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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Eternal Plague

You get threads like this:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/180/328910.page

and then you get threads like this:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/329822.page

And there are of course threads like this:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/330189.page


So how would you qualify the Off-Topic Forum in terms of content (what is posted within)?

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2010/11/25 15:46:29


   
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Lady of the Lake






It is the Off Topic Forum, that's its quality.

As long as gun rights, religion and politics aren't dragged into a thread, and it happens to not be some random spam, it's at least half decent to start with.

   
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Napoleonics Obsesser






The OT forum is amazing. It's got just the right amount of censorship, and just the right amount of policing to balance out all the crap

But there really isn't that much crap to filter out in the first place


If only ZUN!bar were here... 
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






UK

Without the OT forum, where would all the weiner dogs go?

Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.

Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.

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Manchester UK

Avatar 720 wrote:Without the OT forum, where would all the weiner dogs go?


Hell, where they belong.

 Cheesecat wrote:
 purplefood wrote:
I find myself agreeing with Albatross far too often these days...

I almost always agree with Albatross, I can't see why anyone wouldn't.


 Crazy_Carnifex wrote:

Okay, so the male version of "Cougar" is now officially "Albatross".
 
   
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iT'S OK NO PORN

And whilst you're pointing and shouting at the boogeyman in the corner, you're missing the burglar coming in through the window.

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Fixture of Dakka






On a boat, Trying not to die.

It's hit or miss. You get people like Asherian Command, a masturbating teenager, Frazzled, a Right wing, Dog obsessed maniac, Albatross, a rabble rouser, Abbadon Felis, the instigator, and me, a left wing comedian.

It's a mishmosh of psychos and crazies, and a great place to be.

Every Normal Man Must Be Tempted At Times To Spit On His Hands, Hoist That Black Flag, And Begin Slitting Throats. 
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mesopotamia. The Kingdom Where we Secretly Reign.

Off Topic is the best forum EVAR!

Drink deeply and lustily from the foamy draught of evil.
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Haters gon' hate. 
   
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Longtime Dakkanaut






The land of cotton.

To misquote Gene Spafford's Usenet comments:

"The Dakka OT forum is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it."
   
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Napoleonics Obsesser






chowderhead13 wrote:It's hit or miss. You get people like Asherian Command, a masturbating teenager, Frazzled, a Right wing, Dog obsessed maniac, Albatross, a rabble rouser, Abbadon Felis, the instigator, and me, a left wing comedian.

It's a mishmosh of psychos and crazies, and a great place to be.


Asherian is a chronic masturbator? I wouldn't have guessed.

Frazzled is right winged? I was under the impression he takes the 'colbert-stance'

Albatross? Albatross is always right. How can he be a rabble rouser?

Abaddon? I <3 Abaddon Fidelis. He most always has the same opinion as me

You? You're pretty funny.


And dakka, this is why, On This Thanksgiving, I am most thankful for YOU!


If only ZUN!bar were here... 
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






UK

I think it's about time for a group Dakka hug?

Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.

Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.

My deviantART Profile - Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Madness

"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation 
   
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Somewhere in south-central England.

Bunny loev hugz.


I'm writing a load of fiction. My latest story starts here... This is the index of all the stories...

We're not very big on official rules. Rules lead to people looking for loopholes. What's here is about it. 
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Eternal Plague

Kilkrazy wrote:Bunny loev hugz.



I think Kilkrazy is attempting to steal Frazzled's position as the crazy old man who lives in the attic.

   
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UK

Kilkrazy wrote:Bunny loev hugz.



<.< ...and save to Personal Folder... >.>

Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.

Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.

My deviantART Profile - Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Madness

"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation 
   
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Sheffield, England

Oh Kilkrazy, how I've missed your sporadic pictures of scantily clad Asian girls!

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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Burtucky, Michigan

The Dreadnote wrote:Oh Kilkrazy, how I've missed your sporadic pictures of scantily clad Asian girls!



Yes there needs to be more. I see KK on a thread, Im instantly readnig it



I usually like the OT threads. Theres just enough variety to keep things fresh and fun. I learn alot of things in the OT. Its funny, packed with information on pretty much anything, and I randomly see hot Asian women. So its great
   
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(THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK)

It could use a more even enforcement of it's own rules and one or two mods should get the boot, otherwise it's better then a lot of communities.

----------------

Do you remember that time that thing happened?
This is a bad thread and you should all feel bad 
   
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On a boat, Trying not to die.

Samus_aran115 wrote:
chowderhead13 wrote:It's hit or miss. You get people like Asherian Command, a masturbating teenager, Frazzled, a Right wing, Dog obsessed maniac, Albatross, a rabble rouser, Abbadon Felis, the instigator, and me, a left wing comedian.

It's a mishmosh of psychos and crazies, and a great place to be.

Asherian is a chronic masturbator? I wouldn't have guessed.


Ahem:

chowderhead13 wrote:
Asherian Command wrote:
Cheesecat wrote:
Vladsimpaler wrote:

Oh and stop masturbating. Gives you less drive to go after girls. Seriously. I've gone without it for at least 3 weeks now and I notice when I don't spank I always do better with the ladies anyhow.


