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Dogeh
Aug 30, 2017

ShitMeter: -------------|- 99%
We broke the Internet for the rest of the world.
Rejoice in our global fuckery.

http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2018/08/20/we-cant-fix-the-internet

Oh and Harry Potter did too.
Stuff about SA starts part way down.

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Pound_Coin
Feb 5, 2004
£


No SA = very likely no 4chan

No 4chan = very likely no trump

We didnt break just the internet, we created hellworld

Pound_Coin fucked around with this message at 09:51 on Aug 21, 2018

putin is a cunt
Apr 5, 2007

BOY DO I SURE ENJOY TRASH. THERE'S NOTHING MORE I LOVE THAN TO SIT DOWN IN FRONT OF THE BIG SCREEN AND EAT A BIIIIG STEAMY BOWL OF SHIT. WARNER BROS CAN COME OVER TO MY HOUSE AND ASSFUCK MY MOM WHILE I WATCH AND I WOULD CERTIFY IT FRESH, NO QUESTION

Pound_Coin posted:

No 4chan = very likely no trump

lol ok

Mooey Cow
Jan 27, 2018

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Pillbug
I had no idea goons invented the good ol internet dogpile! :monocle:

Ein cooler Typ
Nov 26, 2013

by FactsAreUseless


memes are never wrong


Mega64
May 23, 2008

I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.
sorry

Vaginal Vagrant
Jan 12, 2007

by R. Guyovich

Pound_Coin posted:

No SA = very likely no 4chan


So maybe someone else starts a forum for anime pedos and nothing else changes.

r u ready to WALK
Sep 29, 2001

i feel like huge garbage platforms like reddit and twitter has been far more instrumental in destroying the world than niche sites like SA and 4chan

hemale in pain
Jun 5, 2010




4chan people are kinda delusional

Booty Pageant
Apr 20, 2012
if that's the case my SA account should entitle me to shares in the internet and be paying me dividends!!!!

Ein cooler Typ
Nov 26, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
I blame normies for ruining the internet

facebook was a mistake

Honky Dong Country
Feb 11, 2015

People give the internet way too much credit.

Ein cooler Typ
Nov 26, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
back in my day we spread fake news via the fax machine and we LIKED it that way

Joust
Dec 7, 2007

No Ledges.
You have shown values considered to be outside the group's community. Prepare for THE PURGE!
*A bunch of people post photos of cool dogs*

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

(and can't post for 9 days!)

what's the writer's username

show yourself kotaku uk contributor

edit: so we can purge you

Ligament
Jun 12, 2018
Biscuit Hider
Gita Jackson log off. please. I implore you. just turn your computer off and put down your cell phone.

Ligament
Jun 12, 2018
Biscuit Hider

Honky Dong Country posted:

People give the internet way too much credit.

Motorola 68000
Apr 25, 2014

"Don't be nice. Be good."
Social Media broke the internet. Facebook and Twitter primarily.

Bajaj
Sep 13, 2017

by FactsAreUseless
I'd like to see a citation on that entire KOTAKU article, please.

Mooey Cow
Jan 27, 2018

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Pillbug
lol if you think giant corporations buying adspace from other giant corporations so your gramps can share a stupid Breitbart chain mail on his facebook has any deleterious effect on the internet. It was actually GOONS doing a PURGE!

Zzulu
May 15, 2009

(▰˘v˘▰)
Looking at Brexit and Donald it's apparently country rubes who rule the world and are the basis of democratic development now

King of Bees
Dec 28, 2012
Gravy Boat 2k
Club Penguin broke the internet.

Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

Actually OP I think you'll find a heavily photoshopped image of a sex video actress broke the internet, a magazine told me so

Papa Emeritus III
Jul 7, 2017

[A MESSAGE FROM THE CLERGY]

Dat's Pussy Trap, bitch!

Deal with it.
The article is an interesting read but that's a lot of word salad to chew on to just say "society acts like the internet irl now". At least, that's the impression I got before my eyes glazed over. If I missed something, my bad.

Also, sorry for breaking your internets. Here, have mine...

HugeGrossBurrito
Mar 20, 2018
Something Awful invented being mean to people, before Lowtax nothing bad ever happened.

Paul Revere 3000
Dec 8, 2007

So like a pimp I'm pimpin'
I got a boat to eat shrimp in
Nothing wrong with my leg
I'm just B-boy limpin'


Goons broke the internet by sitting on it.


Goons are fat.

pop fly to McGillicutty
Feb 2, 2004

A peckish little mouse!

Pound_Coin posted:

No SA = very likely no 4chan

No 4chan = very likely no trump

We didnt break just the internet, we created hellworld

I've been in development with Musky Elongate to build a timecube. I will save us all. I will abort unbornlowtax

ilovebeersooomuch
May 23, 2014



That article was a steaming pile of poo poo written by someone on the spectrum whose delusions of grandeur include social theory which has evaded actual professionals all these years.

Wow, what a great job wasting all those electrons it took to write this lovely article when they could have been used for something productive like lighting a bbq, running an e-cig, or shitposting. As someone posted earlier, people have always been mean to each other because we suck as a species and forums has nothing to do with that.

I am very disappointed OP. I'm not angry, just disappointed.

super sweet best pal
Nov 18, 2009

I'm proud of my accomplishments. At least I'm not at Kotaku writing lovely fluff pieces.

CheesyDog
Jul 4, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
The Internet made it so that depressed introvert shut-ins could gain influence over our culture with their minimal-effort broke-brain opinion spouting

bitmap
Aug 8, 2006

bet that little bitch ate a perma

BexGu
Jan 9, 2004

This fucking day....
Why is a video game website writing poo poo like this?

GRINDCORE MEGGIDO
Feb 28, 1985


Several goons in the comment section

Khazar-khum
Oct 22, 2008

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:
2nd Battalion

BexGu posted:

Why is a video game website writing poo poo like this?

Because every other site had the sense to reject it.

Joust
Dec 7, 2007

No Ledges.
Letting people type words on the internet set a dangerous precedent.

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

I remember the Harry Potter fandom flame wars of 01. It was a crazy time.

gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005
pornhub broke my penis

Dogeh
Aug 30, 2017

ShitMeter: -------------|- 99%

Joust posted:

Letting people type words on the internet set a dangerous precedent.

I can't take anyone seriously who plays mostly The Sims and No Mans Sky.
Gita, if you're reading this, you need to get into some serious gaming and write stories on games that we all want to play like Mario Kart 64 or Goldeneye

Sponge Baathist
Jan 30, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
I, for one, am glad of it.

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Random Stranger
Nov 27, 2009



I'd say we need to nuke the Internet, but it's designed specifically to survive that. :argh:

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