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Stexils
Jun 5, 2008

rodbeard posted:

We need some visible leadership interacting with the community, but moderating really ought to be a mostly anonymous job.

counterpoint: windows 98

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HelloIAmYourHeart
Dec 29, 2008
Fallen Rib

DemoneeHo posted:

Speaking of human bodies being gross, does anyone remember that e/n thread about one goon divorcing his wife, and then his skin condition became the topic of focus? Basically it came up that even though they divorced, his ex-wife still lived with him because she couldn't afford to move out and she needed his car to get to work. But he needed the car too, because he couldn't walk long distances. Everyone asked him why is that, and he responded that any amount of walking caused his feet to develop huge painful callouses. He posted photos to prove it and they still haunt me every now and then.

Yes, I remember this. I think he ended up posting a thread in the Goon Doctor because he'd cut his callouses off with steak knives and have to use crutches because the soles of his feet were so raw.

Ugly In The Morning
Jul 1, 2010
Pillbug

HelloIAmYourHeart posted:

Yes, I remember this.

Oh man please spoiler tag the rest of that because as a seven year EMT that almost made me barf.

Len
Jan 21, 2008

Pouches, bandages, shoulderpad, cyber-eye...

Bitchin'!


HelloIAmYourHeart posted:

Yes, I remember this. I think he ended up posting a thread in the Goon Doctor because he'd cut his callouses off with steak knives and have to use crutches because the soles of his feet were so raw.

That reminds me of my dad who did not cut hit feet but developed a huge gross swollen thing and instead of going to a doctor and getting something done about it just bought bigger shoes. And cut holes in the ones he had for doing stuff around the house

Antivehicular
Dec 30, 2011


I wanna sing one for the cars
That are right now headed silent down the highway
And it's dark and there is nobody driving And something has got to give

Didn't zaurg also have a foot-disaster Goon Doctor thread under a parachute account? I mostly remember this because he recycled the parachute to be his "friend" and post in his stead to evade probation, because zaurg is the dumbest boy alive

astral
Apr 26, 2004

Carefully navigating my mouse cursor around a maze of spoiler tags after getting it trapped while scrolling.

Tenkaris
Feb 10, 2006

I would really prefer if you would be quiet.
I must say as someone who was in the turmp lol threads for the last five years, I am really not surprised how off the deep end they have gone.

I peaced out when Don got banned from Twitter and man it is night and day how I feel about the world since cutting that cord. The pervasive doomer mindset really sucks your will to live. I was putting up with severe anhedonia, and wasn’t myself.

I will say there were plenty of great posters in those threads watching out for each other and advocating therapy and regular breaks from the thread. But I’m not surprised plenty of them have instead gone further off the deep end.

Also on the positive side the threads introduced me to A Fancy Hat and his amazing comedic talents.

Shifty Nipples
Apr 8, 2007

astral posted:

Carefully navigating my mouse cursor around a maze of spoiler tags after getting it trapped while scrolling.

It's like one of those games where you maneuver a ring along a twisty electrified rod and it buzzes if they make contact. Similar to how the board game Operation works.

CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



ravenkult posted:

Have you considered sucking my rear end

Sorry I didn't reply earlier, but I went outside and had a nice walk.

Acerbatus
Jun 26, 2020

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

a kitten posted:

What, who? When?

Ask in adtrw about the sea of porcupines, someone probably has the post

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦

CaptainSarcastic posted:

Sorry I didn't reply earlier, but I went outside and had a nice walk.

Cold sociopathic poo poo

Acerbatus
Jun 26, 2020

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Heath posted:

Lots of troubling implications re: Dave's relationship to his rodent sons

Its a condition, they're trying t o make the most of it.

Shifty Nipples posted:

I like the CSPAM climate change thread.

I don't like how people use it to justify inaction. Same problem a lot of cspam has, along with the cp and genocide apologism.

On that note which was the mod that explained how they were grateful fo Stalin for starving their grandparents to death?

Acerbatus has a new favorite as of 06:01 on May 30, 2021

Bismuth
Jun 11, 2010

by Azathoth
Hell Gem
lol i have that foot problem too

smellmycheese
Feb 1, 2016

Tenkaris posted:

I must say as someone who was in the turmp lol threads for the last five years, I am really not surprised how off the deep end they have gone.

I peaced out when Don got banned from Twitter and man it is night and day how I feel about the world since cutting that cord. The pervasive doomer mindset really sucks your will to live. I was putting up with severe anhedonia, and wasn’t myself.

I will say there were plenty of great posters in those threads watching out for each other and advocating therapy and regular breaks from the thread. But I’m not surprised plenty of them have instead gone further off the deep end.

Also on the positive side the threads introduced me to A Fancy Hat and his amazing comedic talents.

