I just googled "Maddox goth 90s" because I'm looking for some text that was written on his page that I remember from way back when. This page popped up right away. Thank you for this!
The only people who weren't right about the Segway were the rich assholes like Bezos who hyped the whole thing up as some world changing invention before any of the rest of us had any clue what it was.
The moment it was actually revealed, by my memory, pretty much everyone was like, that's it?
My best friend was a huge Maddox fan in high school. He was so proud of himself because he pre-ordered that book way early and got it the day of release. He carted it around everywhere with him, proud to actually have a tangible bit of portable Maddox on his person at all times.
He was also really annoying about it.
A few months later I'm at a comic convention. It just so happens, to my surprise, Maddox is there signing copies of his book. It's a short line, he's not really hustling people through, we converse a bit, and I tell him about how my friend is such a huge fan of his writing. I then tell Maddox that I want to do something really special for my friend. I purchase a copy of his book and ask him to not only sign it, but to address it, not to me, but to my friend, who adores his book and carries it around everywhere.
"Dear Friend," it reads. "This is not your copy. ♥ Maddox."
Of course, I'm not that big of an asshole. Yeah yeah, it's funny and all to rub it in my friend's face like that, but come on, when's the next time this is gonna happen. Naturally I buy a second book to also present to my friend, and for real this time, I request Maddox address it to my friend properly.
"Dear Friend," the second address reads. "This is *also* not your copy. ♥ Maddox."
And inside I taped a photo of Maddox and I flipping off the camera.
Same!
There was a series that one of the writers did about Wink martindale that did the same for me.
https://www.somethingawful.com/news/wink-martindale/
My dumbass edgelord teenaged self loved this page.
It's why I try to give some grace to young folks nowadays. It's the destiny of all generations to look back on their own stuff as cringe.
I just looked up his page and it's still up, with most recent posts being in 2023. Reading his unhinged rants with an adult brain instead of whatever oatmeal is in our heads as teenagers is...well it's something 😂.
Lol I bought the book. 43 with 2 young kids now and I still have it. Most of his stuff didn't age well, the critique of kids coloring will always make me laugh.
It’s shit like this that made me love the guy. He was so ridiculous. Once you understand the dude is actually nothing like this and it’s basically a character he embodies you kinda start to enjoy it again. I got my book The Alphabet of Manliness signed by him. He wrote “manly handshake, great taste in literature - Maddox
I at the time used to think he wasn't serious, and this was all basically a parody and a character. But then turned out...nope. This guy was in fact just a massive asshole and believed what he wrote.
Yeah - I missed Maddox, apparently, but there was a hot minute during college where I was all into Tucker Max. Had I had any real interest in emulating him, I could see that leading down a dark path.
Yeah I don’t recall any of my friends actually emulating him. We thought he was funny, not a great person. I thought that was the point. Today the guys doing similar stuff don’t do it with humor, they mean everything earnestly.
Maybe I’m reading things wrong but I don’t see them the same.
I think one of the things that threw me for a loop is that his online persona really is his actual personality. It's not just being an edgelord and holding comically horrible views for entertainment purposes. He 100% meant everything he wrote.
I don't know anything about this situation, but I just skimmed the court documents and it seems disingenuous to me to say he's just ultra-sensitive when he's alleging financial damages due to stuff like a sponsor dropping him, with a quote from the sponsor stating outright that they were dropping Maddox due to accusations apparently raised by the defendants.
And I barely even remember Maddox and I have no idea what the supposed campaign of harassment was or if it's true that these dudes directed fans to fuck with the guy en masse, but your link makes it look like there is indeed some kind of public harassment.
Again, I don't know anything about this beyond what I just read, so maybe I have it totally wrong.
I will say, however, that the lawsuit is indeed hilariously bad. I mean, I'm not a lawyer, but including emotional language like "nauseatingly" in a lawsuit is crazy. But I guess if your lawyers specialize in dog bites in Michigan, maybe that's to be expected.
Think this was the first place I read about Star Wars prequel complaints that eventually accumulated into the Plinkett reviews. It’s also where I saw a Christopher Reeve being thrown off a horse in a Mortal Kombat setting with FATALITY written at the top. I remember eventually seeing Maddox on Penn and Teller Bullshit and they made fun of him instead of endorsing him. I think that’s when he decided to disappear.
No question
That is a deep and ancient truth as old as the eldritch squeals of dial up — edgelords have always existed, it’s just what they have been edgy about that has changed.
This reminds me how angry I was as a young man. Don't get me wrong, I'm still angry about some things (we all should be), but I used to just be angry about the dumbest shit.
I wonder if it would be worth anything now... You know, like the original Star Wars figures. Or, maybe it'll be just another oddity from the past like pogs and Beanie babies
Before we had YouTubers who angrily yelled about things to a hyperbolic extent for comedic effect, Maddox did it in text form on his website. It's that kind of Sam Kinison/Andrew Dice Clay schtick, edgy for the sake of being edgy.
Jesus, I just need an actual name not the fucking life story.
Glad I missed whatever the fuck this was supposed to be back in the day. My life is likely far healthier for it
Maddox went through some crazy stuff in recent years, which he talks about in a fairly recent YouTube video. The gist of it is that he isn't as active as he would have been otherwise.
I like waffles because they are less absorbent than pancakes.
Maddox was one of the unhealthiest people I had ever seen. Like his little Che image is NOT what he looks like.
He makes a corpse look tan.
I still remember one of his posts where he declared touch screen phones the dumbest shit ever. Nobody would want one. You'd be touching your screen getting fingerprints and smudges all over the screen you're supposed to watch stuff on?!
Looking back I wonder if he was joking but something tells me he was serious. I guess I don't remember what the general perception was but they caught on pretty quickly, didn't they?
Thought it was funny when I thought it was a joke. Pretty sure he actually took himself seriously and honestly that’s just fucking exhausting. Ugh I’d hate to be him.
Yeah. Maddox and Dick both got famous off edgelord 90s humor that would not fly today. Dick leaned into the right wing grift and Maddox would really, really love it if we forgot all the homophobic shit he said on his website 20 years ago.
The right amount of syrup is however much you can puddle up in those very holes that he hates so much as well as however much can be slathered on every other exposed surface area. Also unexposed.
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