Comments on: Stephenie Meyer vs. 4chan -- XKCD http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-507137 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507137 Elguapostrikes, I think you're giving octopussoup too much credit.. have you looked at his/her other posts? heh. Elguapostrikes, I think you’re giving octopussoup too much credit.. have you looked at his/her other posts? heh.

]]> By: bshock http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-507159 bshock Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507159 I saw XKCD this morning and was quite disappointed. It seemed as though the author had never actually visited 4chan. You can't ruin something that's been pre-ruined, folks. There's no such thing as a pristine troll environment. Oh well, everybody has a bad day, I guess. Better luck next time, XKCD. I saw XKCD this morning and was quite disappointed. It seemed as though the author had never actually visited 4chan.

You can’t ruin something that’s been pre-ruined, folks. There’s no such thing as a pristine troll environment.

Oh well, everybody has a bad day, I guess. Better luck next time, XKCD.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-507927 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507927 Ok twilight wasn't that bad, i have read worse... btw, LOL at that comic Ok twilight wasn’t that bad, i have read worse…

btw, LOL at that comic

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-507169 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507169 Nailed it. There's nothing 4chan hates more than new users. Except furries, $cientology, people with morals, each other, and people who mess with cats. Nailed it. There’s nothing 4chan hates more than new users. Except furries, $cientology, people with morals, each other, and people who mess with cats.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-506915 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506915 This inspires me to try out some new moderatorial techniques. Note: you have to actually click the link to see the whole thing. This inspires me to try out some new moderatorial techniques. Note: you have to actually click the link to see the whole thing.

]]> By: axl456 http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-506918 axl456 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506918 i saw it on my feeds and ROFL!!! i saw it on my feeds and ROFL!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-506922 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506922 about 3 seconds after xkcd posted that, a thread on /b/ echoed verbatim. it was meta-tastic and full of fail. -boinganon about 3 seconds after xkcd posted that, a thread on /b/ echoed verbatim. it was meta-tastic and full of fail.

-boinganon

]]> By: cstatman http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-506923 cstatman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506923 can't breathe laughing too hard.... can’t breathe

laughing

too

hard….

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-506928 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506928 plague of locusts, indeed. plague of locusts, indeed.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-506935 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506935 6 months to write a twilight book? xkcd really are giving her credit for quality control 6 months to write a twilight book? xkcd really are giving her credit for quality control

]]> By: Nawel http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-506936 Nawel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506936 I didn't totally get the joke (I'm not very familiar with the 4chan forums), but randomly searching I found this and I laughed: http://xkcd.com/239/ I didn’t totally get the joke (I’m not very familiar with the 4chan forums), but randomly searching I found this and I laughed:

http://xkcd.com/239/

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-506937 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506937 Less than a week later, the internet went down after what experts call the Cullen worm. It was a simple botnet zombie plague, spread by a pop-up that simply stated the following: YOU HAVE 1 PRIVATE MESSAGE FROM ECULLEN1901 CLICK TO ACCEPT In the chaos, the only people able to receive e-mail were fully paid up members of the Church of Scientology, and all that was in their inboxes was pictures of bears and naked children. Less than a week later, the internet went down after what experts call the Cullen worm. It was a simple botnet zombie plague, spread by a pop-up that simply stated the following:

YOU HAVE 1
PRIVATE MESSAGE
FROM
ECULLEN1901
CLICK TO ACCEPT

In the chaos, the only people able to receive e-mail were fully paid up members of the Church of Scientology, and all that was in their inboxes was pictures of bears and naked children.

]]> By: failix http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-507195 failix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507195 The comic is funny, even funnier is how many people didn't get it! ^^ The comic is funny, even funnier is how many people didn’t get it! ^^

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-508219 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508219 /B/ actually changed it's name. I don't know if it's still up, but it was funny as all-get-out. I lol'd hysterically at this one. /B/ actually changed it’s name.
I don’t know if it’s still up, but it was funny as all-get-out.
I lol’d hysterically at this one.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-506941 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506941 4chan and twilight: no matter who wins, everyone loses. 4chan and twilight: no matter who wins, everyone loses.

