APRIL FOOLS!
Dear Charlottesville and cVillain Readers,
While the last two years have been an exciting foray into the internet, Charlottesville culture and restaurants, we’ve never had any major complaints or issues (excluding the photography lawsuit threat). Sure, we’ve dealt with some ethical violations in our local media, we’ve had writers come and go, but overall, it’s been an awesome experience. As always, we have our audience to thank, because without you, this site would be a group of mimes, alone on their computers, typing, on the internet.
Our recent post regarding drugs in Charlottesville, seemed to have rubbed a rather wealthy alumnus of the University of Virginia in the wrong way. As of yesterday around 3PM, our ISP has been issued a court-ordered sub-poena to take down our website starting at Midnight on Friday, at 12:00AM. We are not allowed to publish any information about the lawsuit given advice from our lawyers. It’s a little complicated legally and I hope I can share more details with you in the future.
Unfortunately, this is not just a threat, and something with serious legal ramifications, we have decided to shut down Spicy Bear. We cannot afford to hire the lawyers to fight this alumnus. Given the time requirements of the site, we all thought it was better to fold rather than spend hundreds of thousands of dollars defending ourselves. We’ll be having one final hurrah and I’ll be contacting you via E-Mail with those details. Please feel free to leave a comment, but understand we cannot answer questions about the case.
Kind Regards,
Kyle, Francesco, Thor(s), cocoNUT, Scowly, Vanillavy and the rest of the Spicy Bear Team
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- Spicy Bear Updates
April Fools Day on the internet is terrible.
So obvi Kyle. Nice try.
Oooh, got me till I saw those two comments.
At least reading all of these things keeps me on my toes for whatever my co-workers are going to try to pull off.
april fail.
Like UVa alumnus read this blog
Had me going — but right about when I opened your page here, I looked down and noticed my Mac’s calendar was showing the default date of “17″. I fixed it — and then I said: “oh, right…”
Well you got me…. bunch o’wankers.
you got me too, damnit. but I’m as gullible as they come
Lame, lame April Fools prank.
I would’ve gone with a launch announcement for Crozetlien.com…
Drugs + April Fools = good combo
@6 not true – and definitely almost forwarded this post to someone in disbelief – hopefully that’s all the pranks for today
I’m pregnant.
I already tried that, Tuff.
Last night, my son hit the Third deer he’s hit in three months!
Well that was his mother’s April Fools joke on me…
GM force out of NASCAR by US Government! http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high_performance/motorsports/obama_orders_chevrolet_and_dodge_out_of_nascar_car_news
@11 Nice! agreed.
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Fuck you Woby.
That guy Syd Barrett is mad, eh?
Ok, and not to get all technical, but a subpoena (no hyphen) is an order to either appear in court or deliver something to the court. (Waldo got a subpoena duces tecum to deliver a crapload of info about his website to Buckingham Co. Circuit Court. Whatever happened with that?) If they were going to shut you down, the court would have issued an injunction. So yes, the post fell apart for me on the incorrect use of legalese. I am a geek.
@6 Alumni are everywhere.
@24 it was April 1st, I just thought all the other UVa grads would get my joke
Too bad this was just a joke.
Too bad you have nothing more interesting to say.
@26: Too bad you decided to comment.
@26
Do you work for (pick one):
1. Coran
2. C-Ville Weekly
Touche!
Must’ve really struck a chord with the clique. defensive are we?
I don’t think you would need to be affiliated with Coran’s ventures or the C-Ville Weekly to be put off by this insular, self congratulatory “snarkyness” that just tries to out clever each other with very little enlightenment.
I could see why you would think that though since spicy bear reeks of bias & assumption with every singe post.
your day will come, & it won’t be from the opportunity to sell out. as much as you would love to… no one is buying.
Go have your cocktail & pat yourself on the back.
& you know, for some weird reason I am actually surprised you all got your panties in a wad over my little comment considering you posted shutting down in the first place…. on the other hand your panties get pretty waddy.
It’s “snarkiness” and we are clever with every singe [sic] post. Go back to chugging your apple martinis.
another zinger with grammatical corrections, you can’t help it…
I would expect nothing less. & I love your use of “we” further making my point.
I am sure you can tell me which bar serves the best out of favor drinks.
clever & retarded everytime.
