader Andy Roekest pointed out:

Surprised there was no mention of the steadily rotting body hanging on the tree outside. Surely that made for some bad reviews during the summer months when there was still flesh on the ol' girl's bones, no?

Like most of us here, reader ShowmeMary could barely contain their excitement for Season 4. Reader Enticing Havoc, though clearly a GoT fan, expressed the worry that the show could go on too long, writing:

Without hesitation I can say that 9 seasons of GOT is way beyond any bearable pain threshold. As any show succumbs to an inane sequence of rehashes when aired for so long.
Big Bang Theory, once an entertaining and hilarious show full of geekish innuendos has become the embodiment of an embarrassment.

Dear Hollywood
Please don't torture the audience with 100.000 installments.

Mr Ralph F could not disagree more:

While normally I would agree with you, it doesn't really apply in this circumstance in my opinion. This is a TV series based on real books. It has a story to tell and a story to end, however many seasons it takes to do it right. Sitcoms (and poorly written storyline TV, like "Lost") don't really have a destination they are aiming for, and thus they eventually flounder.

Game of Thrones also brought out the sweeter side of some of you. When reader Cahuatijo joked that they had no one to watch the season premiere with, reader shmf stepped in and offered friendship. Aww, you guys.

OK, enough "Game of Thrones". Other stuff happened this week that you cared about, too.

Commenting on How the U.S. Built the World’s Most Ridiculously Accurate Atomic Clock, Alamanach pointed out that, "Metrologically speaking, wouldn't it be more correct to say that this clock is more precise rather than more accurate?" Go and read the whole comment, and the back and forth with the article's author, Adam Mann aka adamspacemann.

On Facebook, Kyle Runge pointed out a major problem with cars getting cameras where we now have side-view mirrors:

Why do we need cameras? How does a mirror not work fine the way it is? So now what, instead of replacing a cheap mirror, we have to spend hundreds to replace a camera that fails?

You're right Kyle--if and when we get side-view cameras, breaking them off the car when we back up too fast out of the garage is going to be a tad more expensive. Not that that's ever happened to any of us. Though maybe the cameras will help with that? Fingers crossed.

Then, of course, there was the backstory behind the Scarlet Johansson Falling Down Meme, which many of you were not fans of. In fact, some of you just really hate memes in general, it seems. Here's what we have to say about that:

Happy weekend -- and "Game of Thrones" watching -- everyone! Remember, winter may be coming back, but spring is supposed to be here any day, too. Finally.