Current mood:

energetic

Whoa.
So, I'm browsing around, and I stumble upon RiOT, which seems to be some sort of teen message board. First sign of business is this message, presumably where the owner/mod introduces the site.

I am honestly ready to cry, i\'m so sorry you guys :,[ everything got really fucked up.. PLEASE join again.. PLEASE :[

Well, I had to investigate. I follow a link to a thread, Subject: FUCK YOU ALL. penned by a SEXSELLS.

Mackenzie is 15 and pregnant. Wank ensues when good morning beautiful replies telling the OP that it's pretty much all her fault, which gets him banned.

Continues here when mod Stacey explains why he was banned.

Tits n Gravy, Banned:
the fact of the matter is, its the internet, if people cant deal with you being honest, and airing your opinions then whats the fucking point in even having opinions... infact fuck it, comeone lets all be mindless drones, oh and stacey just because your an admin doesnt mean you can demand respect.. lets face it.. your the equivelant to hitler, and everyone that speaks out is a jew, soon we'll all be gone and the only people left will be brainwashed loosers posting nothing but 'i love stacey' posts

Ender:
Frankly I'm sick of Alex and everyone like Alex its a bunch of bullshit you can't follow the rules then you can get banned especially for calling one of the admins a cunt, you want to call her Hitler? Be my guest, but she isnt, she was personally attacked and deserves the right to retaliate and if you dont like how the system works then get the fuck off the boards, other wise just shut up

Tits n Gravy, Banned:
heres a personal attack for you ender, your a prick. consider youself top of the list of people that i would like to throw a brick at *the crowd goes wild*.. heres something for you 'IF for some reason you have a conflict with another member, you can U2U 'riotmb' 'sexsells' or 'emo x shutdown' with your problem, or simply use the report link on each individual post. Or, you can U2U the member you have a problem with. DONT make your arguements visable. ' its called a rule, now are the admins still subject to these? cause as far as im concerned, buy instantly banning alex stacey didnt abide by this rule .. naughty naughty *shakes finger*.. you see it CLEARLY STATES ' if you have a problem with a member, u2u the admins or take it up with the person in question' <-- in easy terms for the dumbass's. it ALSO says 'dont make your arguments visable' which stacey did by telling everyone in the pregnancy thread that 'alex has been dealt with'.. oh yeah but thats right... one rule for one and its different for someone else AGAIN

Man, my first real wank and I'm exhausted. And I'm hoping that this isn't violating the rules or TOS because of the minor(s) involved. The message board is a public forum... Feel free to delete if I'm in the wrong, or send out the guard dogs which shoot killer bees when they bark. Whichever's easiest.

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	lurker32 2004-05-07 02:31 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, Godwin. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	smo 2004-05-07 02:57 pm UTC (link)
	It's just not a wank without it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	littlest_lurker 2004-05-07 03:43 pm UTC (link)
	It's like the little packet of flavor that they put in instant ramen noodles, in a way. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-05-07 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	And just about as good for you. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	musette 2004-05-10 03:11 am UTC (link)
	What, you mean those sodium bombs don't contain my complete daily nutrition? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-05-10 02:07 pm UTC (link)
	Not unless you go the "part of this complete breakfast" route and throw in every vegetable you can find. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: musette 2004-05-11 12:36 am UTC (link)
	Hmm, damn. That requires like... chopping. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-05-11 02:34 pm UTC (link)
	The magic of Bird's Eye, man. They do all the chopping for me; all I have to do is defrost. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: musette 2004-05-12 12:07 am UTC (link)
	Hmm, I can defrost. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-05-12 12:36 pm UTC (link)
	Well, I figure if I can do it... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: musette 2004-05-12 07:17 pm UTC (link)
	The sad thing is that I actually cook rather well, I'm just inexcusably lazy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-05-12 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	Same. We r t3h suxx0rz, d00d. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: musette 2004-05-13 12:32 am UTC (link)
	But we're aware of the fact that we suxx0rz at least. That counts for something, right? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-05-13 02:32 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, that and a dollar will buy you a bus ride. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: musette 2004-05-13 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	Hey don't be negative, man! ;-) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	feenix 2004-05-07 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	Heh, it's not a violation of TOS. You just can't link to a minor's journal, I think. And...sigh At least it's not hot pink. But...whoa. I especially love that he thinks that it's his right to tell a pregnant chick it is her fault for getting knocked up. Which...well, it is, but there's a little thing called respect for human dignity... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	lurker32 2004-05-07 06:37 pm UTC (link)
	I'll never understand why they don't get "you have a right to be a jerk, other people have a right to kick your ass about it". This is easy stuff, man. (Reply to this)(Parent)

