Via the dedicated harasser Daniel Waddell on Mayhew’s Facebook page.
Mar 01 2013
The two old muppets in the balcony
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Mar 01 2013
Via the dedicated harasser Daniel Waddell on Mayhew’s Facebook page.
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Anthony K
March 1, 2013 at 4:45 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
How lazy. Bad cutting and pasting.
Sara E. Mayhew would hate that, if she had a single shred of integrity. But she doesn’t, so she won’t.
F [nucular nyandrothol]
March 1, 2013 at 4:45 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Hooray for douchebaggery.
abbeycadabra
March 1, 2013 at 4:48 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
It’s almost an accidental compliment. Statler and Waldorf were always a lot sharper and funnier than the stuff they heckled.
Anthony K
March 1, 2013 at 4:49 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
You’re asking the KopyKat Kids to understand their source material?
leni
March 1, 2013 at 4:50 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Abbey beat me to it. As far as insults go that was an epic fail. Those guys were awesome
jenniferphillips
March 1, 2013 at 5:02 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
ditto abbeycadabra and leni—I LOVED Statler & Waldorf! They always had the best lines, were the wittiest part of the show by far, and they were always right.
Another own-goal. I chortle.
WMDKitty -- feeling so very small
March 1, 2013 at 5:14 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Agreed with all comments above — this may have been intended as an insult, but it’s really just highlighting how utterly awesome you are.
…huh. Odd. I have the strangest urge to go watch The Muppet Show.
Stephanie Zvan
March 1, 2013 at 5:38 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Well, you know, aside from the fat shaming and the age shaming of putting Miss Piggy in my place and a sunken-faced (read: toothless) old lady in Ophelia. Otherwise, sure, totes a compliment.
Ophelia Benson
March 1, 2013 at 5:55 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Not to mention that my hair isn’t plastered down and parted in the middle. I mean really. Really!
WMDKitty -- feeling so very small
March 1, 2013 at 6:21 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I’ve always seen Miss Piggy as the strong, independent, non-conforming, take-no-shit type of woman. The Grumpy Old Men (as mentioned above) are a lot sharper (and funnier) than the targets of their snark.
I see these as positive traits.
*shrugs*
YMMV, and that’s cool too.
leni
March 1, 2013 at 6:39 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Ah I didn’t actually see Miss Piggy, I’m on my phone and the picture is very very tiny. But still insulting people by comparing them to beloved characters? Fail. Well they pretty much always fail but this was more faily than normal.
Stephanie Zvan
March 1, 2013 at 6:58 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I appreciate that y’all don’t want me to feel bad. I do. However, I really don’t need reassurances.
What I want is for people to understand and acknowledge that the attempt was made to declare Ophelia and myself to be invalid participants in the discussion based on age and being overweight, not to brush it off as “Aw, Muppets.” Because most of the time they attempt to do this shit, they’re not using Muppets.
WMDKitty -- feeling so very small
March 1, 2013 at 7:03 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Stephanie
Point taken.
mildlymagnificent
March 1, 2013 at 7:06 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Right now …. I think I’m going to have to wait until today is over (my time). Otherwise there’ll be too many donations for too many halfwitted reasons. 10 and a half hours to go, then it’ll be in the name of March’s first Saturday.
Stephanie Zvan
March 1, 2013 at 7:19 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Thanks, WMDKitty.
leni
March 1, 2013 at 7:53 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Ok fair enough, Stephanie.
Still an epic fail though.
jenniferphillips
March 1, 2013 at 7:56 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Point well taken, Stephanie. My first impulse was to respond to the absurdity, but you’re right–beneath that is a petty cruelty that isn’t remotely funny.
hjhornbeck
March 1, 2013 at 8:29 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Thanks, Mayhew, because your little stunt has led me to make three donations to Benson and Zvan in twenty four hours. Before Bensen suggested donations, in fact, I was content to freeload and contribute nothing more than comments; now, through the actions of people like you, I’m helping keep the lights on.
Giliell, professional cynic
March 2, 2013 at 1:48 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Well, if they find being old such a horrible thing, here’s what my great-grandma used to say (and she died age 92):
If you don’t want to get old, you have to hang yourself young.
Not meant as actual advice. But as an unpleasant truth. Not everybody might get fat, but everybody who survives young gets old. Deal with it.
Chris Hebbern
March 2, 2013 at 6:55 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Donated.
EllenBeth Wachs
March 2, 2013 at 7:14 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
And Vacula announces a podcast for tonight on blogtalk radio called “Go Home Pineapple” with hosts Justin Vacula and Karla Porter … just 2 young muppets in a balcony.
These people can’t even recognize their blatant, outright bullying. Oh, yes, our old friend Al Stefanelli popped onto Sara’s wall to let me know how the word bully has now been redefined. Yeah, please, I stopped listening to him after his “YOU”RE A CULT!!!!!!” rant.
Nicole Introvert
March 2, 2013 at 8:46 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Is Justin trying to get himself removed from WIS before it happens just so he has something else to complain about, which he’s brought upon himself by being a jerk?
Ophelia Benson
March 2, 2013 at 9:41 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
And that’s not even all: he’s calling it “Brave Hero Podcast” – aligning himself with whatever obsessed vicious libelous goon it is behind “ElevatorGATE” and his obsessive Storify account and his glee in diving to the very bottom – taunting Rhys for failing his exams and for having a chronic illness, to name just one. That libelous goon calls himself and various other obsessed stalkers “brave hero” – so Vacula is going a few extra steps in using that label.
Ophelia Benson
March 2, 2013 at 9:42 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
And thanks everyone!
And thanks Mayhew, thanks Vacula.
sheila
March 2, 2013 at 11:11 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Stephanie, I quite agree that the intention is stupid and cruel, and I sympathise, but the execution in this case is so inept that I can’t help getting the giggles. Waddell is effectively saying, “Nyer nyer na nyer nyer. You two are accurate, witty and very popular.”
Anyway, the intention was cruel, so that’s another donation for Ophelia. Lots of cookies for Ophelia.
rnilsson
March 2, 2013 at 1:07 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
So, Vacuum, another cookie cut. May you never be in need of dough, Ophelia. Or, … er …
reinderdijkhuis
March 2, 2013 at 2:30 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I’m going to make myself poor again if I keep donating each time one of those creatures do something vile. But never mind. Have another one from me in “honour” of Daniel Waddell.
reinderdijkhuis
March 2, 2013 at 2:36 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
…and I think I’ve sent it to the whole FTB network again. Please confirm if you got one with a phrase similar to the third sentence in my previous message in the subject line? If not… I will just have to try again.
reinderdijkhuis
March 2, 2013 at 2:39 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Never mind, I’ve figured it out myself. If I CAN put something in the ‘purpose’ line in the first place, I’m not donating to B&W. Apologies for any confusion I may have caused.
Ophelia Benson
March 2, 2013 at 2:51 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
And seriously NOBODY MAKE YOURSELF POOR doing this. Do it only if it doesn’t hurt.
reinderdijkhuis
March 3, 2013 at 5:19 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
OK, seriously now: I would hope that the harrassment stops long before donating starts to bite. Don’t worry.