It's always been an abrasive place,but a lot less so in the last couple of years. Have a look back to say, five years ago. Considerably rougher around the edges. And by edges, they meant your ring.
No, the long decline started years ago with the advent of Wobbly Bloke. Posting three toweringly shit filtered photos each evening of people he'd wanked over and whose birthdays were that day. What had happened was that he saw that mofaha's vector graphics were quite popular and wanted a piece of the action despite lacking any discernible talent in the area. Day after day, the pictures would roll in. We tolerated them at first. Then tolerance led to a disquiet that he was somehow feeding off of the lifeblood of b3ta, sucking it dry and humping the shrivelled husk. In days of old, he'd have been hounded off the board, sent packing, possibly violated. But the mods allowed him to continue. His ego grew and grew as people circle jerked him, usually the unfunniest of cunts, the sort who would have mugs with 'you don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps!' OH HA HA HA YOU FUCKING PRICK. Posters started to drift away, many by the soft porn aspects of some of his stuff, many by the sheer weight of joyless graphics. There were no jokes to most of his stuff (although it must be noted he could post some genuinely funny stuff on occasion). Eventually, we lost many of the really funny, creative types. Rob's interst waned as he went to suck corporate cock for The Mirror. Happy Toast was left alone with the keys and it was a steep learning curve. Differences of opinion happened, people found they had families, less forgiving offices that didn't allow for funny websites at lunch (a process accelerated by the posting of numerous unfunny soft-porn gifs by certain members).
New members turned up who didn't necessarily understand what had been and couldn't understand some of the barbed comments that were seen as general affection by regulars. More regulars left, but fewer came to replace them. Eventually, the place changed and became more about social circles than satire. Titter, Facebook, Buzzfeed, they all helped in the decline.
And here we are now. Groups of people with very different ideas of what the place should be or what it's for. Some nicer than others, each with a point.
(No, the long decline started years ago with the advent of Wobbly Bloke. Posting three toweringly shit filtered photos each evening of people he'd wanked over and whose birthdays were that day. What had happened was that he saw that mofaha's vector graphics were quite popular and wanted a piece of the action despite lacking any discernible talent in the area. Day after day, the pictures would roll in. We tolerated them at first. Then tolerance led to a disquiet that he was somehow feeding off of the lifeblood of b3ta, sucking it dry and humping the shrivelled husk. In days of old, he'd have been hounded off the board, sent packing, possibly violated. But the mods allowed him to continue. His ego grew and grew as people circle jerked him, usually the unfunniest of cunts, the sort who would have mugs with 'you don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps!' OH HA HA HA YOU FUCKING PRICK. Posters started to drift away, many by the soft porn aspects of some of his stuff, many by the sheer weight of joyless graphics. There were no jokes to most of his stuff (although it must be noted he could post some genuinely funny stuff on occasion). Eventually, we lost many of the really funny, creative types. Rob's interst waned as he went to suck corporate cock for The Mirror. Happy Toast was left alone with the keys and it was a steep learning curve. Differences of opinion happened, people found they had families, less forgiving offices that didn't allow for funny websites at lunch (a process accelerated by the posting of numerous unfunny soft-porn gifs by certain members).
New members turned up who didn't necessarily understand what had been and couldn't understand some of the barbed comments that were seen as general affection by regulars. More regulars left, but fewer came to replace them. Eventually, the place changed and became more about social circles than satire. Titter, Facebook, Buzzfeed, they all helped in the decline.
And here we are now. Groups of people with very different ideas of what the place should be or what it's for. Some nicer than others, each with a point.
Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 21:10,
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That, Colonel, is quite impressiveAs a n00b, dipping my toe into the proverbial frying pan, I quite enjoyed looking back through the archives - and was genuinely amused by a lot of the banter and 'shopping that has gone on in the past.
I guess b3ta is getting old and tired (as we all are) - but how do you continue with something that keeps the interest of the short attention span youngsters?
In the last year there has been some superb thread rushes - Jolly Jack and the burning house was a classic - and it still amazes me how fast some folk can rustle up a cracking joke AND image(s). Let's have more!
(I guess b3ta is getting old and tired (as we all are) - but how do you continue with something that keeps the interest of the short attention span youngsters?
In the last year there has been some superb thread rushes - Jolly Jack and the burning house was a classic - and it still amazes me how fast some folk can rustle up a cracking joke AND image(s). Let's have more!
Shallowz Has Aspirations Syndrome,
Sun 21 Dec 2014, 21:31,
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That is all quite aptly putwell done
Ps: forgot all about Wobbly Bloke. Had him on ignore for ages.
(Ps: forgot all about Wobbly Bloke. Had him on ignore for ages.
mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this,
Mon 22 Dec 2014, 10:23,
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what the fuck did you cuntsDo to my favorite website on the World Wide Web?
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sof sof,
Mon 22 Dec 2014, 23:22,
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