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Next thing I now, I had a bunch of naked guys on my profile.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:13:31 -0800

According to LA's Fox 11, Anonymous is epic evil and considered harmful.

By: psmealey

psmealey — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:19:05 -0800

That exploding van b-roll was a nice touch. Had nothing to do with anything, of course, but a nice touch nevertheless.

By: grobstein

grobstein — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:19:50 -0800

His girlfriend left him.

By: litfit

litfit — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:20:21 -0800

When /b/tards attack, next on FOX.

By: Mach5

Mach5 — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:21:37 -0800

the best part is when this smarmy reporter with that awful movie background music says 'LULZ'. i wish i was in an internet hacker gang.

By: furtive

furtive — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:21:47 -0800

It looks like anonymous terrorists have already won.

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:23:08 -0800

Shitting christ. Savour this, brethren, for this is amongst the most epic lulz of all time. Somewhere, someone just won the entire internets.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:25:11 -0800

man yells fire in crowded theatre, hundreds picture their own grisley deaths. their charred bodies would look like THIS X-TREMEly graphic stock video of the aftermath from the Great White inferno... I love how they mention in the bombastic report that they like to screw with myspace users mostly, then extrapolate that into Oklahoma City bombing proportions.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:27:06 -0800

You have to feel sorry for that gay kid.

By: Item

Item — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:28:36 -0800

LOLZkillerz!

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:30:07 -0800

By: orlandogreer

orlandogreer — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:31:29 -0800

In the world I see - you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

By: WhipSmart

WhipSmart — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:33:37 -0800

lulz, epic fail Fox...

By: adipocere

adipocere — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:33:53 -0800

I've been a b-tard for a while. Someone might want to tell this Fox News guy that Hal Jordan was just an experiment.

By: furtive

furtive — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:35:13 -0800

Take any George Bush speech and replace "freedom loving" with "emo loving" and you understand the scale of this epidemic.

By: hincandenza

hincandenza — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:36:28 -0800

Oh god, that's hysterical. The cherry on top, the thing that had me near to tears? That John F. Beard was the anchor that introduced the story. "Do you know anonymous? There's a reward in it if you do!"

By: Krrrlson

Krrrlson — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:40:39 -0800

i wish i was in an internet hacker gang. According to FOX, you already are.

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:41:25 -0800

That stadium bomb threat they mentioned has nothing whatsoever to do with some nebulous agglutination of anonymous super-hackers. It was a prank that originated at The Friend Society., as reported by CBS, Salon, and Fox itself.

By: lekvar

lekvar — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:43:02 -0800

I don't want anybody to freak out, but Anonymous has invaded this site! They could be watching us right now!

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:43:51 -0800

What with this and Fox News Channel's new crusade against bloggers, it feels like Murdoch has ordered a corporate strategy to make people believe the only safe website is MySpace.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:45:32 -0800

This is some kind of viral clip for Arrested Development, right?

By: chlorus

chlorus — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:46:51 -0800

Fox 11 + Chocolate Rain = End of Internet History.

By: Krrrlson

Krrrlson — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:46:58 -0800

I guess I know what happened to all the Adequacy.org members... they went on to successful careers at FOX news.

By: hojoki

hojoki — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:50:36 -0800

"treating the web like a real-life video game." heh

By: dobbs

dobbs — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:52:41 -0800

Fuck that was hilarious.

By: sotonohito

sotonohito — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:56:11 -0800

My main question is: was that blurred and voice altered guy doing the (supposed to be) scary "we never forgive, never forget" speech a Fox news employee or confederate, or some incredibly lucky prankster who actually got the Fox news "reporters" to think he was really part of Anonymous?

By: O9scar

O9scar — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:00:36 -0800

That was hysterical - in both senses of the word.

By: Poolio

Poolio — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:01:27 -0800

Anonymous sounds worse than Daily Kos.

By: litfit

litfit — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:03:07 -0800

For the clueless, chaotic image board 4chan (which is in fact not a "secret website") has a running joke where anyone who posts as "Anonymous" (i.e. most posters) are the same person or the same organization. So now, in-jokes qualify as news. And for the clueless, remaining clueless is a safe bet. Unless you're in systems administration or network security, it's the wild west and the content will probably make you regret your humanity. Thing is like a honeypot for trolls.

