So, in this thread, The real me...honestly this time. - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board, the illustrious Jamie McGarry, refers to another thread. That has mysteriously disappeared.
I had posted in it, and I cant find any trace of it if I go looking in my own posts archives. I had thought it was an account hijack, and didnt press the Mods for the answer as I thought I’d get the same answer I’d get with a question about some troll taken out (“move along, please”).
Apparently it wasnt any hijack, just a good laugh from McGarry (he’s such a fun guy). But then, what was the justification for taking out the thread???
Isn’t thisthe thread you are seeking?
No, I actually havent posted in the thread you referenced (whereas I posted in the one I mentioned) and it was a much shorter thread.
It is the only link to a SDMB thread in the thread you mentioned. Can you provide the link to the thread you are looking for and not finding, instead of a link to a different thread where that thread is supposed to be mentioned?
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14016197
That’s the only link I can provide. It’s a dead end for me.
“I have removed the link to your Myspace in the thread you made due to there being some confusion over whether or not that’s you.”
I hope I’m not violating some rule by pasting this quote but it’s not sensitive material or anything so I felt it was ok. This is a mod’s pm to me telling me why it was being deleted.
Jamiemcgarry started a thread in MPSIMS that was titled “For the ladies” or something stupidly similar to that.
In it he linked to the myspace profile of “jamiemcgarry” who turned out to be a slightly overweight 18 year old boy who had a bit of a thing in his profile about not being able to get a girlfriend and dropping out of school. “Our” jamie invited ladies to inbox him for love and adventure.
Jamie thought this was lulztastic because he’s a gym rat awesome dude and it would be funny for people to think this loser kid was who he really was.
A few people posited it was a hijacked account, and a mod removed the link to the myspace profile. I posted that it was more likely a “lulz this dood has same naem as me!11!” then went to bed.
It now appears to have been disappeared, I don’t know why the mods decided to wish it into the cornfield, but they have.
Ah, yes it looks like other messages that have been “disappeared” by mods, so I will step out and let you get back to your question…
My apologies, I read the original thread you cited and found only one other thread referenced. Maybe the referring message in that thread disappeared too.
Ughh, listen please. It wasn’t ME who went and found this picture and decided to post in on SDMB. That was the poster of post #119 in the “Don’t be shy” thread. That poster thought it would be funny, considering the differences between the two “Jamies”; and I concurred. And you hurt this poor little 18 yr olds feelings with your comment of “not with someone else’s pussy”, Sierra, remember that? LOL
You’re the one who decided it would be lulztacular to start the thread.
And I don’t give a sweet biscuitty fuck about the myspace user’s feelings. I’m just pointing out your attempt to troll the users of this forum by posting a link to someone else’s profile and pretending it was you for the lulz, as a possible data point as to why the mods decided to remove the thread all together.
If you hurry and put the link into Google’s search box, you should find the thread (called “For the ladies only”) and can view it if you click the cached version. (But move fast, because the next time Google indexes the site, it’ll vanish too.) I’d link to the cached version myself but I suspect since the mods disappeared the thread, they don’t want others to directly circumvent their decision.
Not to speak for the mods, but my guess it was disappeared because either a) someone apparently hijacked Jamie’s account (I can’t tell if he’s saying he posted the thread linking to someone else’s picture) or b) it was trolling by mocking someone else’s personal Myspace page, which seems like pretty bad taste.
Nobody hijacked jamie’s account. He’s admitted that he posted someone else’s myspace profile for the lulz because this guy was a chubby loser at odds with jamie’s awesome gymrat persona.
[Moderator Warning]
Accusations of trolling are not permitted except in the Pit. This post in general is out of line for ATMB. This is an official warning. Do not do this again.
Colibri
We initially moved the thread out of view while we investigated whether jamiemcgarry made the initial post. He has now admitted he did so as a rather ill-considered joke.
There would be little point moving it back now since it would be a guaranteed train-wreck.
I have closed this thread because it was developing into a series of attacks on jamie which were not appropriate for ATMB. Those who wish to take him to task on the matter can open a thread in the Pit.
Colibri