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Analytic Engine: May 18, 2009; not the analytical engine

Dale "A lesson is learned but the damage is irreversible" Beran is writing a Goon's-eye perspective on the ~~Slenderman/Eggs website~~ hacker pedo troll board.

He was the author of this 2017 4Chan explainer article that non-online people saw
https://medium.com/@DaleBeran/4chan-the-skeleton-key-to-the-rise-of-trump-624e7cb798cb

Quoting from http://daleberan.tumblr.com/post/182765345311/ive-got-a-book-coming-out-its-called

quote:

What�s it about? It�s a history of counterculture�s collision with technology and politics, specifically online message boards and social media, and even more specifically the infamous otaku cesspool message board, 4chan.org. It tells the sad tale of how the site spawned the left-leaning hacktivist collective Anonymous, then how after all those guys got arrested, the dregs remaining formed into far right gamergaters, incels, and ultimately the alt-right.

It also discusses 4chan�s longstanding rival Tumblr.com, and how that alternative online community came to define a new form of fantasy-inflected identity politics.

It comes out on August 1st this year.

You can pre-order it from many a bookseller already.

How could this possibly happen you ask? How did they let you an ancient internet cartoonist whose writing to date mostly consists of far left Zizekian screeds on pop culture (written as Tumblr blog posts) write a book?

Well, I accidentally wrote a viral article on the subject in 2017, on which the book is based.

So if you read that piece and want to hear even more about the nightmarish sludge at the bottom of what is already considered a toxic disaster, human civilization the internet, boy, have I got the book for you.

This is my life now!

One minute I was making cartoons for Cartoon Network that they never put on the air, the next, I was suddenly a troll-whisperer, just chilling out, maxing, relaxing and letting the dark internet hate for me and my work flow in.

Essentially, what every internet cartoonist dreams when they first put pen to wacom tablet!

Anyway, here�s a longer summary of the book:
An insider�s history of the website at the end of the world, which burst into politics and memed Donald Trump into the White House.

The internet has transformed the ways we think and act, and by consequence, our politics. The most impactful recent political movements on the far left and right started with massive online collectives of teenagers. Strangely, both movements began on the same website: an anime imageboard called 4chan.org. It Came from Something Awful is the fascinating and bizarre story of 4chan and its profound effect on youth counterculture.

Dale Beran has observed the website�s shifting activities and interests since the beginning. 4chan is a microcosm of the internet itself simultaneously at the vanguard of contemporary culture, politics, comedy and language, and a new low for all of the above. It was the original meme machine, mostly frequented by socially awkward and disenfranchised young men in search of a place to be alone together.

During the recession of the late 2000�s, the memes became political. 4chan was the online hub of a leftist hacker collective known as Anonymous and a prominent supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement. But within a few short years, the site�s ideology spun on its axis; it became the birthplace and breeding ground of the alt-right. In It Came from Something Awful, Beran uses his insider�s knowledge and natural storytelling ability to chronicle 4chan�s strange journey from creating rage-comics to inciting riots to according to some memeing Donald Trump into the White House.

#books #comics #memes #alt-right #anime
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https://twitter.com/daleberan/status/1095427983471448069

Analytic Engine fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Feb 13, 2019

# ? Feb 13, 2019 00:55

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# ? Apr 24, 2024 10:39

Lil Swamp Booger Baby: Aug 1, 1981

I hope he falls and hurts his hip cuz this book sucks BALLS!!!!

# ? Feb 13, 2019 00:57

Analytic Engine: May 18, 2009; not the analytical engine

God what a shitshow title and OP

I blame Awful and myself

# ? Feb 13, 2019 01:00

Brother Tadger: Feb 15, 2012; I'm accidentally a suicide bomber!

Hopefully Lowtax will get some exposure and finally get that titanium spine we�ve all been hoping for

# ? Feb 13, 2019 01:01

Noblesse Obliged: Apr 7, 2012

They straight up murdered a kid with a zip line bro

I told you dog

# ? Feb 13, 2019 01:02

pnumoman: Sep 26, 2008; I never get the last word, and it makes me very sad.

Does this mean the forums are no longer obscure?

Is it finally our time in the sun as goons?

I feel... fulfilled.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 01:03

Mr. Meagles: Apr 30, 2004; Out here, everything hurts

Hm, I hate this.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 01:05

Chrs: Sep 21, 2015

Looks poo poo

# ? Feb 13, 2019 01:07

Uncle Wemus: Mar 4, 2004

All this because lowtax banned anime pedophiles

# ? Feb 13, 2019 01:08

YagotmeIdidit: Jan 10, 2018

If we just turn off the internet will all the damage be reversed?

# ? Feb 13, 2019 01:10

Colonel Cancer: Sep 26, 2015; Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

Something is awful about the state of internet.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 01:12

Pitdragon: Jan 20, 2004; Just another lurker

feelin like a pretty cool shadowy ghost figure rn

# ? Feb 13, 2019 01:19

13Pandora13: Nov 5, 2008; I've got tiiits that swingle dangle dingle

looks bad dale

# ? Feb 13, 2019 01:21

phosdex: Dec 16, 2005

I'm gonna turn this car around!

# ? Feb 13, 2019 01:28

Moridin920: Nov 15, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

Is this guy actually even a goon or what

# ? Feb 13, 2019 02:34

Twelve Batmans: Dec 24, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

Holy crap lol.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 02:36

Hell Yeah: Dec 25, 2012

this is definitely going on my summer reading list

# ? Feb 13, 2019 02:36

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

So really it's almost entirely about 4chan.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 02:39

givepatajob: Apr 8, 2003; One finds that this is the best of all possible worlds.

