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October 3, 2011 6:54 PM Subscribe
The Tim Buckley Path Of Internet Fame investigates how Internet fame can turn some people bad.
This post was deleted for the following reason: This is sort of a GRAR hit piece. -- jessamyn
I read to the end and agree with every word other than I don't know any of these people or sites, so I question their fame.
posted by cjorgensen at 7:02 PM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by cjorgensen at 7:02 PM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
This is just a disguised hit piece of Internet drama.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 7:03 PM on October 3, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Foci for Analysis at 7:03 PM on October 3, 2011 [2 favorites]
It didn't seem disguised to me.
posted by feckless at 7:05 PM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by feckless at 7:05 PM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
munchingzombie: See post title.
posted by Sys Rq at 7:05 PM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Sys Rq at 7:05 PM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
Did Tim Buckley have sex with a minor? (If so, how do we know?)
Coal dust on his tightie-whities.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 7:05 PM on October 3, 2011 [2 favorites]
Coal dust on his tightie-whities.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 7:05 PM on October 3, 2011 [2 favorites]
Yeah, this needs clarification on who (which) Tim Buckley. The title of this post (which most people don't see) gives a hint. I'm guessing this: http://www.cad-comic.com/
Anyway, the usual tempest in a teapot.
posted by intermod at 7:06 PM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
Anyway, the usual tempest in a teapot.
posted by intermod at 7:06 PM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
Umm...I feel like I've missed the context for this. Did Tim Buckley have sex with a minor? (If so, how do we know?)
As I recall, he was sending naked pictures to underage people on his forums and requesting the same in return.
I will say this, though. The Nostalgia Chick did provide a stunning example of an exception to a rule that I held dearly. I used to believe that no matter the circumstance, no matter the trimester, anybody should be able to get an abortion whenever they want. But when she intentionally got pregnant specifically to get an abortion, just to produce the material for a documentary about the strain this put on her family ... that's the line.
posted by kafziel at 7:08 PM on October 3, 2011
As I recall, he was sending naked pictures to underage people on his forums and requesting the same in return.
I will say this, though. The Nostalgia Chick did provide a stunning example of an exception to a rule that I held dearly. I used to believe that no matter the circumstance, no matter the trimester, anybody should be able to get an abortion whenever they want. But when she intentionally got pregnant specifically to get an abortion, just to produce the material for a documentary about the strain this put on her family ... that's the line.
posted by kafziel at 7:08 PM on October 3, 2011
As I recall, he was sending naked pictures to underage people on his forums and requesting the same in return.
I will say this, though. The Nostalgia Chick did provide a stunning example of an exception to a rule that I held dearly. I used to believe that no matter the circumstance, no matter the trimester, anybody should be able to get an abortion whenever they want. But when she intentionally got pregnant specifically to get an abortion, just to produce the material for a documentary about the strain this put on her family ... that's the line.
wait, what? That's probably worth a post. All I know about that whole crew comes from TV Tropes fawning over them.
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 7:10 PM on October 3, 2011
I will say this, though. The Nostalgia Chick did provide a stunning example of an exception to a rule that I held dearly. I used to believe that no matter the circumstance, no matter the trimester, anybody should be able to get an abortion whenever they want. But when she intentionally got pregnant specifically to get an abortion, just to produce the material for a documentary about the strain this put on her family ... that's the line.
wait, what? That's probably worth a post. All I know about that whole crew comes from TV Tropes fawning over them.
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 7:10 PM on October 3, 2011
Man, I really wish I'd seen the title of this post.
posted by hydrophonic at 7:18 PM on October 3, 2011
posted by hydrophonic at 7:18 PM on October 3, 2011
imagine my confusion when i thought that tim buckley had died long before the internet was a gleam in al gore's eye
posted by pyramid termite at 7:20 PM on October 3, 2011
posted by pyramid termite at 7:20 PM on October 3, 2011
I think this is a terribly argued piece more interested in taking potshots at sites and people the writer dislikes than any kind of real investigations into the challenges of managing online communities and celebrity.
It's a nasty, gossipy post about as shallow as a bedpan and the contents just as savory.
posted by smoke at 7:23 PM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
It's a nasty, gossipy post about as shallow as a bedpan and the contents just as savory.
posted by smoke at 7:23 PM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
I used to believe that no matter the circumstance, no matter the trimester, anybody should be able to get an abortion whenever they want. But when she intentionally got pregnant specifically to get an abortion, just to produce the material for a documentary about the strain this put on her family ... that's the line.
So you would now support banning abortion altogether, right? Because that's the only way you can prevent a woman from having a 'stunt pregnancy' specifically for the purpose of having an abortion, sadly.
posted by oneswellfoop at 7:28 PM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
So you would now support banning abortion altogether, right? Because that's the only way you can prevent a woman from having a 'stunt pregnancy' specifically for the purpose of having an abortion, sadly.
posted by oneswellfoop at 7:28 PM on October 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
But when she intentionally got pregnant specifically to get an abortion, just to produce the material for a documentary about the strain this put on her family ... that's the line.
I call bullshit unless you provide a cite.
posted by Sticherbeast at 7:30 PM on October 3, 2011 [3 favorites]
I call bullshit unless you provide a cite.
posted by Sticherbeast at 7:30 PM on October 3, 2011 [3 favorites]
OK, I've only read one sentence of the link so far, but I've got to say "humans being" is the worst case of hypercorrection I've ever seen and this post deserves all kinds of fame just for that!
posted by Webnym at 7:31 PM on October 3, 2011
posted by Webnym at 7:31 PM on October 3, 2011
Humans Being is just like surgeons general.
posted by to sir with millipedes at 7:33 PM on October 3, 2011
posted by to sir with millipedes at 7:33 PM on October 3, 2011
Thanks for the post title, I was about to be real mad. I don't read CAD so I'm just gonna link to Strange Feeling, which is one of my favorite songs.
posted by chaff at 7:49 PM on October 3, 2011
posted by chaff at 7:49 PM on October 3, 2011
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