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6/28/05 The Biggest Rip
Off of All Time! I'm sure you've all heard the "big news" about the next "great thing" to grace the internet with its presence. Yep that's right, I'm talking about ryanridley.com. Or as I like to call it, "The Biggest Rip Off of All Time." I mistakenly told my "friend" Mr. Ridley about waderandolph.com, (which is, by the way, a far superior site) and it was only seconds before he began chattering on about how he had |
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"never thought" about simply writing a bunch of shit on a website, and what a good idea it was. Well, it turns out I should have heeded this seemingly throw-away line as a veiled warning. I mean, if you know Ryan at all, you know he's a huge flake who is all talk 99% of the time. Welcome to the other 1% everybody! In one of the most shocking displays of idea theft of all time, ryanridley.com was launched, featuring, what else? A bunch of shit for people to read. Sound familiar, Mr. Ridley? Oh, but not to be left out, there's even a little jab at yours truly! As if creative larceny wasn't enough, he takes it one step forward, and rubs it in my face: "So, in lieu of any kind of direction or focus, this will temporarily serve as a dumping ground for some stuff I have written. Eat your heart out waderandolph.com!" he boasts on his front page. Now here's a segment from my front page: "It may go without saying that this is my website. I tell people I'm a writer, so I guess that's what I'll do here. Just write a bunch of crap and throw it on here." Let's compare...shall we? "...in lieu of any kind of direction or focus..." Fancy writing, Wordsworth. Which version of Webster's New World Thesaurus have you been thumbing through? And now mine: "It may go without saying that this is my website." A breath of fresh air after muddling through Ridley's post-graduate thesis like vernacular! Unlike our "friend", I get to the point, and tell the audience what they want to hear. That this is, indeed, my website. "...this will temporarily serve as a dumping ground for some stuff I have written." Hmmm, that's very interesting.... Where could you think of such a wonderful idea? Could it have been... from right here!: "I tell people I'm a writer, so I guess that's what I'll do here. Just write a bunch of crap and throw it on here." It would take a blind man not to see the similarities! "Dumping ground" is to "throw it on here" as "some stuff I have written" is to "write a bunch of crap". A blatant burglary! I implore you to defy this reasoning! And then, of course, the taunt to me: "Eat your heart out waderandolph.com!" Which, in my opinion, proves that Mr. Ridley is completely guilty. But hold on! The story doesn't end there. You may remember seeing my awesome segment called "Comic Day!". Well, upon seeing this, the repulsive Ridley smiled and hissed with that forked tongue of his saying, "That's a really great idea. I never thought about doing that." I feel it is almost my duty to respond with legal action before more of these transgressions take place. Stay tuned, as our story continues, to waderandolph.com for insightful, witty writing. And, if you must, its doppelganger, ryanridley.com for more long-winded rip-offs. |
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