Hat tip: Lewis
Phailbin refuses to run adverts on his blog, so he thinks you should reward him by sending him your hard earned money.
as most of you know, this is a staunchly anti-corporate blog and I made a conscious decision a long while back to not take any corporate advertising . . .
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Several things about this made me laugh. His blog is hosted at Blogspot, which of course is owned by Google. Not only is Google a huge corporation, but also it’s American. Yes folks, Mr. anti-American anti-corporation is using one of the biggest American corporations to spread his drivel. I love it.
Then, there’s the issue of Phailbin calling his blog a “news service.” That’s like calling this blog news. Um, no . . . it’s more like a place to rubberneck and discuss the crashworthiness of the vehicle(s) involved. I could probably get an entire essay out of how newsworthy Phailbin’s blog isn’t. Debunked conspiracy theories and reports from art exhibits aren’t news. They don’t even really qualify as op-ed pieces.
To top it off, he seeks donations through PayPal, which has a dreadful reputation for freezing people’s accounts and holding their money. A quick Google or Yahoo search will turn up loads of info on that.
So, step right up and send Mikkake your dollars or pounds. Seriously, he could just get himself on the dole like Lorenzo.
I suspect this is just a social experiment on Mikkake’s part. He wants to see if anyone’s stupid enough to actually send him money.
Mikey will use corporations as long as they are convenient? I’m shocked, shocked by this unexpected turn of events.
He often makes me think of the Tim Robbins bit in Team America.
‘and the corporations sit there in their corporation buildings… and they’re all corporationy’
He should take a leaf out of Larry’s book and get himself a wife who will pay all the bills for him, as well as get on the dole claiming he is too “sick” to work.
Maybe she does pay all the bills. I’ve noticed the Philbins never go anywhere on holiday that isn’t within easy driving distance. Of course, this is coming from someone who drove from Philadelphia to western Minnesota, and back, a couple of months ago, so feel free to take that with a grain of salt.
‘Social experiment’ is usually the excuse invoked by someone if their attempt at trolling or creating a bit of drama backfires. Either that or ‘HAY YOU GUISE IT WAS A JOKE DUHHHH’.
Yup, and I think that’s where his mental processes are, even though he posted it on his blog, rather than a bulletin board.
I guess this means his books aren’t selling well…
Maybe he got jealous of all that cash from Larry’s post.
That too… but given that he just wants people’s money without giving anything of value in return, it seems par for the course.
I work at a Very Large Corporation ™, so my money is just filthy lucre anyway.
Oh dear, Alice is working for the NWO.
Yeah well I’m secretly working for Lord Xenu, would you like some Thetans with your coffee?
The first in my Nitwit Cooking series of posts is up.
Well, Phailbin will only get half the Mexican peso from me, which isn’t very much. (rolleyes)
Wow, he just covered himself with fail on this one, didn’t he?
I R SUCKSESSFULL ARETHOR! I CAN HAZ MONIEZ PLZ? KYE, THNX!
Wait, doesn’t Phailbin work for some video game company? Or was that just bullshit he picked up from Larry? Maybe one of daggy’s leftover lies.
No… he did used to work for Sony.