Eos Wrote:More importantly why would one contribute to the smothering of real issues by adding further dross to the festering crap heap that's overtaken that site.
1. This petition would, again, need 150 signatures to actually become visible as an open petition. Which, given my lack of promotion since I nonchalantly gave it up seeing the negative response here, isn't going to happen.
2. Even if it did, this would do jack pomegranate because it would need 25,000 signatures by December 16th to merit an official response from the White House. Though many nerds would be behind this, that's not say there are 25,000 who would spend the time to actually sign up and sign, much less because of the counterarguments posted in this thread.
3. If, SOMEHOW, the petition made it to that threshold, I'd just contact someone at the White House and tell them they don't have to worry about a response, because in all honesty it's a joke meant to sarcastically critique the social idiocy that surrounds many of these petitions, namely the secession ones that are currently the most popular.
4. If they THEN still wanted/had to respond, maybe given public pressure for a petition that had grown so large, they'd only need to respond with
the recent photo of Obama with McKayla Maroney, along with the caption "Obama does not approve," and they'd win the hearts of the internet by responding to a joke based in nerddom with a meme.
So five minutes of piecing together a simple press comment would be a huge PR win for the administration.
5. AND IF SOMEHOW ALL OF THAT FAILED, and the petition became a massive viral hit and I was being interviewed by the likes of
The New York Times, HuffPo, etc., I would inform them of my reasoning behind the position and continue to emphasis that the Obama Administration would not have to issue a response because I'm not looking for one, as, again, it's just a humorous method of social criticism.
Want me to continue?
Perhaps the most frustrating thing about all of this is people like you, Eos, who have their self-righteous heads positioned so high above the clouds that they don't think beyond what they want to, while decreeing that they know everything and have already thought through every possibility and so if they deem something frivolous and stupid then by god's name it must be because they said so. In reality, I don't really care. I made this pomegranate as a joke, posted it half-seriously, depending on people's reactions, got less than 10 signatures, shrugged my shoulders, and satisfyingly accepted the few who did get a kick out of it. You didn't need to come in here, a Shenanigans thread (where it should have been all along - thanks whoever moved it), and take a serious arrogance piss all over a joke. Quite the site administrator who doesn't understand the sections of his own site.
Actually, what's more sad about this whole ordeal is that you're going to respond to this. You're either going to reply with a quote here, or go on a power trip and take a more drastic measure, either doing one of or a combination of the following: editing this post to remove this latter half, deleting this post entirely, closing this thread, temporarily or permanently banning me, whatever. And why? Because it's what you do when someone stands up to you and takes note of how you typically respond. Ultimately, it's almost sad you can't just leave something like this alone, because if you simply went on your way and ignored little posts like these from mere users like me, you'd make a stronger statement to the site by showing you don't waste your time on insignificant drama.
Eh, whatever. Please do what you'd like in the end, I've already wasted enough time here myself.
Corn Wrote:You gotta post it on Reddit :3.
Word tho if I did that this could actually take off. But eh true confessions I don't have an account there so I probably don't have enough status recognition to get people to upvote it to the main page. Whatevs!
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