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Sheng-Ji Yang posted:conde nast was a lot better off buying reddit. trying to wrangle 2006 SA into something reddit sized now would never have worked. Lowtax in this parallel universe would probably be like all those depressing Notch alone in mansion tweets.
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lol that even the death of the site's founder didn't warrant an update of the front page
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etalian posted:Lowtax in this parallel universe would probably be like all those depressing Notch alone in mansion tweets. Imagine how awful the world would be if SA became the cornerstone of the internet
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Nov 13, 2021 19:11
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Buck Wildman posted:lol that even the death of the site's founder didn't warrant an update of the front page The truest way to honor Lowtax's memory is to never update the goddamn front page.
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Nov 13, 2021 19:57
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Buck Wildman posted:lol that even the death of the site's founder didn't warrant an update of the front page hmbol
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Nov 13, 2021 20:06
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PKMN Trainer Red posted:The truest way to honor Lowtax's memory is to never update the goddamn front page. also the forums being down
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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: reject modernity and embrace tradition. I think that's a major part of the appeal for me. As an old-timer who used computers on BBS's, AOL, and then eventually proper dial-up internet - this is probably as close as how it "used to be" for me as anything besides Craigslist. The internet used to be a stupid toy to talk to your similarly lonely friends through the telephone. Then Boomers got online and it all went to dogshit.
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Nov 13, 2021 20:22
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19 o'clock posted:Agreed: reject modernity and embrace tradition. Craigslist has changed too, you can't find any weird hook-ups there anymore.
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Nov 13, 2021 20:28
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Mangosteen and the Goldbelly Box Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Richard Lowtax in the boxing match Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Nov 13, 2021 20:44
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Nov 13, 2021 20:50
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fermun posted:lmao, lowtax was offered $13 million dollars for somethingawful and he said no. Jeff "Greasy" Veasey stays winning over bLowtax
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Nov 13, 2021 20:55
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Iron Crowned posted:Craigslist has changed too, you can't find any weird hook-ups there anymore. not since you broke my heart, no.
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Nov 13, 2021 22:07
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Nix Panicus posted: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. The hosed up thing is that it's just as addictive and mindless and unhealthy as reddit or Instagram or TikTok or whatever, however the harm is emergent rather than intentional
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Nov 13, 2021 22:16
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fermun posted:lmao, lowtax was offered $13 million dollars for somethingawful and he said no. As lmao as this is, I think SA is probably way better of that this didn't happen, a corporate owner would have hosed with the vibes. I know that's like saying "I'm glad our absentee landlord didn't sell this place, a corporate owner would have noticed this meth lab we have going." But it's true.
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Nov 13, 2021 22:26
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Posting a tweet embed of a screencap of a post from the same forum
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Farm Frenzy posted:Posting a tweet embed of a screencap of a post from the same forum 
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The Atomic Man-Boy posted:As lmao as this is, I think SA is probably way better of that this didn't happen, a corporate owner would have hosed with the vibes. Conde Nast transition confused being confused browsing the anime girl pantsu and chemical treatments sub-forms. What exactly did we buy for Web 2.0?
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Nov 13, 2021 23:09
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The Atomic Man-Boy posted:As lmao as this is, I think SA is probably way better of that this didn't happen, a corporate owner would have hosed with the vibes. it is simultaneously very good that lowtax chose not to sell something awful to conde nast for thirteen million dollars and very funny that lowtax chose not to sell something awful to conde nast for thirteen million dollars
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Nov 13, 2021 23:16
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Nov 13, 2021 23:18
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imagine thinking your online identity as lowtax is worth more than 13 million dollars, even in 2006 lol
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Nov 13, 2021 23:20
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we got street cred
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Nov 13, 2021 23:21
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Looking forward to his future project with John McAfee
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Nov 13, 2021 23:23
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Dreylad posted:i never figured SA would outlive anyone let alone lowtax Similar to feeling like how none of the Jackass stars died during their various movie stunts and sketches.
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Nov 13, 2021 23:24
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19 o'clock posted:not since you broke my heart, no. I told you, we were only going to get weird!
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Nov 13, 2021 23:32
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Lmao you guys believe lowtax was telling Jeffrey the truth? The dude was a serial liar pill addict who killed himself to get out of child support. I'm not sure why old Jeffrey believes him or posted that but drat dudes stdh.txt
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IAMKOREA posted:Lmao you guys believe lowtax was telling Jeffrey the truth? The dude was a serial liar pill addict who killed himself to get out of child support. I'm not sure why old Jeffrey believes him or posted that but drat dudes stdh.txt Nah, of all the dumb things this is the most believable. Rich companies were throwing money around in the 2000s trying to buy up popular sites so they could somehow monetize them later. None of it made any sense but it didnt have to. Somebody bought reddit and thought they could make it profitable! The rich are terminally stupid but sadly consequences do not apply to them
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Nov 13, 2021 23:43
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Nix Panicus posted:Nah, of all the dumb things this is the most believable. Rich companies were throwing money around in the 2000s trying to buy up popular sites so they could somehow monetize them later. None of it made any sense but it didnt have to. Somebody bought reddit and thought they could make it profitable! The rich are terminally stupid but sadly consequences do not apply to them Yeah before anyone understood social media was going to be a thing, Lowtax probably thought that he'd be able to get the same or better offer later.
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Nov 13, 2021 23:53
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Azathoth posted:Yeah before anyone understood social media was going to be a thing, Lowtax probably thought that he'd be able to get the same or better offer later. That or Lowtax thought he would be the one to figure out how to hit the next level on monetizing a message board and rake in the millions. If SA really was profitable back then he might have fooled himself into thinking he was the next great internet captain of industry
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Nov 13, 2021 23:57
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If you're going to ask any question that starts, 'Do you believe that Lowtax was so loving stupid that he'd ____', the answer is always yes.
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Nix Panicus posted:Nah, of all the dumb things this is the most believable. Rich companies were throwing money around in the 2000s trying to buy up popular sites so they could somehow monetize them later. None of it made any sense but it didnt have to. Somebody bought reddit and thought they could make it profitable! The rich are terminally stupid but sadly consequences do not apply to them
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Hedenius posted:News Corp bought MySpace for $580 million in 2005. I have no trouble believing that Lowtax would be deluded enough to think he’d get a better offer. NO LOWBALLERS! I KNOW WHAT I HAVE!
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PKMN Trainer Red posted:If you're going to ask any question that starts, 'Do you believe that Lowtax was so loving stupid that he'd ____', the answer is always yes. The Money is in the Mangosteen Stand!
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Nov 14, 2021 01:12
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etalian posted:The Money is in the Mangosteen Stand! that whole episode is such a unique insight into lowtax's mind instead of doing loving anything to help make more money off the forums, he decided instead to try to leverage his internet fame with a penny ante mlm scam
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Azathoth posted:that whole episode is such a unique insight into lowtax's mind The Mangosteen saga also ended in a juicy thread meltdown and lock https://forums.somethingawful.com/dictionary.php?act=3&topicid=2003
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the mangosteen is amazing. 99% of the posts are people very earnestly engaging with him about drinking and buying mangosteens and then like three people make fun of him and he completely loses his poo poo. they weren't even really accusing him of trying to make money
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in the mid 2000s the funniest thing in the world was when a forum moderator contrived a reason to ban someone, i'm gathering
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