PS I just wrote a youtube comment in a language I am not fluent in, which I'm sure will be grammatically incorrect
― still small voice of clam (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, September 18, 2012 4:54 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hah
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
horse_ebooks is pretty cool but did their discovery of it go beyond noticing horse_ebooks was cool?I think even gawker or whomever put in some footwork to track down who the author was.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
"One of the dudes who died in the attack on the US consulate in Libya was a SA goon."this seems much more an interesting angle on SA than these memes that seem more like "SA noticed something funny and decided to make more fun of it"
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
man, jeff k
― barthes simpson, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not sure what else there is to do with horse_ebooks
― frogbs, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
dunno hacker news - how would you place it relative to slashdot
― barthes simpson, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
hacker news is a community of self-proclaimed entrepreneurs and startup culture stereotypes talking about technology whereas slashdot is mostly inhabited by the basement-dweller stereotype
― diamonddave85, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
yikes
― barthes simpson, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, September 18, 2012 5:35 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
cmon man the cool thing about horse_ebooks is finding it, tracking it down just ruins it
― max, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
phiz on SA isnt that different from ilm, they even talk about whiney constantly
― Hungry4Ass, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
anyway either you get the internet in which case u understand SA as a terrible place of great power and importance or u dont and u complain that they didnt do enough with horse_ebooks
― max, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
if their entire contribution to horse_ebooks was noticing it, then i'm pretty sure boingboing would have got around to it eventually.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
― Hungry4Ass, Tuesday, September 18, 2012 6:06 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol is that where he goes when hes banned
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:24 (eleven years ago) link
thread just makes me long for internet gang wars. maybe w google glasses it will become a reality
― free-range chicken pox (Matt P), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
will those give me overlays in real-time telling me what forums a person I see in front of me is part of? if so, that is too depressing to consider
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
its cool because no one will wear them ever
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
those google things would be great for alzheimer's patients.[TURN OFF STOVE][BRUSH TEETH NOW]things like that.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
{PUT ON GLASSES]
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
people love cool new apple shades
― free-range chicken pox (Matt P), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
4 points to defend my reddit usage:
1. http://www.reddit.com/r/rainbowbar/ 2. interesting sub boards appeared over the years so now i check it pretty much every day. i use it like it has been said upthread , i selected a bunch of sub boards about stuff i am interested in and use it like a news aggregator. so... now i can waste even more time consuming choice informational tidbits about indie gaming, futurist stuff, useless talents, streaming good documentaries, skeptics lols and of course there are also the boards highly moderated for quality control about philosophy, history, social justice etc etc.
3. there is a sub board for my peeps! the québécois. there is only 3000 people subscribed to it but i think that is so cool, it's the first time that i am part of a french speaking online community. we talk about items in the news, politics, pop culture, just ordinary stuff that we have in common and it does good 2 me.
4. http://www.reddit.com/r/26thworldproblems/
― Sébastien, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 23:36 (eleven years ago) link
did they find me on a google alert for "goon" or something?
― centibutt hz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
My housemates an SA goon and the way he talks about it, he might as well be talking about ILX, srsly they have the same discussions and everything, it is weird.
One of the dudes who died in the attack on the US consulate in Libya was a SA goon.
And he told me about this the other day, this was pretty woah. Appatrntly the last thing the guy posted (or tweeted, IM not sure which) was "oh shit I gotta get out of here they're shooting at us" or something? I mean fuck.
― frances boredom coconut (Trayce), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
waaaaaaaaaaay upthread but i saw someone mentioned tumblr and its social justice radicals, and that shit is seriously the most insufferable thing. a good friend of mine recently got way into that and has slowly gone off the deep end, with lots of incoherent rambling about "feefees" and how wise some dude named riley is. that site breeds some real nuts
― fadanuf4erybody, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
SA however is great except for when it sucks
some dude's name isn't riley fyi
― barthes simpson, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
with lots of incoherent rambling about "feefees" and how wise some dude named riley is.
haha i love this
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 03:21 (eleven years ago) link
I am shocked, **SHOCKED**, to discover that, as part of "everybody on ilx," I have been complaining about reddit. In my sleep, no doubt. It's either that, or I must have become a nobody without my noticing.
