Good Writing Pls (3005 hits)
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Submitted by Orgasmatron (View user info) at 2007-06-20 12:45:55 EDT
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-06-20 11:13:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
ps, none of you fools have the slightest clue what a good piece of writing is. you see someone write more than a page without a shitload of errors or use of 'lol' and fall all over yourselves to suck their dick. i shudder to think about the spooge-fest that would currently be going on if a female (read: ghola) wrote this.
Is this true? I think it's obvious there's a level of understood shitcannery here, with more attention given to unimpressive or uninspiring pieces than they deserve. And yet if people didn't occasionally devote themselves to ideas or things that are below them - mindlessly so, and ever so carefree - then pop culture wouldn't exist. But I'm not talking about pop pieces here. I'm talking about good pieces of writing. So was iddqd before he went and jumbled it all up with lol references. Both forms of writing exist here, but fawning over one at the expense of the other doesn't mean people don't know what good writing is. It means they're bored and need to entertain themselves. I watched America's Got Talent off an on during the Sox game last night. This must mean that I wouldn't know quality television if it sat on my face, right?
The good writing, for the most part, floats by without a lolocaust or 148 reviews by angry Canadians. This doesn't mean it's not appreciated. Let's be honest: it's easier to laugh at poop jokes or cry foul about arrested 'journalists' than it is to carry on a multi-user, hours-long discussion about a quality piece of fiction. If it's good you're probably going to say "this was good" and move on. What else are you going to do? There's not a wealth of criticism to be found here. Lord knows I don't offer any. No one seems particularly concerned with finding out what a writer meant by X or was really going for with Y. They're much more intersted in discussing their iPod playlists, cracking wise about llama sex, or dropping a cameltoe reference. This could change, but I doubt it will. You can't really hope to change people. Especially here. Hmm. There's a lesson there for a guy with a hunting knife...
Anyway, not being particularly concerned is their right. But that in no way means they don't know what good writing is.
Even capable minds need a place to slum it once in a while. I'd say a site where the lowest common denominator is king makes a good fit, no?
So, my request is this: prove this guy wrong and show me what "good writing" you've found here. Link it, reference it, talk about it. I don't care. Just prove this guy wrong, heat this post and give me hits, many hits. I'm tired of being below Adam. And I'm sure I'm not the first guy to say that.
User Reviews
Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2007-06-25 16:00:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-06-21 01:34:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Bickerstaff Sighting Below!!!
**dies**
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Holy good fucking Christ, WRITE SOMETHING.
please
Would really appreciate it.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-06-22 20:37:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-06-22 15:33:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-06-22 03:21:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
rob you probably sprayed your captain planet underpants when you saw a post directed at me in a negative sense, urging people to rally against something i said. made your dreary little day, i imagine.
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yeah, probably. You are that important n' all.
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congratulations on the best response youve EVER come up with to anything. i mean that sincerely.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2007-06-22 20:12:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Very constructive project.
Talking to Ubersite as a whole is a really shallow thing to do. Not only do people's conduct here say little about them, even if it did, the impressions given show a wide range of abilities, interests, intelligences, etc. Saying "People on Ubersite are idiots" is as least as ignorant as saying "people from Maine are idiots."
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-06-22 15:33:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-06-22 03:21:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
rob you probably sprayed your captain planet underpants when you saw a post directed at me in a negative sense, urging people to rally against something i said. made your dreary little day, i imagine.
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yeah, probably. You are that important n' all.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-06-22 15:00:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
When i read this, the first thing through my mind was an angry Irishman who taught speech and debate getting right up in my face and shouting "Ye don't have to cater to the least common multiple!" which was actually a fond memory as I loved that man, and so I smiled.
I know full well that the shite around here gets more attention in general, and yet I am not disuaded from making an attempt at "good" fiction. More than anything else though, Uber provides not just entertainment, but it is also a proving ground for my ideas, which get thrown onto a page or two, briefly proofread, then tossed up on the front page.
Essentially, when I put up "writing" and the piece gets more than 10 reviews, of which at least 80% are +2, then I know that was a good idea, one worth expanding on. If it tanks, it dies right there and I don't put any more time into it.
everything is either an experiment, or a joke, and either way my time here is rarely "wasted."
