<p>^^ Agreed with hmom. Somehow from this thread I just get ill feelings - something in the gut tells me isn’t right.</p>
<p>All that babbling about credentials and how he’s a damn good writer seems to put him in a rather cocky light. He is also very funny, I quote him. So he thinks he’s a “damn good writer” and “very funny” and proceeds to tell us about his life and some car ride which people could car less about I’m sure and insists that he radiates altruism, simply bursting out with human sensitivity. I suppose he’s saving Darfur children while he’s at it? </p>
<p>Somehow, it just doesn’t seem right. He goes around posting “PM with title/prompt” and then on this thread he seems to have a higher air of endowment, as if he’s lording over all others with his altruism radiation (no PMs to my inbox, he says! as he demands his mother to bring another Hot Pocket) - but oh no! he’s a “damn good writer” and “very funny” and he might as well just defecate out care bears and homeless shelters cause damn! he’s such an altruist just reviewing people’s essay for hours at time to no benefit of his own. </p>
<p>Like someone with “damn good writing” would go around CC forums telling other people to PM with title and prompt and proceed to boast about questionable credentials.</p>
<p>I guess what it comes down to is that - hey, he might be a good writer. He might be not. He might be a fake; he might be not (do you want to take the chance? as hmom suggested about stealing ideas).</p>
<p>But pushing all that aside - do you really want some cocky person with an inflated self-esteem and a sense of entitlement to review your essay? Would that really be helpful? Look at him; he goes around telling people to PM with title/prompt; I suppose that comes with the altruism and the cockiness then. Oh, and don’t forget he might be out to steal your ideas. Anyone can just write a review.</p>
<p>It’s the risk and the help factor. He might be what he says he is. He might not be. Do you want to take the risk? And even if he is, maybe just take a look at the personality this guy has developed. </p>
<p>Such an altruism. Perhaps he runs a Make-A-Wish foundation for essay writers as well. Take a gander at his original post:</p>
<p>“I shall not waste my time or yours elaborating on my “credentials,” save that I have read AND critiqued essays from no fewer than 57 individuals on CC over the last month or so, and that my comments are at times longer than the 900-word essays I critique. Those who feel my comments might be worth the trouble of sending an e-mail are at liberty to bump this post, but I will not be attending to this thread myself.”</p>