Huh.

[cupcake_goth]

A Faithful Reader (of the GMM column, not this journal) sent me the following email:

I did notice a gentleman referring to your column in a less than
pleasant light. He was referring to your Livejournal article. In his response he
did seem to miss the points you had tried to make.

I thouhgt it may wish your attention

http://www.deadjournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=grimjim&itemid=28310

Yes, I went and looked at it. I'm not going to post rebuttal comments to this guy, because it obviously won't make any impact on him. All in all, I'm amused by the whole thing. "Manners themselves are an artificial construction of basically, formalised lying, speak your mind, we should be past that now." Gosh, couldn't the same thing be said about most aspects of civilization and society?

I'm going to be giggling about this all day, I think.

Comments

Oh. Him.

[ex-skarrin.livejournal.com]

That's the author of "Munchkin's Guide to Powergaming" - a UK Cammie, one of the most awful, horrible, nasty people who still draws breath. (And his wife ain't much better, neither. N'uh!)

He's banned from my LJ. He's threatened to "come over and kick my ass" several times, but as far as I know he's never even TRIED to leave the UK and do that.

*shrug*

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

Have you ever noticed that those who insist that manners are passé are the same people who complain the most about others' behavior?

Re: Oh. Him.

[ex-skarrin.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAH! Thanks, but don't waste your time. He's a flimsy over-cooked egg noodle of a "person". A strong breeze would win a fistfight.

Go look at the comments below his article. I'm hardly the only one who thinks the way I do about him. :)

VERY satisfying.

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

HA!

To use his own terminology, *he* is a pretentious pile of wank.

[aimeejmc.livejournal.com]

Personally, I'd use the "old toss" to refer to him.

Wank.

Yeah, I like that too.

[pandarus.livejournal.com]

Oh dear.

Well, I certainly think you should stop trying to oppress the poor goth population, you power hungry wretch. Some of them are evidently revolting.

(Argh! The Bad Pun Fairies appear to be hijacking my post! Stop them! Stop them now, before they pun again!)

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going to need someone to make me a new icon picture (maybe using an actual photo of me, not Mana) that says "pretentious" across it in an appropriately gothy font.

Yep. I just need to find the right photo.

[aimeejmc.livejournal.com]

OOh! Oooh! Use the one you have with the peeps on the roasting stick!!! I love the face you're making in that one!!

Heeee....

[ouranophobe.livejournal.com]

and use the font Peev created for you... ;) How much more pretentious could it be?

Speaking of which, I thought *I* was the pretentious one... *I* am the one who hangs out in agp.... ;)

Such is the Difference.......

[semanticvandal.livejournal.com]

Such lovely contradictions this UK wank presents.

He'd perceive his middle finger interchangeable with common sense.

So while he raises fists and shouts his insults to the sky.

I for one would trade my couth to let one wet tomatoe fly.

(Uncivilized? Perhaps. But darn it I'd save a bundle in anger management. =) )