Left Lane Drivers

[leftofce]

For a good laugh, check out http://www.leftlanedrivers.org/

This balding Midwesterner has made a feeble attempt to steal our language, our undeniably killer style, and our 2-cent ideas. We’re certainly not perturbed because he feels similarly about driving unimpeded in the left lane - in fact, we actually welcome his sentiments. We encourage that response and we’re glad to see a brother in arms in this, our most glorious of modern battles. But shouldn't he give credit where credit is due? I mean seriously, this guy steals our shit faster than a greedy coprophiliac.

The left lane is certainly a "grassroots movement" and "highly unaffiliated"- but this idea, this lexicon, has always belonged to LOC, not to our portly, pilfering friend. Truth be told, all this guy has is a big fucking ugly sticker and some purloined language from us.

http://www.leftofcentre.org/leftlane.htm

Five years AFTER we went live with Driving Dexter:

http://www.leftofcentre.org/documents/DrivingDexterWeb.pdf

and yes over five years AFTER we went live with the aptly named Left Lane Manifesto:

http://www.leftofcentre.org/documents/ManifestoandRulesWeb.pdf

Back then, he was alone and sad. He was a dying capitalist. He had no language, no Marxist rhetoric. Just the big and ugly sticker. Which is cool man, way fucking cool sticker. But "Left Lane Drivers, Unite?" Come the Christ on, you soulless robber, pick your own revolutionary philosopher—we got Karl. I hear Adam Smith might be available. Or perhaps you could borrow from the great René Descartes –the Cartesian coordinate system was pretty hip in the 17th century.

Either way, Mr. Left Lane Driver Guy, we know you visit our site. We even know your IP address. And we welcome you. Seriously. And keep fighting the good fight for the left lane. But would you do us a favor? Sugar on top. Please stop stealing from us – it’s not very brotherly. It hurts the collective, right? I mean, we’re happy that you’ve asked to join our team; we just want you to get your own jersey number. Catch our fart, ya silly plagiarist?

[leftofce]

Leftlane.org put up a Left Lane Manifesto in 2006 - yes, over 5 years after we went live with the original Left Lane Manifesto.

Ours (2001): http://leftofcentre.org/leftlane.htm
His (2006): http://leftlane.org/2006/05/19/the-left-lane-manifesto/

I mean, is this some kind of sick joke? Seriously, are people that desperate for blogging attention that they would steal our Left Lane driving shtick? A fucking "Left Lane Manifesto"? You plagiarist poser fuckhead. I am a Marxist scholar, what the fuck is your excuse? I realize that there are plenty of individuals in this world who hold similar views on driving, but why do these two douche-bags steal our language and ideas without giving us any sort of credit? Damn thieves...

Or maybe it is just a coincidence? Regardless, here's my simple solution: leftlanedrivers.org and leftlane.org should both link our Left Lane site, as we have linked theirs. Let the marketplace of ideas sort it out. Then people can freely browse between our sites and see who had which ideas first.

I am so sick of undeserved credit. As if posting somebody's ideas on your site make them your own. It breaks my heart every time I Google for Left of Centre's Left Lane ideas and I find that we get pushed below somebody else who has recycled or flat-out robbed our ideas, our titles or our language - albeit with better web coding skills... At least have the balls to site us, pussies.