@Bummer:
I love when people like you get on here. On the internet, we refer to you as “trolls” which, in real life equates to being an asshole. Not only do you come across as being a total troll by insulting pretty much everyone, readers and commenters alike, on this site, you also demonstrate a failed understanding of what this site is about. That’s ok, because it’s easy to insult people from an anonymous name on the internet. Now it’s our turn…
First of all, we don’t pretend our site is free from bias. Care to read our tag line? I’ll help you out. It says “Charlottesville news and gossip, served fresh daily.” To most of the educated world, any website proudly displaying its “gossipy” nature would appear to be full of bias. We don’t hide the fact that nearly everything we write about is biased. But, the real crime is the other media you might read pretend they are unbiased. We have no shame admitting that and we’ve believed that from the beginnin. You seem to have forgotten this. But then again if you actually understood the point of cVillain then maybe you wouldn’t be such a moron, which brings me to my second point.
cVillain has always been about the voice of the community. Implied in your trolling is an acknowledgment that you don’t care to participate in that voice. We have an open invitation to write articles (biased or not,by your professional opinion) for our audience to read and dissect. You should try it. It’s actually humbling to write as frequently as we do and hear when we’re wrong, biased or just plain stupid. But then again, you missed that point too. Maybe I should remind you that the 35,000 people who read this site each day enjoy it for what it is. Do you want to insult them too? Why are you even commenting on here if the site was so doomed and biased?
Thirdly, maybe you haven’t really followed our site all that closely, but if you did, you would realize that the hours we contribute reward us with exactly zero dollars. Do you think we don’t understand that? So, if you think we write to “sell out” and make money, then you are dead wrong. We write because we love Charlottesville and all its little secrets, good or bad. We don’t do personal attacks and we contribute to the community.
Finally, I have no idea what you mean by “your day will come,” but that can only be spoken by someone whose jealousy smells worse than their arrogance. You are a fool to think we would fold for some artificial reason. Why? Because failure would mean we would be tired of writing and we would give this site to the community, i.e. the people who made it.
The invitation is always here. You can write, comment or participate at any time. No one is stopping you. But, really, sit there and never write an article. Seeth away. Tell your friends how much of a waste cVillain is. We’ll keep writing and 35,000 people will keep reading and commenting. And guess what, when assholes get on here, we get defensive, because no one like them. You have a lot to learn, but I’m done with you for now.
yawn… you are funny “thor” & pure of heart, for real selfless too, I tip my apple martini.
What do you mean now it’s your turn to insult anonymously? that is all you do.
zing zang zoom
@35: Your defense:
another zinger with grammatical corrections, you can’t help it…
Well, we, Sir, can’t help that you come across as a fucking retard. Mmkay, thx. kbai.
love your use of “we” further making my point.
I say “we” cuz I speak for the many, the awesome, whom contribute without being a stupid troll.
I am sure you can tell me which bar serves the best out of favor drinks.
Maybe…but I feel sorry for the person who has to serve you, because I bet your assholishness translates to real life.
What do you mean now it’s your turn to insult anonymously? that is all you do.
NEWSFLASH. He’s been anonymous since the beginning. You use your anonymity just to belittle. So, so sad. my friend.
There are two kinds of people in life. The ones who contribute and the ones who diss anonymously on blogs at night because they are a fucking loser.
got me again, I guess I was/am misguided.
keep up the great work.
no hard feelings
love
bummed
Bummed, I think when someone enters a new place for the first time yelling “you suck”, it isn’t going to get you a lot of friends. I’ve seen people here get past that here and others just quit. Really, add to a discussion with info, humor or snark . Say you love a place or hated the food. I say stay and have some fun.
@37 turn that frown upside down!
/from bummed to chum
//better to be chummy than chummed, worst mistake with a dictionary EVER
Their point is…just participate, get us to like you, then tell us how much we suck. We’ll respect your opinion more then. Anonymous aliases are never taken seriously. You gotta seduce us and shit.
@40 Seduce us? Wait did I miss my seduction or is Floozy , Mrs. Robinson?
just participate, get us to like you
I think it’s exactly this grade-school-clique attitude that prevents a lot of people – myself included – from actually participating. Don’t worry, I’ll crawl back into my lifeless hole now. *whump*
Just sayin’, you seem really cool. Come sit at our lunch table today.
Hey all of you 35,000 people reading this – weigh in! It used to be interesting/fun (maybe even relevant) to post and read the debates on CVillain, but the clique became obtrusive and ruined the open forum feel of this site. There a lot of us who are Bummed because it always turns to trash talk.
@44 and @42 – We’ve always wanted things to be open here, but I wouldn’t let a vocal few scare you away. I think parlie said it best when he explained that the commenters are like really happy puppies when you walk into a room. They don’t even realize they are peeing all over your feet.
Give it a try. Comment once or twice a day for a week and you’ll be a frequent commenter. I don’t lie.
35,000 people? Um no, that might be the number of page views but certainly not unique IP’s.
That said jump on in, hell you can call me anything but an albino- really I don’t have pink eyes.
