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I originally joined for a wow guild and stuck around for the humor. In some way I think if I had known about Something Awful earlier I'd joined much quicker
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I joined due to the Frankie saga. The forums went private either during or right after that and I had to get my fix.
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Jul 6, 2012 08:00
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I joined for PTN's Battletech thread basically, and slowly started to drift about on the forums from there.
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Jul 6, 2012 08:24
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Photoshop threads and Cliff Yablonski. That and any number of big rear end threads that pop up off and on.Fork of Unknown Origins posted:I joined due to the Frankie saga. The forums went private either during or right after that and I had to get my fix. Like that one.  E: And tribute.wmv. 
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Jul 6, 2012 08:31
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magic pantaloons posted:Current boyfriend is goon on SA for a couple of years, introduced me to, learned the ways, lurked it a bit before paying As a guy terrified of the thought his girlfriend might one day join the forums, let me ask you this question that I never got to ask anyone: Who gets to keep the friends?
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Jul 6, 2012 09:28
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I think I joined mainly because I wanted to post something. Then I saw DPPH and the private game servers and fell in love :3
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Jul 6, 2012 20:32
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Also got on to SA because I play EVE. I fly with a vassal alliance of Goonswarm and thought I'd get an account here in case my alliance ever decided to go a different way, I could join up with GS. Been very, very impressed by the general quality of posting and the number of knowledgeable people. Also, I was a Goon before I was a goon. In High School some guy in shop class ran up to me: Pimple-Stoner from Shop "Do you, or do you acknowledge that you are a Goon?" Me *Shrug* "Sure, ok." Henceforth my nickname was Goon for the rest of High School.
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Jul 6, 2012 20:37
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tbp posted:Why does everyone that registered 2010+ have some weird story about how they totally lurked since 06? I lurked for 10 minutes before I had to set someone straight about a topic I don't remember.
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Jul 7, 2012 00:23
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For me it was reading things like the frankie story, and steadiman's steadicam thread that made me join up. Then I stuck around for stuff like squirrel punter, uranium phoenix' super zombie thread, and assorted stories from humper monkey and the like. Also for playing games with goons (original CN crew represent).
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Jul 7, 2012 03:24
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Ages ago I saw some photoshop Friday thread about generic cereals with one being "Cheap poo poo Mom Bought" and it made me laugh my rear end off. I hung around and eventually found the forums. There's a lot of stupid loving poo poo here, weird poo poo I just don't get, and creepy 'Spergin neck beards, but it still makes me laugh on a constant basis. Some of you mother fuckers are comedic geniuses.
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Jul 7, 2012 03:44
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For some of the epic story threads from posters like TheSwami, Killing Fields, and Humper-Monkey...I think the Mr. Water thread happened some time around when I finally registered but I don't remember. Tons of laughs and entertainment though, so its been well worth it!
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Jul 7, 2012 04:43
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I read Fark and found SA via the Fark vs SA photoshop contest judged by Wil Wheaton. Never looked back.
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Jul 7, 2012 06:38
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I put off joining for a long time because my ex was a goony goon and I assumed the forums were full of people like him. But I kept following links from other websites to threads here, and I liked a lot of what I read. Then the paywall went up around a thread I was following, and I took the plunge.
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Jul 7, 2012 07:33
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I joined because GBS used to have lots of diverse and interesting threads that weren't hidden away in terrible subforums.
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Jul 7, 2012 08:05
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I joined because I used to lurk for a long time and got tired of the swear filter. The goldmine threads used to be what kept me entertained for hours after work and figured I would drop the tenbux to see the rest of the site. Best :tenbux: I ever spent
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Jul 7, 2012 13:56
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Honestly, I was intrigued as to what was going on that it cost $10 to find out. I have huge impulse purchase issues.
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Jul 8, 2012 04:19
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It was nice finding a forum that encourages proper spelling and punctuation.
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Jul 8, 2012 05:00
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It was my destiny edit: I joined because a naked man in a British police cordon(sp?) made me laugh
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Jul 8, 2012 05:38
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I stumbled onto the Cobra Action Reports somehow and they were the funniest godammn thing I'd ever read at the time, so I immediately signed up.
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Jul 8, 2012 05:58
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I always used to read the front page articles and whatnot, but I never knew the forums existed. I was pretty active on the chans for 3-4 years, but after a while, I realized I wanted a community that was more mature than the collective 13 year old anonymous. I began asking around for a new image board or something and my search led to either reddit or here. Reddit seemed like the same garbage only with all name fags (ugh), so an actual forum with a price tag to keep out children, assholes and spammers seemed like the only choice. Plus I finally became an adult with a job and a bank account so I could buy an account for myself without asking my mom for her credit card My brother's a goon too, so that influenced my decision quite a bit
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Jul 8, 2012 07:40
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I joined because I thought I could contribute to the sa community. It hasn't been going well.
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Jul 8, 2012 09:44
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I simply can't keep my mouth closed on some subjects and it's fun to talk to people on here. Also it sucks lurking with all the dumb ads.
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Jul 8, 2012 10:44
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I was laughing myself to tears going through a few threads, but the ads and restrictions were kind of annoying, well worth the $10 to get that crap away and support the community. Not sure of how my contributions to the forums will work out, since I'm something of a mouth-breathing cretin, but it's worth a shot.
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Jul 8, 2012 11:33
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tbp posted:Why does everyone that registered 2010+ have some weird story about how they totally lurked since 06? I've been banned in the past and have either lost access to old E-mail accounts or completely forgotten what E-mail I used to register. It's easier to start anew. Honestly, this is probably the first time I've hung around the forum and not really gotten into any kind of trouble. I've matured a lot.
