It's Time To Take Back Ubersite (5786 hits)
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Submitted by Razor <Jeremy_21117.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2006-03-24 07:31:32 EST
Axlotl's history of Ubersite has been bothering me since it was written. I've been on Ubersite for a long time. Longer than anyone else who comes here on a regular basis except for bart.
I've actually been on here so long that people who signed up in the last year and a half have no clue why I'm near the top of the MVA, seeing as how I haven't contributed anything particularly worthwhile to this website since the middle of 2004.
Reading over his history of Ubersite, I felt like someone who's lived history reading about it, and realizing with a sad smile that the historian got all the dates and times right but completely missed the zeitgeist of the era.
There was a time when Ubersite was different than it was. Don't get me wrong. There has, almost since the beginning, been fluteboys and emus and the like, but once upon a time that wasn't what Ubersite was about. Axlotl went on and on about the "misperception" that Ubersite was a Serious Writer's Forum.
It's a misperception now, but it wasn't always. There used to be a lot of people on here legitimately trying to hone their craft, of greater and lesser talent. There used to be a lot of quality ranting, great real life stories, and original contributions of all kinds.
Not that that stuff doesn't exist on Ubersite now... in point of fact, there's some good, quality stuff out there... but the ratio has changed. Where before you might have gotten story story rant story rant rant emu, now we get emu emu emu emu emu story emu emu rant emu.
Now... I'm sure those of you in the emu contingent are already preparing to devestate me with a -2 and call me a whiner, but I've come to realize I'm not the only one who feels this way. I've seen it expressed by many of the people I consider the best contributors in the history of Uber, both stated publicly and privately. And I've seen the ratings of Ubersite dip slowly but surely over the last year, a big spike from ftw's mspaint notwithstanding.
Why has Uber come to this?
I've been trying to figure out the answer for a long time. I've heard it theorized that if you open up a website to the public, it will invariably devolve to the lowest common denominator... but that's never sat right with me. I've finally figured out the answer... after being on Ubersite for over four years, I've finally come to completely and fully understand it.
Ubersite is a mirror.
It's an odd mirror, to be certain. The reflection it offers back is, more than anything, yours, but it's also a reflection of everyone else who belongs to the site. The content of Ubersite is nothing more or less than the sum total of what everyone who comes here puts into it, and any individual user's experience is that combined with their own personal filter.
This may strike most if not all of you as completely obvious, but the ramifications of this truth are complex.
One immediately derivitave truth is that if you don't put anything of quality into Ubersite yourself, you shouldn't expect to see anything quality on the site.
There has been an attitude on the part of many people who used to be big participators in this site, including me, that Uber doesn't have anything to offer them, and that things have gone downhill since they were more active.
Well to them, and to myself, I say "No shit?"
What did we expect?
The reason my posts have been crap is that I've been saving my best stuff and not putting it on ubersite... I've been waiting for someone else to take the steps to rectify this ship and get it back where it belongs.
I wait no longer.
I offer a challenge to everyone who thinks they have something of quality to say:
Let's take back Ubersite from the rabbits and emus.
I'm talking to you JMG. I'm talking to you Tom Sorrell... and iddqd, Anansie, Ainkara, Jonukah, comicbookguy, BigMike, shandythedog, Apollo, and the dozens of others that used to make Ubersite shine.
The time has come to end our period of bitterness and self imposed exile.
We need to take back the front page from the fucking garbage... and we're not alone. Jack McCallum has been happily writing great stuff day after day, and so has Nath (w_y_a_t_something). There's new guys like Orgasmatron, and I've heard good things about this ghola girl (I think). I've been kind of amiss when it comes to looking at new users, I've got emu nerves.
We need to join them, and make Ubersite something grand again.
I for one am going to start posting quality stuff again... starting Monday I'm going to release some of the fiction that I have stored up on my hard drive.
I challenge others to do the same, or to write new stuff. I have no doubt that we'll get our share of -2s from what TS called the retarded frat boy crowd, but so fucking what?
Let's drown out their shouts with our own.
User Reviews
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2006-04-03 08:40:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
amen
Submitted by retrospect (user info) at 2006-03-30 13:49:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
http://www.ubersite.com/m/85432 <------------------- HOLY COW
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2006-03-30 12:55:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I think the reason the quality of ubersite has diminished is just because the people who lead interesting enough lives to incite any interesting discussion dont hang around a fucking website all day long.
The internet really isnt a very interesting place once you havent used it for a while.
Submitted by retrospect (user info) at 2006-03-30 10:54:47 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
And you can dance
For inspiration
Come on
I'm waiting
Get into the groove
Boy you've got to prove
Your love to me, yeah
Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy what will it be
Music can be such a revelation
Dancing around you feel the sweet sensation
We might be lovers if the rhythm's right
I hope this feeling never ends tonight
Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free
At night I lock the doors, where no one else can see
I'm tired of dancing here all by myself
Tonight I wanna dance with someone else
Gonna get to know you in a special way
This doesn't happen to me every day
Don't try to hide it love wears no disguise
I see the fire burning in your eyes
Live out your fantasy here with me
Just let the music set you free
Touch my body, and move in time
Now I now you're mine
You've got to
now I know you're mine, now I know you're mine
Now I know you're mine, now I know you're mine
You've got to
Submitted by gank (user info) at 2006-03-30 10:38:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Take up the Razor's burden! Kipling-style.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/86031
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-03-29 12:01:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Magicaddict (user info) at 2006-03-29 05:39:40 (#)
Ranking: 2
Dude, I agree.
I wish I could help, but I don't have thirty posts worth of good material at my mental beck and call in order to establish myself as someone people will listen to. Roll on UM - that's typically a good set of posts.
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UM 4 is coming, I'm waiting on bart. I think I do need to go send him a reminder email.
Submitted by Flying_buttmonkey (user info) at 2006-03-29 06:47:52 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Sorry, should have read before rating. I wholeheartedly agree. I stopped posting because mine were mostly genuine attempts. Pile of crap, but mostly a genuine attempt. I gave up in the end because Emu posts kept pushing it off the front page.
So to all you bastards that did nothing but yell 'but you never post anything!' last thursday, I will be heeding My Razor's advice. YEAH!
Get ready for more of my crap posts! Woot.
Submitted by Flying_buttmonkey (user info) at 2006-03-29 06:41:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Dude you were only five months ahead of me!
I'll read this now.
Submitted by Magicaddict (user info) at 2006-03-29 05:39:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Dude, I agree.
I wish I could help, but I don't have thirty posts worth of good material at my mental beck and call in order to establish myself as someone people will listen to. Roll on UM - that's typically a good set of posts.
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2006-03-28 14:00:13 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
I tried to take Uber back, but the store said morons and whiney elitists don't make it broken.
:-(
Submitted by Ainkara (user info) at 2006-03-28 05:50:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I agree. And I'm mentioned! Woo!
