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Friday, September 25th, 2009
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12:45 pm - When banning someone from a community, it's a good idea to make sure you've actually banned them.
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![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif) abandonedplaces is a community for taking photographs of... well. Abandoned places. rhodamine is a frequent poster on said community, and somewhat infamous for not always posting things that are necessarily abandoned.
It all started a few days ago when cymbal_rush took it upon themselves to express a very strong opinion of rhodamine by making a new post to the community: "Dear rhodamine,
This community is dedicated to "abandoned places", not "random pictures I took while walking around on railway tracks in the boroughs". You have this habit of posting solitary pictures of things that clearly aren't of abandoned places, and always with a link to a particular external web site that merely re-displays the whole photo. You're clearly not here on Livejournal to do anything other than drive traffic to a web site you co-own (I mean, that's all you use Wikipedia for, too, right?), and I'm positive that I'm not the only one here that is getting tired of your spamming. So please, knock it off.
For a sense of what we're collectively interested in around here, have a look at the recent amazing posts by shktgun, villy_barankin, dedushka_nomto, seventreehouses, and many others."
There's both agreement and displeasure that cymbal_rush chose to use this public avenue to express their opinion, but the accused does not make an appearance. A day afterwards the mod of the community, jj_maccrimmon, makes a post announcing rhodamine has been banned and locks comments.
However, the REAL fun starts shortly after when poindexter makes a post to the community simply saying "It's been fun!" with the header 'Bye!'.
( Let me ride that FLOUNCY FLOUNCY! )
ETA: And now rhodamine's comments on the post have been deleted.
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| Sunday, September 20th, 2009
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6:29 pm - I doubt your committment to edginess
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Once, long ago, an author released a book unto the world. And this book was considered to be awful by many many many critics, to the point where much parody was made of the author, the book, and the fans. This mockery ramped up when a movie was made, and even more people were introduced to the author. And, of course, all truly "hip" readers turned up their noses, refusing to call that... that... tripe... literature.
I am, of course, talking about Dan Brown.
Over at Literary Tattoos, Loosma writes:
I love Dan Brown, particularly his Robert Langdon series and I have huge respect for him and his research for his new book The Lost Symbol. I'm reading that now and I'm having a hard time putting it down but there are some great quotes in here. I keep wanting to highlight them and come back because sometimes I come across a sentence that hits me hard just because it relates to me in a way. As do everyone when they tattoo a quote or lyric or whatever on their body
Anyway, so really if any readers of those books have gotten a tattoo relating to the plot or through some quote in there? Especially puzzle lovers? lol
( Cue all the literary snark you can imagine )
I just want you all to know that I hated Dan Brown before it was "in" to hate Dan Brown. I bet it's now ~edgy~ to be scholar who loves Dan Brown for the plot, and I totes want to be ~edgy~. Dan Brown Forever! Go Robert Langdon!
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| Friday, September 11th, 2009
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11:40 pm
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| Friday, August 28th, 2009
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11:57 am - The Great Internet Bra Debate
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How dirty is your bra?
Someone sent a letter to Dear Prudence asking if his girlfriend was normal because she's worn the same bra every day for two weeks. Prudie gives her usual inadequate and perplexing answer, starting with:
Perhaps your worries about hygiene arise from watching too much soft-core porn in which women get in the shower and soap their breasts for extended periods.
Reader comments range everywhere from ick:
I always wear a clean bra each day, just like I wear clean underwear EACH DAY. I've never heard of such a thing in my life as wearing the same clothes every day for weeks on end, especially not undergarments. And no, I'm not "filthy" rich. I grew up in a single wide trailer with extremely poor, hardworking parents, who taught me the value of SOAP and daily bathing.
to double standard!
Am I the only perosn who sees the endless gender-based double standard in society today? If this question was posed by a woman with a boyfriend who wore the same boxers for a week, the response would have centered around the boyfriend's level of evolution.
to several comments about how bras are expensive and wear out in the wash, bras don't get as dirty as undies, several comments asking how the guy knows she doesn't wash it, maybe she has several bras that look exactly the same, and there's even an informal poll asking how long people wear bras between washings. One of the best answers to the poll:
15 minutes. i have to take it off before me wife comes back
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| Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
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10:46 pm - Because it's so like being pro-choice!
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Sometime over the weekend, someone snuck onto private property and killed and dismembered a nine-foot alligator that had taken up residence in a local business owner's pond. The property owner has posted a reward for any information that could lead to finding the poachers, and now the local humane society and a couple of other groups have added to the reward.
