It’s still Top Troll season, and this edition features commenters who seem a bit confused about how things work ’round these parts. Refreshingly inoffensive troll comments below the fold.
Camila, from Because Regular Chocolate Bars Are Way Too Masculine:
Hi, I just started reading about feminism.
I do not see the need for this complaint. I mean, there are a lot of crappy things out there, so just don’t buy it. The world would suck if everything just appeared to my (or your) desires. And what’s wrong if the marketer targets women by using the pink and cute writing?
joyce g, who leaves this series of comments (posted here in order) and signs each of them with her first and last name. I’ve deleted the last name. From Liveblogging WAM: Afternoon Session:
you talk about the conflict between second and third wave feminism . can you please explain what it is about .
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i received an email saying I already had asked for clarification about differences between second and third wave feminism. I had not. perhaps someone else did.
also, what other issues besides prochoice should feminists advocate. the author only derides the prochoice emphasis without offering any alternatiive. Joyce G.
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my two attempts at sending messages were turned back saying “you have already said that” which I had not. something is wrong with this picture. Joyce G.
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I did not say your comment is awaiting moderation. this entire operation seems suspect. joyce g.
I LOVE this: “I did not say your comment is awaiting moderation. this entire operation seems suspect. joyce g.”
This entire operation is suspect.
Joyce G, for her mounting suspicion that this whole feminism thing is some kind of scam, or maybe a pyramid scheme.
I know I’m just an occasional commenter, but does this mean that I am part of the suspect operation, or is it just the bloggers?
Camila b/c oldies really are goodies sometimes. The whole you’re being oversensitive and worrying about trivial things when there are real problems to be addressed (which are never yours). Who cares how chocalate is marketed, for goodness sakes there are chidren starving in Africa. You people don’t have a sense of humor and are so dedicated to your wn victimhood that you invent boogeymans to get riled up about.
This entire operation seems suspect! :D
You’re complicit, AlmostAmanda. You’re definitely complicit.
You know what? This entire operation IS suspect!
Hahaha go Joyce G!
And I love the Dorothy pic.
Is this yet another conspiracy I didn’t get invited to?!
Wait, I don’t see what’s wrong with either of these two comments. Could all of you stop everything you’re doing and take the time out to explain this whole “feminism” thing to my privileged ass? Oh, and try to do it in a hundred words or less. I have more important things to do, you know. ;)
Rats! People are on to the great global feminist conspiracy!
You see, crop circles, UFOs, orange socks, and boy bands are all connected to a single vast estrogen-fueld conspiracy. A secret cabal of second-wave feminists have controlled the world for decades, funded by profits from the chocolate candy business. Their calls for equality and justice are an insidious front for their actual agenda, which is to eliminate all pink lettering from candy wrappers.
Well . . . it made sense when the Question explained it to me . . .
this entire operation seems suspect
Joyce G for the creeping conspiracy paranoia. I, for one, am honoured to play my part in these feminism black ops.
Damn! Feminism black ops! Sign me up! Do I get a gun?
OK, this is an experiment. I am going to send the word-for-word exact same comment (this one you’re reading!) twice in a row, to see if your software returns that message “you have already said this”.
Yep, that was it.
Feminism black ops! Sign me up! Do I get a gun?
The little girl in the Feministe logo has one–I think that means yes.
I’m picking Joyce G./joyce g. If you’re one of those people who eschews the use of capital letters for whatever reason, nine times out of ten I’ll ignore whatever you’ve written because it’s just too much of a slog to read (that convention exists for a reason, friends and neighbours). Consistency counts, though; with her, sometimes it’s ‘i’, other times it’s ‘I’. Later, her name’s a proper noun, then it’s not.
But “this entire operation seems suspect” would have put her well over the top, regardless.,
Ooooh, curiouser and curiouser. I keep asking the same stupid questions and get the same answer. How suspicious!
Joyce; you so rarely see a good suspect operation these days.
Score. I am happy to be part of pretty much any conspiracy, but to be part of the whole “suspect operation” of a feminist blog is extra special.
Awww… Joyce G. sounds like my Mom or something. So cute. So lost.
Poor joyce g. She gets my vote.
Joyce. Perfect.
Camila just needs to keep reading (you go, girl!). Joyce is lost without a map. No amount of reading will help. She gets my vote!
I pick Joyce because I actually like pink chocolate bar wrappers.
Hmmm. I’m a grad student who teaches First Year Composition at a State University.
I wonder if Joyce G. was assigned to read about a blog and write about it for a class, and she was simply trying to get you to do her homework for her. I’ve considered an assignment like that (“Find a blog on a topic you’re interested in, give a basic synopsis of the point of view of the blogger”… etc), just to introduce students to the world of blogging. But I’d never require the student to post a response!
Then again, I’ve seen what my First-Year Composition students can write.
wait – is joyce saying that if she tries to send the exact same message more than once, it gets rejected because she already submitted it?
does that actually hapen? i have accidentally double posted before, and that sort of system would, i think, be really useful in the event that someone *does* either accidentally double-comment, or someone is spamming…
Joyce G. FTW. I just want to hold her hand and give her a little hug, poor baby. Does anyone have an extra Feminist Secret De-coder Ring they could let her borrow?
Joyce G. I love the subtle, but palpable paranoia in her posts.