iczer6
2004-05-07 06:55 pm UTC (link)

Which...well, it is, but there's a little thing called respect for human dignity...

How is he/she disrespecting her by well, being honest?

She's 15! Maybe I'm a fuddy duddy but I don't think you should be fucking around at that age.

I find the folks saying 'keep it, keep it, it won't have a negative effect on your life' far more annoying than the person telling her that het fucking might lead to babies.

Icz

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	vasaris 2004-05-07 07:31 pm UTC (link)
	Well... I don't think you're a fuddy duddy. What a perfect illustration of why that link on LJ exists. rolls eyes (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iczer6 2004-05-07 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	What a perfect illustration of why that link on LJ exists. Er, what link? is confused (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vasaris 2004-05-08 07:13 am UTC (link)
	The anti-teen-pregnancy one that caused the massive splooge-fest on LJNews. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	evening_rose 2004-05-08 03:24 pm UTC (link)
	I missed that one. o_O; (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vasaris 2004-05-08 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, it was a beaut. Wanked on fandom wank and on otf_wank. OTF got there first but FW wins on comments. (Reply to this)(Parent)

visp
2004-05-07 08:01 pm UTC (link)

I find the folks saying 'keep it, keep it, it won't have a negative effect on your life' far more annoying than the person telling her that het fucking might lead to babies.

Same here. Children are a lot, and I mean a LOT of work. This will affect her education, her social life and her love life, and most likely not for better. But no, we won't say that because it'll hurt her feelings, so let's all give her false encouragment instead.

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	princessdot 2004-05-07 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	I wonder if all the ones happy she "made the right choice" have ever had to care for infants or children 24/7? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: visp 2004-05-08 01:23 am UTC (link)
	No, but they have lots of cute little pictures of cherubs praying on flowers or something equally nauseous, in their room, so that counts as something, doesn't it? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ashenmote 2004-05-07 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, the unrefined, righteous wank. It's good to know that it will never die out. Yet, this fleeting stage where you know for certain how the whole world works...it will not last long, kiddos. Enjoy it while you can. Well. For some of you, it probably will. Yes, I'm looking at you, Tits n Gravy. Lucky bastard. [/embittered doter] (Reply to this)

	meshou 2004-05-07 07:48 pm UTC (link)
	-Mod: Be nice! Poster: No! -Mod: Banned. Poster: NAZIS! On the one hand I can see bonking teens on the head and saying "Sex leads to babies, moron!" but I can't imagine doing that to a pregnant girl. I think she knows how she got pregnant since she was, like, there. No need to make her life more hellish than it will be. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	iczer6 2004-05-07 09:14 pm UTC (link)
	I think she knows how she got pregnant since she was, like, there. No need to make her life more hellish than it will be. True but I don't think she should be praised to high heaven for having a working uterus either. Icz (Reply to this)(Parent)

also_not_a_pipe
2004-05-07 10:45 pm UTC (link)

Is it wanky of me to want to go to that board and ask all these starry-eyed teens trying to tell her what it's like to raise a baby, "What in the blue fucking hell do you know about that?"

It makes my head hurty. Especially the one who claims to be fourteen and rabbits on about "OMG I want a bay-bee!" No you don't, kid. You want a puppy. You want a puppy shaped like a small human. Something cute and cuddly to love you unconditionally and be dependent on you so that you can feel important? And one that just sort of materializes instead of squirting out of your body? Yep. Puppy.

