I wrote an article about Alex Jones

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Mordja: Apr 26, 2014; Hell Gem

Swartz posted:

Yeah, first SA article I've read in a while and yes, I will start reading the site a lot more often so you don't end up on some street corner, giving blowjobs for food.

I dunno, sounds like a solid business strategy.

# ? Aug 8, 2018 05:09

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# ? Apr 28, 2024 23:44

Lawrence Gilchrist: Mar 31, 2010

Internetjack posted:

dothisdothisdothis.

It can't hurt to ask. Tell him honestly that SA is probably not his demographic, but you support his right to have his writings published.

It'll provide some good comedy material for the forums, his followers will probably spend a couple months of server fees making accounts and getting banned, which provides even more laughs. We can take the influx of stupidity. It will be like a late-summer festival of idiocy. Its a win-win all around.

Either way, keep writing Lowtax. It was your front page articles that brought me to SA years ago, well before my reg date.

This sounds like when 4chan created /pol/

# ? Aug 8, 2018 06:05

Coolguye: Jul 6, 2011; Required by his programming!

Chomp8645 posted:

I'd say that if a corporation not letting someone say something results in elected officials publicly endorsing/condemning the move then yes the government does care about it.

there is no one person that is the government

# ? Aug 8, 2018 06:07

Crimson Harvest: Jul 14, 2004; I'm a GENERAL, not some opera floozy!

Lowtax I read your lovely article and I gotta say, if you're so smart why aren't you rich.

# ? Aug 8, 2018 06:08

Chinatown: Sep 11, 2001; by Fluffdaddy; Fun Shoe

Crimson Harvest posted:

Lowtax I read your lovely article and I gotta say, if you're so smart why aren't you rich.

u think intelligence = wealth

lmao

# ? Aug 8, 2018 06:25

Orkin Mang: Nov 1, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

Chinatown posted:

u think intelligence = wealth

lmao

are u smart. i have a rep for being a spaz

# ? Aug 8, 2018 06:27

Zeluth: May 12, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Orkin Mang posted:

are u smart. i have a rep for being a spaz

Ants are terrible unless you like the queen.

# ? Aug 8, 2018 06:31

Orkin Mang: Nov 1, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

Zeluth posted:

Ants are terrible unless you like the queen.

i wish i was smart enough to get what u mean by ants :/

# ? Aug 8, 2018 06:33

Gatekeeper: Aug 3, 2003; He was warrior and mystic, ogre and saint, the fox and the innocent, chivalrous, ruthless, less than a god, more than a man.

wait if alex jonez is still alive, who is the conspiracy theorist who recently, on the advice of wood nymphs, died and went to the underworld to charm Hades with his songs of 9/11?

i know someone who did conspiracy poo poo just died, it was foretold, i didn't imagine this no matter how much insane poo poo ive imagined lately

# ? Aug 8, 2018 06:34

Bajaj: Sep 13, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

quote:

It doesn't matter if you do or do not feed the trolls, as the internet has turned into a gigantic amplifier for the absolute most stupid and worthless idiocy to ever manifest itself. You can go onto social media and say the most dumb, evil poo poo possible, and you will get hundreds of people who sincerely support you and believe the exact same thing. We live in a culture where "intelligence" is solely associated with "self-righteous indignation," and those who scream the loudest get the most attention and followers.

For the past couple years, I've been missing the calm seclusion of dial-up modems and only having the internet "on" for shorter periods of the day, available from one physical location in the house. Social media and a phone in every pocket has allowed the worst parts of humanity and people's personalities and dumb brains to flood into the physical realm and disrupt things for all of us. There's been some good, but the bad is louder and more visible no matter how much you try to ignore it.

# ? Aug 8, 2018 08:14

Maldoror: Oct 5, 2003; by R. Guyovich; Nap Ghost

# ? Aug 8, 2018 08:15

fish and chips and dip: Feb 17, 2010

If it ain't the Welsh Alex Jones, I don't care.

# ? Aug 8, 2018 08:27

Aoi: Sep 12, 2017; Perpetually a Pain.

Julius CSAR posted:

Also Alex Jones doesn�t know the difference between Trent Reznor and Johnny Cash

https://twitter.com/realalexjones/status/277968076950077441?s=21

On the one hand, Trent said it wasn't his song anymore.

On the other hand both Trent Reznor and an undead Johnny Cash would kick Jones' doughy chili-filled rear end for using their names, or songs, in public.

Also, you should totally invite him into our lair, Mr. Lowtax. It can only have a positive outcome.

Aoi fucked around with this message at 08:31 on Aug 8, 2018

# ? Aug 8, 2018 08:28

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

this is the best alex jones video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Q72qYWxKQ

# ? Aug 8, 2018 09:09

Inexplicable Humblebrag: Sep 20, 2003

Swartz posted:

Yeah, first SA article I've read in a while and yes, I will start reading the site a lot more often so you don't end up on some street corner, giving blowjobs for food.

that would be bad, yeah. if you make your hobby your job it sucks all the fun out of it

# ? Aug 8, 2018 09:21

Bajaj: Sep 13, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

Jose posted:

this is the best alex jones video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Q72qYWxKQ

LMAO, this owns.

