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Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Antifa Turkeesian posted:

I'd like to see it below a thousand on Friday.

Will there be a big drop today as people who have been dragging their feet drop before their next month's payment is deducted?

It’s probably just dead goons and MRAs now

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anatomi
Jan 31, 2015

It's amazing to think that Lowtax could've kept raking in obscene Patreon money for years to come, while continuing to be a lazy loser with a negative net worth to humanity, if he'd just stopped dragging his rear end along the event horizon of stupidity and destructiveness.

elite burrito
May 9, 2010

communism bitch posted:

the old SA that you're nostalgic for was poo poo.

I've been starting to think this -- I've certainly grown as a person since then and if that kind of community were around today I'm not sure how I would feel about it. I'm almost certainly remembering the good parts and ignoring the rest of it.

Funky See Funky Do
Aug 20, 2013
STILL TRYING HARD
I think because it's called Gaming Garbage most people have just forgotten what it is and assume it's some weird indie porn game they're funding.

Iron Crowned
May 6, 2003

by Hand Knit

anatomi posted:

It's amazing to think that Lowtax could've kept raking in obscene Patreon money for years to come, while continuing to be a lazy loser with a negative net worth to humanity, if he'd just stopped dragging his rear end along the event horizon of stupidity and destructiveness.

I mean all he had to do was not beat women. I had no idea that it was so difficult for someone not to do that :shrug:

Slippery
May 16, 2004


Muscles Boxcar

communism bitch posted:

the old SA that you're nostalgic for was poo poo.

not entirely though, there were some nuggets of corn in there

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


Entorwellian posted:

I'd like a blanket unbanning too. Someone could probably make the case against doing so but a new regime change and revitalization of the site would benefit from it.

For every bullshit ban there's a pedo, nazi, etc. who was righteously banned and re-regged 16 times. A blanket unbanning would turn this place into a nightmare for like a month until we re-banned them all.

Panic! At The Tesco
Aug 19, 2005

FART


Iron Crowned posted:

I mean all he had to do was not beat women. I had no idea that it was so difficult for someone not to do that :shrug:

i can see youve never suffered from sweaty toes

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Lurdiak posted:

For every bullshit ban there's a pedo, nazi, etc. who was righteously banned and re-regged 16 times. A blanket unbanning would turn this place into a nightmare for like a month until we re-banned them all.

Gotta generate that income somehow

ChubbyChecker
Mar 25, 2018

ilmucche posted:

Someone compiled a full summary with pictures here

a good summary

El_Elegante
Jul 3, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Biscuit Hider
gently caress lowtax. If I ever catch him on my lawn I’m spraying him with the hose. Right in the goddamn eyes.

Iron Crowned
May 6, 2003

by Hand Knit

Panic! At The Tesco posted:

i can see youve never suffered from sweaty toes

I have, sweaty toes sucks, it's why I hate wearing shoes

communism bitch
Apr 24, 2009

Slippery posted:

not entirely though, there were some nuggets of corn in there

Maybe one or two but holy gently caress there was a lot of vile poo poo floating around. Not unique to SA by any means though.

I'm suddenly think about the :10bux: posting tax. Long ago I figured it was some genius idea by Lowtax to curate a smart and funny ~posting culture~ but now I'm thinking it's just because he was too loving lazy and resentful to try to manage the community and hoped making people pay would stop them from joining. Like I suspect the runaway success of this site was a total loving accident and almost in spite of the actions of its owner lol

ChubbyChecker
Mar 25, 2018

big crush on Chad OMG posted:

Ah yes, very ignorant to not want to discuss real life politics in warhammer

orks are centrists

Shageletic
Jul 25, 2007

Pick posted:

sable antelope, bison, boar, elk, lion, moose, beaver, cougar, wildebeest, and a lot of others but those are the ones that will be readily visible from where they're working.

What will happen

Slippery
May 16, 2004


Muscles Boxcar

ilmucche posted:

Someone compiled a full summary with pictures here

I want you to know I laughed for like, way longer than I should have about this. I don't care if I'm the only one stupid enough in TYOOL 2020 to do what i did but by Christ I clicked on it without checking and I fuckin lol'ed

Rascar
May 3, 2005
DICK
Lowtax is definitely a piece of poo poo. That was already clear even before his third (?) wife had fled to an abuse shelter with their young child. Pretty weird how goons were still giving him tens of thousands of dollars even after that. Also pretty weird how the girl he immediately shacked up with after that (the one who called abuse shelter wife a ''lying oval office'' on social media while chilling out with good ol' Rich stuffing themselves with delicious gourmet cookies) is now considered some kind of angel and talking poo poo about her gets you probated. They both seem like trash.