This is absolutely true. I kept up with the Trump lol thread in GBS and while there is still the odd good Trump chuckle a lot of it is just stories about awful politicians and events that, even as a non American, becomes overwhelmingly rage inducing and frustrating to read after a while. Better to find your fun elsewhere

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

Acerbatus posted:

Its a condition, they're trying t o make the most of it.
I don't like how people use it to justify inaction. Same problem a lot of cspam has, along with the cp and genocide apologism.

On that note which was the mod that explained how they were grateful fo Stalin for starving their grandparents to death?

The last time a cspam climate poster decided on action they built pipe bombs to blow up cows. Maybe it's for the best some people just post.

some plague rats
Jun 5, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

Heath posted:

Cold sociopathic poo poo

what

ChickenOfTomorrow
Nov 11, 2012

god damn it, you've got to be kind

Antivehicular posted:

Didn't zaurg also have a foot-disaster Goon Doctor thread under a parachute account? I mostly remember this because he recycled the parachute to be his "friend" and post in his stead to evade probation, because zaurg is the dumbest boy alive

yes, he cut out warts with a steak knife and posted pictures

Owlspiracy
Nov 4, 2020


who was the homeless goon who posted about living in a library, and part of his "adventure" was performing face surgery with a knife?

(I think the thread ended with another goon giving him a job in Michigan, then it coming out that a big reason the OP was homeless was because he was a depressed alcoholic?)

Bismuth
Jun 11, 2010

by Azathoth
Hell Gem

ChickenOfTomorrow posted:

yes, he cut out warts with a steak knife and posted pictures

oh uh, jesus christ

Ugly In The Morning
Jul 1, 2010
Pillbug

Owlspiracy posted:

who was the homeless goon who posted about living in a library, and part of his "adventure" was performing face surgery with a knife?

(I think the thread ended with another goon giving him a job in Michigan, then it coming out that a big reason the OP was homeless was because he was a depressed alcoholic?)

CentripetalHorse?

Shifty Nipples
Apr 8, 2007

Inceltown posted:

The last time a cspam climate poster decided on action they built pipe bombs to blow up cows. Maybe it's for the best some people just post.

This is in part why much of the thread is laughing/crying/screaming into the abyss, we're all just kinda along for the ride and people cope in different ways.

Shifty Nipples has a new favorite as of 06:56 on May 30, 2021

CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013




I thought it was pretty clear. :shrug:

Cat Hassler
Feb 7, 2006

Slippery Tilde

Stexils posted:

counterpoint: windows 98

Yeah this is what popped in my head too

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦

CaptainSarcastic posted:

I thought it was pretty clear. :shrug:

The psychotic notion of going outside instead of responding to vitriol on the internet

some plague rats
Jun 5, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
I don't know what's going on in this thread. Everyone seems mad, for unclear reasons. I'm doing well. It's raining a lot.

FruitNYogurtParfait
Mar 29, 2006

Sion lied. Deadtear died for our sins. #VengeanceForDeadtear
#PunGateNeverForget
#ModLivesMatter

Pinus Porcus posted:

So, I gotta say as someone who mods a totally different, way less drama site, honestly, modding is frustrating. People break rules, you try to consistently be even and fair in how you punish, and yet people get huffy, angry, and insult you. People seriously act like my toddler when a toy is taken away when they break a rule posted at the top of the page!

Even for those of us who deal with that irl at our jobs, it burns you out. I have a fantastic mod team behind me, great culture, and I'm still thinking off stepping down after less than 1 year just because I'm tired of people being like "well, I dislike that rule, so I won't follow it...hey, you can't take down my post, f you!" ( This just happened to me).

I can't imagine modding a place like SA, not because of any backend culture, just because so many vocal users are aholes. It doesn't matter if you have support, at some point, it's just freaking exhausting. Maybe there is some backend culture stuff that piles on, but honestly burnout is real even with an amazing team.

I've been moderating an sa related forum off and on for over a decade and it's really easy if you don't take yourself super seriously and you aren't an insane sex freak. light touch threads because normal derails work themselves out, ban the actual racists and assorted bigots, you call the weirdo people making all sorts of demands about how the forum is run stupid and go about your day

CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



Heath posted:

The psychotic notion of going outside instead of responding to vitriol on the internet

I know, right? My depravity plumbs new depths.

ChubbyChecker
Mar 25, 2018

Pinus Porcus posted:

So, I gotta say as someone who mods a totally different, way less drama site, honestly, modding is frustrating. People break rules, you try to consistently be even and fair in how you punish, and yet people get huffy, angry, and insult you. People seriously act like my toddler when a toy is taken away when they break a rule posted at the top of the page!

Even for those of us who deal with that irl at our jobs, it burns you out. I have a fantastic mod team behind me, great culture, and I'm still thinking off stepping down after less than 1 year just because I'm tired of people being like "well, I dislike that rule, so I won't follow it...hey, you can't take down my post, f you!" ( This just happened to me).

