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Mantis42 posted:Oh right, of course, because of the part where they're in prison. durrrr
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Hey, glad to have you here. For what it's worth, I kinda found SA in vaguely similar way. I didn't have access to the internet until I started college in 2006, and a friend had showed me something from here once upon a time so this became a "safe" pitstop. While the site has had its share of drama over the years, it's generally been a good filter to learn about the weirder parts of the internet without getting too into the weeds yourself. The userbase trending above 30 nowadays helps keep things chill as well. If you're still here around Christmastime GBS puts out some amazingly awful music to ring in the season. The Secret Santa thread is pretty fun to participate in or watch also. PYF, or Post Your Favorite, is where I usually go to chill out and see what the rest of the internet is up to in terms of in-jokes or potentially interesting content. I also like Ask/Tell for in-depth discussion on specific topics or life stories.
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Harvey don't stop being good. Seriously don't be trying to get interviews from podcasters and things like that there's people out there that want to know your story. I know that might sound strange but you do have a hero's tale that should be told to the world. Hopefully somebody can reach out to you, and maybe making some Twitter posts would help that or something more public than something awful but you do have a story that's worth something to somebody to hear and you may get some interviews and things like that.
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Revolute posted:Making my first post in 10 years to say welcome to the forums, Harvey! I'm curious about this too, cause when I have nightmares about getting locked up, not being able to play music is one of the thoughts that really bums me out. What sorta music are you into OP?
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harveys zoo zoos posted:i went to prison at age 19 for murder and served 27 years of my 30 year sentence and have been out for 1 year. i'm fasinated by the internet but the only exposure to it i had while inside was the e-mail and reading news sites. i want to know more about the culture and the history of the internet and learn about cool things i've missed. the real crime here is somethingawful.com being blocked by the prison industrial complex.
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It's important to know that you don't owe the Internet anything, and any time you feel drawn to do something internet-related out of an obligation, that is a sign to step away. You don't need to capitalize on your popularity. You don't need to spread your messages, enhance your popularity, or grow your brand. In today's Internet world, the product is you. There is a machine of fame set to pluck you out of obscurity, grant you access and reach and (a small percentage of) money, ask for more and more of your time, and then discard you as soon as some other sucker comes along or you say the wrong thing. You don't need to tell more of your story anywhere, even here. You need to experience life outside and stay stable within yourself. Find your own joy that doesn't depend on a platform that someone else monetizes. This is true for everyone here, not just Harvey, but I especially don't want a little bit of notoriety to ruin someone with no experience in its effects.
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PlaysGamesWrong posted:The internet fuckin loves cats. Well yes and no - don't forget that Harvey is presumably unaware of the whole "bonsai kitten" thing 
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May 28, 2023 00:48
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Rufus Ping posted:Well yes and no - don't forget that Harvey is presumably unaware of the whole "bonsai kitten" thing Wtf
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Snopes is your friend. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bonsai-kittens/
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Humorless GBS Fact Checking Crew easily confirms the ally mcbeal dancing baby is not real and hampster dance is NOT live footage of a cruel rodent powered musical sweatshop
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harvey you wont believe it but president biden sealed a dog beneath the earth mid rally
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it's not debunked by snopes so it must be true!
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harvey if you really what to hang out in GBS, read the last three pages. Then never do what someone who is permabanned did. Don't do that. It's always changing and confusing.
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Getting “in” with a crowd of posters is actually really easy. This one could have been called something like “IRC and forums go hand in hand”, because it’s true. An IRC channel for a subforum is like the behind-the-scenes spine that holds the thing together. Communities can form on forums themselves without anything else, sure, but the asynchronous form of post-wait-read-post doesn’t lend itself to human interaction in the same way that a real, synchronous chat like IRC does. For forums that aren’t completely serious, like YOSPOS, people on IRC are generally ‘out of character’ compared to their forums selves. It’s almost like as though the forum itself is some sort of game, and the IRC channel is the discussion between people playing the game – one level more removed from the action of posting. You can easily have conversations with other people about themselves, and get to know them, and by doing so become part of the community in a way that you really can’t just by posting. If you want to get “in” on a community, all it takes is posting, getting to know people, and getting into the IRC in order to really meet the different movers and shakers in the community that give it its particular character. Otherwise, you’ll only ever see the surface level that’s presented on the forums, and you’ll miss a lot of the undertext. However, the forums have always traditionally had some level of bias against the corresponding IRC channels. This is probably because the IRC channels have never been official, and so they aren’t run and moderated by the same crew as the forums – leading to an alternate set of administrative types that have no official ties to the forums. Maybe there’s fear of “IRC cabals” or something, who knows. So far, my experience has been very benign, and I believe that a combination of realtime and asynchronous communication leads to a stronger community. One caveat to this: you have to actually be a decent, likable person for this to work. If you're as much of an rear end in a top hat on IRC as you are on the forums, it's not going to make a bit of difference.
