Does being a med student mean she has easy access to speed or meth? I honestly can't imagine any other way she would have time for all of this!
I'm not evil again. Why does everyone think that?
Angel ,'Sleeper'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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Jessica - Jun 07, 2012 9:45:08 am PDT #8716 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
meara - Jun 07, 2012 9:47:15 am PDT #8717 of 30001
And given how old she is now, wouldn't she have been, like, thirteen or something when the whole thing began?
Well, I only read the first couple posts on that site, but it basically said she was 13 or 14 when it got started with the first profile of the guy...and that you can tell from the bands he listed as favorites that it was really ghost-written by a 13 year old girl. Essentially. Snark away!
Amy - Jun 07, 2012 9:55:47 am PDT #8718 of 30001
Because books.
it basically said she was 13 or 14 when it got started
I don't know that many 13-year-olds who would have the patience or dedication to do that. I guess the point is that not many well-adjusted 13-year-olds would.
Consuela - Jun 07, 2012 9:56:08 am PDT #8719 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yeah, apparently it's not quite 11 years, but 8--she started in 2004, when she was 14 or so.
I'm always fascinated by this sort of thing, because it's not just a fake person, it's entire faked families: husbands/wives, children, college degrees, photos, blah blah blah, and they always have MORE DRAMA than anyone else. I mean, seriously: look at that business with all the kids.
Taken all in one lump, it's easy to say they should have spotted a fake, but it was clearly incremental over time, and distributed over a bunch of different social networking sites. Hell, Gus pulled a fast one on us that way--he built up the stories slowly, over a couple of years. And even so, a few people suspected him of being not entirely truthful.
erikaj - Jun 07, 2012 9:58:41 am PDT #8720 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, people do have unusual stories.
Consuela - Jun 07, 2012 9:59:44 am PDT #8721 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Exactly.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 07, 2012 10:00:50 am PDT #8722 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And we certainly do have some unusual stories among ourselves here.
§ ita § - Jun 07, 2012 10:03:44 am PDT #8723 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wow. That's entirely phenomenal.
Imagine being one of the parents of the kids whose pictures were stolen to make up her family album? Especially the sick child? That must feel awful.
Jessica - Jun 07, 2012 10:04:41 am PDT #8724 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And even so, a few people suspected him of being not entirely truthful.
But I don't recall anyone saying anything until after he "died." I think it's a terribly difficult thing to confront someone about unless you're *absolutely* sure you're right, or you don't care about the fallout from being wrong.
Amy - Jun 07, 2012 10:06:05 am PDT #8725 of 30001
Because books.
I asked a few people about the were-monkey stuff, because that seemed completely absurd to me, but I was late to the board, and by that time he wasn't posting much anymore, iirc.