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Snopes Report: Book "Go Ask Alice" is a Fake...
Posted: 2003-07-08 11:47pm
by Spanky The Dolphin
http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/askalice.asp
I wonder if CR Washington still has that copy where I wrote "This book is a fake" on the title page...
It's good to be confirmed that you were right all along.
Posted: 2003-07-08 11:50pm
by LT.Hit-Man
Eh no big deal
Posted: 2003-07-08 11:52pm
by Spanky The Dolphin
It's the pursuit of Truth, LT. It's
always a big deal...
Posted: 2003-07-08 11:56pm
by Crayz9000
Authors like that are annoying, to be honest. They can take their holier-than-thou attitudes and cram them up their asses for all I care.
As an aside, I couldn't help but laugh at the people who thought that the Blair Witch Project really happened.
Posted: 2003-07-08 11:57pm
by LT.Hit-Man
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:It's the pursuit of Truth, LT. It's
always a big deal...
What is truth to one is a lie to another.
Besides who cares if it's a story about some dumb ass chick who fucked her life up or if it's the turth about said dumb ass chick.
This type of shit happens every damm day so why worry about it.
Posted: 2003-07-08 11:57pm
by Frank Hipper
Go Ask Alice was the product of Beatrice Sparks, an author who has come out with a number of "teens who saw their lives ruined by their bad choices" offerings, each one presented as a true story, often in the form of a diary of an anonymous teen:
It Happened to Nancy (she's dying of AIDS)
Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager
Treacherous Love: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager (teen girl is sexually taken advantage of by a teacher)
Jay's Journal (yet another diary, this one of a teen boy who turned to satan worship and drug use)
Almost Lost: The True Story of an Anonymous Teenager's Life on the Streets
Kim: Empty Inside: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager (eating disorders)
Hehe. "Reefer Madness" all over again.
Posted: 2003-07-09 12:01am
by LT.Hit-Man
[quote="Frank Hipper[/quote]Hehe. "Reefer Madness" all over again.[/quote]
That was a funny fuking moive
Posted: 2003-07-09 12:13am
by Spanky The Dolphin
LT, there are such things as pursuing the path of Truth and fighting Ignorance. This falls under both, and I am one of those people who fight to quelch lies and ingorance.
But this isn't a thread for debate, so I don't want to continue such.
Posted: 2003-07-09 12:17am
by LT.Hit-Man
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:LT, there are such things as pursuing the path of Truth and fighting Ignorance. This falls under both, and I am one of those people who fight to quelch lies and ingorance.
But this isn't a thread for debate, so I don't want to continue such.
Hey I'm cool with that as for me I guess I'm to jaded to give a rat's ass anymore.
But thanks for sharing the post anyways
Posted: 2003-07-09 04:49am
by The Yosemite Bear
At least we know one teenage diary is real. (All in all people are generally nice and things work out in the end-A.F.)
Posted: 2003-07-09 12:06pm
by j1j2j3
Not saying this article is true or not but...
Who says Snopes is always correct? Some people assume that Snopes is infallible (gasp)
Posted: 2003-07-09 12:14pm
by Vympel
j1j2j3 wrote:Not saying this article is true or not but...
Who says Snopes is always correct? Some people assume that Snopes is infallible (gasp)
Reading the article, it's reasoning is rock solid.
The book's formulaic, focuses on shit a real adolscent wouldn't (probably) give two shits about (in comparison to other matters) is wordy, etc.
Posted: 2003-07-09 12:43pm
by DPDarkPrimus
Never heard of the book.
But... once again, Snopes delivers. Rock on.
Posted: 2003-07-09 02:32pm
by Peregrin Toker
Frank Hipper wrote:Hehe. "Reefer Madness" all over again.
Reefer Madness, aye?
Isn't it that movie where Marijuana is pronounced [thick southern accent]"MARY-HWAHNNA"[/thick southern accent]??
Posted: 2003-07-09 03:19pm
by StarshipTitanic
I knew it!
I KNEW IT!
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA, my friends will SUFFER for not listening to me!
Posted: 2003-07-09 06:58pm
by Exonerate
Hmm, I read that book in 7th grade... It was an ok book.
It's sad how people feel the need to invent things then claim that it is true.
Posted: 2003-07-09 08:51pm
by SyntaxVorlon
Simon H.Johansen wrote:Frank Hipper wrote:Hehe. "Reefer Madness" all over again.
Reefer Madness, aye?
Isn't it that movie where Marijuana is pronounced [thick southern accent]"MARY-HWAHNNA"[/thick southern accent]??
Good old mary jane, I always find it funny to think about that guy who loves mary jane and thinks he's a spider.
Posted: 2003-07-09 10:29pm
by Andrew J.
It's pathetic that this woman thinks that she can't effectively get a message across in a story that people know is fictional.
Posted: 2003-07-11 06:23am
by Slartibartfast
For some strange reason, I thought this thread was called "go ask the police"
