As academic year is beginning at schools across the country, some students are scrambling to finish their summer assignments before the first day of class — but one is gaining national attention for a public plea for help, the Huffington Post reports. Earlier this week, a student turned to the Yahoo! Answers community for a summary of DC Pierson’s “The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To” [1] when he or she fell short on time to complete the assignment. But the student likely wasn’t expecting the author himself to respond — nor with a lengthy reprimand. Under the username “♥ Idiot America ~ ϟƘƦІןן∑x ♥,” the student asks, [2] “I haven’t been able to finish this book. Can someone give me a complete review, including everything important? I REALLY need this! AND it’s not because I’m slacking.”
The next day, Pierson took to the thread in a response that user “Olivia” commented to the student, “You just got pwned by the author himself.” Pierson is a founding member of the Mytery Team improve troupe Derrick Comedy. [3]..