I suppose the fact that I honestly don't understand why someone would pretend to be multiple people in an online debate like that only confirms me as a liberal sack of shit.
Too earnest for the free play of the commenter. I don't get it either. I guess it can be fun to fuck with people, but it should be a bit of a challenge too.
No, no, Ogged - real frat boys, the sort who regard a keg as a good start to a full breakfast, not the ones who have their martinis shaken by haughty bartenders in upmarket hotel lounges.
I think I've seen posts startlingly similar both in style and content to the "4.0" GPA and I'm gonna be RIIIICH! one in other mommy blog threads that have been hijacked. I suspect the poster is very young and doesn't realise how silly their tripe sounds to anyone who has been an adult for a few years whether they be CF or parent. Whilst having children costs money and takes time, not having children is not a sure route to material or social success. In fact, one of the surest ways to success is to see life choices in risk management terms rather than as straighforward yes/no questions.
I sure wish I could be around when they discover how fickle fate can be for those who assume too much.
I suppose the fact that I honestly don't understand why someone would pretend to be multiple people in an online debate like that only confirms me as a liberal sack of shit.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 03-19-05 5:54 PM
Too earnest for the free play of the commenter. I don't get it either. I guess it can be fun to fuck with people, but it should be a bit of a challenge too.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 03-19-05 5:56 PM
Maybe it's an open computer in some medical facility somewhere, and Erin, Ari, Nicole, etc. were all jostling for the keyboard?
Posted by Mitch Mills | Link to this comment | 03-19-05 6:05 PM
I like that image. I'd also like to think it was a bunch of adolescent siblings.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 03-19-05 6:11 PM
Mitch: In a sense they were. Must get crowded in that head.
Posted by Austro | Link to this comment | 03-19-05 6:13 PM
Uhh.. I think I need to get off the comp. That was very silly of me. Goodnight all.
Posted by Austro | Link to this comment | 03-19-05 6:15 PM
Given the references to the "4.0" GPA, might "they" not be a bunch of - dare I say it? - frat boys working off the same computer?
Posted by Asha | Link to this comment | 03-19-05 7:33 PM
I would have expected greater satirical sophistication, had the commenters been frat boys.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 03-19-05 7:44 PM
(sorry, off topic but ...)
hey b-wo. someone found hedgie's blog by searching for your name. weird, eh? or is there something you two would like to tell me?
Posted by profgrrrrl | Link to this comment | 03-19-05 8:27 PM
That is weird. I just googled for my name, ah, nostalgia!
In his sweet hammock
The imperialist lies
Amid fallen leaves
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 03-19-05 8:38 PM
Re: 8: "greater satirical sophistication"
No, no, Ogged - real frat boys, the sort who regard a keg as a good start to a full breakfast, not the ones who have their martinis shaken by haughty bartenders in upmarket hotel lounges.
Posted by Asha | Link to this comment | 03-20-05 11:20 AM
Ah see the confusion is because Asha is think of a frat house, and ogged is thinking of a frathaus.
Posted by Mitch Mills | Link to this comment | 03-20-05 2:14 PM
Dammit! That first "think" should of course be "thinking".
I bet frathouse boys don't correct their typing errors.
Posted by Mitch Mills | Link to this comment | 03-20-05 2:15 PM
I think I've seen posts startlingly similar both in style and content to the "4.0" GPA and I'm gonna be RIIIICH! one in other mommy blog threads that have been hijacked. I suspect the poster is very young and doesn't realise how silly their tripe sounds to anyone who has been an adult for a few years whether they be CF or parent. Whilst having children costs money and takes time, not having children is not a sure route to material or social success. In fact, one of the surest ways to success is to see life choices in risk management terms rather than as straighforward yes/no questions.
I sure wish I could be around when they discover how fickle fate can be for those who assume too much.
Posted by Anonymous | Link to this comment | 03-20-05 10:47 PM