luka

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Tbh honest most of the 'characters' we are reminiscing about were quite tedious and trying. Every thread gets hijacked and derailed. Everything goes round in circles. You have the same stupid conversations constantly
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
It's arguable that that is as strong as ever
I guess that's true, but the illusion is different

back then it was an illusion that internet arguments mattered in and of themselves

now it's closer to a true simulacrum thing where real world is reflected back as a heightened, distorted, etc version of itself online
 

luka

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If I were you, Mark, I'd be inclined to stick to writing about Marvel Comics and old John Foxx records.
Posted by: Marcello Carlin at August 13, 2004 08:18 AM

Marcelo was the person I gave my home address and mobile number to
 

luka

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dissensus has always been blessedly free of trolls to a large extent

crazy people held their opinions sincerely

in this Silver Age we're currently experiencing it's become far more collegial, less po-faced than it used to be

you'd never have had this level of inside humor back then

it's a bit of a double-edged sword but ultimately well to the positive

as internet discourse in general has hardened, dissensus has gone other way + become more elastic

it's still a place where people can change their minds about things

This is true. I'm only a semi troll. Agent nucleus was Unwell. There was a New Zealander on here that was just unpleasant, just a horrible, spiteful troll. And maybe there was one more I can't remember but basically that's it I think.
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
like arguing for its own sake, as an intellectual pursuit, isn't fun any more b/c of the toxicity of so much internet discourse

that's why I'm glad we're basically all nice to each other now, even when we disagree about things
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
Tbh honest most of the 'characters' we are reminiscing about were quite tedious and trying. Every thread gets hijacked and derailed.
yes that's true

nomad was an exception to the rule

there are probably a couple others but I can't think of them
 

luka

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Once I smoked so much weed I thought Barty was an undercover reporter from Vice sent to infiltrate this bizarre relic of a bygone Internet age, basically to laugh at us and our made up Internet names
 
I think there were a couple of occasions where random psychos offered a regular poster out. For a physical fight outside cyberspace.

Did that really happen?

Ilm remains great for finding out X music that is similar to Y that I like, but it would be an awful place to go for a chat.

Yep. Marcello wotsisface threatened to "open" mine
 

luka

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Like how they used to send reporters into provincial nightclubs or unfashionable subcultures like psytrance to mock and jeer
 

luka

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I often think all of you are alter egos or semi autonomous sub programs of mine. It's one of my 'delusions of grandeur.' I didn't list them cos I thought people would find them too alarming
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
Craner was in love with her.
I was going to make a joke about that but I didn't want to be an asshole

we emailed back and forth a bit before she disappeared from here

last I knew she was taking science prereqs so she could apply to med school

that was like idk, 6-7 years ago, so who knows
 

yyaldrin

in je ogen waait de wind
i like it when posters with only two or three posts suddenly come to the foreground and call someone out on something that seems quite trivial, like last time when someone attacked sadmanbarty for being a fan of crap avant-garde bandcamp stuff when he was newer.
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
we don't really ever have aggro like that nowadays

aside from truly weird stuff like josef k returning (which I missed anyway) and Agent Nucleus

and even in those cases everything is much more calm and reasoned, more shrug and say "well, you're terrible" and move on

it's for the best. and besides we're mostly all too old for message board aggro.
 

luka

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I was going to make a joke about that but I didn't want to be an asshole

we emailed back and forth a bit before she disappeared from here

last I knew she was taking science prereqs so she could apply to med school

that was like idk, 6-7 years ago, so who knows

So... Padraig was in love with her too! Love rivals!
 
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