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AssuredVacancy
United States1167 Posts
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1883644_1886141,00.html Some interesting ranks: 1st: moot(founder of 4chan) 9th: Stephanie Meyer(Author of the Twilight series) 12th: T-Pain(ahead of Barack Obama/Vladmir Putin/Hu Jintao) 77th: Nadya Suleman(Octomom) 111st: Steve Ballmer(CEO of Microsoft) 131st: Oprah Winfrey(...it's Oprah) 143rd: Kanye West(The greatest human being and the voice of the generation) 145th: Hu JinTao(Chairman of China) | ||
thedeadhaji
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BuGzlToOnl
United States5918 Posts
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
On March 29 2009 06:46 thedeadhaji wrote: Needs Nishimura Hiroyuki lol #0 | ||
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AssuredVacancy
United States1167 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
"9th: Stephanie Meyer(Author of the Twilight series)" wtf? | ||
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TryThis
Canada1522 Posts
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Falcynn
United States3597 Posts
On March 29 2009 06:58 TryThis wrote: It's not, it just happens to have more active fans than anyone below them how the hell is the twilight series influential? | ||
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AssuredVacancy
United States1167 Posts
On March 29 2009 06:58 TryThis wrote: how the hell is the twilight series influential? Because 50% of the world is female. | ||
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McCrank
204 Posts
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Misrah
United States1695 Posts
If TIMES wanted to sell more papers- they should just put Barak as #1 becasue of course he IS the BESTEST PRESIDENT EVER! | ||
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minus_human
4784 Posts
On March 29 2009 07:00 McCrank wrote: what is the twilight series? ;D a series of books about vampires -.-;;;; edit: and of course they made a movie after it also | ||
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beefhamburger
United States3962 Posts
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Chuiu
3470 Posts
Times 100 most popular people according to internet morons of 08 | ||
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Icysoul
Canada254 Posts
On March 29 2009 07:10 Chuiu wrote: Thread title misleading. Should be: Times 100 most popular people according to internet morons of 08 This, how the hell did Rain get to #3? I've never heard of the guy before November | ||
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cunninglinguists
United States925 Posts
On March 29 2009 07:00 McCrank wrote: what is the twilight series? ;D god bless you. | ||
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Rice
United States1332 Posts
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ktp
United States797 Posts
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Bosu
United States3247 Posts
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RyanS
United States620 Posts
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Falcynn
United States3597 Posts
On March 29 2009 07:05 Misrah wrote: Well iirc the list they issue out on their printed release will be ranked according to Times staff, the list posted here is going to stay on the internet.I would think that TIMES will defiantly remove moot from the top #1 2.5mil votes? lol gogogo 4chan. If TIMES wanted to sell more papers- they should just put Barak as #1 becasue of course he IS the BESTEST PRESIDENT EVER! | ||
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Insane Lane
United States397 Posts
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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
On March 29 2009 07:42 Falcynn wrote: Well iirc the list they issue out on their printed release will be ranked according to Times staff, the list posted here is going to stay on the internet. Times person of the year poll was already sabotaged once by 2chan like 5 years ago for Tashiro Masashi, a singer (a damn good one at that, actually) who was convincted of voyeurism lol. On September 24, 2000, he was sent to the prosecutor's office for filming up a woman's skirt with a camcorder in Tokyu Toyoko Line Toritsudaigaku Station in Meguro, Tokyo. In 2001, users of internet forum 2channel voted en-masse Tashiro as Time Magazine's Person of the Year. This act was soon dubbed the "Tashiro Festival" (Tashiro Matsuri, 田代祭) by 2ch users. 2channel programmers developed many scripts such as "Tashiro Cannon" (Tashiro-hō, 田代砲), "Mega particle Tashiro Cannon" (Mega-ryūshi Tashiro-hō, メガ粒子田代砲), "25 repeated blows Tashiro Cannon" (Nijū-go renda Tashiro-hō, 25連打田代砲) "Super Tashiro Cannon" (Chō Tashiro-hō, 超田代砲) to be able to vote repeatedly. "Super Tashiro cannon" was so powerful that it crashed Time's server. Afterwards, "Satellite Cannon -Tashiro-" was developed, but it was not deployed. Due to the votes of 2channel users, he got to the No. 1 position temporarily on December 21, 2001. However, Time's staff realized that something was unusual, and Tashiro was removed as a candidate.[14] | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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Pieguy314
Canada262 Posts
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OmgIRok
