ok more specifically, someone hates my banner ad. not only did i fail their review, but i made it into the hall of shame and earned myself a vitriolic outpouring. i'm damn proud.
and since i just can't help it, i'm going to rebutt some of the charges.
Opening Comments: Dear beatpoetgrrl, your lame attempt to garner anti-war support makes me want to rub baby shit on my face. This kind of banner running on the members area really irritates me. And not because I'm pro-war, but because I hate seeing ignorant fanatics using their tiny shred of the public spotlight to vomit up some idiotic quip about President Bush or the war in Iraq. Other people to include in this group of people: Michael Moore, Natalie Maines, Chrissy Hynde, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, and Janeane Garafolo.
dear bannercritic: the purpose of a banner ad is twofold. first, to draw people to your site. second, to express your own views and opinions. whether you are pro-war or anti-war (and i have a pretty good idea about which way you're leaning), you have an opinion. i don't consider a banner ad to be my moment in the spotlight, since first of all i purchased it, and didn't earn it by being particularly wonderful or doing something extraordinary (like, say, winning an oscar). but hey, i'm in good company with my fellow ignorant fanatics. you can add fred durst, the beastie boys, and robert bly to that list too, by the way. as to the irritation i have apparently caused--refresh your page and get a new banner ad.
Creativity: 0/5 points
None. My 876th pubic hair has more creativity in it that this "grrl" has in her whole body.
wow, i'd like to meet that hair. has it published recently?
Originality: 0/5 points
This is not original. The banner is not original. The words are not original thought. I've heard that said before about Bush, and it's STILL not funny. "Oh, I'm So clever. Because people know that since Bush is a Texan and Texans carry guns that means I can use some stupid gunfight reference." Well, I got news for you, lady, the OK Corral was in fucking ARIZONA, and Wyatt Earp was a US Marshall at the time of the OK Corall gunfight.
the fight at the ok corall was about the controlling interests in the town, and doc holiday and the earps represented the "law" in said town. it is also the most famous of the standoffs in the wild west. i believe that bush talks like the sheriff in a bad western. he sounds like wyatt earp, thus provoking the analogy. it actually had nothing to do with bush being a texan, or with gun ownership in any way. but thanks for the free history lesson; i didn't know that it was in arizona. oh, and don't call me lady, i hate that.
Design: 1/5 points.
Pity point for the pink and black text, and for making it ALMOST look like it was handwritten.
thanks. i'm actually really bad at designing banners, and was counting on the message to carry the banner. quite an example of irony, isn't it?
Draw: 2/5 points
I could see how people might be drawn to this banner. Because as we all know, diaryland is littered with a bunch of ignorant, idiotic teenagers that will click on anything that is remotely humorous to them. They'll click on it, then leave a note using a bunch of teenagery internet speak like "LOL, Luved Ur banner. Thas So funny. Its Tru 2. ROFLMAO." BAH! CRAP!!
that's some rhetoric. first of all, you make false assumptions of what "we all know." secondly, you attempt to backhandedly discredit the banner by discrediting the people who click it. it's generally not wise to insult people in order to make an argument.
in closing, i would like to point out that running a review site (of any kind) does not give one an excuse to make personal, rather than intellectual judgements about the person you are reviewing. and that tearing apart the statements of another person without making any statements of your own is a rather lame attempt to appear intelligent and literary. if you are interested in a debate about american foreign policies, or about my artistic and creative abilities, feel free to engage me. and if you are going to make arguments about my creativity and the sort of people who read my diary, you may want to do your research. your site has been running for ten days? i have to wonder whether you might be the reason andrew has been so upset about flame diaries lately...and incidentally, don't you think it's a little tacky and egocentric to display the people who list you as a favorite on your own diary? and call them your disciples?
***in this entry i have provided links to various sites in order to show the actual content. PLEASE do not start a guestbook signing campaign or send them viruses or do any of the other typical diaryland-personality-war-type things. i want us all to be above the kind of behavior that prompted this entry.***
peace. beatpoetgrrl
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