# ? Aug 8, 2018 10:00

Lovely Primate: Jan 21, 2011

My only concern is that this will cause a drought in Alex Jones shitposts, such as:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhqUk28OwHs

# ? Aug 8, 2018 10:18

Grevling: Dec 18, 2016

Internetjack posted:

dothisdothisdothis.

It can't hurt to ask. Tell him honestly that SA is probably not his demographic, but you support his right to have his writings published.

It'll provide some good comedy material for the forums, his followers will probably spend a couple months of server fees making accounts and getting banned, which provides even more laughs. We can take the influx of stupidity. It will be like a late-summer festival of idiocy. Its a win-win all around.

Either way, keep writing Lowtax. It was your front page articles that brought me to SA years ago, well before my reg date.

# ? Aug 8, 2018 10:26

super sweet best pal: Nov 18, 2009

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdEINFmMn4M

# ? Aug 8, 2018 10:38

Creamed Cormp: Jan 8, 2011; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Lawrence Gilchrist posted:

This sounds like when 4chan created /pol/

my knowledge of 4chan history isn't perfect (and lol if anyone's is), but /pol/ is more or less the rebirth of /n/ after it was deleted for being taken over by actual legit bona fide neo-nazis during a stormfront psyop. So while you're kinda sorta correct in that a new influx of users changed the userbase (though not as much as you'd think, some boards like /tg/ are still decent and nazi-free), there's a difference between inviting new users in a controlled way and getting invaded by literals 1488-kikekiller. Also as much as Alex Jones is an idiot I wouldn't call him a nazi or neo nazi. Insane fringe lolbertarian maybe?

I just realized I typed all these words and that they sound very dumb but I'm still gonna :justpost:

edit : vvvv that's fair

Creamed Cormp fucked around with this message at 12:17 on Aug 8, 2018

# ? Aug 8, 2018 12:09

Blast of Confetti: Apr 21, 2008; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

yo who gives a poo poo what label alex jones is he's got his retarded fanbase harassing school shooting victims

# ? Aug 8, 2018 12:11

Clawtopsy: Dec 17, 2009; What a fascinatingly unusual cock. Now, allow me to show you my collection...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKjWdYy92xk

# ? Aug 8, 2018 12:29

Bonzo: Mar 11, 2004; Just like Mama used to make it!

Looks like he's run to Google + to post all of his latest stuff.

https://gizmodo.com/alex-jones-is-shirtlessly-screaming-into-the-void-on-po-1828175471

# ? Aug 8, 2018 13:55

By popular demand: Jul 17, 2007; IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!

There's still a Google+ ?!
Is this what we call purgatory these days?

# ? Aug 8, 2018 14:04

onedayholiday: Dec 6, 2013; Grimey Drawer

I can't believe that yt and faceberg banned a humble water filter salesman from their platforms. In honor of his demise, I'll post the two best AJ videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWd6XgBVIcg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7AP0EIPp-I

# ? Aug 8, 2018 15:02

Squashing Machine: Jul 5, 2005; I mean boning, the wild mambo, the hunka chunka

Looking forward to the Netrunner future where corporations are the defacto government and I get to steal credits from neotwitter by jacking in ICE through their skyscraper-tall mainframes

# ? Aug 8, 2018 15:54

tsa: Feb 3, 2014

Coolguye posted:

it loving stuns me every time people trot out the free speech slippery slope horseshit all the while not realizing that the constitution keeps you from facing criminal charges for saying poo poo

the government could not possibly give less of a gently caress what a corporation lets you say or not say lol

you'';re kinda loving stupid hth

# ? Aug 8, 2018 15:56

Aoi: Sep 12, 2017; Perpetually a Pain.

Creamed Cormp posted:

my knowledge of 4chan history isn't perfect (and lol if anyone's is), but /pol/ is more or less the rebirth of /n/ after it was deleted for being taken over by actual legit bona fide neo-nazis during a stormfront psyop. So while you're kinda sorta correct in that a new influx of users changed the userbase (though not as much as you'd think, some boards like /tg/ are still decent and nazi-free), there's a difference between inviting new users in a controlled way and getting invaded by literals 1488-kikekiller. Also as much as Alex Jones is an idiot I wouldn't call him a nazi or neo nazi. Insane fringe lolbertarian maybe?

I just realized I typed all these words and that they sound very dumb but I'm still gonna

edit : vvvv that's fair

Honestly, the biggest factor in 4chan's eventual takeover (close enough to total not to sweat the details these days) by nazis and assholes was its open and anonymous nature and extremely lax moderation policies/staff. Which, of course, were a large part of the point of its existence, and not necessarily inherently bad things, per se, but, as we've found in the past decade or so in particular, contribute to being extremely vulnerable to infiltration and takeover by groups with a solid agenda and enough patience to not give up. Particularly when the primary demographic of your userbase is also the one most receptive (in general) to the messages of that infiltrating group.

I honestly doubt it could ever happen in SA, simply due to the :10bux:

, aggressive moderation policies and highly active mod staff, and, by comparison, a more involved founder/owner who doesn't actually grow to hate his own site/userbase, (particularly toward the end in moot's case, understandably).

# ? Aug 8, 2018 15:57