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Jenn ([info]wankaholic) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2007-10-03 18:32:00


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Entry tags:fandom: something*positive, webcomics

Something*Positive: where no one comes out smelling like roses. Moved from [info]clairvoyantwank.

One of the main rules of LJ's Something*Positive feed is that you do not point out typos or other mistakes in the feed itself. It annoys the artist (Randy) to no end—he would prefer that you e-mail him mistakes instead.

Of course, not everyone knows this. Some people are jerks about it; Randy, in particular, gets pissed.

Pissed enough to post to the feed about it. Reactions are mixed, at first—the usual, "Please don't delete the feed!" and whatnot.

Then someone makes a comparison to Anne Rice, and suddenly, it's okay to criticize.

Accusations of having a "diva" attitude, of being told to grow the fuck up, and other plesantries abound, until both sides manage to make themselves look like complete idiots. Fun all around!




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ealusaid
2007-10-04 04:27 am UTC (link)
I'd single out somebody to mock, but there are so many I just can't choose! Can I have one of each?

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(no subject) - [info]mmanurere, 2007-10-04 05:21 am UTC
(no subject) - ealusaid, 2007-10-04 05:29 am UTC

[info]tangentialone
2007-10-04 04:39 am UTC (link)
He's such a trooper. If it were me, I wouldn't want approximately two million people emailing me every time I made a typo. I'd want them to post it somewhere public where other people could see it and go, "Oh, somebody's already pointed this out, so I guess I don't need to."

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(no subject) - [info]wankaholic, 2007-10-04 04:54 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sashenka, 2007-10-04 08:59 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2007-10-04 06:26 pm UTC

[info]chaimonkey
2007-10-04 04:54 am UTC (link)
[info]dlobok: My patience on the matter are completely gone.

Actually, that's "IS completely gone."

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(no subject) - [info]mistal, 2007-10-04 05:07 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]squib, 2007-10-04 09:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2007-10-04 06:26 pm UTC

[info]ayezur
2007-10-04 05:06 am UTC (link)
...ooo, I'm in there. Second page, cat macro. And a few words in defense of the Hive Vagina on the first.

*basks in fame*

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(no subject) - [info]wankaholic, 2007-10-04 05:08 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ayezur, 2007-10-04 05:12 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sepiamagpie, 2007-10-04 05:14 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]wankaholic, 2007-10-04 05:15 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ayezur, 2007-10-04 05:18 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]wankaholic, 2007-10-04 05:19 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sepiamagpie, 2007-10-04 05:19 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ayezur, 2007-10-04 05:24 am UTC

[info]sarahfrost
2007-10-04 05:19 am UTC (link)
I've been intermittently clicking on the S*P feed for...more time than I really want to think about, and this is the first time I've heard about the rule.

Of course, everyone seems to be being an idiot about it.

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(no subject) - [info]wankaholic, 2007-10-04 05:21 am UTC

[info]doomsday
2007-10-04 06:26 am UTC (link)
There's such an easy solution to this: email him privately and mock him publicly. Everyone wins.

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[info]demonbean
2007-10-04 06:29 am UTC (link)
Do what he asks? Oh aren't YOU cute. Not my parent, my boss, not a figure of authority, and now someone I have little respect for. You want me to do what yu want? Give me a reason to RESPECT you, not mock you.

I ... can't believe I just saw the "you're not the boss of me!" as a serious argument.

Brain....broken...

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(no subject) - [info]idiom, 2007-10-04 08:34 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]shaysdays, 2007-10-04 06:05 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]vzg, 2007-10-04 08:26 pm UTC

[info]smashingstars
2007-10-04 06:56 am UTC (link)
Hey, how about proofreading your work instead of whining because people point out your errors?

I have to admit, that's a good point. I mean, in a few weeks a new person is going to come along, and they'll innocently post a correction to the LJ feed comments, and Randy's going to get all butthurt about it as though it's a personal offense against him and God.

On an RSS feed, you cannot possibly ensure everyone will see the rules and abide by them. You just can't.

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(no subject) - [info]chash, 2007-10-04 07:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2007-10-04 06:28 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]luthe, 2007-10-04 10:10 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]nekoama, 2007-10-04 11:44 pm UTC

[info]sunhawk
2007-10-04 07:30 am UTC (link)
I think his idea to include in each feed entry a link to email him if errors are noticed is a good one, or at least I hope it helps with the problem. I can just imagine how annoying it must be to keep getting emails bitching him out for not reading every single comment in every single feed entry. So what if he doesn't correct a typo after it was pointed out? Is it really worth having a fit about to the point of sending angry emails? It sounds like the real whining comes from people feeling they aren't getting NOTICEDOMG. How dare the artist not acknowledge their existence!!

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[info]acrasie
2007-10-04 07:46 am UTC (link)
This will never be as good as when the now defunct S*P comm was so wanktastic that he banned any mention of furries and eventually moved to the feed (which he hates). His fans are as nasty and vicious as the characters in his comic and yet they think he should be nicer to them. It's great.

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(no subject) - [info]nekoama, 2007-10-04 02:06 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]smashingstars, 2007-10-05 04:47 am UTC

[info]idiom
2007-10-04 08:30 am UTC (link)
"Aren't you cute!" appears to be the condescension of choice for the SP feed. It loses something when it is quickly followed with, "for defending the artist's request for politeness." So much fail.

