You know you’re a loser when you suck at plagiarism

Ian Lurie Jul 3 2010

If you can’t cut-and-paste and do it right, you’re really short on skills.

Here’s someone who stole an entire page from The unFun Parent, a site that’s only 4 days old, and left in the image with my name on it.

Clearly he/she is using a scraper. That doesn’t make them any less of a loser, though.

It’s so pathetic that, on a mellow Saturday morning, I almost don’t want to belt whoever did this in the mouth.

Oh, wait, I lied. I still want to kick your teeth in, whoever you are.

Cheers!

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6 Comments

Brett Atkin Jul 3 2010, 16:45:50

Okay, this can’t be real. If it is, this guy gets my vote for the dumbest person on the planet.
Niels T Jul 4 2010, 02:38:56

That’s so uncool that it becomes cool again – and then uncool once more.
Rich Becker Jul 5 2010, 09:08:44

Ian,
Incredibly dumb. There is a good chance they don’t even know. Some use programming to grab up posts based on a certain criteria. Worse, are the new programs that shuffle the deck, creating new posts out of old posts.
Best,
Rich
Ian Jul 5 2010, 09:12:01

@Rich I’m sure it’s a scraper – you’re right.
Per H. Jørgensen Jul 7 2010, 01:08:21

This is it – we have reached the bottom!
At least you got quoted, Ian :-)
Jonathan Bailey Jul 7 2010, 11:46:22

Well, as of this posting, it appears that the site involved is down or has changed. If I’m wrong or it happens again though, let me know. I can probably help you get the content removed.
Sorry to hear that you got spammed!