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Jack Braun ([info]goldenboy) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2003-08-10 16:00:00
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Current mood:Petty

Someone asked for Pagan/Wiccan wanks, so I went hunting
They seem well-behaved in general, but here's some amusing bits I found...

  • "It's Dyslexia! It's Laziness! You're Mean! You're a Fascist!" by achadachad & pope_guilty
  • "Wicca Vs. Neo-Wicca: A Never-Ending Drone" by gookachu & silvertree
  • "You Are Not God So Shut Up" by gookachu & killingants

    Fun with profiles!
  • Moderator blithely uses community profile to advertise her pay-per-tarot-reading website
  • Moderator carefully applies cross-outs so you'll know how PRIVILEGED you are to be allowed to join her witch club

    Then there are the delusionals who think their three-year-olds are SPECIAL...check out the names, these kids are going to be soooo messed up as teenagers...
  • AstroVamp (child: Morgana Le'fay *weeps*)
  • IndigoPowder (child: Anastasia Lien ("Resurrection of the Lotus"))

    And then there's just sad.

    I realize these are not strictly fandom-related. Is there a nonfandomwank community?

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    >.>
    [info]cimorene111
    2003-08-11 02:44 am UTC (link)
    there's a whole site for people to whine about livejournal?

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    [info]eljuno
    2003-08-11 03:34 am UTC (link)
    Erm, if you're looking for a Wicca-y Wank-ish community, there's always WiccaVent, a Yahoo group devoted to pretty much exactly that. Which can be wanky in it's own rights, but where else can you trace the steps of WiccanWade?

    (Note to self: Need to compile WiccanWadeWank...)

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    [info]pyratejenni
    2003-08-11 04:51 am UTC (link)
    Hey, there! I'm on WiccaVent!

    Yeah, it can get wanky, but it's had more than its share of bright and shining ka-pow! moments.

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    [info]eljuno
    2003-08-11 10:39 am UTC (link)
    *Checks e-mail addresses*

    Heeeeyyy...I recognize you.

    And, yes, we've had some VERY good ones (well, you more than me seeing as I redefine the word "lurk"). Something special twists in my chest every time someone shows up with the intent to start shit and gets their ass run off. *sniff* Good times, good times.

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    [info]mariagoner
    2003-08-11 03:36 am UTC (link)
    >>Then there are the delusionals who think their three-year-olds are SPECIAL...check out the names, these kids are going to be soooo messed up as teenagers...

    I think that wanking about baby names is a whole 'nother issue. Though it is wonderful to see when wanks about religion and names collide. The result is so... meta, I suppose.

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    darthhellokitty
    2003-08-11 04:47 am UTC (link)
    I like the story about the three-year-old who learned ancient Egyptian from watching The Mummy. That's a *great* movie for kids!

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    [info]jar
    2003-08-11 04:56 am UTC (link)

    And then there's just sad.

    LMAO ::falls off seat:: x_X

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    (Anonymous)
    2003-12-12 05:58 pm UTC (link)
    Takes a bow...

    ~Xaoswolf

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    [info]misswindy
    2003-08-11 05:08 am UTC (link)
    Is there a nonfandomwank community?

    Yes. It's called LJDrama. I am of the humble opinion that the mods here may want to consider posting a link to it on the main template, as (as far as I can see) 6 of the last 10 posts here weren't fandom related. Fun!!! Hilarious!! Definitely wanky!! But not fandom.

    It confuses my Inner Blonde.

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    [info]redpanda
    2003-08-11 05:56 am UTC (link)
    *nod* I dislike LJDrama. It strikes me as, well, wanky. :) I'd rather have something homebrewed right here on JF by YOU wankers... :)

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    [info]luna
    2003-08-11 12:19 pm UTC (link)
    I used to like LJDrama.org, but now I find it rather boring and annoying. It's also a bit mean-spirited for my tastes. That probably sounds hypocritical, since I'm a memeber of *this* community... but over here, I think the vibe is more "Fandom is silly, let us shake our heads & mock". It's all in good fun.

    Plus, ya'll wanked me & made me feel all special. *sniff*

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    [info]hoorofcrowley
    2003-08-11 05:23 am UTC (link)
    I'm sorry but this just tickles me.

    i had a large vocabulary from school (scored VERY high on the SAT's in that portion of the test) and i used the words around him.

    This came from the same person who spelled "exercise" as "excersize."

    I'm easily amused.

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    [info]irk
    2003-08-11 06:19 am UTC (link)
    I would like to take this moment to say that I love your username.

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    [info]hoorofcrowley
    2003-08-11 06:37 am UTC (link)
    Why, thank ye. *modest yet girlish giggle*

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    [info]coyotegirl
    2003-08-11 06:04 am UTC (link)
    I think I saw silvertree over at ljchristians trying to stir up trouble. Recognize the icon, anyway.

