April 2nd, 2010 / 5:07 pm
Snippets

I tried to respond to Mather Schneider’s cool post about me, but the comment system was broken. GIRLS WITH INSURANCE HAS BANNED EVERYONE FROM COMMENTING. I HATE THEM.

72 Comments

  1. Morgan Gene

      His post seemed dead-on to me.

  2. Morgan Gene

      His post seemed dead-on to me.

  3. Gene Morgan

      He oversells me. I’m basically just tech support.

  4. Gene Morgan

      He oversells me. I’m basically just tech support.

  5. Neil

      An homage to the literary feuds of old!

  6. Neil

      An homage to the literary feuds of old!

  7. Charlie

      Wow! “Girls With Insurance” is one of the shittiest-looking websites I have ever seen!

  8. Sean

      Context? More links.

  9. Charlie

      Wow! “Girls With Insurance” is one of the shittiest-looking websites I have ever seen!

  10. Sean

      Context? More links.

  11. Janey Smith

      Mather Schneider is just what the GIANT needs: a little bit of guts and a counter to the group think. Invite him to be a part of it, Blake. Why not?

  12. Janey Smith

      Mather Schneider is just what the GIANT needs: a little bit of guts and a counter to the group think. Invite him to be a part of it, Blake. Why not?

  13. phm

      I fixed the comment system.

      Charlie, fuck yourself. People who emphasize form over function are lying.

  14. phm

      I fixed the comment system.

      Charlie, fuck yourself. People who emphasize form over function are lying.

  15. joseph

      Mather’s post seems somewhat unnecessary. Not because he’s mean or anything, just ’cause I can’t quite tell what he’s trying to get at.

      Shit shouldn’t be banned anywhere but I’m going to disagree with Janey Smith on the fact that this is a counter to the group think. It might be a counter to a particular group think, but I’m going to say most of this post is just aligned with another kind of group think.

  16. joseph

      Mather’s post seems somewhat unnecessary. Not because he’s mean or anything, just ’cause I can’t quite tell what he’s trying to get at.

      Shit shouldn’t be banned anywhere but I’m going to disagree with Janey Smith on the fact that this is a counter to the group think. It might be a counter to a particular group think, but I’m going to say most of this post is just aligned with another kind of group think.

  17. zusya

      FIX OLD
      NO NEW
      o /
      I
      I
      /

  18. zusya

      FIX OLD
      NO NEW
      \ o /
      I
      I
      / \

  19. mimi

      “Just the place for a Snark!” the Bellman cried,
      As he landed his crew with care;
      Supporting each man on the top of the tide
      By a finger entwined in his hair.
      “Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:
      That alone should encourage the crew.
      Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:
      What I tell you three times is true.”

  20. mimi

      “Just the place for a Snark!” the Bellman cried,
      As he landed his crew with care;
      Supporting each man on the top of the tide
      By a finger entwined in his hair.
      “Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:
      That alone should encourage the crew.
      Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:
      What I tell you three times is true.”

  21. MG

      Janey,

      Blake’s reason for banning Mather, if I’m remembering this correctly, was that Mather was trolling. There is a vast amount of good, solid, well-thought disagreement on this site, between the commenters and the authors of the posts. Mather wasn’t looking to further the discussion so much as he was being a killjoy for the hell of it.

  22. MG

      Janey,

      Blake’s reason for banning Mather, if I’m remembering this correctly, was that Mather was trolling. There is a vast amount of good, solid, well-thought disagreement on this site, between the commenters and the authors of the posts. Mather wasn’t looking to further the discussion so much as he was being a killjoy for the hell of it.

  23. Matt Cozart

      considering the numerous debates (and occasional knock-down-drag-out fights) that break out between commenters and contributors on here, i’d say that groupthink is a problem htmlgiant definitely doesn’t have.

  24. Matt Cozart

      considering the numerous debates (and occasional knock-down-drag-out fights) that break out between commenters and contributors on here, i’d say that groupthink is a problem htmlgiant definitely doesn’t have.

  25. kevin

      Yeah, I feel more context (links) should be given for this if it is to be posted (unless this guy is completely delusional and he actually was never REALLY banned.)
      Why was he REALLY banned?
      Can we read the evidence?
      Why are comments removed? etc..
      Context, context, context

  26. kevin

      Yeah, I feel more context (links) should be given for this if it is to be posted (unless this guy is completely delusional and he actually was never REALLY banned.)
      Why was he REALLY banned?
      Can we read the evidence?
      Why are comments removed? etc..
      Context, context, context

  27. Donald

      Is that supposed to be ‘gesundheit’?

