You’ve been pwn3d!

Podcast: Hyper Nonsense
Date: April 4, 2008
Title: Hot bitches, fabulously fierce guys
Download the show: HN 110

Normally, I avoid commenting on other people’s blogs, because posting messages consumes scarce brain power, and for that matter, dilutes the value of the Turetzky Syndrome brand.

I will make exception to comment anonymously in certain situations. For instance, if I visit a familiar left-wing political blog, expecting moral support, and instead find gratuitous pictures of the proprietor’s cat, I might write, “Thanks so much for the cute photos of Fluffy curled up in your baby’s diaper. Now I’ll know which cat to run over with my car.” And then I’ll sign my name: “Dick Cheney.”

Now, in the rarest of circumstances, as with Hyper Nonsense, I’ll contribute to blog discussions, mostly to encourage the hosts to keep talking about me on their little podcast. As a bonus, the more spam — I mean comments — I post, the higher my name on the site’s feedback leaderboard, which provides a lucrative link back to my own site.

Let’s get the party started

I generally find most online conversations rather dull and believe the best way to participate is to “flame” people, or otherwise encourage them to sharpen their arguments.

Thus, I felt the need to add my point of view when Shawno and Jen related a story about some joker who, unbeknownst to a certain lady, posted a message on craigslist inviting the community to help themselves to everything in the lady’s house.

Long story short: Lady wakes up in a bathtub filled with ice to find not only her house empty, but she’s missing a kidney as well.

My perspective? Standard urban mythology. Shawno protests, however, the craigslist story is not an urban myth and claims I got pwn3d, whatever the hell that is. Another stupid thing people text in their cellphones? Not even!

Anyway, no harm done. I understand the woman is getting by quite well with the one kidney. As Dilios declared in the hit film 300 after a Persian arrow took out his eye, “Good thing God granted me a spare!”

Craigslist strikes again  (2:16).

Posted in: Podcast Roundup at 10:06 pm Wed, May 7, 2008.

3 comments

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   Volume Brothers says:
   

   7:53 pm Thu, May 8, 2008

   That old chestnut? The missing kidney story is as old as the hills and has a hundred variations – all made up.

   Self-pwnage by Shawno and Jen methinks.

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   Out of Order says:
   

   8:02 pm Thu, May 8, 2008

   ken, perhaps this will shed some light on this controversy:

   urban legend? we think not!

   OOO

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   Ken Turetzky says:
   

   8:03 pm Thu, May 8, 2008

   Yes, well how about the story where you’re missing a kidney and your house has been cleaned out by craigslist raiders?

   I think that’s a new one, and the best thing about it is, I made it up myself!

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