bitcoin: a sisyphean nightmare, forever trapped in an endless wall of sperg

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theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

RZA Encryption posted:

The same thing happened when a bunch of people trolled the tea party facebook clone. There ought to be a word.

i mean - it's just standard conspiracy theory stuff combined with the anonymity of the internet, it's just thinking that somebody might have any or all of our names on a list that's weird

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theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

jony ive aces posted:

if you think about it the people who post youtube comments are probably the government as well

the government is REALLY racist

# ¿ Nov 11, 2014 16:34

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

The Management posted:

he did that once and all he got out of it was an ex wife

what

also they have definitely linked the GBS thread, but I'm pretty sure that almost all of them are unaware of YOSPOS. being a subforum is a great power

# ¿ Nov 11, 2014 18:13

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Nessus posted:

What's funny in a way is that I remember when I was cruising odesk for lovely writing jobs I saw several saying "write articles about... bitcoin"

I briefly considered the matter as I was rather hard up at the time, but I eventually decided that it would be more honorable to starve

you're basically gandhi

# ¿ Nov 11, 2014 19:04

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Notorious QIG posted:

she also has an rfid implant and was giving out deus ex via high fives at a con a few months ago

the worst thing about gamergate is the other side being so bad that i would rather ally with this person

# ¿ Nov 11, 2014 21:31

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Werthog 95 posted:

being a good christian, i'm sure all his drug profits went to charity

I really, REALLY want to hear how he combines "Christian with a Bible always in his car" and "Enabling people to sell heroin over the internet".

# ¿ Nov 11, 2014 22:31

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

it's my favorite because "good things happening to you during your life has nothing do with how good a person you are" is one of the most straightforward teachings of jesus

disciples: "Lord, is this man blind because of his sin or his parents sin?"

jesus: "yall retarded"

edit: also the whole easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich man to go to heaven bit

# ¿ Nov 11, 2014 23:36

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

theflyingexecutive posted:

famously fabricated

Also Jesus might have been making a wicked awesome pun based on the word for rope being similar to camel?

Like "put a rope through a needle" was a common idiom in the area but he took it one step further and added sweet camel imagery

Idk if it's true but I heard it somewhere and it's def in my headcanon

# ¿ Nov 12, 2014 00:07

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

ok 2 things

First, ...! posted a really long comment thread, but it's SO, SO GOOD

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I am a student at MIT who recently received $100 in Bitcoin. AMA (self.Bitcoin)

submitted 5 hours ago by hyped_llama

I am participating in the MIT Bitcoin Project. Before coming to MIT this fall, I heard about the Bitcoin project and was instantly excited, after following the currency for a few months.

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[�]bittrivia 20 points 5 hours ago

How many people do you think claimed the $100?

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[�]riceinthedicemofo 2 points 50 minutes ago

Surely MOST PEOPLe would claim any kind of free cash? Especially students?

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[�]hyped_llama[S] 17 points 4 hours ago

The vast majority of people are selling it and sadly my friends didnt participate, despite my urging.

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[�]hyped_llama[S] 21 points 4 hours ago

Sadly, the unbelievers were left behind. The project is no longer still accepting signups. A lot of the sceptism came from people's parents, as people under 18 needed their parents' signatures to participate.

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[�]daftspunky 14 points 3 hours ago

I really like this feedback, it shows promise. Almost every paradigm shift starts out discouraged by scared parents.

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[�]fuyuasha 8 points 3 hours ago

You just can give away money sometimes huh.

This is especially and unfortunately cogent since one could reasonably expect parents of soon to be MIT students to be reasonably well informed or at least as open to new/interesting (esp technical) ideas well beyond the general population.

What on earth did they think the down side was esp since it was done under the auspices of MIT itself?

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[�]hyped_llama[S] 13 points 2 hours ago

I can only tell you what I've heard. But one of my friend's mother said that she didn't understand the point of bitcoin and that unless her daughter wrote her a report showing the benefits and safety of bitcoin, she wouldn't sign the permission form. My friend simply didn't have the time to convince her mom.

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[�]slothslurp 3 points 2 hours ago

I don't understand this kind of response. Even if your friend's mother didn't understand the point what possible risk was her daughter taking by signing up? Oh well. I'm sure plenty of other kids appreciated the opportunity to sign up

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[�]Here4Downvotes 1 point 47 minutes ago

Most people are financially incompetent so this isn't too surprising to me. The daughter stood to have an infinite ROI on the $100 worth of bitcoin, now she gets nothing.

