Scary Scary Stuff

It's hard to believe anyone like 'Avary' exists.

It's harder to believe a GWoP moderator read Avary's post and then elected to publish it.

And then incredibly, some other GWoPper later replied to Avary, but only to clarify something about Clomid and without flaming the ever-living shit out of him.

My GWoPwop friends, this GWoP post is scary stuff:

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Avary said:

I wonder if any of the media will pick up on the questionable use of fertility drugs. First, just being married a couple months, in her 20's, and was put on clomid even though most people would not be put on the drug that young or without trying longer. Bang - she's pregnant with the twins. And second, when she got pregnant with the tups, she switched doctors (why?), started on clomid again, was hospitalized with over-stimulated ovaries, the doctors wouldn't inseminate, and then she turned up pregant with seven babies. She and Jon had to have sex purposely against medical advice for that to have happened.
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I'm going to safely conclude that Avary is some sort of modern day Nazi scientist or serial killer. She/he's just a little too interested in the events surrounding Kate's pregnancies.

Why, Kate? Why?! You and Jon were only in your 20's for godsakes. Avary doesn't like that. Avary thinks you didn't try long enough.

Avary wants to know why you switched doctors, Kate? Avary doesn't like that either.

And then, WTF! YOU AND JON WERE HAVING SEX PURPOSELY?????

This also upsets Avary because you see, Avary has never had sex purposely. Avary only has sex accidentally.

[Hannibal Lecter]On purpose sex makes Avary mad, Felice. Very mad.[Hannibal Lecter].

The GWoP moderators should have reported Avary's post to the FBI but instead they approve it and publish if as something which supports their "beliefs".

To all the GWoP moms who are struggling to conceive, I hope Avary's post is making you feel nice and judged right now. If I were you, I wouldn't respond to any inquiries from the media.

Ay yi yi.

Jon & Kate Season Premiere This Weekend!

It's gorgeous weather and a big 3-day holiday weekend so I gotta get today's blog post done early so that we can get out there and enjoy it all. Hope you too are also heading into a fab weekend with your families and friends.

The new season of 'Jon & Kate plus 8' starts on Monday, no? We'll be watching for sure. We also plan to buy at least one of everything from all of the show's sponsors even if it means buying another car we don't need.

It's exciting time like these when I actually feel somewhat badly for the GWoPpers. They of course won't be watching the new show (snicker) which sadly means they won't have anything to bitch about. Nothing to bitch about means no GWoP blog which means the entire planet hangs in precarious balance.

I can only hope at least one brave soldier in the GWoP camp will gather enough inner strength to watch the show -- to make certain Kate's not beating the kids of course -- and then report back to camp. The world will be saved.

The Plot Thickens

No wonder the Gosselins moved, hired body guards and adopted two German Shepards.

Yesterday I received a comment telling me that the GWoP moderators live (or used to live) very near the Gosselins, and they've hated Katie since the arrival of her twins (long before the TV show).

Color.me.shocked.

In the hundreds and thousands of posts over there, I never once read anything remotely leading me to believe that all this outrage over child exploitation was actually bunch a hooey.*

But since I read this new interesting, little factoid on the Internet, it must be true. And frankly, I believe it. You never see a "real" child advocate blowing a gasket over someone's new purse.

So thanks tipster! I owe ya!





* Note to GWoPpers: This statement is an example of "sarcasm", which is a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark.

Serena Leigh Bell is Really Dumb

A tireless media whore in her own right, it's becoming clear that 'Serena Leigh Bell' likes to hit all the 'Jon & Kate" sites (and always in a thinly veiled attempt to plug her own GWoP blog).

At some place called TVSnark, I stumbled upon some comments made by Bell expressing total confusion as to why her critics just aren't able to refute her "views".

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1 Serena Leigh Bell March 21, 2009 at 12:04 am

I hear you!
As a moderator of Gosselins Without Pity, I read all the comments submitted to our comment queue for publication. On average, about 1,000 comments are submitted every week.

It is extremely rare that a criticism of the views we publish actually refutes those views — most of the criticism is along the lines of “Don’t you have anything better to do?”, “You’re just jealous.”, “Who are you to judge?”, “You don’t have eight children.”, “You’re not perfect either.”, etc.

