18 Responses to “Chris Clarke Has Done Something to Offend Me”

1. gordo Says:
   October 12th, 2006 at 6:33 pm

   Maybe I’ve just gotten too involved in the Alas/Pandagon/Playboy/Hottie McNaturepants soap opera, but I found that thread quite interesting and amusing. I especially liked this comment by Berube:

   I agree with Ben on both counts, and as for the latter, I nominate my own Troll of the Moment, Kirby Olson. For as I’ve made clear in my own blog’s Reserve Clause, I reserve the right to trade trolls with any other blog at any time prior to the official Blog League troll trading deadline. I personally draw the line at bot trolls whose comments provide links to porn sites, but I endorse most human trolls who will mock people who make sure that their stalwart opposition to cartoon evil was made known in every possible venue.

   I understand that some blogs oppose troll trading on principle, however, and I have entered into troll-sharing arrangements with two or three of these. The details of our contractual agreements, however, are private.

2. Stram Says:
   October 12th, 2006 at 6:35 pm

   I reserve the right to:

   “Sell this domain to any person or corporation I choose for any reason at any time”

   Uh, Chris thinks pretty hightly of himself, huh? I think the YouTube news this week must have gotten to him.

   Well, then again, maybe PT Barnum was right.

3. gordo Says:
   October 12th, 2006 at 6:45 pm

   Stram–

   First of all, I would assume that he gets some pretty good traffic, so he could probably find a buyer. Second, he makes clear that he’s actually talking about blogs in general, and amptoons.com in particular, rather than his own site.

4. Brian tha Texas transplant Says:
   October 12th, 2006 at 7:44 pm

   I dunno, I thought it was pretty funny myself. Then again, I thought spaceballs was one of the funniest movies of all time…so what do I know…

5. Chris Clarke Says:
   October 12th, 2006 at 8:28 pm

   Uh, Chris thinks pretty hightly of himself, huh?

   Like THAT’s news.

   I lucked into getting a domain that’s a common two-syllable English word. Selling the domain has nothing to do with the quality, or lack thereof, of my site.

6. auguste Says:
   October 13th, 2006 at 12:42 am

   Gordo, Stram, Brian:

   Let’s not forget that this thread is about me, and my offendedness.

   Don’t come around here with your own issues. Start your own thread.*

   * After all, everyone else is.

7. P. T. Barnum Says:
   October 13th, 2006 at 9:51 pm

   Hear ye! Hear ye! Step right up! I hereby offer to buy Chris Clarke’s blog for the princely sum of one hundred dollars. Come one, come all and see the Fabulous Faultline! One dollar only! And for only one additional dollar, be sure to see the Fabulous Egress!*

   * Separate re-admission charge applies.

8. auguste Says:
   October 13th, 2006 at 10:24 pm

   I hadn’t heard that the anti-net neutrality folks had enlisted PT Barnum as a spokesman, but I guess it’s only logical.

9. gordo Says:
   October 14th, 2006 at 10:17 am

   I’m starting to think that auguste, Chris Clarke, and Michael (PT Barnum) Berube are all the same person. I can’t remember the last time I saw one of them on a thread without seeing the other two as well.

10. auguste Says:
    October 14th, 2006 at 1:12 pm

    Dude. I’m so totally claiming that as true.

    Yes, folks, I, Auguste, am also two of the very best prosaists in the entire blogosphere.

    I’m Raul Groom, too - don’t listen to APS.

11. Amanda Marcotte Says:
    October 14th, 2006 at 1:24 pm

    I’m so offended, gordo. I’m totally a member of that posse and you completely forgot about me.

12. Brian tha Texas transplant Says:
    October 14th, 2006 at 8:05 pm

    Man, and Roseanne thought SHE had problems…

13. Chris Clarke Says:
    October 14th, 2006 at 11:18 pm

    I’m so offended, gordo.

    Oops. Sorry. Forgot to change my handle back for that one.

14. Michael Bérubé Says:
    October 15th, 2006 at 10:46 pm

    Oh, I like how the ringleader says she’s just “a member of that posse.” Right, like P. T. Barnum was just a trapeze artist or something.

15. gordo Says:
    October 16th, 2006 at 12:32 am

    Amanda–

    I thought they kicked you out of the posse for linking to porn or something.

16. auguste Says:
    October 16th, 2006 at 1:33 am

    No, gordo, that was how she got in.

17. Chris Clarke Says:
    October 16th, 2006 at 12:18 pm

    You people claim you’re so evolved and yet given half a chance, you’re all yammering on sexistly about p…

    Oh. Posse. Read that wrong. Never mind.

18. Shepard Fairey Says:
    October 16th, 2006 at 4:31 pm

    Chris Clarke has a posse.