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[�]bettercoin 2 points 36 minutes ago

Wow. Sounds like MIT is full of losers with busy-body Tiger Moms.

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[�]dendxbptybtc -1 points an hour ago

Just like they do in the porn industry, just wait until they are 18, and hit them up again

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[�]Sharpiedeluxe 9 points 3 hours ago

Not really a question, but quite honestly I am disheartened that a majority are selling their bitcoins for cash.

Are people not even interested enough to try something other than exchanging for another currency? As a software engineer, I can think of a hundred or so different projects using Bitcoin.

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[�]hyped_llama[S] 16 points 4 hours ago

A lot of people are selling it to people who can exchange the bitcoin for cash. One of the guys in my dorm has gained 2 bitcoins from buying it off people.

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[�]Sugar_Daddy_Peter 6 points 3 hours ago

Paging /u/coinapult

I hope your bitcoin drop in Dominica goes better. At least the citizens there won't have to sign paperwork in order to accept free money.

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[�]hyped_llama[S] 25 points 4 hours ago

Most people don't have any idea what Bitcoin is. I've actually heard people talking about not signing up for the project because they thought it was a scam.

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[�]Always_Question 5 points 4 hours ago

This is perplexing given MIT's reputation as a mecca for out-of-the-box technologists. Tip for trying to dispel the lack of understanding 1000 bits /u/changetip

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[�]Cryptolution 2 points an hour ago

Why did you ignore his request for providing proof? The fact that you answered and avoided that question to me immediately puts any validity immediately into question.

Please provide proof or delete this thread. No one wants to hear from a shill or liar.

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[�]joe-murray 2 points 2 hours ago

Free money is a scam? Lol...

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[�]futilerebel 0 points an hour ago

I will never understand how anyone can think free money is a scam! This is no-strings-attached, right??

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[�]CryptoDonDraper 1 point 5 hours ago

Do as Satoshi suggested and never delete your wallet, young one.

Kidding... 'grats on getting one of the MIT airdrops! Every university should get a similar program going.

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[�]ctfn00b 0 points 3 hours ago*

Anecdotal as it may be it appears pretty solid evidence against the naysayers that believe everyone has heard of Bitcoin and its use will only decline.

Its pretty clear that even in a key demographic the awareness is surprisingly low.

/u/changetip 3 internets private

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[�]jflowers 0 points an hour ago

Reading these - I cannot help but to see how those student immediately selling their btc will immensely regret that choice later in life.

It would be interesting if we could have had someone set up a booth in the quad, dressed as the devil - with a sign saying something to the effect of, "sell your bitcoins here".

With each purchase, perhaps have a devilish laugh played, followed by - "you'll regret this later..."

Hell, make it so that the first X are paid 100 bucks (1:1), with the next Y paid some amount lesser, and so on - perhaps with an ever increase in the volume of the laughter.

Record this "experiment" and show it for bitcoin on the intertubes (so as to keep this project funded and able to continue at other campuses/years...)

If nothing else, it may make some really think about what they are doing with their bitcoin - if not this go around, then for the next batch of students (and I'm sure others will give out btc in the future.)

So, do you think that something like this would have made those selling, pause for a moment?

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[�]Vibr8gKiwi 2 points 2 hours ago

So then who are these students that don't participate? Rich kids who don't care about $100?

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[�]OBAMA_IN_MY_ANUS 3 points 6 hours ago

I'm calling it now... There will soon be a couple of stories posted that'll begin with something like:

"I'm currently a student at MIT and when I was given $100 in a strange type of currency known as "bitcoin", I was very sceptical to say the least.

However, the more I read up on bitcoins, the more I realized it is the real deal and the currency of the future!

Bitcoin has made a believer out of this MIT student!"

# ¿ Nov 12, 2014 05:01

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

the other thing is that we started talking about sovereign citizens, so we should all watch the best video again

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

# ¿ Nov 12, 2014 05:02

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Wulfolme posted:

this made me laugh so hard i frightened my dog. these people are disgusting

i wonder if it stayed in the negative

free money and bitcoin, two things that could never be scams!

