Idiocy on the Internet

Internet journalism is an oxymoron, I am more and more convinced.

Of late it seems there’s a new story about me somewhere on the net every day, or near enough to make no matter. Many get things wrong. For the most part I ignore them. I have better things to do than try and track down every weird rumor or out-and-out fabrication that pops up on some obscure website trolling for traffic.

Every so often, however, one of these stories gains an improbable currency, and just chuckling at the insanit...

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Published on May 13, 2019 14:00
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message 1: by Garrett (new)

Garrett Nicolai "Don't believe everything you read on the internet." - Abraham Lincoln


message 2: by quobi (new)

quobi How about... finishing the books already? :(


message 3: by Isabelle (new)

Isabelle that's a curse of season 8


message 4: by Crystal (last edited May 14, 2019 11:59AM) (new)

Crystal Not so much that I "believed" these rumors, it's just that, I WANTED them to be true.
I wanted the show to end and then BAM release of book, followed by book, and then book.

It was a hope.


message 5: by Andy (new)

Andy Crystal wrote: "Not so much that I "believed" these rumors, it's just that, I WANTED them to be true.
I wanted the show to end and then BAM release of book, followed by book, and then book.

It was a hope."



I lose hope every year


message 6: by Justine (new)

Justine Johnson :(

this story was giving me hope after the major misstep on the show last week. I'm suddenly very interested to see how your vision differs from theirs.


message 7: by Wil (new)

Wil Guilfoyle Idiocy of folks expecting things in general, as if artists are their servants.

The entire mediocre underbelly of the Western world was given a bullhorn with social media, and the loudest and most obnoxious set the tone of negativity and complaints for the ignorant herd to cling onto.

As the murderous zeitgeist within the least conscious join in force to knock down anything good that masses of their contemporaries enjoy (Star Wars, GOT, Avatar, etc), all one can do is ignore these basement-dwelling, herded cattle and be true to thine own self.


message 8: by Andy (new)

Andy Caspin wrote: "Idiocy of folks expecting things in general, as if artists are their servants.

The entire mediocre underbelly of the Western world was given a bullhorn with social media, and the loudest and most ..."


Lol


message 9: by [deleted user] (new)

Caspin wrote: "Idiocy of folks expecting things in general, as if artists are their servants.

The entire mediocre underbelly of the Western world was given a bullhorn with social media, and the loudest and most ..."


https://www.xkcd.com/610/


message 10: by Ian (new)

Ian White I'll admit that I made a joke to my wife about this exact topic last year. I think it would be funny to write their release dates into your will. That being said, rumors are not news and people "reporting" on this seems ridiculous.


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