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-06-22 03:21:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
at no time do i pretend i am an executive authority on words - i jsut offer a fuckin opinion tom, which is better than continuing the circle jerk - again, in my opinion. heaven forfend someone actually say what they think, instead of trying to be everyones best friend.
ps, complaining about my lack of capitalisation is so two years ago. when i write a decent post now, i capitalise it and have done so for a long time, so you can put that auld chestnut back in the bag, you little douche.
rob you probably sprayed your captain planet underpants when you saw a post directed at me in a negative sense, urging people to rally against something i said. made your dreary little day, i imagine.
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2007-06-21 22:37:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:14:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
...you had to resort to cheating Shlongy out of an earned victory because you couldn't...I dunno...simply ignore him or something. That was my favorite.
...In these cases we sometimes become desperate and grasp at straws in our efforts to maintain control...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
O snap
Submitted by gascs (user info) at 2007-06-21 19:10:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I really get tired of iddqd pretending that he's the executive authority on everything that has to do with words. If you want to be taken seriously, burn that extra calorie every day and use the shift key to make the letters at the beginning of sentences and at the beginning of proper nouns bigger than the others.
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DEADON
Submitted by Tom (user info) at 2007-06-21 17:56:30 EDT (#)
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I really get tired of iddqd pretending that he's the executive authority on everything that has to do with words. If you want to be taken seriously, burn that extra calorie every day and use the shift key to make the letters at the beginning of sentences and at the beginning of proper nouns bigger than the others. You at least seem like less of a tool bag, even though in reality, you're still a tool bag.
Hand me a hammer, please. I need to bash my brains in.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-21 16:19:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-06-21 15:47:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
iddqd is now the cheat code for 'maximum poopstain'
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So I can stop using the old standby:
up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, A, B, select, shlongy?
Sweet.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-06-21 16:18:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-06-20 20:28:12 PDT (#)
Ranking: 0
i dont think there is any good writing on this site. none.
the reason being is that anything that is 'good' will not be posted here because it just a fucking waste.
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Who writes your arguements for you, ETS?
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-06-21 15:47:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
iddqd is now the cheat code for 'maximum poopstain'
Submitted by gascs (user info) at 2007-06-21 11:46:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
iddqd just has a sandy vagina because that post had capital letters and proper punctuation.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-06-21 10:22:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/m/109408#2449127
oh yeah, him.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-21 10:17:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2007-06-21 00:49:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I thought this was going to be something about wannabe author Private Investigators.
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It is. In its own way.
Submitted by charminglybeef (user info) at 2007-06-21 00:10:27 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I was at the Bjork concert and I said something funny when a girl with a shaved head presented me her angry-bull-dyke finger for budging my way in front of her. It was this:
"Go write a poem about it."
And if I were you, Orgasmatron, I would think that a fitting response to this comment.
But I'm not. I'm me -- Uber's Norman Carver -- and you're you -- Uber's fallen-from-grace poet laureate, so Go write a poem about it.
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And so begins the greatest comeback story of our generation...
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2007-06-21 10:11:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/m/84762
blowing my own trumpet there- but I still think this was good stuff
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2007-06-21 09:48:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Looks like request granted
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2007-06-21 08:08:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Awww, how cute, Mr. Shitty Gimmick Writer has an opinion.
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2007-06-21 02:11:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
yay! below
Submitted by charminglybeef (user info) at 2007-06-21 01:38:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
*swoon!*
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-06-21 01:34:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Bickerstaff Sighting Below!!!
**dies**
Submitted by Bickerstaff (user info) at 2007-06-21 01:03:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I've always found it odd that the parts of her
that I know best are already long dead; flaking off
in scaley bits and being rubbed away by exfoliating
creams.
Still, I love her skin, that part of her which
I can touch; that part of her I know better than any other.
Do I love her pancreas? I suppose I do. Her gallbladder, spleen,
and aorta; I must love them, mustn't I? Runny and glistening, invisable
and crucial, alive; they lie lovely and hidden, long unappreciated but resting
comfortable in the knowledge that when I tell her I love her, I mean them
as well.