I have to start writing again, my problem is I just... stopped. I seem to have run out of whatever it was that made me write. Or write well anyway. But I should start again :)
Submitted by Jacobt26 (user info) at 2006-03-27 21:38:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I'm actually afraid to post a rant, and instead post shit because at least then it will be accepted as as it is without being bitched at.
Submitted by Bizdorph (user info) at 2006-03-27 19:47:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
And as for the complaining:
http://www.ubersite.com/m/76987
Submitted by Bizdorph (user info) at 2006-03-27 19:46:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Part of the joy about a site like this is that it's impossible to jump the shark; since there never was a target demographic or a sincere point at all, there can be no such thing as changing too much.
Submitted by gonefiguring (user info) at 2006-03-27 18:09:46 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by leilani (user info) at 2006-03-27 10:17:27 (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by gonefiguring (user info) at 2006-03-27 07:30:59 (#)
Ranking: -2
P'raps if you ask nicely, Bart will start an offshoot site similar to B@W for all the posts you don't like. Call it, I don't know, howzabout "Gubersite". Then "Ubersite" will be just the way you want it - complaints, links, mediocre fiction, unfunny pictures and bad comic strips.
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Yeah and we could have a Bübersite for all the nsfw pics
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I'm liking it:
Gübersite - stupid shit
Bübersite - NSFW girlybits
Tübersite - NSFW guybits
Zübersite - Rabbits, Emus, dogs/cats
Dübersite - Recreational Pharmaceuticals
Mübersite - Badass Australian Cows
and of course...
übershiite - for Razor
Submitted by OneCheapGeek (user info) at 2006-03-27 17:10:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
You don't really think that will "embarrass" them, do you n00b?
Submitted by gank (user info) at 2006-03-27 16:59:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Part of the way you take back Uber, I think, is to embarass the idiots. You gotta get a little dirty if you want to clean something up. Like so:
http://www.ubersite.com/m/85889 .
Submitted by NerfHerder (user info) at 2006-03-27 16:08:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Yeah, why not.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-03-27 13:19:46 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
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Submitted by bob (user info) at 2006-03-26 21:29:19 (#)
Ranking: 0
i wish i could masturbate to telemundo but my fucking tv doesnt pick it up...
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The problem with Telemundo is that all the really good shit gets cancelled. Like Angeles, a take-off on Charlie's Angels that might as well have had a disclaimer before each show defying you to not become painfully erect while watching the three babes in action, or Solo en America, a Spanglish spin on One Day at a Time, with Laura Fabian as the world's hottest single mom raising two teenage daughters, one of whom was so incredibly ripe that every time I saw her bounce across the screen in a tight t-shirt I would spontaneously eja
...huh?
Well fuck you guys and your Uberevolution bullshit. I though we were discussing Telemundo here.
...
Hey, Razor? Send me, like, twenty bucks and I'll let ya call your new movment the Uberevolution.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-03-27 13:11:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Don't say I'm not doing MY part, you bastards...
http://www.ubersite.com/m/85878
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2006-03-27 12:57:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Misanthropic (user info) at 2006-03-27 12:53:51 (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by AwesomeJohnson (user info) at 2006-03-27 10:25:25 (#)
Ranking: 2
I gave up on this place a long time ago. I wish I had given up before it got completely cliquey.
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I've only been here a few months, but gave up quick due to cliquey-ness. Sometimes you find something good amongst the rabbit and emu dogsnot
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Not everything emu-related sucks. I had a few masterpieces.
Submitted by nitty34 (user info) at 2006-03-27 12:54:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/m/85873
STEP ONE IN TAKING IT BACK!
Submitted by Misanthropic (user info) at 2006-03-27 12:53:51 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by AwesomeJohnson (user info) at 2006-03-27 10:25:25 (#)
Ranking: 2
I gave up on this place a long time ago. I wish I had given up before it got completely cliquey.
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I've only been here a few months, but gave up quick due to cliquey-ness. Sometimes you find something good amongst the rabbit and emu dogsnot
Submitted by OneCheapGeek (user info) at 2006-03-27 12:48:36 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by ThatOneGirl (user info) at 2006-03-25 12:04:41 (#)
Ranking: 2
You go girl.. er.. Razor.
And bring firefly back. I can't be the only rating-only person!
BRING BACK MYSTIAMOON!!!!
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2006-03-27 12:22:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I rock at life.
Oh yea.
You know it.
I rock.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Submitted by AwesomeJohnson (user info) at 2006-03-27 10:25:25 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I gave up on this place a long time ago. I wish I had given up before it got completely cliquey.
Submitted by leilani (user info) at 2006-03-27 10:17:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by gonefiguring (user info) at 2006-03-27 07:30:59 (#)
Ranking: -2
P'raps if you ask nicely, Bart will start an offshoot site similar to B@W for all the posts you don't like. Call it, I don't know, howzabout "Gubersite". Then "Ubersite" will be just the way you want it - complaints, links, mediocre fiction, unfunny pictures and bad comic strips.
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Yeah and we could have a Bübersite for all the nsfw pics
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-03-27 10:02:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Does this mean no more Shlongy "tribute/hate" posts?
I sure hope not.
Submitted by gonefiguring (user info) at 2006-03-27 07:30:59 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
P'raps if you ask nicely, Bart will start an offshoot site similar to B@W for all the posts you don't like. Call it, I don't know, howzabout "Gubersite". Then "Ubersite" will be just the way you want it - complaints, links, mediocre fiction, unfunny pictures and bad comic strips.
Submitted by Dacin (user info) at 2006-03-27 04:59:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This was an awesome post. the whole reason I joined Uber was to improve my writing. Or try to anyways
Submitted by Bellebrown (user info) at 2006-03-27 04:03:17 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Bless you Razor... Bless you.
*wipes tears*
That was beautiful.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-26 22:27:39 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I know, I know, I plan on writing something tomorrow. I had to get it out of my system.
Am I the ONLY one that finds that picture of Bart HYSTERICAL?
Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2006-03-26 22:23:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Yeah, I saw that Method. That's the best quality post you've done in quite some time.
Now write something for me George, goddammit. I know you can.
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2006-03-26 22:16:27 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
Sound the alarm.
I hope you do post some more quality work. I hope other people do as well. As for everyone else, they should just do whatever the fuck they want.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-26 22:13:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
BigMike, I wrote a post to support the taking back of Ubersite
http://www.ubersite.com/m/85772
Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2006-03-26 22:08:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by JohnGalt (user info) at 2006-03-26 15:14:05 (#)
Ranking: 2
BigMike: "I have not met anybody who comes to this particular party face to face like other partigoers have..."
Shit. I forgot about that. What I should have said was that I have never hung out with any other partygoers. I did have fun meeting you, lojope, and durae even if it was for about ten minutes.
You guys are nice people.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-26 21:43:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
yeah dude, she is. I got hook ups with the food network at my job, I'm SOOO gonna try and bang her
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2006-03-26 21:29:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
i wish i could masturbate to telemundo but my fucking tv doesnt pick it up...
and i prefer to masturbate to the food network thank you very much.
racheal ray is hot.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-26 21:15:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2006-03-26 19:56:53 (#)
Ranking: 0
well you see AJ...people in NY actually learn things, and enjoy watching the history channel...rather than working on farms all day and going home to shacks to watch the WWF all night.
