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McHuman Deluxe
Dec 11, 2004

just the tip...just to see how it feels

DamnitGannet posted:

Remember when lowtax put a woman on blast for the crime of having miscarriages? I was an idiot pre teen when I laughed at that poo poo, lowtax was a grown rear end man, what was his excuse??

Was it a front page thing? I don't think Lowtax wrote that but he put it on the site. I just remember the phrase "Your poison womb is making heaven too loving crowded." and laughing until I couldn't breathe.

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davecrazy
Nov 25, 2004

I'm an insufferable shitposter who does not deserve to root for such a good team. Also, this is what Matt Harvey thinks of me and my garbage posting.

uber_stoat posted:

"don't touch the poop." something that the uglier offshoots from this place never managed to internalize.

Took a while to get their.

Finding some crappy geocities web site and posting endless links to lemonparty or whatever and telling the creator to kill themselves in the guestbook was a staple of very early SA. Didn't get the moniker "goon" out of thin air.

spouse
Nov 10, 2008

When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror.


haveblue posted:

May 17, 2006. A day that will live in infamy



lmao

Torquemada posted:

Fortunately we have now grown enough as people to let others grieve in their own way.

:smugwizard:

spouse fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Nov 12, 2021

D1E
Nov 25, 2001


How old is Derek Smart now anyways?

SayHelloToParsley
Jan 14, 2018


May he be surrounded by Dontrel's ever loving embrace in the afterlife. I feel bad for his kids.

Flavahbeast
Jul 21, 2001


fuctifino posted:

Nobody is doing that OP.

Someone probably is, unfortunately. Maybe no one from here, but the internet is a lovely place

Nocheez
Sep 5, 2000

Can you spare a little cheddar?
Nap Ghost

sharknado slashfic posted:

This website has indirectly made me a better person but it has definitely made me dumber

To be fair, they've always been up front about the internet making you stupid.

Everett False
Sep 28, 2006

Mopsy, I'm starting to question your medical credentials.

haveblue posted:

May 17, 2006. A day that will live in infamy

Rereading now, it's really striking how relatively mild the criticism was.

External Organs
Mar 3, 2006

One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

Everett False posted:

Rereading now, it's really striking how relatively mild the criticism was.

For 2006 this was the equivalent of a highly researched ProPublica article lmao

Vengarr
Jun 17, 2010

Smashed before noon

DamnitGannet posted:

Remember when lowtax put a woman on blast for the crime of having miscarriages? I was an idiot pre teen when I laughed at that poo poo, lowtax was a grown rear end man, what was his excuse??

IIRC she was dressing the corpses up in baby clothes and posing them for pictures.

QuickbreathFinisher
Sep 28, 2008

by reading this post you have agreed to form a gay socialist micronation.
`

lmao hell yeah dude

Saoshyant posted:

It wasn't this one but it's the one that made me laugh harder



:sickos:

pyf lowtax posts itt

Nocheez
Sep 5, 2000

Can you spare a little cheddar?
Nap Ghost

Everett False posted:

Rereading now, it's really striking how relatively mild the criticism was.

Which is why him flipping out was loving funny.

text me a vag pic
May 18, 2007




drat I never read the back story to Lowtax's name Lowtax.

SAClopedia posted:

So there you have it. My nickname is based off of the name of a murderer who was a failed businessman and general rear end in a top hat. I sure hope the lack of irony here isn't lost on anybody!

fuckin' drat

CRIP EATIN BREAD
Jun 24, 2002

Hey stop worrying bout my acting bitch, and worry about your WACK ass music. In the mean time... Eat a hot bowl of Dicks! Ice T



Soiled Meat

Vengarr posted:

IIRC she was dressing the corpses up in baby clothes and posing them for pictures.

yeah this was the creepy part

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


veni veni veni posted:

Debating whether or not you should troll an elderly woman who's son killed himself 12 hours earlier (Both of who are probably complete strangers to you outside of internet gossip) and then only landing on "no" because it would affect you personally, then acting like you are actually the righteous/empath party in the situation perfectly encapsulates SA goons in 2021 in a way I could never put into words if I tried.

Man, things have changed around here.

