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Re: Offseason General Show Chat

Postby Master_Twig (?) » Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:25 pm

They had a hiccup a few months back, but they're fine now. Something awful really is a great forum if you're looking for a specific topic. The subforums are where it shines the most. General Bullshit sucks, and FYAD is a cesspool, but the games, TV, movie, cooking, sports, fitness, and music forums are good. I really enjoy PYF and I learn a lot reading that's in debate and discussion. It's a good forum and well worth the ten bucks. Sure, I can't discuss ponies there, but if they hadn't banned them this place wouldn't exist. I think it's for the best.
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Postby Passport Clean (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:47 am

Master_Twig wrote:Yeah, but lets not act like there aren't a lot of Bronies out there doing things that deserve to be mocked. Sure, there's a raging flame against Bronies, but Bronies are giving them LOTS of fuel. Hell, I find a lot of the Brony mockery that goes on in Something Awful even more funny because I do like the show. It gives me a perspective of "Yeah, I like the show, but thank god I'm not like those people." Some may say I'm being an elitist, but whatever. I'm perfectly happy liking the show for what it is and getting a laugh at people who take it way too seriously. If that makes me a bad person, so be it. :pinkieshrug:

Of course there are a lot of people on SA that overreact to bronies. But there's overreaction to a lot of stuff on the internet. It's the freakin internet. And Something Awful was founded around making fun of weirdos on the internet. That's just what it does. Banning Ponies from PYF threads outside the Weird Fanart Thread was a necessary step, because Brony Goons were flooding damn near every thread with pony pictures. It had to be done.


I concur with this sentiment in its entirety. :excellent:
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Postby Sobana (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:58 am

I have to pay ten dollars to not talk about ponies? Oh geez, where do I sign up? :roll:

It is kinda funny that ponies are everywhere so much that they made a paid site just to get away from them. :smirk:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:03 am

Something Awful's existed LONG before FiM. Like, since 1999. :v:
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Postby Sobana (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:56 am

Yeah, but when did you to start paying for it?
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:08 am

Sometime in 2001, I think. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:52 am

SA is also pretty enormous. It's not the powerhouse it once was, but back in the day it was where all the top-shelf memes came from—All Your Base, Terrible Secret of Space, How Is Babby Formed, P-p-p-powerbook (some from the forums, some from the front page articles).

We're talking like 3000 users logged in at a time, in the off hours.
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Postby Passport Clean (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:58 am

All I really know about Something Awful is that Paul "Ettin" Matijevic is a big presence on their tabletop gaming forum, and that site apparently formed who he is. For those not into tabletop games, Ettin is one of the pettiest, most manipulative and unethical moderators on rpgnet, the largest roleplaying game forum, which is known for terrible mods. Basically an unprincipled troll put in charge of deciding who is or is not a troll. Regularly stokes witch hunts over whatever the current "thoughtcrimes" are.

If that's a sample of their culture, I shudder to imagine the level of discourse there.
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:59 am

Rarity and Rainbow Dash should do a Fashion SWAT.
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Postby Sobana (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:00 pm

I thought those memes came from 4chan. From what I heard of it so far it seems like it would be opposed to memes. I can't imagine it being that big while costing money to join. Why do they charge money to join?

If what you say is true is sounds a lot like a paid 4chan only more elitist. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby InsertAuthorHere (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:06 pm

Something Awful is a dinosaur of a website that lost all relevance years ago. Its lasting legacy will be charging money for the right to post or look at the forums, spawning 4chan, and making the whole of humanity exponentially worse by creating a cesspool for the worst of the worst to exchange how terrible they were under the veneer of being the Internet elite because they coughed up cash to go there.
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Postby Wylie (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 1:04 pm

I consider the :tenbux: I spent on my SA account 10 years ago the best investment I ever made, and I say that while accepting the truth of IAH's post above. Forgetting completely entertainment value, the information I've found there (as said before, the subforums are great for getting good information/discussion on a wide range of topics) and the money I've saved by following advice I've seen there (and taking advantage of goon-only deals elsewhere) far outweigh $10.

GBS is a trash dump these days, though. I'm not even sure they care anymore.
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Postby Sobana (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:09 pm

Is it worth going there today?
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:24 pm

You can't see it unless you have an account. I never made one so I can't access it anymore.
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:42 pm

Sobana wrote:I thought those memes came from 4chan. From what I heard of it so far it seems like it would be opposed to memes. I can't imagine it being that big while costing money to join. Why do they charge money to join?

