Winter Rose is silly

Most people here have probably heard of "Winter Rose", or faire_damsel either from the Godawful websites, Portal of Evil, Wikipedia or the entry about her on Encyclopedia Dramatica. For those of you who don't, click on that link there and read "Facts about Winter Rose", which include a list of her claims, such as, "Eyes that can change colors. ("A Clear Crystalline Grey That Shifts In Colour From Grey To Blue, To Green, To Violet And Sometimes Almost Silver, Depending On My Mood And My Clothes. I Have A Darker Grey Ring Around My Irises {Said To Be The Mark Of One With Faerie Blood And A Natural Witch} And Unusual *Lightning Bolt* Markings In Both Irises. My Eyes Are Quite Cat~Like, Almond Shaped. People Are Always Telling Me That I Have *Faerie Eyes* And Saying That My Eyes Are *Ancient*, *Ageless* *Endless*, And *Full Of Wisdom*")", or Being descended from and taking the from of several types of magikal beings in her past lives. ("Among These Are: Elven, Selkie, LeananSidhe, BeanSidhe, Rusalka, Vila, Gwragedd Annwn, Mermaid, Siren") and Claiming that every fantasy artist who draws petite redheaded women uses her as a muse."

(It is a mean-spirited entry, to be sure, in that it makes fun of her weight, and I really hate it when people are made fun of for the way they look. IMO, this page would do better to stick to the way she acts and--god help us--the way she writes, because there is plenty to laugh at there.)

Well, you know me, and I thought that it might be fun to try to reach her. So when she posted her results of the "What Is Your Thanksgiving Costume meme, I pointed out that costumes like that were pretty insulting and maddening to real Natives. For a second there, in the thread, she hit something that looked vaguely like humility ... or, no, not real humility, or even reason, but something resembling it. She also told me that I was taking it All Way Too Seriously, Because She Knows That Dark People Have Feelings Too, Because She Is Descended From The Cherokees Herself, In Fact Her 7th Generation Grandmother Was The Cheif's Daughter And That Makes Her The Closest Thing To A Princess! (Yes, she capitalizes every first letter like that. And yes, she is obsessed with thinking of herself as a princess.) And The Chief's Daughter Married A Real Pirate! WOWIES!~~ Anyway, she must have made a visit to GAFF and seen everyone there mocking her overall craziness, vanity and greed, because she finally came out with And I Know Who You Are! ^_^ And of course the usual OMG YUR JUS JELLUS! *sigh*

But the punchline is in her entry in which she says, "UGH! It Really Drives Me NUTS To See All Of These Fried Sausage Skinned, ORANGE Complexioned {From Tanning Beds Or Fake Tan} Bleached Blonde Haired, Giggling And Jiggling *Britney* Clones Wearing Clothes That Have Been Part Of *MY* Personal Style For YEARS...."

And sadly, the irony is lost on her.

ETA: For the record, I did reply to her, and she did delete my replies. They were as follows:

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Rose, the thing that so many people understand that you don't seem to understand, is that there is a very broad line between self-love and ridiculous arrogance. You assume that because people don't convince themselves that they have ~~Faerie Blood~~ and other ridiculous things, that they have no self-confidence. You also assume that because people find these ridiculous claims funny, that they are unhappy with themselves. But the truth is that your ridiculous claims are actually quite funny. There's no getting around that.

Someone on GAFF also astutely pointed out what is really so galling about your ~~Faerie Princess~~ needs. This observant person put her finger right on it when she said, "The vapid wishing for endless 'pretties' is, to me, way more ugly stepsister than Cinderella." And that's not mocking; that's just exaclty how you come across.
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2005-11-30 05:23 pm (UTC)
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And a quick ETA, although I know how pointless it is. You yourself wrote:

"UGH! It Really Drives Me NUTS To See All Of These Fried Sausage Skinned, ORANGE Complexioned {From Tanning Beds Or Fake Tan} Bleached Blonde Haired, Giggling And Jiggling *Britney* Clones Wearing Clothes That Have Been Part Of *MY* Personal Style For YEARS,"

And this is me, pointing to that ridiculous meme quiz, with that ridiculous person in that ridiculous "Native American" outfit.

But I suspect that the irony is lost on you.
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Now for the record, I knew that those comments would be deleted, because they're not what she wants to hear, and not something she can answer with any kind of sense. But, well, I tried anyway.