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YOU LIVE AT HOME IN "LAWNG ISLAND" WITH MOMMY AND DADDY - THEY BLOCKED OUT EVERY OTHER FUCKING CHANNEL BECAUSE YOU WERE MASTURBATING TO TELEMUNDO. THERE'S NOTHING FOR YOU TO WATCH BUT THE HISTORY CHANNEL, YOU FUCKING HUMP
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2006-03-26 19:56:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:44:05 (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:28:20 (#)
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my feelings toward uber now must have been like how romans felt in 475.
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HEY LOOK EVERYONE MOMMY TAUGHT BOB A NEW FACT THAT HE'S GOING TO TELL EVERYONE AFTER SCHOOL AND THEY WILL THINK IT'S SO PEACHY-KEEN AND COOL.
Gotta love pretentious preteens.
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well you see AJ...people in NY actually learn things, and enjoy watching the history channel...rather than working on farms all day and going home to shacks to watch the WWF all night.
Submitted by JohnGalt (user info) at 2006-03-26 15:14:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
BigMike: "I have not met anybody who comes to this particular party face to face like other partigoers have..."
I'm hurt, man. How could you forget the time we shared? That is unless you just don't count it because we all sort of met your belly button, us being midgets and all.
And what's this business about Shlongy being in CNY? I need to know what areas I should be avoiding.
Submitted by Lisa (user info) at 2006-03-26 10:45:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Yeah, okay. This might trigger some improvement in the quality of a few users' posts, but the difference will be negligible. The format of Ubersite is not ideal for writers and humorists "trying to hone their craft." It invites pandemonium, because there is no acting leader or group of leaders. Even if it's possible in theory for Ubersite to be populated mostly by entertaining and intelligent people, something like that can't last long. The masses don't rule themselves. Ubersite is full of pointless, stupid crap because pointless, stupid crap is allowed; it is bedlam and will only continue to be so unless Bart makes fundamental changes. Your effort, while admirable, is futile, and that will be proven with time.
Submitted by Ingsoc (user info) at 2006-03-26 04:16:34 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
What made Ubersite good was its size. It wasn't overpopulated Back In The Day, which is becoming a problem as time goes on. As more people join, Razor's I-Wish-I-Could-Feed-My-Family-With-Words Gene Pool becomes diluted, and that spells trouble for the people in said group because their leisure is being threatened by OTHER people's leisure.
So what if other people's utilisation of Ubersite doesn't match your vision for a utopian Interweb society? It's the Interweb! Roll with it! Jesus!
Sorry for the frank ridicule, but the idea of a 'call to arms' strikes me as being frankly ridiculous.
Submitted by ChristPuncher (user info) at 2006-03-26 03:48:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
bitch bitch bitch
http://www.ubersite.com/m/85817
loser
go tend to yer chitlen
Submitted by Lite (user info) at 2006-03-26 01:58:38 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Razor, you remind me of a guy I know. This guy is always talking about how high school was the best time of his life, how everyone has changed since then, and how bad everything sucks now. I always tell him "get over it, people change, things change, and you can't go back to the past".
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2006-03-26 01:44:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
PF2, man.
I'll admit, I don't write the most amazing stuff in the world, and at times I've put out pure shit, but there have been flashes, and my current series is my attempt to turn that corner into just writing.
I'm with you.
My pledge, no more shit posting.
99% of the time.
Submitted by Average_Dan (user info) at 2006-03-26 00:15:06 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
I agree with you Razor, anyone who hasn't written for this site for at least 3 years, isn't worth a shit. Anyone that joined after you is garbage.
"Let's take it back"??
If you participate in Uber, you would see that there are seriously entertaining writer's on here.
You are like one of those fat old former high school football stars that is trying to get the team to go out after the 10 year reunion and get everyone out on the field for a pick-up game. Unfortumately, you are drunk, and no one wants to play with you and you just end up looking like a drunk asshole to everyone else.
Good job with that.
Submitted by EchoBoxing (user info) at 2006-03-25 23:22:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
285 reviews and no one has figured it out.
Ubersite needs Jesus.
Submitted by Tr4ppedunderice (user info) at 2006-03-25 21:45:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I think ubersite is fine just the way it is. Someone said it before, if I wanted to read serious literary works, I would open a book.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-03-25 19:23:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
someone said uberpulp. I'll second that
Submitted by blueboy (user info) at 2006-03-25 19:22:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I partly agree with you, I don't think ubersite needs to become a serious writer's forum, but what people need to do is put more effort into their posts, including shit posts. Be more creative, and don't be so lazy that you just think throwing up a picture of an emu or following a bandwagon is enough. I'd like to see more actual writings on here, but I would also like to see more things along the line of goatse and lemonparty, I mean why settle for ha ha rabbit when you can actually shock someone? I think if degreeless was unbanned everything would be better on ubersite, the balance between good and evil would be restored and there would no longer be this crappy lazy medium which most of uber is in.
Submitted by Bizdorph (user info) at 2006-03-25 19:08:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
+1 because this has been said billions of times before.
Submitted by a_reader (user info) at 2006-03-25 18:38:47 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by wardy (user info) at 2006-03-25 16:06:11 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/m/85749#1900127 -- alright, i'll allow it... i still think you're shouting at the rain by making this post...
Submitted by Zoidberg (user info) at 2006-03-25 14:02:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
On the one hand, I agree with you. This place used to be trial by fire, weaknesses in writing were ruthlessly seized upon and mocked. Doubts of parentage were expressed. Horrific descriptions of preferred methods of suicide/death were offered along with each -2.
Somewhere around or before user 10K, everyone started being obsessed with being "nice". My comments were no longer the norm, but made me stand out as an asshole, an abnormality.
Too many people trying to be "nice" here.
Stop encouraging the shit posters and they'll go away. These stupid fucking bandwagons really piss me off, I don't give a shit whats on your desktop. Nor do I care what the fuck is in your junk drawer (and as an aside, why are just about all of these fucking things started by the fat whores that make up most of the female contingent of ubersite?)
And then I realize on the other hand, it's just a website, and I don't give a shit.
Submitted by TonyMontana (user info) at 2006-03-25 13:37:00 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
quit trying to sound all dramatic, you douche. no one gives a fuck.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-25 13:22:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I think we need to bring Urbane back. This place has just been downhill ever since she left.
Submitted by SpikeGoddess (user info) at 2006-03-25 12:58:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
There's nothing wrong with asking for what you want.
