This thread makes me think about my own conduct on tdub. I hope to learn from this and be a better person. Seems like we could all learn that from here.

8/2/2010 5:08:09 PM

I feel like he plagiarized "Hello world." Anyone else get that feeling? How about you Visual C++, do you get that feeling, too?

8/2/2010 5:38:08 PM

even after reading every word of this thread, including God's long peace out, Ernie's eloquent rebuttal, and Shadowrunner's damn near literary response, i still believe the internet is fake and my actions have no consequences

if i could change i would

[Edited on August 2, 2010 at 5:39 PM. Reason : s]

8/2/2010 5:39:14 PM

i dunno bout visual C++ but i know "Hello world!" is the default first post on Wordpress blogs.

8/2/2010 5:40:50 PM

First instance ever used was in 1972, by Kernighan according to Wiki Wiki

[Edited on August 2, 2010 at 5:41 PM. Reason : .]

8/2/2010 5:41:45 PM

Aptly for this thread, I figured God would have originated the phrase on The First Day.

8/2/2010 5:45:43 PM

wtf?

8/2/2010 6:51:34 PM

there was a post in here from qtmnken but it's subsequently disapeared

8/2/2010 6:52:57 PM

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"Currently Online? : Yes"

8/2/2010 8:44:14 PM

http://www2.b3ta.com/mind-control/

[Edited on August 2, 2010 at 9:06 PM. Reason : To all the people soul searching in this thread.]

8/2/2010 9:06:01 PM

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"When I actually quit this site I'm not going to make a big spectacle out of it. I'm just going to stop posting. And you know what? No one will notice or care "

message_topic.aspx?topic=598296&page=2#14137812

8/2/2010 10:09:55 PM

8/2/2010 10:21:19 PM

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"GOOD RIDDENS ,"

Oh, and

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"Currently Online? : Yes "

[Edited on August 2, 2010 at 10:46 PM. Reason : ]

8/2/2010 10:45:20 PM

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"Currently Online? : Yes"

8/2/2010 10:50:26 PM

Good riddance.

8/2/2010 10:57:03 PM

^^^^^ nice. good memory

8/2/2010 10:59:14 PM

How did I miss this?

8/2/2010 11:54:53 PM

Compared to a lot of past and present members on this forum, you're a fucking saint.

My opinion: Don't post here like you would on Something Awful. It's different when you know people irl.

8/3/2010 12:11:29 AM

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 9:04 AM. Reason : not worth it. ]

8/3/2010 8:22:26 AM

I enjoy teasing people and being sarcastic and I will continue to do it because I enjoy it. However, I don't believe TWW hates me for it or that they should. I guess it can be difficult for some users to know where to draw that line. As a result, I actually try to stay away from topics on TWW that I deeply care about because of the trolling. Furthermore, I try not to pick on people where they may be vulnerable. I would never want to bring pain to someone whether it is irl or on the internet unless they genuinely deserved it. However, this is just The Wolf Web and the internet shouldn't be taken too seriously. I don't want to stand around in a circle and sing "Kum Ba Yah" with you people. So continue with the sarcasm and asshole remarks, but only for the lols. Now back to Chit Chat I go.

8/3/2010 8:47:17 AM

The responses in this thread have proven there is no shortage of dumb on the internet.

8/3/2010 8:50:55 AM

^ i don't think there was ever a doubt of that

8/3/2010 8:56:18 AM

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"Goodbye forever."

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"Currently Online? : Yes"

8/3/2010 9:49:09 AM

Anyone in a position to do a welfare check?

8/3/2010 10:08:55 AM

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"Currently Online? : Yes "

welfare check complete

8/3/2010 10:15:02 AM

That's more a source of concern, I would think.

8/3/2010 10:17:18 AM

i sure hope he didn't off himself without shutting down his computer...his energy bill might be slightly higher than normal

8/3/2010 10:32:40 AM

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"Currently Online? : Yes "

At least log out and stalk this thread. Don't have to be online to stalk.

8/3/2010 10:56:23 AM

He can't fire off angry PMs when logged out.

8/3/2010 11:42:47 AM

Is this asshole going to off himself on a webcam or not?

8/3/2010 11:55:22 AM

^^ I would have lol'd hard if he stole his last line from ReceiveDeath and signed off with

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"I WILL BE SENDING PMs, DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT THAT"

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 12:09 PM. Reason : without citing his source, naturally]

8/3/2010 12:08:46 PM

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" sure hope he didn't off himself without shutting down his computer...his energy bill might be slightly higher than normal"

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"Is this asshole going to off himself on a webcam or not?"

Despite what you think of the guy, this is uncalled for.

