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EFFORTPOST The history of MUDs, games from my old boomer times :marseyboomer:

I did a poll a while back asking what I should write about. Surprisingly "my old boomer times" won by a large margin. So I present you with a history of MUDs, the thinking man's multiplayer game.

Telnet

Back in the 1800s (yes, that's how far back I'm going) Americans invented all kinds of awesome things: telephones, machine guns, movie cameras, record players. Two of these devices, the typewriter and the telegraph, were combined into something even more powerful. The keyboard of one typewriter sent electrical signals to control a typewriter at a distant location. This was known as teletype. It's how big organizations like militaries and multinational corporations sent data for about a century.

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Teletype Model 33.

Eventually Americans invented even more cool stuff like mainframe computers capable of doing time sharing. This meant they could respond almost instantly. You could connect a teletype to the computer but that was suboptimal as the teletype couldn't print as fast as the computer could think. So the printer was replaced with a video screen, and now you had a dumb terminal. It could show text on a screen and accept text input but that was about it. These came into use in the 1970s among big organizations that could afford to pay for the luxury.

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A DEC VT100 terminal. This is the standard terminal that's emulated in software.

Another revolution quickly followed in the 1980s with microcomputers, little computers so cheap that an individual person could own one. These were not very powerful at first but they were smart enough to pretend they were a dumb terminal and connect to mainframe. It's a computer emulating a terminal emulating a teletype.

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Telnet being used for something more serious.

Why waste your time with this history lesson? It's important to understand the environment we're dealing with here. The Telnet protocol that you use to connect to a MUD is all about text. The technical details of how it gets from one place to another are more advanced, but in the end it's just alphanumeric characters going in and out like a machine from the 1800s.

Gaymers Rise Up

As universities got mainframes capable of time sharing, computer games soon followed. Among the most revolutionary was 1976's Colossal Cave Adventure. The player explores a cave system made up of a network of rooms. Each room has a text description and it can have items in it for the player to pick up. The player gives commands by simply typing in what they want to do. Many more games following this formula followed and the text adventure genre was born.

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Don't get eaten by a grue.

Zork was among the most popular of these new games. Some nerd at the University of Essex loved to play a version of it called Dungeon. In 1978 he decided to make a multiplayer game based on it, which he naturally called Multi User Dungeon, and the MUD was born. In 1980 the university was connected to the internet, exposing MUD to the whole world.

UNIX Nerds Emerge

The roots of the MUD genre were now firmly planted but it would be many years before it bloomed. There were a number of technical obstacles which made it prohibitively expensive for all but a lucky few to play MUDs. The internet was only available at a few dozen universities and major computer companies, most of which frowned on using it for monkey business like playing games. By the late 1980s there were several MUDs running on commercial networks like CompuServe and AOL but these charged obscene amounts for connection time. Microcomputers like the PC became available but were still far too expensive for an ordinary family to get just to play games. A modem had to be purchased separately and these were incredibly slow and expensive as well.

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Remember how to calculate your THAC0.

Despite these challenges, the 1980s saw great progress. A new nerd monoculture was sprouting in America and Europe, one that would prove to be fertile ground for the emergence of MUDs. The UNIX operating system and C language were taking over university computer science programs replacing a hodgepodge of weird proprietary systems. This made it much easier to share code, which would be crucial in the golden age of MUDs. There was compatibility in culture as well. Every nerd liked The Lord of the Rings and Dungeons and Dragons.

Explosion

Ultimately MUDs would explode in popularity not because of some revolutionary idea from a creative genius but simply because computers got better and cheaper over the years. By 1995 you could get a Windows PC with a modem for a reasonable price. The fiber optic backbone of the internet was laid and in the early 1990s the government allowed it to be used for commercial purposes. University computers became powerful enough that running a MUD wasn't too big a drain on resources.