By: mendel

mendel — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:04:45 -0800

Encyclopedia Dramatica has background on Alex Wuori, the shadowed, voice-disguised former /b/tard in the video, who also prompted the story in the first place, and whose parents were the folks that got "phone tracking and a dog".

By: lupus_yonderboy

lupus_yonderboy — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:07:50 -0800

I don't find this funny, but terribly disturbing, that supposed "journalists" can have a part in this stuff -- isn't Fox the most watched "news" channel in America? How do we have any hope of surviving?

By: Epenthesis

Epenthesis — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:07:53 -0800

You know, now I kind of understand why the Republicans don't want to do a YouTube debate.

By: fleetmouse

fleetmouse — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:11:26 -0800

This internets sounds dangerous. Maybe we should shut it down or make people get internets licenses so we can know who they are.

By: flibbertigibbet

flibbertigibbet — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:11:59 -0800

This is right up there with Fox's "roving lesbian gangs" report for sheer hysterical crapola.

By: wfrgms

wfrgms — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:14:58 -0800

zOMGBUYADOGQUK!

By: PHINC

PHINC — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:15:11 -0800

Wow, you can't make up shit like that. F-ing brilliant. If I ever make a movie there will be lots of exploding vans and blurred out faces and maybe MySpace gay men.

By: chunking express

chunking express — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:16:23 -0800

Is Fox news always this hilarious? That was comedy gold.

By: chunking express

chunking express — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:17:12 -0800

God Damn LULZ KILLAHS

By: ORthey

ORthey — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:18:40 -0800

I think his girlfriend left him because she found out he was the type who would appear on Fox News Investigations.

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:18:46 -0800

Destroy Die Attack Buy a dog

By: imperium

imperium — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:21:50 -0800

This is right up there with Fox's "roving lesbian gangs" report for sheer hysterical crapola. Linkplz.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:25:41 -0800

Ahahahaha. That was wonderful. 1,000 internets for you, sir.

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:26:12 -0800

roving lesbian gangs

By: brownpau

brownpau — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:27:02 -0800

FOX11HBT. FOX11HL. LULZ.

By: mendel

mendel — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:30:41 -0800

I don't find this funny, but terribly disturbing, that supposed "journalists" can have a part in this stuff -- isn't Fox the most watched "news" channel in America? This is, at least, just one local Fox affiliate, and not national news. I mentioned it to a friend who happens to live in the area that that affiliate serves, and the friend said "Phil Shuman [the reporter] has been a local moron for the last 20+ years".

By: avoision

avoision — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:31:51 -0800

*Demonstration*

By: lupus_yonderboy

lupus_yonderboy — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:35:15 -0800

I guess what's frightening to me is that I can't believe anyone smart enough to manage putting out a network television program could be dumb enough to actually believe this stuff. Which means that the producers just went and made it up, expecting people to believe deliberate lies. I kind of understand when they make up political stuff, because they have strong reasons for doing so, and perhaps they're even lying to themselves, but something like this makes me believe that they, Fox News, are consciously lying a lot of the time and that they sit there and plan the best way to get their lies across.

By: saturnine

saturnine — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:35:34 -0800

Fox news always gives me EPIC lulz.

By: imperium

imperium — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:35:53 -0800

lesbians now missing. not even on search.

By: Tuwa

Tuwa — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:37:23 -0800

Hooray for paranoid "they."

By: Uther Bentrazor

Uther Bentrazor — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:38:27 -0800

The Roving Lesbian Gangs thing was an O'Reilly peice which he retracted the next day.

By: RokkitNite

RokkitNite — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:38:49 -0800

Holy crap. The Day That Satire Ate Itself.

By: mendel

mendel — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:41:25 -0800

It's slightly suspicious to me that the clip doesn't mention 4chan even as it shows screenshots of it. I mean, Alex doesn't respect Rule 1 and 2, so why did Fox 11?

By: djgh

djgh — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:42:01 -0800

That was hilarious.

By: lupus_yonderboy

lupus_yonderboy — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:42:28 -0800

Aha, thanks for the clarification, mendel -- I'm glad this is only a regional show -- not having a TV, I don't really have a good feel for the structure of the TV world. Of course, I'm still expecting an eventual outcome like this...

