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I honestly don’t know what she expected. I mean, if one is going to present themselved anonymously online and then present her opinion over a wide variety of subjects, contraversial and not, people are going to wonder who this person really is. Humans are just weird like that.
Or perhaps they just figure, “Hey, I’m not going to win that $500 anyway so I better get something out of this!”
Perhaps she should distribute said picture to just the people who donate. But it’s probably going to end up on 4-chan anyway so I suppose that would just be a waste of time.
Since V has more than 5000 RSS readers, her giving away 500$ gives the average RSS feeder less than ten cents, I’d definitely rather have a picture.
As for ways to identify herself, I’d suggest just making a V with her hand.
I am proud to be one of the shallow bastards - but V, we have to see your face, your body - no masks, no bullshit. Wearing some ugly Old Navy clothing is fine, however. And who gives a shit was the mommy bloggers do to it - there is NO way you look worse than the tragic Greek Cow herself.
I’m not reading V’s site for the 10 cents I’d win, (on average.) 10 cents just isn’t worth the trouble to send the e-mail to enter. And I’ve never understood people that wait in line to buy lottery tickets. On average you lose 30 cents per ticket, you’ll be 30 cents and a few minutes richer by skip the whole line/buying ticket/checking the result/throw it out/wait in line to cash it in for the $5 anyways?
I’m reading this site for the entertainment value. And a picture of V, plus the entertainment value of what other people will do to it, is worth more than the 10 cents.
In any case, V has us under the impression that the is hot and has hinted at a bikini. And since I’m a straight male. . .
“If you gave me the choice between $500 and chance to see a picture of some random douchebag on the Internet, I would snatch that money so fast the friction from our hands would set the bills ablaze.”
Yes. I could not care less about your damn picture. Send me $500.
I agree with Ziah (and V). I enjoy reading V, but what are you going to get out of seeing a picture of her unless you’re a creepy stalkeresque type (I understand the internet breeds them, but…)? For the rest of everyone, it’ll be a “huh, ok, whatever” moment.
I think she should take all of the reasonable people who voted for the money, and narrow the pool further by offering the prize to only those out of that group that donate. Gives people who care about both a fair shot of winning.
Probably skewed by the non-RSS readers. I don’t bother with RSS so am not eligible for the $500. So for me the choice comes down to $0 or anything else.
I would definitely suggest the Children of the Night charity. It’s one of those “no bullshit” charities where all the money goes directly to help the kids.
http://www.childrenofthenight.org/
I’m too lazy to look over past posts, but didn’t VA say she’d pose ina bikini? In any case, quit your whining VA… you can’t honestly tell me that people aren’t curious about the prospect of seeing you. After all, we’ve all built you up to be this though Female Minority Warrior Bitch! I’m assuming you’re latino, based on your recent Starbucks explosion over their pamphlet about hiring one latino executive recently, and the fact you live in South Florida. Cuban decent perhaps?
Anyhow, I could give a damn if you post a picture. To me you’re online persona chains me to the bed, and takes control — I’m going along for the wild ride baby! Ride me hard and long!
We are curious bastards, not shallow ones. She bitches a lot about being anonymous, claiming that she is not important and blah blah blah.
If she knew shit about human nature (and I bet she does know), she should figure that precisely telling her readers THAT would make them want to see her.
We are not shallow bastards.
We are fucking children.
But hell, I love it.
its not that we would win 10 cents on average - either we win $500 or we win nothing. also, 1 in 5000 chance of winning is definitely better than the odds of winning a lottery (which depends on the state, but is quite upwards of 1 in 1 million). not to mention that we don’t have to pay anything for this.
who cares what V looks like? it will ruin the mystery of the blog
She basically asked the equivalent of “do you want $5, or a minuscule chance at $500?” Maybe some of you lottery types would pick the chance at a big payoff, but people like me know it’s almost certain that I’d walk away with nothing, so I’d take the $5.
The photo is a small guaranteed payoff for everybody. It’s not much, just a curiosity satisfied, but you’re still getting something instead of nothing. It’s not the shallow choice, it’s the logical one.
#10 said:
“We are fucking children.”
/pedophile joke
Okay, I find this a bit odd that people are choosing a picture of V over $500. Yes, I’m curious. But come on, it’s five hundred dollars, people.
