User talk:Genghis Khant/Astrology

Do tell us if this all works out :) <font=""; face="Comic Sans MS">Jellyfish!^{Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.} 12:51, 4 June 2008 (EDT)

WOT! NO tall dark strangers?   ^Contribs_Talk 13:07, 4 June 2008 (EDT)

Would this be the "Professional Jenna" from the Google Ads? --AKjeldsen^{Potential fundamentalist!} 14:25, 4 June 2008 (EDT)

Yes it would. I'm doing a little experiment to see what differences there are related to gender, marital status and employment. There are quite a few sites that badmouth her. If anyone wants to take part then just keep a note of what details you submit and let me have the link to her reading. If you can't see the Google ad then the link for her free "reading" is under External Links.I feel that this a suitable case for woo-busting. Genghis^{Is the Pope a Catholic?} 14:54, 4 June 2008 (EDT)

Perhaps we should have a special section where we discuss the merits of whoever is advertising with us? Sort of like "a word of warning". Woo-busting would almost certainly be involved. And I already have a snazzy acronym. <font=""; face="Comic Sans MS">Jellyfish!^{Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.} 14:59, 4 June 2008 (EDT)

I like what you are doing. Even with just Genghis and "Gina" side-by-side the similarities, the probably auto-generated word salad, leap out at the reader. It's too bad they are so long, since having, say, five of them set up like this would be even cooler (with the specs submitted at the top?) ħuman 14:12, 6 June 2008 (EDT)

A truly (I am sad to say) awesome collection of emails, Genghis. Have yo ever acutely replied to any of them, of do they just keep flying in?--Bob^{bing up} 07:50, 5 July 2008 (EDT)

I haven't replied to any of them yet but may actually query what the transit is supposed to be of. Genghis^{Is the Pope a Catholic?} 08:09, 5 July 2008 (EDT)

Yes, because if you asked her some nice specific astrological questions you might get her to waste some real time rather than cutting and pasting her boilerplate text. Unfortunately I don't know enough astrology to invent a plausible-sounding complex question, and I don't know if that would destroy your pattern analysis either. I would join in, but I don't want my e-mail compromised - but I suppose I could get a throw-away one.--Bob^{bing up} 08:14, 5 July 2008 (EDT)

The number one rule about predicting the future... keep it vauge. If you don't get into the details and leave a lot of space to fill in the blanks, people will think you are more credible. If you get into the details, there is more you can go wrong in, hence , you risk losing a reputation. JAVASCAP Talk to ME BAN SOMEONE!

Permission to do some grammar editing? Thunderkatz^Ho! 19:18, 17 September 2008 (EDT)

Go ahead, but only change my stuff (which is all preliminary as this thing is much larger than I ever expected). Генгис^{Is the Pope a Catholic?} 19:35, 17 September 2008 (EDT)

This is quite lovely - thanks for your patience in cataloguing all the bullshit! Pseudomonas 18:19, 13 January 2009 (EST)

Some of the text raised red flags for me in being very similar to West African scams, though it would be much much more sophisticated. Any idea where these emails came from? Smyth 13:51, 15 January 2009 (EST)

There is some evidence that it is hosted in a French-speaking country. Генгис^{Is the Pope a Catholic?} 06:15, 31 January 2009 (EST)

What I will probably never understand is how so many Idiots across the world believe in this BS (i.e. astrology) - it's worse than YEC!-- Redcoat  05:54, 31 January 2009 (EST)

When you read some of the stuff where people own up to having fallen for the scam, it is quite dispiriting. Poor suckers! And in many cases they are quite literally poor but end up wasting their money on this BS. Генгис^{Is the Pope a Catholic?} 06:15, 31 January 2009 (EST)

Since Turncoat changed his comment slightly I'd like to point out that its not just astrology. The Jenna team throw the whole new-age woo book at their "marks" - numerology, chakra, crystals, reiki, totem animals, tarot, spirit-guides, angels, divining, psychic reading, etc. While I regard it all as twaddle I recognise that there are some people who sincerely believe in astrology and follow strict methods in it's application (just as I recognise that some some people feel sincere about a religion). Jenna however just jumbles it all together hoping that some of it will bait the hook. Генгис^{Is the Pope a Catholic?} 14:41, 31 January 2009 (EST)

Still planning on publishing this?

Seems like a lot of work, and the comparison of the responses is interesting. Considered moving it to mainspace, or perhaps as a subpage of Astrology. "Professional Jenna" is still separating bloody idiots from their money. --^{Ask me about your mother} 22:45, 6 March 2010 (UTC)