Not every single quote ...! grabbed was good, but the hit/miss ratio on that reddit post is weirdly high. It's like 80% really funny.

# ¿ Nov 12, 2014 06:42

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

unpacked robinhood posted:

visa is making GBS threads their pants right now

That's an orphaned block, those guys don't understand bitcoin

That's the system working as designed

# ¿ Nov 12, 2014 15:18

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Magrov posted:

just finished reading the latest FTC vs BFL documents, and i have a question: what exactly is the penalty for perjury in the US?

if you're the president of the united states, 30+ years of dick jokes

# ¿ Nov 12, 2014 16:52

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

unpacked robinhood posted:

how do you check that ? i clicked the things on blockchain.info and farted a little and still don't see it

it's not in the orphan list either

Oh, that just sounds like what they were describing

There's no way to do what they described

# ¿ Nov 12, 2014 17:31

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

bucketmouse posted:

every time gross Bitcoin/futurist nerds bring talk about transhumanism it reminds me of that episode of are you afraid of the dark with the greasy leprechaun demon thing with a parallel port for a hand

the mustache nerds even have the look down

she commented 'I will endure the game jabbar' at some point on Twitter so she gets a pass from me

wait i looked this up because i haven't read dune in forever and you endure the pain to avoid the gom jabbar, im afraid this metaphor is very poorly constructed

# ¿ Nov 12, 2014 20:00

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Hammerite posted:

Way to be technically correct (the best kind of correct)

how Karpeles requisitioned his groove back

# ¿ Nov 13, 2014 16:35

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

PleasureKevin posted:

why does the Bitcoin dev do that? seems counter to open source. like make stuff open source then actively kill it's forks with guerrilla warfare until people are afraid to use it.

also I thought it had to do with keeping things fair and massively inefficient.

because bitcoin is, has been, and always will be a money making scheme at its core

# ¿ Nov 13, 2014 16:42

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

these 5 cats express exactly how the bfl purchase of buttcoin made us feel

# ¿ Nov 13, 2014 20:31

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

i have literally never understood the purpose of the skateboard in that scene

or of almost any scene in the movie but especially that bit

also complete side note a friend of mine went to vegas saw penn and teller and told penn jillette "you were great in Hackers", which appeared to visibly irritate him

# ¿ Nov 13, 2014 21:42

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Same Great Paste posted:

THAT'S THREE AND HALF INCHES COME ON MAN

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three and a quarter, idiot

# ¿ Nov 13, 2014 21:43

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Same Great Paste posted:

five and a quarter, and three and a half, scrub

that can't be right nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

my e-cred

*breaks down like the guilty party at the end of a case in Ace Attorney*

# ¿ Nov 13, 2014 21:44

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Werthog 95 posted:

knai

it's really a good lifehack to do things that mildly irritate celebrities, such as reminding penn jillette about hackers, asking steven seagal if he's putting on weight for his next role, or calling darius rucker "Hootie"

# ¿ Nov 13, 2014 22:16

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Heresiarch posted:

because the joke was basically "wouldn't it be funny if people wrote slash fanfic about you two" and that's really not a funny idea at all to the people in question. yeah, it's hysterical to everybody else but not to him for what should be obvious reasons

I would find it really funny if somebody said that about me, but it's the kind of thing that weirds out people too old to be the internet generation.

also, terry pratchett owns too much, please troll less cool targets in the future

# ¿ Nov 14, 2014 00:01

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Thesoro posted:

even ignoring his obviously worse ones like moving pictures and snuff, MR is really good

I had a really hard time finishing Last Continent, Eric is basically half-finished ideas, Light Fantastic is a snoozer, that vampire one is pretty bad

Every watch book owns and anyone who disagrees is stupid

# ¿ Nov 14, 2014 00:42

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Heresiarch posted:

thank god we have fishmech to keep us informed about completely useless and obscure but technically correct minutia

my stupidity was validated by fishmech, he's cool for today, in my book

# ¿ Nov 14, 2014 05:42

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

TVarmy posted:

also, what's the rationale for why freemen of the land think the government is corrupt and dishonest, yet also strictly bound to the literal phrasing of the constitution?

They understand the concept of the law being something that exists as a base set of rules, but do not understand the key component of how the rules are only followed because of enforcement. They basically at all times believe that the magic words will save them until, eventually, it doesn't work.