Honestly I’d rather not have a picture of V anyway, since then people would vaguely insist that her race, ethnicity or hair colour is the reason why she’s such a ‘mean-ey.’ If she’s white (or even just light), people will suggest that she’s racist, or that she’s playing up the stereotype of un-educated people of other races. If she’s black, some people will accuse her of “not keeping it real” since she’s successful and every sentence doesn’t end in “ya know?” or “fo-sheezy.”
If she’s native american, people will accuse her of being a hopeless drunk and say that there’s a big correlation to her race and her childhood abuse (because we all know that type of thing never happens in other families, right?). If she’s asian, there would be bloggers who say that she used the phrase “round-eye” in a post, or that she’s a sadomasochistic accountant or something retarded like that.
So really the only race V could be and still be taken seriously (hah) would be East Indian… but then again there would still be people who accuse her of being “aligned with the Taliban” (yeah, there’s no shortage of idiot bloggers online).
Secretly I hope deep down that she’s Arabic, because thousands of racist bloggers would reach orgasm while having a heart attack or stroke. And I would pay to see that. :D
But at the end of the day, I’d really rather have the money.
I think she should wear the outfit she presented as “typical” for her in her recent Louis Vuitton discussion. Tattered blue jeans, a navy shirt, that bracelet & of course, the dog treat bag for a purse.
“Honestly I’d rather not have a picture of V anyway, since then people would vaguely insist that her race, ethnicity or hair colour is the reason why she’s such a ‘mean-ey.’”
Heck dude, she’s been called a male, overweight, ugly, a monster, and worse, do you think she cares even one bit more if instead of insulting her with normal diatribe they switch to racial stereotypes?
As to the 500 bucks or picture, I just hope she covers her face or something, the sheer anonymity of the blog is part of its allure, but well, that’s just me.
At least now we know who your friends are. It’s okay to offend blogger with snaggletoothed brats if you’re sending them lots of traffic. You’re kind of transparent that way. You’re friends link to you in the same way. I hate VA (always with link). Sometimes attention seeking is pathological.
I made you!
I recommend Modest Needs (www.modestneeds.org) for the charity.
Hell, I’d take $500… but a picture is worth WAAAY more than a 1 in 5000 chance to win. And yes, I am one of the people who actually donated to Wide Lawns because V said that if that chick’s “charity challenge” did well, we’d get a chance at a picture of V. So cough it up, honey!
So, we all lack depth because we would rather have something that ‘benefits’ (albeit in a much more abstract way) the majority, than the essentially very small chance of winning a cash prize.
It’s all the worse because she obviously knew this was going to happen, and she put the option out there.
@ Griffin
Erm, you sure have a lot of stereotypes and prejudice don’t you? Let us worry about what we want to think, “if” we ever see a picture of VA. Don’t presume based on your own sad facts of life. I personally relate to people based on their personality, conduct, and their actions - don’t force your racial & prejusdic rubbish on here please. I never judge anyone based on their sex, race, or creed. Thank you very much.
“…a chance to see a picture of some random douchebag on the Internet …”
Please don’t undersell the main attraction here, at the very least you’re talking about a picture of a random douchebag with TITS.
To those of us that make up your loyal audience of sex-deprived nerds and deviant lesbians the value of such a prize should be self-evident. As for the monetary alternative, you already told us that banking one’s hopes on the financial rewards of a lottery is the folly of self-obsessed children.
That we are able to look beyond such selfish personal gain clearly takes us out of the realm of shallow bastards and distinguishes us as a more enlightened form of benevolent adolescent stalker. Personal growth should be rewarded, and as you’ve said many times, you are a giver.
I’m not on the RSS and I still voted for the money. I’d rather not have even gotten the photos of the clothing V wears in an earlier post. I don’t want to know anything about her. What’s the point of an anonymous journal otherwise? Knowing something as personal as what she looks like would completely take the fun out of it.
It seems as though V likes animals more than people in many cases. Which is totally understandeable, many people do. So the money should go to a worthy animal charity. One of my favorite things to do is find a totally struggling local little charity that gets no recognition or large corporate donations and give them a large chunk of change that makes their day. My friend actually turned me on to that by giving $500.00 to a totally small local animal shelter and their surprise made it so worth it.
Show me the money :D