By: Avenger

Avenger — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:44:37 -0800

amazing. we're actually witnessing the creation of a new terrorist organization. In two years or so, there will be congressional investigations into "Anonymous -- the secret worldwide hacking consortium bent on world conquest." Senators will be demanding greater government control over the internet while Fox strikes fear into the hearts of the masses. Sadly, I'm only about 50% kidding.

By: Zack_Replica

Zack_Replica — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:45:40 -0800

We could combine the two, and they could be Anonymous Roving Lesbian Gangs on Steroids. There's a porno in there somewhere - we could get Russ Meyer to direct, even though he's dead. It'll be the feel-good hit of the summer.

By: everichon

everichon — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:46:32 -0800

I'm off to drop a dime on this other secret terrorist group. It's over, folks. The stupids win, by dint of sheer numbers.

By: dirigibleman

dirigibleman — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:46:43 -0800

This is, at least, just one local Fox affiliate, and not national news. You can tell, because Fox News would have blown up a much nicer random vehicle.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:46:57 -0800

That is hilarious. I may have to give Fox news another chance - I hadn't been thinking of it as a TV Onion before.

By: katillathehun

katillathehun — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:47:31 -0800

"And ALWAYS posted on the internet." YOU AIN'T KIDDIN', CLETUS!

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:48:47 -0800

I'm guessing (didn't see the original post) that this is the lesbian gangs video.

By: Iron Rat

Iron Rat — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:48:51 -0800

This post is win, foxnews is epic fail.

By: everichon

everichon — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:49:45 -0800

Lesbian gangs are always tagging with their lavender Krylon in my neighborhood, when they're not recruiting Innocent Young Girls to their gruesome Sapphic agenda.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:52:15 -0800

I hadn't been thinking of it as a TV Onion before. I tried that, mjjj, but it eats your conscience. Somewhere you *know* it's sadly and acutely real, and you can only delude yourself for so long until it kills the humour. Then again I'm not American, and they pulled Fox News from the digital cable selection where I am, so I am again resigned to the intarwebs' fine selection of Worsts Of. And thus my lulz are reinvigorated.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:54:08 -0800

OMG! He's everywhere!

By: nasreddin

nasreddin — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:56:47 -0800

I just wanted to pop in and mention that Mr. Stadium Bomb Threat is one of my best friends. He's not an idiot, but the FBI sure are.

By: George_Spiggott

George_Spiggott — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:04:03 -0800

I particularly admire the way they expose conspiracies to spoil the new Harry Potter book and blow up stadiums with radioactive material... in that order.

By: Arturus

Arturus — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:04:38 -0800

The Great Big Mulp: It was only first discovered on TFS, which provided a much more stable link to the copypasta than 4chan did. Someone there had reposted it from 4chan, as talked about in this wikipedia article. TFS went down for a while at the time, but it was actually just because they ran out of bandwidth with everyone visiting the site after seeing them on the news, despite rumors that the FBI had shut them down.

By: fleetmouse

fleetmouse — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:07:26 -0800

everichon: It's over, folks. The stupids win, by dint of sheer numbers. Dammit Smith, the pinks cannot win. If they imprison you, you carve your manifesto in the stone walls with tiny bones harvested from your ears. If they eat you, you fight your way out from the inside. If they put flourescent tubes outside your bedroom window, you shoot them out with your psychic potato gun. The pinks cannot win. TAKE BACK THE SLACK.

By: SweetJesus

SweetJesus — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:13:05 -0800

That Encyclopedia Dramatica link is insane. I have no idea why it wouldn't be considered telephonic stalking, or something similar. Just insane...

By: everichon

everichon — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:14:56 -0800

*unzips Everichon suit from forehead to crotch* As soon as I write up my report, America will learn of this MeFist threat that has been brewing in her bosom these eight years. THEIR SINISTER MANTRA? "HOPE ME."

By: SweetJesus

SweetJesus — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:16:19 -0800

Despite claiming to be one of Anonymous, Alex claimed to have shut down 7chan. After Anonymous flocked to 420chan in the days following /i/'s death, Alex threatened to have 420chan shut down as well. Information about his family was dug up and prank phone calls began. Rumors about his status as the Final Boss of the Internet were discussed since he is somehow more of a closet faggot than Hal Turner. Ok, that made me laugh really hard...

