On 9/13/07, Armed Blowfish diodontida.armata@googlemail.com wrote:
Hell, what happened to Mr. D. Bra ndt? He complained, and his article got worse.
Article?
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Lovely.
And then Wikipaedia comes up with justifications such as 'banned users are assholes - they deserve it'. At least Encyclopaedia Dramatica doesn't tell you that you deserve it, they just say 'but it's made of lulz!' or something.
I realize I'm not (technically) banned [1] but if I get a wild hair and attempt to engage anyone in a serious discussion about Daniel Brandt, I'm pretty sure that my "good standing" would take a steep nose dive.
On the other hand I could give a fuck less about Encyclopedia Dramatica [2] or whatever they might publish about me. If it's stupid I'll ignore it. If it's entertaining I might read it a time or two. But in neither case would I lose any sleep over it.
—C.W.
[1] RFAR/CW: "The [Arbitration] Committee notes that CharlotteWebb remains a user in good standing, and is welcome to return to editing at any time." [2] (except that our article about said site was, much like Brandt's, deleted for inappropriate and wholly political reasons)