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(no subject) - [info]tiki, 2007-10-04 06:47 pm UTC

[info]pandabonzai
2007-10-04 08:38 am UTC (link)
Even though this is S*P!wank, I swear the only thing I can think of reading all this is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde's Bitch, Bitch, Bitch. A room full of adults, all taking turns sniping at each other like junior high kids. Brilliant.

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(no subject) - [info]bangoskank, 2007-10-04 08:04 pm UTC

[info]solle
2007-10-04 08:51 am UTC (link)
Watching Randy wank is sloooowly starting to become more fun than actually reading the comics. Especially now there's three full series to keep track of, and all of them inevitably follow the "I'll dedicate my life to this!"/"Stop persecuting me for missing one update!"/"I need to spend twenty days off to have sex and will mention this incessantly!"/"Screw you guys you're not worth it!" cycle.

Oh, and I got into a fight once with his sister ('Rhonda') at that lj feed. Good times. :D

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(no subject) - [info]pandabonzai, 2007-10-04 09:27 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]the_sun_is_up, 2007-10-04 10:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pandabonzai, 2007-10-05 05:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2007-10-04 06:30 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]pandabonzai, 2007-10-05 05:40 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]animejosse, 2007-10-05 02:00 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pandabonzai, 2007-10-05 05:42 am UTC

[info]tunxeh
2007-10-04 09:41 am UTC (link)
You might want to cap that, since I'm pretty sure the syndicated posts get autobahleeted when they fall off the feed.

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[info]wolfsamurai
2007-10-04 10:02 am UTC (link)
This wank is funnier than S*P has been in a long time. Not the feed for S*P, the comic itself. Let's hope the feed continues for that very reason.

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[info]joye
2007-10-04 10:09 am UTC (link)
I'm just amazed that "boobies" didn't show up until the second page.

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(no subject) - [info]sheep, 2007-10-04 04:29 pm UTC
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[info]the_sun_is_up
2007-10-04 10:27 am UTC (link)
Methinks that pretty much everyone on that whole thread has a diva attitude. My question: how did they all become divas?

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[info]etrangere
2007-10-04 11:18 am UTC (link)
For someone who writes such a cynical webcomic, I find him terribly optimistic about this. No matter how much he yells and pleads, there'll always be fuckarts and newcomers who'll ignore that rule. Might as well piss in the wind.

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[info]caffeine_fairy
2007-10-04 12:38 pm UTC (link)
Does anyone else cringe every time they see [info]missysedai's icon?

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(no subject) - [info]sheep, 2007-10-04 04:22 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]frequentmouse, 2007-10-04 06:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]smashingstars, 2007-10-05 04:49 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]frequentmouse, 2007-10-05 06:53 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2007-10-04 07:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]the_sun_is_up, 2007-10-05 12:07 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]seldomnaughty, 2007-10-05 05:46 pm UTC

[info]entrenous88
2007-10-04 01:23 pm UTC (link)
Oh, Randy. That to me is part of the issue -- a name like Randy is sure to get you beat up on playgrounds, thus inspiring the high dramatics of freaking over stupid comments, a thing that would very much just go away if it wasn't spotlighted so vividly.

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(no subject) - [info]vzg, 2007-10-04 08:44 pm UTC
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[info]zyna_kat
2007-10-04 01:23 pm UTC (link)
Can't he, like, disable comments on the feed?

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(no subject) - [info]lied_ohne_worte, 2007-10-04 07:58 pm UTC
The More You Know! - [info]zyna_kat, 2007-10-04 08:07 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tangentialone, 2007-10-05 03:07 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lied_ohne_worte, 2007-10-05 04:28 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]tangentialone, 2007-10-05 05:08 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]txvoodoo, 2007-10-09 11:19 pm UTC

[info]lawliet
2007-10-04 03:11 pm UTC (link)
Jesus Christ. It is really that hard to take a couple of extra minutes and proofread the damned thing?

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(no subject) - [info]stella_polaris, 2007-10-04 03:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sheep, 2007-10-04 04:19 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lawliet, 2007-10-04 04:55 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]frequentmouse, 2007-10-04 06:44 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lawliet, 2007-10-04 08:49 pm UTC
Without comment - [info]frequentmouse, 2007-10-04 09:20 pm UTC
Re: Without comment - [info]lawliet, 2007-10-04 10:17 pm UTC
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[info]stella_polaris
2007-10-04 03:15 pm UTC (link)
I do love all the people there missing the point completely. "God what a brat he is for not wanting criticism." "He's not saying he doesn't want criticism, he's saying he wants it sent to him personally so he can fix whatever's wrong." "But he should still understand that when you publish your stuff, people will criticise you. If he can't handle criticism, he shouldn't publish his stuff!" ...

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(no subject) - [info]frequentmouse, 2007-10-04 06:46 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]vzg, 2007-10-04 08:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]stella_polaris, 2007-10-04 09:01 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mistressrenet, 2007-10-05 02:50 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2007-10-07 12:10 am UTC

[info]psychesky
2007-10-04 04:57 pm UTC (link)
Wanting an email so he actually sees it is understandable. But the more he whines about it being posted, the more he makes it seem like he's embarrassed and the more wank results.

I've always found Something*Positive to be overrated, anyways.

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[info]freezer
2007-10-04 05:04 pm UTC (link)
And the fun continues @ Stupid Free

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