Summary

The web content discusses the "Fruit-Stealing Scoundrel," a recurring character who "appropriates" various items and offers insincere apologies, juxtaposing Google autocomplete suggestions from 2013 and 2023, and includes references to a series of related articles and a Spotify playlist.

Abstract

The website presents a satirical narrative centered around the "Fruit-Stealing Scoundrel," a character who playfully confesses to taking items such as plums, Kidsilk Haze, and even intellectual property like forum posts and parodies. The narrative is interspersed with Google autocomplete suggestions from 2013 and 2023, illustrating changes in common search queries over a decade. The content also links to a series of past articles detailing the Scoundrel's escapades and concludes with a Spotify playlist curated by the Illuminati Ganga Hitmagist, which is associated with the character's musical tastes during his "outings."

Opinions

The author uses humor and irony to portray the "Fruit-Stealing Scoundrel" as a mischievous yet endearing character who is aware of the amusement and slight irritation they cause.
The comparison of Google autocomplete suggestions from 2013 to 2023 implies a shift in societal concerns, interests, and search behaviors over the years.
The repeated use of the phrase "This is just to say" in various contexts serves as a humorous nod to William Carlos Williams' famous poem, suggesting a playful engagement with literary traditions.
The inclusion of a Spotify playlist indicates a blending of different media formats to enhance the narrative experience and provides insight into the character's personality through musical preferences.
The overall tone of the content is light-hearted and self-referential, with the author acknowledging the fictional nature of the Scoundrel's persona while also poking fun at the concept of fake news and public apologies.

Appropriating Them Apples!

2013 vs 2023

Google Autocompletes 2013

This is just to say autocomplete 2013 Google Suggestions

And Which autocomplete 2013 Google Suggestions

You were probably 2013 autocomplete suggestions

for breakfast 2013 autocomplete suggestions

Google Autocompletes 2023

This is just to say

I have eaten the plums,

the plums band,

movies that were in theatres’

the icebox miami

And which of the favours of your lord

you were probably the younger sibling

saving Private Ryan

for breakfast eat like a king.

Forgive me poems

they were delicious in spanish

so sweet lyrics

and its so cold lyrics.

Following Making Light single comments author — no result from website but on Internet Archive

All Comments by TexAnne

This is just to says consisting of Open Thread 176 ::: September 07, 2012, 11:30 PM:

This is just to say I have bought the plums that were in the fruit stand and which you were probably thinking about getting after work Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so much like Roller Skates.*

and Posted on entry A Dance with Dragons, with Spoilers ::: July 16, 2011, 05:41 PM:

This is just to say I have not read the books that are in this series and which I am probably saving for someday Forgive me the discussion is delicious so deep and so smart

and Posted on entry About Friggin’ Time ::: February 22, 2009, 03:23 PM:

This is just to say I have knitted with the Kidsilk Haze that was in your stash and which you were probably saving for a shawl Forgive me it was made of crack so soft and so warm

and Posted on entry Spinning straw into gold ::: December 04, 2006, 04:15 PM:

This is just to say I have written the posts that were in the forum and which you were probably thinking were for real Forgive me they were paid for so cheap and so mispunctuated

All appropriated under the official auspices of that Fruit-Stealing Scoundrel, oops, that’s my bad.

So much depends on how much you like your apples, and if you were planning on eating them for breakfast, so while you’re pondering the answer to that question maybe try reading some of the previous forays into theft of that scoundrel who steals fruit and apologizes insincerely!

All True-Crime, All Fake-Sorrow!

More Fake News from that Scoundrel who we love to hate, and hate to love

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Tamarinds Taken! August 2023

The Fruit Stealing Scoundrel returns, takes some Tamarinds says very sorry!

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Felon Filches Figs

I’m sorry I took your parodies, what can I say — mistakes were made

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Punk Purloins Plums — July 2023

This is republishing some of an old Illuminati Ganga Visualization Project — The Fruit Stealing Scoundrel — a bot that…

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Fruit-stealing scoundrel has returned!

That Scoundrel who steals fruit and apologizes profusely like so much depended on it has come back from finding out…

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Ofttimes when the Scoundrel is out there stealing stuff he likes a few tunes to keep the mood, so here, courtesy of the Illuminati Ganga Hitmagist — the Playlist for this outing of our Scoundrel