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Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

I hope you guys harass :lesnick:

on Twitter and other avenues with selected quotes on what a fat, creepy :aatrek:

piece of poo poo he is.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2016 22:20

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 09:46

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

What a disgusting fatbody.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2016 22:56

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

kikkelivelho posted:

I'm not defending Ben's actions. I'm just annoyed by the fact that people are trying to link this to Chris and his company when no such connection exists.

CIG plant spotted? How much do you get paid to read shitposts?

# ¿ Apr 17, 2016 23:11

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

Codependent Poster posted:

Have a WebDog post:

I like how he tries to play off being a horrible person as "I was just a kid". Nothing seems to have really changed.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2016 23:39

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

Microwaves Mom posted:

I bet he really did know Jared.

I am sad your av isn't actually Microwave's mom.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2016 00:39

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

Microwaves Mom posted:

you can buy it for me.

Too busy

to her. I'm glad she isn't 13 and I can gently caress her more than twice a month.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2016 00:52

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

D_Smart posted:

Hey guise!! I have it all nicely wrapped up in bow

http://www.dereksmart.org/forums/topic/star-citizen-extinction-level-event/#post-3050

bbl

I'm still waiting on a job offer from you, Mr. Smart.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2016 01:21

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

dans posted:

Holy poo poo, where did you people dig this up from? I was one of LOAF's friends way back then and it's really weird to see our ancient in-jokes becoming a thing.

Were you 9 when you were friends with :lesnick:

# ¿ Apr 18, 2016 02:36

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

dans posted:

It's all super innocent, we were just a bunch of weirdo Wing Commander IRC babies with too much time on our hands, we had lots of time saved up from not dating to come up with really dumb in-jokes that just sort of perpetuated themselves. We had a rule that we had to say "shields up!" whenever Brooke Shields came on TV so we started saying it in the late 1990s, then it became the 2000s, and now here we are in 2016 and just a few days ago by force of habit I said "shields up" because I thought I saw Brooke Shields on TV.
This is all intensely stupid and that weird kind of innocent bullshit that comes from a bunch of weirdos with nothing better to do than try to make each other laugh. Like a vaguely-Wing Commander-themed FYAD before there were the SA forums.

So you're a :aatrek:

defender in other words?

# ¿ Apr 18, 2016 02:48

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

dans posted:

It's not like he's a creeper any more than the average FYAD poster is a creeper. I've said tons of stupid poo poo I don't believe in FYAD that I wouldn't say anywhere else, it's like that. It's performance. It's us holding on to dumb poo poo we did twenty years ago, it's not going to be particularly good, we were children.

If I were you, I would have just kept quiet about your association. You had to know as soon as you clicked "Submit Reply" that no one was going to see it from your side.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2016 03:04

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

Nation posted:

if dans isn't trolling ill be disappointed

# ¿ Apr 18, 2016 03:05

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

Centripetal Horse posted:

You may not be fully grasping the concept of "stalking."

He panders to sympathy, gives non-apology apologies, shifts blame for his behavior to anywhere other than himself, and tops it off by sucking any possible sincerity out of it by telling us he only has to do this because of the trolls. He simply can't believe he's being forced to lower himself to addressing this issue, but he's going to roll his eyes, and huff out a massive wall of excuses so he can put this behind him once and for all.

You mean, he's going to roll his eye. Singular!

# ¿ Apr 19, 2016 04:50

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

Alan Smithee posted:

lol gg sperglords got that nintendo lady fired but probably wont touch this because they are all a bunch of bens themselves

Wasn't nintendo lady running a one woman escort service and Nintendo said no dice?

# ¿ Apr 19, 2016 05:29

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

ZenMaster posted:

Cross posting from the Star Citizen thread:

EFFORT POST:

For the morning crew to chew on, if I am being a jerk let me know, I will delete this, I am not minimizing depression or what Ben went through.

Timeline from very weak googling:

Been reading a lot of information put other there by Ben after Benghazi dropped... something didn't add up... and I read more than a few conflicting statements...

He wrote two LJ updates, one of April 16th and April 18th, 2016 to explain himself.

Ben makes one apology in the April 16th LJ update:

He is sorry it's so boring! I guess we are all just dum dums! Actually, this is a dodge. No one cares about his LJs. They are not the true issue here, it is the IRC chats. They are full of racism, pedophilia-related content, and threats of murder and violence (some against children). No one is using the LJs to troll Ben, or at least, that would be worthless as they are boring. But, Ben can explain the chats:

Ben Lesnick, April 16, 2016:

So, he's blaming SA for his disgusting IRC chats, right? Cause it convenient to blame the ones calling you out, no?

