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This was back in the day when all you really needed to sell a book was the name "HARLAN ELLISON" on the cover. You knew whatever was inside the covers would be worth what you were paying. It might upset you, it might even piss you off, but your money would not be wasted.It's nice to finally have my suspicions confirmed as to why so many low-tier sci-fi novels all have the same garbage cover art. Really gives you an idea how much faith they have in authors like Rick to make bank for them, when they won't even drop $100 on a jobbing artist to pump out some basic space shit.
If you wanna save money, just go for something abstract and minimalist with strong typesetting, like the bonkers old covers we used to get:
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Captain Patrick S. Tomlinson of the starship Jack Murphy, at your service, child.I mean his shuttershock covers are better than his cover for The Ark
but yeah this is why his ships don’t get featured on the cover of his books. They are ugly dildos.
Much like Ethan Ralph, Moviebob, and DSP, Fatrick got a little taste of fame and it went to his head.I have been lurking on this forum for years, following various lolcows. But I can say, after reading this entire thread, that this one just baffles me completely. How did he get like this? What could turn this person, bar mental illnesses, into such a neurotic, delusional (fat) mess? What happened in his life to make him like this?
I can't say I really enjoy this thread as much as I'm fascinated by it, like watching a car wreck in real time.
It's the chicken or the egg scenario; it doesn't really matter who or what or how, all that matters isI have been lurking on this forum for years, following various lolcows. But I can say, after reading this entire thread, that this one just baffles me completely. How did he get like this? What could turn this person, bar mental illnesses, into such a neurotic, delusional (fat) mess? What happened in his life to make him like this?
I can't say I really enjoy this thread as much as I'm fascinated by it, like watching a car wreck in real time.
Was Pat ever on the level of relevance any of those people were? All of these people got hundreds of thousands of views on their internet videos and have been relevant internet personas for years. Pat has had literally no success in his life beside a single viral tweet raging against Trump, a Tor contract, and weaseling his way into appearing for a few seconds on a random documentary or two.Much like Ethan Ralph, Moviebob, and DSP, Fatrick got a little taste of fame and it went to his head.
It's not as if your explanation precludes the idea that Tomlinson is addicted to fame. He was already a narcissist, but when he got his first taste of validation through internet asspats, he chased that dragon hard, and he's still chasing itI've said it before, don't want to PL too much but I see less extreme versions of Pat every day and the story is all the same.
1. Coddling mother
2. weak/non-present father (who is then often mythologized)
3. Childhood focused on 'self esteem' ideology, praise was always directed at their traits/states of being and not at their effort or work.
The "fame" is irrelevant. I guarantee that Pat was like this before getting a blue check. This is the recipe for a typical "smart but lazy" narcissist. Most of these people hit a wall in the real world where they finally eat a slice of humble pie and admit/discover they need help unpacking why they are the way they are. In fact that's often a divorce, Patrick might have managed to unfuck himself if he took his first wife leaving him as an opportunity to reassess himself as a person. Instead he found a second, uglier wife who was more willing to put up with his immaturity (which is the fundamental problem with this sort of person and why they usually have problems succeeding in relationships) and numerous glaring personal flaws. Of course they got married when he was riding much higher than he currently is so who knows if that lasts.
"I get a blue check for being important"
It's even more pathetic than that. He once had a blue checkmark, but lost it when he violated Twitter's terms of service and had his account suspended. When he got the account back, he lost his blue check, and Twitter refused to reinstate it. He seethes about it to this day, and because of it tries to carry himself as a king in exile, but it comes off as a big fish in a small pond.Was Pat ever on the level of relevance any of those people were? All of these people got hundreds of thousands of views on their internet videos and have been relevant internet personas for years. Pat has had literally no success in his life beside a single viral tweet raging against Trump, a Tor contract, and weaseling his way into appearing for a few seconds on a random documentary or two.
But maybe you're right. Maybe Pat was so hungry for fame that the minute hehad any success whatsoever he acts like he's some sort of celebrity god, like he's the best parts of Stephen King, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and George Carlin, and any day now he's going to get that call from CNN telling him offering him his very own show.
Harlan Ellison was a lolcow in his own right. He was like Fatrick, but successful:This was back in the day when all you really needed to sell a book was the name "HARLAN ELLISON" on the cover.
I can't stop reading it in South Park Honey Boo Boo voiceWhenever Patrick puts "child" in a post, I end up mentally reading the whole thing in the voice of a sassy black grandma.
It's pretty funny.
I encountered this dude years ago on Twitter, and am not shocked at all to find this autist is still fuming on Twitter obsessing over "stalkers", Trump, and being a blue checkmark...the exact same thing he was doing two years ago. That's not even the funniest part of all this.I have been lurking on this forum for years, following various lolcows. But I can say, after reading this entire thread, that this one just baffles me completely. How did he get like this? What could turn this person, bar mental illnesses, into such a neurotic, delusional (fat) mess? What happened in his life to make him like this?
I can't say I really enjoy this thread as much as I'm fascinated by it, like watching a car wreck in real time.
He has a gay little tattoo on top of being fat and annoying and fat? Rick is truly an endless cornucopia of secondhand embarrassmentIt is kind of funny that a guy with a One Ring tattoo could not have been more oblivious to the effects that little check mark was having on his psyche.
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One check to child them all
One check to find them
One check to bring them all
and into meatloaf grind them
Here's that little taste of fame for those that haven't seen it.Much like Ethan Ralph, Moviebob, and DSP, Fatrick got a little taste of fame and it went to his head.