Test Pattern

I’ve had it with blog trolls, hateful e-mails, and the general idiocy that seems to overwhelm otherwise normal people when they connect to the Internet.
I just don’t understand it. Where is your humanity? Do you treat people you see in real life the way you treat me? Do you go out of your way to insult and belittle people? Is your life so miserable, so empty and meaningless, your self-esteem so low that you need to attack me? Honestly, what have I ever done to you? Really. What have I ever done?
Dealing with this shit has become a huge and unecessary distraction, so WWDN will not be updated for the near future while I finish “Just A Geek” and take care of some other RL stuff.
I just . . . I just need a break. In the meantime, check out the archives. There’s some stuff in there that I’m really proud of.
. . . I’ll be enjoying Channel 2’s TEAM COVERAGE of STORMWATCH.
Heh.

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Wil,
This whole post comments is sad. It’s good that people want to give you support, and I want to too. It’s understandable that sometimes, especially when you have other things going on, that other people’s crap is hard to take. People who lash out for no reason are upsetting. What always makes me wonder, is that do they really think that they’re ‘hey man u suck’ comment is really going to change your life? that suddenly, you’re going to think, “hey, this random ass is right…i do suck!”. and what is even more saddening, is the people who lash BACK at the idiots. Sticking up for what you believe in, or people that you admire, is important, i know i do it everyday at school and work. But when it just gets to back and forth ranting and stupid comments, that’s when it’s best to just stay back. i’ve read this post and comments a few times already, and just now decided to comment. usually, i back out of stuff like this. i figured by now, it doesn’t matter much anymore.
i hope that when you DO come back, that everything will go back to normal, cause i think that’s what is going to be most important.
good luck with everything you do wil, and like the others, it sucks that you feel you need to leave, but rather leave for awhile, than flip and take down the whole site or something. sometimes, ya just need a break. enjoy yours.
~merari~

The Terrorists Have Won. 🙁

NO WWDN! WHAT WILL I DO? WHAT WILL I WEAR? You see when it comes down to it you are not responsible for me, I am, Wil ol

Dammit. I’m sorry, Wil. I’m sorry that you had to deal with the asshats of the Internet. I, too, know what it’s like, and yes, I understand the need for a break. I took a month off a while back because of the stress. Trust me, take as long as you need; those who love you and respect you will still be here when you come back. 🙂

It does suck Wil, but if you need a break, just take one – don’t rely on the opinions of 400 people who want to be your friend to raise your weak self-esteem.

Stupid fucking trolls.
We’ll miss you, and we’ll be right here when you’re ready to come back. Decompress a bit, enjoy your family, finish your book(& have the publishing co. put it up on Amazon for our overseas monkeyboxers), and come back here when you feel refreshed and eager to talk to us.

Another Net personality lost to trolling… Truly, hell is other people.

Good for you, Wil. The tine to stop blogging is when it starts to become un-fun. While the caring of many people never fails to surprise me the number of a-holes on the net shocks no one. As a celeb, you become more of a target than anyone else and the thing that all of these people fail to understand is that you’re just a guy, like the rest of us. With dreams, ambitions, cares, feelings and a limit to how far you can be pushed.
Screw it. Do what’s fun for you and if you come back here you come back.
We thank you for sharing part of your life with us here and there are many of us that appreciate the view you’ve given us, the chunk of your time and life you so freely gave.
Thank you, sir. Be well. Be happy.
The captain’s chair is yours.
Oh and ^&%$ the lamers.

Another one of those people who has read your site with dedication but never posted in… I’d just like to say that I support you and hope that you can overcome the minority of clowns causing this. I am constantly amazed at how low some people can go on the ‘net and yet how sites like this can survive as havens of intelligent discussion and truly emotional writing. Come back soon!
P.S. I fully believe that more than half of University of Waterloo students read WWDN on a regular basis.

Man, you should just chill out and look at some HARDCORE PORN!!!

Hey there. I started reading WWDN after finding it on Fark. Sorry to hear you have trolls under your bridge. Just try to remember that they are the ones with the problem(s), and that you are better than they are. Don’t let them get you down, and good luck with the book.

wish i could take a break every time someone got me down. i understand that hurtful comments are sucky, but… putting yourself in spotligh sort of opens the doors to criticism. I know, i know, people being nasty isn’t criticism- but it’s part of putting yourself up there.

Danged trolls and idiots.
Don’t let them phase you Wil. They don’t know what their talkin about…
You rule, and that’s all that matters. 😉

um, hi , it’s ok…

look at this , at least you’re famous….no one here can say that.

wil — sorry to see you go. we’ll miss you… come back soon!

Ah Will,
After reading some of the nasty comments sent to you I feel sad. Thats a shame. I really enjoy your site, you and what you write make me smile even when things are tough. So thank you. And even though its unrealistic, I hope people stop being nasty to you. For the record I think you’re a great actor, an even more talented writer and probably a really nice guy. Take Heart at least that most people wish you positive things and happy smurfy thoughts and nuts to the rest of them.
Dana

Uh… so… what exactly happened now that pissed you off?

