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Kudistos Megistos

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Encyclopedia Dramatica is dead
« on: 2011-04-15 20:53:36 »
As part of the new wave of moralfaggotry that is taking over the internet, ED now redirects to a new, shitty, SFW and politically correct site called "Oh Internet". Site owners seem to be under the impression that the best way to take financial advantage of "lulz" culture is to take away the grossly offensive anarchy that made such sites popular in the first place. They just don't get it: places like ED weren't popular in spite of being offensive; they were popular because they were offensive. Sanitising them won't open them up to a new audience; it will make them into boring facebook clones in an already-oversaturated market with no unique selling point. I hope /b/ raids the shit out of this new site and the thing turns into a huge failure.

How long before 4chan redirects to canv.as?

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Re: Encyclopedia Dramatica is dead
« Reply #1 on: 2011-04-15 21:04:20 »
What was Encyclopedia Dramatica?

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« Reply #2 on: 2011-04-15 21:05:11 »
Moralfaggotry will undoubtedly take over everything if current trends continue.   :cry:

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« Reply #3 on: 2011-04-15 21:07:35 »
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How long before 4chan redirects to canv.as?

One can only hope.

Though I do appreciate the news within those sites you linked.

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Re: Encyclopedia Dramatica is dead
« Reply #4 on: 2011-04-15 21:09:04 »
I don't believe for a second that this is not a joke.

Kudistos Megistos

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Re: Encyclopedia Dramatica is dead
« Reply #5 on: 2011-04-15 21:12:29 »
What was Encyclopedia Dramatica?

It was a site that documented internet drama. Basically, image that wikipedia was run by /b/tards.

There was a lot of shit there, but it was a great source of information for memes, internet arguments, internet personalities and internet-based epicness.

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I don't believe for a second that this is not a joke.

The deleting or sanitising of unmoderated NFSW sites has become a noticeable trend over the ast few months.

-- Another accidental edit-rather-than quote on my part. Restored. - Bosola
« Last Edit: 2011-04-16 13:25:49 by Bosola »

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« Reply #6 on: 2011-04-15 23:18:23 »
Anyone up for a good conspiracy?

What if all adult domains are slowly being migrated to the new .xxx extension?  Huh? Think about it! All the prOn sites are closing there will be panic in the streets. Then all things deemed NSFW will migrate as well :P. Total government lock down.

Mako:Puts on tinfoil hat.

Edit: Somehow the talking to yourself thing isn't quite funny on a forum...just makes you look like a loon.
« Last Edit: 2011-04-15 23:36:24 by Mako »

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Re: Encyclopedia Dramatica is dead
« Reply #7 on: 2011-04-16 03:47:34 »
Edit: Somehow the talking to yourself thing isn't quite funny on a forum...just makes you look like a loon.
Look like?

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Re: Encyclopedia Dramatica is dead
« Reply #8 on: 2011-04-16 05:46:05 »
You're right, you do look like this:



I hadn't noticed before.

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« Reply #9 on: 2011-04-16 13:28:12 »
It was a site that documented internet drama. Basically, image that wikipedia was run by /b/tards.

There was a lot of shit there, but it was a great source of information for memes, internet arguments, internet personalities and internet-based epicness.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

No.

It was a gigantic circlejerk commandeered by self-appointed 'internet culture arbiters' who contributed little but copypaste image macros and i_r_being_shocking_plz_be_shocked_r_u_shocked_yet?.jpg lolicon.

Value of loss, nothing, etc.

Kudistos Megistos

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« Reply #10 on: 2011-04-16 15:36:38 »
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

No.

It was a gigantic circlejerk commandeered by self-appointed 'internet culture arbiters' who contributed little but copypaste image macros and i_r_being_shocking_plz_be_shocked_r_u_shocked_yet?.jpg lolicon.

Value of loss, nothing, etc.

As with 4chan, it was a case of looking for diamonds amongst the shit. There were diamonds, if you looked hard enough.

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« Reply #11 on: 2011-04-16 15:58:36 »
You mistake pieces of corn for gold nuggets.

Mako

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« Reply #12 on: 2011-04-16 16:03:28 »




That's how I get when you come near my baby's! Or when you take my mocha latte away!

P.S The baby duck? is so snug! I want one :)

Kudistos Megistos

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« Reply #13 on: 2011-04-16 16:22:10 »
You mistake pieces of corn for gold nuggets.

Methinks there was a nasty article about Bosola on there. ;D

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« Reply #14 on: 2011-04-17 04:01:00 »
-- Another accidental edit-rather-than quote on my part. Restored. - Bosola
Good god get it together man :P

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« Reply #15 on: 2011-04-17 04:12:53 »
Ahaha, I have done that a few times myself.

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« Reply #16 on: 2011-04-17 17:47:43 »
meh, i found some of the articles on there took their jokes way to far anyway.

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« Reply #17 on: 2011-04-17 22:34:01 »
Would anyone find it strange if I said I've never visited, or heard of, Encyclopedia Dramatica?

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« Reply #18 on: 2011-04-17 22:38:22 »
well i don't. I never have either :D

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« Reply #19 on: 2011-04-17 22:46:05 »
Would anyone find it strange if I said I've never visited, or heard of, Encyclopedia Dramatica?

Yes

well i don't. I never have either :D

Given your poor knowledge of memes and internet slang, that's not a surprise.

You should have gone there when it was still around; it was very educational.

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« Reply #20 on: 2011-04-17 22:52:24 »
Given your poor knowledge of memes and internet slang, that's not a surprise.

You should have gone there when it was still around; it was very educational.

But I have some pretty decent knowledge of that stuff, and I've still never heard of it...

I guess that just means I was deprived as a child?  :roll:

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« Reply #21 on: 2011-04-17 22:59:15 »
what because of one past incident you say my knowledge of such things is poor? :cry:

anyway, no time for me to wade through the ass end of human thought and creativity, in the cesspools of arrogance and prejudice fueled by uneducated bias, for hours on end to find something that is mildly clever or entertaining every now and then. That's what television is for and I never liked it much either. I say this based on my knowledge of previous websites that I have seen that sound all too similar to your description of this ED. Of course my knowledge of such things seems to be quite poor :x

 :-D

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« Reply #22 on: 2011-04-17 23:04:26 »
You should have gone there when it was still around; it was very educational.
One could still have a look at it with the wayback machine, if one so wished.

Good ol' wayback machine :P

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« Reply #23 on: 2011-04-17 23:09:30 »
I'd have a look but I am on a cell phone and this is already annoying as it is  :D
I'll develop a more informed opinion of this website in the future though. Hope nobody takes me too seriously

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« Reply #24 on: 2011-04-17 23:09:45 »
But I have some pretty decent knowledge of that stuff, and I've still never heard of it...

I guess that just means I was deprived as a child?  :roll:

Clearly.

But note that it doesn't follow from "people who can't into memes don't know about ED" that "people who don't know about ED can't into memes".

There is a superset of people who can into memes and within that superset is a subset of people who can into ED. All people who can into ED can into memes, but not all people who can into memes can into ED. It's a non-symmetric relation. Apparently, you're in the superset of people who can into memes (somewhere towards the edge of it), but not the subset of people who can into ED.

anyway, no time for me to wade through the ass end of human thought and creativity, in the cesspools of arrogance and prejudice fueled by uneducated bias, for hours on end to find something that is mildly clever or entertaining every now and then.

Then start judging books by their covers. You can usually tell whether or not an ED article is good after taking a five second glance at it, so finding the good stuff doesn't take as long as you'd think.

One could still have a look at it with the wayback machine, if one so wished.

Good ol' wayback machine :P