Her vitreous humour which lets her see me too well, the fibrous
ends of every Golgi tendon organ which, in my clearer moments,
I thank for letting her dance like she does:
all these things I love; these live bits, bound so tightly in
a smooth dead sack.
I guess the trick is in not defining them; wrap them all, instead,
in the departed epidermis (which I look so willingly past) and touch it
reverently; a place for everything and everything in its place...
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2007-06-21 00:49:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I thought this was going to be something about wannabe author Private Investigators.
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-06-21 00:10:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-06-21 13:33:26 EST (#)
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also, you might want to consider that i made that comment with the express purpose of giving people the shits, hence my someone incredible attempt at lumping everyone here into one comment, thereby negating the dozens of highly-educated people here, who obviously do have some idea of what constitutes good writing. now im having to explain obviously over-the-top comments.
you people ARE morons. i was right.
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lol are not.
Submitted by charminglybeef (user info) at 2007-06-21 00:10:27 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Stole my heat.
Through convection, I'll give you that, but stole it nonetheless.
I was at the Bjork concert and I said something funny when a girl with a shaved head presented me her angry-bull-dyke finger for budging my way in front of her. It was this:
"Go write a poem about it."
And if I were you, Orgasmatron, I would think that a fitting response to this comment.
But I'm not. I'm me -- Uber's Norman Carver -- and you're you -- Uber's fallen-from-grace poet laureate, so Go write a poem about it.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-06-20 23:33:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
also, you might want to consider that i made that comment with the express purpose of giving people the shits, hence my someone incredible attempt at lumping everyone here into one comment, thereby negating the dozens of highly-educated people here, who obviously do have some idea of what constitutes good writing. now im having to explain obviously over-the-top comments.
you people ARE morons. i was right.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-06-20 23:28:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
i dont think there is any good writing on this site. none.
the reason being is that anything that is 'good' will not be posted here because it just a fucking waste. i think that i have posted a few stories that are decent, but nothing that i would consider to be good. furthermore, you cant often write a good story in the REALLY limited space you have here before people start to think and say 'WTF IM NOT READING ALL THAT'. which is entirely fine, this site is a fuckaround place for bored individuals to stave off (or in some cases, exacerbate) insanity. but it means that the fiction, when posted, is almost NEVER going to be 'good'. at best, it is readable
using boredom as a justification of the over-appreciation of shit is fine, but its just as applicable to me writing people off for doing so. do you honestly think i sit in my room or at work and get all distressed because people are being nice to one another?
rob might, but thats because he has a giney. a bleeding giney.
no, i read, or skim, a piece of writing here, and i think about what i could possibly say to the writer to give them some kind of objective or critical advice. i may be (and probably usually am) off base with my comments, but at least im trying to do what id like others to do to me: tell me what they didnt like and why, or give me something more than a '+2 youre awesome slurpslurpslurp'.
ps. i <3 comments about my (or anyone elses) 'relevance' to the site. ITS A FUCKING WEBSITE, you sad pieces of shit. NOONE IS 'RELEVANT'. if the ever-cool orgasmatron, here was to leave, sure thered be some tears for a day or so, but youd all keep coming back, and new people woud join, and the world would keep turning.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-06-20 23:23:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/m/109382
and this is fantastic
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-06-20 23:07:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/m/66135
one of my short series.
There are loads of good writers here. I think so anyway.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-06-20 21:39:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/m/66141 - Pentameter
http://www.ubersite.com/m/89949 - Stevie
http://www.ubersite.com/m/96649 - goferforhire
http://www.ubersite.com/m/83866 - HighVoltage900
http://www.ubersite.com/m/80514 - redskies
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2007-06-20 21:29:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I know for a fact that you only did this post so it would give someone a chance to link this sparkling gem of perfection:
http://www.ubersite.com/m/71938
If it's consistent quality you're after, look no further than http://www.ubersite.com/u/The_Cyst_Master HE NEVER DISAPPOINTS
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-06-20 21:17:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-06-20 21:08:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
:(
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Ew, don't just sit there moping, be a part of the solution.
