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Magic Hate Ball posted:Happy impeachment page! What? I'm pretty sure the forums would have gone down if even a slight inkling of that were to have even been flashed from a window two blocks down. oh wait I'm guessing your talking about a historical impeachment.
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Nixon was impeached in 1974 second google image result for "dog impeached" 
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Casey Finnigan posted:Nixon was impeached in 1974 50 years ago to the day if my math is right.
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Yeah, I was trying to think about who it was (pretty embarrassing I admit). Highschool history doesn't go that far, and while I do probably know the general idea of things that happened I don't know the exact deets. Like I know Nixon resigned because he figured he would be removed from office, but I didn't realize they actually began the process of impeachment.
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Another bit of relevant SA history- Helldump 2000, the forum for goon callouts and witch hunts. At first it seemed to be a force for good as it led to a purge of thinly veiled pedophiles from the forums and were one of the forces hunting down and eliminating the toxically libertarian, but they ran out of easy targets. They got all the pedophiles, bigots, paultards and at least one rapist, so they went after people with obnoxiously bad social skills, or who admitted to terrible hygiene, or who clearly suffered from untreated mental illness. Then just whoever a critical mass of goons hated that week. Then each other. It was put out of its misery around the same time LF was.
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thechosenone posted:Yeah, I was trying to think about who it was (pretty embarrassing I admit). Highschool history doesn't go that far, and while I do probably know the general idea of things that happened I don't know the exact deets. Like I know Nixon resigned because he figured he would be removed from office, but I didn't realize they actually began the process of impeachment. In high school I barely made it to the 1920's by the end and to the depression. No talk of WW1 or WW2. Expansive topics to be sure. No talks about really anything beyond that. I learned about that history much later, or in snippets when we talked about stuff like the Crucible in English class and would get a minor history lesson in the bargain. I remember my brother talked about how his history teacher blazed through modern history on purpose so he could talk to his kids about Vietnam and really focus down on it since it was a favorite subject of his teacher's.
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Ice Phisherman posted:In high school I barely made it to the 1920's by the end and to the depression. No talk of WW1 or WW2. Expansive topics to be sure. No talks about really anything beyond that. I learned about that history much later, or in snippets when we talked about stuff like the Crucible in English class and would get a minor history lesson in the bargain. I remember my brother talked about how his history teacher blazed through modern history on purpose so he could talk to his kids about Vietnam and really focus down on it since it was a favorite subject of his teacher's. Your education system is really depressing at times. I can only imagine how much worse its going to be after DeVos too. 
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haveblue posted:Another bit of relevant SA history- Helldump 2000, the forum for goon callouts and witch hunts. At first it seemed to be a force for good as it led to a purge of thinly veiled pedophiles from the forums and were one of the forces hunting down and eliminating the toxically libertarian, but they ran out of easy targets. They got all the pedophiles, bigots, paultards and at least one rapist, so they went after people with obnoxiously bad social skills, or who admitted to terrible hygiene, or who clearly suffered from untreated mental illness. Then just whoever a critical mass of goons hated that week. Then each other. It was put out of its misery around the same time LF was. KiwiFarms is basically the modern Helldump but worse and more bigoted.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:I am genuinely curious how much Chuck Tingle makes from his art annually. Not nearly enough
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Boris Galerkin posted:Holy poo poo you are loving dumb. Did you even read the drat tweet before posting this or was 140 characters too much for you? lmao holy poo poo you got really mad about me making a dumb mistake because I'm an idiot
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haveblue posted:Another bit of relevant SA history- Helldump 2000, the forum for goon callouts and witch hunts. At first it seemed to be a force for good as it led to a purge of thinly veiled pedophiles from the forums and were one of the forces hunting down and eliminating the toxically libertarian, but they ran out of easy targets. They got all the pedophiles, bigots, paultards and at least one rapist, so they went after people with obnoxiously bad social skills, or who admitted to terrible hygiene, or who clearly suffered from untreated mental illness. Then just whoever a critical mass of goons hated that week. Then each other. It was put out of its misery around the same time LF was. Honestly, I doubt it was ever a force for good. Usually, most of the chan-types who join up for pedo witch-hunts are pedos themselves, just better at hiding it.
