APPLEJACK CELEBRATES INTERDIMENSIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY Supplementary Material · 6:44pm Apr 19th, 2016
Meeester said:
Dear Super Trampoline,
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THE MARE brought me down. So I'll be doing a series of blog posts where I show you what stories were like before THE MARE watered them down and crimped my jive. Starting with this one, presenting APPLEJACK CELEBRATES INTERDIMENSIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY as it was meant to be presented: with CAPS LOCK!
THIS STORY STARTS WITH ME WAKIN' UP LIKE WRAPPED UP WINTER WAKES DEM SNAKES IN THEM THERE HOLES IN THE GROUND, Y'ALL HEAR ME? I DUN CHARISH MAH HOLIDAYS, AN DIS ONE HERE'S ONE O' MAH FAVORITES. THEY SAY THAT US SIMPLE MUD PONES AIN'T GOT NO FANCY INCLINATIONS, AND THAT THERE SURE IS TRUE. AIN'T NOTHIN AH ASPIRE TO AS MUCH AS HONEST HARD WORK. BUT Y'ALL CAN BET YOUR GRAVY AH SURE AS A CHIMERA'S BACKSIDE KNOW WHAT ATHERE TYPEWRITER IS. AH'MA TOLD SUMDIM WRITER PONIES LIKE MIZ YEARLING DUN USE IT FOR TYPIN OUT WORDS. AH RECKON I BEST TAH USE MAH MOUTH ANA PEN, BUT THEMS MECHANICAL WRITIN' MACHINES AH THE PLUM REASON WE'ZAL GOT DIS DAY O' JUBILEE. IF IT WERN'T FER THEM, WHY, I DON'T SUPPOSE INTERDIMENSIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY WOULD RIGHT BE MUCH'A ANYTHANG, YUKNOW?
THIS DAY IS ALL ABOUT PROJECTIN' Y'ALLS VOICE 'N SHOUTIN SUMTHIN FIERCE SO ALL THOSE NEAR 'N YONDER CAN ALL HEAR YAH. DEY SAY AHR DEAR PRINCESS LUNA FIRST TOOK A FANCY TO THIS CELEBRATORY DAY WID SUMTHIN SHE CALLS THE "ROYAL CANTERLOCK VOICE". I CAN'T CONFIRM NOR DENY THAT ONE WAY ORDA OTHER, BUT I CAN SAY DAT WHEN I HEARD O' THIS HERE DAY, I TOOK TO IT LIKE A BILLY GOAT TAKES TAH HAY ONA MOUNTAIN.
PROJECTIN' ONES VOICE CAN TAKE A LOT OUTTA YA, SO ITS IMPORTANT TO STAY HYDRATED. LUCKILY FOR, ME, AH ALWAYS DRINK COFFEE. IT'S HOW AH CAN WORK HARDER THAN A TIMBERWOLF' S RIB CAGE, YA HEAR? TODAY AH HAD FIFTEEN CUPS OF BLACK COFFEE.
ALSO I MIGHTA BROKEN INTO A PHARMACY AND INGESTED VARIOUS LEGAL AMPHETAMINES ALL WILLY NILLY LIKE A HYDRA SNACKIN ON FROGS IN A SWAMP. AGIN, AH CAN NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY SUCH STATEMENTS. I RECKON THEMS PILLS FOR THE POOR FOLKS WHO HAVE A MIGHTY HAWD TIME FOCUSIN ON THEIRS WORK. I DUNT HAVE THAT PROBLEM; I CAN BUCK APPLES AWL DAY! I DUNT HAVE ADHD, BUT AH SURE-AS-SUGAR DO HAVE A HECKUVA LOTTA ENERGY RIGHT NOW.
SO DUH NEXT THANG I SEE FIT T'ACCOMPLISH IS GO FLYIN'. I AINT NO DUMMY; I KNOW THE STORY OF ICARUS. LAND'S SAKES, POOR RARITY NEARLY PERISHED THE SAME WAY, FALLIN LIKE APPLE PRICES IN A GLUT, 'NAUGHT FOR THE HEROICS OF RAINBOW DASH. I AIN'T SAMPLED NONE O' ZECORA'S FUNKY MUSHROOMS; AH AINT FIXEN TO FALL TUH MAH DEATH. AH'VE GOTTA A MIGHTY LOTTA LIV'N TO DO YET, AH FIGURE. NO MISS, AH AIN'T GUNNA PULL NO CRAZY STUNTS. I JUST WANT TO FLY LIKE A PEGASUS SO I CAN HANG OUT WITH RAINBOW DASH MORE. JUST ONCE AH WANNA SOAR THROUGH THEM CLOUDS LIKE AN APPLE SOARS THROUGH THE AIR INTO THE BASKET AFTER AH BUCK THE TREE IT RECIDES UPON. ACTUALLY NEVER MIND ME, THAT'S A PLUM AWFUL ANALOGY.
