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[–] GeekyOnion@lemmy.world 56 points 5 months ago (2 children)

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Thou'st see-eth me rolling, thou'st hating.

[–] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

The gentlemen amongst the homes are always tough.
If thou arriveth speaking in insults, we shall verily receive gossip from your allies.
I only knoweth to be an honest man.
Do not quoth mine words, for I haven't spaketh.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Fark, slashdot, Penny arcade forums, something awful, phpbb, reddit, lobsters, Lemmy, ? Curious to see what comes next in public foruming

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Craigslist forums.

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

doot

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I miss how fun Fark was before I became aware of how conservative the mods are. The more of the conservatism I saw, the more I realized the place was not really for normal people and I felt like an intruder. I was so happy to find Reddit.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Also everything being in a single thread often resulted in me giving up on bothering. And the contrast immediately attracted me to Reddit (I think I went from checking Fark daily to just never going back when I discovered Reddit, at least not until the API changes).

[–] PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. Because they didn't share your viewes, you felt they weren't "normal" people?

Then you found Reddit, which (at least today) is fairly left wing. And you're happy you found it, because it's filled with people who share your views.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

they didn't share your viewes (sic)...

Correct. Racism, homophobia, xenophobia, transphobia, misogyny and other conservative bigotry are not views I share with conservatives, so I felt it would be best to find another place.

you felt they weren't "normal" people?

Correct. I do not consider harmful conservative ideologies to be consistent with the ideologies one would expect from normal people. Although, I concede that conservatives likely consider their own bigotry to be perfectly normal.

[–] PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee -2 points 5 months ago

You can find those views literally anywhere online with varying degrees

No offense, but you sound like a typical online conservative who thinks all leftists are commie loving, America hating, flag stopping, socialists vegans.

You obviously hate an entire group of people for some views that are not shared by all. This is dangerous and I would encourage you not to paint with such a broad brush.

Though I realize as I'm typing this you've already convinced yourself you are right and anyone who disagrees with you is wrong so this is a futile effort on my part. Safe journey.

[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Fark got me through working nights back around 2010. I occasionally go back and check it out just for nostalgia.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Edit: replied to the wrong comment

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Take it to the limit.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I still can't believe they made a movie based on this one, and it was just a crappy rom-com and not a true time travel thing.

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh, wait- you're serious

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh God dammit. Aubrey Plaza? Now I actually have to consider watching it.

[–] bquintb@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

it was pretty funny and sweet.

[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Fark and Slashdot.

Someone on Lemmy had posted the gold spray paint huffing guy the other day... that will never not be funny and sad simultaneously.

WARRIORS

WARRIORS

WARRIORS

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Holy shit this image really is a blast from the past. I haven’t seen this dude in probably 15 years.

[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 months ago

It's all coming back again... James Traficant... Drew spilled whiskey on the server... [Florida] tag

[–] SlapnutsGT@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

The photoshop battles were amazing

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Veteran of many a caturday

[–] Hupf@feddit.de 8 points 5 months ago

one free Internet coupon

[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

I learned about the world trade center attack on Fark. All of the major new sites crashed so people were using it to share information in real time.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 5 months ago

My Fark account is old enough to buy alcohol

Lolz

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

I miss how fun fark photoshops and similar threads were. Haven't though about !!!11eleventy111!! I a long time.

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.run 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You sure type well for someone who can neither see nor hear, Anne.

/ Nothing is obscure on fark

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 4 points 5 months ago

Carol never wore her safety goggles

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I summon Bevets!

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Oh boy, when he would get into it with Fark's resident Israel apologist Tatsuma. What a shitshow.

[–] bquintb@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I had completely forgot about Bevets...

/pulls summons bevets card

[–] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'd rather have PocketNinja.

Seriously it would make my year to read one of those nonsense posts only to scroll up and see who duped me.

[–] JonsJava@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I use Fark daily, except for the days that the squirrel with big balls decides to get drunk (servers go down)

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Yes, but let's keep the good parts. This is a great start.

Do Sports by Brooks models count?

[–] zcd@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

I saw a turtle

[–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Fucking Caturday

[–] PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

I have an old 1TB hard drive from 2010 that is full of these kinds of memes. Caturday, Ya rly owls, the whole works. I should stop by Fark and see how it's doing.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 3 points 5 months ago

I still browse Fark daily, if that’s what you mean.

[–] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Never used fark, though it seems I would have got right in. Sad to think of the good times I probably missed out on.

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I think his knees are a bit too sharp, subby.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Thread of the week. Much love to everyone. Thanks