I used to be such a nice person.

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K pointed out that there's an anonymous meme going around where you can tell writers what you *really* think of their writing, which you know, hey, go ahead. Personally, I'm always getting abused anyway whether it's anonymous, or in sekrit (which really not sekrit at all), or to my face, so if you're feeling that need, knock yourself out. I didn't actually think anyone needed a *day* or some shit, but hey, I'll even start.

[Name here] is not a very good writer. Actually, she fucking sucks. Same stories, same characters, same characterization. I mean, damn, what happened to all the mass murder? Can you just get a new story or something? Also, you are so not all that. I don't know why people like your stories. Are you famous for sucking someone's cock or something? I could totally do better. And I spell better than you too. And, I make less typos. So there. Also, where the fuck is my chai latte? You are fucking fired.
-Ari

ETA: I adore you all madly for rushing to my aid, but I think what I just don't get about this exercise is the simple idea of if you don't like something, why the fuck are you reading it? Is someone holding a gun to your head and forcing you to? I highly doubt that, so why go around being needlessly rude and cruel? That's just fucked up.

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Also, the best hot chocolate I have had in my life was at the train station in Manchester. They gave me whipped cream and pink and green marshmellows. It was orgasmic.

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Wow. Picadilly style yo.

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I merely know what I want :)

My entire suitcase for canadia is filled with chocolate buttons. you'd think cadbury's would just MOVE there already.

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you don't like something, why the fuck are you reading it

I've been wondering that myself, since I found out that my lovely former friends still read my LJ and skewer/mock it as they see fit. A mutual friend had pointed me in the direction of their blogs, so I had checked it out once before, just to see what they were up to. On my part, I had given up all old grudges and was simply curious. Upon my return visit, seeing what they did was kind of a shock because I don't operate like that--if I don't like you, I may take five seconds out of my time to lambast you if you provoke me, but when I'm done it will be like it never happened. In the words of Stephen Colbert, you are dead to me.

Anyway, I happily return to my life before I knew their blog URLs. I doubt they will be able to say the same, and hey, whatever floats their boats. Same goes for you. I love your writing and if I don't comment on your fics its only because I don't feel I need to. Most of the people posting say what I feel and think. And, y'know, if I didn't like your writing I still wouldn't say anything. I'd just skip over the stories and go along my merry way. I think that to go out of your way to say hello, you are awful and btw I hate you and wish you were never born is dreadful, and very telling of a person's character.

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Dude, I'd totally be watching Entourage if I had access to it. I'm trying to find somebody with a Netflix account to hook me up with the first season, if only because I (a) love Jeremy Piven unnaturally and still secretly want to write like, an epic Cupid fic and (b) love Adrian Greniere unnaturally ever since I saw him and that girl who was in Sabrina in that horrible teen flick for which Britney Spears provided the theme song. I bet I still have it on tape somewhere.

Ask and Ye shall receive, yo (http://hackthis.livejournal.com/371277.html).

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Tags go wrong??? (I feel my words echoing back to meeee)

Did you see Jake at the BAFTAS btw, saying 'This award is really important to me socially'...(what???!).

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There was a reply, buggered if I know what it is now, but rest assured that I was agreeing with what you said regarding betas. I mean I trust my betas to be more honest with me than anybody else, so if they hate something they tend to have no qualms about telling me so.

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I actually filled one of those out--I didn't flame her though because I'm not bunny-boiler or anything--and offered some concrit because I'd been too lazy in the past. The meme dictates anonymous posting, so I did it anonymously, only feeling vaguely guilty, because I sort of feel the same way you do about the entire idea.

Then I read this post and immediately went back and signed the damn thing because I felt like an ass.

Way to make me feel all righteous and true.

Oh yeah: your shit's good. I love Ozymandias from like three fucking years ago. You know I like it because it's been so long and I've wiped out more brain cells than I had to begin with since then and I still remember the damn thing. I mean, shit, I still watched Smallville then.

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People, just hate in email to your friends like us.

Truer words ... Hee! I maintain what I like to think of as frosty silence in public when I don't like something. And I think the problem with this meme is that you're not critiquing a particular piece of writing, just the author's entire ouevre, where it's hard to separate writer from what is written AND where it's hard to say "this thing in THIS story didn't work for me" versus saying "I kind of hate your style in general." The latter is not really constructive criticism ;) It's just ... an opinion.

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Upon my return visit, seeing what they did was kind of a shock because I don't operate like that--if I don't like you, I may take five seconds out of my time to lambast you if you provoke me, but when I'm done it will be like it never happened. In the words of Stephen Colbert, you are dead to me.

Other people suck. I have nothing else for it, baby girl.

And, y'know, if I didn't like your writing I still wouldn't say anything. I'd just skip over the stories and go along my merry way. I think that to go out of your way to say hello, you are awful and btw I hate you and wish you were never born is dreadful, and very telling of a person's character.

It's like Thumper's mom told him, "If you can't say something nice, OMG, keep your freaking trap shut -- unless someone did something wrong to you then let them have it."