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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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Spinz posted:Still it's cool, you've got some balls Thanks, Spinz. I've got some other thread ideas, might try another one tomorrow.
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other people posted:15 years and this is the best thing you could come up with OP? smdh I felt pressured. In retrospect, I should have made it a poll. How about "goobers"?
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A Grand Egg posted:"The implication is a "goon" is specifically a lackey of Lowtax" 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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Cherube Goldberg posted:Reclaim goon probably the best course of action, there doesn't seem to be much impetus to change. Future netizens will tell tales of the Noble Goons who steadfastly held the line against internet stupidity. "Were you a Goon, daddy?" "Why yes, son, I was shitposting in GBS during the Tik-tok Wars of 2021....those were the days...."
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