Author Archives: Jennyjinx

Pseudonyms are Welcome

By Jennyjinx | Published: January 24, 2012

Today Google announced that they will allow pseudonyms on Google+. There are some caveats, of course, you can’t call yourself “captaincrunch24″ or something equally silly. The pseudonym should either sound like an actual name or be established with a good-sized following1. You can’t go to G+ and legitimately start new accounts willy-nilly, like you can [...]

Posted in Adventures of Jinxi, Geek Side, Meta | Tagged google, pseudonyms, social sites | 5 Comments

You might find me offensive if…

By Jennyjinx | Published: January 22, 2012

In the last few weeks I have managed to personally offend people in the following ways: 1.) Mentioning that I’m going to vote for Barack Obama, even though I find his policies just left of Bush’s. 2.) Saying that documents required to procure identification for voting should be free. 3.) Mentioning I clicked a link [...]

Posted in I'm Pissy, Internet Drama, Meta | Tagged dur, google, idiocy, people are stupid | 8 Comments

A Bully by Any Other Name Might Just Be a Troll

By Jennyjinx | Published: January 6, 2012

John Dean wrote his second piece on Twitter bullying. He discusses way to avoid the bullies, also known as trolls. Block and ignore is the best method. I even unfollow people who RT shit from the idiots into my TL. That’s good advice, but… Then he chastises people for standing up to the fuckers. I [...]

Posted in I'm Pissy, Internet Drama, PragHags, Slap Upside the Head | Tagged bullies, mockery, people are assholes, praghags, trolls, twitiots, twitter, WATBs | 8 Comments

Because Those Arguments Don’t Work

By Jennyjinx | Published: January 5, 2012

By now you’ve heard about NDAA, or the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. Initially, Obama promised to veto the bill, but then it was changed ever so slightly and he found it palatable. On December 14, 2011, Obama announced that he planned to sign the bill. His reasoning: The bill now gives [...]