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Carreon's wife sounds even crazier than Carreon himself, apparently saying that there is a conspiracy of actual grammar Nazis killing Americans and that the Oat

by Vivtek 14y ago

Carreon's wife sounds even crazier than Carreon himself, apparently saying that there is a conspiracy of actual grammar Nazis killing Americans and that the Oatmeal is part of it. You can't make this stuff up, folks.

shrikant 14y ago
Um, I ventured on over to the bulletin board on her website, and she's basically the only poster on it, with loads and loads of posts in various discussion threads. Which are incidentally all about conspiracy theories. For some reason, the tone and structure of the wife's writing reminds me of the LoseThos situation. [1] [1] http://qaa.ath.cx/LoseThos.html http://qaa.ath.cx/LoseThos.html
- Vivtek 14y ago
  I guess that's a lot less funny if she's actually mentally ill.
- MartinCron 14y ago
  Wow, I just read up on the LoseThos thing and it's heartbreaking. Call me a bleeding heart killjoy if you must, but I've recently come to the conclusion that just like prison rape and developmental disabilities, mental illness just isn't something you can make tasteful jokes about.
  - Splines 14y ago
    What's even more heartbreaking is that he's quite active on HN even though he's banned. If you read his comments there's something definitely wrong with him (I hesitate using that phrase, but I don't know how else to say it). He's a talented individual with a strong work ethic, hopefully he gets the help that he needs.
    - MartinCron 14y ago
      Yes, I've seen his [dead] comments before, and had a flash of recognition reading the article. You're hesitant to use the phrase "something definitely wrong with him". That made me think of other terms, like "disturbed", "unhinged", "unbalanced" or the clinical "mentally ill" and I can't find anything that doesn't sound demeaning, judgmental, or moralistic. I think that says something about our ability to understand and help these people.
  - MaysonL 14y ago
    Somehow, the idea that a joke can be both tasteful and gut-bustingly funny is oxymoronic. As Lord Buckley was wont to say: "If you must tell the truth, be sure to leave them laughing. Remember what they did to Jesus."
    - MartinCron 14y ago
      Too soon. That joke is in very poor taste.
gms7777 14y ago
Right? Reading the second response by his wife was particularly disturbing. "...Just look at their cartoons. They like to kill. They think it's fun to kill. They think their friends will admire them if they kill. Without mercy! ...They are stupid, silent people, who are absolutely worthless to our society. Really, what good is their life, but a burden to the planet?" She is accusing "these people" of being murderers? Honestly, from the following comments, I'm quite a bit more concerned that this whole story will end with her going on a killing spree. I'm slowly becoming more and more convinced that this is one majorly elaborate practical joke, concocted by the oatmeal and funnyjunk to raise tons of money for charity. Because I'd rather believe that than believe that people this dense actually exist.
- edwardy20 14y ago
  "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein
- vibrunazo 14y ago
  > Because I'd rather believe that than believe that people this dense actually exist. Oh, just ask any hardcore religious right-winger why they think women should have no birth control or why gays shouldn't marry. The world is filled with these brain dead crazies who can't put 1 + 1 together if their life depend on it. We just don't see them too much during our day-to-day, if we're too busy inside our work routine on our little tech bubble. That we tend to forget about them. But they're all over the place.
  - gms7777 14y ago
    Haha, you raise a valid point. And as an lgbt female, I can't say that I ever forget about them. And yes, its that same exact feeling of complete disbelief when someone that closed-minded speaks to me. However, its a bit more difficult to write it off as an elaborate hoax.
  - ChuckMcM 14y ago
    Sadly, even those these people are outliers, they still exist. One need only visit the topix message boards or the anonymous comments section of a national web site to see it. It is one of the less useful aspects of the Internet that it amplifies the small crazy voices along with the small useful ones.
slig 14y ago
Seriously. This has got to be a very elaborated troll. [1] [1] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/06/funnyjunk-lawyers-wife-wades-into-fray-calls-critics-nazi-scumbags/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/06/funnyjunk-lawyers...
medinismo 14y ago
priceless
brandoncor 14y ago
This quotation is particularly scary: "It's not the first time we've been targeted as sacrificial victims," Tara wrote. "We were targeted by the entire Buddhist community when I told them to go fuck themselves, for being nihilists, elitists, and authoritarians."
- macey 14y ago
  jesus h. christ. these people really might need medication.
- jlgreco 14y ago
  Is a nihilist authoritarian combination even possible?
minikomi 14y ago
Indeed you cannot. Try browsing their personal site for a while... Mind bending. http://www.american-buddha.com/index.htm http://www.american-buddha.com/index.htm (warning, gets NSFW very quickly.)
DigitalSea 14y ago
Surely what his wife is saying could be classed as defamatory as well? Stupid move on her part, I hope she goes down as well and taints the case even further.
DanBC 14y ago
She -or someone claiming to be her- has directly linked Inman to real Nazis in Europe. (The account joined in 2008, but web forum software is notoriously insecure and there are many ways to fake or hijack a profile. So it might not be her.) (http://www.naderlibrary.com/bulletin_board/viewtopic.php?p=18321&sid=8581b2830eedb58cab916ba97100af19 http://www.naderlibrary.com/bulletin_board/viewtopic.php?p=1...) > His mother is a psychic, who does palm reading, angel communication, tarot, channeling, psychometry, aura readings, and mediumship. She says she comes from "a line of readers, mystics in Europe." I wonder if her family associated with the Blavatsky Nazi crowd. Most of the medium/psychic whackos did. She studied with a Tibetan Shaman in Nepal. Wow. A totally crazy woman. Matt Inman has crazy parents on both sides. No wonder he's crazy, too. I'm not sure what I expect from a thread titled "Charles Carreon vs. The Illuminati and Matt Inman".

