It pisses me off that he's probably making a fuckload of money off that site, personally, but I'm not rational on the subject.
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Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
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Dana - Jun 26, 2012 4:52:39 pm PDT #5224 of 6786
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Zenkitty - Jun 26, 2012 4:53:32 pm PDT #5225 of 6786
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I don't see the connection between this and what he did here. Aside from providing further evidence that he's a jerk, I don't see how we can add anything useful.
Amy - Jun 26, 2012 5:00:16 pm PDT #5226 of 6786
Because books.
Debet, do you mean to explain to the Mary Sue writers why he would have dismissed the whole issue so easily? I'm not sure you can actually link his behavior here with that, and otherwise I don't see what would be served by addressing it.
DebetEsse - Jun 26, 2012 5:04:33 pm PDT #5227 of 6786
Woe to the fucking wicked.
More in the broader sense of, "Some people seem to be giving him the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps you should reconsider that decision, as he has demonstrated that he gives exactly no fucks about other people on at least one occasion."
Jesse - Jun 26, 2012 5:11:28 pm PDT #5228 of 6786
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'd be inclined not to bother unless it becomes more directly relevant. But I like the low-profile, low-drama.
Consuela - Jun 26, 2012 5:12:53 pm PDT #5229 of 6786
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
More in the broader sense of, "Some people seem to be giving him the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps you should reconsider that decision, as he has demonstrated that he gives exactly no fucks about other people on at least one occasion."
I tend to agree with this (as I said on Natter this afternoon). I do think that Gus/Eddie's history of being not just flexible with the truth but actively malicious to an online community is relevant to the Troper community. In fact, I don't actually believe that Eddie is trying very hard to save those pages in the face of Google's algorithm. I don't believe anything he says in public.
Aims - Jun 26, 2012 5:15:19 pm PDT #5230 of 6786
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I'm with Dana. He's probablyy making a shit ton of money off of ideas that he, (as I understand), at the very gleaned from b.org under an assumed name and then faked his death. At the very least, I want that effer discredited.
Cass - Jun 26, 2012 6:24:52 pm PDT #5231 of 6786
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I don't know what even bringing the story to light would change but it does piss me off that he's profiting. Just because I think he's a terrible person. And I don't mind people knowing that about him.
But beyond being somewhat therapeutic for those of us who still sting or just hold grudges, I don't know what changes. Unless we can make people stop going to Tropes and never speak of it again. Can we do that? That'd be awesome.
Connie Neil - Jun 26, 2012 6:51:49 pm PDT #5232 of 6786
brillig
I think we ought to just let it go already. There may be people over there who quite like him who will feel compelled to come over her and do the right thing as they see it.
bon bon - Jun 26, 2012 8:28:41 pm PDT #5233 of 6786
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
They might have their own problems with him, as we did. I would reserve getting involved until his next pseudocide.