  28. Donald

      Is that supposed to be ‘gesundheit’?

  29. gavin pate

      I’m new around here, don’t know of what this Mather guy speaks, but found his post entertaining, anyway. I for one like a good banning every once in a while, just because, well, you have the power to do it.

  30. gavin pate

      I’m new around here, don’t know of what this Mather guy speaks, but found his post entertaining, anyway. I for one like a good banning every once in a while, just because, well, you have the power to do it.

  31. sasha fletcher

      the nice thing about the giant is that search bar near the top of the page, in which when one types ‘mather schneider’ and then hits ‘search’, information is retrieved.
      he was really banned. molly mentioned one of the reasons for him being banned, but it was also stated in gene’s email.

  32. sasha fletcher

      the nice thing about the giant is that search bar near the top of the page, in which when one types ‘mather schneider’ and then hits ‘search’, information is retrieved.
      he was really banned. molly mentioned one of the reasons for him being banned, but it was also stated in gene’s email.

  33. david e

      i laughed at “form over function are lying” – nice

  34. david e

      i laughed at “form over function are lying” – nice

  35. stephen

      “…clever bundles of pretentious I-just-had-a-latte-with-my-professor bullshit, grab-ass chuckle fests, self marketing gone mad, Manson-family sycophancy, debutantes, fingernail insults, bullying, pulseless academic snobbery, bales of anonymous snark and kewl hipster talk, but you will not see any comments from me because I have been banned.” —-‘Mather Schneider’

      heh….

  36. stephen

      “…clever bundles of pretentious I-just-had-a-latte-with-my-professor bullshit, grab-ass chuckle fests, self marketing gone mad, Manson-family sycophancy, debutantes, fingernail insults, bullying, pulseless academic snobbery, bales of anonymous snark and kewl hipster talk, but you will not see any comments from me because I have been banned.” —-‘Mather Schneider’

      heh….

  37. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      I enjoyed it. I find Mather interesting.

  38. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      I enjoyed it. I find Mather interesting.

  39. ryan

      I always love it when someone goes out of their way to denigrate an online group that they later admit desperately wanting to be a part of.

  40. ryan

      I always love it when someone goes out of their way to denigrate an online group that they later admit desperately wanting to be a part of.

  41. Janey Smith

      okay

  42. Janey Smith

      okay

  43. reynard

      what a cutiepie, that guy. really gonna miss smelling his ass-rip all over the damn place.

      teardrop in my coffee cup.

      s p l a s h

  44. reynard

      what a cutiepie, that guy. really gonna miss smelling his ass-rip all over the damn place.

      teardrop in my coffee cup.

      s p l a s h

  45. Janey Smith

      If group think is not a problem the GIANT has, then why ban Mather Schneider? Let’s say MG is right. Why is it bad, Matt Cozart, if Mather is trolling, or not looking to further a discussion, or being a killjoy?

      I mean, Christopher Higgs is a killjoy to “wild” thinking every time he posts something from his Introduction to Continental Philosophy 101 freshman comp course and he’s not banned? Justin Taylor never wants to further a discussion about the semi-retarded BSG and the importance of who you know in the publishing world and he’s not banned? At the height of his popularity, Tao Lin posted extraneous and off-topic stuff all the time so that people would focus all their attention on him (he’s behaving now that his royalties have dipped a bit after the failure of SLFAA) and he wasn’t banned.

      I mean, I’m just wondering, really. I kind of think of Mather Schneider as the Don Rickles Jr. of internet lit stuff. I mean, wouldn’t you want Don Rickles Jr. or Triumph the Insult Dog on your team? Once in a while, maybe? Like when the GIANT did that post where everybody insulted each other for the heck of it? That was fun. Maybe next time call it Mather Schneider Day–and THEN ban him from commenting on it!

      Anyway, thank you MG and Matt Cozart. I have enjoyed thinking about this Mather Schneider thing.

  46. Janey Smith

      If group think is not a problem the GIANT has, then why ban Mather Schneider? Let’s say MG is right. Why is it bad, Matt Cozart, if Mather is trolling, or not looking to further a discussion, or being a killjoy?

