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Not so much a comic as an excuse for me to ramble on about fascinating internet phenomena.
Really, why DO people always blame the cousin?
Really, why DO people always blame the cousin?
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It's a slight variation of the mental illness Munchausen by internet. Was talking about it this morning oddly enough.
I think they choose a cousin because a cousin can be any age, any gender and as they're not part of the immediate family group, they are less likely to be mentioned again in any journals. And even if they do again mention a cousin, you can have a great number of cousins and they can claim it was another one.
True fact: I have approximately 52 cousins at last count. I have a lot of people I could blame! xD
But yeah, it's funny that they always use the same excuses. My fave is a tie between this and 'SOCIAL EXPERIMENT.'
Also, I quite like Pie's expression in the second panel, and is her hair getting longer..? Looks nice. Though the texture used for the background made me think it had hair stuck to it D: Especially the top right of the last panel. I'm pretty sure it's stone, but at first glance...
True fact: I have approximately 52 cousins at last count. I have a lot of people I could blame! xD
But yeah, it's funny that they always use the same excuses. My fave is a tie between this and 'SOCIAL EXPERIMENT.'
Also, I quite like Pie's expression in the second panel, and is her hair getting longer..? Looks nice. Though the texture used for the background made me think it had hair stuck to it D: Especially the top right of the last panel. I'm pretty sure it's stone, but at first glance...
My favorite version of that skit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFldBVWFgWo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFldBVWFgWo
... me and my roommate used to beat the blood out of each other because we were bored. we both lived in the same group home, staff just stopped checking in on use after a while because of how often we horsed around. so i'd say we were both evil to each other. I even hid a live snake in her closet after she put a live wolf spider in my backpack ;3 I wouldn't put hacking accounts past her. thought i wanna camera if she ever finds out about furaffinity >3
Had something like this happen to me once. Someone posing as me, somehow formulated a story in which I was shot and killed.
How did I find out? When I went to Midwest Furfest back in 2009, a fan came up saying "Omg I thought you were dead".
Still not sure on the best way to respond to that...
How did I find out? When I went to Midwest Furfest back in 2009, a fan came up saying "Omg I thought you were dead".
Still not sure on the best way to respond to that...
This should be its own series T-Pie Explains Internet Drama: (Subject matter here).
Pseudoscide might also be preceded by Sympathy Extortion though Self-Hostage situation known as suicide talk. Sometimes the hostage just has to TAKE ACTION to make it clear to people that THEY ARE SERIOUS! D:<
Pseudoscide might also be preceded by Sympathy Extortion though Self-Hostage situation known as suicide talk. Sometimes the hostage just has to TAKE ACTION to make it clear to people that THEY ARE SERIOUS! D:<
GADDAMMIT, PIE, I LOVE THE INTERNET TOO!
One of the music forums I used to frequent had this guy on it. Said his band was badass, the most popular band in in his area. He had $10k in a home studio and his band had three cds out already (after only having been together a year).
When people started to call him on his bullshit, guess what happened...
His band got signed and on their way out of town to start their first tour, a bus hit the vgan. The poster was the only survivor.
It was GLORIOUS watching this guy get shredded and then banned for his fuckery.
I regret to this day that I did know about the wonders of screencapping back then.
One of the music forums I used to frequent had this guy on it. Said his band was badass, the most popular band in in his area. He had $10k in a home studio and his band had three cds out already (after only having been together a year).
When people started to call him on his bullshit, guess what happened...
His band got signed and on their way out of town to start their first tour, a bus hit the vgan. The poster was the only survivor.
It was GLORIOUS watching this guy get shredded and then banned for his fuckery.
I regret to this day that I did know about the wonders of screencapping back then.
Once my cousin DID fuck with some posts on LJ, because I had given him my old computer and he never used LJ but when I sent him a link to something that I thought was funny he just started posting, and it was a huge lolocaust but we all lulled bout it later so it was fine lol.
It's always a cousin... weird that.
It's always a cousin... weird that.
Gossip is like a cup of coffee, while internet drama is like crack cocaine.
I hear there are a few internet services around that inform your online contacts that you've passed away. Not a bad idea if you're involved with a lot of stuff online, though I'm sure it costs plenty of money.