LUCKILY FOR ME, AH GOT CONNECTIONS HERE IN TOWN, AND I KNOW SUM FOLKS WHO FLY. I GO TO HIT UP CHERRY BERRY; CHERRIES MAY BE TIREK'S ABOMINATIONS, BUT BOY HOWDY IS THAT MARE A CHERRY GOOD FLIER! HA, I MADE A FUNNY. SO I TROT ON OVER TO CHERRY BERRY'S PLACE, OKAY FINE AH GALLOP LIKE AHM A SHEEPDOG ROUND'N UP THEM SPOOKED' OUT FELLERS, AND AH POUND ON HER DOOR AT AROUND HALF PAST TEN. I MIGHTA LEFT A DENT IN HER DOOR BUT GOOD GRAVY AIN'T NO CRIME IN BEING OVER ENTHUSIASTIC, Y'ALL HEAR? AND BLESS HER HEART, SHE OPENS THE DOOR AND ASKS STRAIGHT AWAY WHAT ALL THE RUCKUS IS ABOUT AND I SAY I WANNA FLY IN THE SKY LIKE A BIRD AND IF SHE CAN TAKE ME THERE? AND SHE DUN HAVE THE NERVE TO GO AND SAY "HEY APPLEJACK, YOU DON'T LOOK SO GOOD!" AND AH REPLY, "BUCK YOU, AH WANNA FLY IN Y'ALLS FANCY BALLOON, YA HEAR?"
AND SHE BEIN A FELLOW PONY FOREVER AFFIXED TO THE GROUND BY THE CURSE OF GENETICS HEARS MY PLEA AND SAYS STRAIGHT UP TO ME "SURE THANG SUGARCUBE!" OKAY MAYBE SHE DOESN'T ACTUALLY SAY THAT IT WAS MORE LIKE "YEAH, I GUESS IF YOU REALLY WANT TO. THAT'LL BE 150 BITS" AND SURE THAT'S A BIT EXPENSIVE BUT AH REALLY WANNA LEARN TO FLY JUST LIKE TOM PETTY AND POST-WATERS ERA PINK FLOYD AND IF YAH THANK THIS HERE PONY AIN'T THE TYPE TO LISTEN TO SOLID EIGHTIES* CLASSIC ROCK WHY YOU'RE AS DAFT AS A FLIM FLAM BROTHA THINKIN THEIR CIDER'S BETTER'N OURS. BESIDES AH RAIDED APPLE BLOOM'S SWEAR JAR AND THAT NETTED ME MORE THAN ENOUGH 'CAUSE THAT FILLY'S MOUTH'S DIRTIER THAN A GRIFFIN'S PAWS AFTER DEY SWINDLE YOU OUTTA --OKAY BAD APPLEJACK STOP PERPETUATIN THEM NASTY STEREOTYPES WITH YOUR INCREASINGLY HORRID SIMILES!
ANYWAY, APPLE BLOOM CURSES A LOT SO AH HAD PLENTY OF MONEY TO PAY CHERRY BERRY WITH AND SO SOON WE WAS RISIN' LIKE A BUZZARD ON'N APPALLOSAN THERMAL! SITTIN IN HER BALLOON, AH COULD SEE THE WHOLE LOT OF PONYVILLE AND SOON WE WERE HIGH ENOUGH THAT AH COULD SEE THE WHOLE LOT OF OUR FARM LAND AND AH FILLED WITH PRIDE LIKE AH'D JUST GONE AND WON A RODEO AND I DO RECKON AH CRIED A LITTLE BUT ON THE OUTSIDE CAUSE I DON'T CARE WHAT MAH DEAR FRIEND PINKIE PIE INTONES, SOMETIMES A GAL JUST GOTTA LET A FEW TEARS OUT, YAKNOW? I FELT MIGHTY PROUD IN THAT MOMENT, LOOKIN OUT O'ER ALL DEM APPLE TREES. DARN TOOTIN AH WAS PROUD OF MAH FAMILY AND MAHSELF. AH WAS SO PROUD I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE HOW FAR OUTA THE BALLOON BASKET AH WAS LEANIN' TRYINA GETTA BETTER VIEW AND THE NEXT THINK AH KNEW CHERRY BERRY SCREAMED LIKE SHE JUST FOUND A VARMINT NOSHING HER CHERRIES AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHY SHE DONE GONE AND YELLED LIKE THAT UNTIL I REALIZED MAH CENTER OF GRAVITY HAD SHIFTED SOMETHING FIERCE AND BEFORE I COULD CHANGE MAH WAYS AH TIPPED OVER OUTTA THE BASKET LIKE CIDER SLOSHIN OUTA RAINBOW DASH'S MUG AND AH TELL YAH THERE'S A REASON AH MAKE SURE SHE DON'T GET ANY CIDER EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THAT GAL'S A LIGHTER WEIGHT THAN THIS HERE BALLOON. AH GUESS WHAT AH'M TRYNA SAY IS THAT AH FELL OUTTA SAID BALLOON.