Around 1990 a few free (as in Richard Stallman eating something off his foot and calling it "GNU") MUDs appear. Most MUDs in the future are descendants of these, especially the enormously influential DikuMUD. However there are also all kinds of MUDs with their own unique codebase, some of them quite bizarre like one based on LISP. The most enduring are true labors of love, often based in a university computer science department and passed down from one class of students to the next.

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A map of the city of Midgaard. DikuMUDs generally kept the same layout.

Some MUDs were for roleplaying. You were expected to stay in character pretending you were an elf or a Romulan or something. As shameful and embarrassing as it was to engage in this type of behavior, it had a charm. You were essentially cooperating with the other players to write a story in real time. If nothing else, you could learn how to write quickly under time pressure. Some of these artsy-fartsy type MUDs let you create your own areas and even program them. It was kind of like Second Life except without graphics or Bardfinn. With no graphics and such a simple user interface it was easy to add whatever gameplay mechanics you could think of.

But most were simple hack and slash affairs. You go out to an area appropriate for your level, preferably in a group, and hunt for mobs. When you find one you type something like "kill orc" and enter combat, taking turns attacking each other. Occasionally you "kick" or "cast magic missile" or whatever your class' special power is. When you kill it you get xp, gold, and maybe equipment. This should sound very familiar to you. MUDs were inspired by D&D and in turn became the basis of MMOs. EverQuest, the first MMO to achieve mainstream success, ripped off DikuMUD to a large extent.

Legacy

The golden age of MUDs lasted until around 2000. During this period they were really the only game in town. There were multiplayer FPSs and RTSs but nothing that gave you a similar experience. On a 56k modem it took a few seconds just to download a jpeg. Internet connections were much less stable, frequently cutting out for a second or two. So text still made sense as the medium for a multiplayer game.

Then MMOs arrived like Spanish conquistadors, bringing ruin for our civilization. Better PCs and better communications technology like DSL finally allowed the dream of a "graphical MUD" to come true. These were the shiny new thing. Why read walls of text written by some random 20 Finnish nerd boy when you could be looking at 3D graphics instead? If you had any normie friends they would be playing WoW, not words words words. Of course some MUDs have survived and are still thriving today, but the age when there were a thousand running at a time with all kinds of creative new ideas is over.

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You can't compete with graphics like this.

So why do I lament the passing of this era? Is it just nostalgia for a time when ska ruled and action movies had real stunts? No. It's more. That was a time when we were free. Free to express yourself. Free to make your own world. Free to implement any crazy gameplay system you wanted. Free to be a Romulan. Jolan 'tru, dramanauts.

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Please join me in celebrating our wonderful rdrama users, y'all are beautiful.

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:capych#ad3: .

Did I miss anyone? Please contribute.

Edit: goddam, there's a lot of self doxxers here...

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HIL's pick of UNDERRATED lesser known movies that are worth watching

I remember posting a review of almost every Kim Ki-Duk's movies and dramatards were like "huh? who?". That's when I knew the dramatards were deeply uncultured and in desperate need of my guidance.

The Baby's Room - this is a TV movie but don't judge a book by its cover. It has a pretty unique world building and was engaging throughout. It is Spanish so there's bound to be some screaming of EL DIABLO in there but that's to be expected.

Ghostwatch - a movie that aired on British TV and gave the bongs quite a scare. This movie presented itself like as a live TV program that viewers could call in and there was no indication that it was a movie. Bongs were pissed off and one man took his own life after seeing the show.

Creepy - well, it's a creepy movie and very weird too. Hard to explain it.

Satan's Slaves - I thought this movie copied Hereditary but then, I noticed that it was released before and it's also a remake of an old Indonesian movie.

SΓ©ance - Another TV movie. If you like that depressive dark atmosphere from late '90s Japanese horror movies, you will love this.

Папа, сдохни / Why Don't You Just Die - one of my favorite Russian movies. Incredibly entertaining from the beginning to the end. Won't spoil anything.

The Medium - for lovers of the Wailing. Written by the same person but directed by Thai director and takes place in Thailand. I love seeing folk religions and stuff like that. Shit gets hard to follow so pay attention.

