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What were the good old days of ATOT?

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pennylane

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Everybody here always talks about the degenerating foulifying state of posts here on ATOT, how it's nothing but a piece of garbage, just a huge chatroom, etc... so I'm wondering... what was it like in the good old days?
 
When WW posted her wit, when Russ and Red Dawn ruled the flamefests, when Jerboy and Paulson took the heat from everybody, when linuxboy posted thoughts about the meaning of life, when baffled2 was the respected female of the boards, when debates took pages of space and continued for days, allowing thought to develop, rather than showing up in a multitude of 3-post threads that get locked for their repetativeness.

At least, that was it for me. I know I haven' t been here as long as some.
 
Originally posted by: HotChic
When WW posted her wit, when Russ and Red Dawn ruled the flamefests, when Jerboy and Paulson took the heat from everybody, when linuxboy posted thoughts about the meaning of life, when baffled2 was the respected female of the boards, when debates took pages of space and continued for days, allowing thought to develop, rather than showing up in a multitude of 3-post threads that get locked for their repetativeness.

At least, that was it for me. I know I haven' t been here as long as some.
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Paige has hit the nail on the head. Though there were many useless posts in the old days too. Butter anyone? 😉

ZV
 
Originally posted by: HotChic
When WW posted her wit, when Russ and Red Dawn ruled the flamefests, when Jerboy and Paulson took the heat from everybody, when linuxboy posted thoughts about the meaning of life, when baffled2 was the respected female of the boards, when debates took pages of space and continued for days, allowing thought to develop, rather than showing up in a multitude of 3-post threads that get locked for their repetativeness.

At least, that was it for me. I know I haven' t been here as long as some.
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And i remember during those same days that you're now reminiscing on people were saying how the old days were better.
 
Originally posted by: HotChic
When WW posted her wit, when Russ and Red Dawn ruled the flamefests, when Jerboy and Paulson took the heat from everybody, when linuxboy posted thoughts about the meaning of life, when baffled2 was the respected female of the boards, when debates took pages of space and continued for days, allowing thought to develop, rather than showing up in a multitude of 3-post threads that get locked for their repetativeness.

At least, that was it for me. I know I haven' t been here as long as some.
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Same here, less people posted 'does anyone care' because this is off topic and its just a place to say whatever. More respect basically.

Dannylove's babe threads! 😛

 
Originally posted by: Moralpanic
Originally posted by: HotChic
When WW posted her wit, when Russ and Red Dawn ruled the flamefests, when Jerboy and Paulson took the heat from everybody, when linuxboy posted thoughts about the meaning of life, when baffled2 was the respected female of the boards, when debates took pages of space and continued for days, allowing thought to develop, rather than showing up in a multitude of 3-post threads that get locked for their repetativeness.

At least, that was it for me. I know I haven' t been here as long as some.
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And i remember during those same days that you're now reminiscing on people were saying how the old days were better.
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Which is why I added my end caveat, you'll notice.
 
the good ol' days for me were when golden{bear,guppy} were still here and weezergirl, pulse8, them, me, and others would play scrabble or monopoly together 🙂
 
Originally posted by: HotChic
When WW posted her wit, when Russ and Red Dawn ruled the flamefests, when Jerboy and Paulson took the heat from everybody, when linuxboy posted thoughts about the meaning of life, when baffled2 was the respected female of the boards, when debates took pages of space and continued for days, allowing thought to develop, rather than showing up in a multitude of 3-post threads that get locked for their repetativeness.

At least, that was it for me. I know I haven' t been here as long as some.
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Jerboy was part of the good ol' days? :Q
 
Originally posted by: HotChic
When WW posted her wit, when Russ and Red Dawn ruled the flamefests, when Jerboy and Paulson took the heat from everybody, when linuxboy posted thoughts about the meaning of life, when baffled2 was the respected female of the boards, when debates took pages of space and continued for days, allowing thought to develop, rather than showing up in a multitude of 3-post threads that get locked for their repetativeness.

At least, that was it for me. I know I haven' t been here as long as some.
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Don't forget also when the moderators here weren't so anally PC..
 
The main thing I remember about ATOT is that I woke up at 8:45 on 9-11-01 and saw the thread about a plane hitting the WTC... I turned on CNN and couldn't move the rest of the day.

Not that that was a 'good old day' but it brings back the times when I spent hours here....Now I just pass through 15-20 minutes a day... Seems like there are not many threads worth clicking on anymore.
 
Originally posted by: HotChic
When WW posted her wit, when Russ and Red Dawn ruled the flamefests, when Jerboy and Paulson took the heat from everybody, when linuxboy posted thoughts about the meaning of life, when baffled2 was the respected female of the boards, when debates took pages of space and continued for days, allowing thought to develop, rather than showing up in a multitude of 3-post threads that get locked for their repetativeness.

At least, that was it for me. I know I haven' t been here as long as some.
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Wow, it feels like it was such a long time ago that happened. It was only a year to two years ago that happened.
 
Got a question, about the good old days. Remember that dude who faked his online fiance who was also an AT member? Did she also post a lot? Were people fooled by that, and tried to hook it up with her? Must feel really dumb to find out she was no one, just that guy himself.
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: HotChic
When WW posted her wit, when Russ and Red Dawn ruled the flamefests, when Jerboy and Paulson took the heat from everybody, when linuxboy posted thoughts about the meaning of life, when baffled2 was the respected female of the boards, when debates took pages of space and continued for days, allowing thought to develop, rather than showing up in a multitude of 3-post threads that get locked for their repetativeness.

At least, that was it for me. I know I haven' t been here as long as some.
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Paige has hit the nail on the head. Though there were many useless posts in the old days too. Butter anyone? 😉

ZV
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I AM THE PRINCE OF BUTTER
 
People were a bit nicer to eachother last year than this year ive noticed.... now its like if theres even a slight chance of someone saying something that can misconstrued, some asshat will jump on it....
 
Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
People were a bit nicer to eachother last year than this year ive noticed.... now its like if theres even a slight chance of someone saying something that can misconstrued, some asshat will jump on it....
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How dare you call people asshats! That's an insult to the hard-working hatmakersof America! (Or some other similarly stupid comment inserted here.) 😛

ZV
 
The real oldtimers will say before FuseTalk but when I joined in Feb 2001 I thought things were still pretty good.

If I happened upon AT for the first time tomorrow I doubt I'd join.
 
Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Got a question, about the good old days. Remember that dude who faked his online fiance who was also an AT member? Did she also post a lot? Were people fooled by that, and tried to hook it up with her? Must feel really dumb to find out she was no one, just that guy himself.
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Anyone remember who this was?
 
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