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Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




HiroProtagonist posted:

That's one of them (and actually half of the exact thing posted that I wanted to respond to :ironicat:). The one I had in mind had pictures of the artists with 'facts' listed below each one. I believe Queen was on it, as well as One Direction (maybe?). Also Taylor Swift I think.

I think I know the one you mean. It had some 'stats' on it like Producers: 1 for Queen and a bunch for the other ones right?

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Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Vintersorg posted:

*is 32*
*single*
*lives at home with family still*
*angry*



I'm no expert, but I find the "(subconsciously trying to distract yourself from how much you hate your life atm)" but to be really sad, even beyond the general problem of the rest of the text.


Please tell me you showed him the works of Erich von Däniken. He wrote similar stuff to that, about ancient aliens and the like, and from what I know it was considered bullshit even in his day.

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Lottery of Babylon posted:

gently caress you dad you're not the boss of me



You might be looking for the shit_that_didn't_happen.txt thread.

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Celery Face posted:

People take Eurovision seriously?

Yes. :negative:

I don't get it myself, but a lot of folks my age care about it for whatever reason. My facebook wall had a couple of "gently caress yeah, she won" posts, and another couple negative ones, one of which was literally "throw trannies off of a cliff". Thanks Eurovision, you helped me get rid of a couple of assholes.

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




FROOOOOOOOG posted:

I'd heard she was a drag queen though?

Yeah, from what a minute on Wikipedia tells me, he's a cis dude, he uses female pronouns when in character, which I presume isn't very uncommon in drag stuff.

Then again, the kind of person who'd unironically write "throw trannies off a cliff" probably isn't too familiar with that sort of thing. On the bright side, two less idiots on my facebook.

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Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Double Plus Good posted:

down the tumblr rabbit hole for months now
bun/buns/bunself pronouns.

Am I the only one who noticed this?

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Krispy Kareem posted:

But energy drinks OMG OMG OMG (frothing at mouth).

I have no actual knowledge of that sort of thing, but couldn't a point be made that by allowing people to buy less-than-poo poo stuff on welfare, it would actually motivate them to make more money so as to buy the good stuff MORE? I presume that the average welfare recipient isn't bathing in Kobe beef and truffles.

I've heard about a problem with how it works though, in that when they are JUST passed the income limit to stop being on welfare, they can't afford stuff anymore, which kinda throws a wrench in my argument on its own though...

VVV: That seems like a good idea. I presume some sort of "if your income is less than X, you get welfare until your income is X" deal?

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Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




@KJ&AR@ posted:

Dammit, Jesus! You always stiff me on the bill when we go out.

Is that why Judas needed the thirty pieces of silver? :downsrim:

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




ProperGanderPusher posted:

:smug:



I'm assuming that by "science" the parent that wrote this statement for their kid to hold up little girl actually meant Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

Ah, yes, the definite concept of Religion. All Religious people believe in the exact same things about children, and they all agree that they're awful and insignificant, that's what Religion is all about.

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




CapitanGarlic posted:

Of course they're necessary for any sort of far-reaching distribution, but there you have it.

Could you elaborate on this? I've had a lot of American beer here in Greece and haven't experienced huge drop offs. Is it a case of cost/simplicity, or something else?

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




CapitanGarlic posted:

Cost/simplicity, for the most part - preservatives are a far less expensive option than refrigerated transportation for effectively the same results; beer does spoil at temperature eventually, so it needs either to be kept cool or to have some form of chemical preservation.

That is, in fact, how IPAs came to be; in order for English pale ales to reach colonial holdings in India without spoiling, they had to add a metric ton of hops to them while they were en route via boat. Eventually the style caught on and developed into what it is today - American microbrewing communities in particular are still crazy about IPAs and similarly hoppy beers, though current trends in cask-aged styles of beer have been making a big resurgence recently.

This is a thread about horrible people and I should stop derailing about delicious beer. Apologies!