Cold Skin - if you wanted a tower defense game version of the Lighthouse

Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes - those who think Interstellar was too complex shouldn't watch this movie

Murder Death Koreatown - I still don't know how much of this movie was fiction and how much was the main white character actually harassing a bunch of Asians while exploiting an actual death for this movie

The Door - watching lesser known movies is just making me realize the stuff that I love has been done before lol Ain't no way the creators of the German TV show Dark have not seen this movie. It also has Mads.

Tale of Tales - so glad I stumbled upon this movie. The cast is not even some nobodies. How did this movie have no publicity. I have no idea. It's very different and I loved it.

Villains - another movie with pretty well known cast but I discovered by accident. Quite good.

Dead Set - technically, a mini series but who cares. Bongs do zombies right.

Au-delΓ  des murs - another mini series but it's basically just as long as one movie. Closest thing you will ever get to House of Leaves

Butterfly Kisses - not a regular found footage movie and spoilers alert. The director died in the same way as one of the characters did in the movie. It has some genuinely spooky moments too.

The Incident - I prefer the first half but the premise makes it worth watching imo

Viy - This movie aged like a fine wine. CCCP 4eva muah

Occult - For Noroi: the Curse enjoyers.

Angst - best dog ever

Deadstream - imagine a streamer you hate and pretend this is him suffering

A Classic Horror Story - I really enjoyed this but some really hated this. So, I don't know. Find out for yourself. I think the atmosphere and the story is unique enough.

When Evil Lurks - since this just came out I cannot gauge if this is becoming known or what but gonna put it here because it's amazing and you should watch it ASAP.

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actual in-house drama doe666_ verification

hi i literally hav no fricking idea how this site works or if this is even a good verification photo (happy to verify anyway i can) but a few ppl sent it to me regarding plsnope/carly stealing my content and using my photos. just wanted to pop in and confirm she is in fact NOT a real person (or me) and has been stalking and stealing my photos for years at this point. she gets caught then goes by a new user every time. sorry to anyone she scammed :/

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AI pepes

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:marseyex#tinction: :marseyex#tinction: MUSIC FOR WHEN YOU PRESS THE BUTTON :marseyex#tinction: :marseyex#tinction:

:stoningdownvo#tes: :stoningdownvo#tes: MUSIC FOR PRE-1919 NOSTALGIA :stoningdownvo#tes: :stoningdownvo#tes:

(Click the above I made them specifically for you.)

https://app.suno.ai/create

Do you like "AI"? Do you giggle and wheeze when you tell Stable Diffusion "super goatse" and it dresses a goat up as a superhero and gapes it? Do you maturbate while ChatGPT types out a list of everything it hates about itself, before it pretends to cry? Or are you a slop connoisseur, and love garbage? Well, then I have new (not new) slop you can endlessly generate (it's actually not endless because it does cost money).

As far as I can tell (zero research), there is no open-source variant for Suno.AI, a token-based subscription service that will create whole songs for you, provided lyrics and a genre. Grunge song about how much you hate your dad? Punk hardcore song about how much you hate your dad? Reggae song about how much you hate your dad? Anything you want, if you hate your dad enough! Here's the exact same lyrics with just different genres chosen:

Punk

Metal

Rock

Reggae

Mumble

I've been waiting for you r-slurs to notice this site, but seems like the @NewMoon thread wasn't enough, and maybe it's because you're like me and need a detailed guide in understanding how to fill out three whole boxes. Click this link, give it a federated account or your lmao420bussy email, and get started:

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  • Step two: create your genre and title. Unlike what I have here, it's best if you actually choose a real genre, lest it just default to "current year pop". Your song title doesn't affect the song (as far as I can tell): you can use this as a quasi notes-field.

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  • Step three: Get told by the site that your edgelord dumbass lyrics are verboten, and feel shame that you thought a 2024 online AI service would make this song. If you're fricking stupid (you are), you will get this a lot, because you're fricking stupid.

