Thursday, July 13, 2006
My first troll!
I know I shouldn't feed the troll, but this is just too damn good to ignore.
Today I received the following comment in response to this post and its earlier comment:
fan-DAM-tastical turns me off..not interested in knitting body parts..this was a ladylike pursuit until it became popular again..........those in the business would be wise not to cater to the newbies......because those of us who have been knitting 50 years or more are still here and still will be when this new fad cools down.............
I have several thoughts on this comment, and would like to share my view with you, Constant Reader. Let's take this one line at a time, shall we?
fan-DAM-tastical turns me off..
Then perhaps you should surf on over to a website that turns you on. May I suggest The Suicide Girls? They turn me on. They turn me on a lot! Oh, and 'damn' is an expletive, used to fill a vacancy in a sentence without adding content. 'Dam' is a barrier preventing the flow of water. So in the case of Lorena's comment, 'damn' is definitely the more proper word to use. Besides, using our trashy mouths like this gets me more hits.
not interested in knitting body parts..
Then don't knit them. I doubt if anyone is holding a pair of pointy sticks at your throat and screaming, 'Knit me a Snatchel, Bitch! Knit me a Snatchel RIGHT NOW!'
this was a ladylike pursuit until it became popular again..........
And I probably wouldn't have taken up the hobby if it was ladylike. Ladylike just doesn't become me and it's quite boring. I learned that at Girls' State.
those in the business would be wise not to cater to the newbies......
Those in the business would be wise to cater to people who spend money on yarn and other knitting and crocheting sundries. My brief experience has shown me that most of us newbies are willing to spend much more money on high quality yarn and beautiful needles than members of the previous knitting generation who still seem to think that scratchy acrylic yarn from Wal-Mart is the only way to go.
because those of us who have been knitting 50 years or more are still here and still will be when this new fad cools down.............Let's do the math here. Let's say you learned to knit when you were 10. If you've been knitting for 50 years, and this new fad takes 10 years to cool down, then you'll be 70. Ok, you'll still be here, but not for much longer after that. Hopefully, you'll have learned the proper use of capitalization and punctuation by then so that your living will is legible.
You know, I'm really confounded by this whole thing. You are bitching about people knitting for Christ sakes! KNITTING! Whoever you are (and I'm beginning to think that you're Joe and are just trying to fuck with me) this craft isn't yours alone. You can't arbitrate it. It doesn't belong to only those who have been knitting for 50 years. It belongs to anyone who is willing to pick up a pair of sticks and a piece of string. And the beauty of knitting, the wonder of craft, is that each and every person can make it his or her own. We are all creators, and it is not our place to tell each other what is right or wrong to create.
One of the most fulfilling things to me as a knitter is seeing my fabulous friends pick up the craft and knit along beside me. We share knitting, and beers, and gripes, and food, and joys. I would think that someone who has been knitting for 50 years would rejoice in this resurgence of the artform and the bond that it has created between the young and the old, the conservative and the liberal, the male and the female. If you don't see the delight of this, then you probably shouldn't come to any of the Stitch and Bitch groups that I attend, because you would not have a good time at all. Just stay at home, alone, trolling the 'net for other young, fun women to try to intimidate.
Thanks for the comments, Kids. Keep 'em coming. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to knitting on my licorice thong.
p.s. Have you ever noticed that it's only the negative comments that get posted anonymously? Pussies.
Today I received the following comment in response to this post and its earlier comment:
fan-DAM-tastical turns me off..not interested in knitting body parts..this was a ladylike pursuit until it became popular again..........those in the business would be wise not to cater to the newbies......because those of us who have been knitting 50 years or more are still here and still will be when this new fad cools down.............
I have several thoughts on this comment, and would like to share my view with you, Constant Reader. Let's take this one line at a time, shall we?
fan-DAM-tastical turns me off..
