The Celeb Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

[trashcanman]

So yeah, if you are a celebrity looking to promote your latest flick, maybe enraging the nastiest and most sarcastic online communities of humans on this rock is not the way to do it.

blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2012/02/woody-harrelson-his-valuable-time-and-a-hoard-of-angry-reddit-users.html

And those aren't even the best responses. Feel free to browse the insanity that is Woody Harrelson's ill-advises AMA thread on Reddit and abandon all hope, ye who enter.

www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/p9a1v/im_woody_harrelson_ama/

God, I love the internet sometimes.

[The Curmudgeon]

"Hey, this internet thing. All the young people are using that now, right? How can we make money off that? Kids will take orders and ask the right questions because it's a big ol' movie star telling them to do it, right?"

Not quite. This is awesome. Yep, calling something "Ask Me Anything" and then responding with "I'm not answering that. Talk about my movie" will never work out well.

I remember a movie website had a live discussion where you could say anything you wanted to movie director Michael Bassett (director of Deathwatch and Solomon Kane) and I told him "Tell Bertie I said hi."



Pictured: Bertie Bassett

He didn't respond and I got my i.p address banned from the website. That was a few years ago, so the fact Woody got torn apart on that website does show a certain level of progress.

[trashcanman]

Well, bringing that shit to Reddit is just dumb. May as well write an "anime suxxxxx!!!lol!!" thread on 4chan. Sites like that are wretched hives of scum and villainy (and I mean that in the best possible sense) full of angry nerds competing to be the most cynical and damaging to other humans' self esteem. That's where the most mean-spirited memes of the net are born. Speaking of which....

weknowmemes.com/2012/02/woody-harrelson-reddit-meme/

Say hello to Scumbag Steve's new buddy.

www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/search?q=scumbag+woody&restrict_sr=on

[The Curmudgeon]

"What size shoe do you wear? RAMPART."

You win this war, internet.