Taiwan2699 Posts
They have forever changed my life. ![[image loading]](http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3644/yesfinally.jpg) | ||
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liosama
Australia843 Posts
On March 29 2009 07:10 Chuiu wrote: Thread title misleading. Should be: Times 100 most popular people according to internet morons of 08 | ||
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Ra.Xor.2
United States1784 Posts
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AtlaS
United States1001 Posts
On March 29 2009 06:45 AssuredVacancy wrote: 143rd: Kanye West(The greatest human being and the voice of the generation) I really really hope that was a sarcastic comment. | ||
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freelander
Hungary4707 Posts
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Sprite
United States1015 Posts
On March 29 2009 07:56 OmgIRok wrote: T-Pain + thelonelyisland IMO. They have forever changed my life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU they can be really high ranked for sure! | ||
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anTi_
United States499 Posts
Also some of the pros/cons are hilarious. Tyler Perry's. CON: Do you know anyone who has ever laughed during a Tyler Perry movie or television show? | ||
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Loanshark
China3094 Posts
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3clipse
Canada2555 Posts
There's nothing very interesting or surprising about this. | ||
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RebirthOfLeGenD
USA5860 Posts
On March 29 2009 08:25 Loanshark wrote: Title should be 100 most popular amongst the internet people of 2008 2late~ | ||
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Sadir
Vatican City State1176 Posts
who the fuck believes that shit? pope at 40 or w/e and some lol dude moot at one? Briteny Spears T-Pain in top 11...so lol you can't take this seriously | ||
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HumbleZealot
Canada508 Posts
On March 29 2009 07:26 Bosu wrote: Democracy always works. I see what you did there. | ||
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stroggos
New Zealand1543 Posts
ya looking at this list 4chan have obviously hacked or rigged the polls. | ||
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stroggos
New Zealand1543 Posts
On March 29 2009 07:56 OmgIRok wrote: T-Pain + thelonelyisland IMO. They have forever changed my life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU indeed, one of the funniest songs ever imo. | ||
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iPF[Div]
Spain572 Posts
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stroggos
New Zealand1543 Posts
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InToTheWannaB
United States4770 Posts
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BlackJack
United States10574 Posts
On March 29 2009 09:04 InToTheWannaB wrote: I would not be surprised if a guy like Moot is being wined and dined by politician because he has a small army of followers one day. Like the whole Klazart thing on a large scale. People probably don't care about swaying the opinion of 4chan viewers. | ||
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Gretchen
Germany128 Posts
After that 4chan raged and got serious. Several other Chans tried stopping 4chan by voting random people up and moot down. But no use, moot is far ahead now, unless TIME deletes votes again. This Poll is rigged by 4chan, every other internet assholes, Stephen Colberts Voting-Army and TIME itself. So yeah... | ||
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EGMachine
United States1643 Posts
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rredtooth
5460 Posts
On March 29 2009 09:19 Gretchen wrote: This Poll is rigged by 4chan, every other internet assholes, Stephen Colberts Voting-Army and TIME itself. That's a stupid thing to say. Obviously, having a lot of influence on the internet means you have a lot of influence in the world. Sure several politicians and buisnessmen should rank higher than some other people (Twilight wtf?) but to say moot doesn't deserve it because he has an internet voting army is counter intuitive. Having an internet voting army means you are influential. | ||
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konadora
Singapore66244 Posts
Go moot lol | ||
SilverskY
Korea (South)3086 Posts
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Nitrogen
United States5345 Posts
On March 29 2009 10:19 konadora wrote: Screw twifags. Go moot lol how do you have 20 posts per day... and a 1k posts as an scv... | ||
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_PulSe_
United States541 Posts
On March 29 2009 09:04 InToTheWannaB wrote: How many people do you guys really think are on 4chan? You know you look at poles like this and while Im sure there is not really 2 million people on 4chan voting. It does makes you wonder about the internet and its role in politics in the future. Lets say a internet community ever got larger enough where they could realisticaly get maybe 100k votes. Thats the same as say as alot of labor unions and other organization. I would not be surprised if a guy like Moot is being wined and dined by politician because he has a small army of followers one day. Like the whole Klazart thing on a large scale. its actually really really easy to vote over many times. I think the site allowed like 10 votes to begin with anyways. However after it locks you out all your have to do is go and clear your cookies and cache and you can vote over again. So i would not be surprised of people sitting there voting 100-200 times cause they are bored as hell. It happens........not that i would do something like that........ | ||
