03-07-2013, 12:29 PM
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#181
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Marseilles Of The Prairies
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Originally Posted by Bigtime
I went to FYAD once, probably around 2005 when I first joined SA. Let's just say it was the equivalent of opening a door, seeing the room and quietly backing out.
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Pretty much this.
FYAD is...
...what's the best way to put it...
FYAD is basically SAs cultural exchange room with /b/, and is mostly filled with /b/ types too lazy to move over to 4Chan after the moot-exodus.
Poe's law runs rampant in FYAD. Most goons just forget about it, since 95% of the people who post in FYAD don't post anywhere else on SA (except maybe YOSPOS), and vice versa.
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Settle down there, Temple Grandin.
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03-07-2013, 12:29 PM
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#182
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Has lived the dream!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Where I lay my head is home...
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Originally Posted by Thor
Just the other day a friend said, "we need to ban CP!" I was furious, and responded with "I love CP, and use it daily, how dare you try to take that away from me!"
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Because of the massive amounts of hate speech we have on here?
Please Q your statement
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03-07-2013, 02:09 PM
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#183
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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There are an awful lot of acronyms coming up in this thread that I am a little wary of Googling at work.
Anyone care to tell me what a goon, FYAD or SA are?
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03-07-2013, 02:11 PM
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#184
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: YSJ (1979-2002) -> YYC (2002-2022) -> YVR (2022-present)
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SA = SomethingAwful, a popular web forum
goon = colloquial term for a SomethingAwful forum member
FYAD = F--- You and Die, a subforum on SomethingAwful
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03-07-2013, 02:59 PM
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#185
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
c) everything on Reddit is a repost of a repost, usually from 4Chan, SA, or blogs. I don't read the funny pictures thread here, because goons churn out more than enough amusing content for me to occupy myself with.
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This one point pretty much explains all people need to know about this "discussion" you've started. It's like FL trying to 'discuss' something that happened with the PC party.
When are we passing out the SA t-shirts?
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03-07-2013, 03:05 PM
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#186
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by woob
When are we passing out the SA t-shirts?
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I had a Goonfleet t-shirt in 2005...
pew pew pew
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03-07-2013, 03:08 PM
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#187
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Marseilles Of The Prairies
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Quote:
Originally Posted by woob
This one point pretty much explains all people need to know about this "discussion" you've started. It's like FL trying to 'discuss' something that happened with the PC party.
When are we passing out the SA t-shirts?
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You're reading way too much into this. There is no secret "internet warz". Is it so shocking that I find things truly abhorrent?
It's not cool to like SA anymore anyway. We miss you Dr. David Thorpe.
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Settle down there, Temple Grandin.
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Last edited by PsYcNeT; 03-07-2013 at 03:10 PM.
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03-07-2013, 11:27 PM
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#188
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
I have a finite amount of time to dick around on forums today, so I'll keep it brief.
a) you don't need to put 2 spaces after every sentence.
b) don't extrapolate that I want to 'disband the internet' (seriously?). I merely want Reddit to shut down and disavow themselves of their morally dubious content so I can enjoy it without feeling like a creep.
c) everything on Reddit is a repost of a repost, usually from 4Chan, SA, or blogs. I don't read the funny pictures thread here, because goons churn out more than enough amusing content for me to occupy myself with.
If you really want to defend Reddit's right to allow that content, stifle opinion, and basically abuse their internet clout, have at 'er.
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B) I agree that you dont want to disband the internet but how can you support companies that support reddit which supports CP. Why is one degree of separation immoral but a second degree of separation okay.
C) seems like you just hate reddit because it is the cool thing to do at SA.
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03-08-2013, 07:54 AM
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#189
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Marseilles Of The Prairies
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GGG
B) I agree that you dont want to disband the internet but how can you support companies that support reddit which supports CP. Why is one degree of separation immoral but a second degree of separation okay.
