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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 20, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327 "2004-01-20T14:57:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 4
**Author:**  [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/61 "2004-01-21T06:28:06Z")
Did you notice that parody book, in the middle of the page, in that link **catsix** posted? I laughed when I found that it is a real book:
> [@](#):
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> _Martha Stuart’s Excruciatingly Perfect Weddings_!
> “Best. Parody. Ever.”
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**Author:**  [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/62 "2004-01-21T07:32:23Z")
:eek: She’s spending $20K+ and sticking the groom in a lousy $170 linen suit?
:eek: And wearing a dress with _the middleman cut out?_ This person has no decency.
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**Author:**  [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/63 "2004-01-21T09:05:24Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#):
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> I felt sorry for her. I actually sent her $100.
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> Who here hasn’t been in debt? Felt the ping of sadness and worry when you have to settle when buying basic household items?
You’re sixteen years of age, are you not? My apologies if I have that fact incorrect - I’m sure I saw a post of yours recently where you explained you’re sixteen, yes?
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**Author:**  [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/64 "2004-01-21T10:58:59Z")
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> Cynthia:
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> I grew up with a certain lifestyle, and I’d like to maintain that. It’s not driving my parents “deep into debt”. I can’t help it if you’re not from as much $ as others. Maybe you’re jealous.
School in summertime.
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**Author:**  [@Gomez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gomez)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/65 "2004-01-21T11:10:37Z")
I never see why everyone gets so up in arms about stuff like this. Yeah it makes her look cheaper than a half price bag of Cheeto’s but why should that upset _you_?
Frankly, devoting your precious time to hating some bit of fluff on the other side of the internet makes you all look just as tacky.
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**Author:**  [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/66 "2004-01-21T12:16:11Z")
I’m thinking the “Husband to be” must have been Adolf Hitler in a past life.
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**Author:**  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/67 "2004-01-21T12:24:57Z")
Here’s a whole slew of pleas for help.
[http://www.savemesites.com/pages/sites.php](http://www.savemesites.com/pages/sites.php)
Some of the pleas might be legitimate since it’s not always easy to tell whether they’re from white people or not, so please be discriminating.
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**Author:**  [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/68 "2004-01-21T16:12:00Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#):
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> **gluteus maximus** you should title your threads better! I would have clicked on this sooner! Astonishing and amazing!
Oh, so, if I had titled it ‘Pitting Cynthia’, you’d have clicked on this sooner?
:rolleyes:
Speaking of poor, poor, lame-ass white people…
I looked and looked through that link of **Libertarian** ’s, but I couldn’t find one called
‘ **Michael Jackson Legal Defense Fund** ’, or
‘ **Help Me Pay Off My $188,000,000 Living Expenses Loan From Sony** ’ ([cite](http://money.cnn.com/2003/11/20/news/companies/michael_jackson/) )…
Hey! I wonder if Cynthia is a fan?
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**Author:**  [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/69 "2004-01-21T17:11:01Z")
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> 158 lbs. 01/06/04… Another great motivator is that my wedding dress is a size 8. I am a size 10.
I want to live on her planet, where 158 lbs is a size 10! Jeezopete.
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**Author:**  [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/70 "2004-01-21T18:33:54Z")
> [@gluteus maximus](#):
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> Oh, so, if I had titled it ‘Pitting Cynthia’, you’d have clicked on this sooner?
> :rolleyes:
Adding: “pay for my wedding!” or something similar, would have been enough. From your title, I thought it was a pitting of “white trash” coding that deserved to be in “web pages that suck”, not interesting; and as some in this thread noticed, it has a title that unnecesarilly discriminates. :wally
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**Author:**  [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/71 "2004-01-21T19:27:28Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#):
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> Adding: “pay for my wedding!” or something similar, would have been enough. From your title, I thought it was a pitting of “white trash” coding that deserved to be in “web pages that suck”, not interesting; and as some in this thread noticed, it has a title that unnecesarilly discriminates. :wally
Oh, get a life, :wally !
I saw their picture… they’re obviously white, and well-fed, and they like to brag about flying to Spain to find a particular bottle of wine they enjoyed in London, all the while asking for nuptial monetary beneficence from unseen strangers. If calling them ‘poor, poor, lame-ass white people’ was discriminatory, well, bite me! My title was sarcastic in tone. This is the (gratuitous vulgarity follows) fucking Pit, after all!
Don’t expect ‘political correctness’ in the Pit.
But please do expect to have (and continue to make) pissy, whiny complaints about thread titles.
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**Author:**  [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/72 "2004-01-21T20:14:11Z")
Silly me, and I thought I was giving you good advice:
Dropping any PC implications, it still remains a poor choice of title.
