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bemused observer
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at the end. How do you figure she is "less fortunate" in the opinion of the writers here? Less fortunate in terms of intelligence/talent I supposed is what you were getting at, but is it really reasonable to view everybody whose behavior you dislike as "less fortunate" because they're not as bright and gifted as you? That does seem rather arrogant.
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Yep. I can.
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I guess I just figure that if what people do and why they do it doesn't fascinate you, then maybe your writing will reflect very one-dimensional or a very narrow grouping of characters. It takes all kinds.
I didn't say anyone had to watch the show. Last time I checked, this is a free country, which means that Snooki has just as much right to make money off a ghostwriter as James Patterson does. Shall we discuss the morality of HIS business decisions?
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Rejectioneer
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Yep. I can.
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Well, at least she's not running around calling herself an author.
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Banned
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I beg to differ. She'll be drunker than ol James, but she will
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Is it hot in here, or it just Hugh?
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I see nothing fascinating about someone who gets crocked and knocked on her ass - I find her kind of pathetic and not really worth my time. If I want that, like Wayne, I just have to go to a family gathering. But I'm not suggesting anyone who doesn't watch it might have their writing suffer from it, either. To me, that show is pretty one-dimensional, since (from what I've seen) they do little more than perpetuate stereotypes.
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Yep. I can.
Join Date: Feb 2010
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I could go to a family gathering and see most anything myself - much better than a Jerry Springer episode, which IMHO shows no creativity whatsoever.
![]() I guess I just don't understand spending the energy caring what other people think. There are plenty of people in this world paid tons of money to produce crap. Professional athletes get their salary whether they produce on the court/field/track/etc. Actors are paid whether or not the movie tanks. Hell, some bankers are paid HUGE bonuses for letting their banks fail and taxpayers footed the bill. If we really want to get angry over something, I'd say the last one I mentioned tops the list. A fad that will be here for a couple of years then disappear is of no concern to me other than it's an interesting train wreck and I don't actually have to expose myself to my family in order to see it. In fact, in an odd bit of timing, my family's reunion is this weekend. I will NOT be attending.
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Banned
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I'm just bored and Snooks got a publishing deal. She's a victim of circumstance
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Rejectioneer
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Yep. I can.
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Izz - "expose" is actually a very good word as I'm never quite sure what I could catch. LOL
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Banned
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Can I go in your place?
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Now i've got this imagery stuck in my head of forty people wandering around a gazebo, clad in nothing but long brown overcoats that they rip open every so often in front of other similarly coated people. Grinning widely all the while, of course.
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That hairy-handed gent
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Who ran amok in Kent
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Banned
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Now I'm definitly going
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Spring has Sprung! Wahoo!
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Me either. Let's take a rocket ship to Pluto.
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That hairy-handed gent
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Spring has Sprung! Wahoo!
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Well, then I guess I'm not going there.
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Yep. I can.
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Not quite - think more along the camoflauge lines and hip waders and you'd be closer. And no gazebo - the last reunion was in the cemetery and no, I am not joking. I'm from southern Louisiana. I do have a cousin that specialized in mooning and streaking when he was in college. Since he easily weighs over 400 lbs, I'm sorta glad I was one of the last grandkids born. Not around to see that.
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Banned for Trolling
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Now if you'd a said Snoopy....
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Banned
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Snoopy writes his own stuff
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practical experience, FTW
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OMFG! Yaall!
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an Eric Dolphy fan
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Always available by PM, which would probably be a better route to take if any further discussion on the matter seems warranted. Last edited by Ken; 10-01-2010 at 04:47 AM. |
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is not the avatar thief
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Where the Wild Things Are
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Dude, I was just ranting. It's one of those things you just feel you HAVE to say to get it out. I understand all the other stuff behind it, but once in awhile you just gotta scream like a two year old to feel better. So I did. (but I am insulted just a bit. It burns me to no end, but I can't blame the publisher. I blame the people who put the money out, which only perpetuates the cycle.)
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Crypto-fascist
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We've wandered far afield of writing. Say goodnight, Gracie.
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