Post your Lowtax probes and bans

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Myrddin_Emrys: Mar 27, 2007; by Hand Knit

My ban was for calling Lowtax a vile human being in the Mandy thread a couple of years ago. Check out my rap sheet, its rather amusing but I cannot be bothered to post a screen shot

# ? Nov 11, 2021 19:50

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# ? May 28, 2024 15:09

Colorfinger: Feb 5, 2001

CannonFodder posted:

I really hate to tell y'all in this thread but... umm... taoc killed themselves (herself?) last year. The whole situation was very sad with rough cyber bullying. No one on the forums had heard much from them so it happened really suddenly for the GBS old timers.

Gonna go put on stupidravershithead.mp3 again.

wait, seriously? ugh

# ? Nov 11, 2021 19:53

Bargearse: Nov 27, 2006; 🛑 Don't get your pen🖊️, son, you won't be 👌 needing that 😌. My 🥡 order's 💁 simple😉, a shitload 💩 of dim sims 🌯🀄. And I want a bucket 🪣 of soya sauce☕😋.

teen phone cutie posted:

lmao. "he was a web developer"

Wasn't he a Unix system admin for the short time he had a real job? Either way he really should have known better.

# ? Nov 11, 2021 19:55

Stunning Honky: Sep 7, 2004; " . . . "

u posted:

I tried to fit in in FYAD once, it didn't work at all. They were so mean. FYAD culture was the ancestor of 4chan, is this understood by internet historians?

i'm not going to go into it too hard but you basically posted yr best until someone dumber and more trollable than you came along. At the rate I use this site my post count will probably be negative until it/I die

# ? Nov 11, 2021 19:56

TenementFunster: Feb 20, 2003; The Cooler King

Stunning Honky posted:

I'm going to pat myself on the back for my hardest internet dunk ever being on Icequeen

post it

also gently caress ozma now that we�re talking about lovely old mods who probably haven�t thought about this website once since 2010 and it�s definitely not pathetic for us to still be angry

# ? Nov 11, 2021 19:56

Drakkel: May 6, 2007; IT'S LIKE I CAN TOUCH YOU!

u posted:

I tried to fit in in FYAD once, it didn't work at all. They were so mean. FYAD culture was the ancestor of 4chan, is this understood by internet historians?

Oh yeah, there's a reason there's memes going around with a small domino labeled "Lowtax bans Hentai" leading to a big domino labeled like "The Jan 6 Riot"

# ? Nov 11, 2021 19:56

Blue Raider: Sep 2, 2006

u posted:

I got this single-letter username because my mom thought I was spending too much time on the computer, so she took away the computer keyboard and hid it

She left the mouse, however, so I would post on the internet by using the mouse to copy-paste words and letters to create posts. I signed up for SA by copy-pasting with the mouse

For a really long time I was embarassed to have such an uncool name, but now all these names like Jambalaya Pretzelstein or whatever seem pretty dumb to me and 'u' seems pretty dece

this owns

# ? Nov 11, 2021 19:57

Into The Mild: Mar 4, 2003

u posted:

I got this single-letter username because my mom thought I was spending too much time on the computer, so she took away the computer keyboard and hid it

She left the mouse, however, so I would post on the internet by using the mouse to copy-paste words and letters to create posts. I signed up for SA by copy-pasting with the mouse

For a really long time I was embarassed to have such an uncool name, but now all these names like Jambalaya Pretzelstein or whatever seem pretty dumb to me and 'u' seems pretty dece

THIS!

# ? Nov 11, 2021 19:58

Jazerus: May 24, 2011

u posted:

I tried to fit in in FYAD once, it didn't work at all. They were so mean. FYAD culture was the ancestor of 4chan, is this understood by internet historians?

yeah the main thing internet historians don't understand about this place is that we haven't been unmitigated enormous assholes for at least a decade; they know all about the lovely communities that we spawned, but don't realize it's because the people that founded those lovely communities were kicked out

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:03

CannonFodder: Jan 26, 2001; Passion’s Wrench

Colorfinger posted:

wait, seriously? ugh

SAclopedia has it in spring of 2020. Lot of scrolling on this page.

https://forums.somethingawful.com/dictionary.php?act=3&topicid=451

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:05

hot cocoa on the couch: Dec 8, 2009

Jazerus posted:

yeah the main thing internet historians don't understand about this place is that we haven't been unmitigated enormous assholes for at least a decade; they know all about the lovely communities that we spawned, but don't realize it's because the people that founded those lovely communities were kicked out

or they self-quarantined to fyad. 90% of the posters in fyad never visit other forums except maybe qcs to dunk on idiots lol

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:11

akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

u posted:

I tried to fit in in FYAD once, it didn't work at all. They were so mean. FYAD culture was the ancestor of 4chan, is this understood by internet historians?