This does not sit well with some people.
A few choice segments behind the cut for the linkaphobes.
( Reason Number 234897235926349 I want to move somewhere else! )
It seems some people just don't realize that they already lost the argument and any credibility they might have had. I'm just waiting for someone to break a ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif) jurisimprudence law, really. The sad part is, I probably have to deal with one or more of these morons every day at work.
Just to show that we aren't all idiots here, there are commenters showing more common sense than this, and some snarkers calling the especially stupid ones out on their stupidity. One of the snarkers calling marandan out on his bullshit is actually my mother! :D! She's nine levels of awesome.
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| Monday, August 24th, 2009
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2:02 pm - No one wanks as hard as knitters do. Except maybe spinners.
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Blogger Sharon Pelletier writes a satirical post about a local spinning event at her library.
Not everyone is impressed.
At this point, I don't feel that you are a decent person because you failed in being mature enough to go outside your comfort zone, and instead chose to call names.
Though there is still some disagreement in the ranks:
Knitting "networking" sites like Ravelry have congealed knitters into a writhing, slimy glob of Bitch that ooze across the internet wielding knitting needles and a smug sense of superiority.
76 mostly angry comments later, she posts a follow-up explaining that no, she was trying to be funny, she does not think PETA needed to be informed, and she really does not think spinners are witches, either.
Reaction so far is mostly positive, though you never know with knitters, spinners and even those rebellious crocheters.
ETA a verb. Verbs are important.
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| Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
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11:53 pm - Seattle vs. Bad PR: FIGHT!
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Ah Seattle, my wanky home.
This one's just a little niblet, but it is a wank so perfectly formed in miniature that I can't help but show it off.
fuzzinit makes a post in the Seattle comm advertising his little home-based business featuring high-tech spy equipment and self-defense weapons and, apparently, chastity belts. Screencap here. fuzzinit, in so doing, breaks a handful of comm rules and is told so, and begins deleting comments which harsh his groove willy-nilly. O noes! Post swiftly disappears.
Helpful community member creates second post where people can freely discuss fuzzinit. With breathtaking efficiency and elegance, fuzzinit goes through the Seven Stages Of Wank straight through I DIN' DO NU'IN to a really nifty double flounce in about five posts. But hey, despite doing everything wrong, he got hits! And hits are what's important, right?
...The Seattleites are still chewing on him a bit, since despite the fabulous flounce he's still trying to cling to the moral high ground. And on that moral high ground is a big ol' knife and night-vision goggles!
ETA: Huzzah, I post this and then go off hiking for a day and come back to discover I've completely failed! Links should be fixed, on the off chance that you have not already taken advantage of helpful commenters covering my ass.
ETA 2: HOLY CRAP THERE'S A SEQUEL! More like a parody. Maybe an homage. At any rate, stutts whips it out and the love flows like wine. Our city-hopping small businessman is revealed to be a true nationwide phenomenon!
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| Thursday, August 13th, 2009
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7:49 am - But what are your thoughts on homosex?
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Sci-fi writer John C. Wright does not approve of the Sci-Fi channel's apparent pandering to the "homosex" crowd.
The head of Sci-Fi channel has contritely promised to include more homosex in future shows, and to do it nonchalantly, just as if this abomination is normal and natural and worthy of no comment. The shows will not actually come out and say sexual perversion has no bad side effects. They won't actually lie and tell you homosex won't destroy your life. But they will imply the lie. They will play along.
Homosex. It's almost kind of catchy!
( But wait! There's more quotables. )
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| Monday, August 3rd, 2009
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7:06 pm - HOW DARE YOU CALL ME FAT
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mydemand
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Mars from Chicken Dinner Candybar does her regular Fat Love Friday and includes Marie from Agent Lover.
Marie is put off by her inclusion on a "fat" list and tells Mars so.
Mars offers to take it down. Marie refuses. Instead, she proclaims on her blog, "oh haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaale no!
Chaos ensues in the comments about fatphobia, body acceptance, fashion sense (or the lack thereof), and kissing-up commentors.
Is Marie brave or is she overreacting?
(I'm in the comments and I know Natalie [the 'overreacting' link], so I am slightly involved in the wank aftermath. It's pretty obvious which side i'm on.)
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| Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
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9:46 pm - gala darling: trust fund visionary?
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mydemand
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Gala Darling is a self-described "visionary" who is famous mainly for having pink hair, being an "international playgirl", starting the Things I Love Thursday meme, and writing articles about living a fabulous life and being fashionable. Her audience consists mainly of young teenage/young adult girls who swarm her comments both on GalaDarling.com and on her personal site.
