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What is it about SomethingAwful that drives moderators bug gently caress insane? Or do they just start that way?
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Jan 20, 2017 01:15
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The internet makes you stupid.
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Jan 20, 2017 01:21
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SA is great to post on but modding means a tremendous amount of responsibility and thus stops being fun. It's like being elected senator.
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Jan 20, 2017 01:25
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oldpainless posted:It's like being elected senator. I think losing half a dozen of them in one day is some kind of record though.
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Jan 20, 2017 01:30
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ToxicSlurpee posted:What is it about SomethingAwful that drives moderators bug gently caress insane? Gazing into the bad post abyss long enough warps you.
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Jan 20, 2017 01:33
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Apraxin posted:Hey now, senators get a great salary, benefits, and the opportunity to sell their soul many times over in exchange for kickbacks. SA moderators get.. um... yeah. Who left?
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Jan 20, 2017 01:34
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oldpainless posted:Who left? Notice all the question marks there, because there still seems to be a lot of arguing still going on about what happened. There is apparently some sort of announcement about The Future from Lowtax incoming tomorrow.
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Jan 20, 2017 01:49
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this is all the dumbest poo poo.
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Jan 20, 2017 01:55
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Apraxin posted:I'm not familiar for the most part with who mods what, but from that QCS thread I think we lost both AI mods and two from SAS, plus a couple more. There was mod forum drama that seems to have involved people arguing with Lowtax over whether or not a picture the newest D&D mod posted was racist against white people or not, I think? But there may have been other stuff as well, or maybe not? And then Lowtax demodded some of them, and the others resigned? Well considering one mod outright just called lowtax an idiot or something in that topic, I don't really blame him for demodding them if that's the kind of attitude they were giving him.
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Jan 20, 2017 01:55
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purple death ray posted:this is all the dumbest poo poo. What is this? The third time there's been a mod overhaul?
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Jan 20, 2017 01:59
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Do admins pick mods? Yo FAU 
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Jan 20, 2017 02:15
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Captain Splashback posted:
I wrote that!
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Jan 20, 2017 02:48
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Solice Kirsk posted:What is this? The third time there's been a mod overhaul? This is the third time since i regged.
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Jan 20, 2017 02:50
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The Saddest Rhino posted:I wrote that! Henriette!!!! 
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Jan 20, 2017 03:03
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please
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Jan 20, 2017 03:15
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oldpainless posted:SA is great to post on but modding means a tremendous amount of responsibility and thus stops being fun. Let's not kid ourselves - half the wonks on this site would give a kidney to be allowed to moderate. Of the wonks who do become moderators, drat few step down. Of the wonks who are forcibly demodded, a sizeable percentage get fuckin' FURIOUS and flame out. A lot of the ones who've been demodded [angerbeet, Franco, Ralp] still hang around QCS like the Ghosts of Faggots Past, unable to let go of that one time they had a taste of that sweet, sweet Internet clout. FactsAreUseless, our current Ralp-In-Waiting, totally changed all of his opinions the second Lowtax suggested demoddings might happen. Ain't none of those folks hard done by. As depressing as it is, they're living their dreams. Like, for all the OOOOOHHHHHH THEY DO A HARD JOB IT'S SO THANKLESS I WOULD NEVER BE A MOD patter, it's dudes doing a thing that they'd be doing anyway - sitting on their rear end reading a forum. Hardly arduous. The real reason so many of them go apeshit is because if you give socially isolated weirdos any semblance of power - real or imagined - they immediately get drunk as gently caress and start trying to apply their shiny new hammer to everything that could conceivably be a nail. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jan 20, 2017 03:33
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Disgusting Coward posted:Let's not kid ourselves - half the wonks on this site would give a kidney to be allowed to moderate. Of the wonks who do become moderators, drat few step down. Of the wonks who are forcibly demodded, a sizeable percentage get fuckin' FURIOUS and flame out. A lot of the ones who've been demodded [angerbeet, Franco, Ralp] still hang around QCS like the Ghosts of Faggots Past, unable to let go of that one time they had a taste of that sweet, sweet Internet clout. FactsAreUseless, our current Ralp-In-Waiting, totally changed all of his opinions the second Lowtax suggested demoddings might happen. Ain't none of those folks hard done by. As depressing as it is, they're living their dreams. Pays well compared to my real job?
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Jan 20, 2017 03:35
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purple death ray posted:There is no healthy minded human being that would voluntarily moderate these godforsaken forums
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Jan 20, 2017 03:36
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George H.W. oval office posted:Muerte. Holy poo poo was that thread good. One beautiful saga which happened after this is that ANOTHER goon had almost the same idea... Manic episode, ridiculously convluted plan to save the planet walking across the country... barely left his shell... Only this new guy actually seemed pretty cool/way less insufferable than muerte so his~50 mile walk from west canada to a bus station to go back to his parents involved far less drama. Still, the parallel was shocking
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Jan 20, 2017 04:33
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Grandmother of Five posted:lol yeah, that is one of the all-time fantastically stupid goon projects imo. I think it was originally an Ask/Tell thread and someone pointed out some super basic math about angles and velocity or something and said it'd pretty much be lethal for kids to actually use it, as if you couldn't tell by looking at it, too. I love how... and correct me if I'm wrong... the whole "fatal" problem with the zipline could have been fixed by raising the end platforms or lowering the beginning platforms... but this simple change just couldn't materialize
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Jan 20, 2017 04:46
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Disgusting Coward posted:Let's not kid ourselves - half the wonks on this site would give a kidney to be allowed to moderate. Of the wonks who do become moderators, drat few step down. Of the wonks who are forcibly demodded, a sizeable percentage get fuckin' FURIOUS and flame out. A lot of the ones who've been demodded [angerbeet, Franco, Ralp] still hang around QCS like the Ghosts of Faggots Past, unable to let go of that one time they had a taste of that sweet, sweet Internet clout. FactsAreUseless, our current Ralp-In-Waiting, totally changed all of his opinions the second Lowtax suggested demoddings might happen. Ain't none of those folks hard done by. As depressing as it is, they're living their dreams. Just so that the probation flag isn't misinterpreted, I gave Disgusting Coward six hours for the word "faggots." Please continue your discourse 
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Jan 20, 2017 04:49
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Drunk Nerds posted:I love how... and correct me if I'm wrong... the whole "fatal" problem with the zipline could have been fixed by raising the end platforms or lowering the beginning platforms... but this simple change just couldn't materialize Yeah. I don't remember exactly how it went, but I think that one of the people pointing out how stupid the project was, offered up a workable alternative solution. It is too bad that a bunch of these stories didn't get compiled into single threads and goldmined. Stuff like those stories are imo the best content of SA. There are people who are able to do funny posts and actually follow through on some neat projects, too, but it is the unintentional stupidity of actual goon projects that easily wins out as the most entertaining imo.