Entorwellian
Jun 30, 2006

Northern Flicker
Anna's Hummingbird

Sorry, but the people have spoken.



Slippery posted:

I want you to know I laughed for like, way longer than I should have about this. I don't care if I'm the only one stupid enough in TYOOL 2020 to do what i did but by Christ I clicked on it without checking and I fuckin lol'ed

:)

Nice to have a feel-good story in here for once.

D1E
Nov 25, 2001


Rascar posted:

Also pretty weird how the girl he immediately shacked up with after that (the one who called abuse shelter wife a ''lying oval office'' on social media while chilling out with good ol' Rich stuffing themselves with delicious gourmet cookies) is now considered some kind of angel and talking poo poo about her gets you probated. They both seem like trash.

Please don't do this. No victim blaming here. I don't think anyone has said she is an angel, but it's not her fault that Rich is a serial domestic abuser. It's important to her healing that she come to understand this.

bradzilla
Oct 15, 2004

Rascar posted:

Lowtax is definitely a piece of poo poo. That was already clear even before his third (?) wife had fled to an abuse shelter with their young child. Pretty weird how goons were still giving him tens of thousands of dollars even after that. Also pretty weird how the girl he immediately shacked up with after that (the one who called abuse shelter wife a ''lying oval office'' on social media while chilling out with good ol' Rich stuffing themselves with delicious gourmet cookies) is now considered some kind of angel and talking poo poo about her gets you probated. They both seem like trash.

Hmm almost as though she said those things from being gaslighted by an abuser. gently caress off dipshit

I AM GRANDO
Aug 20, 2006

Rascar posted:

Lowtax is definitely a piece of poo poo. That was already clear even before his third (?) wife had fled to an abuse shelter with their young child. Pretty weird how goons were still giving him tens of thousands of dollars even after that. Also pretty weird how the girl he immediately shacked up with after that (the one who called abuse shelter wife a ''lying oval office'' on social media while chilling out with good ol' Rich stuffing themselves with delicious gourmet cookies) is now considered some kind of angel and talking poo poo about her gets you probated. They both seem like trash.

Abusers lie about their pasts to their victims to stop the victims from talking to each other. You might remember that his second wife believed similar things about his first wife until they actually met and started talking.

If you fell in love with someone who seemed very decent and also told you a story about how horrible their ex was, your love for them would probably encourage you to believe them.

It’s an unfortunate but very old story. Also, supporting victims doesn’t mean thinking they’re perfect or absolving them of every transgression, but it does mean helping and encouraging them to heal from the horrible things that have been done to them.

There Bias Two
Jan 13, 2009
I'm not a good person

Rascar posted:

Lowtax is definitely a piece of poo poo. That was already clear even before his third (?) wife had fled to an abuse shelter with their young child. Pretty weird how goons were still giving him tens of thousands of dollars even after that. Also pretty weird how the girl he immediately shacked up with after that (the one who called abuse shelter wife a ''lying oval office'' on social media while chilling out with good ol' Rich stuffing themselves with delicious gourmet cookies) is now considered some kind of angel and talking poo poo about her gets you probated. They both seem like trash.

Hey how about you gently caress off with smearing abuse victims' behavior while they were in the middle of their abuse?

El_Elegante
Jul 3, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Biscuit Hider

Rascar posted:

Lowtax is definitely a piece of poo poo. That was already clear even before his third (?) wife had fled to an abuse shelter with their young child. Pretty weird how goons were still giving him tens of thousands of dollars even after that. Also pretty weird how the girl he immediately shacked up with after that (the one who called abuse shelter wife a ''lying oval office'' on social media while chilling out with good ol' Rich stuffing themselves with delicious gourmet cookies) is now considered some kind of angel and talking poo poo about her gets you probated. They both seem like trash.

hey how are you

HUG ME FOREVER
Dec 6, 2006

Gay for TF2! :love:

Rascar posted:

STUPID
DICK

:hmmyes:

Rockman Reserve
Oct 2, 2007

"Carbons? Purge? What are you talking about?!"


elite burrito posted:

I've been starting to think this -- I've certainly grown as a person since then and if that kind of community were around today I'm not sure how I would feel about it. I'm almost certainly remembering the good parts and ignoring the rest of it.

this is really the unfortunate truth.... this thread has dredged up a lot of “classics” and honestly the laughs-to-“oh god we were such awful shitheads and bigots”-ratio for those threads is dire. It actually put me in kind of a funk this past weekend until I recognized that it meant both this place and myself have grown significantly to feel that way.