*ahemimayhavelinkwhoredyoudowntheresomewherecough*
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-06-20 21:08:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
:(
Submitted by Zebra (user info) at 2007-06-20 21:03:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Chav below
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-06-20 21:00:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I AM WHEAT HEAR ME ROAR
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2007-06-20 20:57:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Are you one of these morons who not only have horrible English, which isn't a big deal, but gets mad at people who have good English and calls them stupid?
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2007-06-20 20:02:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I dunno. When I take my time and write something good (the few times I've actually written and posted it) it got good ratings. If I shit on my scanner and post that, I usually get bad ratings.
Maybe people just don't know me well enough to be biased but I rather like that.
Submitted by Zebra (user info) at 2007-06-20 19:52:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Lungfish knows his shit.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-06-20 19:49:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Thank you.
And Zebra.
My pick for good writing: Brideshead Revisited.
Submitted by Zebra (user info) at 2007-06-20 19:41:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Interesting, I guess, but the internet produces an ocean of shit, and why anyone would expect consistent quality in either fiction or criticism thereof on an open forum is deluded.
There's some good stuff on this site, and most can easily find it with a little effort.
I read the story in question, and while I rated it a +2, I could see how someone else might not see it that way.
One reviewer left a derisive comment on the post in question like "Everybody's a fucking critic," completely ignoring the fact that reviewing the work of others is pretty much half the attraction of the site. But if that's his opinion he's entitled to it.
The debate is ultimately pointless unless changes are made to the web site.
If taste and intelligence are a criteria for participation...one could guess the result.
While anyone serious about their writing could do a lot better than posting it on ubersite (and a lot worse), one who stops making an effort because they don't get hits or ratings is not a serious writer.
Like as not they will simply take their work elsewhere, which may make your experience poorer but will likely lead them to a more rewarding one.
Today, for example, is a 'contest' to find song lyrics, which isn't really interesting to me. But lots of people obviously like it, so that's the way it goes. Do what you like.
Bottom line: Uber, like almost everything else, is what you make of it. If a writer wants to use it as a serious forum, he just separates out the wheat, and learns pretty quickly uber is tits deep in chaff.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 18:50:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
:-(
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2007-06-20 18:44:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
How dare you ignore my afternoon quickies, like this classic tale of man versus ass-clamping, bile-sucking, spinning sons of bitches.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/86752
Submitted by lucid (user info) at 2007-06-20 18:23:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
100% of my friends think 99% of the world is filled with morons and my friends are dumb.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-06-20 18:05:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
before i go,
<---hahaha at the varying sizes of mikes
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-06-20 18:04:00 EDT (#)
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goodnight post, i'm done with you
ORLY?
SRSLY!
PLS?
KTHXBY!
HAHAHAHALOLOLOLOLOLOL
jesus christ
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:49:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
hahaha
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww GROooooooooooooooooooooooooossssssssssssss
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:48:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Well that's easy.
"The episiotomy shears caused a uterine rupture
The doctors all giggled while they slowly sewed up her."
There's a missing verse involving a "cup cure" for a girl softball player with jock itch.
Only she has man parts.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:47:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
heh - I have a new theme song.
even talks about "got a twist of.."
uh-uh.. Bomp bomp -uh.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:43:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
haha, yeah they should have.
i guess we can both go forth from this point on, a little older and a little wiser.
i've learned that you throw barbs well, i respond with some similar level of mean-spiritedness, we come against a wall, and then we can all smile and walk away. or at least i can, and my own happiness is, after all, my number one concern around here.
you probably haven't learned anything, as you were likely fondling your own puckered anus while imagining what you could possibly rhyme with 'uterine rupture'.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:41:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
http://www.kraftfoods.com/CrystalLight/home4.htm
Kraft seems to think that you're first pale, then pumped.
Dig the song on the home page. Dig it.
Nice suggestive review below. Tramp.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:39:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Crisp, Refreshing, Sparkling, Effervescent, and yes, I believe based on hearsay, delicious.
but not cold
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:37:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm NOT cold!
alot of other things, but cold? NO!
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:37:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
[This post sponsored by: Crystle Light. For the best in quality refreshment grab yourself a cold, delicious Crystle Light.]