by Vivtek 14y ago

shrikant 14y ago

Um, I ventured on over to the bulletin board on her website, and she's basically the only poster on it, with loads and loads of posts in various discussion threads. Which are incidentally all about conspiracy theories. For some reason, the tone and structure of the wife's writing reminds me of the LoseThos situation. [1] [1] http://qaa.ath.cx/LoseThos.html http://qaa.ath.cx/LoseThos.html

Vivtek 14y ago
I guess that's a lot less funny if she's actually mentally ill.
MartinCron 14y ago
Wow, I just read up on the LoseThos thing and it's heartbreaking. Call me a bleeding heart killjoy if you must, but I've recently come to the conclusion that just like prison rape and developmental disabilities, mental illness just isn't something you can make tasteful jokes about.
- Splines 14y ago
  What's even more heartbreaking is that he's quite active on HN even though he's banned. If you read his comments there's something definitely wrong with him (I hesitate using that phrase, but I don't know how else to say it). He's a talented individual with a strong work ethic, hopefully he gets the help that he needs.
  - MartinCron 14y ago
    Yes, I've seen his [dead] comments before, and had a flash of recognition reading the article. You're hesitant to use the phrase "something definitely wrong with him". That made me think of other terms, like "disturbed", "unhinged", "unbalanced" or the clinical "mentally ill" and I can't find anything that doesn't sound demeaning, judgmental, or moralistic. I think that says something about our ability to understand and help these people.
- MaysonL 14y ago
  Somehow, the idea that a joke can be both tasteful and gut-bustingly funny is oxymoronic. As Lord Buckley was wont to say: "If you must tell the truth, be sure to leave them laughing. Remember what they did to Jesus."
  - MartinCron 14y ago
    Too soon. That joke is in very poor taste.

gms7777 14y ago

Right? Reading the second response by his wife was particularly disturbing. "...Just look at their cartoons. They like to kill. They think it's fun to kill. They think their friends will admire them if they kill. Without mercy! ...They are stupid, silent people, who are absolutely worthless to our society. Really, what good is their life, but a burden to the planet?" She is accusing "these people" of being murderers? Honestly, from the following comments, I'm quite a bit more concerned that this whole story will end with her going on a killing spree. I'm slowly becoming more and more convinced that this is one majorly elaborate practical joke, concocted by the oatmeal and funnyjunk to raise tons of money for charity. Because I'd rather believe that than believe that people this dense actually exist.

edwardy20 14y ago
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein
vibrunazo 14y ago
> Because I'd rather believe that than believe that people this dense actually exist. Oh, just ask any hardcore religious right-winger why they think women should have no birth control or why gays shouldn't marry. The world is filled with these brain dead crazies who can't put 1 + 1 together if their life depend on it. We just don't see them too much during our day-to-day, if we're too busy inside our work routine on our little tech bubble. That we tend to forget about them. But they're all over the place.
- gms7777 14y ago
  Haha, you raise a valid point. And as an lgbt female, I can't say that I ever forget about them. And yes, its that same exact feeling of complete disbelief when someone that closed-minded speaks to me. However, its a bit more difficult to write it off as an elaborate hoax.
- ChuckMcM 14y ago
  Sadly, even those these people are outliers, they still exist. One need only visit the topix message boards or the anonymous comments section of a national web site to see it. It is one of the less useful aspects of the Internet that it amplifies the small crazy voices along with the small useful ones.

slig 14y ago

Seriously. This has got to be a very elaborated troll. [1] [1] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/06/funnyjunk-lawyers-wife-wades-into-fray-calls-critics-nazi-scumbags/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/06/funnyjunk-lawyers...

medinismo 14y ago

priceless

brandoncor 14y ago

This quotation is particularly scary: "It's not the first time we've been targeted as sacrificial victims," Tara wrote. "We were targeted by the entire Buddhist community when I told them to go fuck themselves, for being nihilists, elitists, and authoritarians."

macey 14y ago
jesus h. christ. these people really might need medication.
jlgreco 14y ago
Is a nihilist authoritarian combination even possible?

minikomi 14y ago

Indeed you cannot. Try browsing their personal site for a while... Mind bending. http://www.american-buddha.com/index.htm http://www.american-buddha.com/index.htm (warning, gets NSFW very quickly.)

DigitalSea 14y ago

Surely what his wife is saying could be classed as defamatory as well? Stupid move on her part, I hope she goes down as well and taints the case even further.

DanBC 14y ago

She -or someone claiming to be her- has directly linked Inman to real Nazis in Europe. (The account joined in 2008, but web forum software is notoriously insecure and there are many ways to fake or hijack a profile. So it might not be her.) (http://www.naderlibrary.com/bulletin_board/viewtopic.php?p=18321&sid=8581b2830eedb58cab916ba97100af19 http://www.naderlibrary.com/bulletin_board/viewtopic.php?p=1...) > His mother is a psychic, who does palm reading, angel communication, tarot, channeling, psychometry, aura readings, and mediumship. She says she comes from "a line of readers, mystics in Europe." I wonder if her family associated with the Blavatsky Nazi crowd. Most of the medium/psychic whackos did. She studied with a Tibetan Shaman in Nepal. Wow. A totally crazy woman. Matt Inman has crazy parents on both sides. No wonder he's crazy, too. I'm not sure what I expect from a thread titled "Charles Carreon vs. The Illuminati and Matt Inman".