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raspurtin: Apr 18, 2005

Posting because Sid bullied me. This is something I've been thinking about recently....

The origin of "goons" as the collective term for SA members goes back a long time, like 2004, 2005?. Per the Saclopedia:

[quote=""Lowtax"" post=""438269595""]
Awful Link of the Day owner came over here back when registration was open to anybody and made a thread in GBS calling all of us goons for putting mean words in her guestbook.
[/quote]

IIRC, the actual context was something like "you and your goons," or "Lowtax and his goons" or something like that. The implication is a "goon" is specifically a lackey of Lowtax, someone working his nefarious intent. Funny at the time, no so funny now.

I think most of us would prefer a collective term that doesn't have the implied allegiance to lowtax. What do you think would be better? I have some bad ideas:

Awfuls
Awfulites
SAPs - Something Awful Posters
The Chosen Ones

There, Sid, I de-lurked. Happy now?

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barnold: Dec 16, 2011; what do u do when yuo're born to play fps? guess there's nothing left to do but play fps. boom headshot

i'm very glad that you have made the transition from lurker to poster but this is one of the worst loving threads i have ever clicked on. don't let that discourage you from posting though let those things fly free in the night sky

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flubber nuts: Oct 5, 2005

yes i choose to be an elf now and sniff my own farts all day.

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numberoneposter: Feb 19, 2014; How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

0.04 per day

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Lil Swamp Booger Baby: Aug 1, 1981

I suggest GADS or gay-rear end dick suckaz well it's definitely true for me and I'm proud, so screw off

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Rad-daddio: Apr 25, 2017

We're the goons of SA, not Lowtax.

# ? Aug 19, 2020 19:46

barnold: Dec 16, 2011; what do u do when yuo're born to play fps? guess there's nothing left to do but play fps. boom headshot

OP count how many times have you described yourself as a "Lowtax Goon" and then compare that to how frequently the phrase "SA Goon" is said, the results may shock you

Rad-daddio posted:

We're the goons of SA, not Lowtax.

gently caress i cant believe i was beaten

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Tea Party Crasher: Sep 3, 2012

The goons run the madhouse now OP

# ? Aug 19, 2020 19:50

Spinz: Jan 7, 2020; I ordered luscious new gemstones from India and made new earrings for my SA mart thread

Remember my earrings and art are much better than my posting

New stuff starts towards end of page 3 of the thread

raspurtin posted:

Posting because Sid bullied me. This is something I've been thinking about recently....

The origin of "goons" as the collective term for SA members goes back a long time, like 2004, 2005?. Per the Saclopedia:

IIRC, the actual context was something like "you and your goons," or "Lowtax and his goons" or something like that. The implication is a "goon" is specifically a lackey of Lowtax, someone working his nefarious intent. Funny at the time, no so funny now.

I think most of us would prefer a collective term that doesn't have the implied allegiance to lowtax. What do you think would be better? I have some bad ideas:

Awfuls
Awfulites
SAPs - Something Awful Posters
The Chosen Ones

There, Sid, I de-lurked. Happy now?

Still it's cool, you've got some balls

It's nice to meet you!!!

# ? Aug 19, 2020 19:51

raspurtin: Apr 18, 2005

Spinz posted:

Still it's cool, you've got some balls

It's nice to meet you!!!

Thanks, Spinz.

I've got some other thread ideas, might try another one tomorrow.

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Hammerite: Mar 9, 2007; And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.; Jade Ear Joe

I assume all goons other than myself look like the goons from Popeye and you can't convince me otherwise

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SIDS Vicious: Jan 1, 1970

I like your thread and I will continue to bully you and I think we should be called the something awful r words

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Lil Swamp Booger Baby: Aug 1, 1981

Hammerite posted:

I assume all goons other than myself look like the goons from Popeye and you can't convince me otherwise

The Popeye episode where a Mexican shoots Popeye in the back of the head and the bullet bounces off Popeye's head and kills the Mexican man

# ? Aug 19, 2020 20:05

Star Me Kitten: Aug 10, 2020

Rad-daddio posted:

We're the goons of SA, not Lowtax.

