Shamus at TwentySided has put up utterly absurd claims that his website
encourages safe, effective weight loss after only a few visits. This is due to secret, proprietary methods of designing site layout that stimulates neuron… activators in the upper… lumbar that… enhances your Circadian Rhythm and optimizes your metabolism via your browser cache.
But then, to avoid the embarrassment of having these claims exposed for the bit-bucket scrapings they are, he demands
that all websites stop linking to this post, as you are infringing on my right to not be made fun of when making an ass of myself. It is forbidden to link to this post and if you do so I will be forced to take legal action within 48 hours of my lawyer sobering up after I bail him out of the drunk tank. Again.
Why go through all this? He wants to be famous, of course, just like all the other idiot fucktards who make asses of themselves on the innerweb…tubes…dumptruck…highway…thingie…You know, like these dweebs over at buyfirepowerpill.com who have some kind of pill you drop in your fuel, and who have been exposed by Dan over at How to Spot a Psychopath (aka DansData), and now want him to stop linking to them. Demanding that people stop linking to you is, of course, the absolute best way to get everybody to link to you.
By the way, Dan’s site is fabulous, exposing many scams, such as the Kinoki “detoxification” foot pads, but also giving positive reviews of cool stuff that actually works, such as LED dome lights and a cheap home endoscope.
Go to Dan, read all his Firepowerpill posts, and savor his many scam exposures and product reviews.
[Update 29 Feb 07]
On the 19th, Dan posted the following update, which you’ll have to scroll down to, since Dan apparently doesn’t do permalinks on his front page.
Someone from the colourful fuel-additive company Firepower has ordered Blogsome, who host my blog, to force me to cease linking to the PDF file of their “evidence” which their Australian CEO sent to me.
When he sent it to me, he similarly ordered me to make it available for download
Go to Dan’s for the relevant linkage.
I join the many sites who are mirroring The Pill’s promotional flyer:
Firepower Pill Flyer (Zipped PDF, 1.8 MB)
Dan notes that this is an instance of the Streisand Effect.