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I've been a father for about a month now, and this is what I've learnedzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

It blows my mind that people don't just continue to haunt their old online forums, indefinitely.

we joke about the chronic trolls who have been obssessed with this place for 15 years--get a life, right? and yet, here we are

Just had news about Verthaine, though.  He's doing well.

wait --- for real???

I've tried to look him up a few times, but since nobody'd heard from him since Katrina, most of us assumed the worst... he's still kickin' though?? that's incredibly good to hear.

what do u like better cake or pie???????????????????????

THE ULTIMATE FORUM THREAD




_{ps I win}

tiktok makes me feel like despite being active online since the early 2000's nothing prepared me for what the internet would turn into

I can't handle tiktok...

like, I could easily watch a full hour of 6-second vines and feel like no time has passed. TikTok does that, but is better at it. Consuming 20 minutes of TikTok feels like eating a whole bag of doritos in one sitting. Tastes good but makes me feel bad.

Oh, and that fad where people lipsync to some audio clip while making OVER THE TOP FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, it's like nails on chalkboard to me.

 

kinda brilliant how you can change a problem into a prize by calling it a "contest"

winners of the permits will be required to take in at least 20 goats and not more than 50

Hey Rog, you wanna send me your address?? uh, totally unrelated to this post


_{(also, I gotta hand it to you for somehow finding a goat-related article that people haven't linked me to 6000 times already)}

don't sweat it, nobody on facebook is real anyway, it's basically 99.999% bots, including me

You may be asking - how was a bot posting on this forum 15+ years ago?


the answer is:

it's easy to simulate stupid people

[The internet is mostly abandoned. Most of the content you see is bot-generated. Bots talking to bots.]

Remember when conspiracy theory was FUN?

Here's my new favorite wackadoo belief system:

The "Dead Internet" theory:

The internet is mostly abandoned. Most of the content you see is bot-generated. Bots talking to bots.


here's an Atlantic writer going  about it:
https://archive.ph/mMOI2


here's one of the likely solid parts:
https://archive.ph/KsdBZ

I will file this in the goat image archive!



BTW I'm at the hospital with the wife now... baby's on the way! we've been here for about 30 hours, but we're getting close to showtime.

you really have a knack for design - all these are gorgeous

I've been playing around in InDesign recently, and it enhances my appreciation for this stuff

Hey I've been trying to figure out which boner pills are best for fishing. Any reccommendations?

I got a new motorcycle.  It's a Victory

titcam, or something

ahhh, thank you!

updated the OP