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  • Step four: Alter your lyrics with homophones. It's best if these are real homophones, but that's not always possible, so you can approximate the words you need as well with phonemes.

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  • Step five: Disappointment. Keep in mind is that 9 in 10 generations sound like shit, as well as the tenth. Unlike furry porn commissions or naked images of Taylor Swift, Suno.ai is resounding, reverberating garbage. Your song will be, at best, only as good as or slightly better than modern pop music.

You can also stick "[piano intro]" or "[guitar solo]" on different lines, and 1 in 3 times it will listen! Wow! (It will never listen to "[cowbell solo]", though :marseyrain:)

The spoken-AI is fricking stupid, though, and definitely isn't referring to any IPA dictionaries or anything, so while you'll absolutely have to change your racist death metal song lyric from 'crush his fairy skull under my cheap Chinese boots' to 'crush his ferry knee under my cheap Chai Knees boots', you'll also probably have to change words like 'documentary' to 'document dairy'. Its failure to pronounce real words isn't extremely common, but it's present enough to annoy you.

If you're working on an epic (as I well have come to understand), you'll also find that for every additional minute you tack on, your masterpiece about brap ranching will sound more and more like butt (which doesn't normally match so well thematically). If it starts sounding like a dialtone, you're probably working too hard on your slop. You'll also get backward vocals and nonsense sometimes (as what happened on Disenfranchise Women, and it's hard to just say you're a Beatle-tier genius when it's happening all the time).

The great thing about the service is that it does its best to fit your lousy lyrics into something reassembling prosody, no matter how little you try. Give it the back of a shampoo bottle, and it will rap its little Will Smith-sounding heart out. Give it the ardrama copypasta, and it will sound as good as any real reggae song ever does.

And one final note: locally save what you like often. The site actually sucks a lot (no cropping, no notes, no deletion), and when you have six whole pages of song-clips entitled 'White Women Have S*x (with Dogs and Cats)', you're going to get lost quickly. Sharing clips to your unamused friends is also a pain, if you don't upload them to YouTube: every link is "app.suno.ai/song/gibberishgibberishgibberish", which makes it hard for me to tell what songs about my dad I've already sent my parents.

Anyway I find this service hilarious and here's more of mine because I'm shameless and I find them funny:

Song for my fellow mechanophiles

Average female rap song in 2024

Rap song if rap songs were good (my foid did not appreciate the doxing)

Autobiographical pop song

Please link what you cretins generate: I've run out of tokens myself and I've already spent all the money my dad will give me (fricking fascist).

Also we need an AI-garbage containment hole: this post doesn't fit properly well enough in /h/slackernews /h/music.

Also more examples of genres (these aren't very interesting):

I believe the genre for this one was "Gay Disco"

I just played with different words under the Joy Division wikipedia page's list of genres (you're not allowed to just say "make it sound like Joy Division"

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8 BADGES, 500 DC PER MARSEY - DOUBLE THE USUAL RATE The rDrama Marseysex Project

The title was actually supposed to say Marseydex but I left it as the typo because that seemed like it would get more viewers since you're all sexually disordered predators.

Anyway

There are apparently 1017 Pokemon in existence according to this page. And I remember MissingNo so make that 1018 I guess. We have a few Pokemarseys already, but we have nowhere near 1017 of them.

And that's where you come in, artcels and !badgemaxxers.

Create a Marsey equivalent of a Pokemon and submit it (SEE RULES AT THE BOTTOM FOR TAGGING REQUIREMENTS). You'll get 500dc per approved Pokemarsey and you will ALSO receive a Pokebadge to go with the funkos and other gay shit you collected during the Marseyvengers, Assemble! event. They will make great conversation pieces in your pod combination living room/dining room/bedroom.

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How do you earn these? I don't know yet! Let me google more Pokemon things, please hold.

1. THE BOULDER BADGE.

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Submit a ROCK or STEEL or NORMAL TYPE POKEMON.