I also don't think there's anything wrong with some degree of intellectual and artistic elitism, provided that there is access for newcomers to join the elite. Elitism is a dirty word because of socioeconomic, geopolitical, and maybe even biological elitisms---none of which I see applying here with Uber because this place has always been strongly anarchic (no, not entirely..I can hear the arguments now.) I can't see anybody making a viable case that there isn't such access for Uberers. Even if somebody felt that her writing wouldn't be taken seriously after a career of shitposts, she could always create a new userID and write "seriously." I don't think that high IQ is required to become a celebrated 'serious' writer here.
I won't speak to general trends of Uber, UberHistories, Ubercons, emus, or any of that. I've been away too much to know or care about those things, but make no mistake...I care a helluva lot about the people and the writing here. In fact, the reason that it's hard now is because of how close I got, how involved I became in writing here as a means of escape during a bad time in my life, and how easily I've discovered it is for me to love the people behind the words. Writing of the nature that was common back in the day has the power to connect people across significant distances (both physical and otherwise), and, for my personality, the kind of shielded intimacy afforded by a community that shares stories is very attractive. It's also a little precarious.
Part of me would love to go back to the way I used to relate to this website, particularly now that my professional/artistic life is moving towards a community arts focus, this website seems almost like a weak prefigurement of what I'm ultimately interested in spending my energy on---making art with people who don't self-identify as artists. Still, I don't know how possible it is for me personally to return to how it was back in 2004.
Like Jared, the course of my life has been fundamentally altered by ideas and people that I would never have come to or met had I never stumbled upon this 'place.' I'm grateful for that, but maybe it was meant to be a stage. Maybe there were certain scenes to play out, a certain drama that had to unfold, and then the lights went dark and the set changed and now it's on to something else.
I can only speak for myself, but there are a lot of reasons why I stopped writing seriously and why I stopped writing regularly. My reasons have been personal. New users, lack of attention/celebrity status, and changes in the uberculture haven't made a lick of difference in my desire to write.
Maybe I'll give it a go again, but I'm not sure. I'm just not sure.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-03-25 12:48:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-03-24 22:25:18 (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by retrospect (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:05:55 (#)
Ranking: -1
i like to post shit and fire people up and have them yellat me and berate me for putting a picture of me and a pretty girl up.
i post my serious attempts at writing under stagger_lee.
so piss off because there is some good shit on uber and it comes in the form of reviews and shit posts generate the most/funniest reviews.
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Hey! Get out of it, you cunt!
He is NOT me.
Bastard.
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NO - HE'S ME!!!
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2006-03-25 12:36:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
who are you again?
just kidding
but not really.
Submitted by ThatOneGirl (user info) at 2006-03-25 12:04:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
You go girl.. er.. Razor.
And bring firefly back. I can't be the only rating-only person!
Submitted by Scott_James (user info) at 2006-03-25 09:11:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Isn't this just a place to go when you're bored at work?
Cheer up, Jeremy, old chum. You're twenty times as smart as the people who have been defiling this site of late, but a post like this is probably beneath you.
Now if you would kindly remove your butt crack from the tip of my nose, I have some real work to do.
Cuddles x
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-03-25 08:13:17 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2006-03-24 11:31:18 (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-03-24 11:20:55 (#)
Ranking: 0
BigMike, as usual...the voice of reason in a sea of morons.
That's why, even though for a couple of months I enjoyed shitting all over him - figuratively, of course -, I like BigMike.
C'mon Shlongman, you know as well as I do that the reason we've come to like each other is because we are both old bastards that love baseball. But mostly because we are old bastards. :)
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Fucking young punks.. :)
It's been said before, but the only way to get Uber to be what you want
is to post something good.
Submitted by shandythedog (user info) at 2006-03-25 07:27:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
i'm not totally against this. Perhaps the exciting mention of my name (or at least my main ubersite name) in close proximity to the word 'shine' has clouded my judgement, but i agree to a limited extent.
i agree that it's worth remembering that ubersite is not merely a waste of time, an addictive indulgence. that some of us actually do have artistic pretentions and are tying to express ourselves thorugh writing, trying to shine, etc.
however, and i've said all this before, sometimes the originality, percerption and humour of so called 'shit posts' is much greater than that of so-called quality posts.
and, to be honest, and this is very hypocritical from someone whose posted many very longs posts, i don't really like reading long things online. unless they really capture me from the start, and i have plenty of time to spare. i'll happily lie on the couch with a book all day, but the computer is not that pleasant a thing to read from.
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2006-03-25 04:43:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Good for you.
Submitted by Beer_bong (user info) at 2006-03-25 03:24:36 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I've never contributed anything worth while to this site, but at least I space my shit out. 195 posts, maybe 10 of them quality, in three and a half years.
I'm from the essentailly the same Uber-era as you Razor. It isn't going to change. This is how Ubersite is going to evolve. Instead of evolving opposable thumbs, we're evolving an extra appendix. This site isn't going to get anything useful anytime soon. Its just going to get more useless crap.
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2006-03-25 00:58:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
you can always read about my bosh adventures
Submitted by Dead_0hi0_Sky (user info) at 2006-03-25 00:23:42 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
i'd like to see Ubersite crash and burn.
Submitted by ih8u2man (user info) at 2006-03-24 23:50:47 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
It's a fixer-upper. What's the problem? We get a bunch of priests in
here ...
-- Homer Simpson
Treehouse of Horror
Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2006-03-24 23:38:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:00:55 (#)
Ranking: 2
Bigmike,
You are by far one of the coolest guys here. You've been around longer than I and I completely respect your opinion. but I think the party might be a little out of hand bro. I think they're punching holes in the walls.
I think maybe there are a few partygoers here that can find some spackle. You're one of them.
Submitted by sizzlemctwizzle (user info) at 2006-03-24 23:14:44 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I second that motion http://www.ubersite.com/m/85790
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2006-03-24 23:06:49 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I didn't bother to read all the reviews..
But thank you, Razor!
I'm not a good writer, but I'm a reader.. and I am struggling to find good posts in amongst the emu's..
I'd LOVE to see uber have more serious writing.
Submitted by jeveuxgagner (user info) at 2006-03-24 22:27:17 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/m/80825
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-03-24 22:25:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by retrospect (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:05:55 (#)
Ranking: -1
i like to post shit and fire people up and have them yellat me and berate me for putting a picture of me and a pretty girl up.
i post my serious attempts at writing under stagger_lee.
so piss off because there is some good shit on uber and it comes in the form of reviews and shit posts generate the most/funniest reviews.
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Hey! Get out of it, you cunt!
He is NOT me.
Bastard.
Submitted by Cyrus (user info) at 2006-03-24 22:20:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2006-03-24 08:21:12 (#)
Ranking: 2
Ubercons ruined ubersite.
Seriously! After the first ubercon it turned into an orgy of ass kissing, gossip, etc...
THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE TRUE.
Anyway, I agree with you. I never contribute anything worthwile anymore. To post something "good" anymore makes me feel like the old lady at the frat party.
"Why is she talking about philosophy? LETS GET HAMMERED!!!!!! WOO!!"
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I think you're partly right about the cons. I swear it seems like it's been uglier than ever here just the past month since the one in LV, and the ensuing crucifixion of jgreening.
