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This is a link post Either this is a spoof, or the Guardian has fucked up enormously.
But the stream of vitriol already being aimed at 19-year-old backpacker-blogger (and very possibly son of a Guardian travel writer, it transpires), 'Max', is promising to make this one of the funniest blogs on the Internet.

He hasn't even set off yet, and people are falling over themselves to destroy him.

I for one will be dropping in to top up my schedenfreude levels every 20 seconds if the outrage continues to propogate at the current rate. Let's just hope the Guardian have painted themselves into a corner and can't surreptitiously take it down...


edit: *glees* 430+ comments! hahah, there were like 30 when I first posted it. :P
 (I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 12:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post One of the comments sums it up for me:
posh 19 year old goes to Thailand to find himself amongst all the other 'gappers', and we can follow his every move? wow.

Though I do find it amusing people are actually bothered enough to make a comment
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 12:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post Someone's called him a 'shit fister', which I like.
Alas, I'd imagine it's a candidate for speedy deletion.
 (I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 12:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yup
it's gone. I think I'll have to use that one in conversation myself.
 (I helped save b3ta! M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 14:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post CiF can be fun
if a little nuts
 (I helped save b3ta! custard, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 12:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post CiF?

(I helped save b3ta! Wildyles is back to rimming chimps, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 13:36, , Reply)
This is a normal post Comment is Free,
just Guardian's umbrella term for their collective blogs.
 (I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 14:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post The second post summed it up for me
I'll give it a miss, yeah? I've already got Nathan Barley on DVD.

Totally coincimental.

Brilliant. And I would love to see what Charlie Brooker himself would have to say about this waste of ejaculation.
 (I helped save b3ta! Spunk Murphy Tchaikovsky is a synonym for fanny, apparently, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 13:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post or how about being bothered enough
to write a comment about a comment about comments, or even worse me - writing a comment about a comment about a comment about comments.
 (I helped save b3ta! corington, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 17:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post Hahaha
excellent
 (I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 12:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post oh. my. god.
hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
 (I helped save b3ta! custard, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 12:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post pffft...
those comments are brilliant. it's a good job Max is leaving the country or he'd have a lot of crap thrown at him.
 (I helped save b3ta! MrGomez and David Bellamy's big pubey beard, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 12:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post excellent link
aceness
 (I helped save b3ta! smello, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 12:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post Pffft
I was thinking Nathan Barley too

although to be fair I backpacked around Egypt when I was 21 (with a fedora on!) but I did work my bollocks off to save for it first
 (The Goat www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 12:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post And i doubt you got your Dad to wangle you a high-profile newspaper blog so you could TELL THE INTERNETS, either.
:)
 (I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 13:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post what a prize tool

(I helped save b3ta! connor, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 13:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post i do so hope an Internet star is born

(I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 13:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post "writes for skins IN HIS SPARE TIME"
what does he do with his real time. what a state.
 (I helped save b3ta! connor, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 13:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post No,
apparently he wrote a special episode of Skins for MySpace. MySpazz more like.
 (I helped save b3ta! krang, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 13:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post Sublime.
"Max, come to Portugal. Hopefully you'll go the same way I did."
- Posted by 'MaddyMcCann'.
 (Cap'n, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 13:34, , Reply)
This is a normal post BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
now deleted...
 (fuckchutney is wanking in your hair, nnngh nnngggh NNNGGGHGHGH, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 14:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post Love it!
love it love it love it!

Racist, egotistal little twat.
 (I helped save b3ta! t0ria has forgotten how this all works, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 13:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post the only way he can pull it out of the bag now
is to have a surprise sex change in Thailand, or to go on the Gary Glitter trail..
 (I helped save b3ta! masakatsu best of all the burger meats, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 13:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^this^
I'd buy the DVD
 (I helped save b3ta! a username Tue 30 Mar 1971 til, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 14:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post Oh dear.
Clicked and blogged.
 (I helped save b3ta! Manic can teach you the secret of fire, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 14:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post Unless they've been killed or raped or both
I don't give a shit about some posh little shit going to Thailand. What a tool
 (I helped save b3ta! Furness, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 14:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post The comment late on about him
becoming a sex-tourist on a Guardian expense account was very funny.

I kind of felt sorry for him, then I went back and read his blog post and didn't anymore.

It's Mike Read all over again!
 (I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 14:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post what is this Mike Reid thing?
clearly I'm ignorant on this, but I saw the reference in the comments on the link too. I'm curious, and would like to learn. Please tell!
 (I helped save b3ta! spacehog, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 15:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post Mike Read
the insufferable arsehole, was given a blog last year. In his first (and last) post the smarmy shitemonger outlined why he was deciding not to stand for Mayor of London, and instead was backing Boris Johnson.

Cue a torrent of comments
commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/mike_read/2007/07/im_backing_boris.html

Priceless
 (I helped save b3ta! masakatsu best of all the burger meats, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 15:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post thanks!

(I helped save b3ta! spacehog, Thu 21 Feb 2008, 10:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post This is
well weapon etc
 (I helped save b3ta! boyo81 was laying down his ordinance on, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 16:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post met another guardian writer in beijing
he was preaching about how everyone should be like him and travel slowly with low carbon emissions forgetting most people arent being paid to do it by the guardian

he was a wanker

www.lowcarbontravel.com/

oh and also a friend of a friend is going out with peaches geldof and supposedly the guardian gave her 2 return tickets to new york for writing about her minge or something - very environmental
 (mcjhn, Fri 15 Feb 2008, 0:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post To be fair here your argument is a bit bollocks.
It's often cheaper to travel by land rather than air when you are outside of Europe. Reducing our carbon emissions is a very important thing and is everybody's responsibility, including yours.
Also one writer doesn't represent the whole newspaper. Maybe he disagreed with their policy, you don't say. He most likely does but you didn't bother asking.
 (I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Fri 15 Feb 2008, 19:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post THere's a response from the editor!
blogs.guardian.co.uk/travelog/2008/02/editors_response_to_yesterdays.html
 (I helped save b3ta! M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Fri 15 Feb 2008, 12:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post They've closed the comments...
...and removed his photo!!!

This would suggest the photo at least is real.
 (I helped save b3ta! faintpraise, Fri 15 Feb 2008, 17:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post He seems like a dick,
but I was probably an even bigger dick at that age.
I actually feel a bit sorry for him, the amount of shit he's getting.
But I'm sure he can console himself with his nice job and free holiday.
 (I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Fri 15 Feb 2008, 19:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post Heh, this actually made me laugh
waynetype.blogspot.com/

It was amusing and actually well written...unlike poor Max's original contribution
 (I helped save b3ta! Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Mon 18 Feb 2008, 11:40, , Reply)