#1 2017-02-23 16:24:46
This is an article about 4chan, Anonymous, Gamergate, their bewildering interconnection, and the effect they've had on modern life, from an author who claims to be as much of an "insider" as it's possible to be in such an anarchic mob. He's been observing them since their inception:
4chan: The Skeleton Key to the Rise of Trump
As someone who remembers the Habbo Hotel "incident" and was struck by the possibilities for "internet mobs," I am completely fucking fascinated.
I thought some of you might have your own 2¢ as well.
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#2 2017-02-24 00:31:37
I see plausibility. Then again, lots of folks out there who like jumping in front of the parade after it's already begun.
Face it: Trump won because war-pig, bankster-loving, graft-peddling, debate-cheating, race-baiting Hilary Clinton was thoroughly detested.
I view his (our collective) victory as more akin to this or this. When all is said & done, his presidency will perform no better or worse than the historic mean.
...if only the Bolshevist MSM, Progs and assorted useful idiots would calm the fuck down.
Listened to the "author" spewing sanctimonious drivel on NPR today...gave me an ear worm.
As a parting thought, remember: There is no "H" in WINNING.
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#3 2017-02-24 07:18:17
...but you're assuming that he's capable, huh?.....or is that hoping he is...?
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#4 2017-02-24 08:00:30
He lost my interest at: "4chan invented the meme as we use it today. At the time, one of the few places you saw memes was there."
Meme's have been on bumpers of cars and the walls of teenagers bedrooms for close to a century, they were a little bit harder to track before that but one famous one from the 1940's is:
and who can forget:
The world did exist prior to the internet and these n00bs birth.
**Edit: Oh wait!!!
Suck on my meme and get off of my lawn you snot nosed kids...
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#5 2017-02-24 08:34:09
I never realized SomethingAwful spawned 4chan. Wonder what Cliffy Yablonski might say about all that.
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#6 2017-02-24 11:47:16
Emmeran wrote:
He lost my interest at: "4chan invented the meme as we use it today. At the time, one of the few places you saw memes was there."
Meme's have been on bumpers of cars and the walls of teenagers bedrooms for close to a century
He did say, "the meme as we use it today," meaning that black "motivational poster" frame with the white lettering in whatever font that is.
What the author meant is that anyone who sees
immediately knows it's an internet meme.
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#7 2017-02-24 14:06:01
George Orr wrote:
What the author meant is
Like arguing with a middle schooler there's always a qualification on the tip of their tongue. They will be right damnit!!
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#8 2017-02-24 14:06:48
choad wrote:
I never realized SomethingAwful spawned 4chan. Wonder what Cliffy Yablonski might say about all that.
I found that to be interesting as well. SomethingAwful was, well, really fucking awful.
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#9 2017-02-24 16:20:10
Emmeran wrote:
George Orr wrote:
What the author meant is
Like arguing with a middle schooler there's always a qualification on the tip of their tongue. They will be right damnit!!
(At least) one of us is a goddamned nit-picker, but it's Friday afternoon and I can't be sure which of us it is (it's both of us).
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#10 2017-02-24 16:50:50
George Orr wrote:
(At least) one of us is a goddamned nit-picker, but it's Friday afternoon and I can't be sure which of us it is (it's both of us).
Bcuz trolling you is cool cuz ur smart and fun. Melon's is a fan (she's the Farcebook side of the house).
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#11 2017-02-25 07:34:48
Thanks, GO. An interesting read. The story line was familiar to me but only in bits and pieces, and it is nice to have it sewn together a little. The section on the Bukowski book leading into Trumpdom is what I most enjoyed. The line "[s]upport for Trump is an acknowledgement that the promise is empty" resonates. Many of his supporters don't seem to care much how truthful he is. Why is that? In a sense, this is an answer, or at least a response.
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#12 2017-02-25 07:52:25
Fled wrote:
Thanks, GO. An interesting read. The story line was familiar to me but only in bits and pieces, and it is nice to have it sewn together a little. The section on the Bukowski book leading into Trumpdom is what I most enjoyed. The line "[s]upport for Trump is an acknowledgement that the promise is empty" resonates. Many of his supporters don't seem to care much how truthful he is. Why is that? In a sense, this is an answer, or at least a response.
Wait so the message of Trumpism is that "the Cake is a Lie"??
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