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ELI PORTER: Sep 16, 2007; I posted on Something Awful and all I got was this lousy t-shirt

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William Henry Hairytaint: Oct 29, 2011

As we turn away from Lowtax, so to must we turn away from the word Goons

Henceforth, we are Snoogs

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flubber nuts: Oct 5, 2005

now i am a mummy i love roleplaying im going to put a mummies curse on the poster directly under me

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flubber nuts: Oct 5, 2005

oh no im not a goon anymore

# ? Aug 19, 2020 20:12

flubber nuts: Oct 5, 2005

BIG TIT LIL NIP posted:

oh no im not a goon anymore

thats right bit h im a mummy and now you are cursed to never have toes ever again you stupid bitch never fall for a mummies curse hahaha let this be a lesson to all goons.

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ArmedZombie: Jun 6, 2004

dead gay posters, or DGPs

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The Fuzzy Hulk: Nov 22, 2007; ASK ME ABOUT CROSSING THE STREAMS

Do you have an escalator in your house?

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Sweaty IT Nerd: Jul 13, 2007

Sid Vicious posted:

I like your thread and I will continue to bully you and I think we should be called the something awful r words

People sure do love that hurtful word

# ? Aug 19, 2020 20:16

A Grand Egg: Jan 12, 2020; by Pragmatica

"The implication is a "goon" is specifically a lackey of Lowtax"

No its not

This is stupid

Im going to punch an elf

# ? Aug 19, 2020 20:19

other people: Jun 27, 2004; Associate Christ

15 years and this is the best thing you could come up with OP? smdh

# ? Aug 19, 2020 20:27

SIDS Vicious: Jan 1, 1970

Sweaty IT Nerd posted:

People sure do love that hurtful word

oh cool it's this guy again

# ? Aug 19, 2020 20:33

raspurtin: Apr 18, 2005

A Grand Egg posted:

"The implication is a "goon" is specifically a lackey of Lowtax"

No its not

This is stupid

Im going to punch an elf

There's also the historic connotation with Nazis, goon being what the US GIs called German soldiers.

GI: "There's three jerrys by the bridge, Murph"

Murph: "Let's take out those fuckin' goons"

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other people: Jun 27, 2004; Associate Christ

morons

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

What about henches?

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Kingo Ligma: Aug 24, 2019; Fuck yeah cinema is finally dead

raspurtin posted:

There's also the historic connotation with Nazis, goon being what the US GIs called German soldiers.

GI: "There's three jerrys by the bridge, Murph"

Murph: "Let's take out those fuckin' goons"

No it's not you loving idiot. It's a generic insult, nothing specific to Nazis at all. You may as well say "motherfucker" has Nazi connotations because a Nazi gets called a motherfucker in Inglorious Basterds. Goddamn op how the actual gently caress are you this stupid? Mods please change this stupid gently caress's name to "velcro shoes".

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Literally A Person: Jan 1, 1970; Smugworth Wuz Here

If we changed our moniker then I couldn't spell goons with a "z" like GOONZ. That would be too bad, OP.

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Hell Yeah: Dec 25, 2012

raspurtin posted:

Posting because Sid bullied me. This is something I've been thinking about recently....

The origin of "goons" as the collective term for SA members goes back a long time, like 2004, 2005?. Per the Saclopedia:

IIRC, the actual context was something like "you and your goons," or "Lowtax and his goons" or something like that. The implication is a "goon" is specifically a lackey of Lowtax, someone working his nefarious intent. Funny at the time, no so funny now.

I think most of us would prefer a collective term that doesn't have the implied allegiance to lowtax. What do you think would be better? I have some bad ideas:

Awfuls
Awfulites
SAPs - Something Awful Posters
The Chosen Ones

There, Sid, I de-lurked. Happy now?

op you deserve to be bullied.

# ? Aug 19, 2020 20:49

A Grand Egg: Jan 12, 2020; by Pragmatica

raspurtin posted:

There's also the historic connotation with Nazis, goon being what the US GIs called German soldiers.

GI: "There's three jerrys by the bridge, Murph"

Murph: "Let's take out those fuckin' goons"

Nice try, but its so un-used or referenced that specific use is disarmed.

Goon is a ice hockey term more-so than a Nazi one, and who the gently caress cares about ice hockey

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