For what it's worth, I miss your stuff here.
Submitted by sizzlemctwizzle (user info) at 2006-03-24 22:00:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
When I first joined Ubersite last summer I tried to post some of my writing. I was shocked to find such offensive reviews. I was and still am a struggling writer. I tried to post something of worth, but since I was the new guy it was shot down. I have been working on a new speech and have been waiting to post it. I think that all the real writers should publish some real writing on Monday.
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2006-03-24 21:51:13 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
A colleague of mine, at work, recently looked over my shoulder and asked me why I spent time playing with a bunch of assholes on the Internet [Ubersite]
I didn't have an answer for him.
Submitted by Tubabuhst_01 (user info) at 2006-03-24 20:56:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I may not have been posting forever, but I've been reading forever. I used to love the stories that I could find when I checked out this site. It's what drew me to it, and whenever I go back and look at the stories, I feel inspired. That's why I don't post much, I don't want to put more drivel out there, and very rarely do I feel like writing something. I'm more of a musician anyways. But I have to say, this place needs to go back, and I will look forward to seeing what some people are going to do to try to take back the previous state of this site.
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2006-03-24 20:11:16 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-03-24 19:35:46 (#)
Ranking: 2
If you really want to change this, then you have to make the effort to hunt down the good posts and comment on them. What would be ideal is for there to be some sort of code that says "read this seriously, it's not emu crap" but that won't work so you actually have to hunt these posts down. You know, reward positive behavior and no matter how painful it is, do not comment on the emu posts. If everyone who cared would do that, then this wouldn't be an issue.
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HEAR FUCKING HEAR!!
Putting a lot of effort into a post only to have 200 hits and 7 reviews is very discouraging.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-24 20:02:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Thank God for shitfuck and his reality check, I almost succumbed to this ass-grabbery
I will be posting naked pictures of Bart for the next month in protest of this "faggotry"
I love you shitfuck
Submitted by shitfuck (user info) at 2006-03-24 20:00:22 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
That's gotta be the most disgustingly faggotized post I've ever seen.
Get the fuck over yourself.
Submitted by matnotharry (user info) at 2006-03-24 19:45:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
vive la revolution
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2006-03-24 19:35:46 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
If you really want to change this, then you have to make the effort to hunt down the good posts and comment on them. What would be ideal is for there to be some sort of code that says "read this seriously, it's not emu crap" but that won't work so you actually have to hunt these posts down. You know, reward positive behavior and no matter how painful it is, do not comment on the emu posts. If everyone who cared would do that, then this wouldn't be an issue.
Submitted by Quint (user info) at 2006-03-24 19:29:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
doog ton si siht
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2006-03-24 19:16:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by MrSparkle847 (user info) at 2006-03-24 19:03:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Anyone who can convey this idea and not get all pissy and self-righteous is worth a +2 any day.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-24 18:50:56 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
please don't ban me, Bart, I couldnt resist! It's out of my system! I promise I'll be good from now on!
Submitted by bart (user info) at 2006-03-24 18:49:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Amen. I seem to remember telling you this exact same thing some time ago although I may not have articulated it as well as you.
This chaos is the only true characteristic of a totally open system. Any statements about what Ubersite is and is not at any point in time are all temporal based on the latest ongoings of the site. No matter how hard you look for a pattern, the only real trend over time is change.
In short, viva la France!
Submitted by ConorJS (user info) at 2006-03-24 18:20:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Everything you ever wanted to know about Razor
User id: 111
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YAAAARRRRGGHHHH! He's a good man, I'LL follow him on this campaign to take back uber from the japs!
Submitted by stevie_says (user info) at 2006-03-24 17:19:39 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Whenever I post anything, all I hear is 'I expected better from you.' It's high school all over again! WEEEEEPPPPPPPPPSSSS! I give up!
I'm going to move into the woods and hide in a hole...
....once the woods gets an ADSL line.
SO LONG SUCKERS.
Submitted by paulblakeford (user info) at 2006-03-24 17:00:47 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment
Submitted by JohnGalt (user info) at 2006-03-24 16:58:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I'll see if I can't come up with something that doesn't suck next week too.
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2006-03-24 16:25:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Meant to say earlier...
RE: Shitty Posts.
We are all guilty of clicking on a n00bs/alters post and -2ing it into oblivion.
The easiest way to eliminate this is to ignore them. I am just as guilty as the next person of doing this but if we "change the tide" as you put it, we could reduce the number of shit posts by at least 50%.
As an example I present.....
Everything you ever wanted to know about PoloboiGC
User id: 14541
Registered on or around: 2004-12-09 22:11:43
# Messages posted: 92
# Reviews written: 1125
# Times these posts have been reviewed : 3999
# Hits: 76182
Average rating of all messages: -1.09
-Dave
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-03-24 16:22:46 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
to those that say 'you cant TAKE BACK the site to what it WAS', i say that this idea is not a retrospective action. it is merely rememebring what is and has been good about the site and trying to angle it in that particular way.
we can all be more inventive and clever and funny and whatever. not all of us want to, cool, but this is an appeal to some of the peopel that may, and jsut dont feel like anyone else can be bothered...
Submitted by Tom (user info) at 2006-03-24 15:58:46 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Although I am aware that I am generally ignored by the masses here, and for good reason - I'm a complete goddamn moron, I'll speak anyway.
Ubersite is really what you want it to be. It's a place for writers and slackers, egomaniacs and conspiracy theorists, trailer trash and the highly medicated. It truly is just what you want it to be. Sometimes you have to sift through posts to find ones you want to read. Oh no. Anything but that. I hate it when people act like it's such a terrible thing to actually have to put in the effort to browse.
At the same time, there's an argument that you have to browse too much. So what? Every time I go to music stores, I look through hundreds of CDs and albums, but I only come home with maybe 2 or 3. I don't come home and say "Ugh, I had to look through so many different artists and titles to get what I wanted, I'm never doing that again." Not at all, I sort of like the browsing. Scoffing at what I don't like, basking in what I do. I'm not so lazy that I can't spend 3 minutes looking for something I wanna read and think about, or laugh at. I mean, I am an incredibly lazy person, rivaling most lazy people in the entire region, but there's too much being made of browsing. It's just a few minutes more of your time. All this reminds me of jackasses who want to park closer to the store at any cost so they can save themselves an extra five steps.
In general, if you want to know what I think, and you probably don't, people think of the big picture of ubersite way too much.
For me, it's like this. You have more crappy posts than good. Oh well. It doesn't matter in the slightest. It doesn't mean ubersite sucks, it means the people contributing to ubersite suck. Move on, there's nothing to discuss. Find who you like, ignore who you don't. It's not like you're obligated to do anything with any posts here. You can always take a break, go for a smoke, maybe do a project, something that isn't worrying about the status and quality of ubersite.
I guess what I'm saying is posts like the one you wrote shouldn't need to happen. Hey, I don't think you're wrong. Ubersite has a lot of retarded stuff on it. I just think there's being too much made of it is all.