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:Seems like "actually, he's a Republican hack" would undercut this whole conflict of interest argument, no? only if you were concerned about intellectual consistency
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:Seems like "actually, he's a Republican hack" would undercut this whole conflict of interest argument, no? I think this attack would be to get support from the dumber Bernie Bros, like a Jill Stein
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haveblue posted:Another bit of relevant SA history- Helldump 2000, the forum for goon callouts and witch hunts. At first it seemed to be a force for good as it led to a purge of thinly veiled pedophiles from the forums and were one of the forces hunting down and eliminating the toxically libertarian, but they ran out of easy targets. They got all the pedophiles, bigots, paultards and at least one rapist, so they went after people with obnoxiously bad social skills, or who admitted to terrible hygiene, or who clearly suffered from untreated mental illness. Then just whoever a critical mass of goons hated that week. Then each other. It was put out of its misery around the same time LF was. I actually got a private message at one point from an account whose entire purpose was to notify people via PM that there was a helldump thread about them and that they should look at it. I did not do that, but it sort of made me proud that someone cared enough to make a whole thread about lil' ol me 
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Helldump was funny when it was turning up things like the Kuuenbu meltdown, but eventually they were just aggressively doxxing people for liking anime.
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Hollismason posted:The main reason SA moved to the left was that the demographic changed not because of LF people grew older and became more educated as that happened people moved further left. Dog pilling everyone who wasn't/isn't left or "far enough" left sure as hell helped too. It is a bit of a hagiography to claim it was all ascendant ideology or maturity. Good ole fashioned circle jerking had a huge part in it. Xae fucked around with this message at 06:39 on Aug 2, 2017 |
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pillsburysoldier posted:I think this attack would be to get support from the dumber Bernie Bros, like a Jill Stein Ahh the crowd that can go gently caress themselves.
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I always thought a big part of the leftist shift was the economy cratering in 08 or so. Lot harder to be libertarian or conservative when you suddenly find your on the short end of the capitalism stick. That and people getting older and actually seeing capitalism in action.
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It's really hard to find a conservative/right-ist circle jerk that's made any sense in the past like 15 years. Even Trump's election win seemed full of self-hating spite. The only consistent thread was the Supreme Court Justice, and even that didn't seem to be readily defensed when people were asked how it helped them pillsburysoldier fucked around with this message at 06:40 on Aug 2, 2017 |
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Xae posted:Good ole fashioned circle jerking had a huge part in it. You're absolutely correct. I came though, so I really have no complaints.
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Blitz7x posted:Who is penning the Amazon self publishing Something Awful History Parts i-vi I just submitted "Pounded In The Butt By A Thorough Oral History of The Something Awful Forums" to Amazon. Should be available in a couple days. $2.99 or free with Kindle Unlimited.
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Trabisnikof posted:The 2008/2012 toxxes helped thin the herd too. On the other hand, how many did we lose with the 2016 permatoxxes?
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pillsburysoldier posted:It's really hard to find a conservative/right-ist circle jerk that's made any sense in the past like 15 years. Sometimes it seems America needs a periodic reminder of how bad Republicans gently caress things up when they're in charge. When I realized that, I started to understand accelerationists. I'm not one, but I understand it. I think Joni Mitchell's "Don't know what you've got 'til it's gone" lyrics are going to become very relevant in the coming years as things people take for granted are going to come under assault. I mean imagine if like, libraries just disappeared.
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It's truly amazing to me that a spreadsheets MMO from Iceland is such an indispensable part of this community's history. Like you cannot tell a history of SA without having to go into EVE politics at least a little.
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Lightning Lord posted:Sometimes it seems America needs a periodic reminder of how bad Republicans gently caress things up when they're in charge. When I realized that, I started to understand accelerationists. I'm not one, but I understand it. I think Joni Mitchell's "Don't know what you've got 'til it's gone" lyrics are going to become very relevant in the coming years as things people take for granted are going to come under assault. I mean imagine if like, libraries just disappeared. Where would hobos jerk off to Internet porn?
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Petr posted:Honestly, I doubt it was ever a force for good. Usually, most of the chan-types who join up for pedo witch-hunts are pedos themselves, just better at hiding it. I think this as well, in the "it weeded out the weak" kind of way. This taught those who weren't caught and who were smart how to not be caught. On the other hand, some of the threads are hilarious. C'est la vie.
