April 2nd, 2010 / 5:07 pm
Snippets
Snippets
Gene Morgan—
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.
His post seemed dead-on to me.
His post seemed dead-on to me.
He oversells me. I’m basically just tech support.
He oversells me. I’m basically just tech support.
An homage to the literary feuds of old!
An homage to the literary feuds of old!
Wow! “Girls With Insurance” is one of the shittiest-looking websites I have ever seen!
Context? More links.
Wow! “Girls With Insurance” is one of the shittiest-looking websites I have ever seen!
Context? More links.
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?
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?
I fixed the comment system.
Charlie, fuck yourself. People who emphasize form over function are lying.
I fixed the comment system.
Charlie, fuck yourself. People who emphasize form over function are lying.
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.
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.
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“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.”
“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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
Is that supposed to be ‘gesundheit’?
Is that supposed to be ‘gesundheit’?
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.
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.
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.
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.
i laughed at “form over function are lying” – nice
i laughed at “form over function are lying” – nice
“…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….
“…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….
I enjoyed it. I find Mather interesting.
I enjoyed it. I find Mather interesting.
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.
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.
okay
okay
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
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
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.
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.
Me, too. Want to go on a date?
Me, too. Want to go on a date?
nutshell
nutshell
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.
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.
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.
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.
I think it’s sad the way Mather ignores Blake’s gas.
I think it’s sad the way Mather ignores Blake’s gas.
if no one get’s thrown out then there is no reason to be there.
if no one get’s thrown out then there is no reason to be there.
I know. It’s so hard to ignore!
I know. It’s so hard to ignore!
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.”
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.”
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?
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?
lol… i can hear the world’s smallest violin… it is screechy and off-key
lol… i can hear the world’s smallest violin… it is screechy and off-key
Actually it was a GWI post. Twak just mentioned it as something worth noticing
Actually it was a GWI post. Twak just mentioned it as something worth noticing
This is a cute post
This is a cute post
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.
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.