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2006-03-24 15:55:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:15:17 (#)
Ranking: 0
Maybe I should rate everything I read, most of the time if I don't like something I just click back.
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I do the same thing sometimes.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-03-24 15:44:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
It's also time to take a post-lunch dump!
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-03-24 15:37:38 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
There are too many comments here that I could address.
I'm game for the attempt to provide more quality here. I usually try to post decent work. I have maybe eight posts which were complete throw aways, and they all just made me feel a little sick after putting them up.
I can barely find a reason to post now outside of the mini-contests.
Hurry up and start the next round of UberMadness to jumpstart it Razor.
Make sure I'm included though, or it's all dick jokes from me from here on out. Dick jokes and rabbits.
Is this true? ---> retrospect = Stagger_Lee
I certainly hope not. Nevermind, I don't care, even with any proof that someone may offer I'll just stick my fingers in my ears and shake my head until they shut up. gah
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2006-03-24 15:32:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I feel the same way about MYSPACE!!!! IT used to be so great when it was underground...
Submitted by Brendon (user info) at 2006-03-24 15:28:36 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
There's PLENTY of serious writing here, it takes me a long time to sift through it.
So what are you really annoyed about? That you n your pals are no longer the centre of attention, that you have to compete with more people for the spotlight, that's what it seems like.
Ubersite DID used to be better, but it wasn't because there was more seriousness. Remember blanchfor's post with the peanutbutter? There was just a more relaxed friendly atmosphere, with a small group of funny people.
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2006-03-24 15:23:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by retrospect (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:05:55 (#)
Ranking: -1
i like to post shit and fire people up and have them yellat me and berate me for putting a picture of me and a pretty girl up.
i post my serious attempts at writing under stagger_lee.
so piss off because there is some good shit on uber and it comes in the form of reviews and shit posts generate the most/funniest reviews.
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wait... so you're stagger_lee?
does everyone else know that except me?
o.
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2006-03-24 15:18:42 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Ok, I have just gone through almost 200 reviews of this and most of my opinions have been covered already, so I shall try to be brief.
1.
While I agree with you in your ideals, I believe Uber goes in cycles (sp?). I remember when I first arrived in this wasteland people were bemoaning how it was not as good as it once was. Maybe we are all guilty of looking for a utopian Uber that was ours at the time of sign up. If you are willing to take the time there is still quality out there, it just takes a little searching to find it. (Stagger Lee, Redskieslookfake come to mind as relative n00bs who can write)
2.
This post ties in exceptionally well with spooner's MH post about Publishing. If that gets off the ground it will in itself push people to attempt to write "quality" pieces if the possibility of being published lies at the end of it.
3.
I think BigMike's analogy of Uber was just about perfect. I fall into his camp in so much as I Uber on my own time. I try to post something of reasonable substance when I can and if I can't, then I try to do something entertaining in an original way or don't post at all.
4.
SPT as an idea, which Snark said somewhere below me, is not a bad idea, it is just misused. It gives people who are known for more "serious writing" to blow off steam. Unfortunately some people seem to see it as an excuse to post rubbish which is neither entertaining or original.
In conclusion, while you can never eliminate the bad posts, (I for one wouldn't want to get rid of them all), we could improve the overall quality of submissions on the site.
I think that sums it up.
(Finish Uber-Pulp)
-Dave
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2006-03-24 15:10:31 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
22 BITCHES
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-03-24 15:10:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I cannot BELIEVE that snark left me off his list of quality posters that he enjoys and respects.
He must have an ultra-short memory.
To go along with his ultra-short penis.
HELLO? IS THIS THING ON??? Testing...2...2...sybalance...
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-24 15:00:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I've seen the error of my ways, Jeremy. I have written this story to make amends
http://www.ubersite.com/m/85772
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:54:47 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Fuck this I'm bored. Uber site has become boring, now thats sad.
I'm leaving, somewhere out there is a pie that needs eating
Submitted by runswithscissors (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:49:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2006-03-24 12:55:10 (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-03-24 12:43:01 (#)
Ranking: 2
I do like Bigmike's party analogy - that's pretty apropos...Jeremy's issue is that too many people are standing around in the kitchen, quietly sipping merlot, and when they stick their heads out into the living room, they see a bunch of kids yelling and doing kegstands and bodyshots of Jager, so they just go back into the kitchen, harrumphing about the youth of today.
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Haha. It's true.
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On one hand, I agree with you Razor....I miss 'the old days.....' and, yes, maybe
quality has dropped (depending on how one defines quality.) At the same time, there
were the same cliques, whiners, complainers, and consistant '-2'ers back then. They
just had different names than they do now. I dont suggest that we 'take back' Uber.
We just need to participate once again, read what we choose to read, rate what we choose
to rate, and not take all comments seriously.........
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:47:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
hahahaha
AJ's voice still cracks like a hyena, I don't know WHO he thinks he is making fun of other people. I, on the other hand, am perfect in every way and I can make fun of whomever I please.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:46:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Uh... what, are you two years older than him AJ? stfu!
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:46:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
STFU AJ, Bob is going to be an "adult" in a few months or something! 18 years old! Our good friend Jeffrey Wellman just turned 18 not too long ago, and he got all the candies and chokomut icecreams he could ever eat!
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:44:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:28:20 (#)
Ranking: 0
my feelings toward uber now must have been like how romans felt in 475.
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HEY LOOK EVERYONE MOMMY TAUGHT BOB A NEW FACT THAT HE'S GOING TO TELL EVERYONE AFTER SCHOOL AND THEY WILL THINK IT'S SO PEACHY-KEEN AND COOL.
Gotta love pretentious preteens.
Submitted by cuberat (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:43:11 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I totally agree with you man. I miss the way it was when I first joined too.
I for one will support all of you who are going to try and bring the serious writers back to Uber. In fact, I will try to even join you with some quality writing...
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:33:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I AM A FAT BLOB, I AM NOT MUSCULAR, THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN OVER 2 YEARS AGO, IN THAT TIME I HAVE MANAGED TO DEVOUR 843 BOXES OF RING DINGS, 245 GALLONS OF HAWAIIAN PUNCH AND 3894403 SLICES OF PIZZA WITH EXTRA CHEESE
STOP CALLING ME MUSCULAR
Submitted by Fartman (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:31:36 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-03-24 11:20:55 (#)
Ranking: 0
BigMike, as usual...the voice of reason...
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It always frightens me when I find myself agreeing with Shlongy. As Big said, I also view this place as a party. I drop in and wander around just to see what's cooking. I like to laugh, so I laugh at the truly funny stuff and I laugh at the nitwits too. Over in this corner is Method with his shirt off and flexing for the babes, all the while cracking wise. That souvlaki-eatin' bastid has a great sense of humor and never fails to crack me up.
Out in the dining room, BigMike is regaling everyone with sometimes amusing, sometimes heartfelt stories of parenting and the joys of family life. He's a good storyteller and I can relate.