Pre-2010 goons wouldn't have hesitated to send her hello.jpg.

Ramen Pride!
Jan 13, 2001

Frozen Peach posted:

I still have a something awful license plate frame on my car.

I still have old SA "Internet Makes You Stupid" bumper stickers on stuff, but never bothered to put them on my car. My wife wouldn't have been too thrilled.

However I did see the FYADmobile once when visiting Maryland, so you aren't the only person out there driving a rolling meme. :D

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Good Sphere
Jun 16, 2018

Lister posted:

I was just kind of watching this guy's life as a message board Truman Show. As its happening you wonder how it's going to end. And it's this.

Almost, but we didn’t have any early insight into his private life, which could have made people think differently.

Breadallelogram
Oct 9, 2012


Cup Runneth Over posted:

Man, things have changed around here.

Pre-2010 goons wouldn't have hesitated to send her hello.jpg.

how does that make you feel

Screaming Hand
Jul 30, 2004

Rest in peace Lowtax. Not the best man. Too bad about the downward spiral that you rode in your later years. There were many times where I was rooting for you to make it; either from SA or picking up the pieces of your family life. I wish your loved ones nothing but good vibes.

The Internet makes you stupid dead.

hailthefish
Oct 24, 2010

Kuros posted:

Who laughs at dead baby jokes?
Who fills your internet with leftist folks?
We do, we do!

:golfclap:

IM FROM THE FUTURE
Dec 4, 2006

The part of this thread where a clout chasing crypto futa that lowtax had been grooming for years shows up to defend his honor, insult his victims, gaslight people, and carry his water, was quite fitting and on brand for both lowtax and SA

One More Fat Nerd
Apr 13, 2007

Mama’s Lil’ Louie

Nap Ghost
I have watched several people I love turn into the worst versions of themselves thru aging, pain, addiction, and internet poisoning over the last decade. I have a lot of sympathy for Lowtax's exes and kids. I even have sympathy for Lowtax. He didn't give himself the chance to pull out of this spiral. He was a complete rear end in a top hat but its still genuinely sad cause theres always hope for a turnaround, if you're still alive.

Outside of that, lurked since 03, joined in 07:

Pleads posted:

rip

this website has had a staggeringly large effect on the trajectory of my life and for that i'll never forgive him

Jose Oquendo
Jun 20, 2004

Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a boring movie

Ramen Pride! posted:

I still have old SA "Internet Makes You Stupid" bumper stickers on stuff, but never bothered to put them on my car. My wife wouldn't have been too thrilled.

However I did see the FYADmobile once when visiting Maryland, so you aren't the only person out there driving a rolling meme. :D



I think I know the owner of this car. Seriously.

CgiBinLaden
Mar 11, 2001

I have yet to sip the pleasures of the forbidden fruit. Though it was a turning point, as it felt like a "Hey I have you heard about HerbaLife" moment....

manboy
Jun 6, 2002
Dang what a rollercoaster this thread has been. Can't stop reading. Happy that weird person posting the chats with lowtax is on probation. Can't stop looking for people with negative post counts. Where all da ancient fyad alums at? I might have to sully my numbers to hit some of the less nonsense subs.

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Breadallelogram posted:

how does that make you feel

It doesn't

spouse
Nov 10, 2008

When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror.


CgiBinLaden posted:

I have yet to sip the pleasures of the forbidden fruit. Though it was a turning point, as it felt like a "Hey I have you heard about HerbaLife" moment....

My headcanon is that you didn't get probed for sass because you wrote "ordered." at the end.

QuickbreathFinisher posted:

pyf lowtax posts itt

Lowtax posted:

You know that guy from Super Mario who throws spiny turtles from a floating cloud? Hire a bunch of them to patrol the border, but instead of throwing spiny turtle things, they throw mustard gas.

:)

davecrazy
Nov 25, 2004

I'm an insufferable shitposter who does not deserve to root for such a good team. Also, this is what Matt Harvey thinks of me and my garbage posting.

haveblue posted:

May 17, 2006. A day that will live in infamy

This needs to be moved from the Gas Chamber to the Goldmine.