I hear there are a few internet services around that inform your online contacts that you've passed away. Not a bad idea if you're involved with a lot of stuff online, though I'm sure it costs plenty of money.
if I ever kick the bucket (because hey, I might not die, right?) my will's going to have to include a sealed envelope with all my relevant online passwords and IM messengers to let people know about the aforementioned kicking. Also a standard DELETE FUCKING EVERYTHING note, because when I'm dead I don't know if I want a dragon having sexytimes on an internet art-dump to be my immortal legacy
I had something interesting like this happen to me a long time ago when a shithead friend really DID get a hold of my account and made up some random person and said she was my friend? said she died and made this huge overly dramatic entry that sounded nothing like me and I was mortified when I saw it- which was only minutes after it had been up, since she was in the same house as I was
my friends were not smart in middle school
my friends were not smart in middle school
Here's an even odder phenomenon to ponder. For me, it's actually the opposite way I intend to go. I will not fake my demise, I intend to fake my LACK of my demise. Upon my dying, I will have a replacement fully trained to take my place, and no one will be the wiser. 120 years from now, when I am still womanizing on the mucks, who's gonna even challenge it? There will always be a fluffy white somewhat insane wolf running around trying to sweet-talk his way into being the center-point to all cuddling ever. Name that phenomenon! :3
It'd actually be hilarious, because once you're around long enough, people will start to notice. You'll be some cryptic phenomena, people always wondering, but never grasping, how you live so long. Perhaps they'll be convinced you're not human. Perhaps they'll hunt you down. I love it!
Problem: Figure out a way to make the mess go away.
Objective: Divert blame- you're not responsible for the mess that was caused, despite being at the epicenter.
Solution: Find an ambiguously existing scapegoat and point fingers that way.
Candidates: Family, friends, "hackers."
Hacker potential; Hackers don't tend to care about you unless a.) You're a drama llama and it'd be funny b.) You mean something to them. Usually these people don't have the mindset or intelligence to learn IT c.) you're actively doing something illegal or disruptive of their activities.
Most people, especially furries, are none of these things. To the point where blaming hackers is at best an "oh u" to a script kiddie or "GET OVER YOURSELF" if they're claiming they were targeted for harassment by a group. Hackers are improbable.
Friend potential; What friend has access to both the user's passwords, computer, and social circles? Very few. And out of your own group of friends, how many would do something like that to you? Most would suspect that it'd be too convenient that somebody's "friend" did it. Most people with friends in TEH FURREH, those friends are also into it themselves.
Family potential: Parents are unlikely to do this, simply because most parents are technodumb. The ones young enough to be tech savvy and have kids are unlikely to be foolish enough to do something like this. It's possible, just improbable. Siblings are a real possibility, since they're in proximity to social engineer the user's passwords, provide doctored real information, anything required. And their motive? Douchebag siblings. Trouble is, siblings often fall into the same problems that Friends do.
Cousin: Distant family. It's like being in a triangle, equally distant from Family and Friend. Just close enough to maybe socially engineer and garner passwords, just distant enough to think it'd be "funny" to give their relation a hard time, just young enough to probably do something like that without caring about the consequences.
Cousins are often considered the culprit because they're a tool for the job. Just close enough to possibly be able to do it, young enough to be in the same social circles or know OF them, just far enough that they might not feel bad or feel reprecussions about faking somebody's death just to get their goat.
At least it's not "the Butler did it."
Objective: Divert blame- you're not responsible for the mess that was caused, despite being at the epicenter.
Solution: Find an ambiguously existing scapegoat and point fingers that way.
Candidates: Family, friends, "hackers."
Hacker potential; Hackers don't tend to care about you unless a.) You're a drama llama and it'd be funny b.) You mean something to them. Usually these people don't have the mindset or intelligence to learn IT c.) you're actively doing something illegal or disruptive of their activities.
Most people, especially furries, are none of these things. To the point where blaming hackers is at best an "oh u" to a script kiddie or "GET OVER YOURSELF" if they're claiming they were targeted for harassment by a group. Hackers are improbable.
Friend potential; What friend has access to both the user's passwords, computer, and social circles? Very few. And out of your own group of friends, how many would do something like that to you? Most would suspect that it'd be too convenient that somebody's "friend" did it. Most people with friends in TEH FURREH, those friends are also into it themselves.
Family potential: Parents are unlikely to do this, simply because most parents are technodumb. The ones young enough to be tech savvy and have kids are unlikely to be foolish enough to do something like this. It's possible, just improbable. Siblings are a real possibility, since they're in proximity to social engineer the user's passwords, provide doctored real information, anything required. And their motive? Douchebag siblings. Trouble is, siblings often fall into the same problems that Friends do.
Cousin: Distant family. It's like being in a triangle, equally distant from Family and Friend. Just close enough to maybe socially engineer and garner passwords, just distant enough to think it'd be "funny" to give their relation a hard time, just young enough to probably do something like that without caring about the consequences.
Cousins are often considered the culprit because they're a tool for the job. Just close enough to possibly be able to do it, young enough to be in the same social circles or know OF them, just far enough that they might not feel bad or feel reprecussions about faking somebody's death just to get their goat.