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Sonu
Canada577 Posts
and btw  BoxeR should be there XD | ||
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fanatacist
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holy_war
United States3590 Posts
On March 29 2009 10:38 Sonu wrote: wats a moot... He's the founder of 4chan | ||
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-orb-
United States5770 Posts
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chobopeon
United States7342 Posts
On March 29 2009 10:12 redtooth wrote: That's a stupid thing to say. Obviously, having a lot of influence on the internet means you have a lot of influence in the world. Sure several politicians and buisnessmen should rank higher than some other people (Twilight wtf?) but to say moot doesn't deserve it because he has an internet voting army is counter intuitive. Having an internet voting army means you are influential. #1? You think having a small army of forum dwellers with more time and will to constantly bombard a poll than anyone else makes you the #1 most influential figure in the world? | ||
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Solidus_315
213 Posts
rain beating steven colbert again. | ||
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Vivi57
United States6599 Posts
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FakeSteve[TPR]
Valhalla18444 Posts
or rather its an outlet that allows them to think their mannerisms are acceptable delete that site, save millions of young americans from a life of mediocrity and shame | ||
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
On March 29 2009 17:04 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote: 4chan is what's wrong with kids today or rather its an outlet that allows them to think their mannerisms are acceptable delete that site, save millions of young americans from a life of mediocrity and shame And save my delicate ears from having to hear "epic fail!", "lolcat", and "newfag" at school every day :D | ||
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Draconizard
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D10
Brazil3409 Posts
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DoX.)
Singapore6164 Posts
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FakeSteve[TPR]
Valhalla18444 Posts
On March 29 2009 17:08 Draconizard wrote: Not that I disagree with your views on 4chan, but you are a fool if you think it's purely an American phenomenon. who asked you | ||
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tutan-kamon
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On March 29 2009 07:10 Chuiu wrote: Thread title misleading. Should be: Times 100 most popular people according to internet morons of 08 agreed! | ||
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Mastermind
Canada7096 Posts
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Diomedes
464 Posts
And this is especially important since CEOs get more power and are basically unaccountable. Not to mention there are all kinds of new institutions that have power. And stuff like Bilderberg, besides the conspiracy theories around it, is going to be more important in the future. And then we get crap like this. | ||
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Ace
United States16096 Posts
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AltaiR_
Korea (South)922 Posts
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oneill
Philippines278 Posts
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FaCE_1
Canada6174 Posts
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NiTenIchiRyu
United Kingdom273 Posts
On March 29 2009 07:05 Misrah wrote: I would think that TIMES will defiantly remove moot from the top #1 2.5mil votes? lol gogogo 4chan. If TIMES wanted to sell more papers- they should just put Barak as #1 becasue of course he IS the BESTEST PRESIDENT EVER! Care to back that up ? Oh wait you can't | ||
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Purind
Canada3562 Posts
3) Rain 4) Stephen Colbert RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNNN | ||
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HonestTea
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fanatacist
10319 Posts
On March 29 2009 10:51 Solidus_315 wrote: LOL rain beating steven colbert again. Rain is the shit. | ||
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Xenixx
United States499 Posts
On March 29 2009 17:04 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote: 4chan is what's wrong with kids today or rather its an outlet that allows them to think their mannerisms are acceptable delete that site, save millions of young americans from a life of mediocrity and shame haha too late for that | ||
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sung_moon
United States10110 Posts
? can some1 kindly explain why this is significant? | ||