If what you say is true is sounds a lot like a paid 4chan only more elitist. :pinkieshrug:


They don't usually allow memes, no. That's the thing, a lot of funny jokes end up being overused and rehashed to death until they turn unfunny, and that's what you usually call a meme :v: See: 20% cooler and 10 seconds flat :-I

I agree it was well worth the investment. There's tons of good info and quality discussion about a lot of topics, SA and this are basically the only forums I read.

ROBOT B9 wrote:You can't see it unless you have an account. I never made one so I can't access it anymore.


They only close it occasionally to coerce encourage people to join. It's dumb but it did bring us this:

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Postby Master_Twig (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:50 pm

The registration fee did a great thing by keeping trolls and spammers out. Not many people are going to want to spend 10 dollars just to mess with people. Trolling still happens of course, but it allows for some actual, real discussion about controversial topics.

It's not perfect, but for a forum its size, it does pretty well. It's the only large forum on the internet I know of where rampant mysogany and racism are almost universally looked down on.

Don't forget that the rules of this website like "Shipping is dumb and bad." and "Don't be a creepy pervert." are holdovers from Something Awful's TVIV.
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Postby fenster (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:59 pm

Sobana wrote:Is it worth going there today?


Despite a lot of things other people here are saying, yeah I think so. :pinkieshrug:



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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:58 pm

Passport Clean wrote:All I really know about Something Awful is that Paul "Ettin" Matijevic is a big presence on their tabletop gaming forum, and that site apparently formed who he is. For those not into tabletop games, Ettin is one of the pettiest, most manipulative and unethical moderators on rpgnet, the largest roleplaying game forum, which is known for terrible mods. Basically an unprincipled troll put in charge of deciding who is or is not a troll. Regularly stokes witch hunts over whatever the current "thoughtcrimes" are.

If that's a sample of their culture, I shudder to imagine the level of discourse there.


So what crazy racist poster were you that got banned because I go to both TG in SA and RPGNet and this is complete bullshit and literally only said by the 'all I said was maybe women who feel sexually harassed in gaming cons are lying sluts' types of people.

We also have the hated Kai Tave, it's a goddamn illuminati of the foul sjw mods of your beloved elf forum!
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Postby die Fledermaus (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:59 pm

Also cute quasi doxx using Ettin's real name, because it's not like they've had problems with dudes like you trying to hassle them

http://ettinjiggywithit.tumblr.com/post ... sment-blog
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Postby Big Boss (?) » Wed Feb 04, 2015 4:22 pm

Whatever the fuck this is, it ain't general show chat. Knock it off.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Thu Feb 05, 2015 3:41 am

:) *KNOCK KNOCK* :-P

:yay: :"Oh! Hi Pinkie Pie! Glad you could come over!"
:) :"Hey! Yeah! I love what you've done with your cottage ... except ... "

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:-P : *sniff sniff*
:cheese: :"Man, it's smells like updog in here!"

:flutterdear: :"Oh my goodness! I thought I'd - I'm so sorry! I normally keep my little cottage as clean as I can, given all the animals b-b-b-b, but ......"
:beggarshy: :"Pinkie? What's updog?"

:shenanigans: :"I dunno dog, what's up with you?!! Ha haaaaa!"

:flutterunsmith: :"Uh. I'm afraid I don't understand. What's updog?"
:amazing: :"I don't know dog, what's up with you? Get it?!"

:ponder: :"Hmmmm, okay you must be talking about something else. Because, you see, um. "
:modesty: :"About about an hour ago Mister Dachshund came to visit me because he was having a little trouble with his tummy. You know the guy? Long body, about this high?"
:) :"nope!"
:nnngh: :"Anyway, that little tummy ache turned into some big trouble and I wasn't able to get him to the WC in time so I had to get out the sawdust and the mop to clean up some -ahhhhhhh- 'updog'."
:skeptical: :"Wait, so exactly is upd-"
:plonk: :"OOOOOOOOOHHHHH!"

:flutterunsmith: :"So um. Does it still smell like updog in here?"
:party: :"Nope! I can't tell at all!"
:yay: :"Glad to hear it!"

:) :".... soooo ..... "
:flutterunsmith: :"So?"

:sbahj: :"Do You Smell What the Rock is Cooking?"
:modesty: :"Maud has taken up baking?"
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Postby Passport Clean (?) » Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:05 am

You never failed to make me feel better Scuderia. :-P

Keep doing your thing.
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat Feb 07, 2015 4:14 am

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Some Australian editorial cartoon, apparently :v:
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Sat Feb 07, 2015 6:57 am

I will never understand these.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Feb 07, 2015 7:32 am

Maybe it's because I'm not Australian, but that is just incomprehensible to me. :v:
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sat Feb 07, 2015 8:27 am

ShieldedDiamond wrote:I will never understand these.


