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Remember this? Apparently I am worthy of response! Man. My existence feels so... validated.
Here is the text of the response on Mayerson's site, reproduced for commentary-type purposes, with my comments in italics. If she happens to be one of those people who gets bitchy about these things (I really wouldn't know offhand if she is, but hey, some people are), I shall point out that reviewing PART of EXACTLY ONE ENTRY on her blog prooooobably counts as fair use.
Now.
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Dear me, another little Live Journal Jockey fan, NapoleonHerself, no less. ...is that a commentary on my username? No, I'm being serious here, I actually can't tell. It is kinda a funky username, but hey, by this point it's pretty much stuck to me. Oh! What burden for me! Hey, lady, I ain't tryin' to be a burden, so save your sarcasm. I'm trying to talk about stuff that amuses and/or boggles me. You happen to be it. Tsk, I keep thinking I'm going to retire and then a whole new generation discovers me and so I must soldier on. Technically, no, you don't HAVE to. Hey, these LJ Comments are a comedy goldmine in and of themselves. One of them thinks calling it sequential art is pretentious. Well, in Sandra's case that might be true, especially the art part. Yes! Keep slamming the one person! It doesn't look like a personal vendetta at all. Nope nope. However, this genre is called sequential art whether that makes the children giggle or not. They giggle at the words penis and vagina, too, so there's nothing to take seriously there either. See, because if you find the term "sequential art" pretentious, then you are childish. And most assuredly not to be taken seriously.
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Anyway, back to the quote above ["She is old enough to remember the days before webcomics, so she must be right.", the title of my last ljpost on this subject]: honeychild, I'm old enough to remember before MTV, when only hookers and strippers wore thongs (formerly known as G-strings), and when unprotected sex wasn't lethal, just stupid. I'm not sure why these are the criteria given to separate her age from mine. Is she saying that I watch MTV, wear thongs, and have unprotected sex? Because if so, it's kinda silly. I don't do any of those things. (Heads-up for if this game keeps going -- I've NEVER had sex AT ALL, so feel free to use that as proof that I have no life and suchlike.) However, yes, I am of the same age group as many people who do, and for that I apologize profusely. However, thank you for the link, kiddo, and I've returned the favor. Every link boosts my Google spot and brings in more people who agree with me, but don't have an LJ because they have other things to do (like interact with real life). Oh burn! Remember, having an LJ == not having a real life. Stereotypes are easier than thinking, so they must be true! *thumbs-up, wink*
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This is fun! It's like being a troll, without the guilt of knowing that you're bringing down someone else's communication space -- because I'm talking on my very own LiveJournal that nobody reads unless they want to know what I'm saying anyway!
Incidentally, nobody better comment unless they want to be used as proof that everyone who doens't agree with Mayerson is in some way inferior to her. If, like me, you don't mind, though, then comment away!
[edit] She also refers to me as part of the "can't-remember-before-the-internet-set". Yeah, actually, you're right, I can't remember anything before 1999 (that being the point at which I finally convinced mom that computers were Good Things). The pile of standard paper comics I amassed in elementary school, ensconced in a box of stuff back in Cali, waiting to be shipped to me when I need it? Doesn't exist. All the newspaper comics I cut out and stuck in a binder? Same thing. My books and books of Garfield comics... that I... paid good money for... ...okay, so I had bad taste when I was a kid, we'll let those sort of pass without further mentioning. And don't even get me started on all the nonexistent times that I asked my mom to buy me more comic-related itemry and was shot down. TEH INTARWEB IS ALL
Here is the text of the response on Mayerson's site, reproduced for commentary-type purposes, with my comments in italics. If she happens to be one of those people who gets bitchy about these things (I really wouldn't know offhand if she is, but hey, some people are), I shall point out that reviewing PART of EXACTLY ONE ENTRY on her blog prooooobably counts as fair use.
Now.
"
Dear me, another little Live Journal Jockey fan, NapoleonHerself, no less. ...is that a commentary on my username? No, I'm being serious here, I actually can't tell. It is kinda a funky username, but hey, by this point it's pretty much stuck to me. Oh! What burden for me! Hey, lady, I ain't tryin' to be a burden, so save your sarcasm. I'm trying to talk about stuff that amuses and/or boggles me. You happen to be it. Tsk, I keep thinking I'm going to retire and then a whole new generation discovers me and so I must soldier on. Technically, no, you don't HAVE to. Hey, these LJ Comments are a comedy goldmine in and of themselves. One of them thinks calling it sequential art is pretentious. Well, in Sandra's case that might be true, especially the art part. Yes! Keep slamming the one person! It doesn't look like a personal vendetta at all. Nope nope. However, this genre is called sequential art whether that makes the children giggle or not. They giggle at the words penis and vagina, too, so there's nothing to take seriously there either. See, because if you find the term "sequential art" pretentious, then you are childish. And most assuredly not to be taken seriously.
[...]
Anyway, back to the quote above ["She is old enough to remember the days before webcomics, so she must be right.", the title of my last ljpost on this subject]: honeychild, I'm old enough to remember before MTV, when only hookers and strippers wore thongs (formerly known as G-strings), and when unprotected sex wasn't lethal, just stupid. I'm not sure why these are the criteria given to separate her age from mine. Is she saying that I watch MTV, wear thongs, and have unprotected sex? Because if so, it's kinda silly. I don't do any of those things. (Heads-up for if this game keeps going -- I've NEVER had sex AT ALL, so feel free to use that as proof that I have no life and suchlike.) However, yes, I am of the same age group as many people who do, and for that I apologize profusely. However, thank you for the link, kiddo, and I've returned the favor. Every link boosts my Google spot and brings in more people who agree with me, but don't have an LJ because they have other things to do (like interact with real life). Oh burn! Remember, having an LJ == not having a real life. Stereotypes are easier than thinking, so they must be true! *thumbs-up, wink*
"
This is fun! It's like being a troll, without the guilt of knowing that you're bringing down someone else's communication space -- because I'm talking on my very own LiveJournal that nobody reads unless they want to know what I'm saying anyway!
Incidentally, nobody better comment unless they want to be used as proof that everyone who doens't agree with Mayerson is in some way inferior to her. If, like me, you don't mind, though, then comment away!
[edit] She also refers to me as part of the "can't-remember-before-the-internet-set". Yeah, actually, you're right, I can't remember anything before 1999 (that being the point at which I finally convinced mom that computers were Good Things). The pile of standard paper comics I amassed in elementary school, ensconced in a box of stuff back in Cali, waiting to be shipped to me when I need it? Doesn't exist. All the newspaper comics I cut out and stuck in a binder? Same thing. My books and books of Garfield comics... that I... paid good money for... ...okay, so I had bad taste when I was a kid, we'll let those sort of pass without further mentioning. And don't even get me started on all the nonexistent times that I asked my mom to buy me more comic-related itemry and was shot down. TEH INTARWEB IS ALL
