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Re: 4chan attacks Mises.org

Praetyre — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:57:05 GMT

Funny you should mention that: while I am with you 100% on Spore's mediocrity, I tended to use it more as a platform for non-computer savvy people like me to create interesting looking beings. The Chinese-Lizardman just stood out in my mind.

There are some games that you can spend hours in setting up and roleplaying configurations. Tropico is an example of this that has good gameplay, Spore is a massive dissapointment that nevertheless packs a great deal of customiziability.

Re: 4chan attacks Mises.org

assimilateur — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:14:26 GMT

I see nothing wrong with your avatar per se, but it seems to imply that you're a fan of a certain mediocre (painfully so, bearing in mind its potential) game called Spore. It is a Spore creature, isn't it?

Re: 4chan attacks Mises.org

Praetyre — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:57:14 GMT

Well, to be fair, I have the advantage of being a native English speaker. Then again, you have the advantage of an awesome avatar, whereas my representatve of choice wouldn't look out of place in Superdickery's Propaganda Extravaganza section.

Also, is it me, or does "lulz" sound like how a very drunk or highly-vibrating man would say LOL? I cannot seem to pronounce it without inclining towards salivation. Which seems oddly appropriate, consider it's primary users.

Re: 4chan attacks Mises.org

assimilateur — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:24:58 GMT

Praetyre:
Using Urban Dictionary as a source on anything but obscure fictional sexual practices bored people think up and slang terms used by metropolitan university-age Americans is like using the Jerry Springer Show as a sociological survey of the American public.

I couldn't have said it that well myself, even though you're essentially echoing my sentiment.

Re: 4chan attacks Mises.org

Praetyre — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:07:28 GMT

Using Urban Dictionary as a source on anything but obscure fictional sexual practices bored people think up and slang terms used by metropolitan university-age Americans is like using the Jerry Springer Show as a sociological survey of the American public. I cannot believe I am voluntarily entering this sequence of letters into this site's word processing software, but Encyclopaedia Dramatica is, from what I hear, a far better source on troll culture.

Re: 4chan attacks Mises.org

assimilateur — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:32:22 GMT

Kakugo:
I just typed "lulz definition" into Google and read the first entry, which happens to come from Urban Dictionary.

Quod erat demonstrandum.

I'm not even saying that everything on Urban Dictionary is bad, just that the moderation is absolutely inadequate, unlike Wikipedia. Accordingly, I consider it borderline useless at best, and outright counterproductive at worst, for use as a dictionary.

Re: 4chan attacks Mises.org

Kakugo — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:23:07 GMT

assimilateur:

Kakugo:
Internet dictionary

If you're talking about Urban Dictionary, then discard that definition. It contains too much unmoderated garbage (because the moderators/editors seemingly can't keep up with the influx of shit) to be taken seriously.

The definition you're quoting is a very good example of what I'm talking about. It only explains the usage of the word as it was or is common on 4chan, without even mentioning what's most important to the outsider: that lulz is a misspelling of lol.

I just typed "lulz definition" into Google and read the first entry, which happens to come from Urban Dictionary.

Re: 4chan attacks Mises.org

assimilateur — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:20:49 GMT

Kakugo:
Internet dictionary

If you're talking about Urban Dictionary, then discard that definition. It contains too much unmoderated garbage (because the moderators/editors seemingly can't keep up with the influx of shit) to be taken seriously.

The definition you're quoting is a very good example of what I'm talking about. It only explains the usage of the word as it was or is common on 4chan, without even mentioning what's most important to the outsider: that lulz is a misspelling of lol.

Re: 4chan attacks Mises.org

Kakugo — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:46:13 GMT

You young people with your Rock and Roll and fancy new words! I had literally no idea what "lulz" was until I came across this topic, so I typed it into an Internet dictionary and came up with this:

Lulz is the one good reason to do anything, from trolling to rape. After every action taken, you must make the epilogic dubious disclaimer: "I did it for the lulz".

Which pretty much sums it all.

Seriously years a go a friend talked to me about 4chan and I asked what was so special about it: "Lots, and I really mean LOTS of anime porn". That says it all.

Re: 4chan attacks Mises.org

Praetyre — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:51:04 GMT

Err.. you MIGHT want to check the date of the last post in threads you are commenting in, bro. This thread has been dead for 6 months.

Re: 4chan attacks Mises.org

Dad Heroine — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:47:04 GMT

Andrew Cain:

Bring it on, I would love to tweak some socialist noses.

You might as well try reasoning with locusts.

Re: 4chan attacks Mises.org

nandnor — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:39:33 GMT

Andrew Cain:

Bring it on, I would love to tweak some socialist noses.

Uhm.. pissing off the biggest forum on the internetz might not be such a good idea.

Re: 4chan attacks Mises.org

Jon Irenicus — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:09:37 GMT

Post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy. Memorise its name.

Re: 4chan attacks Mises.org

liberty student — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:26:16 GMT

Democracy for Breakfast:
How DOESN'T Democratic Socialism lead to the highest standard of living ever enjoyed?

How doesn't capitalism lead to the highest living standard ever enjoyed?

How doesn't fascism lead to the highest living standard ever enjoyed?

How doesn't communism lead to the highest living standard, ok I can't make the case for that one...

Re: 4chan attacks Mises.org

Novus Zarathustra — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:59:25 GMT

Capital Pumper:

filc:

What are we suppose to do with this? =p

Yeah "democratic socialism" (really just tame-market capitalism with a strong welfare state, as practiced universally in the developed world) has just lead to the highest standard of living ever enjoyed in human history.

Really you're right, other than that, it truly sucks.

I long for the days when everything was like a fucking Dickens novel @_@

This really does beg the question.

How DOESN'T Democratic Socialism lead to the highest standard of living ever enjoyed? I assume he's talking about how people in poverty were imprisoned.