Squatch Ambassador
Nov 12, 2008

What? Never seen a shaved Squatch before?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjgcY81dlao

I think it's interesting that the views for this video have been pretty much an even split between linking from SA and people finding it by searching for Lowtax:


Also about 25% of the comments are like this and get nuked pretty much immediately

Kal-L
Jan 18, 2005

Heh... Spider-man... Web searches... That's funny. I should've trademarked that one. Could've made a mint.
RIP Lowtax. Such a shame that he had such a descent into being such a bad person and caused pain to his loved ones.

TrixRabbi posted:

Man, remember how Lowtax would constantly come in here and say the site was a financial drain and he couldn't afford hosting costs so it was maybe going to have to shut down, so goons flooded his Patreon with thousands of dollars. Then it turns out the hosting costs are like mid-four figures and the site easily makes enough money to cover it month to month from forums purchases.

Yeah. Didn't he do the same of asking for donations for his back problems?

Rick
Feb 23, 2004
When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

manboy posted:

Dang what a rollercoaster this thread has been. Can't stop reading. Happy that weird person posting the chats with lowtax is on probation. Can't stop looking for people with negative post counts. Where all da ancient fyad alums at? I might have to sully my numbers to hit some of the less nonsense subs.

They moved to a website called https://twitter.com

Vengarr
Jun 17, 2010

Smashed before noon

Hungry Computer posted:

Also about 25% of the comments are like this and get nuked pretty much immediately


How’d he piss off the Nazis?

Kunabomber
Oct 1, 2002


Pillbug
By banning them

Ramen Pride!
Jan 13, 2001

Jose Oquendo posted:

I think I know the owner of this car. Seriously.

Well tell them they made my day! I'm still chuckling about it years later. I couldn't believe what I was seeing at first.

Marluxia
May 8, 2008


McHuman Deluxe posted:

Was it a front page thing? I don't think Lowtax wrote that but he put it on the site. I just remember the phrase "Your poison womb is making heaven too loving crowded." and laughing until I couldn't breathe.

there's a front page?

veni veni veni
Jun 5, 2005


Hungry Computer posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjgcY81dlao

I think it's interesting that the views for this video have been pretty much an even split between linking from SA and people finding it by searching for Lowtax:


Also about 25% of the comments are like this and get nuked pretty much immediately


Lol the recommended videos after this for me were angry video game nerd and Zero Punctuation. it's like youtube is saying "ohh I see you like irrelevant internet poo poo from 15 years ago. Would you like to see more?

manboy
Jun 6, 2002

Rick posted:

They moved to a website called https://twitter.com

Haha, good point. It has taken a lot of restraint on my part over the years to not do that.

Lock
Aug 8, 2007

hardcore sound gets you hypah

haveblue posted:

May 17, 2006. A day that will live in infamy

I learned from this link that somehow Shmorky isn’t perma’d

AKA Pseudonym
May 16, 2004

A dashing and sophisticated young man
Doctor Rope

haveblue posted:

May 17, 2006. A day that will live in infamy

I'd never read that thread and figured goons had genuinely completely overdone it, as was very often the case in those days, and just utterly dogpiled him.

But it's actually just some very mild criticism scatter amongst the usual rear end kissing.

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Jose Oquendo
Jun 20, 2004

Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a boring movie

haveblue posted:

May 17, 2006. A day that will live in infamy

SO DONT loving BUY IT, DONT loving DRINK IT, DONT loving CLICK MY LINKS.

I mean Christ, all I did was make this thread to support a product which actually pleasantly surprised me, and folks are voting this thread "crap" and suggesting I'm scamming them. I've said repeatedly that this was just my experience and in no way should indicate how everybody else will feel. I've said the links to Amazon were referrals, so I'm not trying to hide anything. I've-

ahh gently caress it, I'm closing this thread, gently caress you and gently caress GBS, I can never post a single goddamn thread in here without you faggots making GBS threads it up in some way or another. I should've learned my lesson long ago and never left the intelligent, rational forum where I don't have to deal with clueless idiots and morons like you people. I'm going back to FYAD and staying there, since it has a microscopic fraction of the retards and trolls populating GBS.

I guess that should strike me as being ironic, but it's more sad to me than anything. Thanks for running me out of my own goddamn forum.





That needs to be on his headstone.

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