Sorry about that Wil.
It turns out that down here in the deep bunker at Internet Master Control someone accidentally bumped the Asshat Slider and the percentage of visible asshats was not representative to the actual asshats by some orders of magnitude. Not only does this horribly skew quantitative assesment of the asshat phenomena it… well… just looks bad. We at Internet Master Control pride ourselves in our work and will put the Asshat Slider back to the 1-3% range that it should be during the next maintentance cycle. Sorry for the inconvenience. As soon as the parties responsible have been found they will be sacked.
p.s. please don’t sue us. it was an accident.

Hello Wil,
I just discovered your site a few days ago and was delighted. I’m a huge fan of Stand By Me and I enjoyed ST:TNG. Good luck with your book. 🙂

Sendin’ some mojo to Wil from the Rocky Mountains…
I’ve got a coffee mug at home that says, “Don’t let the turkeys get you down.” If it’d help, I’d send it to you.
If anyone I knew had made nasty comments to you, I’d feel like giving ’em a taste of the ol’ LART myself. Unfortunately, some folks don’t seem to get the message even when you point it out to them “with extreme prejudice.”
But working on the book is a Good Thing. Once it comes out, I’ve got to get a copy. (Please tell me you’ll be making a book tour, and you’ll include a stop at the Tattered Cover in either LoDo or Cherry Creek! 🙂 )
— Eric
(Technical Director, Electric Minds)

Holy Crap Man, look at the posting on this, apparently a lot of people like you. It looks like a post or more a minute here. That should give you an indication of how the majority feels. I will always remember what my mother once told me, Son if you don’t stop that you’ll go blind. Not sure if that helps, but my braile keyboard thinks it might.

Wil,
“Illegitimis non carborundum.”
Lat., “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
-Gen. Joseph Stilwell.
Two words Wil, two words. Fuck em’.

*shrug*
Whatever makes them feel better, man.
Don’t stress.

Come on Will, adjust that bra, tighten up that girdle and get on with life.

Wil: I have been one of the silent supporters,
but this situation has caused me to want to
respond.
I get the sense that you are trying to learn
to “be you”…the real Wil, inside, but it hurts
you when some on the outside don’t like the real
you. Not to make this about me, but I have
been trying to do the same thing for about 10
years…trying to be the real me inside,
who happens to be pretty “different”. I find,
however, that I finally, at the age of 43,
got sick and tired of not expressing who I
really am inside…and, actually, I think I
am pretty cool (inside)! I still have to
“catch” myself when I find the old “conditioning”
kick in…like when I purchased a black
raincoat from the Gap, and then said “f*ck it”,
and went back and exchanged it for the bright
PINK raincoat! It sounds trivial, but it
was a big deal for me…conditioning from the
past, and those who want us to just “not make
waves” is very strong, and takes time to let
go of.
Well, I have said enough, I guess, except to
say that I have always love your Wesley Crusher
role, and always will. I expect that some of
those haters that you alluded to were the ones
who were belittling the movie you just did,
called “The Book of Days”, due to its “religious”
nature. I loved it! Especially for its “message”. There are still many of us
who love a movie with a wonderful, compassionate
message!
So, all I am saying is…and it is a lot harder
than we think…BE YOU, WIL. I really mean
that. The little I have learned about you
from your wonderful posts on the WWDN has
left me with the impression that you are finally
learning who YOU really are inside, and you
just want to shout it to the world! (and I can
say, without hesitation, that you are a
wonderful person, Wil and everyone else
should be honored and grateful to get to
experience the real WIL) Well,
I give you “permission” to shout, Wil!!!
JinJan.
P.S. If you feel you have to take a break
from the website, I completely support you, and
will wait with anticipation for your return!!
In light and love, Jan.

Wil:
I’m sort of amazed that some people are going to the lengths of saying that they loved your character on TNG in an effort to make you feel better.
I mean, jeez. The character sucked pretty hard. Anyone who says different is selling something. 😉
Just think though… people are willing to stretch the truth even to that extent to make you feel better. That says a lot more about you and the impact of your posts than it does about ol’ Wesley Crusher, IMO.
Do whatcha gotta do. Recuperate. Recharge. But don’t forget you’ve got a lot of REAL fans here.

Dude , at least you were on the Goonies , no one else can say that….