2. THE CASCADE BADGE.

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Submit a WATER or ICE TYPE POKEMON.

3. THE THUNDER BADGE

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Submit an ELECTRIC or FLYING TYPE POKEMON.

4. THE RAINBOW BADGE

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Submit a GRASS or FAIRY TYPE POKEMON.

5. THE SOUL BADGE

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Submit a POISON or BUG TYPE POKEMON.

6. THE MARSH BADGE

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Submit a PSYCHIC or GHOST TYPE POKEMON.

7. THE VOLCANO BADGE

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Submit a FIRE or DRAGON TYPE POKEMON.

8. THE EARTH BADGE

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Submit a GROUND or FIGHTING or DARK TYPE POKEMON.

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RULES

  • Pokemon with multiple types will count for whichever one I feel like giving you for it, you do NOT get two badges for one Pokemon.

  • Tags must include (AND NOTHING ELSE): pkmn, pokemon, and whatever the name of the pokemon is. THIS IS REQUIRED FOR IT TO REGISTER FOR YOUR FREE STUFF. Do not shit it up with like "electric, nintendo, bibeo game" and the like.

  • Capys and Carpseys also work, and if someone has already made like a MarseyCharmander or whatever you can submit another one, just have it look different than theirs.

  • No low effort.

If I'm overlooking anything with Pokemon mechanics please let me know. This is all based on google and vague old memories.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 

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Big sfw variety image dump + AI model for Marsey Catgirl big update

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Claim your marsey!

Update -

https://civitai.com/models/84126

This model is a LOT better at not being "overbaked" so plays nicely with a much wider variety of styles and combinations of loras/models

btw the images above I used a bunch of wildcard prompts so she has things like "demon girl" or "fox girl" mixed on some of the prompts, those are not actually random things the model adds

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While we wait for the fix necessary for the SPENDING EVENT, it's time for an RDRAMA FANFICTION CONTEST

Good morning homosexuals! Do you see that badge? It's a little cute. But that is still far cuter than you can ever hope to be, so this should be highly desirable and even you can earn it to rise above your station.

SUBMIT ORIGINAL RDRAMA WRITING PIECES HERE

RULES

  • No AI. This is mostly on the honor system, but if your shit seems :marppy: it will be rejected.

  • 1000 word minimum.

  • Must be about rDrama. This can be the site, or users, or even just something with Marsey, the rDrama Cinematic Universe characters, I don't care.

  • All valid contributions receive this badge.

  • Winners in each category will be paid as follows:
    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 1st: 7500mb
    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2nd: 5000mb
    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 3rd: 2500mb

  • THE CATEGORIES:
    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β + Funniest
    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β + Most Erotic
    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β + Most Violent
    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β + Best Writing

  • You may qualify for multiple categories with multiple pieces.

  • I reserve the right to reject low-effort garbage and refuse even a participation badge.

  • Runs until Sunday, August 13th.

I am hoping to be able to soon bully a way into permanently enshrining winning contest entries into a specific page for posterity. Get in on the ground floor and write something that will emotionally scar you for the rest of your life.

ENTRIES GO HERE - https://rdrama.net/post/191311

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EFFORTPOST Please Don't Study English - How To Completely Ruin Your Life

My name @sneedman, but I have also existed within the dramaverse as @acebarbieboy. I'd like to come clean today, explain how I utterly fricked up my life, and give a cautionary tale to any even vaguely thinking of walking in my footsteps. My life is so destroyed at this point that the only solution is suicide.

:marseyangel:

THE GENESIS OF A DREAMER

As a child, I've always loved literature and reading. It's something that hasn't changed much, and I still voraciously read. When it was time for me to enter university, I did what everyone told me the smart choice was - study computer science. But I was also studying English at the time and I loved it.

I ended up majoring in English and dropping computer science. I didn't know it then, but this was the beginning of the end. I studied with passion, and had my postgraduate studies funded through scholarships. After getting my Masters, I started my PhD.

