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Inexplicable Humblebrag: Sep 20, 2003

Ibram Gaunt posted:

I saw he bought himself a custom text av to cancel out the callout one someone bought lol.

the fact that it references the sagas thread makes me think it was euroshopper who bought it

unless it was mod assigned, i guess

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# ? May 23, 2024 08:23

Marcade: Jun 11, 2006; Who are you to glizzy gobble El Vago's marshmussy?

Cranappleberry posted:

as I recall, I said, we both kind of...

And I said "what about the hot Kazakh porn wife?" and he said "no wait, I am her now."

# ? Apr 2, 2024 16:17

Fajita Queen: Jun 21, 2012

Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:

the fact that it references the sagas thread makes me think it was euroshopper who bought it

unless it was mod assigned, i guess

that definitely feels like a euroshopper post imo

# ? Apr 2, 2024 16:18

NoiseAnnoys: May 17, 2010

in a surprising twist, euroshopper is actually the wife

# ? Apr 2, 2024 16:20

Dandywalken: Feb 11, 2014

NoiseAnnoys posted:

in a surprising twist, euroshopper is actually the wife

# ? Apr 2, 2024 16:21

copy: Jul 26, 2007

NoiseAnnoys posted:

in a surprising twist, euroshopper is actually the wife

lol

# ? Apr 2, 2024 16:23

Dr. Cool Aids: Jul 6, 2009

very risky blowjob posted:

it's called having a hot kazakh porn star wife. itis

just reminded me of a guy I knew who had this as a verbal tic lol

Almost every sentence would have "it is" tacked on the end even if it made no sense

# ? Apr 2, 2024 16:24

Inexplicable Humblebrag: Sep 20, 2003

i think that's just an irishman

# ? Apr 2, 2024 16:25

copy: Jul 26, 2007

Dr. Cool Aids posted:

just reminded me of a guy I knew who had this as a verbal tic lol

Almost every sentence would have "it is" tacked on the end even if it made no sense

you know bigfoot?

# ? Apr 2, 2024 16:25

Cranappleberry: Jan 27, 2009

kill the anime in your head free yourself desu

# ? Apr 2, 2024 16:32

NoiseAnnoys: May 17, 2010

Cranappleberry posted:

kill the anime in your head free yourself desu

if you meet rurouni kenshin on the road, kill him.

# ? Apr 2, 2024 16:56

Marcade: Jun 11, 2006; Who are you to glizzy gobble El Vago's marshmussy?

NoiseAnnoys posted:

if you meet Kenshiro on the road, you are already dead.

# ? Apr 2, 2024 17:04

Leal: Oct 2, 2009

copy posted:

lol good. more nazi honey for me, idiot

Growing the nazi flower near my bees in Stardew Valley

# ? Apr 2, 2024 17:29

Dr. Cool Aids: Jul 6, 2009

concentration camp collapse syndrome

# ? Apr 2, 2024 17:30

more falafel please: Feb 26, 2005; forums poster

wddp is still a thing i'm pretty sure

# ? Apr 2, 2024 17:33

copy: Jul 26, 2007

Dr. Cool Aids posted:

concentration camp collapse syndrome

lol jesus

# ? Apr 2, 2024 17:33

NoiseAnnoys: May 17, 2010

Dr. Cool Aids posted:

concentration camp collapse syndrome

lol ooof

# ? Apr 2, 2024 17:40

Cranappleberry: Jan 27, 2009

it started hitting a lot of modded minecraft worlds. Now it's jumped cross-game and hit stardew valley, too. we could be looking at a game pandemic.

# ? Apr 2, 2024 17:47

Bicyclops: Aug 27, 2004

Dr. Cool Aids posted:

concentration camp collapse syndrome

hooooo boy

# ? Apr 2, 2024 18:13

Famethrowa: Oct 5, 2012

Dr. Cool Aids posted:

concentration camp collapse syndrome

# ? Apr 2, 2024 18:21

pentyne: Nov 7, 2012

Dr. Cool Aids posted:

concentration camp collapse syndrome

Vanishing of the Jews

# ? Apr 2, 2024 18:32

Spanish Manlove: Aug 31, 2008; HAILGAYSATAN

Shindler's Post Your Favorite

# ? Apr 2, 2024 18:35

Cuttlefush: Jan 15, 2014; gotta have my purp

Dr. Cool Aids posted:

just reminded me of a guy I knew who had this as a verbal tic lol

Almost every sentence would have "it is" tacked on the end even if it made no sense

just so

# ? Apr 2, 2024 19:01

One More Fat Nerd: Apr 13, 2007; Mama’s Lil’ Louie; Nap Ghost

Coolguye posted:

it was Big because lowtax got influenced by them, shortly before he had his fall

If I remember right, KM was a regular viewer on Lowtax's low-viewership Gaming Garbage streams at the times of the troubles, which is part of why she had his ear.