8/3/2010 1:30:17 PM

dude, i won't lie...i'd feel REALLY bad if he did actually off himself

but he doesn't strike me as an offing-himself kind of guy...i think he actively enjoys attention too much

i'd say the most likely scenario is that he was set to go on vacation anyway, and thought this would be a good way to get consistent attention while not actually being here

8/3/2010 1:36:26 PM

I, too, think the "most likely scenario" was that he was going on vacation and figured the best way to get the attention-bomb rolling was to get ShadowRunner to call him out and have everyone flame him for a week preceding his vay-kay. And then post this thread, obviously.

Or maybe he just felt bad. Nah...



[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 1:53 PM. Reason : .]

8/3/2010 1:51:03 PM

^ no, even that is too much thought on his part...he's not SMART, just an attention whore

he got called out and when he realized he was getting slammed for being the douchebag that he is, he took the opportunity to make THIS thread before disappearing for a week (which he was going to be doing, anyway)

that's my guess, anyway

8/3/2010 2:05:13 PM

GeniuSxBoY, more specifically it was first used in the B programming language, the predecessor to C.

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"About a month ago, I was notified that something terrible had happened, that it was my fault, and that it had happened because of trolling I had done on this forum."

WHAT HAPPEN

8/3/2010 2:06:35 PM

"fault" is used entirely too much

it's someone's "fault" if they push you in front of a bus...it is not their "fault" if they said some things that they did not know an unstable person would handle badly

it's arguable if it's someone's "fault" if they knew saying certain things would likely lead to certain events because people are, for the most part, responsible for their own actions

8/3/2010 2:11:13 PM

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"NO SHORTAGE OF DUMB"

Oh yeah I got enough for everybody.

8/3/2010 2:24:16 PM

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"Ernie: I see myself in you."

lol

8/3/2010 2:41:21 PM

^^^chances are whatever happened wouldn't have occurred if he hadn't done whatever it was he did.

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 2:43 PM. Reason : k]

8/3/2010 2:42:29 PM

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"^^^chances are whatever happened wouldn't have occurred if he hadn't done whatever it was he did. "

Whatever happened, happened? Wait, who said what to whom and what happened because of what was said? Whatever.

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" I feel they've been rather clear about what happens has already and always will happen. I really don't see any loop holes that have been left open, and I don't believe its reasonable to expect a show to say "this is definitely whats going on for those of you who can't grasp it." even though they pretty much did that this week. "

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"like it's been said a million times before, the events that are unfolding have already happened. there is no course correction here. everyone's attempts to change the future actually result in the future they try to prevent (sayid shooting ben, jack refusing to save ben). "

Source:
http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=535957&page=28#12785422

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 2:59 PM. Reason : forgot to cite sources]

8/3/2010 2:58:07 PM

You can't really blame yourself (to a point) for indirectly causing a person to harm themselves. If someone is obviously at a low point, though, it's a little cruel to give them an extra push.

8/3/2010 3:12:27 PM

I wonder what it says about me that:

- I didn't notice that God was a particularly mean person
- I didn't notice that people particularly hated him
- I didn't notice that Shadowrunner's thread was hurtful in any way... FFS, he just copy-pasted


I don't think its wrong to be a little harsh on TWW. This is our milieu. A lot of people call me a troll, but I can count on one hand the number of times I've deliberately trolled someone in the past year.

8/3/2010 3:12:52 PM

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 3:17 PM. Reason : nm]

8/3/2010 3:17:07 PM

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"A lot of people call me a troll, but I can count on one hand the number of times I've deliberately trolled someone in the past year."

i think many would count that as worse, that you (supposedly) troll without knowing it

*shrug*

8/3/2010 3:30:51 PM

I really dislike this misconception people have that anytime you disagree or talk negatively about someone, you're "trolling". To me, trolling is something disingenuous: you don't really care about the subject or the other person, you're justing trying to fish out a certain reaction.

8/3/2010 3:32:09 PM

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"To me, trolling is something disingenuous: you don't really care about the subject or the other person, you're justing trying to fish out a certain reaction."

i do this...not as often as people probably think i do, but i definitely do it

8/3/2010 3:36:38 PM

^^I think it's a reputation you earned that began with the whole fake suicide alias debacle.

That said, I agree that often times what people claim is trolling is just someone being a dick.

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 3:37 PM. Reason : .]

8/3/2010 3:36:57 PM

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" I agree that often times what people claim is trolling is just someone being a dick"

somebody who is a dick all the time though usually starts to fall into troll category

8/3/2010 3:39:40 PM

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" I wonder what it says about me that: - I didn't notice that God was a particularly mean person - I didn't notice that people particularly hated him - I didn't notice that Shadowrunner's thread was hurtful in any way... FFS, he just copy-pasted "

It means you can think for yourself, rather than jump on the bandwagon.

8/3/2010 3:39:48 PM