Then perhaps you should surf on over to a website that turns you on. May I suggest The Suicide Girls? They turn me on. They turn me on a lot! Oh, and 'damn' is an expletive, used to fill a vacancy in a sentence without adding content. 'Dam' is a barrier preventing the flow of water. So in the case of Lorena's comment, 'damn' is definitely the more proper word to use. Besides, using our trashy mouths like this gets me more hits.
not interested in knitting body parts..
Then don't knit them. I doubt if anyone is holding a pair of pointy sticks at your throat and screaming, 'Knit me a Snatchel, Bitch! Knit me a Snatchel RIGHT NOW!'
this was a ladylike pursuit until it became popular again..........
And I probably wouldn't have taken up the hobby if it was ladylike. Ladylike just doesn't become me and it's quite boring. I learned that at Girls' State.
those in the business would be wise not to cater to the newbies......
Those in the business would be wise to cater to people who spend money on yarn and other knitting and crocheting sundries. My brief experience has shown me that most of us newbies are willing to spend much more money on high quality yarn and beautiful needles than members of the previous knitting generation who still seem to think that scratchy acrylic yarn from Wal-Mart is the only way to go.
because those of us who have been knitting 50 years or more are still here and still will be when this new fad cools down.............Let's do the math here. Let's say you learned to knit when you were 10. If you've been knitting for 50 years, and this new fad takes 10 years to cool down, then you'll be 70. Ok, you'll still be here, but not for much longer after that. Hopefully, you'll have learned the proper use of capitalization and punctuation by then so that your living will is legible.
You know, I'm really confounded by this whole thing. You are bitching about people knitting for Christ sakes! KNITTING! Whoever you are (and I'm beginning to think that you're Joe and are just trying to fuck with me) this craft isn't yours alone. You can't arbitrate it. It doesn't belong to only those who have been knitting for 50 years. It belongs to anyone who is willing to pick up a pair of sticks and a piece of string. And the beauty of knitting, the wonder of craft, is that each and every person can make it his or her own. We are all creators, and it is not our place to tell each other what is right or wrong to create.
One of the most fulfilling things to me as a knitter is seeing my fabulous friends pick up the craft and knit along beside me. We share knitting, and beers, and gripes, and food, and joys. I would think that someone who has been knitting for 50 years would rejoice in this resurgence of the artform and the bond that it has created between the young and the old, the conservative and the liberal, the male and the female. If you don't see the delight of this, then you probably shouldn't come to any of the Stitch and Bitch groups that I attend, because you would not have a good time at all. Just stay at home, alone, trolling the 'net for other young, fun women to try to intimidate.
Thanks for the comments, Kids. Keep 'em coming. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to knitting on my licorice thong.
p.s. Have you ever noticed that it's only the negative comments that get posted anonymously? Pussies.
idyllicchick, 4:00 PM
12 Comments:
I love you so much. Will you marry me? Move to Vermont? Start a yarn store where we only sell to young hip wimmin who knit body parts?
Lorena, at Jul 13, 2006 11:06:00 PM
I would soooooo drive to Vermont JUST to shop in your store - that is, if you would cater to this newbie who has not yet knit a body part but does enjoy the critters (squids, hedgehogs)
OMG! Hedgehogs wearing thongs!
We are so there. Forget the organic chicken ranch-- now we're onto dirty knitting!
:-)
We are so there. Forget the organic chicken ranch-- now we're onto dirty knitting!
:-)
Followed the post in Lorena's blog and...wonderful comments in response to grumpy pants! I have not been knitting for fifty years(not even 50 yrs old - quite yet - but I have been knitting for a while). I admit I was dismayed when knitting became trendy a few years ago. I used to knit on muni(public transport in San Francisco) years ago and so many people would start conversations with me about my knitting. I liked the fact that not many people were knitting at the time. I was self taught and enjoying the creative, learning process and tend to be a loner at times anyway. Then all of the sudden a few years ago knitting became trendy and everyone was an expert, or trying to be one.