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Mister Adequate posted:It's truly amazing to me that a spreadsheets MMO from Iceland is such an indispensable part of this community's history. Like you cannot tell a history of SA without having to go into EVE politics at least a little. well, here's a history of SA that doesnt mention eve afaics https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nzg4yw/gently caress-you-and-die-an-oral-history-of-something-awful
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Mister Adequate posted:It's truly amazing to me that a spreadsheets MMO from Iceland is such an indispensable part of this community's history. Like you cannot tell a history of SA without having to go into EVE politics at least a little. And it's not even the only online game that SA has turned on its head. Far less so than Eve, but Urban Dead is a pseudo-text based zombie game. Some SA guys recruit here and coordinate zombie hoards to just stomp little text based towns into rubble. What other online games have goons Quabzor fucked around with this message at 07:10 on Aug 2, 2017 |
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Quabzor posted:And it's not even the only online game that SA has turned on its head. Far less so than Eve, but Urban Dead is a pseudo-text based zombie game. Some SA guys recruit here and coordinate zombie hoards to just stomp little text based towns into rubble. Star Citizen
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Mister Adequate posted:It's truly amazing to me that a spreadsheets MMO from Iceland is such an indispensable part of this community's history. Like you cannot tell a history of SA without having to go into EVE politics at least a little. Surprised there hasn't been some study on "Why libertarianism does not work" based entirely off of Eve drama. Chapter 3: "How making fun of someone's dead family can start a multi-year war"
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Blitz7x posted:Who is penning the Amazon self publishing Something Awful History Parts i-vi It'd make for a good master's thesis for someone, at least.
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Petr posted:Where would hobos jerk off to Internet porn? I dunno, you tell me  But seriously, don't tell me libraries aren't taken for granted by just about everyone, but when anti-tax types get their wishes granted, they're one of the first things that start getting cut. Then the suburban moms that got bilked start getting mad. It's one of the "I didn't mean that!" things like when Trumpsters object to ICE deporting people who entered illegally 30 years ago who became pillars of their community. Like gently caress, Glenn Beck once made a keynote speech to CPAC where he shat on the Progressive era and explained how he learned to hate it by educating himself through going to the library, which is free. That tells me all I know about how people expect libraries to just be there. No Mods No Masters posted:Star Citizen Self-ruination doesn't count
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Lightning Lord posted:Sometimes it seems America needs a periodic reminder of how bad Republicans gently caress things up when they're in charge. When I realized that, I started to understand accelerationists. I'm not one, but I understand it. I think Joni Mitchell's "Don't know what you've got 'til it's gone" lyrics are going to become very relevant in the coming years as things people take for granted are going to come under assault. I mean imagine if like, libraries just disappeared. To the GOP, liberalism/progressivism must be prevented at all costs from having an uninterrupted 16 year period of control (and not just of the executive branch). 16 years is enough time that a child born the day the first of two consecutive two term progressive presidents (ideally with a ideologially-cooperative legislative branch - something we'll never have again) is inaugurated spends their entire formative learning years educated in a system that isn't *always* trying to profit off of them at every single turn. It's also a period of time where the parents of said child aren't beset with fear on how they'll afford to raise him or her, or have to kill themselves to give them a fighting chance at independence when they reach adulthood. Sixteen years is a long enough period that "the new normal" can become just "normal," and normality is a very powerful social influence that can cost rich people a lot of money - like it used to be *normal* for the rich to have a high tax rate, but two terms of Nixon, one of Ford, and two of Reagan (yes, I'm snipping out Carter's term, like revisionist American history has) lionized Laffer Curve trickle-down economics. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 07:31 on Aug 2, 2017 |
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Quabzor posted:And it's not even the only online game that SA has turned on its head. Far less so than Eve, but Urban Dead is a pseudo-text based zombie game. Some SA guys recruit here and coordinate zombie hoards to just stomp little text based towns into rubble. Habbo Hotel 
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The Glumslinger posted:Habbo Hotel In Finland recently I saw an exhibit celebrating 100 years of Finnish innovation and they had all kinds of cool things like Nokia phones and some Alvar Aalto stuff and crazy woodcutting machines and then there was Habbo Hotel and it all came flooding back.  Sorry Finland. I meant no disrespect.
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Tom Clancy is Dead posted:I brought up the wikileaks partisan hackery thing because they decide to post this today Keep in mind when you listen to this Hersh told NPR the following: quote:And Butowsky lays out a different mission than aiding the Rich family. Butowsky says he became convinced that the FBI had a report concluding that Seth Rich's laptop showed he had had contacts with WikiLeaks after speaking to the legendary reporter Seymour Hersh, who was also investigating Rich's death. According to the transcripts in the lawsuit, Butowsky says Hersh had an FBI source who confirmed the report. For "gossip" Hersh is giving a pretty detailed and specific version of events without any caveats. This is just like much of his work in the last few years, spreading poorly sourced stories his mates tell him. Brown Moses fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Aug 2, 2017 |
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