Silo
September 24, 2000, 12:25am
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www.ibiblio.org/dbarberi/lame/
There are a few things we’re not looking for. Keep to yourself anything that might be more appropriate to the Penthouse Forum. (Or better yet, send it to Penthouse. They’ll probably pay better than we do.) Articles discussing or rebutting Cecil’s columns or Mailbag columns will also probably be rejected. We’ve already got a message board for that. As far as length goes, we’re looking for articles, not books. Beyond that … we dunno. Surprise us. Now you’re thinking, hey, if I’m going to be sending in my best stuff, I’d like to get paid for it. And we’d sure like to pay you. But it ain’t gonna happen. It’s the prestige that’s important. To see your work emblazoned on the Internet for all to see. And more importantly, to see your name up there aligned with Cecil’s … what monetary compensation could possibly compare with that? Interested? Sure you are. For more details go to http://www.geocities.com/teemings . Click on “Editorial Guidelines” at the bottom of the page
and here it is lamerized:
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Cool eh?
Actually it is the complete opposite of cool. It is suck.
But interesting.
Obviously, oldscratch is no Yogi Berra. The opposite of cool is hot.
As for the lamerizer, that’s more like for someone who wants to replace letters on their keboard with numbers . . . someone who wants to fake not being able to spell. That is neither cool nor hot:)
Okay, I have a headache now. Sigh. I now have proof that my typos are actually a pattern and can be figured out eventually, though. I also have a headache.
s33 U l8tr.
WHaT w3 r3al|y ne3d iZ a R3v3rS3 lam3R1z3r, on3 That trans|at3z incompReh3NibLe gIBb3rISH inT0 coGnaNt thoUghT.
Silo
September 24, 2000, 12:49am
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Well you know there is a thin line between cool and suck
Silo
September 24, 2000, 12:56am
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dud3 ThAt 1z an aw3sOm3 IdEa, i WiSh i W0ulD hAV3 th0ught of. w3 can mak3 a|L tHose |0s3r tr0ll thIngi3 P3op|e lo0k l1k3 geniuS3z And pRofit 0ff of Them Them we’l| be total|y c00l & fabu|ouz!!111
flup
September 24, 2000, 5:00am
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The phrase “It is suck” is inherently cool and should not be overlooked.
Rob
Duke
September 24, 2000, 8:00pm
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Oh no…I’m starting to get flashbacks from Usenet days!
“G|V3 M3 WAR3Z D00DZ!!!”