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:37:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
ahahahahahahahaha
Crystle light..
Nice.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:36:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
maybe information about people here that you don't even know you want to know?
Too much of that kind of information?
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:36:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Nor should you have. People who eat fried bologna by the pack are some of the most slovenly bags of gheysauce this side of Idaho. They eat the packaging too, by the way. Fried.
I know. Fucking. Ew.
But really, your avoidance of such things is why you're Crystle Light.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:35:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
hmmm...
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:34:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Well, we're doomed to repeat the past if we do not learn from it.
And how could I possibly have been expected to learn from others' mistakes, or my own, if I was unable to read about them? I swear, someone should have done a series about people. A "getting to know" sort of deal.
Pity.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:33:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
not by the pack though
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:32:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I used to eat fried bologna when I was a wee kidlette
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:30:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by EmoJean (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:06:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
can i be a guy/girl that used to do something?
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You can be the guy that used to eat bologna by the pack.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:05:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
for the second time in as many days...
I'm not a guy/girl!
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I've been saying that since I got here.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:14:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
SUPA was pretty sweet too.
Especially the part where you had to resort to cheating Shlongy out of an earned victory because you couldn't...I dunno...simply ignore him or something. That was my favorite.
But who could blame you? It wasn't like there was a FUPA to learn from. In these cases we sometimes become desperate and grasp at straws in our efforts to maintain control over the shifting and everchanging sands of our lives.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:12:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
but I still want a rocking chair!!
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:11:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
you're the guy/girl who used to ...
err.. too much information
Submitted by EmoJean (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:06:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
can i be a guy/girl that used to do something?
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:05:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
At least I'll never be "the girl who used to never be on lists"
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:05:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
for the second time in as many days...
I'm not a guy/girl!
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:04:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
And like you're ever going to make it on a list, Crystle. I mean really.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-20 17:04:21 EDT (#)
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Maybe we'll all just come to be known as the guy/girl that "used to do _______."
That's blissfully disappointing in its own way.
PS Hatemadness Round II ROCKED
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 16:41:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
and I responded...
as you didn't list things, I couldn't bicth (thanks Anansie..good use!) about not being on a list, now, could I?
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2007-06-20 16:39:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 16:34:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i see nothing relating to me in that review.
I'm irrelevant!
*sob*
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I'm more irrelevant than you; quit your bicthing.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-06-20 16:36:29 EDT (#)
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i PURPOSEFULLY didn't list you.
you have to learn to read between the lines, Crystle.
now my invisible homage to you is utterly ruined
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 16:34:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i see nothing relating to me in that review.
I'm irrelevant!
*sob*
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-06-20 16:32:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
silent moments are for people with nothing to do.
I AM A MAN OF ACTION! OF POWER!
I AM BOTH A GOER AND A GETTER!
TIME IS MONEY.
BLAH BLAH BLAH.
This post sucked. Whining about iddqd's ratings and comments is almost as lame as encouraging people to go pillage other sites. Almost as lame as pretending to post your password and getting banned for it. Almost as bad as writing poetry about genital emissions.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 16:26:07 EDT (#)
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pshaw
way to ruin a good silent moment
Submitted by TechnoRatty (user info) at 2007-06-20 16:25:41 EDT (#)
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I admit I can't write worth a shit, but I enjoy reading stuff submitted by people who can, so here I am....
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-06-20 16:24:21 EDT (#)
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and there's no bitterness in ME. i'm sweet through and through.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-06-20 16:23:44 EDT (#)
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F you both. especially the guy who used to write poetry.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-20 16:17:08 EDT (#)
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A moment of silence for the bitter end of a writerly era.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-20 16:16:53 EDT (#)
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...sometimes
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 16:16:22 EDT (#)
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oh.. yeah..
