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I'll have to agree with this. These always read like they are totally made up but he doesn't want to put effort into making it a good story, so he tries to pass
by starkfist 17y ago
I'll have to agree with this. These always read like they are totally made up but he doesn't want to put effort into making it a good story, so he tries to pass it off as a real story without the details. Sort of like thedailywtf but without being as over-the-top phony. This one was barely readable.
- maxklein 17y agoGive me an idea what to do. If I have to prove all my stories, it limits the types of stories I can write. This story, for example, I could not have written, because the person may not want this information linked to him. I have the choice between writing stories about people vaguely, and getting to select the interesting stories that fit, or writing stories I can source, which limits me to only a very few stories. If I don't use any stories at all, then the posts are less interesting. Your comment puts me in a bind - I'm not sure what the way out is.
- TheSOB88 17y agoIgnore it, I guess. People should know that some people don't like their life stories being posted for everyone to see.
- btmorex 17y agoHonestly, I felt like I was reading the cliff notes version of a personal anecdote. I didn't read the rest of the article. I might have if I didn't think that headline and "anecdote" were just there to make me click through.
- cubes 17y agoWrite the stories you can source. Sure you'd write less, but it would have more impact. As is your writing is frequently vague and anecdotal, and easy to dismiss. I might be more inclined to believe the anecdotal stories if you had other posts with more meat to them. NB, I find it interesting that you refer to your posts as stories as your usage connotes that they are fiction.
- kareemm 17y agokeep doing what you're doing and know that some people won't like it. your audience is not them.
- GFischer 17y agoYou think that thedailywtf examples are phony? You don't want to come around to the company I work for, then (heck, I've ADDED some of the WTF-worthy code myself :) )
- neurotech1 17y agoI have submitted a WTF to thedailywtf before.. they do publish user submissions.
- blasdel 17y agoThey're always edited beyond recognition into vague parables. He often does shit like adding weak framing ripped from the plot of Office Space, changing all of the proper nouns, combining multiple stories, etc.
- nandemo 17y agoI really envy people who think the Daily WTF stories are phony. They must have been so lucky to work all their careers in jobs with no WTFs...