Something Awful was founded in 1999. Ben Lesnick would have been 18 years old when it was founded. Depending on when he discovered it and how long it took to 'idolize' it, he could well have been 19-20. This is further proven with:

The #WINGNUT IRC chat was founded in 1997 (and WCNEWS in 1998) a full 2 years before SA existed. If SA is to blame, this this:

Ben Lesnick, April 18, 2016:

is bollocks.

Two things here: If Something Awful is to blame as he says in the first missive, then this is simply not true. He would have been 18-20 range, an adult. Secondly, no one ever teased him for thinking cartoon anime women are hot. Some rational people might tell you that THINKING CARTOON ANIME CHILDREN are hot is BAD....that is the issue.... and if he was 17, how is a 17 year old thinking a 10 year old is "hot" and describing sexual things ok anywhere? Ben admits in graphic detail what he would do to a ten year old "cartoon anime woman," er child...

So, let's assume for the moment all of his gross rants and Hitler jokes and shooting up a classroom jokes are his to own, and not SA's fault... he was 17 and misguided.. he seriously was angry at the world? No friends, family, and nothing to live for? Losing your sight would be devastating, I am not minimized that at all... and maybe he did hide how he was feeling, but look at this.. is this the world of a anti-social, angsty teen who wrote those horrible things?

I get you were mad, depressed, and felt you wouldn't get out of life what you wanted... it would make anyone depressed. But it seems you had a tight family who loved you. Big parties, similar interests, and there are LJ after LJ of Ben buying things... every LJ is him buying a new toy or DVD series and enjoying it... he is passionate, and it shows... what doesn't show is the reason for the disturbing chats.

Who you are in secret is who you are in reality. That was exposed recently. I believe you have changed, but stop blaming everything and everyone else. Those things were inside you at one point, and you let them spill out onto the web in vibrant color, and people accepted you and you only got worse. Form 2002 and beyond you do some amazing things in your life, stuff even I have never done... I assume 1997-2002 was similar... your dad seems cool, did you go to Civil War reenactments with him? Museums with your mom, aquariums with your sister? I think you did...

But Ben, why do you never address: why did losing an eye make you joke about sex with kids? About shooting up a schoolroom of kids? How is the excuse that you felt you "had the world figure out" applicable? I would agree if it were embarrassing political posts or dumb ideas about society and its ill that were uncovered. If Sept 11th made you mad, why the racist rant against blacks, Chinese, etc? How do jokes about murdering kids fit into that narrative?

They don't. I do not deny you were very depressed. I do not claim to know how you felt during those dark times, and I am glad you found an outlet and friends to get through... but normal conversations between friends don't include these things. And if they do no one keeps a record of their awfulness. And then doubles down as to why they were kept.

If he truly did hate the world at one point and was just a dumb kid, it would have been in 1997-1999 time frame, and his chats would have started way before SA and any influence that would have had.

So by maybe, 24 you had mellowed?

Sorry, you were 27 when you wrote this stuff... lesson not learned?

DarkOff had a bit more to add, thanks Dark.

Who cares

# ¿ Apr 19, 2016 16:36

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

Paladinus posted:

Let's not throw unfounded accusations like that around. Roberts is NOT Scottish.

He's Scammish.

# ¿ Apr 19, 2016 17:00

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

I'm morbidly curious how :lesnick:

and Mrs

achieve coitus... Are cranes involved? Or a complicated pulley system?

# ¿ Apr 19, 2016 17:39

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

ZenMaster posted:

Cross posting from the Star Citizen thread:

EFFORT POST:

For the morning crew to chew on, if I am being a jerk let me know, I will delete this, I am not minimizing depression or what Ben went through.

Timeline from very weak googling:

Been reading a lot of information put other there by Ben after Benghazi dropped... something didn't add up... and I read more than a few conflicting statements...

He wrote two LJ updates, one of April 16th and April 18th, 2016 to explain himself.

Ben makes one apology in the April 16th LJ update:

He is sorry it's so boring! I guess we are all just dum dums! Actually, this is a dodge. No one cares about his LJs. They are not the true issue here, it is the IRC chats. They are full of racism, pedophilia-related content, and threats of murder and violence (some against children). No one is using the LJs to troll Ben, or at least, that would be worthless as they are boring. But, Ben can explain the chats:

Ben Lesnick, April 16, 2016:

So, he's blaming SA for his disgusting IRC chats, right? Cause it convenient to blame the ones calling you out, no?

