Eli is a pseudonym, a cute one, but a pseudonym none the less. However, it has come to the attention of the legal department at Bunny Labs that ill mannered folk are calling Eli a sock puppet. A sock puppet isFWIW, a drama queen is1: A fake personality, usually a 'friend' or 'sister,' created by a drama queen/king for the sake of defending him/herself against others in an online forum.
2: Someone who might be an actual person but behaves like the above, defending someone who really deserves no defense.After mskyootie44 left the board in a snit, she made a sock puppet claiming to be her sister that told us we should all be ashamed of how mean we were because mskyootie was cutting herself in the bathroom.
Deltoid has nice examples of drama queens posing as sock puppets. Eli is neitherSomeone who turns something unimportant into a major deal. Someone who blows things way out of proportion when ever the chance is given.
"Oh my god! You copied that without giving the other person credit! That is just mean. You're horrible, don't talk to me. Im gonna go tell everyone what a cruel person you are just so they will pay attention to me and think im cool.
**Oh yeah for the drama queens, the bunny is from Save on Crafts
Do Rabetts even wear socks?
ReplyDeleteI know you are not one Eli, but if you were, I would think "Paw Puppet" -- or just "Pawpet" -- might be more apt.
Me thinks this theme has definite potential as the basis of another (even goofier) poem.
I've got to keep pushing the envelope, you know.
Keep your ears peeled.
As promised
ReplyDeletePets, Puppets and Pawpets
Dano, like Eli, is a nom d' e-, not a sock puppet.
ReplyDeleteDano started doing this way back when at the old TCS, and found H.I. Miller using sock puppets, CEI lawyer Chris Horner (my great regret is not saving that evidence, and TCS wiped Horner's comments from the archive), and a number of ad agencies in SE Michigan using anonymouses to push their pro-car agendas (e.g. how to recall Gray Davis immediately after he offered a tailpipe emissions bill).
Anyway, before Dano I used my real name and e-m address, and received a virus attack at work. Fortunately, it was intercepted and no harm was done. One of the IT guys found the virus interesting and returned to sender. But that prompted my taking a nom d' e-, because I found that some folks don't like you pointing out certain things; apparently The Internets is for malinformation dissemination too, and the "right" to disseminate malinformation is vigorously guarded by some.
Best,
D
Sure. Right. But Ethon I'm not so sure about.
ReplyDeleteEthon is a "clawpet".
ReplyDeleteThanks for your work, professor Rabett, you really make a difference for many people.
ReplyDeleteAnd a good new year too.
Professor: pen name, yes; sock puppet, no. So drop the sock -- including any queens attached, of course.;~)
ReplyDeleteBy what if my real name is actually Mus musculus anonymouse?
ReplyDeleteMus musculus anonymouse