At least it's not "the Butler did it."
well, one reason it's usually a cousin rather than a sibling could be because if they blame a sibling and their parents find out, they could get in rl trouble for it, whereas the likelihood of figuring out which cousin (unless they were specifically named) and making them apologize or whatever would be much slimmer.
but that's just an idea x3
but that's just an idea x3
I think it's always a "cousin" because they're not immediate family members (so that's their excuse for not finding out immediately) and they're far enough away that it leaves the pseudocider off the hook for having to give any retribution. Plus, they don't have to show a brother or sister, since they might've talked to people and let out that they're an only child, or people might know the immediate family. So it's in that range of "Too far away for you to know who it is, but close enough that they could've done this".
I used to know two brothers online, and they mysteriously vanished for like two years. i missed them cuz they were so fun to play with, esp when they were both on! one was all srs and the other was silly. then they were gone :< two years later, someone messaged me saying they had found my contact info on a computer they bought, and it was from one of the brothers. they kept trying to friend me and be buddehs, but it was just weird. eventually i found out it was the brothers, and they were both the same person >.>
If I were the kind of person to do this, I'd blame my cousin. Whenever she gets a hold of my phone, she does things like text random names she doesn't recognize saying things like "I've always loved you, I just never had the courage to tell you," etc. So, it wouldn't actually be too far fetched. xP I'm not the kind of person to do this, however.
I AM DEAD! I mean, the person who this account belonged to has been killed in a horrible moose surfing accident while trying to climb the Eiffel tower. I am his mother twice removed and I loved him more than anyone even though he doesn't know I existed because of drama irl omg lolz.
Now you should all cry and tell me how much you miss me, er him.
Now you should all cry and tell me how much you miss me, er him.
I wonder if any hacker has truely gone through the trouble of hacking an account, to make it look like someone commited psuedoside, so they could watch the drama occur, and perhaps even take part in the poking holes in the story, I mean if they really did go through the trouble such a thing, they would probly get away with it, because no one would believe the victim, its highly unlikely I know, but just a thought
other than that I must say that like the others I agree, this was much more amusing than a rant journal, props for the idea
other than that I must say that like the others I agree, this was much more amusing than a rant journal, props for the idea
Oh man, this brought back bad memories. I'm glad I left that person from my life XD
I think people would blame the cousin cause they're farther away then other family member, and them visiting that one day to be a douche is an acceptable excuse.
And it's certainly more believable then say, brother or sister due to them having a higher chance of always living with the sibling. That's my guess really.
I think people would blame the cousin cause they're farther away then other family member, and them visiting that one day to be a douche is an acceptable excuse.
And it's certainly more believable then say, brother or sister due to them having a higher chance of always living with the sibling. That's my guess really.
hahaha this happened pretty recently, and I went on the journal and tried to convince the sniffling mobs that this was a lot less likely than they thought.
Some guy came promptly on to my page and called me naive for thinking that I could understand other peoples' motives, even when it went EXACTLY like this case did.
Mom posting for the guy and all.
I got to send him the link to another guy's journal that disproved the whole thing.
he tried his best to hide all his previous shouts with a long one literally saying "BLANK SHOUT"
It was delicious.
Some guy came promptly on to my page and called me naive for thinking that I could understand other peoples' motives, even when it went EXACTLY like this case did.
Mom posting for the guy and all.
I got to send him the link to another guy's journal that disproved the whole thing.
he tried his best to hide all his previous shouts with a long one literally saying "BLANK SHOUT"
It was delicious.
Pseudocide is pretty bizarre, however my all time favorite pseudodramatist is still an individual from a now-defunct furry IRC network back in the mid 90s.
The individual was involved in a fake marriage for several years, logging on as both his own and his nonexistent wife's characters, usually never at the same time, but occasionally. This was followed by his fake-wife having a fake-affair around '98 or '99, after which they had a fake-divorce, and he attempted fake-suicide (but came back to report about his failure to shoot himself in the head a day or so later).
The individual was involved in a fake marriage for several years, logging on as both his own and his nonexistent wife's characters, usually never at the same time, but occasionally. This was followed by his fake-wife having a fake-affair around '98 or '99, after which they had a fake-divorce, and he attempted fake-suicide (but came back to report about his failure to shoot himself in the head a day or so later).
I've never committed "pseudocide," But I once pranked this fellow into believing that I was slowing turning into a kangaroo as a result of a secret government experiment.
Well, perhaps "convinced" may be overstating it. But he actually went through the trouble of tracking me down and contacting me at work in order to "prove" that I wasn't really becoming a marsupial. As if that needed "proof" in the first place. Yeah. I did that. :)
Well, perhaps "convinced" may be overstating it. But he actually went through the trouble of tracking me down and contacting me at work in order to "prove" that I wasn't really becoming a marsupial. As if that needed "proof" in the first place. Yeah. I did that. :)
I think it's cuz most people have many cousins so 'my cousin' could be any of 6 different cousins, or they think their cousin probably doesn't have an account on the same site.
:O Or they just simply don't think their distant relatives will ever find their account and follow up with the shitstorm they've created.
:O Or they just simply don't think their distant relatives will ever find their account and follow up with the shitstorm they've created.
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