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==Web presence==
The two original MTV ''Daria'' websites gave the Fashion Club their own website and online presence
===That Lawndale Look===
It ran monthly articles by the members ("Internet Shopping vs. Real Shopping"), a guide to the members, an application form ("automated rejection feature"), a Flaw Finder by Tiffany, quotes and wallpaper, and a copy of the Mission Statement.
:''Hello. I'm Sandi Griffin, president of the Lawndale High School Fashion Club. I am also the Chief Executive Officer of this Web site, designed to inspire higher wardrobe awareness and heightened grooming excellence. Because you people need it so bad.
:''As the millennium thing approaches, the Fashion Club must boldly look to and plan for the future. First of all, the ATMs better still be working in January. Second, it's time to realize that being on the cutting edge of style means more than refusing to purchase summer stock after Memorial Day or cultivating an awareness of body-heat-sensitive fabrics: we must also embrace the Internet, a vast source of outfit inspiration, like a digital closet that goes on and on and never ends. Wow. What if that were true? Imagine the shoes.''
The Flaw Finder gives you a list of Fashion Flaws, Figure Flaws, and Face Flaws: tick each off and get an automated guide of what to do, "then you can spend the rest of your life trying to fix them."
===Selective Soulmate===
In 2001/02, they'd created Selective Soulmate, an online dating site for popular people.
Sandi promoted it with a Guide to Digital Dating:
:''Why on earth would a popular person place a personal ad on the Internet? Well, let's face it. It's hard enough to match accessories (especially greens), so how likely is it that you'll meet your perfect match among the panting losers at the local high school? Maybe it's time to look beyond your city limits, especially if you have somehow developed a completely undeserved reputation for paranoia and viciousness. When I find out who's behind those rumors I will skin them alive.
:''Since it's bleak living in a landlocked suburb where the local dating pool is covered with scum, the Lawndale Fashion Club has created a new matchmaking site aimed at popular teens like ourselves. Our site is troll-free and highly exclusive. In fact, it's so exclusive that we're the only ones on it so far. (We have to maintain our standards, especially on the Internet, where even unattractive people shamelessly parade their pale jiggly cellulite in front of total strangers.)
:''So click here to go to THE SELECTIVE SOULMATE and see if you qualify for membership. Note: Guys only. We don't need the competition.''
Selective Soulmate opens with:
:''You're the creme de la creme, so why can't you seem to meet the creme de la men? That's what I ask myself every day, especially when my date shows up at the door with candy-colored carnations. Well, I'm not the type to mope. I'd rather complain, and then do something about the situation.
:''THE SELECTIVE SOULMATE offers a stylish online environment where quality guys can connect with upscale girls like me and my friends. If you are between the ages of 16 and 18 (attention creepy old men, my cousin works for the FBI) and you think that you have what it takes to date one of us, fill out our questionnaire and see if you make the grade. We will contact you as soon as we're done reviewing your credit rating and background check (did I mention my cousin works for the FBI?).
:''And girls, why don't you try one of those matchmaking sites with tacky MIDI music and clip art of baby cupids? They'll let anyone in.''
Aside from the Fashion Club, they'd made Daria a member in the hopes that a boyfriend who wasn't [[Tom Sloane|Tom]] might take her out of the house when they're there. "If you step up to the plate, we'll make it worth your while."
Sandi was looking for a long-term (and wealthy) relationship, Tiffany thought three months ''was'' long-term, and Stacy admitted she'd change anything about herself if a guy would prefer it that way.
Other features included:
* Online Etiquette: "Quinn is full of useful advice in her usual know-it-all way." ("It is a bad idea to dump someone by e-mail. Doing it by phone or in person is so much more satisfying.")
* Safety Tips: "Tiffany tells us how to protect ourselves in an online world full of weirdo freaks and sorry geeks." ("Don't believe everything you read. Some people make themselves sound better than they are, like saying that they're rich when they're really upper middle class.")
* Success Story: "Stacy profiles a couple who met online and are still in that show-offy stage. It’s kind of sickening, actually."
==Fanfic Stereotypes==
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