Perplexing, indeed.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 03:27 (eleven years ago) link
All I know about reddit is from the Southern Poverty Law Center:
Reddit: Mens RightsA “subreddit” of the user-generated news site Reddit, this forum describes itself as a “place for people who feel that men are currently being disadvantaged by society.” While it presents itself as a home for men seeking equality, it is notable for the anger it shows toward any program designed to help women. It also trafficks in various conspiracy theories. “Kloo2yoo,” identified as a site moderator, writes that there is “undeniable proof” of an international feminist conspiracy involving the United Nations, the Obama Administration and others, aimed at demonizing men.
OTOH my brother is a huge reddit fan/poster and he says it's easy to avoid that stuff,,,he says to the face of his 'my feminist soapbox' sister (me)
― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 03:31 (eleven years ago) link
that and I've seen Colbert ref it
I tried looking at reddit but I couldn't figure out the format for how conversations work in fewer than 2 seconds so I gave up
― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 03:33 (eleven years ago) link
Lol me too.
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 03:42 (eleven years ago) link
horribly formed for sure
― buzza, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 03:46 (eleven years ago) link
frankly i'm kinda amazed that there's so much respect for SA in this thread; in a few years, it'll probably swap places with reddit and whatever horror evolves from reddit in the "man this was bad but not THIS BAD" sweepstakes
that said SA has definitely produced some funny stuff, but i personally wouldn't put it over 4ch
― Nhex, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 03:48 (eleven years ago) link
this is the Sonic thing (just 2 mins of audio), at one point I thought this was the funniest thing ever made
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji2h11EkQXQ
― frogbs, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 04:15 (eleven years ago) link
Nah SA is pretty self-regulating these days, they instaban anyone who steps out of line re racism/abuse, or done to death memes. I admire that tbh.
― frances boredom coconut (Trayce), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 04:16 (eleven years ago) link
4chan otoh... urrgh.
― frances boredom coconut (Trayce), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 04:17 (eleven years ago) link
they also give you like three days probation if you don't use proper punctuation. it's a trip
― frogbs, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 04:17 (eleven years ago) link
― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Tuesday, September 18, 2012 11:33 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― centibutt hz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 04:18 (eleven years ago) link
I had that issue with metafilter, I couldnt work it out at all.
But then again Gawker's comment system change broke my brain too, maybe I am just dim.
― frances boredom coconut (Trayce), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 04:45 (eleven years ago) link
i totally just joined reddit today without seeing this thread
― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 04:46 (eleven years ago) link
What ILX post was stet referring to that was reddited btw? I meant to ask.
― frances boredom coconut (Trayce), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 04:50 (eleven years ago) link
Or thread, rather.
iirc it was one abt making a mini record store out of cardboard
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 04:57 (eleven years ago) link
i made an ilx subreddit
― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 05:01 (eleven years ago) link
theres nothing on it
Oh the mini record store that James made! That was so freaking awesome.
― frances boredom coconut (Trayce), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 05:02 (eleven years ago) link
u shd post every ilx thread on there xp
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 05:03 (eleven years ago) link
just a bit of fun iirc
― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
Every time I look at an AmA, the comments are so loathsome that I give up pretty much immediately.But sometimes the train wreck is just too compellinghttp://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ypb8j/third_world_child_ama_with_translator_via/― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:28 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
But sometimes the train wreck is just too compelling
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ypb8j/third_world_child_ama_with_translator_via/
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:28 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Check out http://topiama.com - it decrapifies the useless comments of AmA. RSS feed too!
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
one of my closest friends spends a lot of time on metafilter and lj/tumblr 'fandom' spaces and we spend a slightly embarrassing amount of time comparing internet beefs/discussions/news reactions and talking about the culture of different spaces. it is endlessly fascinating to me.
― chasm jar pro (c sharp major), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 08:52 (eleven years ago) link