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  • SUNDAY AUGUST 19 2007 4:00 AM

iJustine is an eTard Mastermind



Justine Ezarik, AKA iJustine, may have amassed a throng of iFans by filling in for Justin Kan on Justin.tv, and through her blogging and videos, but let's be realistic: the great majority of said fans want solely to see her boobs. I'm not making this up. Read any of the comment threads in her "episodes." They say things like, "Show the boobies," and "BOOBZ PLEASE."

The 23-year-old, who describes herself as "the Internet," recently got her big break. Nope, not co-hosting Geek Riot (puhleeeez), but rather, receiving a 300-page AT&T/iPhone bill.

Wow, awesome claim to fame, iJustine. Makes you look like a real frickin' genius. So far, she's been interviewed by CNN, NPR, USA Today, Gizmodo...the list goes on. And why are these various "news" outlets interested in speaking with her? Simply because she received a 300-page phone bill. Guess what? CNN, NPR, USA Today, Gizmodo...they all missed the point. What they should be interviewing her about is how she totally planned this whole chain of events out from the very beginning.

Most recently, on her Justin.tv channel, she appared with a book beside her: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, which she described as "sorta a sequel" to The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.



Considering that iJustine was largely unknown until she video-blogged her "totally candid" receipt of the now infamous 300-page phone bill--which was so long, by the way, because she chose to have it itemize the 30,000+ "text messages" that she sent/received (read: had Twitter spam her with)--it seems pretty clear that this whole thing was a stunt: iJustine's own personally crafted "tipping point."

And bravo, iJustine: It seems to have worked. You go, girl. Enjoy those 15 minutes. iGuess.

 

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StarBelliedBoy

StarBelliedBoy

Philadelphia, PA
December 2003

AUG 23, 2007 08:30 PM

Posh said:

StarBelliedBoy said:

neverender said:

punk said:
AT&T announced that they would no longer offer itemized/detailed billing, except on-line. Rejoice!




AT&T changed their policy because of the tremendous response to iJustine's video. To me, thats pretty cool. but I guess to others, she is just an etard who planned this whole thing....

Rahodeb said:
-it seems pretty clear that this whole thing was a stunt: iJustine's own personally crafted "tipping point."



They didn't CHANGE their POLICY, they REMOVED an OPTION.



Kind of the same thing.. Removing the option for itemized bills is considered changing how they operate based on the response.



Well yeah, but what I'm sayin' is that it's not like ZOMG We're FREE from the tyranny of multi page bils! Know what I'm sayin'?

ink_waves_life

ink_waves_life

Long Branch, NJ
August 2007

AUG 24, 2007 03:31 PM

my IQ dropped by 20 points for navigating to her site. what a waste of perfectly good macs.

jwniles

jwniles

I'm lost
April 2005

SEP 04, 2007 01:38 PM

You do realize that up until 3 days after Justine's video ran unless you told AT&T specifically that you wanted an e-bill or minimized ver. we all got something similar?

30000 text, of which 75% are twitter/facebook feeds, isn't crazy. The rest of you nerds do the same shit only sitting in your mom's basement.

Justine will be the same as shes always been, known around the netcast/blog circles, its not chocolate rain, its actually a relevant piece. Love the hypocrisy in suggesting she shouldn't getting coverage then covering a piece on her, brilliant as always.

d20

d20

San Francisco, CA
September 2003

SEP 04, 2007 03:05 PM

jwniles said:
You do realize that up until 3 days after Justine's video ran unless you told AT&T specifically that you wanted an e-bill or minimized ver. we all got something similar?

30000 text, of which 75% are twitter/facebook feeds, isn't crazy. The rest of you nerds do the same shit only sitting in your mom's basement.

Justine will be the same as shes always been, known around the netcast/blog circles, its not chocolate rain, its actually a relevant piece. Love the hypocrisy in suggesting she shouldn't getting coverage then covering a piece on her, brilliant as always.



how to score an instant win for unintentional irony: use the term "you nerds" in a post on the forums for a porn site.

(not that i don't agree with you, i just thought it was funny)

Chainlink

Chainlink

Key West, FL
August 2005

SEP 04, 2007 03:31 PM

She is preeeety crafty for an e-tard.

and got nice bewbs. ftw

funkenstein

funkenstein

United Kingdom
April 2007

SEP 11, 2007 08:05 AM

I want to get on CNN for masturbating 300 times in a day.

Also, I never heard of that iLady before today but if she *is* the internet, she has a whole lot of shit to answer for.

And +1 Posh=teh H0tz

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