I've been dipping into QOTW a bit more the last couple of weeks
I swear half the users on this site only frequent it for the trolling opportunities it provides.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:36, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

The main thing that's ruined it is people complaining that it's ruined.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:37, Reply)

As far as I can tell the formula runs thus;
5-10% decent-ish or amusing stories, undermined by bitter trolls

20% tedious braggadacio, rightly trolled to fuck in a cruel rather than funny way

70-75% mawkish sentiment or desperately unfunny punning, also underpinned by an outpouring of bile from those with nought to live for save the false sense of superiority granted them by keyboard hardmanning

100% PURE INTERNET GOLD
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:42, Reply)

Good use of braggadacio.
An underused word.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:42, Reply)

Agreed
Was trying to work "expunge" in there too but it didn't really fit
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:44, Reply)

I do like posting pictures of Mrs Doyle though.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:44, Reply)

posting + wanking to
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:45, Reply)

How does trolling ruin them? The story remains intact and can be enjoyed or ignored

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:44, Reply)

TERRIBLE TROLLING etc
I didn't say ruin did I, "undermined" was the word. I can see why you'd be confused, it has all the same letters, plus a few extra, interspersed with those the two words share and rearranged to form, in combination with the aforementioned extra letters, an entirely new and different word bearing its own, entirely different meaning.

Simples.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:47, Reply)

You lose this argument by using the phrase "simples"
you're worse than people who say " I'm confused dot com!" in real life. I want them to die
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:50, Reply)

It was a deliberate reference to Robert Webb's Compare The Market advert
in which he illustrates that "Market" and "Meerkat" are different words, that are pronounced differently.

And the word you're looking for is "pwned".

Although that's not really a word.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:52, Reply)

I don't really understand the word "pwned" what it means or where it came from

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:53, Reply)

As I understand it, it is to 'owned' what 'teh' is to 'the'.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:54, Reply)

but why?
how do your get from "owned", which is stupid in itself, to "pwned"?

typo?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:56, Reply)

Chess reference? Pawned?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:56, Reply)

I don't think chess counts as high end gaming

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:58, Reply)

Clearly you haven't seen the size of computer needed to beat a human grand master.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 9:01, Reply)

whatevs I've got an app for that

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 9:07, Reply)

hess ash converters
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:58, Reply)

LTI.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:59, Reply)

For that?
Really?

We both know it'll get worse before the day's out
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 9:00, Reply)

Yes it certainly will.
An early LTI was required though; got to try and keep some discipline in the ranks.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 9:15, Reply)

Typo
The letters are right next to each other on the keyboard, and people are stupid.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:57, Reply)

o and p are next to each other in the keyboard you nebt dpasyic.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:57, Reply)

It's a mistype of "owned" from online gaming that's become a word in itself.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:56, Reply)

Do people say that?

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:54, Reply)

I've heard it, also "Wow that was really lastminute dot com!"

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:54, Reply)

I'm leaving the world at the next chance I get.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:55, Reply)

Don't forget to delete your account first.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 9:16, Reply)

No way, this is my legacy to mankind.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 9:19, Reply)

Unfortunately.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:54, Reply)

They do
It is so genuinely cringeworthy to hear that I am compelled to agree with Nakers.

You read that right.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 8:55, Reply)

I also agree
anyone who says "something.com" when not referring directly to the actual website "something.com" is an annoying wanker.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 9:00, Reply)

an annoying wanker dot com.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 9:02, Reply)

Careful now
This is on the verge of becoming a 24-hour meme
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 9:04, Reply)

24hrmeme.com

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 9:06, Reply)

Once again I breathe new life into this tired old place

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 1 Mar 2013, 9:07, Reply)