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Welcome to outside of jail and also to something awful. I've enjoyed your thread so far. Question for you. Do you plan to get any pets? If so what kinds?
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Wait, people are still using IRC? He said he's getting a cat
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PlaysGamesWrong posted:Wait, people are still using IRC? If not IRC then slack or discord
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Rufus Ping posted:Getting “in” with a crowd of posters is actually really easy. actually im pretty sure the yospos irc is just full of banned posters these days
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Hey, congrats on getting out. I used to teach ex-prisoners and other people who’d had a rough time for whatever reason. Its good you get chance to get your life back a bit – what sort of thing has left a big impression on you about the world outside so far? I don’t know if these have been posted before but some tip s - If you want to copy some text on a computer, rather than type it out, you can select it all then on your keyboard press CTRL then C at the same time. You can now put it somewhere with CTRL and P. This is handy for websites, phone numbers, e-mail addresses etc. - You can go to this website: https://earth.google.com and go anywhere in the world. The little guy can be dragged about onto the blue lines, but you can also use historical view to see things back in time - There’s a website called https://www.imdb.com/ where you can find information about films on, as well as different actors or directors. It can be good to get a notepad and pen to write down stuff you want to see or have heard about maybe. - If you don’t have it, get this program to watch films or videos you might have downloaded: https://www.videolan.org/ its called VLC - If its possible and something you want to do, there’s other education or community projects you can do now you’re out. Some of the people I worked with were big into swimming or sports, but generally having a group of people around in a different context was good for them. poo poo like gardening, making art, cell phone photography, whichever, good to do stuff with others Otherwise good luck with adjusting, sounds like you have good people around you as well. You mentioned having a therapist but if you’re interested, it could be worth doing stuff like getting a massage or looking into hypnotherapy sometime. You might be into this book sometime too (its about trauma).
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I had to google what an irc was.
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I’m 100% down for the Zoo Zoos Crew gang tag being a thing. Harveys, I know you said earlier that more social workers on the inside and outside would be helpful, I definitely agree! Just curious if there is any type of support or therapy you’re aware of now that you’re out and attending therapy regularly that you think would benefit prisoners more. Also you rock. Keep it up! And for the heap of YouTube suggestions: Odd Tinkering is a guy who restores all kinds of things, doesn’t talk, and puts up subtitles explaining what he’s doing. Very fun and low engagement to watch. https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCf_suVrG2dA5BTjJhNLwthQ
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Harvey don't worry about  catching up with everything on the internet. There's way too much stuff & most of it is pointless. Also since you like fantasy books and dungeons and dragons, I would highly recommend Steven Erikson's Malazan Book Of The Fallen series. Its 10 books, they can be sorta hard to follow, but IMO they're amazing and some of the best fantasy ever written.
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Alternatively - gently caress the Malazan books, read Brandon Sanderson.
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Mordiceius posted:Alternatively - gently caress the Malazan books, read Brandon Sanderson. Man can't write an ending worth a drat, even if you don't include the wheel of time (which was Robert Jordan's fault)
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That reminds me - Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams are an excellent 3 book fantasy series
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Vampire Panties posted:the internet. most of it is pointless. this is the key
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Private Cumshoe posted:this is the key this guy gets it
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Vampire Panties posted:Harvey don't worry about Malazan is not good btw
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Smugworth posted:Did you ever make a Glock dookie Answer the question op
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Tnuctip posted:
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Also zoo zoo check out 3D printing. Probably a bunch of videos on YouTube. Real neat poo poo, printing physical things, that’s a big change.
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Also, despite groundbreaking research in fusion, medical technology, and space flight, A1 steak sauce remains unsurpassed. The future is weird.
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Tnuctip posted:A1 steak sauce remains unsurpassed Permaban this sick filth.
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Vampire Panties posted:That reminds me - Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams are an excellent 3 book fantasy series Also check out This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Mac Gladstone. 200 page time-traveling sci-fi
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Evil SpongeBob posted:Permaban this sick filth. iF you want steak sauce, name an easier to access one than A1
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Wholesome thread, welcome to SA. Show us the cat.
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harveys zoo zoos posted:so what are you in for hahaha Can you ask this in the prison(s) you did or would you just get your rear end kicked for asking or something? Edit: oh yeah I read up on this thread and you said no don't ask it. I now remember that you should not tell anything about yourself because it's just going to be used against you. Turrurrurrurrrrrrr fucked around with this message at 07:21 on May 28, 2023 |
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Hey Harvey check out this cool video.
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XYZAB posted:Hey Harvey check out this cool video. Hey Harvey you should post a new thread in TV/IV with the title “Firefly deserved to get canceled” and then in the body of the thread post nothing but a link to that video I just showed you.
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XYZAB posted:Hey Harvey you should post a new thread in TV/IV with the title “Firefly deserved to get canceled” and then in the body of the thread post nothing but a link to that video I just showed you. Hahahahah Please give context
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