Re: Hoaxers
Here's a thought: suppose the people who come and hoax here are actually creative geniuses who in several years time become famous and successful writers/actors/ whatnot, and then direct their various fans/critics to this site, which they say was where their "creative activity first blossomed", so we become besieged with hundreds or thousands of fans and critics, and where the heck is this story going???
As for the hoaxers...I tend to give anyone who comes here the benefit of the doubt, until they're proven wrong by somebody else. (I haven't the brains, nor can I be bothered, quite frankly, to scrutinise somebody's story to see where their mistakes are, so I'm quite grateful to have others take this job.) Even when it seems they're hoaxing, I do sometimes find it mildly amusing to play along (it's the fantasist in me. And on a side note, that statement could be taken two ways - do I mean that I myself am a fantasist, or do I mean that another person who is a fantasist is sharing my body? Hmm...which do I mean?)
I do think, though, that the hoaxers are making themselves look a little silly when somebody has practically proved that they're hoaxing. I don't mind them persisting with the story as such, I just don't quite see the point.
But then again, I have no idea of anything any more...perhaps all the hoaxers are the ones telling the truth and I am lying to myself and everybody? Who's to say that I even exist?
Here's a thought: suppose the people who come and hoax here are actually creative geniuses who in several years time become famous and successful writers/actors/ whatnot, and then direct their various fans/critics to this site, which they say was where their "creative activity first blossomed", so we become besieged with hundreds or thousands of fans and critics, and where the heck is this story going???
As for the hoaxers...I tend to give anyone who comes here the benefit of the doubt, until they're proven wrong by somebody else. (I haven't the brains, nor can I be bothered, quite frankly, to scrutinise somebody's story to see where their mistakes are, so I'm quite grateful to have others take this job.) Even when it seems they're hoaxing, I do sometimes find it mildly amusing to play along (it's the fantasist in me. And on a side note, that statement could be taken two ways - do I mean that I myself am a fantasist, or do I mean that another person who is a fantasist is sharing my body? Hmm...which do I mean?)
I do think, though, that the hoaxers are making themselves look a little silly when somebody has practically proved that they're hoaxing. I don't mind them persisting with the story as such, I just don't quite see the point.
But then again, I have no idea of anything any more...perhaps all the hoaxers are the ones telling the truth and I am lying to myself and everybody? Who's to say that I even exist?