"FEWMETS," AH DECLARED.
NOW, SOME FOLKS HAVE TAKIN' TO SAYIN' AH'M FULL O' DARK MATTER LIKA MIRACLE TONIC'S FULLA HOT AIR. OR A BALLOON WHICH I AM CURRENTLY FALLING FROM. THAT ALSO IS FULL OF HOT AIR. ANYWAY, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO DISPELL THIS REDICULOUS IDEAR. AH AM A REGULAR EARTHPONY, THROUGH AN' THROUGH. REGULAR EARTH PONIES STILL FEEL THE EFFECTS OF GRAVITY THOUGH. SURE ENOUGH WITHIN A FEW SECONDS AH WAS FALLIN' FASTER THAN GRAIN PRICES AFTER THAT TRADE DEAL WITH THE MINOTAURS FELL THROUGH.
AH TOOKA GANDER AT THE SWIFTLY RECEDIN' BALLOON ABOVE ME WITH CHERRY BERRY HOLLERIN' SOMETHIN' FIERCE, LIKA CAT CAUGHT INNA COCKFIGHT. AH THEN TURNED MAH ATTENTION TO THE GROUND BELOW ME WHICH WAS ACTIN' FRIENDLIER THAN FILTHY RICH WHEN HE'S GOT HIS HOOF IN YAR POCKET, RUSHIN UP TO MEET ME THE WAY IT WAS. I DIDN'T SEE ANY PEGASI FLOATIN' ABOUT, AND ABOUT THEN AH CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT AH WAS IN A MIGHTY BIT O' TROUBLE. SEE, AH TOOK A FEW CLASSES BACK IN MAH DAY, AND AH REMEMBER MUH FOURTH GRADE SCIENCE PROJECT WHEN AH DROPPED APPLES FROM VARIOUS HEIGHTS AND MEASURED HOW SQUISHED UP THEY WERE. WELL, AT THE TIME, AH DIDN'T HAVE NUTIN' TALLER THAN THE TOWN HALL WITH WHICH TO CONDUCT MAH EXPERIMENTS, BUT EVEN THAT WAS PRETTY HAWD TO WATCH. WELL, AH DON'T NEED NO FANCY MATHEMATICS TO TELL YOU THAT AH WAS FALLING FROM A MIGHTY LOT HIGHER THAN THE TOWN HALL, ON ACCOUNT OF BEIN' ABLE TO SEE THE TOWN HALL BELOW OVER YONDER. I FIGURED IF AH DIDN'T COME UP WITH A SOLUTION AWFUL FAST, AH WAS GONNA BE APPLESAUCE IN A SPELL.
FORTUNATELY, AH'M AN EARTH PONY, SO AH KNOW A FEW TRICKS. SURE AS GRAVY, AH CHANNELED ALL MAH MAGIC INTO MAH HIND LEGS, BUCKIN' MACGILLACUDDY AND KICKS-MAGEE. AND REACHED OUT FOR THE GROUND. AH AIMED MAH LEGS TOWARD IT AND GOT READY FOR THE BUCKING OF A LIFE TIME. AH WAS GOIN MIGHTY FAST AND AH ADMIT AH WAS MORE SCARED THAN FLUTTERSHY ATTA SOCIAL GATHERING. AH CLENCHED MAH TEETH AND SQUINCHED MAH EYES, PUTTING ALL MY PONY POWER INTO THEM REAR LEGS. AH COULD SENSE WITH MAH MAGIC WHEN AH WAS ABOUT TO MAKE CONTACT, AND AH SUREAS SUGAR TENSED MAH LEGS AND PRAYED TO CELESTIA I'D GET A CLEAN BUCK.