A whole long time ago, when the seas were young, and teh sun was new, Scourge used to write good stuff.
sometimes.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-06-20 16:11:23 EDT (#)
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i used to try a little bit around here...now i just want to laught at bullshit
i only bothered reviewing this post to give you some more hits.
i hope someone mentioned something i wrote once, it does my ego good.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-06-20 14:39:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Some of my personal favorites you may have missed from back in the day...
http://www.ubersite.com/m/91950
http://www.ubersite.com/m/94200
http://www.ubersite.com/m/89689
http://www.ubersite.com/m/89359
http://www.ubersite.com/m/91405
http://www.ubersite.com/m/73019
Submitted by simple_catalyst (user info) at 2007-06-20 14:34:45 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/109419
^
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i
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that answer's that.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 14:26:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
She's consistently good, too.. (FG that is, but don't tell her I said it, or she'll think I'm jelous)
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-06-20 14:23:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Speaking of good writing and Forensicgirl
http://www.ubersite.com/m/94200
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 14:22:35 EDT (#)
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Oh.. EFFORT REQUIRED
great idea! Talk her into that, will you? I never read the random question post things anyhow.
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Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-20 14:20:36 EDT (#)
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Someone should just collect a given week's shenanigans, flame wars and noteable quotes into a quick-and-dirty tabloid type post. That way everyone can catch up on the nonsense and avoid all the needlest shitpostery. It'd be a good way for Tiger to transition out of her random five questions and slip into another weekly post-type.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-20 14:20:36 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 14:09:36 EDT (#)
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Which brings me to the whole "clique click" - it feels like if you DON'T click on the shit posts, you miss the good banter - leading of course to the propogation of shit posts designed to create banter, which leads to shit posts that are just plain shitty because the posters don't "get" the difference between acceptable shit and crap shit. (ha)
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Please. All that you miss on the shit posts is forensicgirl making a silly bicth of herself.
I know what you mean. I think it's because it's easier for someone to shoot from the hip about someone they know relatively nothing about and/or posture about _____ than it is to really try to engage someone else in a meaningful discussion. It takes less work to tell Shlongy he should tattoo "Your Ad Here" on all the forehead his retreating hairline has revealed than it does to look for connections between characters in kaos-king stories.
And the last thing anyone here wants to be found guilty of is Making an Effort.
Someone should just collect a given week's shenanigans, flame wars and noteable quotes into a quick-and-dirty tabloid type post. That way everyone can catch up on the nonsense and avoid all the needlest shitpostery. It'd be a good way for Tiger to transition out of her random five questions and slip into another weekly post-type.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-06-20 14:18:54 EDT (#)
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PS. And this.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/40583
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2007-06-20 14:18:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by EmoJean (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:51:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:45:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/?metasort=best_ever
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#3
#4
#9
Good shit when he tried eh?
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Straight Incorporated was one of the most interesting/entertaining series I've read on uber. Part of the reason why I started reading uber again in 05.
Coyote's review was spot on.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-06-20 14:17:46 EDT (#)
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You want good writing?
Now THIS is good writing, in the "non fiction" catagory.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/91892
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2007-06-20 14:15:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-06-20 14:10:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
grrrr.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 14:09:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I probably would "put forth" more effort.
Actually do second parts in series, do more short stories, who knows what all.... if it were "rewarded"
Uber IS a place of slumming it and ha-ha rabbit, but that's conditioning. When I first came here it was for the good bits of writing. I'm still here for that, although I do enjoy the shenanigans. I would much prefer to have more actual reading and banter in the reviews on those posts that shit posts that I don't want to click on at all.
Which brings me to the whole "clique click" - it feels like if you DON'T click on the shit posts, you miss the good banter - leading of course to the propogation of shit posts designed to create banter, which leads to shit posts that are just plain shitty because the posters don't "get" the difference between acceptable shit and crap shit. (ha)
So yes, Uber is a self-conditioning vicious cycle. (the washer is on permanent "Spin")
Submitted by EmoJean (user info) at 2007-06-20 14:06:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Gotcha
wanna hump?
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-20 14:05:01 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Coyote (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:55:16 EDT (#)
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You're pretty much bang on. Nobody reads the good writing. It gets fewer hits and fewer reviews per hit than whatever SPT stuff gets thrown out there. This isn't a place where the effort involved in putting together a well-written piece gets rewarded proportionately, so we don't, as a group, put forth the effort.
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I'm curious what percentage of users would put forth the effort if it was in fashion.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-20 14:02:15 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmoJean (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:41:10 EDT (#)
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actually i'd like some clarification from the author here
what is the request, good writing or interesting writing/tales?