The bottom line is that you have failed to notice that I agree with the OP! What I am trying to say is that you would have gotten more people to notice this! She is a spectacular wreck of humanity! If you had made a better title, more rubbernecks than red necks would be here! 🙂
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**Author:**  [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/73 "2004-01-21T21:24:44Z")
> [@Archergal](#):
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> I want to live on her planet, where 158 lbs is a size 10! Jeezopete.
?? 😕 ??
I weigh about 155 and wear a size 8 - why couldn’t 158 be a 10 depending on height?
(Obviously, I’m not 5’2"."
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**Author:**  [@byter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/byter)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/74 "2004-01-21T21:36:21Z")
I guess it is true that any idiot can have a web page.
When I saw Cynthia & Pauls picture I just knew I had to contribute. I pay-pal’d a buck and made sure it was earmarked C & P spay and neuter fund.
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**Author:**  [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/75 "2004-01-21T23:51:38Z")
> [@Boo Boo Foo](#):
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> You’re sixteen years of age, are you not? My apologies if I have that fact incorrect - I’m sure I saw a post of yours recently where you explained you’re sixteen, yes?
You aren’t very bright, are you? :dubious:
😉
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**Author:**  [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/76 "2004-01-22T00:10:25Z")
> [@Gomez](#):
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> I never see why everyone gets so up in arms about stuff like this. Yeah it makes her look cheaper than a half price bag of Cheeto’s but why should that upset _you_?
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> Frankly, devoting your precious time to hating some bit of fluff on the other side of the internet makes you all look just as tacky.
Upset? Hating? I don’t think anyone here is upset or hating anyone – well, certainly _I’m_ not. What we’re doing here is called _laughing_ and _making fun of someone_. Someone who, from reading her website and her comments on that Bridal site, richly deserves it. I don’t hate her, I merely dislike her. And her site certainly didn’t upset me, it made me laugh long and loud and brightened my day considerably. 🙂
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**Author:**  [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/77 "2004-01-22T01:21:34Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#):
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> You aren’t very bright, are you?
I’ll take the fact that you consciously chose to avoid a definitive answer to my question of whether you’re 16 or not - and yet nonetheless - you still chose to respond? Well, I’ll take that as an affirmative… that yes, you are indeed 16 years of age.
In that context, I also offer the following… your earlier claim that you actually felt sorry for the subject of this thread, and sent her $100? As a 16 year old? To a woman you didn’t know, merely from the internet, a woman who simply asked for money to have a fancier wedding? And you did so only after you read this thread?
I say… **BULL. SHIT.** You’re full of crap.
My other observations about you **Ilsa** , I’ll just keep to myself.
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**Author:**  [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/78 "2004-01-22T01:27:32Z")
> [@Boo Boo Foo](#):
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> I’ll take the fact that you consciously chose to avoid a definitive answer to my question of whether you’re 16 or not - and yet nonetheless - you still chose to respond? Well, I’ll take that as an affirmative… that yes, you are indeed 16 years of age.
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> In that context, I also offer the following… your earlier claim that you actually felt sorry for the subject of this thread, and sent her $100? As a 16 year old? To a woman you didn’t know, merely from the internet, a woman who simply asked for money to have a fancier wedding? And you did so only after you read this thread?
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> I say… **BULL. SHIT.** You’re full of crap.
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> My other observations about you **Ilsa** , I’ll just keep to myself.
I’m laughing so hard I can barely type. God Damn. You really aren’t very bright are you?
Yes, I was born in 1987.
Read the fucking thread, assmaster.
> [@Larry Mudd](#):
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> **Ilsa** – dude–
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> You’re deadpanhandling now? 😃
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#):
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> No it isn’t you inhuman monster. It’s about someone who doesn’t want to be eating dog shit they scrape off of someone’s… Okay that’s enough. I can’t stop laughing.:D:D:D
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> She is one of the most pathetic excuses for a human I’ve ever seen. :wally
> [@Lobsang](#):
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> Brain: “I’ll wait til _after_ he posts before I intruduce the ‘whooshed’ possibility to him. snigger”
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#):
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> :D:D
> **Stoneburg** - It’s on it’s way.
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> Really, the eating at Taco Bell being rock bottom didn’t give you the slightest clue?
You’re dumber than a fucking stump, ain’t ya boy?
Bring on the other observations, nancy boy! You feelin’ froggy? Then hop on over!
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**Author:**  [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/79 "2004-01-22T01:29:27Z")
**Boo Boo Foo** , read the first page of this thread again. Carefully.
I can hear that whooshing noise all the way over here.
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**Author:**  [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-those-poor-poor-lame-ass-html-literate-white-people/225327/80 "2004-01-22T01:33:12Z")
> [@Ilsa Lund](#):
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> You’re dumber than a fucking stump, ain’t ya boy?
No, no, no! Those stumps which contain the little cameras for Channel 4’s cricket coverage…now _those_ are clever things!
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