Gala's story is that she quit the 9-5 life to be a full-time blogger, and that almost all her income comes from blogging professionally through ad sales and sponsorships, as well as freelance writing. However, lately there's been a rash of comments on articles mentioning her claiming she is a fraud and really is a trust fund kid with rich parents. People who bought one of her podcasts about starting a business were disappointed at the lack of information on how Gala earns her money exactly.
It all comes to a head on her cover article on Cut Out + Keep, where various people - including someone claiming to be Gala's former good friend, speculate that she is either a trust fund kid, uses boyfriends for money, or is a high-class prostitute. In the meantime, Gala's devoted fans stand by their idol, claiming that "it's illegal to post untruths on the Internet" and that her critics are negative people with no lives. Meanwhile, Gala's denied the trust fund story; her only comment on her income currently is "it's none of your business".
(disclaimer: I'm in the comments of the Cut Out + Keep article as Tiara.)
edit: added a couple more links, including a direct link to the "illegal to post untruths" comment.
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| Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
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7:45 pm - I changed the rules but I'm not going to tell you which, and stop being so passive-aggressive!
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| Thursday, July 16th, 2009
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11:57 am - I, P. [b]Badlarr[/b], am truly sorry for posting this wank.
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pishbadlarr
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Last time I posted something from writers_guild I met my BFF, eggie1978. I wonder if jay_alonzo will be my friend?
'cause, see, J. Alonzo got this mega-amazing idea, so he wrote a chapter that he wanted reviews on. It's all like, political and shit, and it's about the country of the Middle East, and there might be a boy who flies in there, and he's so very good at what he does that he can single-handedly make manga a genre instead of a medium.
( Read more... )
Really, with a description like that, how can you not go check it out?
So what's the problem, right? Well, J. Alonzo miiiiight not have done any research on the very epic subject he's trying to write about. Psh, like anybody would actually notice.
J. Alonzo concludes that those big mean meanieheads who think he's too white won't rest until he quits writing entirely.
BUT NOT until he's posted about it on his blog, which you may not want to go to unless you have a fast stop-that-fugging-music finger.
( Read more... )
But really, J. Alonzo is laughing. Because he has a hit counter. And bold tags.
As a bonus, Trillian is still crusading to rid the world of the evil that is writers_guild and Winterfox.
ETA: As the OTF chapter of the official J. Alonzo bookclub, I urge you to not miss the Companion #1. P. Baddy out.
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| Thursday, June 18th, 2009
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3:51 pm - Pet intelligence wank
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tree
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The Guardian: Cats outsmarted in psychologist's test.
You can imagine how well this goes with the readers. Besides the predictable flood of pet owner butthurt and anecdotes of clever / stupid cats / dogs / mice / owls, there are plenty of genuinely funny comments as well as a side wank on the validity of test methods and statistics, obligatory calls to talk about world hunger instead or discuss the intelligence of various nationalities, and, naturally, Hitler and his pets make a bonus appearance. I think one could play classical wank bingo in here, but some of the stories make it all worthwhile.
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| Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
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10:38 pm - Don't call me Liz, BITCH.
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angstymcgoth
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Possible political_wank? I'm posting it here, since the "politics" are largely incidental. So-and-so asks Jim McDermott's secretary for an audience, and addresses her poorly ('Liz' rather than 'Elizabeth'). HOLY SHIT, you did not just go there!
A few weeks ago, the assistant e-mailed Becton seeking a meeting with McDermott and a client, JPMorgan Chase. Days later, the assistant checked back in and unfortunately began the e-mail with “Hi Liz.”
Becton curtly replied, “Who is Liz?”
When the assistant wrote back with an apology, Becton turned up the heat. “I do not go by Liz. Where did you get your information?” she asked.
The back-and-forth went on for 19 e-mails, with the assistant apologizing six times if she had “offended” Becton, while Becton lectured about name-calling.
Please, please check out the email exchange hosted on Politico.
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| Saturday, June 6th, 2009
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1:02 pm - As a slash fan and writer, I'd appreciate a bit more respect.
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| Friday, June 5th, 2009
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1:43 am - Take me out to the ballgame so I can sue your ass.
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ari_o
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Tony LaRussa is the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, but not the Tony La Russa posting on twitter. So Tony is suing twitter "claiming an unauthorized page that used his name to make light of drunken driving and two Cardinals pitchers who died damaged his reputation and caused emotional distress."