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LaLuSh
Sweden2358 Posts
On March 29 2009 07:10 Chuiu wrote: Thread title misleading. Should be: Times 100 most popular people according to internet morons of 08 Thought you were going to remark on the fact that it said Times and not TIME's. Now that's misleading... | ||
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dronebabo
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MiniRoman
Canada3953 Posts
On March 30 2009 00:28 sung_moon wrote: i dont get the significance of rain beating stephen colbert. ? can some1 kindly explain why this is significant? Colbert made a huge deal last time when Rain was owning him in a poll (cant remember what one exactly, dont think it was Time 08) and he rallied his people to vote for him more and he still lost. Now losing again is the ultimate defeat!~ | ||
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Ingenol
United States1328 Posts
On March 29 2009 19:01 Diomedes wrote: Thanks to nonsense like this the media can get away with not telling us who actually are the most influential people out there and who we should hold responsible for stuff. And this is especially important since CEOs get more power and are basically unaccountable. Not to mention there are all kinds of new institutions that have power. And stuff like Bilderberg, besides the conspiracy theories around it, is going to be more important in the future. And then we get crap like this. I'm severely frightened by the fact you're looking to the media to tell you who is influential. | ||
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MiniRoman
Canada3953 Posts
You laugh that he looks to the media but who else should he look to? | ||
TanGeng
Sanya12364 Posts
On March 30 2009 01:21 MiniRoman wrote: Well Ingenol the problem is the media are the only people with direct access to government. It's a shame that American press have more freedom than any other nations but they ask the least questions. The media is responsible to inform the country and it DOES suck that they fail to meet their responsibilities. You laugh that he looks to the media but who else should he look to? Actually be glad that 4chan is bombing the Times website. Whatever they're doing to discredit the current media regime is awesome. Times along with most other news outlets should go out of business. | ||
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AoN.DimSum
United States2983 Posts
http://kotaku.com/387506/colbert-v-rain-ddr | ||
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Ingenol
United States1328 Posts
On March 30 2009 01:21 MiniRoman wrote: Well Ingenol the problem is the media are the only people with direct access to government. It's a shame that American press have more freedom than any other nations but they ask the least questions. The media is responsible to inform the country and it DOES suck that they fail to meet their responsibilities. You laugh that he looks to the media but who else should he look to? I don't laugh, I'm sincerely frightened. The problem with the media is that people have given it the responsibility to pass judgments ("who is influential," "who should be held accountable") and they of course have taken it and run with it to the point where there is no news in the news media worldwide. It's all a bunch of lens-filtered shit, the lens used linked to the ethical (read: financial) agendas of the station presenting it. News media should present unfiltered facts and then we as man, the animal that thinks, can use our cognitive abilities to pass rational judgment on it. This is certainly not to say there is no place for opinion in television, press, etc., but the sad fact is that worldwide ill-founded opinion is spoon-fed to people such as our friend here under the guise of "news," and over time people have sacrificed their ability to think critically and now look to that same news media for an opinion they can latch onto. That people are afraid to formulate their own opinions is obvious by the meteoric rise in op-ed shows on so-called "news" networks. As our world shifts to concretes and away from principles we slowly lose our ability to abstract and to reason, two traits which used to be extremely highly valued but are now under ferocious assault by stifling pragmatism that pervades every Western culture (and I suspect every culture worldwide). By subscribing (and indeed, preferring) sensationalist media over factual, we have allowed this to happen. Think for yourself. TL;DR: "If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything." | ||
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R3condite
Korea (South)1541 Posts
On March 29 2009 07:10 Chuiu wrote: Thread title misleading. Should be: Times 100 most popular people according to internet morons of 08 agreed... On March 30 2009 14:32 AoN.DimSum wrote: googled the videos of rain vs colbert http://kotaku.com/387506/colbert-v-rain-ddr friggin l33t | ||
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Archaic
United States4024 Posts
EDIT: I now notice the ignorance that was suggested. Yes, I know who he is. What did he actually accomplish? | ||
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aRod
United States758 Posts
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404.Nintu
Canada1723 Posts
"Help X win the internet" If X = "TL", Democracy in action. If X = "*", Fascism. | ||