]]> By: darkknightjared http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-506942 darkknightjared Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506942 I don't think Meyer quite has the awesome to pull something like that off, but I'd love to see it happen. :D I don’t think Meyer quite has the awesome to pull something like that off, but I’d love to see it happen. :D

]]> By: nosehat http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-506947 nosehat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506947 YES, this is definitely the way to do it. What a wonderfully sinister twist on "If you can't beat them, join them" ;) YES, this is definitely the way to do it. What a wonderfully sinister twist on “If you can’t beat them, join them” ;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-507466 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507466 lol at cognitive dissonance. Ruined the Bram Stoker archetype? are you serious? It's all made up, therefore it can be remade up anyway the author wants. It's like Asimov getting mad when other sci-fi writers wrote books about robots that didn't follow his 3 rules: completely asinine. I'm currently writing a book about rainbow eating unicorns that befriend the wolfman. lol at cognitive dissonance. Ruined the Bram Stoker archetype? are you serious? It’s all made up, therefore it can be remade up anyway the author wants. It’s like Asimov getting mad when other sci-fi writers wrote books about robots that didn’t follow his 3 rules: completely asinine. I’m currently writing a book about rainbow eating unicorns that befriend the wolfman.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-506963 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506963 I'm sure the /b/tards will enjoy the fresh meat. I’m sure the /b/tards will enjoy the fresh meat.

]]> By: Girlâ„¢ http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-506964 Girlâ„¢ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506964 @darkknightjared: I totally agree, it would be awesome times one thousand if she pulled it off. @darkknightjared: I totally agree, it would be awesome times one thousand if she pulled it off.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-507481 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507481 #36 charjan muh Layzor!!! #36 charjan muh Layzor!!!

]]> By: Hawley http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-506981 Hawley Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506981 that comic was amusing. but if you seriously think it would affect 4chan in any way, then you simply do not understand it. "if you can't beat'em, join'em" works both ways on 4chan that comic was amusing. but if you seriously think it would affect 4chan in any way, then you simply do not understand it.

“if you can’t beat’em, join’em” works both ways on 4chan

]]> By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-506983 Beanolini Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506983 I suspect that Ms Meyer has as low (or lower) an opinion of her fans as 4chan does. I suspect that Ms Meyer has as low (or lower) an opinion of her fans as 4chan does.

]]> By: error404 http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-506987 error404 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506987 this is wild. First you have a post about Tim Powers, my favourite author, then you have one of Stephenie Meyers the author I loathe the most. You could make a Twilight book by randomly writing the word vampire onto the shooting script for a Clearasil advert. this is wild.

First you have a post about Tim Powers, my favourite author, then you have one of Stephenie Meyers the author I loathe the most.

You could make a Twilight book by randomly writing the word vampire onto the shooting script for a Clearasil advert.

]]> By: NicoNicoNico http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-508279 NicoNicoNico Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508279 As of right now, it is still the Twighlight Appreciation Station. Someone needs to track this. As of right now, it is still the Twighlight Appreciation Station. Someone needs to track this.

]]> By: NicoNicoNico http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-508282 NicoNicoNico Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508282 That's Twilight, not however I spelled it. Sorry. That’s Twilight, not however I spelled it. Sorry.

]]> By: Avram / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-507515 Avram / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507515 <b>Cognitive Dissonance @39</b>, are you aware that the Stoker-Polidori-Byron innovation of the noble vampire was itself a departure from the monstrous vampires of earlier myth? Maybe a century from now, someone will be getting flamed for writing a story in which vampires don't sparkle in sunlight. "How can you ignore this classic element of the vampire archetype, going back all the way to Meyer's work at the dawn of the 21st century?!" Cognitive Dissonance @39, are you aware that the Stoker-Polidori-Byron innovation of the noble vampire was itself a departure from the monstrous vampires of earlier myth?

Maybe a century from now, someone will be getting flamed for writing a story in which vampires don’t sparkle in sunlight. “How can you ignore this classic element of the vampire archetype, going back all the way to Meyer’s work at the dawn of the 21st century?!”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-507017 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507017 Checkmate, /b/! Checkmate, /b/!

]]> By: Moriarty http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-507020 Moriarty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507020 My knowledge of these books comes entirely from the commercials for the movie, an article about trends in teenage sexual abstinence, and the South Park episode about vampire kids. I like it that way. If 4chan trolls and infatuated tweens want to inflitrate each other's worlds and increase the entropy of the internet, more power to them, I guess. I'll watch from a safe distance. My knowledge of these books comes entirely from the commercials for the movie, an article about trends in teenage sexual abstinence, and the South Park episode about vampire kids. I like it that way. If 4chan trolls and infatuated tweens want to inflitrate each other’s worlds and increase the entropy of the internet, more power to them, I guess. I’ll watch from a safe distance.

]]> By: octopussoup http://boingboing.net/2009/05/31/stephenie-meyer-vs-4.html#comment-507029 octopussoup Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507029 Is this supposed to be funny? It's just Panel 1:Let's go to twilight board and make fun of them. Panel 2: Stop or Ill get tough. Where is it funny? Is it the trollers going on those boards? That's not new. Is it that author thinking she can get tough. That's just lame. Is this supposed to be funny?

It’s just Panel 1:Let’s go to twilight board and make fun of them.

Panel 2: Stop or Ill get tough.

Where is it funny? Is it the trollers going on those boards? That’s not new. Is it that author thinking she can get tough. That’s just lame.

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