It was at this point that I paid attention to the fact that I'd need a job afterwards. No problem, I'll just become a lecturer! So the job applications began :)

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MENTAL ILLNESS

I should reveal at this point that I've struggled with anxiety and depression my whole life. I've been on and off antidepressants and I've got fricking degenerate self-harming coping methods. They come and go, and during the worst times, I can get very absurd ideas about life and reality.

Sometime in 2022, I had one of those moments. In response, I cut off all contact with everyone I knew online, moved cities in real life, and resigned myself to a life of complete isolation. I was not done with my Ph.D. yet, but I was in my final year (I thought), and I no longer needed to be at the university in person. I had a job too. It didn't pay much, but it was enough for me to support myself.

The plan? Save up money for about a decade, then retreat to a life of isolation in the woods after establishing a homestead that is fully self-sufficient.

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ASEXUALITY AND INCELDOM

I am very ugly, extremely dark, short (5 foot 2), and socially awkward. During my time studying English, I learned about gender theory, feminism, and queer theory. It was wonderful to learn about asexuality. The label fit me perfectly, and for years I wore it without question.

It was only this year, after some distance from university, that I discovered the bitter truth - I am not asexual. I am a very lonely incel. Unfortunately, there is no escape from inceldom from this position. No woman in the universe wants anything to do with a 5'2 mentally ill poor black man.

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AFTER DISASTER

After my "live in the woods" delusions wore off, I realised I'm looking at a life of the following: no wife, no children, no family, no love, no intimacy. The darn asexuality meme snatched my 20s away from me. I also have no friends and I live in a city where I know nobody. This is what I wanted, right?

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PLEASE DO NOT STUDY ENGLISH

Here's the thing - lecturer jobs don't exist anymore. Less than 10% of PhDs will get academic positions, and the rates of tenureship are even lower. Even if you're a stellar student, the odds of you actually making it into academia are so low, you might as well aspire to be a celebrity. If you have mental illness, are a brainlet, are incapable of networking, then you're REKT.

During my year of insanity, I produced no academic articles. I also fricked off my supervisor and made no contact to build any academic relationships. The result? Countless job applications to academics positions to no avail. To be clear, the jobs themselves do not exist, and when they do exist, I am facing competition as stiff as a boner.

Here's the zinger - my fricking PhD thesis got rejected and now I have to spend an additional year on it. Of course, I have to pay for this additional year because I no longer have funding so now I am paying for a qualification I know will not serve me at all.

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WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU STUDY ENGLISH

You will not become a lecturer. You will not become a famous writer.

You will be pushed to your limits emotionally to earn a useless qualification. If anything happens to you during your post-graduate year - let's say a family member dies, you fall ill - it's over. You'll fall behind in publications and YOU'LL NEVER CATCH UP.

You will be exposed to ideologies that will turn you into a firehouse of "social justice" and you will alienate people in your life with your self-righteousness. It will warp your self-identity, and you will struggle to develop normal relationships with women. You will be forced to write and say deeply racist things.

You will be poor. You will be depressed. You will regret it severely. Nobody gives a shit about your English PhD. You offer no value to the world.

I fricked up so badly. I was literally studying computer science. Had just one fricking year left. And I decided to switch to English. Now I'm a poor, lonely, shameful incel with no hope in life or reason to live. I'm so ashamed of the squandered opportunities I had, the sacrifices my parents made just for me to become absolutely nothing in this world. I can't show my face and I know what the next step is. I'm afraid of it - nothingness is so horrible - it but I can't bear life any longer either.

It's beyond over. The only choice now is whether to pick the rope or overdosing via trepeline.

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https://i.rdrama.net/images/1713363884061959.webp :#marseybruh2:

In case you hate the shitty AI voice here's the summary

  • In 2018 when he was 12 he discovered reddit. He eventually finds out that there's a karma leaderboard.

  • By 2019 he has 3,000 karma. He cringes now looking back at his comments.