That “your poison womb is making heaven too crowded” line is probably the single cruelest thing I’ve seen someone say and we bandied it about like a goddamned rallying cry.

ilmucche
Mar 16, 2016

What did you say the strategy was?

Slippery posted:

I want you to know I laughed for like, way longer than I should have about this. I don't care if I'm the only one stupid enough in TYOOL 2020 to do what i did but by Christ I clicked on it without checking and I fuckin lol'ed

I'm glad the infographic was helpful :)

Bismuth
Jun 11, 2010

by Azathoth
Hell Gem

rbk posted:

I love this, it’s so cute

You can see why the cops were so scared, when you light it the eyes and mouth flash!

Hitlersaurus Christ
Oct 14, 2005

I skipped almost a thousand posts so I don't know if there's been anything worth discussing since Lowtax's interview, but it seems as good a time as any to steer this thread back on the right track by posting the good poo poo



Seaniqua
Mar 12, 2004

"We'll see how the first year goes. But people better get us now, because we're going to keep getting better and better."

ilmucche posted:

Someone compiled a full summary with pictures here

Wow this must have taken hours, thanks for sharing

Hitlersaurus Christ
Oct 14, 2005



Rascar
May 3, 2005
DICK

There Bias Two posted:

Hey how about you gently caress off with smearing abuse victims' behavior while they were in the middle of their abuse?

Pretty sure this occurred immediately after she moved in with Rich and they were having a grand old time together. ''Smearing abuse victims behavior while they were in the middle of their abuse'' lmao get the gently caress out. I guess right from the moment they started talking Lowtax cast his spell on this woman and she has no agency of herself whatsoever.

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weekly font
Dec 1, 2004


Everytime I try to fly I fall
Without my wings
I feel so small
Guess I need you baby...



food court bailiff posted:

this is really the unfortunate truth.... this thread has dredged up a lot of “classics” and honestly the laughs-to-“oh god we were such awful shitheads and bigots”-ratio for those threads is dire. It actually put me in kind of a funk this past weekend until I recognized that it meant both this place and myself have grown significantly to feel that way.

That “your poison womb is making heaven too crowded” line is probably the single cruelest thing I’ve seen someone say and we bandied it about like a goddamned rallying cry.

So much of it was that the internet was new and we were children. We grew up and Lowtax never did. The fact the community has shaped this place for the better in spite of its owner makes it a place worth preserving in some way.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

HUG ME FOREVER
Dec 6, 2006

Gay for TF2! :love:



This might just be the one thing I have saved from back in the day.

I AM GRANDO
Aug 20, 2006

big crush on Chad OMG posted:

It’s probably just dead goons and MRAs now

There’s a guy who used to make internet videos who goes by spoony. He hasn’t made a video in at least five years and he still gets $500 a month on patreon. I want to see lowtax drop lower than that.

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



Antifa Turkeesian posted:

There’s a guy who used to make internet videos who goes by spoony. He hasn’t made a video in at least five years and he still gets $500 a month on patreon. I want to see lowtax drop lower than that.

gently caress this is the American dream right here

a dmc delorean
Jul 2, 2006

Live the dream

communism bitch posted:

Maybe one or two but holy gently caress there was a lot of vile poo poo floating around. Not unique to SA by any means though.

I'm suddenly think about the :10bux: posting tax. Long ago I figured it was some genius idea by Lowtax to curate a smart and funny ~posting culture~ but now I'm thinking it's just because he was too loving lazy and resentful to try to manage the community and hoped making people pay would stop them from joining. Like I suspect the runaway success of this site was a total loving accident and almost in spite of the actions of its owner lol

lol of course it's because he was loving lazy. iirc it was because he got tired of banning 'Triangle Man' and numerous reregs like 'Square Man' and 'Circle Man' - accounts that posted only triangles, squares and circles, respectively

Strumpie
Dec 9, 2012

Rascar posted:

Pretty sure this occurred immediately after she moved in with Rich and they were having a grand old time together. ''Smearing abuse victims behavior while they were in the middle of their abuse'' lmao get the gently caress out. I guess right from the moment they started talking Lowtax cast his spell on this woman and she has no agency of herself whatsoever.

Zoinks!

I AM GRANDO
Aug 20, 2006

Does anyone still have that 9/11 regdate that you used to be able to buy? I always thought about doing it, but didn’t want to seem like I was trying to obscure my post history.

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GrimGypsy
Mar 27, 2007

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