I've never found masturbation to make me less lustful.

sadly that is the truth.




ASHERIAN!!!!

WILL KILL YOU IF YOU BAN ANOTHER THREAD WITH FETHING MASTUBATION!!!!!!!

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You? You're pretty funny.


And that made my day. That and this:


Every Normal Man Must Be Tempted At Times To Spit On His Hands, Hoist That Black Flag, And Begin Slitting Throats. 
   
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Shas'ui with Bonding Knife





I wanna go back to New Jersey

Excluding threads revolving around one's Philosophy and understanding of the universe which eventually degrade into rage filled arguments (Ala-Gailbrathe), Off-Topic is the place to be.

Unless one stumbles upon a picture of a snow-sculpture clearly depicting lewd acts of "Not Safe For Work" leading to School/Work site lock due for PORN-IP-TAG then one's view of this section can change quite drastically.

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bonbaonbardlements 
   
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Kamloops, BC

I love the "Off-Topic" forum (as long as there's no discussions about religion and politics) I probably spend more time here then the rest of the internet, with the exception of maybe Cracked.com and porn.
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mesopotamia. The Kingdom Where we Secretly Reign.

What I mainly enjoy about OT is the bullying and victim blaming.

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Haters gon' hate. 
   
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I wanna go back to New Jersey

Monster Rain wrote:What I mainly enjoy about OT is the bullying and victim blaming.


Which makes me think, "What if Tau Headhunter used this section?"

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2010/11/26 01:08:54


bonbaonbardlements 
   
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Spitsbergen

I want more threads about raging feminist FPS gamers and the troubles they are faced with in a male-dominated gaming society.

And more threads on sandwiches!
   
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Mesopotamia. The Kingdom Where we Secretly Reign.

rubiksnoob wrote:I want more threads about raging feminist FPS gamers and the troubles they are faced with in a male-dominated gaming society.


Nah.

That's just too silly. Even for me.

Drink deeply and lustily from the foamy draught of evil.
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United States

rubiksnoob wrote:I want more threads about raging feminist FPS gamers and the troubles they are faced with in a male-dominated gaming society.

And more threads on sandwiches!


Shhh! Only women play Tomb Raider, men can get no joy from playing as a woman.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
The Green Git wrote:To misquote Gene Spafford's Usenet comments:

"The Dakka OT forum is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it."


Yet you continue to post in it, and read it.

Are you a masochist?

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Manchester UK

Monster Rain wrote:What I mainly enjoy about OT is the bullying and victim blaming.


Yeah, but you STAY for the fascism.



SIDEBAR: I'm a rabble-rouser? Really? I think I'm actually pretty mellow. Is that not the image I put across?

 Cheesecat wrote:
 purplefood wrote:
I find myself agreeing with Albatross far too often these days...

I almost always agree with Albatross, I can't see why anyone wouldn't.


 Crazy_Carnifex wrote:

Okay, so the male version of "Cougar" is now officially "Albatross".
 
   
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Fixture of Dakka




Kamloops, BC

Albatross wrote:
Monster Rain wrote:What I mainly enjoy about OT is the bullying and victim blaming.


Yeah, but you STAY for the fascism.



SIDEBAR: I'm a rabble-rouser? Really? I think I'm actually pretty mellow. Is that not the image I put across?


Since when was Fascism ever mellow. Anyways for the most part you're pretty tame although, sometimes you do have random spurts of anger but that probably has more to do with being a Brownshirt than anything.
   
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Manchester UK

You know I'm not really a fascist, yeah?

I just like uniforms and ethnic cleansing.





 Cheesecat wrote:
 purplefood wrote:
I find myself agreeing with Albatross far too often these days...

I almost always agree with Albatross, I can't see why anyone wouldn't.


 Crazy_Carnifex wrote:

Okay, so the male version of "Cougar" is now officially "Albatross".
 
   
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chowderhead13 wrote:
Samus_aran115 wrote:
chowderhead13 wrote:It's hit or miss. You get people like Asherian Command, a masturbating teenager, Frazzled, a Right wing, Dog obsessed maniac, Albatross, a rabble rouser, Abbadon Felis, the instigator, and me, a left wing comedian.

It's a mishmosh of psychos and crazies, and a great place to be.

Asherian is a chronic masturbator? I wouldn't have guessed.


Ahem:

chowderhead13 wrote:
Asherian Command wrote:
Cheesecat wrote:
Vladsimpaler wrote:

Oh and stop masturbating. Gives you less drive to go after girls. Seriously. I've gone without it for at least 3 weeks now and I notice when I don't spank I always do better with the ladies anyhow.


I've never found masturbation to make me less lustful.

sadly that is the truth.




ASHERIAN!!!!

I WILL KILL YOU IF YOU BAN ANOTHER THREAD WITH FETHING MASTUBATION!!!!!!!

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You? You're pretty funny.


And that made my day. That and this:



That was a quite..Informative post


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Monster Rain wrote:
rubiksnoob wrote:I want more threads about raging feminist FPS gamers and the troubles they are faced with in a male-dominated gaming society.


Nah.

That's just too silly. Even for me.


I concur.

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2010/11/26 15:53:06



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