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Altera ([info]altera) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2005-02-17 21:54:00
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wanking: not just for the knitting comm anymore...
So _coziesales makes a post to the crochet community about selling some ipod cozies. Um great, except, this is a crochet community and the stuff she (they?) is (are?) trying to sell can be made in about ten minutes so there's no way in hell that anyone with a hook and some yarn is going to pay $15+ for them.

But apparently since this is a public forum, this all makes perfect sense and is legal. After all, you don't tell someone to pack up their store in a shopping mall.

So scroll past it! Nope, selling on livejournal is against the TOS and... hmm, apparently we have a sock puppet? By the way, 46 is "too old to be engaging in LJ drama" but I don't have to act mature 'cause I'm not 46 and don't live in a trailer park.

Somebody call in the mods! But that leads to bulemia and more white trash, and a picture that horrified my roommate when she just looked over my shoulder...

By the way, am I the only knitter/crocheter who despises the term "cozies"? But that's a bit off topic.

Have fun.

ETA: get it while it's hot... it's been reported to LJ TOS already so it might get taken down soon (I've saved part of it in case.)

Gone now, but have at it: saved until bandwith is ded

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[info]twocorpses
2005-02-18 04:12 am UTC (link)
Boo-urns. I was just coming over here to see if this was posted. heh I guess I'm just a little slow. :P

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(Anonymous)
2005-02-18 04:41 am UTC (link)
haha!

I was too! <333

Frek.

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[info]_lotuseater
2005-02-18 04:22 am UTC (link)
And I always thought crocheters (crochetters?) were such docile people. Those dainty little needles. I don't know.

But am I the only one who sort of snickered at the haughty PCness of this comment? No? Okay.

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[info]altera
2005-02-18 04:28 am UTC (link)
Definately not... that was asking for it

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[info]chaimonkey
2005-02-18 04:41 am UTC (link)
Wow, those cozies are fugly. I wouldn't pay $2.00 for them, even if it were charity. I'd just donate instead.

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[info]prettypinkkitty
2005-02-18 06:13 am UTC (link)
http://www.foofpod.com seems to make nice ones. Plus, they have TWEED!

I love tweed. The sound of the word makes me so happy.

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[info]altera
2005-02-18 06:21 am UTC (link)
Tweed is fucking awesome.

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[info]jedilora
2005-02-18 08:54 am UTC (link)
I named one of my Sims Tweed.

His mom's name is Joann.

I might be a fabriholic. Textophiliac. Whatever. Tweed? Good.

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[info]mistressrenet
2005-02-18 08:34 pm UTC (link)
Same here.

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[info]ladybirdsleeps
2005-02-18 04:48 am UTC (link)
Ooh. That troll's got class.

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[info]gal_montag
2005-02-18 05:00 am UTC (link)
Mmm, shiney crochet wank. I figured it was only a matter of time. We're nicer than the knitters to be sure, but that was out of control.

On the up side, that bitch'll never sell anything.

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[info]altera
2005-02-18 05:26 am UTC (link)
unfortunately she already has

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[info]gal_montag
2005-02-18 05:44 am UTC (link)
But they're not cute.

And I seem to remember someone posting those before and saying they were for friends.

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Actually, she did post them before...
(Anonymous)
2005-02-18 05:55 am UTC (link)
http://www.livejournal.com/community/crochet/1888705.html

AzureRose

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Re: Actually, she did post them before...
(Anonymous)
2005-02-18 07:09 am UTC (link)
Poor kitty...

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[info]twocorpses
2005-02-18 11:54 am UTC (link)
suspended yo!

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[info]altera
2005-02-18 02:23 pm UTC (link)
schweeeeeeeeeeet!

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[info]iris
2005-02-18 05:22 am UTC (link)
It's happening in other communities, too!

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[info]altera
2005-02-18 05:25 am UTC (link)
Damn, it's gone!

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[info]iris
2005-02-18 05:34 am UTC (link)
Man, I should've saved it while I had it open. The OP was playing the age card on some 15-year-old girl who told her to stay on topic or STFU.