I can't imagine modding a place like SA, not because of any backend culture, just because so many vocal users are aholes. It doesn't matter if you have support, at some point, it's just freaking exhausting. Maybe there is some backend culture stuff that piles on, but honestly burnout is real even with an amazing team.

clicking internet buttons is such a hard work i pulled my back while making this post

Homeless Friend
Jul 16, 2007

some plague rats posted:

I don't know what's going on in this thread. Everyone seems mad, for unclear reasons. I'm doing well. It's raining a lot.

I hate being in it, but I love hearing it

The Saddest Rhino
Apr 29, 2009

Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.



I'm watching a video explaining the black market of neopets which reminds me of when pick and arf Jason messed with a bunch of people's minds by talking about neopets

Tiler Kiwi
Feb 26, 2011
neopet discussion victory lap

kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.

The Saddest Rhino posted:

I'm watching a video explaining the black market of neopets which reminds me of when pick and arf Jason messed with a bunch of people's minds by talking about neopets

Oh I wanna see this vid

PurpleXVI
Oct 30, 2011

Spewing insults, pissing off all your neighbors, betraying your allies, backing out of treaties and accords, and generally screwing over the global environment?
ALL PART OF MY BRILLIANT STRATEGY!

Owlspiracy posted:

i mean yea its not literally CSA images, which is why nobody has reported the mod to the FBI, but it was such an absurdly over the line picture ...

I got very confused by this reply because my brain translates CSA to "Confederate States of America" and I had to wonder what sort of CSA propaganda would be insane enough to require the FBI's intervention.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

One More Fat Nerd posted:

Yes, that was Taintrunner, king of the "I'm a purer leftist than you, you rapist supporter" brigade. He turned out to be a serial sex pest and landlord. He was also literally the source of the original, 99% bullshit "Obnoxious Misogynist Bernie Bro" stereotype. The writer who came up with and popularized that characterization had Taintrunner as a couchsurfer for several months around that time.

He was beloved by a very small but very loud chunk of CSPAM, the sort of leftists whose political motivation (but not ideals) are indistinguishable from the republicans. They want to see the libs get owned, and the more owned the libs are, the more socialister it is.

The folks that didn't like him learned to just not engage, because he was a jobless obsessive with time to write 400 posts a day about how you were a racist rapist defender who did not think middle easterners were people for thinking it was possible that mishandling the covid virus might actually cause more deaths than the Iraq war.

Slight hairsplitting that the Bernie Bro was a transparent rehash of the Obama Boy that the Hillary campaign tried to push in 08 (along with literally inventing birtherism) but it would not surprise me that latest version of it was made by a failchild journalist based on their lovely roommate.

Mx.
Dec 16, 2006

I'm a great fan! When I watch TV I'm always saying "That's political correctness gone mad!"
Why thankyew!


SA's Greatest Sagas: medical horror edition

Douche Wolf 89
Dec 9, 2010

🍉🐺8️⃣9️⃣

Tiler Kiwi posted:

neopet discussion victory lap

Yay, gotta pull up from tooth horror chat. I really enjoyed Polygon's video on the scandal and Izzyzz's recent overlook of multiple neopets contro-

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Slight hairsplitting that the Bernie Bro was a transparent rehash of the Obama Boy that the Hillary campaign tried to push in 08 (along with literally inventing birtherism) but it would not surprise me that latest version of it was made by a failchild journalist based on their lovely roommate.

Uggggggggg

Tiler Kiwi
Feb 26, 2011
the neopet victory lap was some weird poo poo where arf, pick, and some other people tried to talk about neopets lore in this thread and some people just absolutely blew their tops at it, because they thought it was some nefarious attempt to derail the discussion for the tenth iteration of fyad-are-unironic-ironic-nazis chat. i think it happened during fyad's venture to the spirit world or during the time people were drawing up suspected fyad sympathizers lists and poo poo

like people were looking at the number of posts people had in this thread before they dared to start chatting about neopets to drown out antifascist action discussion, it was unreal to see how utterly consumed people had let themselves become about the various hypothetical trolling methodologies deployed by some third column of fyad alts

but yeah show off the neopets black market vid im down for that

some plague rats
Jun 5, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

Homeless Friend posted:

I hate being in it, but I love hearing it

It's an immensely calming sound. Just hoping it stops before I have to go to work. I know it won't, but for now it's soothing.

Tiler Kiwi
Feb 26, 2011
rain makes me sentimental. my heart goes out to those worms that die on the concrete.

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crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*

Tenkaris posted:

I must say as someone who was in the turmp lol threads for the last five years, I am really not surprised how off the deep end they have gone.

I peaced out when Don got banned from Twitter and man it is night and day how I feel about the world since cutting that cord. The pervasive doomer mindset really sucks your will to live. I was putting up with severe anhedonia, and wasn’t myself.

I will say there were plenty of great posters in those threads watching out for each other and advocating therapy and regular breaks from the thread. But I’m not surprised plenty of them have instead gone further off the deep end.

Also on the positive side the threads introduced me to A Fancy Hat and his amazing comedic talents.

I hadn't checked on the Trump thread in a long time, what was so bad about it?

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