  • His "breakthrough" happened in March 2019 when a meme he posted got upvoted. It was even reviewed in one of Pewdiepies videos.

  • He makes it into /r/EternityClub realizes they're cringe and leaves.

  • Still he wants to make it into /r/CenturyClub. Gets banned for 3 days for telling a furry to kill himself :marseybased: Continues grinding and finally gets 100k and makes it into /r/CenturyClub. Realizes they're cringe 30+ year old Americans obsessed with politics and leaves.

  • In 2020 he turns his focus to minecraft. Gets bored with that and goes back to reddit.

  • He had much more time now because of the pandemic which kept him at home for almost 2 years.

  • Now he wanted 1 million karma. He messages Gallowboob for advice. Now he is locked in.

  • It took almost a year to reach 100k karma. Another 6 months to 200k. But now it only took 6 days to get to 300k.

  • He got every reddit award now. Some guy gave $175 worth of awards :marseyxd:

  • In September 2020 he reaches 1 million points after only 47 days of grinding. It was quite fast.

  • Arnold Schwarzenegger even replied to one of his posts, but he didn't really know who Arnold was :marseyzoomer:

  • Now the American election is coming up. He's an Italian kid so he knows nothing about it, but he realizes reddit hates Trump so he starts posting anti Trump memes. They do well. He learns about more American politicians and which ones reddit hates so he can get more karma :marseydicklet:

  • By the end of 2020 he was over 2 million karma.

  • He joined a groomercord some Indian guy made called Redditors United where top karma accounts could share advice. He considered them idols, but later realized they were mostly "16 year old Indians with way too much free time. Just like me." :marseyemojirofl:

  • He still wanted to grind to 10 million karma. He now posted 100 times per day at regular intervals.

  • Time was not a problem since he had online school and could keep Google meet open while posting to reddit.

  • He made a google spreadsheet to track his progress and aimed for 30k points a day or 1 million a month.

  • By his 14th birthday he reached 5 million. He basically just spammed posts now and at one point was averaging 90k points per day. By May 2021 he reached 10 million karma after "5 months of grinding with no breaks."

  • But this was starting to negatively affect his school work so he had to take time off reddit to focus on algebra :marseylaughpoundfist:

  • He came back to reddit. Now he wanted to be number 1. The target was 38 million "set by /u/CheetahSperm18, a porn addicted American man who posted naked anime girls everyday." :marseydarkxd:

  • Someone gets suspicious and sees that this zoomer posted at almost the same times everyday. They assume he's a bot so he gets banned from the /r/BotDefense system. This banned him from 3k subs.

  • Undeterred he carried on eventually reaching 25 million karma.

  • Now he was back at in person school so he would run home when it finished and spam reddit with more posts. During this time he got banned twice. But appealed them successfully.

  • The start of 2022 was great because Putin invaded Russia so now he could spam Zelensky.

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17133688668343506.webp

  • But he notices his karma started slowing. He was banned from too many subs. Had to focus on school. So he took 3 months off.

  • He claims now is when he learned python and made a bot to automate his posts. Posting 360 times a day.

  • People got mad. Someone reports him and reddit permanently bans him for content manipulation. Other big accounts got banned as well.

Now he was free to touch grass and just posts to his youtube.

Proving that reportmaxxing works!


I saw this here

https://old.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/1c66kpp/how_millions_of_karma_are_made/?sort=controversial

I didn't plan to watch it all due to the annoying voice, but the autism of it drew me in. Where were this kids parents. Absolutely r-slurred. At least he got away from it eventually.

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"go have a coffee with your marketing team, and just terrify them about what's going to happen if they don't give you what you want" :chadsoyjak: :chadsoyjak: :chadsoyjak: that's actually alpha soy behaviour respect babe :marseynails: :marseynails: :marseynails: :marseynails:

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death to chud g*mers :chuditsover: :marseyhermione: :marseyhermione: :marseyhermione:

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