What is the deal with 4 chan?

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Trogdor91

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Sep 22, 2004
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Originally posted by: DLeRium
HAHAHA btard! =P

4chan may be weird but remember it's the origin of:
-roflcopter
-lolcats
-fail
-lulz
-rick roll
-much more

There are OVER 9000 more!
 

RichardE

Banned
Dec 31, 2005
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Originally posted by: Trogdor91
Originally posted by: DLeRium
HAHAHA btard! =P

4chan may be weird but remember it's the origin of:
-roflcopter
-lolcats
-fail
-lulz
-rick roll
-much more

There are OVER 9000 more!

Pretty much everything on the internet thats funny originated from there.
 

Kadarin

Lifer
Nov 23, 2001
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4chan can be a cesspool of stupidity at times, but at other times it's pretty goddamned funny.
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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those that have a problem with 4chan, should stick to msn, cnn, these kinds of forums.

Probably the same type that cries when a bar doesn't have stella or shirley temples.
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: RichardE
Originally posted by: Trogdor91
Originally posted by: DLeRium
HAHAHA btard! =P

4chan may be weird but remember it's the origin of:
-roflcopter
-lolcats
-fail
-lulz
-rick roll
-much more

There are OVER 9000 more!

Pretty much everything on the internet thats funny originated from there.

Or at least got a foothold.
 

rivan

Diamond Member
Jul 8, 2003
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Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: biggestmuff
I visited the site once to try and figure it out. It seemed like a giant clusterfuck of jumbled confusion. I still don't understand the /initial/ crap.

same.

not sure i care enough to figure it out.

Same here, too.

I'm certain I don't care enough to figure it out, though I remain curious.

As for getting funny - I rely on ATOT members to filter the endless slog of crap on the internet, picking out the juiciest bits for me. You all are sort of like The Soup for the Internet.
 

SirStev0

Lifer
Nov 13, 2003
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I believe they are hackers on steroids. At least they used to be. 4chan was never funny but occasionally they had some good stuff. It got over run by teeneyboppers in the last year or so. Last time I checked it was all reposts and garbage. Apparently they hate Tom Cruise now.
 

SirStev0

Lifer
Nov 13, 2003
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Originally posted by: RichardE
Originally posted by: Trogdor91
Originally posted by: DLeRium
HAHAHA btard! =P

4chan may be weird but remember it's the origin of:
-roflcopter
-lolcats
-fail
-lulz
-rick roll
-much more

There are OVER 9000 more!

Pretty much everything on the internet thats funny originated from there.

or stolen from Something Awful and Ebaum's and reposted there.
 

Lonyo

Lifer
Aug 10, 2002
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Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Originally posted by: biggestmuff
I visited the site once to try and figure it out. It seemed like a giant clusterfuck of jumbled confusion. I still don't understand the /initial/ crap.

Yeah, that's exactly it, it's not well organized, and you can't really trace who said something, or find them again if you want to speak to them personally. Keeps the Party Van away maybe? As for the initials... *shrug*

Uh, you're anonymous by default. You're not supposed to find who said what, or trace all the comments from one person.
You can even have people being idiots and replying to themselves but pretending they are a new person. You don't "speak" to people anyway, you hurl abuse at them, is the general rule.
 

SirStev0

Lifer
Nov 13, 2003
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Originally posted by: Lonyo
Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Originally posted by: biggestmuff
I visited the site once to try and figure it out. It seemed like a giant clusterfuck of jumbled confusion. I still don't understand the /initial/ crap.

Yeah, that's exactly it, it's not well organized, and you can't really trace who said something, or find them again if you want to speak to them personally. Keeps the Party Van away maybe? As for the initials... *shrug*

Uh, you're anonymous by default. You're not supposed to find who said what, or trace all the comments from one person.
You can even have people being idiots and replying to themselves but pretending they are a new person. You don't "speak" to people anyway, you hurl abuse at them, is the general rule.

If I remember the initials are for japanese words. The original site was for anime, cosplay and general Japanese culture worship. The only ones of interest are /v/ and /b/, v is video games and b is random. b may or may not be the pussing stinkhole of the internet.
 

ConstipatedVigilante

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Feb 22, 2006
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4Chan is the bowels of teh internets. I know two people in real life who visit it regularly. 1 is a stereotypical heavy metal nerd, the other is an artist. I told my artist buddy that every time I have looked at /b/, there is some sort of gay/tranny porn on the front page. He says no, I show him the front page. I win. Or rather, we both lose.