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Jul 8, 2012 20:12
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After getting banned from every other forum I posted on, I joined Reddit on the advice of a friend. While a garbage community that's good for little more than leeching porn, I saw someone mention this place and after lurking for a week or two, I saw Slowbeef's name, and signed up because the site that originated retsupurae couldn't be bad, right? Coming from Reddit, it's nice to be able to go more than a thread without seeing the word misogyny.
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Jul 9, 2012 03:56
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I started to read the front page back in 2002, but I signed up officially in 2005 after lurking the forums for about half a year. Still the best ten bux I ever spent.
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Jul 9, 2012 06:45
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I literally searched the word "forums" in Google and this was a top result. The 7 years before that I was a member of Bungie.net and while the forums there were fun for a while, the average age of the userbase stayed the same and it became stale. Moderating there probably didn't help either. I knew I had made the right decision when Goontube rolled around.
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Jul 9, 2012 07:27
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My friend told me this is where I needed to do all my internet. I then ten dollars because I like spending money on internet. Please tell me more of how to spend money on internet.
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Jul 9, 2012 08:29
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Heard of SA long ago thanks to its fiasco with eBaum's World, but somehow manage to ignore its presence beyond "that website with supposedly funny stuff". Then one day I stumbled upon the forums at a whim and found a wonderful let's play. Later a paywall came up and I threw in the  .I probably would have waited it out if not for the quality discussions in the other forums though. PartyPlatter posted:My friend told me this is where I needed to do all my internet. I then ten dollars because I like spending money on internet. Please tell me more of how to spend money on internet. Send all your money to that kind Nigerian who emailed you for inheritance or something.
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Jul 9, 2012 08:45
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^^^ I sent the money for the transaction fee but I'm still waiting for the main western union transfer.
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Jul 9, 2012 09:10
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Smeego posted:I was linked to the Bokosuka Wars ROM Pit review by a friend on Active Worlds, which I found intensely hilarious. I usually browsed forums of sites I liked, so I went on and joined these. And I'm still reading them ten years later, goddamn. ^^^This guy I just quoted. That is why. ----------------
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Jul 9, 2012 15:52
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My friend was always knowing everything cool before me. He was a goon. Also: Killdozer, Jamie the robot maker guy, that one thread where the gay dude blackmailed his gay uncle into giving him his big screen tv, and a few other gems.
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Jul 9, 2012 17:38
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I've been lurking since about 2004 or so when I first stumbled upon SA, which was introduced to me via Maddox's article bashing it (everything he wrote in those days was comic gold to my high school self). I finally got around to buying an account this year after finally acknowledging the fact that Reddit had irreversibly gone to poo poo and that most other free forums would probably suffer the same fate eventually.
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Jul 9, 2012 22:35
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ProperGanderPusher posted:I've been lurking since about 2004 or so when I first stumbled upon SA, which was introduced to me via Maddox's article bashing it (everything he wrote in those days was comic gold to my high school self). I finally got around to buying an account this year after finally acknowledging the fact that Reddit had irreversibly gone to poo poo and that most other free forums would probably suffer the same fate eventually. Reddit is poo poo, but can be OK if you stick to just the smaller subreddits and away from the front page or crapfloods like / funny. ...kinda the same way I stay away from gbs here.
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Jul 10, 2012 00:17
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Kept lurking here since middle school for the hilarious front page reviews and photoshop phridays. Always peeked into GBS and such but sometimes the site would block me off and tell me to get an account! Wasn't until I got my own debit card that I was able to buy my own account at the end of high school. Finally I could read the forums to my heart's content! I actually somewhat abandoned other forums I use to frequent because the maturity level of SA just made more sense to waste more time here than anywhere else. I mean not saying that Goons aren't stupid and never immature but it's leagues better than any where else I can go for humor. And boy it's been worth it! 
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I was chatting in a small reunion about the Internet with some pals, and they were talking about famous and big websites, and we started flapping arround through this websites. Something hit me from SA, i had bad experiences from trolls and poo poo in other forums, and when i first got into it was... so interesting!! The OPs were flooded with information!! I learned quite a bit from my stay until today in the forums. I do admit im usually the one that asks questions, more than a provider... but well, time will give me the chance to be the OP of a nice thread  And oh... i LOVE the front pages 
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I was 18 and was making more than minimum wage. Had a few friends buying electronics from the SA Mart, so I bought an account. Bought a super high tech blackberry  stayed for the knowledge/humor.EDIT: typos ptruf1223 fucked around with this message at 06:07 on Jul 10, 2012 |
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Jul 10, 2012 06:03
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Ron Jeremy posted:Reddit is poo poo, but can be OK if you stick to just the smaller subreddits and away from the front page or crapfloods like / funny. Even the smaller subreddits tend to do a nosedive in quality once they hit over 10,000 subscribers. I'd rather shell out ten bucks to forever be safe from all the internet riffraff out there. Despite all its flaws, even GBS is enjoyable in moderation.
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Jul 10, 2012 06:41
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I was once part of a chat room that had a very annoying acquaintance in it. One day, her trainwreck of a website got featured on SA's Awful Link of the Day with the phrase "OH GOD WHAT IS THAT AND WHAT DO I ROLL TO KILL IT." In addition to the horrible poo poo that was on her website, the SA people wanted to know more. Was she really as batshit as her website said? Was there even more stupid poo poo that she DIDN'T talk about on her ebsite and LiveJournal? I hated her guts in the first place and yes, she WAS that drat annoying. My thirty pieces of silver was a SA Forums account, and I've enjoyed the place ever since.
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Read the front page for like, ever. Then one day I noticed that I could click on the forum links and read them every once in awhile. So after spending so much time enjoying all the posts I decided to sign up and post or some poo poo.
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