LJ Cuts: SERIOUS BUSINESS.
Oh dear. Who would have thought that a basic request for an LJ cut would go so wrong?

Meet

aegion. S/he has a stick so far up his/her bum that any and all requests for LJ cuts are triggering—at least, triggering in that they turn her into a complete asshat whenever they're asked for.

The first instance occurred in

ourbedrooms, where a poster made a very image-heavy post.

layersofmeaning comments asking for an LJ cut.

aegion takes offense at this. Of course, her flipping out is okay because she's a role-model in the community, and anyone that tries to talk sense to her is too verbous, and a stylistic nightmare.

It quiets down after this, but oh no, not for long . . .

Enter

naruhodo_kun. She makes a post to

girl_gamers, showcasing a piece of fan art she drew. It's pretty large, and it's posted without an LJ cut, so

aerynmoo comments asking for a cut. Alas, what she didn't know is that

aegion was on the scene, and found her asking for a cut downright rude. She proceeds to flip out. Of course, she can't help it—those requests for cuts are a PET PEEVE, and turn her into a drooling moron. If you can't afford high-speed internet, the lack of LJ cuts will force you off welfare! But don't call her on her shit, or SHE WILL PWN YOU! Just like she pwned that "twenty something year old virgin",

misscarlos.

If I don't post again, know it was because

aegion PWNED! me.

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julesnoctambule
2007-03-22 06:21 pm UTC (link)

Reminds me of this chick who was on a forum I used to be a part of, one where people could(and did) sig pictures.

Half my monitor would routinely be taken up by ginormous pictures of someone's kid/dog/whatever and it seemed that the larger the pictures, the less the poster had to say.
Scrolling past six pics of someone's kids playing in mud and a dozen blinking banners about how much weight they've lost just to see all they posted was 'LOL!1!' was not fun.

At any rate, whenever anyone in the group mentioned putting a cap on file sizes(we had some members in places like Africa, where internet rates were by-the-minute), this particular flavour of idiot would pop up out of nowhere and begin a tirade much like

aegion's.

Never mind that the pictures made the server sluggish or that viewing them was a waste of time for most people and money for others, apparently she believed that sig files the size of small countries were a RIGHT and not caring about how your choices impact others was about FREEDOM. In her mind as well, only those who could access and afford a fast connection/brand-new computer were worthy of being on the internet.

Makes me wonder -- if my car is faster than the cars of people like that, does it mean I get to run them over?

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	cat_mcdougall 2007-03-22 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	if my car is faster than the cars of people like that, does it mean I get to run them over? I, for one, would never convict you. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	julesnoctambule 2007-03-22 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	Sweet. Now where did I put my keys? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rimrunner 2007-03-22 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	In her mind as well, only those who could access and afford a fast connection/brand-new computer were worthy of being on the internet. This makes me want to beat her about the head and shoulders with a Cambodian telephone pole (i.e., a sapling trunk nobody was using to build houses out of) while shouting, "DIGITAL DIVIDE, BITCH!" ...I can dream, can't I? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	julesnoctambule 2007-03-22 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	I say that we as a community should strive to make your dream a reality! I'd like to belt her one on behalf of my friend in South Africa and her per-minute-bill/slower-than-US-dialup internet connection. {gets in line for her turn} (Reply to this)(Parent)

squib
2007-03-22 09:47 pm UTC (link)

That reminds me of the year when those email stationery programs came out and people thought it was an OMGRIGHT! to use them on email lists. The fact that they took up almost a meg per message (and usually the message was simply "LOL! Me too!") at a time when freeboxes were size-limited is completely beside the point, of course.

(Of course, that's nothing compared to the state Senate candidate who spammed local activists' mailboxes with 3 meg powerpoint attachments and caused my clients' emails to bounce, but it was still annoying.)

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	julesnoctambule 2007-03-22 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	Jebus. Tell me that guy didn't get elected. . .please? I always hated those emails, too. Remember kids: your browser settings =/= my browser settings! Also, red and yellow text on a blue background will make people want to hurt you. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

squib
2007-03-22 10:18 pm UTC (link)

Alas, with the great power of Jebus at his side, he did get elected. He's a right asshole, too, even leaving aside his PP spams. I still remember driving around and hearing his ad on local radio saying that "all local GOP precinct captains support me"-- I was one, and I wouldn't vote him in as President of the Plumber's Crack Alliance, let alone my state senator. What a tool.

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	julesnoctambule 2007-03-22 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	I wouldn't vote him in as President of the Plumber's Crack Alliance {snicker} (Reply to this)(Parent)

	jat_sapphire 2007-03-22 10:24 pm UTC (link)
	It's my belief that people who actually DO have something to say are rarely the ones spazzing over the pretty stationary or sig pics. (Reply to this)(Parent)

eilisliana
2007-03-23 12:10 am UTC (link)

Never mind that the pictures made the server sluggish or that viewing them was a waste of time for most people and money for others, apparently she believed that sig files the size of small countries were a RIGHT and not caring about how your choices impact others was about FREEDOM. In her mind as well, only those who could access and afford a fast connection/brand-new computer were worthy of being on the internet.

This was a common occurrence a former fandom of mine. The mods would post about sig lengths, people would bitch and moan but shorten their signatures, then eventually the sig lengths would creep back to mile length again.

Which is why I love php-based message boards, you can block signatures all together!

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	april_hurst 2007-03-23 06:05 pm UTC (link)
	I usually do block sigs whenever possible. I like the sig setup at the Jedi Council forums, because it only allows text and only a few lines, so people can be self-expressive, but giant image spam is kept to a minimum. (Reply to this)(Parent)

dragonfangirl
2007-03-25 10:22 pm UTC (link)

Your anecdote about sig pictures reminds me of one forum I was on where animated sig gifs were popular. There was one godawful nightmare one that was several megabytes large, and so, of course, insanely popular. That one image alone finally, FINALLY caused the mods to crack down on the file size of sig images, although of course people bitched about opreshun and continued to use the image anyway.

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