Comments on: Today in Idiots: EVERYONE

By: Moff

Moff — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:25:23 +0000

@Blaze: It was a CUNNING RUSE. I thought perhaps if you DIDN’T figure it out, you would defend the honor and originality of Moff — which would be awesome — and then I WOULD REVEAL MYSELF — which would be EVEN MORE AWESOME.

But then it turned out it wasn’t that cunning, after all.

How great would it be if we could travel back in time, and it turned out Leibniz’s voice was basically identical to Gilbert Gottfried’s?

“FOR SINCE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A CREATED MONAD TO HAVE A PHYSICAL INFLUENCE ON THE INNER NATURE OF ANOTHER, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY IN WHICH ONE CAN BE DEPENDENT ON ANOTHER.”

By: braak

braak — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:09:27 +0000

My hair is already pretty scary.

By: Blaze Tarnen

Blaze Tarnen — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:07:37 +0000

Your entire post, “I believe it was considered a parent…” through “Moff and Braak also invented…” was all in third person; at first glance I assumed someone called “Josh” was telling me his thoughts on it.

Lack of sleep and the pretty lights caused by the drops they use at the eye doctor’s office caused me to be a bit slow on the uptake. (Have to have an excuse after all, and the “my eyes are scrunched up and there are rainbows… everywhere! seemed apt) You *are* Moff aka Josh Wimmer. I’m not *that* new; why speak of yourself in the third person?

TQP humor? And it was very good – nice thing about writing in third person, you can laud yourself unreservedly.

I understand the change; marketing professional quality editing services requires a “real” name, rather than a user name.

That, and the ability to discuss yourself. O.o

@Braak – this site needs less testosterone and more LOTR. For that matter, every site needs more LOTR and generally speaking less testosterone… Are you sure you want to Leibniz? You have to live with Gottfried as a first name, and really scary hair.

By: braak

braak — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:27:46 +0000

THIEF BAGGINS WE HATES IT WE HATES IT FOREVER!

I think I am Leibniz in this analogy.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:57:41 +0000

I believe it was considered a “parent” or inspiration simply because Moff read it a few months before concocting his own (ADMITTEDLY AMAZING) rant, and after the fact realized it had very likely unconsciously influenced his thought process — not because the sentiment itself is strikingly original.

Anyway, Moff and Braak also invented the calculus independently of each other, so this is par for the course.

By: Blaze Tarnen

Blaze Tarnen — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 06:56:19 +0000

Okay found it – and it IS epic, but it doesn’t specifically talk about the “Why are you analyzing it, why can’t you just let it be” thing that was the crux of “Moff’s Law” — granted there ARE similarities, but I’ve ranted on this also, in slightly different terms, many many times.

I see why this could be construed to be a parent of Moff’s Law – but his did contain elements that aren’t here even as it contained similarities.

By: aspiringexpatriate

aspiringexpatriate — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:01:48 +0000

“Someone will make you potato salad you can eat with a spork, you’ll get all the vicodin you want, and you’ll fulfill all your dumbest fantasies staring at Megan Fox in her short shorts.”

That doesn’t sound too bad.

@Holland: To be fair, Almost Famous did suck. You might be able to convince me that my enjoyment of Say Anything… has more to do with me than the film, but you can’t convince me Singles is any worse than mildly above average. And, well, as he’s only made about a half dozen films, not many people are going to be disturbed by your stance.

By: Tribe of Fools: Dracula « S.O.E.

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By: Representations of Women in Comics « Threat Quality Press

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By: Threat Quality Press

Threat Quality Press — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:21:14 +0000

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