Hey Wil,
I ran a popular BBS for many years before the advent & popularity of the Internet. Of the 800 or so “regulars”, there were always a couple losers who insisted on trolling, sh*t disturbing & just generally trying to garner attention from me that they couldn’t get in “real” life.
Initially they pissed me off. Almost to the point of wanting to shut down the BBS. Finally, I decided to start having some fun with them.
I put on my detective hat, did some logging, observing, & sneaking around and started tracking some of them down, eventually managing to find a couple phone numbers. You would be *amazed* at the response you get when you call one of these losers personally out of the blue & ask them “What’s your problem?”. As soon as their supposed veil of anonymity is gone, they revert to the sniveling cowards & social misfits they really are. It’s hilarious!
It never seemed to lessen the onslaughts of trolls, but the few that I was able to track down and surprise made putting up with (and mostly ignoring) the others worth it. The act of actually using your wits to track them down is a blast & quite an ego boost when successful. (“I have tracked the troll. I am the Uber-geek!”)
Obviously this will only work for e-mail trolls, but anything posted anonymously on a “guestbook” with a fake e-mail address & no validation or verification should be ignored as complete claptrap anyway.
Just my 2 cents…

Please do consider coming back.

Heck. Even the guestbook trolls can be tracked via the webserver logs.
Nail a few down to the company, call them up, and by golly, chances are some troll will get a severe reprimand.

Neil, I liked wesley crusher! :p
course I usually like the crappy/insignificant/etc characters 😀
Wil: your blog is more entertaining than slashdot these days 🙂

ACK! Will, sorry there is the @$$hole element bothering you. I hate that element myself, and have had the dubious honor of being at the receiving end of 3 hardcore @$$holes blasting me constantly online. I can relate!
I hope your other stuff gets taken care of, and you come back soon. I’m gonna miss the updates…dang, just added a feed from here to my journal, too. : )

Go Wil! My husband is an ensign in the Navy and counts your TNG stuff as inspriation when he was younger. Now we’re both Wil fans in the general sense. Trolls ought to be tarred and feathered then turned loose in a horny ostrich pen.

People are like that in the real world. I work in customer service, and they treat me like a subhuman. Whatever happened to the golden rule?

I’m another fan of your blog that seldom, if ever, posts but I just HAD to let you know that I too love ya Uncle Willy! I know it’s easy to say to “don’t let ’em get ya down” but we aren’t the ones being bashed. Just don’t focus on their negetivity. I think now would be a good time to resurect the “7 Things I am Thankful For” just to get your focus in the right place! Don’t worry about posting it, those 7 things are for you right now; enjoy the break because you need it!
Oh, and for the hate emails, just sign them up for all the junk/spam mail you can. Yahoo offers a lot of them!!! Drown the nasty f*ckers in spam!
Love ya Uncle Willy!!!

Dear Trolls – please stop whining. We reserve the right to treat you in accordance with the intelligence you display to us. Keep it up, you have no idea how entertaining your stupidity is to the rest of us.

i love you.
good luck.

Wil,
The net is classic “mob mentality” at work. The most horrible elements of humanity come out when people are given a public forum and annonimity. I am sorry that people chose to bring down someone who seems to already have his feet firmly planted on the ground.
I do want to say thank you for showing all of us that Hollywood and all of its trappings doesn’t always corrupt people who are exposed to it.
Thanks for sharing your humanity with us. It is a very personal thing you do.

Wil,
Way to let the assholes win.
Now quit being a drama puss and get back on the horse before someone takes you seriously.

Hi Wil,
The one day I decide not to check your site, you say you’re not going to post anymore?!?!
Well, just remember, there are people who love and support you… many you don’t even know! There are even ones who want to help!
What can we do to make it so that WWDN is not a chore & brings you the joy it brings thousands and thousands of monkeys?
-Jocelyn

Wil, I’ve been around a while…and I always thought you kicked ass. hey, man…good luck cooling off, huh? and I’ll be looking for that book…
I think from now on…no more lurking for me. come back to us when you feel better, man! we’ll all be waiting for you here…

Who is Wil Wheaton?

I swear, I go through the phase once a month now where I hate the internet. I still get all snotty sometimes, remembering how it *used* to be when folks were a bit more even-headed and polite, and it was a little playground for me and my tech friends.
Of course, this was back in the early 90’s, so I’m not that much of an old-timer. I’m old enough, though, and I’ve mostly had it with misinformed opinions, ad hominem attacks and online brats.
It’s easy to lose patience. Don’t beat yourself up about it.

Wil, If you ever get the chance, read “What Do You Care What Other People Think?” by Richard Feynmann, who was a physicist involved with the Los Alamos project. You won’t be disappointed. I might also suggest, “Surely you’re joking Mr. Feynmann” It should lighten your spirits a bit.

This is what happens when you are famous then start a look at me website all about yourself. Ive learned a lesson.

You realize we may never see the confused semi-naked girls in wwdn thongs pictures. now they’ll never love you, looove yoooou, loooooooveee yooooou!
ah well. who needs em. my vintage wil glossy 8x10s keep me warm at night.
also, jimmy kimmel live had on jerry o connel, then corey feldman the next night, and i was really hoping you’d be on the next night. the guy can’t get guests, heck you can be cohost for a week.

We love you Wil. Who cares about all those haters out there. They have no right to dis you. Your doing your thing, if they can’t accept that, then they suck!! Much Mojo to you! 🙂