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	crickets 2004-05-07 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	Word. The first "I love babies!" squee had me cringing my way to the back button. It was obvious this was a 'held one for a few minutes but never changed a diaper or ended up with warm burp spit rolling down my back' kind of thing. So helpful! Only, you know, not. Yikes. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	smo 2004-05-07 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, someone give these kids a Baby Think It Over doll for a week and see how squeeish they are then. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kijikun 2004-05-08 02:55 am UTC (link)
	Dude we they gave those out in one of the health classes in my highschool. One 16 year old threw hers in the toielt in the girls bathroom and tried to flush it, she was in tears screaming 'won't stop crying'. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-05-09 05:01 pm UTC (link)
	... Please tell me that girl has not gone on to reproduce. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	notjo 2004-05-08 10:39 am UTC (link)
	What's a Baby Think It Over doll? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iczer6 2004-05-08 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	It's another version of the 'Egg Baby' project where they make you take care of a baby doll that will randomly cry, need to be fed, need to be changed, has to go everywhere with you, and I think they grade you on your performance. I like to think of it as a much needed wake up call. Icz (Reply to this)(Parent)

	smo 2004-05-09 04:57 pm UTC (link)
	Weighs the same as a real baby. The girl has to carry it around, feed it when it cries (by turning a key in its back), burp it, put it to bed, etc. Also, it has a recording thingy inside that lets the instructor know if the girl, like, got mad and belted the kid. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: notjo 2004-05-09 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	That's... very creepy.... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-05-09 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	Which is exactly why it works, I expect. (Reply to this)(Parent)

dawnswalker
2004-05-08 12:43 am UTC (link)

The part that really made me go "WTF?" here was all the posters going "Oh I'm so glad you didn't have an abortion, I wouldn't have an abortion but if it was me I heard that you can lose a baby by playing sports/o.d.ing on vitamins/douching with coke/hopping up and down on a trampoline/masturbating with a crucifix"

Because trying to induce a miscarriage through retarded behaviour is so much better.

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	kijikun 2004-05-08 02:56 am UTC (link)
	masturbating with a crucifix Please tell me no one said that.. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dawnswalker 2004-05-08 04:16 am UTC (link)
	No no, they didn't go quite that far. That was just me being teh funy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bohicamouse 2004-05-08 09:21 am UTC (link)
	I've been meaning to ask for like months--what are your icons from? Especially this one, because I think it's adorable, hee. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dawnswalker 2004-05-08 09:45 am UTC (link)
	Oh, they're from "Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure", which was a pretty weird little RPG for the Playstation. It's by the same company that made Disgaea, if you've heard of that. And the character in my icon is Etoile Rosenqueen. She's awesome, even if she is a few cards short of a full deck. (Reply to this)(Parent)

notjo
2004-05-08 10:58 am UTC (link)

I think my favorite part is the bit where she begs people to join again -- and the option to sign up for an account is current disabled.

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teratologist
2004-05-08 01:25 pm UTC (link)

Djerassi wept.

Ok, so it's never been demonstrated that any population of mammals, even allegedly thinking mammals, can voluntarily and reliably hold off on sex for five years after reaching physical maturity. Sure, we can ask, but we shouldn't be surprised by the result.

But people, we have modern medical technology. We have ingenious contraceptive devices, including the morning after pill, and we also have first trimester abortions that are as safe or safer than actually bringing a pregnancy to term. Sure, many fucktards and bluenoses throughout the land try to keep these things away from the people who need them most*, but I thought that forbidding things was supposed to make them cooler and trendier!

What will it take to make reproductive responsibility hip? Do we need to hire an ad agency? Convince People magazine to put famous actresses on the cover smiling and cuddling their Lo-Ovral packets? Have Madonna sing a realistic sequel to 'Papa Don't Preach?'

*no, seriously, this is terrible, and I'm really pissed off about it.

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	roxannelinton 2004-05-08 05:30 pm UTC (link)
	Love how the bloke isn't criticised at all. I mean, it does still take two. (Reply to this)