Winter Rose is silly

Most people here have probably heard of "Winter Rose", or faire_damsel either from the Godawful websites, Portal of Evil, Wikipedia or the entry about her on Encyclopedia Dramatica. For those of you who don't, click on that link there and read "Facts about Winter Rose", which include a list of her claims, such as, "Eyes that can change colors. ("A Clear Crystalline Grey That Shifts In Colour From Grey To Blue, To Green, To Violet And Sometimes Almost Silver, Depending On My Mood And My Clothes. I Have A Darker Grey Ring Around My Irises {Said To Be The Mark Of One With Faerie Blood And A Natural Witch} And Unusual *Lightning Bolt* Markings In Both Irises. My Eyes Are Quite Cat~Like, Almond Shaped. People Are Always Telling Me That I Have *Faerie Eyes* And Saying That My Eyes Are *Ancient*, *Ageless* *Endless*, And *Full Of Wisdom*")", or Being descended from and taking the from of several types of magikal beings in her past lives. ("Among These Are: Elven, Selkie, LeananSidhe, BeanSidhe, Rusalka, Vila, Gwragedd Annwn, Mermaid, Siren") and Claiming that every fantasy artist who draws petite redheaded women uses her as a muse."

(It is a mean-spirited entry, to be sure, in that it makes fun of her weight, and I really hate it when people are made fun of for the way they look. IMO, this page would do better to stick to the way she acts and--god help us--the way she writes, because there is plenty to laugh at there.)

Well, you know me, and I thought that it might be fun to try to reach her. So when she posted her results of the "What Is Your Thanksgiving Costume meme, I pointed out that costumes like that were pretty insulting and maddening to real Natives. For a second there, in the thread, she hit something that looked vaguely like humility ... or, no, not real humility, or even reason, but something resembling it. She also told me that I was taking it All Way Too Seriously, Because She Knows That Dark People Have Feelings Too, Because She Is Descended From The Cherokees Herself, In Fact Her 7th Generation Grandmother Was The Cheif's Daughter And That Makes Her The Closest Thing To A Princess! (Yes, she capitalizes every first letter like that. And yes, she is obsessed with thinking of herself as a princess.) And The Chief's Daughter Married A Real Pirate! WOWIES!~~ Anyway, she must have made a visit to GAFF and seen everyone there mocking her overall craziness, vanity and greed, because she finally came out with And I Know Who You Are! ^_^ And of course the usual OMG YUR JUS JELLUS! *sigh*

But the punchline is in her entry in which she says, "UGH! It Really Drives Me NUTS To See All Of These Fried Sausage Skinned, ORANGE Complexioned {From Tanning Beds Or Fake Tan} Bleached Blonde Haired, Giggling And Jiggling *Britney* Clones Wearing Clothes That Have Been Part Of *MY* Personal Style For YEARS...."

And sadly, the irony is lost on her.

ETA: For the record, I did reply to her, and she did delete my replies. They were as follows:

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Rose, the thing that so many people understand that you don't seem to understand, is that there is a very broad line between self-love and ridiculous arrogance. You assume that because people don't convince themselves that they have ~~Faerie Blood~~ and other ridiculous things, that they have no self-confidence. You also assume that because people find these ridiculous claims funny, that they are unhappy with themselves. But the truth is that your ridiculous claims are actually quite funny. There's no getting around that.

Someone on GAFF also astutely pointed out what is really so galling about your ~~Faerie Princess~~ needs. This observant person put her finger right on it when she said, "The vapid wishing for endless 'pretties' is, to me, way more ugly stepsister than Cinderella." And that's not mocking; that's just exaclty how you come across.
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[User Picture] From: [info]kapunua
2005-11-30 05:23 pm (UTC)
Delete

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And a quick ETA, although I know how pointless it is. You yourself wrote:

"UGH! It Really Drives Me NUTS To See All Of These Fried Sausage Skinned, ORANGE Complexioned {From Tanning Beds Or Fake Tan} Bleached Blonde Haired, Giggling And Jiggling *Britney* Clones Wearing Clothes That Have Been Part Of *MY* Personal Style For YEARS,"

And this is me, pointing to that ridiculous meme quiz, with that ridiculous person in that ridiculous "Native American" outfit.

But I suspect that the irony is lost on you.
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Now for the record, I knew that those comments would be deleted, because they're not what she wants to hear, and not something she can answer with any kind of sense. But, well, I tried anyway.

Puppy pics updated, + Trisky and Sano

( On Trisky's bed, after having killed the fuzzy toy: )

( Big mug in the camera: )

( LICKIES! )

( Sano chilling out: )

( La Principesa: )

Puppy pics updated, + Trisky and Sano

( On Trisky's bed, after having killed the fuzzy toy: )

( Big mug in the camera: )

( LICKIES! )

( Sano chilling out: )

( La Principesa: )

Again with the neighbors!

Calling the police again tonight because the guy behind me seems to be beating the crap out of his wife and kids. This is not the first time this has gone on, and over the summer actually a whole handful of people called the cops on them because of this sort of thing.

WTF is going on in this neighborhood these days?!

Again with the neighbors!

Calling the police again tonight because the guy behind me seems to be beating the crap out of his wife and kids. This is not the first time this has gone on, and over the summer actually a whole handful of people called the cops on them because of this sort of thing.

WTF is going on in this neighborhood these days?!