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Egg Moron posted:Every time something like this happens, my respect for Assad grows If the lion of Damascus isn't a role model who is?
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CaptainACAB posted:If the lion of Damascus isn't a role model who is? Anyone who goes against him gets crushed. Really makes you think.
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akulanization posted:lowtax was the distilled essence of America; venal and violent, stupid and lazy, callous and vain. rip in piss to a true american hero. making a fortune on the waves of early dot com boom and busts and wasting it all on increasingly weird and stupid ventures really seals the deal for me
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really queer Christmas posted:Not only was lowtax an abusive piece of poo poo and deadbeat dad but he was also stupid as gently caress too. Quoted for truth
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I refuse to believe that a man who attempted to sell a bunch of antisocial psychopaths on miracle berry juice would also be so stupid as to turn down a $13m payday for a dumb baby forum coded with cancer.
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PKMN Trainer Red posted:I refuse to believe that a man who attempted to sell a bunch of antisocial psychopaths on miracle berry juice would also be so stupid as to turn down a $13m payday for a dumb baby forum coded with cancer. i'd bet he turned down a seven figure sum. remember, he was categorically lying the entire time about how much money the site actually made
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Farm Frenzy posted:There's an alternate universe where conde nast closed this place down in like 2011 and another one where they didn't and its basically buzzfeed Something Awful News . . . I like the sound of it. It's honest.
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Nov 13, 2021 02:38
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 Our founder isn't Roger Ailes, but he does hate women just as much!
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fermun posted:lmao, lowtax was offered $13 million dollars for somethingawful and he said no. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNatmCHkI-Q
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Farm Frenzy posted:There's an alternate universe where conde nast closed this place down in like 2011 and another one where they didn't and its basically buzzfeed just photoshop phriday listicles every day of the week
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Kreeblah posted:Something Awful News . . . I like the sound of it. It's honest. PKMN Trainer Red posted:
shyduck posted:Fark News Network talk about dodging a bullet so to speak
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Farm Frenzy posted:Jeff said that sa was making more than 100k annually when he bought it at its absolute nadir. 13 million for peak sa isn't that far off when u consider how overvalued these things always are somethingawful buzzfeed would be grimly funny. though they have been somewhat handsoff from reddit and it, like these dead gay forums, have barely changed at all and still using somewhat janky software poo poo. reddit even had jailbait and other poo poo for many years and still has ton of porn subs, so who knows.
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Dreylad posted:making a fortune on the waves of early dot com boom and busts and wasting it all on increasingly weird and stupid ventures really seals the deal for me
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If lowtax had sold out for that much he would have had a setup like notch, but instead of bins of rotting candy it would have been pills
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at least he probably wouldn’t be practicing tekken combos on the woman closest to him
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lowtax stood astride capitalism and yelled no and u castigate him.
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neighbors reportedly heard a man yelling  before a car backfiring
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I like thinking of Notch's racist rear end rotting in his candy mansion. So dumb and racist that he turned down partying with Snoop Dogg.
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Xaris posted:when the news hit i was not surprised at all because he was one of those dot-com rags-to-riches-to-rags story that would end up in a "Where are they now???" vice/vox specials. and turns out half of them are dead or sad lonely addicts. there was not going to be any other way it was going to end.
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:derek smart seems to be doing ok. those who are mocked and laughed at win out in the end imo ehhhh.... his games were fairly niche and while probably mostly somewhat known at the time, i don't think he had major internet-wide or financial success from them
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the breakdown of weirdos in the taxman's orbit is providing even more content than his actual suicide in death, as in life 
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Xaris posted:ehhhh.... his games were fairly niche and while probably mostly somewhat known at the time, i don't think he had major internet-wide or financial success from them And yet it seems Smart is able to live a comfortable life despite his games not being great commercial hits, and as he's grown up he's mellowed out. Lowtax seemed to treat SA as his sole source of income (besides his parents) and his personality clearly did not improve as he grew older. Enver Zogha has issued a correction as of 10:54 on Nov 13, 2021 |
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Rich Kyanka's loving dead!! (That's what the answering machine said)
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im happy this site is how it is currently imo. maybe i'm a sheeple
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This thread already had some absolute bangers, still snickering to myself. Great posting energy everyone!
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Every time a website is redesigned this process is coopted by the stake holders who figure out a way to add in a shitload more ads and tracking and analytics and partner integrations and it makes the website worse. If there are zero business people and zero tech people involved at all you could pull off a successful redesign by staying away from these industry standard best practices, but this is pretty rare. This is the main reason I like SA, it reminds me of the old internet before every byte had advertising associated with it, don't redesign anything. I think we accidentally ended up with this site because Lowtax could never get along with any tech bros or business people, maybe that was his best move.
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Derek Smart also seemed to be capable of introspection and also seemed amused by the roasting/attention he received for his B-movie like games.
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Zeroisanumber posted:I like thinking of Notch's racist rear end rotting in his candy mansion. So dumb and racist that he turned down partying with Snoop Dogg. i wouldnt turn down smoking with snoop but i think id be trying way too hard to be chill and cool the whole time its a real catch 22
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Pryor on Fire posted:Every time a website is redesigned this process is coopted by the stake holders who figure out a way to add in a shitload more ads and tracking and analytics and partner integrations and it makes the website worse. agreed 100%, my favourite thing about SA is that it's built for people and not for algorithms
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etalian posted:Derek Smart also seemed to be capable of introspection and also seemed amused by the roasting/attention he received for his B-movie like games. Eh, his idiotic comments during the lawsuit over the Star Control ips suggest otherwise.
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linoleum floors posted:We'll always have your rear end getting beaten by Uwe boll That was one of my fav weird stories like how Lowtax didn't train for the fight while Uwe Boll did have some previous boxing experience.
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Pryor on Fire posted:Every time a website is redesigned this process is coopted by the stake holders who figure out a way to add in a shitload more ads and tracking and analytics and partner integrations and it makes the website worse. 
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Jeff's said that his goal is to keep everything web 1.0 while upgrading the functionality of features. That's encouraging at least.
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conde nast was a lot better off buying reddit. trying to wrangle 2006 SA into something reddit sized now would never have worked.
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vyelkin posted:agreed 100%, my favourite thing about SA is that it's built for people and not for algorithms SA isn't really built *for* anyone. It just kinda congealed out of questionable coding practices and neglect. ZDR and Jeff kept it going despite itself. I'm glad astral is finally being paid like a real professional to overhaul and replace the bailing wire and gum the forums run on without web 2.0ing it.
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etalian posted:That was one of my fav weird stories like how Lowtax didn't train for the fight while Uwe Boll did have some previous boxing experience. Lowtax thought it would be a fun charity event with lots of mugging for the crowd and friendly shenanigans. Boll thought it was a boxing match and proceeded to beat Lowtax's rear end. Just maximum hilarity.
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