ROBOT B9 wrote:Maybe it's because I'm not Australian, but that is just incomprehensible to me. :v:


I'm Australian, and I'm struggling to make sense of it. I mean, I can just about recognise the faces, but why Rainbow Dash? Why is the hat a tin can?

I swear the only thing more incomprehensible than actual politics is political satire.
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Postby Sobana (?) » Sat Feb 07, 2015 9:06 am

I understand it perfectly. :twiright:

Mainly it is the idea that some politicians think the grown men liking ponies is an excuse for them to collect disability and using it to unjustly collect welfare. :-D
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Feb 07, 2015 9:35 am

It's something to do with the Trojan Horse, I know that. :v:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Feb 07, 2015 2:21 pm

I guess those faces on the Trojan horse and the Trojan Rainbow Dash are supposed to be of prominent, presumably right-wing, Australian politicians.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Feb 07, 2015 2:30 pm

Just noticed that the castle is labelled "welfare", "pension" and "medicare". Don't know why they would be swayed by Rainbow Dash. :-P
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Feb 07, 2015 2:43 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:Just noticed that the castle is labelled "welfare", "pension" and "medicare". Don't know why they would be swayed by Rainbow Dash. :-P

I guess the joke is that the politician represented by the old Trojan horse is himself old and predictable, whereas the Rainbow Dash politician is fresh and more appealing at first glance, but lacks political clout and just uses the same tactics and rhetoric as the other people in his party.
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Postby Passport Clean (?) » Sat Feb 07, 2015 3:19 pm

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The Rainbow Dash is Tony Abbott, the current prime minister and head of the Liberal Party (note the shield of one of the politicians). He is frequently depicted with large ears and a prominent chin. Rainbow Dash was chosen because of this real life image of Abbott wearing a rainbow hair net back in his health minister days:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-11-08/m ... bow/720392

The tin can hat is a reference to this story (fourth paragraph from the bottom):

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/ ... 2hvvo.html

example of the tin can cartoons:
http://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/ima ... and480.jpg

The rest of the cartoon is the usual story about welfare reform maneuvering.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sat Feb 07, 2015 5:02 pm

And now we know... the rest of the story. :-I
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:06 pm

Passport Clean wrote:
The Rainbow Dash is Tony Abbott, the current prime minister and head of the Liberal Party (note the shield of one of the politicians). He is frequently depicted with large ears and a prominent chin. Rainbow Dash was chosen because of this real life image of Abbott wearing a rainbow hair net back in his health minister days:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-11-08/m ... bow/720392

The tin can hat is a reference to this story (fourth paragraph from the bottom):

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/ ... 2hvvo.html

example of the tin can cartoons:
http://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/ima ... and480.jpg

The rest of the cartoon is the usual story about welfare reform maneuvering.


Wait, you mean the big Trojan horse isn't supposed to be Abbott? I thought the Dash looked more like Joe Hockey.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sun Feb 08, 2015 12:41 am

PaulloDEC wrote:
Wait, you mean the big Trojan horse isn't supposed to be Abbott? I thought the Dash looked more like Joe Hockey.

Australian politics are a mystery to me, but maybe they're both Abbotts, and it's about the party switching between "Trojan horse" presentations to sneak into WELFARE CASTLE.
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Postby Wylie (?) » Sun Feb 08, 2015 1:55 am

I'm not even sure it's a political cartoon at all. I don't see DEBT or Twilight Sparkle crying anywhere.
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Postby PaulloDEC (?) » Sun Feb 08, 2015 2:30 am

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Am I right, folks?
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Postby Passport Clean (?) » Sun Feb 08, 2015 5:48 am

PaulloDEC wrote:
Wait, you mean the big Trojan horse isn't supposed to be Abbott? I thought the Dash looked more like Joe Hockey.


Aw shoot, maybe you're right. :ponder:

The "no surprises, no excuses" line is associated with Abbott too, but Joe Hockey isn't as closely tied to the tin-can-telephone meme as Abbott, and the rainbow hair net thing has long been a staple of Abbott mockery. I don't think the wooden horse looks like Abbott, but the Rainbow Dash could be either of them I guess. The ears are more Abbott.

Photo of Joe Hockey for comparison:
http://notsounwashed.com/wp-content/upl ... iginal.jpg

Maybe the real problem is the artist. :ngh:
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Postby RudeCyrus (?) » Sun Feb 08, 2015 6:03 am

PaulloDEC wrote:Image

Am I right, folks?

Wonderful. :allears:
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Postby ShieldedDiamond (?) » Sun Feb 08, 2015 6:16 am

I just got an email, apparently Hasbro is looking for a new creative brand leader for MLP. Which is important, because this person will determine where the brand goes in 2 years, due to how long the production process takes.
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