That's alright, I at least appreciate the input. I guess I hadn't noticed because I tend to get IPAs. Thank you very much! :)

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




TravBot posted:

I don't know, that doesn't seem so weird to m-:stare:

"Okay, they're from Holland, speaking in a second language can be a bit awkward, sure."
"Maybe a bit haughty, but nothing serious"
":stare:"

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Kraps posted:

No one has looked into the connection of young killers having eaten cereal as kids either, they should get on that.

Did you know that EVERY SINGLE mass murderer was a regular consumer of a substance called H2O? Really makes u think.

For some content, of the 'plain meh' variety.



Translation: "Whomever gets the reference, gets a cookie."

Three different watermark-type deals, along a vaguely nonsensical joke, and that's apparently a super-obscure reference.
What annoys me more is the mix of Greek(lish) and English. The dude can't speak in just one language, he constantly peppers his posts with English words for no reason whatsoever, and it's not even stuff that flows better in English (Greek for 'by the way' for example doesn't really always mesh well with the sentence) or something it just reeks of "I get more contact with anime subs and RPG forums than actual people who speak and talk."

On the other hand, I don't recall the apes in 2001 actually touching the monolith so there may be something I'm missing. :smug:

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Pilchenstein posted:

It's not even remotely obscure but at least it wasn't Monty bloody Python or the Hitchhikers sodding Guide.

He had a profile picture that was a 9gag photo of the first page of one of the Hitchhiker's books (a quick Google suggests Restaurant At The End Of The Universe), would that count?

He's not really an idiot just... A total nerd. I'm a nerd myself, don't get me wrong, but I just feel that posts like "Look! I like <nerdy thing>!" kinda lack post-worthiness, if that makes sense.

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




CCrew posted:

"I expected Gurren Lagann, where the main female lead is wearing short shorts and a flaming bikini top throughout the series. What I got was a scantily clad female lead!"
:negative:

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann was also a mediocre anime, as the "meh" seems to imply, so I don't see the problem. Maybe he expected robots?

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




IceAgeComing posted:

I can't imagine being banned from 4chan is a particularly hard obstacle to get around, although I've never posted there.

Hey, at least they require an email, though!

As Segmentation Fault said, the e-mail field is completely optional, mostly used to 'sage' threads (posting without bumping it up), or back before the overhaul to 'noko' (to return to the thread after posting, instead of the main page). And getting around a ban is as simple as changing your IP, most easily accomplished by resetting your router or something.
In their defence, 4chan moderation has really stepped it up over the past year or so, it used to be even worse. Post-limit threads on SFW boards with furry porn and the like.

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




GIANT OUIJA BOARD posted:

And wasn't there a time when some guy posted photos of his underage niece and her friend he was trying to gently caress or something, and the channers figured out what school it was based on seeing part of the logo on someone's shirt and then contacted local police?

This was posted just today on the talesfrom4chan tumblr: http://i.imgur.com/06ji9du.gif

I think it's the one you mean, no?
Spoilered because it's in the form of those demotivational posters.

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Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Dogfish posted:

What I don't understand is how the government drug testing welfare recipients wouldn't be, you know, an illegal search. I don't know much about the American legal system, but isn't there a constitutional amendment for that?

It doesn't matter, they're poor people, they don't have rights.

Seems like another expression of gently caress You Got Mine really, and misguided frustration at their own job doing the exact same invasion of privacy, possibly.

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Finally have some content! Red is an online friend of mine, I'm Green. Blue is a dude, Yellow is a woman, and they might be married or related (same last name). Conversation is still ongoing.







It's me, I'm the idiot for talking to people. When I talked to Red in private just now she mentions she's from the Bible Belt, and added:

quote:

These two live in Tennessee, which... You're familiar with the kkk?

Yellow also has a Bible quote as her cover image.

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Hedera Helix posted:

Is this supposed to be an average of all the body's fluids, or does this person not know that one's blood, urine, saliva, stomach acid, etc. all have different pH levels?

Every single person with cancer has stomach fluid with an ACIDIC pH, better keep eating all those non-acidic lemons to prevent chemtrail cancer.

