How many people do you suppose have used the words “kablooey” and “KWIM”, as well as the phrase “some people have it better than you, and some people have it worse” (which someone discovered both sezyoo and umkay did) on message
boards in the past month? at MINIMUM 1 in a thousand.
So, The odds that there are any 2 board posters out there at all, who have used all those terms? probably 100%… the odds of 2 particular chosen people who, after chosen to be scrutinized to determine if they are one and the same, are found to have both used all those terms in the past month, and not be the same person? probably close to 1 in a million or more. The odds of those 2 people not being the same person, after you factor in the above, and then the several other unusual “coincidences”? Probably 1 in billions.
As a lurker who followed all these threads*, I just want to say a big thanks to everyone who did research on this, and the mods for communicating that she was banned, and why.
*You canNOT get this kind of entertainment anywhere else. What movie/show/opera has the drama, the conflict, the schadenfreude that you get here every day?
Well yeah. To a charity. But I think “you should probably give to a homeless shelter than the Nigerian Prince. In fact, just don’t give to the Nigerian Prince,” is still a reasonable response.
A) It’s the internet, I can question whatever the fuck I like.
B) It’s not a matter of “worthwhile”. It’s a matter of not really knowing who’s actually asking for the money and whether they are full of shit or not.
The only reason I mentioned that to fifty-six is because just last month he gave away some money to another Doper whose need for it was questionable, to say the least. I appreciate his need to “give back”, so I thought he should consider doing it in a way that he won’t end up feeling used and lied to.
Holy Crap, I am not weakened reed that will bend and break at the slightest breeze.
It is 14 freaking bucks. I can spend it how I want. I don’t feel bad or used or lie to. You have absolutely no idea who or what else I give to. Charities can be fraudulent as well. Plus Lute gave me my money back without asking. I am out nothing. It is an insignificant amount to members of the site or to the site itself that I am not gonna miss.
I am fully aware of the internet and its dangers. This was a safe transaction. Both financially and emotionally.
People, who fifty-six chooses to give his money to is way off topic. Start a new thread in the Pit if you want to go after him personally for this; start a new thread in GD if you want to debate the matter theoretically.
Fourteen bucks times a hundred thousand ‘donors’ would pretty much do it for me. But if I were to make that happen via fiction I’d write a novel and sell it, not try and make fools of strangers. I both am and am not surprised that people are a little PO’ed about this whole situation. It’s friction on some people’s ethos.
When a user is banned do the mods also have an automated script that searches for that users’ previous IP addresses, for other (or future) users from the same?