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Either. Both. The request was merely to collect evidence to refute the claim that no one here knows what good writing is.
Submitted by EmoJean (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:56:43 EDT (#)
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sorry Coyote, its 'ha ha rabbit'
jeezus
Submitted by AshK (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:56:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
There's a lot of good writing on the site. Let's face it, "good writing" that one would find in a book could have easily started as one of the tales found here.
I agree with everyone who has pointed out that it is entirely subjective, I agree that a +2 doesn't mean it is something of profound literary value...just something I liked at the time for whatever reason.
But, in the spirit of sharing some favorites...
http://www.ubersite.com/m/53093 great series
http://www.ubersite.com/m/78144 Ummm...yeah.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/64996 another great series
http://www.ubersite.com/m/40647 part one of my favorite series here.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/52923 another fucking series...I can't help myself.
http://www.ubersite.com/u/Bigmike yep, all of it. I rarely dislike something of Bigmikes.
I could go on, there is a lot of what I call "good writing" on the site. It's why I come back.
Submitted by Coyote (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:55:16 EDT (#)
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You're pretty much bang on. Nobody reads the good writing. It gets fewer hits and fewer reviews per hit than whatever SPT stuff gets thrown out there. This isn't a place where the effort involved in putting together a well-written piece gets rewarded proportionately, so we don't, as a group, put forth the effort.
That said, Circe has posted some pretty damn well written pieces (you knew that was coming, didn't you). Right off the top of my head, charminglybeef, JoeyG, and Snark have all had their moments.
Is anyone here a Kurt Vonnegut or a Mark Twain or a Neil Gaiman or Jane Austen? Of course not. But there are some credible Douglas Adams, Stephen King, or David Sedaris impersonators, and that's probably about as good as you can expect to find on a free forum devoted to rape and har-har rabbits.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:55:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
further down the list, though.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:54:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
truf.
And on the other hand, there is some utter CRAP on that list, too... :-<
Submitted by EmoJean (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:51:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:45:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/?metasort=best_ever
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#3
#4
#9
Good shit when he tried eh?
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:46:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
bickerstaff - of course
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:46:05 EDT (#)
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IMHO - BEST consistent comedic writing: http://www.ubersite.com/u/w_t_a_y_s_t_r_m
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:45:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/?metasort=best_ever
Submitted by EmoJean (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:41:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
actually i'd like some clarification from the author here
what is the request, good writing or interesting writing/tales?
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:40:19 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/u/Crystle
Not every post, of course, but I've done a bit of 'serious' writing.
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:39:53 EDT (#)
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Thecaes' After the Pandemic series remains my favorite work here.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/61505
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:38:15 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/u/stevie_says
http://www.ubersite.com/u/ilikesteak
Two prime examples of fine writing.
Submitted by congo (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:38:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This is the best writing I could find on this site:
http://www.ubersite.com/m/55081
Submitted by Flapjacksupreme (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:31:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
And yes, it was all planned below....humor for the retards.
Submitted by Flapjacksupreme (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:30:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
This guy just oozes talent: http://www.ubersite.com/u/sicosemen
Not quite on his level, but of the damn closest level humanly possible (human can't compare to sicosemen, of course) are my next to favorite writers:
http://www.ubersite.com/u/orph
http://www.ubersite.com/u/shadow
Hasn't this post been done at least a dozen times already?
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:29:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:28:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:26:42 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/98127
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I wish I'd written that, g. It's The Shins.
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Oh wait, that is mine. I thought it was the one where I posted lyrics.
*blush*
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:28:42 EDT (#)
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Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:26:42 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/98127
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I wish I'd written that, g. It's The Shins.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:28:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/m/83656 - Katy
http://www.ubersite.com/m/88144 - Snark
http://www.ubersite.com/m/86632 - Stagger_Lee
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:26:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
http://www.ubersite.com/m/98127
http://www.ubersite.com/m/83005
http://www.ubersite.com/m/83656
http://www.ubersite.com/m/83415
http://www.ubersite.com/m/82114
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:21:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
"good" is subjective anyway. all adjectives relating to quality are.
