infundibulum 2006 December

Apparently…

December 11th, 2006

I’m an INTP.

Go forth and navel-gaze.

Come to think of it, these things are sort of creepy in a Scientology kind of way.

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The Greatest Sentence in Wikipedia (Fun while it lasted)

December 9th, 2006

It seems that the greatest sentence in Wikipedia has come up against… well, Wikipedia.

If you are among the unilluminated, I quote it for you here in its once-glorious entirety, from the Punch and Judy article:

Featuring, as it does, a deformed, child-murdering, wife-beating psychopath who commits appalling acts of violence and cruelty upon all those around him and escapes scot-free, it is greatly enjoyed by small children.

Hear ye, Nature editors, Bitter Journalists and Other Cretins who would presume to suggest that Wikipedia cannot ascend to the heights of literary genius! Thou art shamed by this Literary Marvel!

But alas, NPOV is a harsh mistress. To what depths have we fallen? Phraseology, she is a changin’:

The stereotypical view of Punch casts him as a deformed, child-murdering, wife-beating psychopath who commits appalling acts of violence and cruelty upon all those around him and escapes scot-free, - and is thus greatly enjoyed by small children.

A travesty, I tell you, a travesty.

But this is Wikipedia. This is a perfectly good excuse to argue! Behold, Talk Page Conflagrations!

The line is a violation of NPOV. How the fuck do you know what goes on in the minds of children? Are you a psychic? Do children enjoy puppet shows without violence? Do they laugh at shows without violence? You don’t know shit. And wikipedia is full of morons like yourself. This whole encyclopedia is polluted by garbage points of view, propagated by loser nerds who have nothing better to do than try to be clever online.–Capsela 15:59, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Your comments are in violation of WP:CIV & WP:NPA. Besides, I think you are looking at this out of scope. We are talking about puppet murder here. I for one would like to see more puppet murder, I don’t feel that our kids get enough as it is. Kids like violence, I’ve personally observed children laughing at slap-stick antics on classic and modern cartoons where characters are hurt.Cfpresley 19:31, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

It never ends!

Oh man, I hope it never ends.

Wikipedia is greatly enjoyed by this small child.

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