# ¿ Nov 14, 2014 17:51

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

newreply.php posted:

does anyone know why bitcoin always goes up when there are darknet market busts? is it something to do with how it loses what little value it had and becomes a hoarding thing again or what

For a brief while, nobody is cashing out bitcoin they got while selling drugs, removing downward pressure on the price.

# ¿ Nov 15, 2014 04:07

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

My Linux Rig posted:

no see it was bitcoins that caused him to miss his flight not just another lovely travel agency

it's almost like a travel agency that takes bitcoins isn't one you should trust

# ¿ Nov 18, 2014 00:18

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

surebet posted:

also apparently someone did a foi request and draper paid 700 per, no primary source on that though

what was the price at the time?

# ¿ Nov 18, 2014 20:27

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

FCKGW posted:

~$630

so, in theory, he could have easily bought that many coins off an exchange for like 10% of what he paid for the government ones because of the shallow market depth, right?

edit: heh, the value of 50,000 coins is roughly equal to the value of the 30,000 coins when he bought them

# ¿ Nov 18, 2014 20:33

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

ayn rand hand job posted:

his phone wasn't hacked

it was called so much that it vibrated off of an armrest

i am so, so mad that i missed this

oh well, i got manny to communicate secret messages about how he was kidnapped, i guess that's good enough

# ¿ Nov 19, 2014 17:08

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

also, in my part-time job as "best of ...! bot"

quote:

quote:

Announcing The First Buttcoiner Hunt! 500 Bit Bounty For Buttcoiner Usernames! (self.BitTippers)

submitted 5 hours ago * by DaurgothothBitTipper Lev 5

You must link a relevant post the user made in /r/buttcoin and/or /r/bitcoin

The post must use one of the Bitcoin Myths or a Logical Fallacy

You must be the first to post the username.

You can post as many as you like, you will get 500 bits per username.

Let the hunt begin.

The buttcoiner list:

PixMasterz

Frankeh

Coldwallet

Qualski

borderpatrol

SatoshiNakamura

Economist_hat

total_product_recall

EnUnLugarDeLaMancha

Buttcoin_Scientist

TulipCoins

bens_blackhelicopter

roidragequit

willfe42

Zotamedu

space_junk

bitbubbly

maximus_power

killhamster

wonderkindel

Tesl

statist_shill

feedle

Heywood12

# ¿ Nov 19, 2014 17:08

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

a bitcoiner's message to the guy who took his bike wheel

# ¿ Nov 20, 2014 18:56

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Tanith posted:

does snapcard mean they accept supplementary nutritional assistance program dollars as well as bitcoin?

i support mandatory bitcoin testing for all recipients of SNAP or WIC benefits

# ¿ Nov 20, 2014 21:13

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

theflyingexecutive posted:

I didn't read the word bitcoin right away and actually felt my blood pressure go up

i just dont want to give my tax dollars to somebody who is just going to waste it on bitcoins

# ¿ Nov 20, 2014 21:49

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

unpacked robinhood posted:

til theflying* are 2 different posters :mindblown:

sometimes i see his posts and am all "i don't remember typing that"

# ¿ Nov 20, 2014 21:52

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Sweevo posted:

is Hoobie's Hotdog Hovel still furnished entirely with the free swag Coke gave him?

Yes, people are still harrassing him as much as possible and following his every move for creating a restaurant of SUCH low quality that it is functionally identical to multiple restaurants I've been in before

like, it's a bad restaurant, no question, but he appears to be making enough to stay open and it's just bad food bad decor for bad prices, doobie posters are legitimately weird people

# ¿ Nov 21, 2014 16:29

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

bruce in pattaya with the underaged prostitute

meze grill in the NYC with the burrito

# ¿ Nov 22, 2014 00:21

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Cantorsdust posted:

bruce in the NYC with VERY MISLEADING

i miss bruce

# ¿ Nov 22, 2014 04:44

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 00:39

theflyingorc: Jun 28, 2008; ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS; Young Orc

Taxation is...unconstitutional?

I get certain TYPES being unconstitutional (or at least debatable), and I get them think it's immoral (even if that's stupid), but how do you argue that the constitution doesn't support taxes?

# ¿ Nov 22, 2014 05:48

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