He was found drunk and asleep behind the wheel of an SUV with its engine running. I don't think he needs help damaging his reputation. And his butthurt comes with lawyers.
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| Thursday, June 4th, 2009
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2:56 pm - My Clothes are For Everyone - except YOU.
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12:06 pm - Street Preacher, Internet Shitshow: Batshit Boogaloo
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caito
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Dan Lirette is a bag of small, cheesy dicks. We've already been over it, but let's review:
( Cut for unfunny. )
And now, hear this.
Since the baby died, the SA thread was closed and goldmined, but Dan Lirette is still busy being butthurt. His new target is Encyclopedia Dramatica, which has articles on both him and the intern (I shouldn't have to warn you about disturbing images on ED, right? Two words: dead baby). He decided to fight fire with fire and created his own version of ED called Encyclopedia Parodia. The anonymous source on wank_report says that EP was once filled with ""hilarious" articles slandering everyone who dared to go against him, including SA and EA member ZoSoZodiac, whom he offered a $500 reward for the personal information of." Unfortunately, Dan Lirette has a habit of bahleeting, which is why I had to link to Google cache. Lucky for lulz, there are screencaps and quotes on Dan Lirette's ED page.
Additionally, the autoaim links in the previous post are now blank, allegedly due to a C&D from Dan (autoaim previously hosted mirrors of Dan's wacky preacher videos, now all completely deleted). ETA: Actually, I guess Dan Lirette is completely mad. Carry on.
Dan's home forum, moncton.net, in the meantime has been devastated by warring between SA goons and moderator Paladin. From what remains, it's pretty clear that Paladin loves deleting just as much as Dan Lirette does, and will eliminate not only anything that reflects badly on Dan Lirette, but anything that seems even vaguely suspicious. This has the effect of making the forum look like Swiss cheese, with half-empty threads that now lack logic and leaving regulars either angry or confused. Moncton.net, and its companion chat room, were eventually shut down; it even made the local news!
The source concludes with:The only thing that would make this whole situation even crazier is if he found caito's post and decided to team up with Lady Sybilla to ruin caito's life. (Though, the combined power of their narcassism might create a black hole...) I am torn between epic lulz and do not want.
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| Monday, June 1st, 2009
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5:52 pm - The, you fucking shithead. The.
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doomsday
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This is a short and sweet one-man show, but it packs quite a wallop.
David Mack, the author of several Star Trek novelizations and other assorted works, is displeased with the copyediting of his current book. According to him, the editor was much too heavy-handed, essentially rewriting his material. So he calmly informed his publisher and they sorted everything out in a manner that left all parties involved satisfied.
Oh wait, I mean he posted a threatening rant on his public journal. I always mix those two up!
Die, Stupid Copy Editor, Die!
31 May 2009 in Personal | No comments
Some stupid (and luckily for him/her, anonymous) copy editor apparently took it upon him/herself to almost completely rewrite the manuscript for my latest novel, Star Trek Vanguard: Precipice. I learned this when I was handed a stack of pages slathered in so much red ink that I thought it had been left at the scene of an ax murder.
This idiot copy editor is going to wind up wasting a week of my time, because that’s how long it’s going to take me to go through the novel page by page with an eraser, undoing the damage this motherfucker has wrought upon my prose.
Jackass copyeditor who did this, whoever you are, if you read this, don’t ever fucking touch one of my books again. And pray to whatever god you believe in that I never find out who you are or where you live.
Die, you fucking shithead. Die.
Shockingly, David received some private negative feedback about this post and deleted it. But don't worry—the one he replaced it with is longer, whinier, and just as entertaining.
( ETA: The second post is gone now, too, but I saved the text )
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| Monday, May 25th, 2009
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1:53 pm - Homophonia
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ari_o
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Over at Awkward Family Photos Greg has some tips to make the site better. And the site posts his "unintetional" but hilarious email.
Comments range from LOL to STFU. It's pretty polite.
Greg realizes the error of his ways.
"I walked headfirst, hubristically into that trap. And honestly, because I don’t post on the internet much, it was sort of thrilling to BE the douchebag laughingstock who gets slammed by a gazillion anonymous di**-weeds taking pot shots."
Some of the commentors think he's funny and taking it well. Others are wondering what "the internets" are. His email sounded kind of passive agressive to my tin ear.
Mostly I'm just looking though the amazing photos.
eta: Bonus wank! NSFW or possibly your gag reflex. (Photo of small child playing with knitted peen. So if that's a trigger? Do not click.) :D Thanks missm. I think.
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