Meanwhile, on the patio some nitwit that I never saw before is trying to shoot bottle rockets out of his asscheeks. I join the crowd, laughing and pointing, whilst telling him that he's a moron.
A visit to the kitchen reveals some guy (named Jeremy I think, yea, I've seen him around)talking about how he was the first to arrive and therefore this party should be conducted as he sees fit.
"You're all having too much fun!" He shrieks. "When we used to party here, we had serious conversations and comported ourselves! This is totally out of control and that's not the way I want it to be!"
Needless to say, I got out of there fast. That guy's a drag. I'm going back to the patio...
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:31:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
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Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:19:28 (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:15:17 (#)
Ranking: 0
Post your shit, it was damn good that I remember. From now on every single pice of poetry I see is getting -2d.
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Wonderful.
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Sorry man, If I think its good I'll rate accordingly, but seing as I've only every read one +2 worthy poem in my life, and that wasn't on uber I don't think it likely.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:29:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Oh, and I wholeheartedly agree with your post, Razor. Sorry. Should have said that right away.
I won't deny I've done some shitty, goofball posts, but some people come here EVERY FUCKING DAY and post that garbage. That's like going into a a public restroom every day of the year and carving SUK MY PENOS HARHAR on the wall with the blade of a knife.
For fuck sake, surely you have more than that to contribute. If not, well, I pity you, you sad, sad little shit.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:28:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
argh. I've done 8 its very depressing.
no, not depressing. Boring. Uber should not be boring.
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:28:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
my feelings toward uber now must have been like how romans felt in 475.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:28:17 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:58:11 (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by wardy (user info) at 2006-03-24 12:28:27 (#)
Ranking: -2
http://www.ubersite.com/m/85756#1899699 --- and that's all i have to say about this douche...
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Au contraire: http://www.ubersite.com/m/85669#1896714
Everything you ever wanted to know about RonArtestPunch
User id: 23352
Registered on or around: 2005-11-16 12:43:13
# Messages posted: 8
# Reviews written: 55
# Times these posts have been reviewed : 157
# Hits: 3897
Average rating of all messages: 0.11
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He still has a point.
I almost the same breath you blast the shit posts that have no real writing, and give positive ratings to a picture of a funny place.
I don't give a shit what anyone rates, but don't applaud shit like that if you say you don't think it belongs.
Post my info.
Uber is what you make of it, and posts lamenting what it was doesn't help.
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#1 You missed the point of my reply to wardy, ninja. I was showing a very new user with a low overall rating on a post that got blasted that I replied positively to because it made me laugh.
I haven't said that the immature shit doesn't belong. I have long ago learned that there's not much point in saying things don't belong on Ubersite.
What I've said is that quality shit needs to come back into vogue and be most of what is seen on Ubersite.
#2 I didn't think loki's post was shit. I thought that her post contained actual content that I was interested in. Foamhenge? Are you fucking kidding me? It's one of the corniest things I've ever seen, and I'm glad she showed it to me.
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:25:39 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I stopped trying back at the end of 2004, when it became obvious to me that I really didn't deserve the praise I was getting. When I first signed up I wrote mainly from the heart, about things that were important to me, but it feels way too claustrophic here these days for me to carry on doing that - I'll just do my bit by trying to write more constructive reviews. I think I'm going to abandon ratings all together and just write comments.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:22:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I've ALWAYS -2'ed poetry. I don't -2 Orgasmatron because his shit is entertaining. Otherwise, all bets are off
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:22:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I'm reading the reviews and all this talk of movements is making me want to go take a dump.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:22:19 EST (#)
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Okay I'm gonna go and rate everything on the front page.
I sometimes think I'm the kinda guy who would be persuaded to sacrifice himself for the greater good or whatever.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:19:38 EST (#)
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Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-24 07:42:00 (#)
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What the fuck do you have against the Emu? He's never done anything to you.
Jeremy, honestly, we appreciate the sentiment, but it's not gonna change. I'm no more going to go back to writing amusing stories than Habeeb is going to stop his shitty mspaint drawings. I stopped doing so for a reason. It might last for a while, but it'll just go back to the disgusting high school drama cesspool that it's become. You might feel that I'm the biggest culprit around here, but I just really don't care anymore. If I'm going to be -2ed relentlessly by alters and sniveling retards who have nothing better to do, I'm not going to waste my breath. I've been attacked time and time again when I WAS just posting funny shit for no reason. I came here to write funny stories about my life and amuse people, and I still try to amuse people, although now I do it in a different way and tend to piss off alot more people. They ENJOY reading drama filled posts and nerdy internet fights, or else my posts wouldn't have 500 FUCKING REVIEWS. It's a shame, really, but that's how it is.
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That's like the cops in every city saying, "Fuck this shit man, let's start robbing banks and killing people like everyone else."
Anarchy, like any other weapon, needs a steady hand, otherwise, wielder, beware.
I should really rewrite the sentence above. I'm pretty sure I can get a few more commas in there.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:19:28 EST (#)
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Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:15:17 (#)
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Post your shit, it was damn good that I remember. From now on every single pice of poetry I see is getting -2d.
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Wonderful.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:15:17 EST (#)
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I think its the being nice to everyone thing.
The ratings are shit now, even I get decent ratings for collages and cut&paste email stuff.
Maybe I should rate everything I read, most of the time if I don't like something I just click back.
Post your shit, it was damn good that I remember. From now on every single pice of poetry I see is getting -2d.
Submitted by MyTeeOne (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:15:01 EST (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:21:53 (#)
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Submitted by MyTeeOne (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:17:14 (#)
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-2DIE
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OK, that was actually pretty funny. When I first signed on I thought you were a cock. That has changed much (zing), but you're beginning to grow on me.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:14:23 EST (#)
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THERES TOO MUCH HAPPY HORSESHIT GOING ON, AND I DONT LIKE THE WAY THIS "PARTY" IS TURNING OUT.
FUCK THIS, IM QUITTING UBER
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:14:17 EST (#)
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Oh, and McCallum, mad props to him too.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:13:05 EST (#)
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But I rather enjoy harassing the lunatics like ETS and Urbane on this site = (
Submitted by leilani (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:12:30 EST (#)
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Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:00:44 (#)
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Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-03-24 12:43:01 (#)
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I do like Bigmike's party analogy - that's pretty apropos...Jeremy's issue is that too many people are standing around in the kitchen, quietly sipping merlot, and when they stick their heads out into the living room, they see a bunch of kids yelling and doing kegstands and bodyshots of Jager, so they just go back into the kitchen, harrumphing about the youth of today.
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Yes! Exactly! And I'm thinking we need to get back into the living room, where people who enter the front door will see us. And... I'm not just stealing this from Sideways... I'm not the hugest fan of Merlot...
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I'M NOT DRINKING ANY FUCKING MERLOT!!!!1
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:08:12 EST (#)
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Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:46:11 (#)
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Are you calling me a drunken frat boy, Jeremy? Because I don't think I appreciate that VERY MUCH.