Something Awful was founded in 1999. Ben Lesnick would have been 18 years old when it was founded. Depending on when he discovered it and how long it took to 'idolize' it, he could well have been 19-20. This is further proven with:

The #WINGNUT IRC chat was founded in 1997 (and WCNEWS in 1998) a full 2 years before SA existed. If SA is to blame, this this:

Ben Lesnick, April 18, 2016:

is bollocks.

Two things here: If Something Awful is to blame as he says in the first missive, then this is simply not true. He would have been 18-20 range, an adult. Secondly, no one ever teased him for thinking cartoon anime women are hot. Some rational people might tell you that THINKING CARTOON ANIME CHILDREN are hot is BAD....that is the issue.... and if he was 17, how is a 17 year old thinking a 10 year old is "hot" and describing sexual things ok anywhere? Ben admits in graphic detail what he would do to a ten year old "cartoon anime woman," er child...

So, let's assume for the moment all of his gross rants and Hitler jokes and shooting up a classroom jokes are his to own, and not SA's fault... he was 17 and misguided.. he seriously was angry at the world? No friends, family, and nothing to live for? Losing your sight would be devastating, I am not minimized that at all... and maybe he did hide how he was feeling, but look at this.. is this the world of a anti-social, angsty teen who wrote those horrible things?

I get you were mad, depressed, and felt you wouldn't get out of life what you wanted... it would make anyone depressed. But it seems you had a tight family who loved you. Big parties, similar interests, and there are LJ after LJ of Ben buying things... every LJ is him buying a new toy or DVD series and enjoying it... he is passionate, and it shows... what doesn't show is the reason for the disturbing chats.

Who you are in secret is who you are in reality. That was exposed recently. I believe you have changed, but stop blaming everything and everyone else. Those things were inside you at one point, and you let them spill out onto the web in vibrant color, and people accepted you and you only got worse. Form 2002 and beyond you do some amazing things in your life, stuff even I have never done... I assume 1997-2002 was similar... your dad seems cool, did you go to Civil War reenactments with him? Museums with your mom, aquariums with your sister? I think you did...

But Ben, why do you never address: why did losing an eye make you joke about sex with kids? About shooting up a schoolroom of kids? How is the excuse that you felt you "had the world figure out" applicable? I would agree if it were embarrassing political posts or dumb ideas about society and its ill that were uncovered. If Sept 11th made you mad, why the racist rant against blacks, Chinese, etc? How do jokes about murdering kids fit into that narrative?

They don't. I do not deny you were very depressed. I do not claim to know how you felt during those dark times, and I am glad you found an outlet and friends to get through... but normal conversations between friends don't include these things. And if they do no one keeps a record of their awfulness. And then doubles down as to why they were kept.

If he truly did hate the world at one point and was just a dumb kid, it would have been in 1997-1999 time frame, and his chats would have started way before SA and any influence that would have had.

So by maybe, 24 you had mellowed?

Sorry, you were 27 when you wrote this stuff... lesson not learned?

DarkOff had a bit more to add, thanks Dark.

loving laffo that one of you sick sad neckbeards put the effort into all this. laffo and kinda disturbing as gently caress.

# ¿ Apr 19, 2016 17:50

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

Sunswipe posted:

Actually, I've posted literally nothing but Star Citizen ever on SA.

Thanks for the :10bux:

# ¿ Apr 19, 2016 19:18

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 09:46

Skoll: Jul 26, 2013; Oh You'll Love My Toxic Love; Grimey Drawer

8 track betamax posted:

First of all...FIRST of all, there are quite a FEW things that differentiate me from Aartrek. First of all I am not a bad person like he was. I am a loving father and a good husband and my family loves me and I have done a lot of things with my life for instance I volunteer a lot, helping out the under privileged youth. Secondly I am not fat like I assume he was, I am fit and trim and in great shape like a gazelle! Haha just a joke there but I actually not fat that part was true. I could stand to be in a little better shape and I'm hoping to get back into running this year. Thirdly, I am a way better Admin than he ever was, I make sure to be kind and moderate in my mod decisions, for instance you wont catch me banning people for no reason, in fact I have never banned ayone in my time as admin of these forums, and you can take that to the bank. Fourthly, I try to liven the place up with funny jokes and stickies, for instance this very THREAD, which I thought would be good for a laugh and it really hurts that I;m throwing you guys a bone here and you turn on me like a pack of hyenas and honestly it makes me wonder if I should continue or not. This isn''t the only thing I have to do in my life by the way, for instance I live an active and varied life and this is just a small part of it . A tiny part for instance. Please stop with the harassing, this is a thankless job and Im glad to do it but cut me some slack once in a while OK. OK?

You're automatically worse than :aatrek:

cause you didnt fight Franco.

# ¿ Apr 20, 2016 02:29

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