C) seems like you just hate reddit because it is the cool thing to do at SA.
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Which companies do I support that support Reddit?
The echo-chamber is getting tiring. How about addressing things like violentacrez, the Reddit admins condoning of his actions, or just my OP in general, rather than addressing my rationale or motivation?
You guys all seem to be skirting the issue, and it smacks of avoidance.
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Settle down there, Temple Grandin.
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03-08-2013, 08:32 AM
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#190
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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Funny thing is, due to this thread, I now use Reddit twice as much as I used to, since someone pointed out that i could change my front page so I didn't, get stupid stuff on it.
Of course, twice as much as an hour or two a month really doesn't add up to much.
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03-08-2013, 09:03 AM
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#191
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Edmonton
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I have also finally signed up for an account after some of the tips on here. I still don't use it that much, but the customization is nice.
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03-08-2013, 09:23 AM
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#192
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: 110
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I think I've been on reddit a couple of times, I think mostly due to people sending me links. Beyond that I glossed over it as a bunch of communities or whatever with confusing titles where you needed to be part of the in crowd to understand it.
The OP on its own is informative to me as I was ignorant of the background and issues of the site. If the intent was "I want to create awareness and give people something to think about" then I think mission accomplished.
The rest hasn't really been informative (I admit I read long page 1 and 4 but I got the trend) other than I now know I'm out of touch with a whole genre of internet acronyms and slang terms. Thankfully by only reading page 1 and 4 I was able to find out what goon meant.
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03-08-2013, 11:31 PM
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#193
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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If reddit is good enough for Obama, it's good enough for me.
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03-09-2013, 12:51 PM
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#194
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First Line Centre
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I too use Reddit a lot more after this thread.
Thanks psychnet!
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ech·o cham·ber
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An environment in which a person encounters only beliefs or opinions that coincide with their own, so that their existing views are reinforced and alternative ideas are not considered.
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03-09-2013, 12:54 PM
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#195
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 127.0.0.1
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Can I make donations to Reddit? i think they deserve it, now after I've spent so much time there lately.
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Pass the bacon.
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03-09-2013, 01:20 PM
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#196
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Calgary - Transplanted Manitoban
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
And there's good ol' Reductio Ad Absurdum.
Come on man, I'm trying to discuss this, not respond to illogical suppositions.
After posting there for nearly 5 years, I'd say it's pretty apt.
Oh no wait I forgot cats, and driving memes into the ground.
Also, slut shaming.
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I've been on reddit for 3+ years, and have never seen a pic of an underage girl. I guess it's where you are looking....
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03-09-2013, 02:33 PM
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#197
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Marseilles Of The Prairies
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Quote:
Originally Posted by InCoGnEtO
I've been on reddit for 3+ years, and have never seen a pic of an underage girl. I guess it's where you are looking....
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Thanks for missing the point once again, but keep thinking just because you haven't noticed it that it isn't happening/hadn't happened.
Also, to everyone who is beating the "Dur thanks for upping my Reddit use!" thing into the ground, grow the #### up.
You're adults FFS.
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Settle down there, Temple Grandin.
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03-09-2013, 02:39 PM
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#198
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 127.0.0.1
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Did Reddit sleep with your Mother?, you seem obsessed with it.
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03-09-2013, 02:42 PM
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#199
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Marseilles Of The Prairies
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DuffMan
Did Reddit sleep with your Mother?, you seem obsessed with it.
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Yeah it's completely unexpected and shocking that I reply to people in the thread I started.
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Settle down there, Temple Grandin.
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03-09-2013, 02:49 PM
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#200
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 127.0.0.1
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
Yeah it's completely unexpected and shocking that I reply to people in the thread I started.
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This isn't a reply, it is a minor meltdown.
Quote:
Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
Also, to everyone who is beating the "Dur thanks for upping my Reddit use!" thing into the ground, grow the #### up.
You're adults FFS.
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