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	rann 2004-04-17 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	Oho, she linked to my post on the adult group. Seems that she got her panties shoved up her ass over the phrase "borderline-pretentious" in my post. A thesaurus-raper strikes back! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	lurker32 2004-04-17 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	Hah, that was you? The link doesn't work for me, but that makes it all nicely circular. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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rann
2004-04-17 08:25 pm UTC (link)

Yeah. Basically, I posted up one pose from a thesaurus-raper who'd joined in a scene I was doing on Taps, and said that his desc was filled with much the same sort of thing. The player himself didn't seem a bad guy, just that his poses were somewhat a mixture of stereotypical furry stuff and Shakesperean-level overflowing of language. It was more funny, than anything else, but apparently she took offense because, to judge from her post, it's the kind of pose she'd do herself. Or he'd do. Whatever thylacine is. Whatever gender they are, they're an admitted troll.

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	lurker32 2004-04-17 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	And a well-fed one, at that. 65 comments? Eesh. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	virago 2004-04-17 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	Ugh, one of those. Dear, if you truly knew and loved the English language, you'd know when to stop masturbating with it. You'd also know the meaning of "concise." I need to make an icon about this. goes off to do so (Reply to this)(Thread)

	melusine 2004-04-17 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	Dear, if you truly knew and loved the English language, you'd know when to stop masturbating with it. That begs for an icon XD (Reply to this)(Parent)

	nicolae 2004-04-17 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	"I never said I wasn't a hypocrite." Please, bitch. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	melange 2004-04-17 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	Is there a jurisimprudence law about how admitting to hypocrisy invalidates your point? Because if not, there really should be. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nicolae 2004-04-17 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	See, the thing is, most people have given up on saying, 'you're immoral,' because that's so subjective, so you say, 'you're not conforming to YOUR moral standards' = you're a hypocrite. Except that stupid people like this are like, "Why, yes, yes I am. Bingle bingle fwip!" (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lurker32 2004-04-17 09:33 pm UTC (link)
	That seems to be his M.O. "Why yes, I am a hypocrite, and a troll, and an annoying fuckwad. Hahaha! Aren't I clever?" I'm waiting for someone to trick him into admitting that he's just plain stupid. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	terminal_frost 2004-04-18 08:07 am UTC (link)
	I'm waiting for someone to trick him into admitting that he's just plain stupid. :) They came pretty damn close to doing that at one point... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	iczer6 2004-04-17 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	Hooooolllly shit! That person's ego needs one of beeping devices that big trucks use when they back up. That way we can have some sort of warning for these people. (Reply to this)

	yadda 2004-04-17 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	This person seems like the sort of poser I would enjoy playing with, truthfully. What a wonderfully appropriate typo. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	rann 2004-04-18 01:01 am UTC (link)
	Actually, it's not a typo, as she's using "poser" as a reference to someone writing poses on a mu*. It's more an amusing double-meaning. n.n (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yadda 2004-04-18 01:10 am UTC (link)
	Eh? Haven't heard that one before. Amusing none-the-less. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: rann 2004-04-18 07:20 am UTC (link)
	Yeah. It's sort of a distinguishing thing... you post on a message board, you pose on a muck. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cpip 2004-04-17 11:59 pm UTC (link)
	Darn -- I was just reading this and thinking, "Ye gods, this is wanky!" when I come here and find someone got it up before I did. Alas! (Reply to this)

	*Because I don't want* to be friends with bad_rpers_suck gal_montag** 2004-04-18 12:06 am UTC (link)
	Verbosity doesn't equal good writing. Having a huge vocabulary is wonderful, but saying something like pervaricator when you can just say liar makes you sound like a jackass and like you're trying to talk over your audience. No one likes to believe they're thought of as stupid. (Reply to this)

elanor_durall
2004-04-18 01:06 am UTC (link)

Her personal journal is filled with little gems like this:

This is the precise mentality which makes the rest of the world see us as barbarians. We are barbarians, seeking to overthrow the world whilst putting blind faith in a president which has lied to us nearly from day one. We are out to prove that we have the larger penis, and we do not care how such a mentality will be seen. I am, again, ashamed to be an American. (Before anyone starts up with their snide comments about my leaving--trust me, that is the plan. The plan is to leave this godforsaken moral and spiritual wasteland.)

The arrogance that veritably exudes from each poorly thought-out sentence is the precise reason much of the rest of the world despise us and think us to be fools. We have and do, time and again, prove the old adage correct: "Better to keep silent and be thought a fool, lest you open your mouth and remove all doubt." We prove that correct each time we, as a country, open our mouths and make silly and inane judgements.

Everyone knows that America is a monolith! Heeee.

I love this phrase: The arrogance that veritably exudes from each poorly thought-out sentence.... How perfectly appropriate.

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	Finally, an excuse to use this icon iczer6 2004-04-18 01:16 am UTC (link)
	I>(Before anyone starts up with their snide comments about my leaving--trust me, that is the plan. The plan is to leave this godforsaken moral and spiritual wasteland.)</i> May I reccomend Venus, or I've heard that Mercury is lovely this time of year. Personally I'd let to get this person as far away from my country as possible. Icz (Reply to this)(Parent)

	nevadafighter 2004-04-18 01:07 am UTC (link)
	I made my comments and re-sent the e-mail back to the person whom* sent it to me* Nothing like a pretentious git who claims to be a better writer and then writes something like that. Hmm. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	lurker32 2004-04-18 01:15 am UTC (link)
	Had to. (Reply to this)(Parent)

c_chan
2004-04-18 02:19 am UTC (link)

I probably should pay more attention to this community, as I am on it. *shakes fist*

overly flowery RP language involving "emeraldine orbs". They call it "thesaurus rape"

I don't see a problem with it if it's used in moderation, personally. If EVERY OTHER WORD is a synonym for "blue eyes", however...

This is why I don't RP with people I don't know. I stick with those who's styles don't piss the hell out of me.

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Ah, Purple-Eyed Prose...

zozma
2004-04-18 03:41 pm UTC (link)

I see this phenomenon more from the fanfic angle, but over-mentioning of eye color is one of my writing pet peeves in any setting, even when the thesaurus isn't used (though I'd personally like to mail one to every Heero/Duo (Gundam Wing) fanwriter who thinks amaryllis=violet). What really makes me giggle about this one is that when I gave out a set of awards for well-done details in Trowa/Quatre fics, the award for "Best Use of Eye Color" went to a fic using a synonym for "emeraldine orbs." Except the author of said fic had the brains to simply use "green eyes."

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	Re: Ah, Purple-Eyed Prose... lurker32 2004-04-18 06:05 pm UTC (link)
	sporfle! ...amaryllis? The only amaryllises I've ever seen were bright red, IIRC. That sounds like one scatterbrained fangirl's coinage that got out of hand if ever there was one. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Ah, Purple-Eyed Prose... zozma 2004-04-19 01:25 am UTC (link)
	By now it's nigh unto fanon, it's so common. Since some of the prettier amaryllises I've seen were finely striped white and red, I prefer to interpret "amaryllis eyes" as meaning bloodshot ones. (Reply to this)(Parent)