      I mean, Christopher Higgs is a killjoy to “wild” thinking every time he posts something from his Introduction to Continental Philosophy 101 freshman comp course and he’s not banned? Justin Taylor never wants to further a discussion about the semi-retarded BSG and the importance of who you know in the publishing world and he’s not banned? At the height of his popularity, Tao Lin posted extraneous and off-topic stuff all the time so that people would focus all their attention on him (he’s behaving now that his royalties have dipped a bit after the failure of SLFAA) and he wasn’t banned.

      I mean, I’m just wondering, really. I kind of think of Mather Schneider as the Don Rickles Jr. of internet lit stuff. I mean, wouldn’t you want Don Rickles Jr. or Triumph the Insult Dog on your team? Once in a while, maybe? Like when the GIANT did that post where everybody insulted each other for the heck of it? That was fun. Maybe next time call it Mather Schneider Day–and THEN ban him from commenting on it!

      Anyway, thank you MG and Matt Cozart. I have enjoyed thinking about this Mather Schneider thing.

  47. Janey Smith

      Me, too. Want to go on a date?

  48. Janey Smith

      Me, too. Want to go on a date?

  49. Janey Smith

      nutshell

  50. Janey Smith

      nutshell

  51. reynard

      don’t worry janey, i’m sure he’ll be around, as an anonawhtvr, gleeking rank-juice from his local library

      for the record, i don’t think anyone should be banned, but this isn’t my website. people can do whatever they want, which certainly includes gene.

  52. reynard

      don’t worry janey, i’m sure he’ll be around, as an anonawhtvr, gleeking rank-juice from his local library

      for the record, i don’t think anyone should be banned, but this isn’t my website. people can do whatever they want, which certainly includes gene.

  53. Roxane

      It’s funny but of all the commenters who have ever gotten under my skin, Mather Schneider never made the list but the TwAK post was silly and it made me sad because he just wants back in.

  54. Roxane

      It’s funny but of all the commenters who have ever gotten under my skin, Mather Schneider never made the list but the TwAK post was silly and it made me sad because he just wants back in.

  55. Matthew Simmons

      I think it’s sad the way Mather ignores Blake’s gas.

  56. Matthew Simmons

      I think it’s sad the way Mather ignores Blake’s gas.

  57. Jhon Baker

      if no one get’s thrown out then there is no reason to be there.

  58. Jhon Baker

      if no one get’s thrown out then there is no reason to be there.

  59. Janey Smith

      I know. It’s so hard to ignore!

  60. Janey Smith

      I know. It’s so hard to ignore!

  61. James

      it’s like the opposite of the woody allen quoting groucho marx quote: “I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.”

  62. James

      it’s like the opposite of the woody allen quoting groucho marx quote: “I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.”

  63. KevinS

      I thought Mather was a girl. Is it a guy? I must have not been paying attention. Should that site be called Boys With Insurance?

  64. KevinS

      I thought Mather was a girl. Is it a guy? I must have not been paying attention. Should that site be called Boys With Insurance?

  65. stephen

      lol… i can hear the world’s smallest violin… it is screechy and off-key

  66. stephen

      lol… i can hear the world’s smallest violin… it is screechy and off-key

  67. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Actually it was a GWI post. Twak just mentioned it as something worth noticing

  68. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Actually it was a GWI post. Twak just mentioned it as something worth noticing

  69. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      This is a cute post

  70. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      This is a cute post

  71. andy.riverbed

      no comments were banned at GWI. until morgan complained, no comments were ever considered at GWI. morgan should feel special that his lament caused the change in madore’s opinion on comments.

      for context on “the mather” feel free to go to this site: http://ylarivera.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-create-reputation.html

      here i have documented when “the mather” was targeting me, and my reasoning behind his actions.

      i feel that the mather articles are very funny, an I have read each one.

  72. andy.riverbed

      no comments were banned at GWI. until morgan complained, no comments were ever considered at GWI. morgan should feel special that his lament caused the change in madore’s opinion on comments.

      for context on “the mather” feel free to go to this site: http://ylarivera.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-create-reputation.html

      here i have documented when “the mather” was targeting me, and my reasoning behind his actions.

      i feel that the mather articles are very funny, an I have read each one.