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Jan 20, 2017 04:58
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Drunk Nerds posted:I love how... and correct me if I'm wrong... the whole "fatal" problem with the zipline could have been fixed by raising the end platforms or lowering the beginning platforms... but this simple change just couldn't materialize the guy overshot a calculated reasonable delta-h by 19 times. I.e. in order to make it safe he would have to reduce the vertical separation between the platforms to 1/19 of what he built. That's not "a simple change," that's just starting over and rebuilding the whole thing.
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Jan 20, 2017 05:06
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The Saddest Rhino posted:I wrote that! I read all of that in a night it was so good! Thanks for the entertainment 
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Jan 20, 2017 05:12
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Turtlicious posted:Wait was he eating printer ink? A small printed picture on a paper blotter containing drugs. Not, like, using printer ink as drugs
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Jan 20, 2017 05:29
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Grandmother of Five posted:Yeah. I don't remember exactly how it went, but I think that one of the people pointing out how stupid the project was, offered up a workable alternative solution. Is grover house the king of failed goon projects? I had my best laugh in years when I found that thread.
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Jan 20, 2017 05:33
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Does anyone have the F-35 Grover-ized image?
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Jan 20, 2017 05:34
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got any sevens posted:Is grover house the king of failed goon projects? I had my best laugh in years when I found that thread. In terms of projected scale I'd say it was the failed Goon Island Society.
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Jan 20, 2017 05:53
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timefly posted:A small printed picture on a paper blotter containing drugs. Not, like, using printer ink as drugs Jedit posted:When I was just a little goon I asked the mod team, "What should I try? Should I rent hookers? Should I do blow?" This was their wise reply: Que sera sera, whatever will be will be. Just don't post in TCC. Que sera sera. e: oh also he made it too strong and overdosed Syd Midnight has a new favorite as of 06:35 on Jan 20, 2017 |
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Jan 20, 2017 06:33
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timefly posted:A small printed picture on a paper blotter containing drugs. Not, like, using printer ink as drugs Are you sure printer ink doesn't get you high? Asking for a friend.
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Jan 20, 2017 06:42
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sweeperbravo posted:Henriette!!!! Captain Splashback posted:I read all of that in a night it was so good! thanks! I'm happy you all enjoyed it just as i enjoyed writing it 
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Jan 20, 2017 07:28
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bitcoin bastard posted:Are you sure printer ink doesn't get you high? Asking for a friend. Perhaps if you squirted it into your eye?
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Jan 20, 2017 09:35
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Just so that the probation flag isn't misinterpreted, I gave Disgusting Coward six hours for the word "faggots." I am so glad you weren't one of the mods to have flown the coop.
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Jan 20, 2017 11:37
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Kerbtree posted:Perhaps if you squirted it into your eye? Yep, just eyeball a dose.
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Jan 20, 2017 15:24
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Screaming Idiot posted:I am so glad you weren't one of the mods to have flown the coop. that is a great AV where did you get that
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Jan 20, 2017 15:30
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Turtlicious posted:The internet makes you stupid. Lowtax had the sight back then. Too bad too much internet exposure resulted in it being a prophecy
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Jan 20, 2017 15:38
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Sagebrush posted:the guy overshot a calculated reasonable delta-h by 19 times. I.e. in order to make it safe he would have to reduce the vertical separation between the platforms to 1/19 of what he built. That's not "a simple change," that's just starting over and rebuilding the whole thing. I'm sure I'm just dunning Krueger about how easy this is, but why couldn't he just install some lower platforms in the already built starting tower?
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Jan 20, 2017 16:13
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just raise the ending tower duh
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Jan 20, 2017 16:16
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Drunk Nerds posted:I'm sure I'm just dunning Krueger about how easy this is, but why couldn't he just install some lower platforms in the already built starting tower? The starting platform was on a large hillside, and the receiving platform was at the bottom of the hill. The height difference was well over 100 feet. Death is certain. Powaqoatse posted:just raise the ending tower duh Yeah and put in like a 90+-foot fireman's pole for the children to get to the ground for added fun factor, and at the bottom of the pole is a welcoming pile of pointy branches and brambles, seems like an obvious solution to me
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Jan 20, 2017 18:39
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A HUNGRY MOUTH posted:The starting platform was on a large hillside, and the receiving platform was at the bottom of the hill. The height difference was well over 100 feet. Death is certain. Weren't there cable stops like two or three feet in over the platform at the bottom as well? So you have the added effect of the children screaming in at 60 mph getting flung all rag doll from the sudden stop to be impaled on said branches.
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