BAM!
I STRUCK THE DIRT HARDER THAN UH BULL HITTEN THE FENCE ATTA RODEO, AH TELL YA. GREASED LIGHTNIN' RAN THROUGH MAH NERVES, AND MAH WHOLE WORLD FLASHED WHITE WITH PAIN. AHM A TOUGH PONY, BUT EVEN AH HAD MAH LIMITS, AND FASTER THAN PINKIE ON A SUGAR HIGH AH BLACKED OUT, UNSURE IF AHD EVER WAKE AGAIN.
WELL AHM MIGHTY PROUD TO TELL Y'ALL AH WOKE UP AGAIN, LIVELIER THAN A TUMBLEWEED INA DUST-DEVIL. SURE, MAH HOOVES WERE PULVERIZED LIKE GYPSUM IN A ROCK GRINDER, AND MAH BUCKIN' LEGS WERE FRACTURED IN TWENTY NINE PLACES AND DISLOCATED FROM MAH NOW-FRACTURED PELVIS, AND AH'LL PROBABLY NEVER TROT AGAIN AND WE MAY LOSE THE FARM FROM MAH MEDICAL BILLS ALONE, BUT DARN TOOTIN', AH'M ALIVE! AH ASKED MAH GUD FRIEND TWAILIGHT SPAHRKLE TO GO AN' FETCH ME A TYPERWRITER FROM HER PLACE, FOR AH RECKON AHM GONNA BE IN THIS HERE HOSPITAL BED A MIGHTY LONG WHILE. BUT HEY, AH CAN STILL TYPE WITH MAH FRONT HOOVES! YEEHAW! HAPPY CAPS LOCKS DAY EVERYPONY!
Author's Note
BUY SOME APPULS!
I'm pretty sure there are other stories in all caps lock. Stand by.
EDIT: YUP. If you want to make your case.
oh dear god
3881178
I guarantee grandfathering won't work as an excuse. :B
3881195 I'm not exactly clear on why "You obviously do and here's an example" would be an excuse that doesn't work. Either allow this story or remove the other story. You can't have site rules that only apply to some people. Well, not if you want some level of professionalism. What would Ms. Harshwhinny say about this?
3881195 As an aside, I think that TWILIGHT SPARKLE FIXES EVERYTHING story has the only positive Dark Avenger comment that I've ever seen.
3881209
Because people have tried again and again and again to use that excuse, and it never works. It's more likely to result in deletion of the story example cited.
3881224 Well, it should result in either the deletion of that story of the acceptance of this one. I'm good with either, really. Having site rules that are arbitrarily enforced is bullshit.
3881253
3881224
Fics shouldn't go on the chopping block for ex post facto reasons, and there's loads of rules that were clearly written to respond to publishing trends (the metafic rule or even more obviously the Five Score one, for example). That said, this one being denied is a TRAVESTY. WHO DOESN'T LIKE INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY!?!?!??!
Tramp, did they make you take out the link to the unpublished version? THAT'S SOME BULLSHIT MAN. THE MARE IS KEEPING US DOWN.
3881253 I don't know, it seems that Meeester is tolerant with weird formats when the concept is original.
Original stories add spice to the story archive; but when this odd formats start to become mainstream I can see how it might become unpleasant to have x many stories like this popping up around the site.
The one notable exception to this would be second person fics, what once was a series of ingenious original stories that stood out for being different eventually turned into a fad, production of countless generic shallow stories. The format itself became an excuse to write stories with little to no point besides utilizing that format.
The same could easily happen with caps lock and with many other formats. Thousands of stories popping up with little difference between them overflowing the site that are generic enough that practically you read one you read them all. Allowing weird formats like that to remain unchecked might create an unflattering image of the overall content in the site, and nobody wants that.
But just because our moderators are trying to improve (or prevent decay) the content on the site with rules like no caps lock stories doesn't mean they should delete the few innovative stories that first brought up original forms of storytelling to the site.
And besides just like Trampoline is doing now everyone can still write whatever they want uncensored even if not everything it's allowed to be published officially into the database.
~Leonzilla
PS: an ideal solution would be to allow all stories into the archive, but also have a feature where users can filter approved and not approved content working much like our mature filter. That way the site can be the way each user wants it to be.
3881224
Actually now I'm going to report your Mutetavia story because it's in all caps lock too.
Actually, ST, can't you just include a single non-caps word in order to meet the requirement stated by Meeester?