By: Rangeboy

Rangeboy — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:17:43 -0800

Metafilter: An internet hate machine.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:18:00 -0800

And according to AskMe, anonymous has tons of sex and relationship issues. No wonder he wants to blow stuff up.

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:21:47 -0800

This poor guy and his family were so traumatised by the attention they were getting that they appeared on Fox News in the hope people would stop noticing them.

By: nasreddin

nasreddin — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:23:45 -0800

PS: My friend never actually blew up some dude's van. That's just stock footage. Also, I find it really ironic that the media is condemning the invasion of people's privacy.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:32:16 -0800

By the way, when we say Anonymous is so bent on "a nationwide campaign" of spoiling Harry Potter, exactly which nation are we talking about? Because the voice in the bookstore footage sounds as English as Scroobius Pip. (Thou shalt not spoil Harry Potter, etc. ;))

By: quin

quin — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:41:33 -0800

I came ->||< - this close to posting this yesterday when a friend sent it to me. you snooze, you lulz i guess. The tone of voice of the narrator just kept cracking me up. It was so ridiculous it felt like a parody of something else. If Fox is going to keep doing this, they are going to need to come out and admit that they aren't doing news, they are just a giant satirical art installation.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:45:45 -0800

Let's just hope they don't find out about the cabal.

By: ericb

ericb — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:49:38 -0800

I don't want anybody to freak out, but Anonymous has invaded this site! Yeah -- and what's with him/her asking so many questions at AskMeFi?

By: seanyboy

seanyboy — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:53:27 -0800

Wait for a sign from Gozer the Traveller; he will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldronaii, the Traveller came as a large and moving Torb. Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex Supplicants, they chose a new form for him -- that of a Giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Lulz knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day I can tell you!

By: PontifexPrimus

PontifexPrimus — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:55:31 -0800

When I hear stuff like that I become more and more convinced that I've fallen into the Illuminatus! trilogy and am now a character in the books. I mean, "grounded in reality" seems to be optional nowadays, be it news, politics, or economics...

By: furtive

furtive — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:05:05 -0800

There is no cabal.

By: 2sheets

2sheets — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:07:14 -0800

THANKS FOR THE SPOILER, PONTIFEXPRIMUS

By: fleetmouse

fleetmouse — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:11:35 -0800

VOLDEMORT KILLS FNORD

By: maus

maus — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:11:44 -0800

looks like we're invading 4chanistan next

By: Postroad

Postroad — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:17:41 -0800

I have no fears because we have Chernoff and the Patriot Act to protect us

By: dilettante

dilettante — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:19:05 -0800

So FOX news is moving to quickly to pick up the low-tech and Luddite portion of the market niche that was formerly filled by the Weekly World News?

By: quin

quin — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:22:54 -0800

hahaha. lulz

By: ninjew

ninjew — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:28:07 -0800

Wow, you can't make up shit like that. F-ing brilliant. If I ever make a movie there will be lots of exploding vans and blurred out faces and maybe MySpace gay men. posted by PHINC at 11:15 AM on July 28 Don't let Michael Bay beat you to it and make $158 million off your idea.

By: ninjew

ninjew — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:30:37 -0800

"I don't want anybody to freak out, but Anonymous has invaded this site! Yeah -- and what's with him/her asking so many questions at AskMeFi?" He might be a terrorist, but he sure doesn't know how to keep a stable relationship going.

By: SassHat

SassHat — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:30:45 -0800

Fox 11 INTERN TIMMY is scanning the /d/ board on 4Chan. FOX 11 NEWS PRODUCER enters the room. PRODUCER Say Timmy, where did you put my notes for tonight's newscast? (notices the image on-screen) Good lord why does that little girl have a tentacle penis?! TIMMY (nervously) Uh, this is research...for a segment I think you should do. PRODUCER (draws closer in fascination) Yes, yes...I think we can work with this. Tell me everything you know. TIMMY Well, first of all, the people all call themselves 'Anonymous'...

By: Kwine

Kwine — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:33:00 -0800

bump

By: niles

niles — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:44:09 -0800

set

By: quin

quin — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:46:36 -0800

SPIKE!

By: jaronson

jaronson — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:04:18 -0800

Now cut that out! This is sers bness.

