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Raaaaaaaaaain!
Friday! Yay! Giant storm headed our way! Well, at least it'll mostly hit on the weekend. You know...this weekend would probably be the perfect time to go to Disneyland. Sure half the rides would be down, but you'd have the place to yourself! Not that I will, as water will be falling from the sky and that tends to frighten and confuse me.
As seen by quite a few people on my flist: plagiarism of someone who's passed away. Not just fics, but LJ posts, user info... Wow. Just when you thought you'd seen it all.
I never understand plagiarism in fandom. There's not even an "I'll fail out of school if I don't copy some book!" type excuse. I guess it's to receive ill-gotten pettings? Man, you have got to be really hard up if you go that route. You know, fandom's probably one of the worst places in the world to try and find your self-esteem.
As seen by quite a few people on my flist: plagiarism of someone who's passed away. Not just fics, but LJ posts, user info... Wow. Just when you thought you'd seen it all.
I never understand plagiarism in fandom. There's not even an "I'll fail out of school if I don't copy some book!" type excuse. I guess it's to receive ill-gotten pettings? Man, you have got to be really hard up if you go that route. You know, fandom's probably one of the worst places in the world to try and find your self-esteem.
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I am totally with you on this. Plagarism in fandom just pisses me off. Because, really, it's supposed to be so fun. Why would you WANT to write fic, or whatever, if you have to copy it? It makes absolutely ZERO sense.
I used to run a major fanfic posting site for an old fandom, and it's one of the things that finally drove me to quit and pass it on to someone else - I just couldn't take dealing with the plagarism issues that were starting to come up. It just made me so irrationally angry that people would do it...and the worst part? The people who do it just don't get it. I can't understnad why people can't grasp such a simple concept like, "Don't copy."
Okay...end rant. Thanks for pulling that one out of me today. lol.
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That plagiarism thing is creepy to the nth power. It's like the guy from Silence of the Lambs with the skin suit. Uber creepy.
You know, fandom's probably one of the worst places in the world to try and find your self-esteem.
If there were Fandom Commandments, this would be #1.
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Ain't that the truth.
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Oh, yeah. This should be on the TOS for livejournal and everything. Just a LITTLE WARNING, okay? Many messes could be avoided. And that plagiarism thing..ugh. So, so wrong. What, since she's not around to protest, it's okay? Yuck.
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http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_lounge/641856.html
I am totally with you on this. Plagarism in fandom just pisses me off. Because, really, it's supposed to be so fun. Why would you WANT to write fic, or whatever, if you have to copy it? It makes absolutely ZERO sense.
Right! I just do not get it whatsoever.
It just made me so irrationally angry that people would do it...and the worst part? The people who do it just don't get it. I can't understnad why people can't grasp such a simple concept like, "Don't copy."
UGH. Yeah, what's so hard to understand?
Okay...end rant. Thanks for pulling that one out of me today. lol.
HA!
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
That plagiarism thing is creepy to the nth power. It's like the guy from Silence of the Lambs with the skin suit. Uber creepy.
Ew. EW!
If there were Fandom Commandments, this would be #1.
It should be, shouldn't it?
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You poor So. Cal. people. *pets* Well the Governator declare a statewide emergency before or after the populace descends into a panic because they don't know how to deal with that wet stuff falling from the sky? ;-)
I guess it's to receive ill-gotten pettings?
I guess he wants the attention, although it does seem he didn't want this kind of attention, because he's apparently locking things up. How he thought he could get away with this, I'll never know. People always find out eventually, one way or another.
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It's really kinda scary how some people's ego/self-worth seems completely rooted in fandom. YIKES. And it becomes more about the fannish existence itself than about having fun with the show/movie/book that brought you there in the first place.
And that plagiarism thing..ugh. So, so wrong. What, since she's not around to protest, it's okay? Yuck.
Very much yuck.
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Ahnold will get us through! He'll hop in an F-18 and blow the rain clouds out of the sky! YES! Okay, panic-time might have already set in...
I guess he wants the attention, although it does seem he didn't want this kind of attention, because he's apparently locking things up. How he thought he could get away with this, I'll never know. People always find out eventually, one way or another.
Yeah, what is he, 10? People usually find out. Especially when it's someone as well-known as this original person.
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someone emailed a friend of mine the other day about a vid she made, told her she loved the song and the vid, and would she mind if she remade it.....'but it will probably have most clips the same'
Umm no.
BTW can you get into pogo? even the home page wont work for me. *neeeeed pogo*
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Erm...
Yeah, no.
BTW can you get into pogo? even the home page wont work for me. *neeeeed pogo*
I haven't tried today, but I was on it last night. I've fallen victim to a Quick Quack addiction.
*click* *quack* *click* *quack*
What's not to love? :D
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its still telling me that the page doesnt exist, yet it has the pogo logo (ooooh that rhymes)
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MWAH.
its still telling me that the page doesnt exist, yet it has the pogo logo (ooooh that rhymes)
Dang!
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So pathetic. D:
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You know, fandom's probably one of the worst places in the world to try and find your self-esteem.
This should be a bumper sticker.
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Awwww! We might get 3 inches of rain! 3 inches!!
This should be a bumper sticker.
Heh. Welcome to fandom. Here's your flame-retardant suit and your bumper sticker.
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Fandom plagerism is so very weird. *shakes head* What stupid things won't people do?
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Oregon's pretty! Well, California is too, but Oregon has Tillamook's squeaky cheese. People are probably going for the cheese.
Fandom plagerism is so very weird. *shakes head* What stupid things won't people do?
It boggles the mind, really.
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After spending two weeks in the alternating brown and white of Colorado in the winter, I'm rather inclined to agree with you on that point. :)
...but Oregon has Tillamook's squeaky cheese. People are probably going for the cheese.
So even the Californian admits that happy cows really come from Oregon? Victory at last.
Californians are pretty hilarious once they get here, actually. They freak out at rain (they can't quite seem to figure out how to drive in the stuff). See, Oregonians have this thing about Californians on the roads. Everywhere else they're great people. It's just on the roads that we bitch about them.
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Don't tell me they air those commercials outside of the state. That's a bit embarrassing.
Californians are pretty hilarious once they get here, actually. They freak out at rain (they can't quite seem to figure out how to drive in the stuff). See, Oregonians have this thing about Californians on the roads. Everywhere else they're great people. It's just on the roads that we bitch about them.
Does not surprise me in the least - everyone around here forgets how to drive when there's moisture on the ground.
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I've been seeing them here in Oregon for freakin' years. They are rather annoying. I saw them in Colorado and, I think, even New Orleans. Honestly, you have to go overseas to escape those happy, happy cows. It's okay though. I just shout something incoherable about Tillamook cheese and then skip the commercial. :)
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