Good? Oh! That's great for you, lovelies! Oh, you're asking me how am I doing?
I AM NOT DOING WELL.
Now, if there's one of the many OCD things I cannot stand, it is when people clone me.
Now, this is some serious issue ya? I mean, really, I'm not trying to be high up there or any shit like that. Srsly, I don't know how many people follow this blog or who reads this blog. But if you happen to like whatever I write, for the love of God, at least credit it to me.
Again, I stress that it's not about being like, 'WOAH, BIG SHOT. TAKE A SHOT OF REALITY.'
But 'WOAH, PHOTOCOPIER!', come on man. That's just plain rude. And don't even get me started on the ethicality part.
When you copy someone's work without any form of citation, that is downright plagiarism. Metaphorically speaking, it's like the fat bully in your canteen that has an equally fat mole on the tip of his nose. You just want to make fun of it ('Wow, that's a huge raisin on your nose!'), but you can't. And that's because you know that he's gonna fuck you up once you're done poking fun at his beauty mark.
Just like your fat bully, plagiarism is some big business that you don't want to mess with.
"To avoid plagiarism, you must give credit whenever you use(Writing Tutorial Services, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, n.d.)
- another person’s idea, opinion, or theory;
- any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings—any pieces of information—that are not common knowledge;
- quotations of another person’s actual spoken or written words; or
- paraphrase of another person’s spoken or written words."
So, you sweet young things are wondering, 'why should I care about plagiarism?'. You listen to me, and you listen good, punk.
You could very well get a big fat 0 for your test because you think that you'd be able to pass off some work as your own. Don't act all snobbish because your credibility and reputation can go down as easily as a card pyramid - just because you plagiarised. (PEW PEW, back at you!)
That's not the worst case scenario though. I mean, really, who cares if you get a 0 for a test? You can always sit for another dumb test, and this time cite your sources.
WRONG! (you freaking loser)
" Students may be suspended or expelled from college for plagiarizing... (they) may also have their diplomas revoked after they have graduated... People in academic and scientific communities have lost their jobs and their reputations for copying the work of others without giving credit to it."(Baylor School, n.d.)
Now, if people from the academic communities could lose their freaking jobs over plagiarism, what's in stores for you then?
Never knew how much shit you were getting into just by pressing Crtl + C and Crtl + V right?
Okay, so my citation OCD is settled. Moving on, to IDENTITY CLONING.
Fine. You find me interesting, you find me cool (Wow, I kind of enjoy typing like an obnoxious blogger), but identity cloning is not funny at all.(Techdoc, 2008) <- btw, that is HOW you freaking cite your source
"Identity cloning often takes the form of using another's personal information to assume his or her identity in daily life...It is still a crime regardless of who the perpetrator(s) be or their motive(s)"
So, that means you've just committed a crime that I could call you out for. That means, your/my username is an act of THEFT!
That is no different from stealing from a bookshop because mummy blatantly refused to buy you a dictionary to read up on plagiarism and identity theft.
Thanks to Nuffnang, I am ABLE to see your website very well, thankchewverymuchies. And yes, I can identify you because... well, you are someone I know! (Playing Sherlock Homes is oh so interesting)
So, stop that. It is not cool. I do not look at it as a form of flattery and I am peeved. I would really appreciate if you removed any form of similarity between your blog/username to mine.
Or what?
I could continually flame you (which, I'm having a lot of fun here) or I could give you dirty looks the next time I see you.