By: MonkeySaltedNuts

MonkeySaltedNuts — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:15:28 -0800

ouch

By: Sticherbeast

Sticherbeast — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:22:22 -0800

Anonymous does not forgive. Anonymous does not forget. Anonymous does not like yellow vans. Also, I enjoy how FoxNews obeyed rules 1 and 2. They didn't actually mention you-know-what! Maybe this is just an extremely elaborate prank, by Anonymous, against Wuori. Now THAT would be incredible. Their win was, to use their terminology, epic.

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:36:18 -0800

Also, I enjoy how FoxNews obeyed rules 1 and 2. I kept waiting for them to tell people that anonymous is from eBaum'sWorld.

By: SageLeVoid

SageLeVoid — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:39:17 -0800

It looks like a skit straight from Mr. Show.

By: TheOnlyCoolTim

TheOnlyCoolTim — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:44:42 -0800

The best part is the most hacking this "hacking group" is accused of is dictionary attacks on weakly-passworded MySpaces.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:47:52 -0800

What are rules 1 and 2?

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:48:59 -0800

Also, I enjoy how FoxNews obeyed rules 1 and 2. They didn't actually mention you-know-what! Maybe this is just an extremely elaborate prank, by Anonymous, against Wuori. Now THAT would be incredible. Well, they did say that they spent "months" looking at the hackers "board" or whatever.

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:49:04 -0800

What are rules 1 and 2? You do not talk about... I've said too much already.

By: Uther Bentrazor

Uther Bentrazor — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:49:50 -0800

1780488 GET

By: Sticherbeast

Sticherbeast — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:56:02 -0800

The best part is the most hacking this "hacking group" is accused of is dictionary attacks on weakly-passworded MySpaces. Well, there was this.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:56:44 -0800

Encylopedia Dramatica rocks (NSFW). So much bizarre, random stuff

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:06:52 -0800

I'll have what she's having. Will you people STOP ENCOURAGING FOX'S BEHAVIOR! Watching them, even to laugh and heckle, is just encouraging them. Has it ever occurred to you that they occasionally make stupid stuff like this ON PURPOSE so that people like YOU will keep watching them? How better to cater to a wide range of people than to tell some people what they want to hear and other people what makes them laugh?

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:13:18 -0800

Watching them, even to laugh and heckle, is just encouraging them. On YouTube? This is not how media works.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:18:02 -0800

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THEM. Any publicity is good publicity. They really don't care that we don't care much about them. The very fact I'm typing these words is encouraging their behavior. The only way to take away their power is to stop pretending they matter in any way, shape, or form.

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:20:25 -0800

This is not how media works.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:21:10 -0800

I wanna see The Network That Shall Not Be Named go the way of UPN, the WB network, and the dodo bird.

By: Zemat

Zemat — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:24:08 -0800

Encylopedia Dramatica rocks (NSFW). So much bizarre, random stuff Just a fair warning. Eventually, something posted there will offend somebody. Which is clearly part of it's purpose. Incidentally MetaFilter tends to offend more people, more often than ED ever does.

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:27:34 -0800

Actually, you're probably right. They thrive on people hating them and I have personal experience of this. I was approached by a Fox News team in Buffalo a couple of years ago, looking for man-on-the-street political reaction for someone of my racial background. Of course, my political views didn't fit the profile they wanted. They actually became quite aggressive when I wouldn't spin things the way they demanded. One of the camera crew raised a fist to me, it all got out of hand and my mom got scared, she said "You're moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air". I whistled for a cab and when it came near the license plate said "FRESH" and it had a dice in the mirror. If anything I would say that this cab was rare but I thought "Nah, forget it, yo Holmes, to Bel Air". I pulled up to the house about seven or eight and I yelled to the cabbie, "Yo Holmes, smell you later". Looked at my kingdom, I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the prince of Bel Air.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:35:56 -0800

Don't let Michael Bay beat you to it and make $158 million off your idea. posted by ninjew at 11:28 AM on July 28 What with the gay aspect, I'm thinking you'd have to worry more about Tony Scott.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:39:06 -0800

ZachsMind: It was a fox affiliate not the network itself. It's just a random local news bit.

By: Lentrohamsanin

Lentrohamsanin — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:44:20 -0800

Watching them, even to laugh and heckle, is just encouraging them. That's why I never watched Firefly.