Why isn�t there a book about Doobie�s Dog House?

# ? Feb 13, 2019 02:40

soy: Jul 7, 2003; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Woof Blitzer posted:

So really it's almost entirely about 4chan.

bbbut we banned moot! we're relevant really!!!

he should have just made an effortpost on here instead so we could gas it and ban him

# ? Feb 13, 2019 02:42

YagotmeIdidit: Jan 10, 2018

soy posted:

bbbut we banned moot! we're relevant really!!!

he should have just made an effortpost on here instead so we could gas it and ban him

He's technically not banned anymore is he?

# ? Feb 13, 2019 02:55

Linux Pirate: Apr 21, 2012

bad

Linux Pirate fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Feb 13, 2019

# ? Feb 13, 2019 03:56

Shinjobi: Jul 10, 2008; Gravy Boat 2k

Is lowtax the architect from the matrix movies

# ? Feb 13, 2019 03:59

Joust: Dec 7, 2007; No Ledges.

I read the book and did you know you actually have to pay money to post on somethingawful.com??!!

# ? Feb 13, 2019 04:04

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

Op, this sounds terrible

# ? Feb 13, 2019 05:17

Brother Tadger: Feb 15, 2012; I'm accidentally a suicide bomber!

Uncle Wemus posted:

All this because lowtax banned anime pedophiles

This is the scene in the story where I have to go back in time and kill Lowtax before 4Chan to prevent this timeline from coming to fruition ( �If I don�t kill you now, Donald Trump becomes president!!!�) only for skulmund to lead to some Brony hitler or whatever.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 05:29

Analytic Engine: May 18, 2009; not the analytical engine

1redflag posted:

This is the scene in the story where I have to go back in time and kill Lowtax before 4Chan to prevent this timeline from coming to fruition ( �If I don�t kill you now, Donald Trump becomes president!!!�) only for skulmund to lead to some Brony hitler or whatever.

Who's playing Lowtax in the film and who's directing?

# ? Feb 13, 2019 05:40

TheReverend: Jun 21, 2005

Never thought about it but it's correct and true that Lowtax is solely responsible for the Trump presidency.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 05:45

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

TheReverend posted:

Never thought about it but it's correct and true that Lowtax is solely responsible for the Trump presidency.

Maybe Trump can show some gratitude by getting Lowtax a new spine. Does McDonalds sell spines?

# ? Feb 13, 2019 05:48

naem: May 29, 2011

I thought this site leaned to the left mostly

# ? Feb 13, 2019 05:59

Genesplicer: Oct 19, 2002; I give your invention the worst grade imaginable: An A-minus-minus!; Total Clam

Well, some of us hang to the left. Is that the same thing?

# ? Feb 13, 2019 06:05

OMFG FURRY: Jul 10, 2006; [snarky comment]

the list of splinter groups from SA is pretty big and there are a pretty decent chunk that go hard right

but liberalism is dead so w/e

# ? Feb 13, 2019 06:07

phasmid: Jan 16, 2015; Booty Shaker
SILENT MAJORITY

SA will always be relevant.

Exhibit A...

:stare:

Uh, this garbage here.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 06:14

phasmid: Jan 16, 2015; Booty Shaker
SILENT MAJORITY

Next slide, please.

# ? Feb 13, 2019 06:15

guestimate: Nov 10, 2011

1redflag posted:

This is the scene in the story where I have to go back in time and kill Lowtax before 4Chan to prevent this timeline from coming to fruition ( �If I don�t kill you now, Donald Trump becomes president!!!�) only for skulmund to lead to some Brony hitler or whatever.

Lol

# ? Feb 13, 2019 06:18

Nooner: Mar 26, 2011; AN A+ OPSTER (:

Wait what was thid about im not reading all that bullshit, is the lesson is learned guy lovely? I remember really liking their art i even bought one of their posters back in the day

# ? Feb 13, 2019 06:19

Nooner: Mar 26, 2011; AN A+ OPSTER (:

1redflag posted:

This is the scene in the story where I have to go back in time and kill Lowtax before 4Chan to prevent this timeline from coming to fruition ( “If I don’t kill you now, Donald Trump becomes president!!!”) only for skulmund to lead to some Brony hitler or whatever.

SKULL MUND DOT COM BINCH

# ? Feb 13, 2019 06:21

Analytic Engine: May 18, 2009; not the analytical engine

Nooner posted:

Wait what was thid about im not reading all that bullshit, is the lesson is learned guy lovely? I remember really liking their art i even bought one of their posters back in the day

1. David Hellman did the art on LIL, this guy wrote the dialogue

2. He seems like a good guy but it's funny how boldly he's taken on the role of Marginal Forums Historian to regular people

3. Lowtax is going down in textbooks as the 2000s Franz Ferdinand

# ? Feb 13, 2019 07:01

Zeluth: May 12, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

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# ? Feb 13, 2019 07:27

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# ? Apr 24, 2024 10:39

extra stout: Feb 24, 2005; ISILDUR's ERR

wow thats a bunch of lies and boring poo poo even just in the summary

4chan was all left wing mature dudes, then they all were arrested for some reason and then just morphed into the alt-right, sure why not no one is going to read it anyway i might as well start printing this thing already

also the podcast 'cumtown' already explained to the internet that the right went to 4chan and the left stayed here, and then it got silent and awkward when the highest paid guy told the guy who said that to shut the gently caress up

# ? Feb 13, 2019 07:36

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