jarlywarly posted:

I subbed here just for this amazing own goal.

darkarchon posted:

darkarchon posted:

Hav posted:

Lies, there’s the purchasing of avatars.

Jobbo_Fett posted:

To all the new faces around here, please enjoy the many different aspects of SomethingAwful.com, like the front page with articles that are funny.


Or maybe you can check out:

-PYF, with cool and bad opinions alike!
-Ask/Tell, where no question is too stupid!
-DIY, where you can show off your creative side!
-Goons with Spoons, how to get fat in 20 easy steps!
-Book Barn, talk about books or some poo poo, I dunno!


Goons are diverse creatures and it would be a shame if you labelled yourself as a "Joined 4 Star Citizen", or ascribed to the same general thought of Reddit, or others spurned by goons, that we are a singularly-minded group hellbent on destroying what people love most. Star Citizen.

darkarchon posted:

why don't you melt your avatar then and buy a new one

Hobold posted:

I really hope this poo poo gets recorded in full, and rehosted on dozens of different sites.

The world needs to see the unvarnished truth, so they too, can laugh.

darkarchon posted:

Beet Wagon posted:

Like... the pure unbridled grift of arbitrarily deciding you need a second stage to show off.... people making a digital knife and then deciding that necessitates a $100,000 camera crew so “oh well i guess we’ll have to charge people to watch” is loving incredible to me lol

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

This seems as a good a time as any to get back on following this drama train.

Neltharak posted:

I'll add the Terrible Awful Games on Steam thread to that list. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3808016

Do not browse at work. May ensue in uncontrollable hilarity and a total loss of faith in humanity. Viewer discretion is advised.

Tinfoil Papercut posted:

Actually it makes more sense from this perspective, I wonder if they actually are thinking of :gasp: *us*?

We're the only ones who taker a critical eye to what's presented and are able to dissect all the problems / inconsistencies with what they show. They don't want to be reminded that they don't have a sandworm 2 years later, that they show things which aren't in the game or even close to being a game.

It's a vertical slice which is manufactured for and only for the presentation - none if it is in the game. They don't like goons pointing this out.

Mangoose posted:

It's an ACTUAL cult.

quote:

Concerted efforts at influence and control lie at the core of cultic groups, programs, and relationships. Many members, former members, and supporters of cults are not fully aware of the extent to which members may have been manipulated, exploited, even abused. The following list of social-structural, social-psychological, and interpersonal behavioral patterns commonly found in cultic environments may be helpful in assessing a particular group or relationship.

Compare these patterns to the situation you were in (or in which you, a family member, or friend is currently involved). This list may help you determine if there is cause for concern. Bear in mind that this list is not meant to be a �cult scale� or a definitive checklist to determine if a specific group is a cult. This is not so much a diagnostic instrument as it is an analytical tool.

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• The group displays excessively zealous and unquestioning commitment to its leader and (whether he is alive or dead) regards his belief system, ideology, and practices as the Truth, as law.
  
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• Questioning, doubt, and dissent are discouraged or even punished.
  
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• Mind-altering practices (such as meditation, chanting, speaking in tongues, denunciation sessions, and debilitating work routines) are used in excess and serve to suppress doubts about the group and its leader(s).
  
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• The leadership dictates, sometimes in great detail, how members should think, act, and feel (for example, members must get permission to date, change jobs, marry�or leaders prescribe what types of clothes to wear, where to live, whether or not to have children, how to discipline children, and so forth).
  
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• The group is elitist, claiming a special, exalted status for itself, its leader(s) and members (for example, the leader is considered the Messiah, a special being, an avatar or the group and/or the leader is on a special mission to save humanity).
  
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• The group has a polarized us-versus-them mentality, which may cause conflict with the wider society.
  
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• The leader is not accountable to any authorities (unlike, for example, teachers, military commanders or ministers, priests, monks, and rabbis of mainstream religious denominations).
  
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• The group teaches or implies that its supposedly exalted ends justify whatever means it deems necessary. This may result in members' participating in behaviors or activities they would have considered reprehensible or unethical before joining the group (for example, lying to family or friends, or collecting money for bogus charities).
  
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• The leadership induces feelings of shame and/or guilt iin order to influence and/or control members. Often, this is done through peer pressure and subtle forms of persuasion.
  
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• Subservience to the leader or group requires members to cut ties with family and friends, and radically alter the personal goals and activities they had before joining the group.
  
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• The group is preoccupied with bringing in new members.
  
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• The group is preoccupied with making money.
  
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• Members are expected to devote inordinate amounts of time to the group and group-related activities.
  
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• Members are encouraged or required to live and/or socialize only with other group members.
  
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• The most loyal members (the 'true believers') feel there can be no life outside the context of the group. They believe there is no other way to be, and often fear reprisals to themselves or others if they leave (or even consider leaving) the group.

TheAgent posted:

basically the corpus from warframe are what happens to star citizens in 15,000 years

peter gabriel posted:

So I just need to buy a ticket them re stream it? How easy is this to do? I am more than happy to throw the thumb $20 just to laugh in his face

peter gabriel posted:

So I just need to buy a ticket them re stream it? How easy is this to do? I am more than happy to throw the thumb $20 just to laugh in his face

peter gabriel posted:

So I just need to buy a ticket them re stream it? How easy is this to do? I am more than happy to throw the thumb $20 just to laugh in his face

peter gabriel posted:

So I just need to buy a ticket them re stream it? How easy is this to do? I am more than happy to throw the thumb $20 just to laugh in his face

TheAgent posted:

*cue Crobbear over comms*

I hate, eh, when things are locked behind a paywall, Tenno.