By: fungible

fungible — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:57:10 -0800

The only way to take away their power is to stop pretending they matter in any way, shape, or form. Oh, thanks, Zach. I just lost The Game, thanks to you.

By: flibbertigibbet

flibbertigibbet — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:15:30 -0800

Here's a working 'Roving Lesbian Gangs' video.

By: George_Spiggott

George_Spiggott — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:24:29 -0800

You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!

By: tehloki

tehloki — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:51:52 -0800

This thread decidedly lacks a c-c-c-combo breakerrr

By: tkchrist

tkchrist — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:03:16 -0800

Don't even LOOK at the letters F-O-X. It only emboldens them. In dact frim niw in I will ni linger type with thise letters.

By: imperium

imperium — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:51:13 -0800

*pic of big letter F standing up, waving its horizontal sections" Im in ur sentence, spoilin ur joke.

By: dhammond

dhammond — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:55:46 -0800

But what does this mean for my weekend, John Beard?

By: taursir

taursir — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:12:50 -0800

Anonymouse to the rescue.

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:38:01 -0800

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brownpau — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:50:40 -0800

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By: Sticherbeast

Sticherbeast — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:51:14 -0800

C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER

By: Sticherbeast

Sticherbeast — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:51:30 -0800

OH FUCK

By: brownpau

brownpau — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:51:32 -0800

combo ftw

By: nasreddin

nasreddin — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:53:50 -0800

lulz

By: Sticherbeast

Sticherbeast — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:14:59 -0800

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By: treepour

treepour — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:42:04 -0800

When I hear stuff like that I become more and more convinced that I've fallen into the Illuminatus! trilogy and am now a character in the books. Baudrillard makes more and more sense everyday.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:49:40 -0800

Fungible, that is completely unfair, man. I have gone MONTHS without thinking about that stupid Game. I DIDN'T think about The Game when I WROTE those words, and here you go blatantly mentioning The Game which makes me think about The Game. I honestly don't care that you lost. Why'd you have to tell me? That's cheating. You just cheated at The Game. You big meanie beanie. DelMoi, I don't give the time of day to actual foxes in the wild or in the zoo because of The Network That Shall Not Be Named. I don't care if it's a local affiliate or a station that used to be but isn't anymore or whut. The Network That Shall Not Be Named is like, evil! ...and stuff! Firefly was the last straw for me. Actually that and Tru Calling was a one-two punch that told me The Network That Shall Not Be Named doesn't care what I like to watch, so I don't care what it broadcasts. It doesn't care about you. So stop caring about it. Or. Y'know. Don't. Just don't come cryin' to me when The Network That Shall Not Be Named breaks your heart.

By: OverlappingElvis

OverlappingElvis — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:04:59 -0800

By: TheOnlyCoolTim

TheOnlyCoolTim — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:10:26 -0800

That's cheating. You just cheated at The Game. You big meanie beanie. I think this thread is done enough to derail, so I have to say that what he did was not at all cheating. When you lose The Game, it's fair to announce it, even if in writing this I just lost The Game and so did all of you. In fact, I think that's the closest one can come to winning.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:09:01 -0800

Thanks, now I lost.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:35:25 -0800

I'm glad the Roving Lesbian Gangs menace is finally being addressed. I've been gravely concerned about the lesbian gang threat since this startling 1979 documentary. (Although according to the documentary, lesbians, like Nazis, are terrible shots.)

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:15:15 -0800

The only way to win is not to play. =P However, apparently once you know, you can't not play; I'd prefer Mornington Crescent but nobody will play with me. *sniff*

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:23:23 -0800

Nothing was done to address the Hells Grannies biker gangs that stormed England in the early 70s, or the baby snatchers... despite Eric Idle's startling 1969 documentary.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:11:33 -0800

LOLWUT? So that’s the other end of the bell curve I’ve been hearing about. I mean I’m pretty damn clueless and I’ve caught most of this in passing. Jeezuz, someone give Fox news one free internet.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:57:11 -0800

Anonymous responds

By: humannaire

humannaire — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:08:48 -0800

Meanwhile, back at the Batcave...

By: psmealey

psmealey — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:50:04 -0800

That's cheating. You just cheated at The Game. A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?