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ohlala
Germany232 Posts
On March 31 2009 19:20 404.Nintu wrote: rofl. I love you guys so much. TL is my Hypocrisy lair. "Help X win the internet" If X = "TL", Democracy in action. If X = "*", Fascism. TL is always right, and its not purely an american phenomenon. On March 29 2009 17:04 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote: 4chan is what's wrong with kids today or rather its an outlet that allows them to think their mannerisms are acceptable delete that site, save millions of young americans from a life of mediocrity and shame FakeSteve is always right. i hate polls, gonna watch tv now! | ||
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MuR)Ernu
Finland768 Posts
Even memes such as pedobear are from 2chan i think ;_; | ||
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SilverSkyLark
Philippines8437 Posts
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Batibot
Philippines348 Posts
On March 31 2009 19:20 404.Nintu wrote: rofl. I love you guys so much. TL is my Hypocrisy lair. "Help X win the internet" If X = "TL", Democracy in action. If X = "*", Fascism. If you look at that thread, he just let TL know of that Escapist votation. The OP of that thread didn't tell us to vote for his side blindly. He just wants us to vote. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10767 Posts
bastard...  | ||
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jeddus
United States832 Posts
On March 29 2009 08:24 anTi_ wrote: Some of the list is actually really funny. I busted out laughing when I saw that boxer manny pacquiao and Tpain were both ahead of barack obama. Pac-man is considered a national treasure and man of the people. He donates so much of his winnings to the people of his country... feeding the homeless and building school systems. The president is a politician who basically campaigned for himself all year, so more props to pacquiao being ahead! | ||
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1tym
Korea (South)2425 Posts
On March 30 2009 14:32 AoN.DimSum wrote: googled the videos of rain vs colbert http://kotaku.com/387506/colbert-v-rain-ddr Wow hahaha Wait till Ninja Assassin comes out. Stephen Colbert's hope of beating Rain will fade away.. | ||
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CommanderFluffy
Taiwan1059 Posts
On March 29 2009 17:04 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote: 4chan is what's wrong with kids today or rather its an outlet that allows them to think their mannerisms are acceptable delete that site, save millions of young americans from a life of mediocrity and shame QFT. That site makes me sick. | ||
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koreasilver
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candlejackisgonn
United States159 Posts
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DamageControL
United States4222 Posts
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chobopeon
United States7342 Posts
On March 31 2009 19:20 404.Nintu wrote: rofl. I love you guys so much. TL is my Hypocrisy lair. "Help X win the internet" If X = "TL", Democracy in action. If X = "*", Fascism. uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh WHAT 4chan isn't stupid because they bombard polls - this just brought them up. 4chan is stupid because they're full of immature idiots, fucking dumb memes and a constant stream of moronic conversation i have to be honest: i wouldn't hate 4chan as much if it wasn't for the memes they love. it really pisses me off that for some reason i run into 4channers in real life and they will not shut the fuck up about things being epic fail, win, etc etc. it really makes me want to kill them (but make a post on 4chan before i do it, duh). | ||
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KissBlade
United States5718 Posts
Oh dear god, it wasn't. | ||
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chobopeon
United States7342 Posts
On April 01 2009 08:50 DamageControL wrote: whose rain? a korean pop star | ||
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SilverSkyLark
Philippines8437 Posts
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SilverSkyLark
Philippines8437 Posts
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holy_war
United States3590 Posts
http://musicmachinery.com/2009/04/15/inside-the-precision-hack/ | ||
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Amber[LighT]
United States5078 Posts
and i was so fucking mad when I lost  | ||
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andiCR
Costa Rica2273 Posts
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arb
Noobville17921 Posts
lol?> | ||
GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
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artofmagic
United States1951 Posts
On March 31 2009 11:14 Archaic wrote: What did Steve Ballmer do? EDIT: I now notice the ignorance that was suggested. Yes, I know who he is. What did he actually accomplish? fucking up microsoft. | ||
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Mandalor
Germany2362 Posts
On March 31 2009 11:14 Archaic wrote: What did Steve Ballmer do? EDIT: I now notice the ignorance that was suggested. Yes, I know who he is. What did he actually accomplish? being a nutjob | ||
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