Really dedicated to the whole grand vizier bit, to put yourself through that just for a shot at a scrap of power at a dead gay forum.

Unrelated, sometimes I remember that Jeff revealed that Tiny Brontosaurus was Slashie all along, and lol.

# ? Apr 2, 2024 19:02

NoiseAnnoys: May 17, 2010

say what you will about jeff's tenure, but he does have pretty good comedic timing for revealing permabanned alts. his judgement on letting them back on the forums or giving them passes in the first place is not... so much that.

# ? Apr 2, 2024 19:04

Al!: Apr 2, 2010

Cuttlefush posted:

just so

violently pointing to my "so it goes........" neck tattoo after each verbal paragraph

# ? Apr 2, 2024 19:11

Nuns with Guns: Jul 23, 2010; It's fine.
Don't worry about it.

The forum Troubles (I really don't dig that term but idk what else to call it) really was a bizarre, dumb time where a bunch of people became activated and convinced they were on the front lines of WW2. Like I don't think anything typified that more than everything Dumb Lowtax/Happy Thread posted during that period:

Happy Thread posted:

I'm just gonna list some more things I've observed that are definitely unacceptable bullying tactics.

Calling posters unfunny in a discussion where no one is trying to be funny -- because there's some grievance being discussed. Using that as justification for why the discussion is not legitimate as an SA thread (i.e. not funny enough for SA). Now the "funny" posters need to intervene and attend to the rest of the discussion. The supposed "pro-comedy" stance of FYAD is just this thinly disguised common bullying trick.

After invading a space, injecting constant whataboutism to shut down further serious conversation.

Online griefing. Scanning the entire forum for bullying opportunities and openly discussing it (see FYAD's "gbs superstar" megathread). Frequent low-key calling for the shutdown of entire massive discussion spaces (TGRS / CSPAM / all of SA) and safe havens for marginalized people / political types in order to score a win. Abuse of the mechanics of a forum in general (registering alt accounts, sockpuppet arguments, spamming, other griefing 101 type poo poo that FYAD pioneered decades ago).

Shutting down any conversation where the vulnerable are discussing IRL bullying or standing up for themselves by labeling it "politics". Claiming to want a "politics free" space. This is straight out of the alt right playbook (youtube link) for taking over a social media space. Once a space has become "depoliticized", running off the vulnerable members, and steering everyone else toward punching down where they once punched up. Banning "politics" in GBS. Convincing Lowtax to segregate most chat about oppression into a special subforum unabashedly called "triggers" (TGRS).

Astroturfing. When FYAD regulars see FYAD or forums conflict being discussed, they attempt to blend in and pass their opinions off as coming from a neutral / disinterested party, instead of from themselves. Leaving hit and run opinion posts without any disclosure of vested interest. This trick worked better back when hardly anyone knew which usernames were associated with FYAD. Follow-up invasions where FYAD regulars rapidly agree with the opinion and create the illusion of thread consensus. In QCS it was frequently followed by dogpiling anyone who accuses them of astroturfing, smearing them as paranoid and unfunny to redirect the accusation, still with no disclosure that they are the very FYAD regulars being discussed.

Discouraging everyone from monitoring the situation by claiming that their subforum only contains obscure humor that you wouldn't "get". When anyone finally overcomes that and opens FYAD, it turns out it's not incomprehensible because of the humor -- it's incomprehensible because it's full of juvenile bullying, complex drama, and threads about scanning the forum for bullying opportunities. Sociopathic behavior *is* incomprehensible to normal people.

Whenever there's trouble, bypassing the whole community and going straight to dad. As we saw the other day, stacking their own members into Lowtax's paid YouTube chat stream and facebook feed, now that he mainly spends his time there, and admits he feels "unsafe" posting on his own forum where he faces criticism. In this case it's more than just FYAD contributing since social media at large is crawling with alt-right. But the goal is shared.

Attacking the representative-based moderation system itself. FYAD regulars immediately dogpile mods whenever one is scandalized. At times they have coordinated and timed this behavior in the "GBS superstar" thread, which is FULL of egregious mod sass over the years. Immediately announcing a consensus that the mod should resign / be fired, independent of what the rest of the forum thinks. FAU and others got discouraged and stepped down during this treatment during threads that were overrun by FYAD regulars.