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:19:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I watched the same 2 things last night... i was at the bar and one screen had the sox and the other screen had america's got talent.
Beckett is a monster.
Submitted by Flapjacksupreme (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:16:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I counted 2-3 typos in this piece of propaganda/literature.
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:15:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Ugh I hate that story I wrote that Lishy linked.
Submitted by EmoJean (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:11:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by raebuf (user info) at 2007-06-20 12:56:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
iddqd is a self-righteous pussy.
I'm going to link the post he commented on because it IS in fact great writing.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/109382
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just to make a point here, I thought that post was great but when I read it I wasn't signed in so I ddin't comment but...to question iddqd's rating or otherwise say the post wasn't worth what he rated is simply the equivalent of telling someone their opinion doesn't count or isn't valid and to say such a thing or imply it is really to negate the reason for coming to uber.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:11:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/m/92966 - charminglybeef
http://www.ubersite.com/m/86972 - mockidol
http://www.ubersite.com/m/79663 - scourge
http://www.ubersite.com/m/77503 - Orgasmatron
http://www.ubersite.com/m/86694 - ghola
http://www.ubersite.com/m/93904 - Anansie
http://www.ubersite.com/m/87596 - kaos-king
...for starters
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:07:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Though I did make a few attempts at getting criticism myself before realizing the futility of it all...
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:06:19 EDT (#)
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HEAT.
That Adam guy is such an asshole.
Submitted by EmoJean (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:05:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
oh and
drop it like it's hoff
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:05:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
+rape slaves.
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:04:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I come to ubersite to slum goddammit. If I read a piece of fiction that I like, great, but it's not like I expect anything here to be freaking faulkner.
+2 since I support your argument about this place and expectations. I know some folks are out to get serious criticism but come now, really? On a website that spawned haha rabbit and "my rape slaves bring all the rapes to the yard?"
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:02:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Everything by http://www.ubersite.com/u/Badlands is AWESOME.
Submitted by CHR15 (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:00:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I wish to remain helmetless. Thankyou.
Submitted by EmoJean (user info) at 2007-06-20 13:00:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
'good writing' is subjective unless you focus solely on grammar and spelling (of course those are two seperate things so it would be hard to 'focus solely' but you get my meaning.
to get up in arms over an iddqd comment is to justify his very existance on this site, in his mind at least.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-20 12:58:07 EDT (#)
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So you're saying you don't want the helmet then?
I'll just save it for the next genuine nurr-raagh that stops by.
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2007-06-20 12:57:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
almost everything charminlybeefy has ever posted.
Submitted by raebuf (user info) at 2007-06-20 12:56:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
iddqd is a self-righteous pussy.
I'm going to link the post he commented on because it IS in fact great writing.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/109382
Submitted by CHR15 (user info) at 2007-06-20 12:56:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
The "outburst" was aimed at iddq btw zomg lolz, I r a righta
Submitted by CHR15 (user info) at 2007-06-20 12:54:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Why don't I ever read the entirety of a post before reviewing?
http://www.ubersite.com/m/97388 - Why Don't Short Men Just Kill Themselves? - By Vermin
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-20 12:53:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by CHR15 (user info) at 2007-06-20 12:51:50 EDT (#)
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I am not an English teacher, I have never taken any English courses, so surely good writing is something personal to me. You can only judge it by your own standards, iddq can say whatever he likes and rate posts however he likes, that's fine by me, but don't give other people a standard to live by, that makes you as bad as the religious fanatics.
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I...I'm not trying to offer standards of what makes good writing.
Would you like a helmet?
Submitted by CHR15 (user info) at 2007-06-20 12:51:50 EDT (#)
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I am not an English teacher, I have never taken any English courses, so surely good writing is something personal to me. You can only judge it by your own standards, iddq can say whatever he likes and rate posts however he likes, that's fine by me, but don't give other people a standard to live by, that makes you as bad as the religious fanatics.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-06-20 12:51:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Here, I'll start with something I'm sure I've linked before: http://www.ubersite.com/m/77823
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-06-20 12:48:15 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/u/shandythedog
Submitted by BobLobla (user info) at 2007-06-20 12:47:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
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