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ThePresence

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The following post was originally posted by WombatWoman on Monday, April 08, 2002. I have posted it here for those who have never read her posts.

The sun is rising on a typical day in Offtopicana, a suburb of the busy metropolis AnandTown. Mayor Russ is chain-smoking (using real chains!) while preparing for his impeachment hearing, after having been accused of understanding Moonbeam.

Red Dawn is spending a leisurely hour at the spa, enjoying an esteem bath while having his fangs sharpened and his vitriol tank refilled, unaware that his arch-enemy Texmaster is plotting to destroy him by boring him to death.

In the afternoon, sexy shenanigans reach a crescendo (what is that 'fapping' sound???) as Perknose, happykitten, baffled2, hzl_eyed_grl, and the late Thunderbooty engage in a public flirting exhibition, only to be upstaged by the last-minute entry of Jerboy, whose arrival causes the audience to stampede for the exits, injuring many, including Jerboy himself. He will be OK as soon as his swollen ego goes down (unlikely.)

Gossip abounds regarding eakers' new baby. Rumors say that the child may have been fathered by everybody. However, the pink-haired, nekkid infant bears a distinct resemblance to Adul (who, in a startling revelation, may not be a woman after all.) There is shocking news that Paulson and Hubbs were switched at birth; the always diplomatic and wise Harvey suggests that the situation can be remedied by cutting them in half, then reassembling the pieces and changing their usernames to Haulson and Pubbs.

The AnandTech Moderators decide to crack down on posts that promote copyright violation, drug use, sexual themes, and personal attacks, and the subsequent drastic downsizing of the forums results in massive moderatorial layoffs. The one remaining Mod is required to be The Fun Mod, The Mean Mod, and The Watchful Mod all at once. The stress causes him to fall into modness, and the poor fellow is carted off to the modhouse, shrieking "Ban 'em into the Stone Age!"

The sun is setting now in Offtopicana, and the cool evening is punctuated by intermittent cries of "pics!" Occasionally you can hear a nonexistent Fusetalk Forum bug droning amid the steady buzz of nefs nattering about religion, LOTR, cars, politics, Bruce Lee vs Coke, and butter. As we settle in for the night, we hear the comforting sound of threads being locked, to keep the trolls out. All is well in AnandTown, where the deals are hot, the dudes are cool, and the women are above average (all eight of them.) Good night. Sleep tight. Don't let the Best Buy bite.

More of her posts can be found here.
 

yllus

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I always found it amusing that people found her posts funny and original when 99% of them were recycled e-mail forwards.
 

Harvey

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Originally posted by: yllus
I always found it amusing that people found her posts funny and original when 99% of them were recycled e-mail forwards.
I CALL BULLSH8! :disgust:

I had a lot of dialog with her. She gave credit where due when she posted other people's words, and she was one of the most gifted writers to ever post on these forums.
 

yllus

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Originally posted by: Harvey
Originally posted by: yllus
I always found it amusing that people found her posts funny and original when 99% of them were recycled e-mail forwards.
I CALL BULLSH8! :disgust:

I had a lot of dialog with her. She gave credit where due when she posted other people's words, and she was one of the most gifted writers to ever post on these forums.
No offense Harvey, but I can think of a number of times where she specifically did the opposite. The one I remember best was a copy/paste of this humour piece.

Undoubtably a gifted writer in her own right though.
 

Marty The Maniac, how did you conclude they were? Most of those mentioned are still here under different nicks, or they voluntarily found another life.

As far as accepting this as the good old days, I cannot give my vote. At most, I'll recuse myself. I am not someone who admires a situation where a certain group of people are worshipped and you cannot present constructive criticisms or opinions without fear of malicious attacks or insults. It gives way to gossipping too and favouritism in moderating. I like environments with less "hugging" of characters at personal levels as if they're gods or goddesses. Because of that, I was partly glad things were changing in AT. I really wouldn't mind if they stayed the same though, since I was never emotionally involved.

Oh, it's also hard for me to make a statement when I never got the opportunity to independently inspect what was submitted and know for sure that credit was given where due.

Thanks for sharing anyway, The Presence. :)
 

eakers

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Originally posted by: yllus
I always found it amusing that people found her posts funny and original when 99% of them were recycled e-mail forwards.

oh man, even i can feel the flames you are about to recieve.
 

Goooooooooooood! Sully, any conscious evaluator would never give the link an A . . . or even a B. What's up with "I" in almost every sentence? Do you have a link to that posted by WombatWoman? I cannot tell if your comparison of the two works is fair. Or is that exactly what she submitted?
 

yllus

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Originally posted by: luvly
Goooooooooooood! Sully, any conscious evaluator would never give the link an A . . . or even a B. What's up with "I" in almost every sentence? Do you have a link to that posted by WombatWoman? I cannot tell if your comparison of the two works is fair. Or is that exactly what she submitted?
It's exactly what she posted with no credit to anyone else. Which is exceptionally odd considering it's written from the male perspective. Journalist Hugh Gallagher is the original author.

Edit: And stuff the criticism, luvly. Grammar or not, it's a brilliant piece of writing. :)
 

Zim Hosein

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I remember her posts and miss WombatWoman :( She had her own site for a while IIRC.

<-- Sits backs and watches this thread spiral out of control :confused:
 

"It's exactly what she posted with no credit to anyone else. Which is exceptionally odd considering it's written from the male perspective. Journalist Hugh Gallagher is the original author.

Edit: And stuff the criticism, luvly. Grammar or not, it's a brilliant piece of writing."


Thanks for the response. I see!

Well, about my criticism, don't worry. I'm doing my job as a critique. You wouldn't want your work to be evaluated by me 'cuz I tend to be strict. LMAO! :D People do love to come to me to get criticism of their works, though. :p

Anyway, to those asking about WombatWoman: Although I hardly know her, from what I remember reading she left. She was a member who posted materials that people perceived as creative and intellectually stimulating. According to accounts, she had cancer (or am I mistaken?). It resulted in extreme protection [by the mods], in addition to some rumour-mongering problem and false accusations that had surfaced earlier and resulted in bitterness and grudges amongst members involved. Dennilfloss was her friend too, and they were supposedly engaged or something. I have no idea the truth of many statements, especially hearsay. I am only stating things from my memory, per your enquiries. If I have made any false or misleading statements, please feel free to correct my error, as it is certainly not intentional.
 

Lvis

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Originally posted by: Harvey
Originally posted by: yllus
I always found it amusing that people found her posts funny and original when 99% of them were recycled e-mail forwards.
I CALL BULLSH8! :disgust:

I had a lot of dialog with her. She gave credit where due when she posted other people's words, and she was one of the most gifted writers to ever post on these forums.

She was, but are you sure she wasn't Dennilfloss? I don't mean to get anyone angry, but it seemed a lot like a repeat of Nowheremom.