    Also, that last would have gotten some real wankery if it hadsn't been specified that that was what they were looking for. It's sad enough that someone took it seriously ANYWAY.

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    [info]coyotegirl
    2003-08-11 06:14 am UTC (link)
    Oh, my bad. pantyclad was someone else playing stupid; and an excellent job of it too. :D

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    [info]iczer6
    2003-08-11 06:36 am UTC (link)
    >>I think I saw silvertree over at ljchristians trying to stir up trouble. Recognize the icon, anyway.>>

    Yeah because a person trying to inform other people that gay people are NOT going to hell simply because an old book, written by people with a completely different culture said so is SO being a troll.


    Icz

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    [info]coyotegirl
    2003-08-11 06:44 am UTC (link)
    Well, perhaps not trying to cause trouble so much as not recognizing that her subject was going to cause trouble anyway. Better?

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    [info]iczer6
    2003-08-11 06:46 am UTC (link)
    Point. I think her intent was good, she was just talking to the wrong crowd.

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    [info]coyotegirl
    2003-08-11 06:56 am UTC (link)
    Point, also. *bows*

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    [info]quinctia
    2003-08-11 07:50 am UTC (link)
    Actually, this person is just a huge troll. Apparently, since I didn't believe her "1/3 of all people are homosexual because 22% of them are but it seems like less because they don't want to come out" thing and I also said "there hasn't been a genetic component found for homosexuality yet," that implies I think there's a biological component. And biological component=homophobe. I dunno. I think my head's about to explode.

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    [info]iczer6
    2003-08-11 07:56 am UTC (link)
    {Actually, this person is just a huge troll. Apparently, since I didn't believe her "1/3 of all people are homosexual because 22% of them are but it seems like less because they don't want to come out"}

    Well I don't have the numbers but I think there might be some merit to that. Mainly because I don't think sexuality is something that can be tested and meseaured.

    People can change and a person who thinks he totally het a 19 could have a completely different view at 30.

    I'm not saying she wasn't wanky, and I certainly didn't agree with all her points, [was she the one who issues with tampons] but I don't think she's a troll or that she meant to be trollish.

    YMMV.

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    [info]quinctia
    2003-08-11 08:14 am UTC (link)
    Hehe...I dunno, the thread she keeps blithering on to me about is pretty trollish.

    Besides, I was more annoyed with the math thing. (I teach math.) The way she said it, she basically was calling the person an idiot for not knowing that by 1/3, she meant mentally adding onto this inflated statistic she already had.

    Most estimates I have seen are around about 1/10th of the normal population, already taking into account people who have not "come out." So her figures seem out there and she'd rather attack me mentioning biology (which is a possibility) rather than just backing them up.

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    [info]yadda
    2003-08-11 07:37 am UTC (link)
    I realize these are not strictly fandom-related. Is there a nonfandomwank community?

    Maybe we should bring back Ideology Wank. That was where religious/political wank went back in the day on Livejournal. I could spare a code, although I can't mod (school's starting, I won't have time).

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    [info]rhi_silverflame
    2003-08-11 08:21 am UTC (link)
    I can't find specific links, but classic Pagan/fandom wank is the whole clusterfuck with Mercedes Lackey's Diana Tregarde books.

    Li'l background for the unknowing: a few years ago Misty was working on the Diana Tregarde series, which focused on a rather powerful witch whose duty as a Guardian was to, well . . .

    Think of it this way. Diana is sort of like Buffy's Slayer side mixed with Willow's witchy abilities, and a moderate dose of Xena's looks.

    Magick as portrayed in the DT books is also nearly identical to its portrayal on Buffy, that is to say a blend of factual Wiccan elements and a lot of the fantastic. Well, some factions of the pagan community got very wanky about it, painting it as anything from blasphemy (if such a thing exists in paganism) to gross inaccuracy. And there also arose a bunch of tinhats who became convinced that there really are Guardians and that Diana really exists.

    The whole thing escalated into a giant mess involving death threats and stalking of Misty, including a nasty run-in with a fan at a convention, and as a result she doesn't do cons any more and dropped the series after the third book.

    Again, I wasn't originally around for this wankfest, so I don't have any specific links or sources to cite. Her website, http://www.mercedeslackey.com , has a shortened version from her perspective though.

    Anybody else know?

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    [info]maruchina
    2003-08-11 09:38 am UTC (link)
    HAHAHA! [info]xaoswolf amuses me, because if I remember correctly, he's the one that posted extremely obscene images in [info]cacklefans (before it got suspended). I think he's referring to that as well with his:

    In light of that one guy that got a couple thousand

    Fun times.

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    It's amazing what google searches turn up...
    (Anonymous)
    2003-12-11 11:15 pm UTC (link)
    Why yes, it was I that posted the completely obscene images to that community.

    ~Xaoswolf

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