Blast.

So what do you do if you say something in a forum thread, and when you come back someone has replied and they say the exact same thing you do? But it's weird-- because they use the same words that you do, only just slightly changed, but the order of the sentences and topics is exactly the same, as if they went through your response line by line and plaigarized it but changed the conjunctions to make it look not quite right.

Is it a crime to plagarize someone's opinions on a web forum?

Why couldn't they just say they agree with me? Or try to add to it? Do they have to use my words, state my opinion in near-perfect replica, and have the balls to do just beneath my message?

It seems tacky, but not quite something I should complain about. I mean, how would I complain about it?

"You, you're being a tacky stupid-head and repeating everything I say like its your idea! Stop it and go stand in the corner!"

Yeah, right. He's probably 12 and would start crying.


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For example:

(RASHAKA)
Harry has never shown a propensity for nicknaming anyone, not in 5 books, nor has Luna.

(STUPID-HEAD)
Neither of them has shown much of a propensity for nicknaming.

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See! SEE! That's just weird. And the whole two paragraphs are like that!

a general culture question

Americans who don't live in the SF Bay Area:

Do you know what a "valley girl" is? Or, do you know what "valley girl talk" sounds like?


I'm curious, because I was chatting with my mom, and she thinks valley girl is a slang term that's fairly specific to the Santa Clara Valley and the South Bay. I was surprised... I hadn't thought that it might just be a local phrase, and not a more spread out one, because I'd heard it a lot growing up. I could certainly identify a valley girl stereotype in a movie or on tv. Which of course makes me California-centric, I admit, but hey I do live here.

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I'm 4 and a half minutes into the Inu Yasha movie. Kagome looks weird. She's being drawn like Rei from Sailor Moon. It's disconcerting.

Also, the person who did the fan-sub timed it badly.

IY post #2

AAAAHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my god, Inu Yasha looks WEIRD!

Who did the character designs for this movie?

It's scary!

bitter me again waging my private no-one-listens war against self-oppression by girls everywhere.

I'm reading this thread at fictionalley.org right now, that discusses the reactions amongst fans to HP book 5, and the differences between boy and girl opinions of the book, and why so many girls "apparenly" dislike the new angrier Harry because he's no longer a boring "nice" character (which isn't true-- he's still a nice person now he's jsut a very upset nice person.)

I didn't know people disliking the new Harry was gender thing, because I personally liked him more.

But that's nto really here nor there, to me. The reason I'm posting this is that the girls/women that did reply, were being apologetic for being female and liking the newer Harry. They'd make senteces like "Well, I like the new Harry, but then all my friends are guys..." or "I think the new Harry is more realistic and like him more, but I am kinda weird for a girl," or "Thats me though, i get along better with guys, and i don't know how the rest of the female population thinks hehe."

I actually snapped out loud at my computer screen: "STOP FUCKING APOLOGIZING FOR BEING A GIRL AND HAVING A BRAIN!"

It's so infuriating that in order to agree with the mature/intelligent opinion you have first identify yourself as a tomboy or apologize for thinking outside the typical brainless silly flighty girl box.

Stupid people.

I'm still pondering whether to bring this point up or not on the forum. I sort of did a little bit in my own response, but now I'm thinking it needs something more...pointed.


EDIT: I did reply with something more to say on the subject.

To the Angelfen:

So according to Chief Angel Torturer anniesj, we're at war now. Angel's gonna cry.

One of our own (Spikefans), the beautiful buffyx, has made an AtS vid for Gwen. And it's scrumptious. Totally.

Even now we begin to encroach upon your precious characters.

Nyaaa nyaa nn-nyyyyayaa nyyaaaaaaaaaaaa!


Let the tortured screams begin.

Spikefen are coming, and all your city are belong to us.


:wink: Spuffy Terrorist Insidious Moon Princess signing off.