I think it turns to trash talk when someone new switches it to trash talk. I don’t understand why this is a problem. If I took it personal every time someone told me to STFU,… that would be on me. Seriously you not anyone here till Shen threatens you at least once.
WTF is @44 talking about? There’s no “clique” on here. People love to throw that word out and it’s invalid.
@46 – visitors. absolutely unique visitors are around 18k to 20k.
So last night was garbage night, but I was out of stickers and far to exhausted to get my lazy ass down to the store to get some so now I am stuck with this giant bag of garbage for another week. If I put it outside the raccoons will tear it to shreds. If I leave it in, I will be posting about an entirely different kind of Aromas. For a while there, I just stopped putting stickers on the bags and they would take them anyway. Went on for six months before I got an informative form letter on my uncollected bag. Now I feel like I am marked as a sticker scofflaw, so I dare not put an un-stickered bag out, but perhaps I should have just thrown caution to the wind and went for it anyway.
/trash talk
Thor, are you guys really gonna shut this site down?
@50: OMG Thurston, can’t you read?
@50: Dude, I totally think they are!
meta crap
Shenanigans is your name Thor?>
There’s no “clique” on here. People love to throw that word out and it’s invalid.
So it seems.
@55: My name is slicka slicka Slim Shady.
the site is already shutdown
Shen, nice! How bout for a new post on CVillian what you like most about Charlottesville and the 5 things you hate about Charlottesville?
@58 I wish!
And another post from bummed, brimming with caustic wit and humor of galactic proportions. I may have an e-Crush developing… I just can’t get enough of that incisive intellect. Pure fucking genius.
If wishes were assholes, you’d be shitting all oover the place, bummed.
you guys… & your non clique clique… at least I have given you something to stew over today.
2 words is all it takes to keep your panties wadded.
thanks, I feel better.
You love to say WADDED and PANTIES. Omfg. Hahahaha…
yes, when appropriate…. I also like to say I wish
@65: So…bummed. What color panties are you wearing right now?
/haz skee-lo’s “I wish” in her head now
I comment occasionally and have yet to be attacked, wedgied, shoved into my locker or otherwise made feel unwelcome. Then again, I also don’t intentionally provoke people.
/Just sayin’.
au naturale
I still wish.
@68: That makes sense, you seem really bothered by the idea of waddy panties. Speak some more french to me.
all i said was that i wished the joke wasn’t a joke.
thought the crew here could take it…
i know better now.
That’s not french.
it’s not french, it’s freedom
Look at that bummed, you’re participating on cVillain. That wasn’t so bad now was it?
I wish
Re #68……A guy would have said commando… bummed is a girl or a lady-boy.
Hey bare-bummed, take your ass over to Bang and try their Poison Apple Martini. It is a yummy spicy take on the traditional passé cocktail.
Liza! Liza! Git outta that tater patch! You know dem taters got eyes an’ you ain’t got on no drawers!
Hey Shenanigans!
i wish the story was not a joke.
@79 Why? Just curious.
@70: Hey DW!
@79: You should change your alias to Broken Record. Why you hate cVillain so much?
@76 What’s in it that makes it different? Hopefully not poison. Sounds like an in-law cocktail.
@ 66 AUGH! i’d had that song as an earworm for quite some time, lost it, and now have it back. mmmmfff. (but i do wish every day was a friday…)
you was killin’ tonight behind the x-bar, as was byo at the cafeteria. gud stuf.
What the hell is the cafeteria Buster?
Thurston… its a nickname for Escafe.
Apple drinks are too feminine. The Cougar is where it’s at.
Do not fear Eve’s apple.
http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/homepage/hp4-3-09gg.jpg
@83: Woo, we were bizzay. Hope you got a drink. Did you see Flooze in her ” I don’t have Tourette’s, you’re just a CUNT” T-shirt?
@84: Cafeteria= Escafé and oh hey btw did you know there’s a parking garage across from the Landmark?
@86: It’s got chili syrup in it and is spicy as shit.
@89 I almost ruptured something laughing…As it was, I spewed cheesecake all over the damn screen! Shit!
I have Tourette’s & I gotta have that shirt to go with it.
as was byo at the cafeteria. gud stuf. – What the hell is the cafeteria
I serve bootleg mashed potatoes at an underground, gotta know someone, cafeteria. You ever seen the movie cocktail? Yeah. Im like that, but with a fat ass ladle. I got got damn loose with the butter pats and bacon bits last friday – shit was out of control. Prolly on youtube and shit already….
/will advance the swedish tater mafia next time round…
It’s mine and you can’t have it. Here’s something similar
Make any shirt you want at Black Cat on the corner, on the cheap, and on HQ shirts too!
/and be supporting a super cool local business