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Hmm. You are Greek...
To be honest George, if we're going to continue the party analogy... I think you're one of those guys that can hang with any crowd and fit in because you're a social butterfly. Come back and hang out with us again!
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:06:36 EST (#)
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Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:58:11 (#)
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Submitted by wardy (user info) at 2006-03-24 12:28:27 (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/85756#1899699 --- and that's all i have to say about this douche...
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He still has a point.
I almost the same breath you blast the shit posts that have no real writing, and give positive ratings to a picture of a funny place.
I don't give a shit what anyone rates, but don't applaud shit like that if you say you don't think it belongs.
Post my info.
Uber is what you make of it, and posts lamenting what it was doesn't help.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:06:21 EST (#)
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I don't see Razor telling all you who don't fit his idea of Quality to fuck off and leave the site. I see him telling those people who do fit his profile to step up.
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YES. THAT IS EXACTLY IT. YES.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:00:55 EST (#)
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I seriously can't tell the difference between SPT and any other day.
You have my support, for what little it's worth.
Also, there have been people like Bigmike, and The Caes, and Circe, who have been consistant in there efforts. Gotta give em a nod for that.
Everyone sees uber a little differently. Hell, my view of it changes weekly, but I can't argue the difference in quality, or at least what I percieve as being quality.
I've told a few friends about this site. I've told them about Circe and Bickerstaff and others. I told them about how it was kind of cool because you have to sift through the shit to find the good stuff.
They came and found Rabbit and Rape. Then they left and never came back because some shit is just too nasty for most people to sift through. I can only think of one person in my immediate family who I would let know I was associated with this place.
It's kinda interesting how what gets a positive rating here now days is in some ways worse than the shit Koolmang or other's who've been run off the site used to put up.
Will this work?
Probably not but I've always liked taking the hard road.
Bigmike,
You are by far one of the coolest guys here. You've been around longer than I and I completely respect your opinion. but I think the party might be a little out of hand bro. I think they're punching holes in the walls.
A good shit post hits the spot once in awhile, don't get me wrong. SPT should live.
I don't see Razor telling all you who don't fit his idea of Quality to fuck off and leave the site. I see him telling those people who do fit his profile to step up.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-03-24 14:00:44 EST (#)
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Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-03-24 12:43:01 (#)
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I do like Bigmike's party analogy - that's pretty apropos...Jeremy's issue is that too many people are standing around in the kitchen, quietly sipping merlot, and when they stick their heads out into the living room, they see a bunch of kids yelling and doing kegstands and bodyshots of Jager, so they just go back into the kitchen, harrumphing about the youth of today.
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Yes! Exactly! And I'm thinking we need to get back into the living room, where people who enter the front door will see us. And... I'm not just stealing this from Sideways... I'm not the hugest fan of Merlot...
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:58:11 EST (#)
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Submitted by wardy (user info) at 2006-03-24 12:28:27 (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/85756#1899699 --- and that's all i have to say about this douche...
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Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:57:32 EST (#)
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I don't know about you, Spanky, but death threats from a crazy man with a hunting knife make me a little damp around the twizzler....
Submitted by retrospect (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:56:18 EST (#)
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dripping...
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:54:58 EST (#)
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I still have 20-some odd reviews to get to... but you know what? The front page of Uber is more interesting today than it has been in quite awhile... unless the whole ETS drama gets you wet.
Submitted by retrospect (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:51:26 EST (#)
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i AM preggers!! its a boy!
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:48:24 EST (#)
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I'M NOT PREGNANT, I'M JUST FAT
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:46:39 EST (#)
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I am guilty more than most.
Okay, i'll take up your challenge.
From now.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:46:11 EST (#)
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Are you calling me a drunken frat boy, Jeremy? Because I don't think I appreciate that VERY MUCH.
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:45:24 EST (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-03-24 11:35:11 (#)
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...And BigMike, we got that upstate NY connection...Uber cannot BREAK THAT BOND BETWEEN US.
Plus, yeah, we're old.
Lol. Right on.
I'm surprised that Jeremy has no response to my party analogy. I can't be the only one that thinks like that.
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I wrote a response to that, I don't know what happened to it.
I'm not going to duplicate everything I said, but here's the short version:
I referenced the part of Life, The Universe, and Everything where Arthur Dent learns how to fly only to get hit in the back by a party that is literally flying. What you wrote reminded me of it.
I'm fine with the analogy... only I think we've hit the part of the party where the drunk frat boys are throwing up and scaring the girls away, and it's time we dealt with them and got the party back to cool before the cops show up and everyone winds up arrested or pregnant.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:41:24 EST (#)
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so, did you take uber back yet? this is taking FOREVER!
Submitted by lowsodiummonkey (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:35:52 EST (#)
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ditto...
Submitted by OneCheapGeek (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:22:24 EST (#)
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LET'S RETURN UBER TO THE DAYS WHEN GOOD WRITING REIGNED AND THIS MAN WAS POPULAR!!!!
http://www.ubersite.com/m/85767
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:21:53 EST (#)
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Submitted by MyTeeOne (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:17:14 (#)
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-2DIE
Submitted by MyTeeOne (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:17:14 EST (#)
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In the last 6 months I've seen the decline you speak of. I try to post quality pieces and I've gotten some good (and appreciated) critiscm on them. You'll never rid Uber of the immature and the worthless posts because there is an audience for it. However, if you start posting good stuff again then other will too. Eventually you'll have your own click who use the sight for writing again...who set the bar high. Lead by example. I'm with you on improving the place by encouraging people to post pieces of quality again. I will, like always, try to post pieces that are good in hopes of improving my writing skill. If you give me constructive cristism, I will consider it. If you post something I read, I will try to rate accordingly.
What I am saying is that I agree with you and I am with you on this topic. However, I don't think it means we'll rid Uber of what you and I consider bad posts because "bad" is a point of view and in this case our point of view.
The good and the bad must exist together as there is no way to stop it. That doesn't mean this place has to be over run with crappy posts...there can be balance and wish there was.
Check out Stagger_Lee...that kid has talent.
And I agree with Badass on one point - simply telling a new user "-2Die" is, in my opinion, dumb. It does nothing to encourage them to become better writers.
Submitted by Istaros (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:08:17 EST (#)
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coincidentally, i finally finished off what is probably the series i was doing which is/was also probably the only decent thing i'd ever put on this website, aside from a few incendiary comments. i'm one of those people who starts a million things, does fairly well, but then gets bored and actually FINISHES none of them. so, the fact that i did finalize this one, this feels great.
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:07:29 EST (#)
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Submitted by retrospect (user info) at 2006-03-24 13:05:55 (#)
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i like to post shit and fire people up and have them yellat me and berate me for putting a picture of me and a pretty girl up.
i post my serious attempts at writing under stagger_lee.
so piss off because there is some good shit on uber and it comes in the form of reviews and shit posts generate the most/funniest reviews.
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Good point about the reviews.
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