Encouraging the overall number of mods on the site to be reduced, and using whataboutism to delay new people from being modded.

Escalating drama wherever it happens.

Grooming tons of individual forums figures with promises of inner-circle acceptance if they join in on the fun, where "fun" is really a stand in for abuse. Groomed individuals, who are not bullies themselves, tend to develop a bit of stockholm syndrome. Even mod/admins cowed to the fear of disapproval, labels of being "unfunny", or the crowd turning against oneself -- thus FYAD ended up with special status and immunity from the rules that you see enforced elsewhere.

The aforementioned "I'm not touching you" trick to instigate others to punch back and get punished while they enjoy relative immunity.

Sorry for yet another effortpost about FYAD and abuse. I think this is the place for it, moreso than anywhere else on SA that I normally yell in.

# ? Apr 2, 2024 19:22

Ibram Gaunt: Jul 22, 2009

Grooming tons of individual forums figures with promises of inner-circle acceptance if they join in on the fun, where "fun" is really a stand in for abuse. Groomed individuals, who are not bullies themselves, tend to develop a bit of stockholm syndrome. Even mod/admins cowed to the fear of disapproval, labels of being "unfunny", or the crowd turning against oneself -- thus FYAD ended up with special status and immunity from the rules that you see enforced elsewhere.

this part alone is so awesome lol.

# ? Apr 2, 2024 19:26

Al!: Apr 2, 2010

im sorry to the fyad guys who had their forum taken away momentarily but lowtax deleting fyad and giving interviews to the media about it being filled with nazis was pretty funny

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NoiseAnnoys: May 17, 2010

Nuns with Guns posted:

The forum Troubles (I really don't dig that term but idk what else to call it) really was a bizarre, dumb time where a bunch of people became activated and convinced they were on the front lines of WW2. Like I don't think anything typified that more than everything Dumb Lowtax/Happy Thread posted during that period:

that kind of posting still exists and it's so weird to me. like when did this kind of posting become not only tolerated, but praised and encouraged?

# ? Apr 2, 2024 19:26

copy: Jul 26, 2007

every time a goon gets convinced (or acts like they're convinced) that there're real life stakes to posting here beyond "the ability to have fun with some online friends" it leads to deeply insane/annoying poo poo.

# ? Apr 2, 2024 19:27

pog boyfriend: Jul 2, 2011

fyad posters are always trying to shut down all of SA. that guy was absolutely right

# ? Apr 2, 2024 19:28

Ominous Jazz: Jun 15, 2011; Big D is chillin' over here
Wasteland style

NoiseAnnoys posted:

that kind of posting still exists and it's so weird to me. like when did this kind of posting become not only tolerated, but praised and encouraged?

look, we have to let people like that post or how else are we gonna get the smoothest calmest hitler

# ? Apr 2, 2024 19:29

Dr. Cool Aids: Jul 6, 2009

pog boyfriend posted:

fyad posters are always trying to shut down all of SA. that guy was absolutely right

the book barn has been allowed to exist unchallenged for too long.

# ? Apr 2, 2024 19:30

Nuns with Guns: Jul 23, 2010; It's fine.
Don't worry about it.

NoiseAnnoys posted:

that kind of posting still exists and it's so weird to me. like when did this kind of posting become not only tolerated, but praised and encouraged?

Indulgent brain dumps are always an internet staple, but that combined with a specific kind of life-or-death intensity on global social welfare was really honed by twitter, I think.

All that coming from someone who was also panicking about getting COVID-19 from frozen bon-bons and spreading it to their cats is a Something Awful original though.

# ? Apr 2, 2024 19:30

copy: Jul 26, 2007

Ominous Jazz posted:

look, we have to let people like that post or how else are we gonna get the smoothest calmest hitler

lol special project to breed the calmest hitler: les posteurs terrible

# ? Apr 2, 2024 19:31

Rags to Liches: Mar 11, 2008; future skeleton soldier

copy posted:

every time a goon gets convinced (or acts like they're convinced) that there're real life stakes to posting here beyond "the ability to have fun with some online friends" it leads to deeply insane/annoying poo poo.

posting is extremely serious business to many goons

# ? Apr 2, 2024 19:31

NoiseAnnoys: May 17, 2010

copy posted:

lol special project to breed the calmest hitler: les posteurs terrible

the boys from brazil,, but it's a bunch of repellant grognards in some midwest suburb.

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Al!: Apr 2, 2010

Rags to Liches posted:

posting is extremely serious business to many goons

theres a guy who literally just posted about how dnd thread moderation is life & death in sad like 20 minutes ago

# ? Apr 2, 2024 19:33

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