Are you still offering $100 to anyone who can find an error in a Jim Goad piece? I’m not sure if plagiarism counts but I think I may have caught him stealing a Slate article – at least its concept – and running it himself. What are the parameters for this $100. Is it first come first served? Am I first to notice this? If so, I’d like my $100.
Sincerely,
Todd Serras
Hamilton, Ont
Dear Todd,
Yes, we still have this policy and of course, its first come first served. If we offered $100 for every person that found the same mistake, our payout would go on forever (do the math on 6.6 billion x $100).
Unfortunately, you have not found a mistake. Though we hate to admit it, Goad’s article on under the bus was actually a reprint. It was originally published on May 1st in Exotic Magazine, almost two months before the Slate article came out. Besides, it’s only plagiarism when you lift actual quotes (as we tend to do). Simply having a similar topic doesn’t count because both parties could have thought of it on their own. For example, Goad came up with the coffee table book about coffee long before it ran on Seinfeld but not even his giant ego sees this as plagiarism.
Love,
Street Carnage
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OK, now, that was pretty funny.
08.24.08 at 3:27 pm
some unfunny college douches are making fun of pot psychology HERE:
http://wrestlingteam.org/
the guy, andrew beakerman, is also responsible for writing the most pompous reviews ever for dusted magazine.
08.24.08 at 5:14 pm
There is an error in the first line of your response though.
Please have Jim brief you on the correct usage of “it’s” vs. “its”.
08.24.08 at 6:23 pm
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/magazine/19wwln_safire.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
isn’t this a bit more like what we’re talking about? it seems like safire did this 1 1/2 years agooo
08.25.08 at 12:08 am
but then again, safire’s done everything and underthing of the sun. I don’t think that competition should be a thing, though, because you can’t scold the search for words. words are pretty fucking awesome. donate the 100 to charity, hopefully a sexy one, like Tits for Tots or something
08.25.08 at 12:09 am
he lifted the premise of that article from a bit by david cross
08.25.08 at 12:24 am
For example, Jim Goad didn’t steal the idea for racism from the guy who invented it. He just thought of it, too.
08.25.08 at 12:28 am
hey gavin didn’t you take that “post-fight face” piece from some vice book too? Well maybe it was your idea in the first place after all but isn’t it the moment you come clean about that?
08.25.08 at 8:15 am
re: the Slate piece, have I been misinterpreting the phrase “party on” this whole time? i always thought of party on in terms of simply, “let us continue partying” rather than “the party is now”.
08.25.08 at 1:03 pm
Anything written since 1991 that’s even halfway edgy is an ANSWER Me! rip off in the first place. Originality is overrated. Finding errors is for kindergarteners. I spoke with Oliver Sain last night and he informed me that he’s above it all. If the artist behind the “Bus Stop” album is above it then so am I, my brother.
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-Coral “Smith” Watts
08.26.08 at 8:22 am