Snopes Report: Book "Go Ask Alice" is a Fake...

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-07-08 11:47pm

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.

LT.Hit-Man · Post by **LT.Hit-Man** » 2003-07-08 11:50pm

Eh no big deal

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-07-08 11:52pm

It's the pursuit of Truth, LT. It's always a big deal...

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-07-08 11:56pm

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.

LT.Hit-Man · Post by **LT.Hit-Man** » 2003-07-08 11:57pm

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.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-07-08 11:57pm

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.

LT.Hit-Man · Post by **LT.Hit-Man** » 2003-07-09 12:01am

[quote="Frank Hipper[/quote]Hehe. "Reefer Madness" all over again.[/quote]

That was a funny fuking moive

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-07-09 12:13am

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.

LT.Hit-Man · Post by **LT.Hit-Man** » 2003-07-09 12:17am

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

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-07-09 04:49am

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.)

j1j2j3 · Post by **j1j2j3** » 2003-07-09 12:06pm

Not saying this article is true or not but...

Who says Snopes is always correct? Some people assume that Snopes is infallible (gasp)

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-07-09 12:14pm

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.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-07-09 12:43pm

Never heard of the book.

But... once again, Snopes delivers. Rock on.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-07-09 02:32pm

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]??

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2003-07-09 03:19pm

I knew it!

I KNEW IT!

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA, my friends will SUFFER for not listening to me!

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-07-09 06:58pm

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.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-07-09 08:51pm

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.

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-07-09 10:29pm

It's pathetic that this woman thinks that she can't effectively get a message across in a story that people know is fictional.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-07-11 06:23am

For some strange reason, I thought this thread was called "go ask the police"