3881419
That wasn't me, dammit, that was Biscuit. D:
3881390
3881415 Well, all I can say is that I just don't agree. Having stories that fall outside the site rules by are allowed to stay because reasons causes schism. If they decided to ban stories in diary form, I'd except a letter saying, "We're sorry, Mr. xjuggernaughtx, but stories A and B in your catalog are no longer allowed on this site and will be removed in three days. We apologize, but this is the direction the site is moving in."
In any event, I don't think it's really that big of a deal. It just doesn't sit well with me. It makes me wonder in what way will I be affected by the arbitrary nature of the decision makers.
*I added a PS to my previous comment*
3881445 Yea, regardless of the intention behind it, censorship could never be ideal. An ideal system is one that can afford to coexist with complete freedom of speech yet still has a way to hold to whatever things we like to protect be it anything from ideologies, culture, or values that we like to remain present overtime.
I think a site feature like the one I propose would take care of that unless there is something I haven't considered.
~Leonzilla
3881487 Oh, I'm all for allowing all the stories. To me, that's the issue in the first place. There's little reason to have a no caps lock rule. If people don't want to read a caps lock story, no one is forcing them. I don't want to read foalcon or shitty self inserts, so I just don't. Problem solved. However, if you're going to have a rule, then enforce it. Otherwise, it's meaningless.
3881437
You two are easy to confuse sometimes.
3881568
Don't lump me in with him. D:<
Glad to see lively discussion here.
3881415 In my chat with Meeester, he said he's willing to approve stuff if it's a unique take on something. That's why he was cool with me using the minimalist approach on "White Space". This apparently wasn't any unique take on something.
3881816 Wait, you are offended to be lumped up with Admiral Biscuit?!
Shouldn't you feel more like honored?
3881501
I follow your reasoning, but the more selective approving process it's one of the biggest factors that differentiate Fimfiction.net to fanfiction.net. Selective approving process and a fair algorithm for advertising among other things contribute to creating a better content pool. Sure it could still improve significantly, but users would need to dig up a lot more to find decent fanfiction without those two things.
It's a readers vs writers dilemma, more freedom for writers makes for a less pleasant time for readers. I'm not saying I don't support the idea of complete creative freedom, but I think the site features would need to be innovated and improved to allow such a transition without devaluing the site experience.
Sure, otherwise it's not really a rule, it's actually a guideline. But do remember, rules can have exceptions, and as 3881390 argued, a violation to a rule that was made after the violation itself occurred should probably be left unprosecuted.
It might not seem fair to make a rule that abides to new stories yet not old ones, but if the rule helps the site then it is only right to implement it anyway.
The idea of whether or not the site is better with it or not however can still be disputed.
And true, the site has made alterations to what content is available before, those decisions are more controversial but they had their reasons.
I feel compelled to accept the decisions the staff makes because I know that is ultimately their decision to make the site the way they want to. But at the very least we can provide input and feedback for them to improve upon. It's not like they are adamant to taking users ideas and perspectives into consideration and then see if they wish or can put them into practice.
~Leonzilla
3882687
Now here's the part where we throw our heads back with laughter
99.999999999999% of our content pool is absolute shit
dozens of thousands of stories get approved that shouldn't
whether because the premise is retarded
the execution is retarded and ham-fisted
or the spelling looks like they facerolled the keyboard
your statement is retarded, here
3909358 Saying something it's retarded it's retarded.
Now, now in all seriousness it's all relative usually people will limit themselves to try to only view the "best" content as in the content they find most enjoyable as to make the best use of our time.
In kinda reminds me to the view portrayed of YouTube content in this video where the maker uses satire to portray YouTube as an ocean full of garbage.
But if a website were to actually disapprove of 99.999...% of the content submitted not only will the website have almost no content to start with; but the growth of content would also be vastly restricted. A lot of content that would otherwise exist wouldn't be created.
It's for the best to allow for the publication of content that is not ideal and allow for it to be improved from there otherwise there is no starting point, and besides, the idea of what is good content it's actually different from person to person. Allowing the presence of more content allows for options.
On the other hand, providing basic guidelines for submissions doesn't significantly reduce the amount of content submitted. Mostly it just modifies the type of content is submitted and present on the site. Which makes browsing a much more pleasant experience, and that is specially important in a website like this one where you have to read a bit to decide what content you wish to view rather than websites like YouTube that are made so that people choose based on an image with maybe one or two lines of text.
There is value in making the browsing process as easy and painless as possible, after all if it's too much hassle people aren't going to do it and might not use the website at all.
~Leonzilla