Time to roll up the digital sidewalks at ATOT

[brianmanahan]

/looks at Mr. Manahan's join date suspiciously

wwibiwb???

lol i actually never had an account before this one, i just lurked here for a long time. finally got enough free time to post on the internet after i graduated from college.

aside from email, i basically used the internet as a read-only device for the first 10 years that i had it

 

[nakedfrog]

wwibiwb???

lol i actually never had an account before this one, i just lurked here for a long time. finally got enough free time to post on the internet after i graduated from college.

aside from email, i basically used the internet as a read-only device for the first 10 years that i had it

Meanwhile I've been neffing since 93-94, when the school got internet access

 

[zinfamous]

also if i'm doing the same hours as my grandma, it would be

- wake up at 2am
- breakfast at 3am
- dinner at 10am
- supper at 3pm
- go to bed at 6pm

So, how long have you known that your grandma is an active member of an Australia-based gaming guild and totally addicted to MMOs?

 

[zinfamous]

wwibiwb???

lol i actually never had an account before this one, i just lurked here for a long time. finally got enough free time to post on the internet after i graduated from college.

aside from email, i basically used the internet as a read-only device for the first 10 years that i had it

same with me, tbh. Though I didn't really find this website until ~2003 or so. Only hit the forum link 3 years later to ask a question about some bad RAM.

I really didn't use the internet at all until that fateful, regrettable, day in 06.

 

[nakedfrog]

same with me, tbh. Though I didn't really find this website until ~2003 or so. Only hit the forum link 3 years later to ask a question about some bad RAM.

I really didn't use the internet at all until that fateful, regrettable, day in 06.

Well, at least I don't have 100k posts.

On this forum, anyway...

 

[zinfamous]

Well, at least I don't have 100k posts.

On this forum, anyway...

this is still the only internet that I do, for the most part.

 

[highland145]

this is still the only internet that I do, for the most part.

How many internets do you though?

 

[Ajay]

How many internets do you though?

Please tell me you posted this b/4 having coffee…

 

[Ajay]

Well, at least I don't have 100k posts.

On this forum, anyway...

Gee, I don’t think I have 100k posts between all forums I’ve been on!

 

[nakedfrog]

Gee, I don’t think I have 100k posts between all forums I’ve been on!

If I counted all of them, I'd probably be over 250k... and I took a break from ATOT for a few years.

 

[Ajay]

If I counted all of them, I'd probably be over 250k... and I took a break from ATOT for a few years.

I spend too much time consuming content to post that often.

 

[dank69]

You are free to go to bed by 7, but aren't you just finishing dinner at Golden Corral?

Look who's eating after 6 o'clock. Your suddenly well-to-do neffer.

 

[nakedfrog]

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I spend too much time consuming content to post that often.

I used to write a lot before I jacked in, now I just spew words all over the internet instead of onto a page.

 

[Charmonium]

Reddit is good for consumption. Reading news links on whatever topic you're interested in, looking at funny pictures, or whatever. There's hardly any kind of community, and not much individual personality. You just type some shit, get some karma, and it's gone forever for all intents and purposes.

It's nice to hear someone say that. I thought it was just me since I could never get used to the rating system - which seems to completely fuck the chronology of comments. I couldn't deal with that.

 

[sdifox]

Look who's eating after 6 o'clock. Your suddenly well-to-do neffer.

I don't think I have ever been in a Golden Corral. Golden Griddle I have been once.

No I don't get senior's discount.

 

[nakedfrog]

It's nice to hear someone say that. I thought it was just me since I could never get used to the rating system - which seems to completely fuck the chronology of comments. I couldn't deal with that.

Nope, not just you, it's part of why I resisted for so long, because overall it's a bit shit. But it is busy, so there's that.

 

[zinfamous]

How many internets do you though?

I usually only do about 3 internets. I think there was a time when I did 4 or 5 of them, though.

 

[zinfamous]

Look who's eating after 6 o'clock. Your suddenly well-to-do neffer.

Mr Moneybags probably has his own tip calculator!

 

[brianmanahan]

Reddit is good for consumption. Reading news links on whatever topic you're interested in, looking at funny pictures, or whatever. There's hardly any kind of community, and not much individual personality. You just type some shit, get some karma, and it's gone forever for all intents and purposes.

there are some tight-knit communities though

like /r/atot

 

[dank69]

Mr Moneybags probably has his own tip calculator!

Yeah, but it doesn't have a seven!

 

[dank69]

I usually only do about 3 internets. I think there was a time when I did 4 or 5 of them, though.

But how many do you?

 

[JEDI]

there have been 'forums are dying' posts here for 20 years

fatwallet forums got shut down by their new owners.
surprised Anandtech's new owners didnt shut this place down.
(Anandtech was sold again in 2018)

 

[Ajay]

fatwallet forums got shut down by their new owners.
surprised Anandtech's new owners didnt shut this place down.
(Anandtech was sold again in 2018)

Guess the ad hits from visitors is keeping the lights on.

 

[JEDI]

Guess the ad hits from visitors is keeping the lights on.

as a tech savvy forum, im surprised people even see ads

 

[Ajay]

as a tech savvy forum, im surprised people even see ads

That's why I said 'visitors'. .
I don't block ads on anandtech.com to keep the trains on time, but here are far too many annoying ones on the forums.