| Re: ACK encyclopedia - cleared [message #320904 is a reply to message #320764] |
Thu, 06 March 2008 16:45   |
 |
Aircraftkiller
Messages: 8213
Registered: February 2003
Karma:
|
General (5 Stars) |
|
|
Most of that site is exaggeration and lies if that wasn't obvious already.
Done in the spirit of Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary, Encyclopedia dramatica's purpose is to provide a central catalog for the e-public to view parody and satirie of drama, memes, e-pals and other interesting happenings on the internets. The goal is to provide comprehensive, reference-style parody, to poke fun at everyone and everything on the internet.
While the articles themselves are mostly satirical jabs at Internet users (both individually and in groups) and phenomena, bear in mind that the Encyclopedia Dramatica itself is a parody of a much less funny online encyclopedia. As such, ED articles tend to make fun of the supposed objectivity and accuracy, elitism, and stupid edit wars of such sites. In other words, expect blatant, biased lies, and expect boring truths to get deleted quickly.
ED's third purpose is to catalogue Internets phenomena. In this role, it's actually a fairly good reference for dramatic events and things like memes and netspeak, provided you bear in mind the first two purposes and take what you learn with a Girlmecha-sized grain of salt.
Before you believe everything you read online...
|
|
|
|
Search
Help
Members
Register
Login
Home