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[info]blackjackrocket
2005-02-18 05:38 am UTC (link)
If selling is against the TOS, how come there's communities like garagesalejapan and things like that?

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[info]altera
2005-02-18 05:41 am UTC (link)
Dunno, is it actually against the TOS or not? Bugs the hell out of me when ads are spammed to communities NOT designed for selling shit, but I don't care that much.

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(Anonymous)
2005-02-18 12:00 pm UTC (link)
No, it isn't. They changed the TOS a couple of months ago. I'm not sure if the change is live yet, but if you open a support request to the abuse team and ask if it's okay to do it, they'll tell you yes. It's illegal to make money off your journal by ads I think, and by selling things that belong to LiveJournal (like taking money to hand over your username) but otherwise it's okay.

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[info]greenling
2005-02-18 06:44 am UTC (link)
Entire journals dedicated to "look at my art and pay shitloads of money for prints"...

Huge online auctions due to accident/medical bills/tuition being due...

That not making any sense as a rule whatsoever...

Yeah, it's either not a rule or it was snuck in during the past week by some smartass who saw his pink slip coming early.

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Uh...good one!
[info]jrs1980
2005-02-18 05:56 am UTC (link)
[info]justcat: I agree this is totally not needed here and after reading some comments this poster is down right rude and I as a larger woman take PERSONAL OFFENSE to the reply to sweetemilykate

[info]_coziesalesSorry, what fattie? I couldn't hear you through all the fat.
Dude, awesome sales technique.

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Re: Uh...good one!
[info]altera
2005-02-18 06:01 am UTC (link)
Did you see the porny picture she posted in reply to that? Gone now unfortunately.

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Re: Uh...good one!
[info]jrs1980
2005-02-18 07:00 am UTC (link)
Nope. Guess I'll have to go find some on my own.

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[info]backfromspace
2005-02-18 06:21 am UTC (link)
You. Yes, you. You're the second apple.

That is all.

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[info]mana
2005-02-18 06:28 am UTC (link)
Wow, I could make those and I suck at crocheting, lol.

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[info]plazmah
2005-02-20 03:36 am UTC (link)
OT: Is that Seung Mina in your icon? Or just random Falcoon art?

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[info]mana
2005-02-20 03:38 am UTC (link)
Not sure. She's from Soul Calibur and I haven't had a chance to play it yet. So probably so.

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[info]plazmah
2005-02-20 03:51 am UTC (link)
Ah, then it IS Seung Mina! Major icon love? Mind if I ask where you got the image from?

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[info]mana
2005-02-20 04:48 am UTC (link)
Falcoon's art page. Just type Falcoon's art in yahoo and it'll link you

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[info]reinhardt
2005-02-18 06:53 am UTC (link)
Crochet wank... crochet... wank. Somehow those two words just aren't gelling in my brain... As for the covers themselves, there's no way in hell I'd pay $15 bucks for those ugly little buggers. My iPod's got more class then THAT damnit.

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[info]phosfate
2005-02-18 03:54 pm UTC (link)
By the way, am I the only knitter/crocheter who despises the term "cozies"?

I can do neither, and I hate it with a raging, hatey hate. I will allow 'tea cosy,' because that's what the damned things are called, but it is my understanding that iPods, remote controls, etc. do not in fact need to be kept warm.

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[info]senor_pinata
2005-02-18 06:30 pm UTC (link)
For some reason, the term "cozies" always ALWAYS reminds me of the erotic Martha Stewart website and I think of penis cozies.

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[info]mistressrenet
2005-02-18 08:36 pm UTC (link)
Link?

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[info]janegraddell
2005-02-19 01:52 am UTC (link)
Hm, this seems to be my only knitting/crocheting-related icon. Anyway...

Same here. Tea cozy is okay, because, as you say, there's a purpose in keeping a teapot cozy and warm. I have been known to make covers and such for various items, mostly to keep them from getting lost and/or tangled with yarn in my knitting bag, but I tend to use the highly technical terms "bag" or "case" for them. The term "sock needle cozy" never crossed my mind. Well, until just now.

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