4chan spawned from anime pedophiles who were too extreme for adtrw

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:15

isaboo: Nov 11, 2002; Muay Buok
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So FYAD had a role in creating Qanon. Lovely.

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:19

Kumo: Jul 31, 2004

Yeah. I feel like we could�ve seen that one coming.

Banned for Worthless Bullshit.

Also, sup old goons reminiscing thread.

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:20

Blue Raider: Sep 2, 2006

isaboo posted:

So FYAD had a role in creating Qanon. Lovely.

Maybe in the same way that Napoleon had a role in creating the EU.

That is, a few other things happened in the meantime.

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:23

Stunning Honky: Sep 7, 2004; " . . . "

TenementFunster posted:

post it

also gently caress ozma now that we�re talking about lovely old mods who probably haven�t thought about this website once since 2010 and it�s definitely not pathetic for us to still be angry

man that took some digging

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3048997&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=18

ALSO MODS I WAS OFFICIALLY UNPERMABANNED

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:24

Stunning Honky: Sep 7, 2004; " . . . "

I HAVE RECEIPTS

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:24

Colorfinger: Feb 5, 2001

Stunning Honky posted:

I HAVE RECEIPTS

you should get a refund

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:26

Stunning Honky: Sep 7, 2004; " . . . "

in complete honesty getting banned over and over I would go back in time and pay it all again to the users of this making me actually laugh out loud

i had to sign up for paypal to get an account and now homie is shooting cars into space. amazing how the dominos fall

also I'm a good boy now but still try and see if timeline.jpg is going to be a problem bc it was babby's first probation

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:31

u: Oct 21, 2000; Socialist shemale linux fag

FYAD culture was the precursor to /b/ specifically. D&D was the precursor to reddit today

Does internet history realize how influential SA was on reddit? Like the deliberate invasions and takeover of subreddits and all that? or is that still a secret?

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:34

Blue Raider: Sep 2, 2006

u posted:

FYAD culture was the precursor to /b/ specifically. D&D was the precursor to reddit today

Does internet history realize how influential SA was on reddit? Like the deliberate invasions and takeover of subreddits and all that? or is that still a secret?

there was a thing where a poster here led a crusade against Reddit pedophile boards and actually succeeded, but I don�t know the details

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:35

Stunning Honky: Sep 7, 2004; " . . . "

it's glossed over bc of the worst parts, which is fair
but anyone using Impact should at least know that

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:36

TenementFunster: Feb 20, 2003; The Cooler King

Stunning Honky posted:

man that took some digging

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3048997&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=18

ALSO MODS I WAS OFFICIALLY UNPERMABANNED

lol goddamn, dude

also Unpermabanned Bros 4 Lyfe

u posted:

Does internet history realize how influential SA was on reddit? Like the deliberate invasions and takeover of subreddits and all that? or is that still a secret?

yes there was a vice longread about it, then an entire book a couple years back. we Old Millennials can�t shut the gently caress up about it

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:37

Bonaventure: Jun 23, 2005; by sebmojo

here is my Lowtax ban!!!!!!!!

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?goto=post&postid=421542768&noseen=1

back when the rules were suspended in GBS in 2013 in the interest of making the site "about comedy again" or however he phrased it, and everyone in GBS thought the way to do that was by posting the n-word a bunch, i decided to "be the change you want to see in the world¹" and made a joke thread where the idea was to make fun of the nascent celebrity AMA trend on reddit by pretending to be Joel Hodgson and giving the blandest, most boilerplate responses i could think of to every question

Lowtax was so stupid he had to double-check with Mike Nelson that i wasn't actual Joel Hodgson, famed creator of the HBO pilot "The TV Wheel," and banned me for the crime of trying to make a joke in nu-GBS that wasn't a slur

now he's dead, but you know what isn't? MST3K, and you still have time to contribute to my new streaming delivery platform exclusively for brand-new episodes of MST3K funded by you, the fans! by making a late pledge on Kickstarter, well sure you'll miss out on some of the goodies that more timely backers got, but won't you feel great knowing you helped bring back more of the characters you love, like Jonah Ray, Felicia Day, Patton Oswalt, and the indomitable Pearl Forrester herself, Mary Jo Kopechne, into your very own home?

_{1. Cloud Strife, ファイナルファンタジーVII}

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:51

TenementFunster: Feb 20, 2003; The Cooler King

unban martin random

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:57

STABASS: Apr 18, 2009; Fun Shoe

two people on my rap sheet are now dead. not saying I had anything to do with it, but you should all really be nicer to me.

# ? Nov 11, 2021 20:59

Jazerus: May 24, 2011

Bonaventure posted:

here is my Lowtax ban!!!!!!!!

