re: #213 makeitstop

I knew that Der Spiegel thing was a setup as soon as he tweeted about it.

‘Der Spiegel’ = German for ‘updog.’

Seriously, if a reporter for a magazine contacts you, have the goddamned acumen to make them email you from an account @thatfuckingmagazine ! Then copy and paste the address, compose a separate reply, and see if they respond to that.

I hesitate to say this because someone might tell it to CCJ and prevent him from getting suckered the exact same way again. But he’s such an imbecile that I’m certain he’ll fall for an even stupider trap in the future.

I mean, the question “How do you deal with online criticism so effectively?” What kind of asshole looks at that and doesn’t think they’re being scammed? It’s such an obvious, obsequious set up designed to get him to preen and say something ridiculous, which of course is exactly what he does.

The entire set of questions he responded to was like that, there were more red flags than a fucking Soviet Era May Day parade.