# Harry Knowles and his creepy "Ain't It Cool News" site. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-knowles-and-his-creepy-aint-it-cool-news-site/218157 "2003-12-10T15:46:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rainbowthief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4bbf92/32.png) [@Rainbowthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rainbowthief)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-knowles-and-his-creepy-aint-it-cool-news-site/218157/41 "2003-12-12T08:26:49Z")
I visit AICN from time to time even though the site is slow as hell and I hate the huge font size he uses throughout. Harry’s taste in movies sucks too because he likes about 98% of what he sees, but I can’t attack someone who, like me, loves film that much. Anyway, mocking him for being geeky, fat or a possible virgin is low. ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-knowles-and-his-creepy-aint-it-cool-news-site/218157/42 "2003-12-12T11:29:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AdamP \* > **Second, to Futile Gesture: sure, anyone can accuse someone of engaging in defensive-projection when they criticize someone–i.e. “I hate what I see in you because I hate it in myself”. That old canard has been trotted out time and again. But see, I’m not fat, and don’t have wet dreams thinking about the 56 hour DVD version of THE LAST STARFIGHTER. I think that’s where Knowles and I differ.** It’s trotted out because it’s true. I think it’s generally accepted that the man is an impossible geek in excess of 99% of the planet, so undoubtedly you and he differ. So why do you care? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-knowles-and-his-creepy-aint-it-cool-news-site/218157.md?page=2)