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




ToxicSlurpee posted:

I think they blame feminism for not getting laid. It doesn't really make a lot of sense but it seems to be a lot of physically repulsive guys with hideous personalities, few redeeming qualities, and bad hygiene that think they're sexually desirable because they totally did a nice thing for a woman one time or would totally be less spiteful and bitter if they got to touch boobs more often. I also wonder if some of them fantasize about a world where women aren't allowed to reject them and hate feminism because feminism is part of the reason that world doesn't exist.

Yeah that's a big part of the point. They also generally dislike actual women, because it's the girls who are the reason why they're not getting laid, so a philosophy which empowers women, especially when it makes ripples in their media, threatens them even more.

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Breaky posted:

I love that image because it's 100% factually correct.



Also, cancer was cured by Nixon or some poo poo.



That is also 70 grams. Seven syringes, 10 grams each...

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Korgan posted:

Need to keep an eye on red in case he posts more sovereign citizen hilarity on green's wall.



"Barry Powell, Conscious Entity, and their friends" sounds like the name of an indie music night.

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Lyz posted:



I'm pretty sure I let out an audible "ugh" when I found this gem in the YouTube comments.

Looks more like some non-redditor making a joke about it, seems too much to be real.

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




The Time Dissolver posted:

"Well we shouldn't need this at all though" you can say the same thing about the loving fire department you useless utopian loons

I had a slight bit of a talk with a friend earlier about that exact argument, and I feel it's a bit naive, considering that rape, unlike fire, doesn't happen by accident. I still think it's a cool idea, in general, don't get me wrong, I'm just concerned that it's 'diverting' a bit from the more important concern (teaching people not to rape, rather than having people live in fear).

VV: gently caress, I meant distracting. I didn't imply it was a choice between the two, sorry if that came through.

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Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Small Frozen Thing posted:

This. Furries sorta started down that route when a guy named Mark Merlino, who was one of the bigshots in the furry fandom those days, started inviting a lot of alt lifestyle people to the cons. Before then, it was pretty much nothing but your typical sci-fi con straight dudes.

The weird hyper-accepting fetish emporium they are these days is probably more an effect of the internet, though.

:nms::nms:

From the thumbnail, the picture looked like this "classic": :nws: because of bad language I guess, just to be safe. http://i.imgur.com/pc4ABq5.jpg

VV: Someone trolling a couple of furries on the internet.

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Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Stottie Kyek posted:

Bloodaxe (he calls himself that) is planning to go to Norway for a year, tries to help his case by telling their civil service how much he loves Vikings and heavy metal. And that it's the only reason he's even bothering with the academic course in the first place.



Is it the equivalent of wanting to go to Japan because of anime? I feel that it's a pretty similar situation. Are there people who want to go to the UK because of tea and Doctor Who or something?

VV: :negative:

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Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Imgur is becoming more and more low-hanging fruit by the day:



I love how it's not even a pretty kept beard, unless I'm mistaken on that and it's supposed to have various hairs protruding everywhere.

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013






Of all the times to make a mistake... English isn't this person's first language, admittedly, but this timing is too good to pass up.

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




kazil posted:



Gamergate will never not be hilarious.

Nice, maybe 4chan will become tolerable outside of /m/ if these chucklefucks leave.

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Picnic Princess posted:

I'm glad other hobbies don't do this to people.

I was at a scale modelling gathering/contest thing on Sunday, and I saw a few dudes dressed like Nazi soldiers. It's not just video games. :negative:

Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




Octolady posted:

Clearly the solution for these Gamergate dudes is for them to all become video game journos and become the change they want to see. I mean, if women want more equality in games they all have to pursue careers in development, seems fair to me :shrug:

No you see, men journalists are all sold-out shills who give good reviews to women-made things which aren't games because they are enticed by their womanly ways!

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Serperoth
Feb 21, 2013




BonHair posted:

Also why they don't try to reform the system to allow for more parties, most of which would probably be leftist and end up supporting democrat policies.

Not an American, but I presume that competition is not something any political party would like. Yes they'd probably support them, but a vote for Theoretical Party is one less vote for the next closest one.

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