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Tuesday, October 1, 2002
www.savekaryn.com
www.dontsavekaryn.com
www.savekarynnot.com
Karyn is in her late 20s and lives in New York. What makes her dif
ferent from others her age is that she is $20,000 in debt. Her debt isn t
in student loans but in credit card purchases of daily morning lattes,
Prada pumps off eBay, designer clothes, make-up and bikini waxes.
While most probably don’t feel sorry for her, after visiting her Web
site, some might change their mind’s.
She’s got an "Aw, shucks” attitude and pleads to surfers, "I didn t
hurt anyone by spending too much money. I was helping out the
economy.” Her attitude seems cheery, although a bit naive, like the
main character. Becky Bloomwood in Sophie Kinsella’s Shopaholic
Takes Manhattan.
After Karyn sees a girl walk out of SAKS Fifth Avenue and resists
the urge to march in and purchase the same Gucci bag she spotted on
the girl, she figures she has saved herself $600.
She also has a breakdown and spends $7 on Taco Bell and Hostess
cupcakes for lunch and figures she’ll soon be wanted to participate in
a study on PMS for which she will then be paid $500. So in her mind,
she has come out ahead by $493.
Her Web site includes “The Daily Buck," which lists things she
does to save money such as shopping at dollar stores, or eating sam
ples of cheese, bread and olive oil at the grocery store and then calling
it dinner. There is also a “Grand Debt Tally" that is updated each week
with Karyn’s new credit card balance.
Although the Web site was started in June of 2002, she has already
raised $11,727.85 from donations and items she has sold on eBay.
However, many are not happy. Several Web sites, some hilarious and
some serious, have been created, bashing the “Latte Lolita."
Dontsavekaryn.com is designed by two men, Ben and Bob, who
designed their Web site exactly like Karyn’s. Instead of Karyn’s
“Grand Debt Tally,” the boys have a “Grand Spending Tally” where
they list all the items they have bought with other people’s money.
There is also “The Daily F**k,” where they list creative ways to waste
other’s money like lap dances or ruining their wooden floors with
Windex. The boys have no pity for the girl they say “has no concept of
fiscal responsibility.” Savekarynnot.com is a little less harsh. The own
ers ask surfers to donate to several charities including The National
Multiple Sclerosis Society, March of Dimes and the American Cancer
Society. The owners claim they are not a “Karyn-bashing” site but sim
ply want people to donate to a good cause.
Many argue there are better causes to donate money to than a manic
shopaholic. However, no one can blame the girl for taking advantage
of the fact that Americans like to be part of a drama. This is why real
ity TV shows have been so successful and so has Karyn.
^ ^ t|" ^ -Lizette Resendez
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Looking for love...online? Matchdoctor.com is the perfect Web
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site allows users to create their own profile, search for others and be
added in a database where their profile can be viewed. In addition,
users can broaden or narrow their search depending on the amount
of criteria they want to use. When users want to search for a match,
it allows them to filter the details from whether they have a picture,
location, even what religion they are.
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www.myprofsucks.com
Those who are really fed up with incomprehensible prof(
may have some sort of relief in sight. MyprofessorsucL
offers hilarious postings and evaluations of professors atcd
from all 50 states. The Web site lets students evaluate theii
lessors, read other evaluations and kick back with online?;
and contests.
The A+ Club lists professors w ho have been graded a
higher (they grade on a curve). So far. the only professor!;
Texas A&M to be admitted into the A+ Club is Civil Engine
Professor Norris Stubbs.
There is also a weekly survey where students can votes*
best cheap dates (renting 99 cent movies) and the number ones
son to drop a class at the beginning of the semester (bad pro
course). An advice column, “Just Ask Ross ” gives funny wor:
wisdom to students dealing with professors who incesa
scratch themselves in class.
The best feature of the Web site, however, is "Hilarious P'
w here students will find comments like, “She, like shag a
should never have left the 70s." and. “She reminds me of Hi
Fratelli from The Goonies.”
While the design of the Web site is a bit elementary, itn
to navigate, and fun to browse and will definitely remindstu
that their professor could be worse.
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