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?goto=post&postid=421542768&noseen=1

back when the rules were suspended in GBS in 2013 in the interest of making the site "about comedy again" or however he phrased it, and everyone in GBS thought the way to do that was by posting the n-word a bunch, i decided to "be the change you want to see in the world¹" and made a joke thread where the idea was to make fun of the nascent celebrity AMA trend on reddit by pretending to be Joel Hodgson and giving the blandest, most boilerplate responses i could think of to every question

Lowtax was so stupid he had to double-check with Mike Nelson that i wasn't actual Joel Hodgson, famed creator of the HBO pilot "The TV Wheel," and banned me for the crime of trying to make a joke in nu-GBS that wasn't a slur

now he's dead, but you know what isn't? MST3K, and you still have time to contribute to my new streaming delivery platform exclusively for brand-new episodes of MST3K funded by you, the fans! by making a late pledge on Kickstarter, well sure you'll miss out on some of the goodies that more timely backers got, but won't you feel great knowing you helped bring back more of the characters you love, like Jonah Ray, Felicia Day, Patton Oswalt, and the indomitable Pearl Forrester herself, Mary Jo Kopechne, into your very own home?

_{1. Cloud Strife, ファイナルファンタジーVII}

hi joel you rule but all of the other people you mentioned aren't very funny. anyway peace

# ? Nov 11, 2021 21:07

Ramrod Hotshot: May 30, 2003

Colorfinger posted:

holy poo poo thanks

that post was even less bannable that I assumed it was lmao

# ? Nov 11, 2021 21:09

Tarkus: Aug 27, 2000

I remember people used to get banned for improper capitalization, mild comments interpreted as 'sass' and all kinds of other stupid bans. That's part of why I avoided the forums for so long until like 2016.

# ? Nov 11, 2021 21:12

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

For a little while there was a way to vote 0 on threads and then the fun police showed up and banned people

# ? Nov 11, 2021 21:19

SilkyP: Jul 21, 2004; The Boo-Box

Bonaventure posted:

here is my Lowtax ban!!!!!!!!

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?goto=post&postid=421542768&noseen=1

back when the rules were suspended in GBS in 2013 in the interest of making the site "about comedy again" or however he phrased it, and everyone in GBS thought the way to do that was by posting the n-word a bunch, i decided to "be the change you want to see in the world¹" and made a joke thread where the idea was to make fun of the nascent celebrity AMA trend on reddit by pretending to be Joel Hodgson and giving the blandest, most boilerplate responses i could think of to every question

Lowtax was so stupid he had to double-check with Mike Nelson that i wasn't actual Joel Hodgson, famed creator of the HBO pilot "The TV Wheel," and banned me for the crime of trying to make a joke in nu-GBS that wasn't a slur

now he's dead, but you know what isn't? MST3K, and you still have time to contribute to my new streaming delivery platform exclusively for brand-new episodes of MST3K funded by you, the fans! by making a late pledge on Kickstarter, well sure you'll miss out on some of the goodies that more timely backers got, but won't you feel great knowing you helped bring back more of the characters you love, like Jonah Ray, Felicia Day, Patton Oswalt, and the indomitable Pearl Forrester herself, Mary Jo Kopechne, into your very own home?

_{1. Cloud Strife, ファイナルファンタジーVII}

Kickstarter looks really bad but thanks for the memories

# ? Nov 11, 2021 21:39

Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; Enjoy every sandwich.; Smellrose

EBB posted:

For a little while there was a way to vote 0 on threads and then the fun police showed up and banned people

The voting buttons were straight weblinks at that time so all you had to do was copy the link in the voting thing at bottom of the thread and replace whatever number was at the end with 0.

# ? Nov 11, 2021 21:53

Smythe: Oct 12, 2003

# ? Nov 11, 2021 21:57

Youth Decay: Aug 18, 2015

isaboo posted:

So FYAD had a role in creating Qanon. Lovely.

I'm sure if SA wasn't around some other hive of scum and villainy would have given rise to 4Chan but yeah, we can pretty much blame Lowtax for the Trump presidency and its aftermath.

# ? Nov 11, 2021 22:03

Beffica: Apr 6, 2009; by Azathoth

Colorfinger posted:

Does this count?

drat, blast from the past. I still get Hooray It's Salad stuck in my head. Loved being in those request streams and dropping tips, hope Ollie's doing well. Your new Kitboga remix deserves way more views.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-My3OknPZTQ

# ? Nov 11, 2021 22:07

The Walrus: Jul 9, 2002; by Fluffdaddy

eat poo poo lowtax, my only ban, totally unjustified!!!

# ? Nov 11, 2021 22:09

Colorfinger: Feb 5, 2001

Beffica posted:

drat, blast from the past. I still get Hooray It's Salad stuck in my head. Loved being in those request streams and dropping tips, hope Ollie's doing well. Your new Kitboga remix deserves way more views.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-My3OknPZTQ

thanks for sharing it