It absolutely drives some people insane that we believe the exploitation perpetrated by Jon and Kate Gosselin is deeply disturbing and damaging, yet they are unable to articulate exactly why it bothers them so much that we object to it.

Why is it so important to them that their adulation of Jon and Kate remain unchallenged?
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Gee, Serena, I bet if you sobered up long enough, you might be able to logically think everything through and de-confuse yourself.

But because I'm a very nice person, I will give you a hint: google "argumentum ad ignorantiam."

You're welcome.

And for the record, I couldn't care less that if you think Jon & Kate exploit their kids. For all I know, you're a $2 hooker. Get over yourself.

GWoP's Facebook

So the GWoPpers now have a Facebook community. Excellent! I've long wondered what the "Perfect Mom" would look like and um.... hmmm ... I'm finding that they're somewhat ugly. More later on this (with examples).

With all the rage about Kate's hairdo, you'd think you might find nothing but cute hairdos over there. Not so much.

I've also noticed that the great 'Serena Leigh Bell' is not a member of her own Facebook community.... I can't find her picture to save my life. What's the matter, Serena? Chicken? The community's administrators Sharla Smith and Maggie Shatzie also have not posted their pictures.

I could be mistaken but quite a few of the dumbasses have posted avatars that include pictures of their kids. Posting your full name and city with pics of your kids on a public Internet forum. Now if that's not good parenting, I don't know what is. By all means, please do continue to lecture Jon and Kate (and the rest of us) ad nauseum.

Enough with The Truman Show analogies, mkay?

If I hear one more time that the "Jon & Kate plus 8" is the true-life version of "The Truman Show", I may scream.

Seems like I shouldn't have to spell this out, but the GWoPpers aren't all that smart so alas, I must. Be warned. I am about to share painful news ... akin to telling little Suzie that there is no Santa Claus. Before reading any further, you GWoPpers may want to make certain that your shrinks will be available to take your calls.

Are you ready?

: takes a deep breath :

"The Truman Show" is NOT a movie about a Reality TV show and the exploitation of its main character, Truman.

To anyone but a moron, it should be pretty clear that it's a move about existentialism....

(I'll now pause a moment while all the GWoPpers look that big word up.)

... it's a movie about a man questioning the meaning of his life and realizing in all likelihood that he will not discover any truths until he exits it.

Christof plays the role of an evil, manipulative "God" with very clear motives for masterminding Truman's universe: power and greed.

The movie's devoted TV viewing audience represents our cowardly and lazy human nature, specifically our ridiculous preoccupation with other people's lives instead of our own. Well, not me, of course. I don't fixate on other people's lives but I definitely know a group of people who does. Hint, Hine.

Last but not least, we have Truman. If you're a simple-minded GWoPper, Truman is the movie's victim. If your IQ is above 12, you realize the Truman is actually the movie's hero, who courageously chooses to assign meaning and value to his life by taking action. Unfortunately, I suspect "taking action" is not something the GWoPpers are too familiar with unless it involves a keyboard and Internet access.

Even if I were to entertain the most simplistic interpretation of the movie, neither I (or wikipedia) find too many any obvious parallels between "The Truman Show" and "Jon and Kate plus 8".

Wikipedia says it best: "Truman was chosen out of five unwanted babies to be a TV star, whereupon film producer Christof builds a gigantic studio to encapsulate Seahaven, the artificial town in which Truman lives. The enclosed studio allowed the producers, directors and crew to control every aspect of Truman's environment, including the weather. "

Conversely, the Gosselins kids were all very much wanted by their very real Mommy and Daddy, who clearly adore them. Nothing about the children's universe is deceptive or phony. And it's quite obvious that all the kids absolutely know they are being filmed.

You GWoPpers can argue till the cows come home that the filming of these 8 little lives is an egregious invasion of privacy that is somehow "damaging", but the fact of the matter is: you have no proof. You also have no evidence that the kids will fare any better otherwise.

There is no time like the present to become a real-life Truman yourself. Simplify life. Only worry about your own sad little lives and take the appropriate action. Perhaps you might start by trying to repair all the damage you've done to your own little darlings.

WTF is Union Protection?

Somewhere amidst all the GWoP bitching, there's critical commentary regarding the lack of union protection for reality TV stars and their kids.

Yeah, whatever. I don't know if the union membership stuff is true or not (and psst, I don't really care). I'm laughing at the notion of "union protection."