Of course that is one of the wonderful things about knitting! Everyone does bring their own creative expression to their to the craft. I've since come around and learned to enjoy the benefits that trendy knitting has brought me....such a huge selection of better quality yarn is definitely one of them! I can't tell you how hard it was to find decent yarn 15(or so) years ago.
Knit on!
Cindy
Of course that is one of the wonderful things about knitting! Everyone does bring their own creative expression to their to the craft. I've since come around and learned to enjoy the benefits that trendy knitting has brought me....such a huge selection of better quality yarn is definitely one of them! I can't tell you how hard it was to find decent yarn 15(or so) years ago.
Knit on!
Cindy
You get 'em Sharon! Stupid bint.
Woohoo! You've made it to the blogging big time--a troll! I'd like to antitroll and say that anyone who has been knitting more than 20 years (this limit will, of course, change every additional year that I age) should be forced to put down his or her needles, get a big-ass drink and drown their Red Heart sorrows in alcohol. And then wake up and join us newbie knitters (I never realized that one had to knit for 50 years not to be a newbie) in knitting body parts. I myself feel that there is not enough of an interest in knitting body parts. I ask you, have you ever seen a knit ankle? How about some knit dura mater or a rib cage?
Oh, and take an English class so they can learn the proper way to construct a sentence and the function of an ellipse (as well as the number of periods in said ellipses--or is that elipsi?
Oh, and take an English class so they can learn the proper way to construct a sentence and the function of an ellipse (as well as the number of periods in said ellipses--or is that elipsi?
Followed this through Lorena, as well.
Let me say this first - I'm not a knitter. Nor am I likely to become one.
But ...
I always love it when the 'old school' gets bent out of shape when something they love becomes "popular" or "hip." Like when your favorite underground band all of a sudden has a number one hit, and these morons start yelling "you can't like them! I've been a fan since 1997! You just came along!"
Like it friggen matters. As you so correctly point out - wouldn't someone WANT their favorite band/hobby/activity/TV show/occupation to become popular?
Undiscovered bands stop making music. Unwatched TV shows get cancelled.
And hobbies without new blood coming in simply become extinct.
Goodness, I love trolls.
Let me say this first - I'm not a knitter. Nor am I likely to become one.
But ...
I always love it when the 'old school' gets bent out of shape when something they love becomes "popular" or "hip." Like when your favorite underground band all of a sudden has a number one hit, and these morons start yelling "you can't like them! I've been a fan since 1997! You just came along!"
Like it friggen matters. As you so correctly point out - wouldn't someone WANT their favorite band/hobby/activity/TV show/occupation to become popular?
Undiscovered bands stop making music. Unwatched TV shows get cancelled.
And hobbies without new blood coming in simply become extinct.
Goodness, I love trolls.
Hi, came here through Lorena's site. I could write a book (or four) about the idiotic, illogical grammatically-challenged troll, but it's way more fun to say, "You go girl!"
I think that commenter needs to get up and examine her ass. There's something large and sharp stuck in it.
I think that commenter needs to get up and examine her ass. There's something large and sharp stuck in it.
Diplomatic, but no nonsense, Shannon you slay me. Knitting, not politics, not religion, but knitting. The troll has contempt for knitters and their knitting. Um, me thinks she needs a life. I do appreciate that some elders feel they derserve respect, particularly from young hooligan knitters, but with an attitude like her's...respect my ass, please.
dam is a barrier...heh....nothing better than sicking the grammar police on an opinionated someone....
imagine, though, what this person's opinions on world issues would be......i mean, if he/she feels this strongly about knitting actually being cool again!
imagine, though, what this person's opinions on world issues would be......i mean, if he/she feels this strongly about knitting actually being cool again!
Thanks for your support, everyone!
You know, the more I run this scenario through my mind, the clearer I am able to visualize you, Sharon, whip in one hand, needles in the other, Aeon Flux costume on... the ultimate Knitting Dominatrix.
It gives new meaning to "Knit me a Snatchel, Bitch!"
It gives new meaning to "Knit me a Snatchel, Bitch!"
