moot did nothing wrong
2 2021-01-14 by itsnotmyfault
With all of this talk about removing Parler from the various app stores and hosting services, and political perma-bans on various platforms I want us all to take a moment and think about where this all started.
Not with GamerGate, as some would believe, but somewhere further back.
Not with SomethingAwful, that's too far back and too many good progressive people came out of there so it can't be that bad, obviously.
But, as you saw in the title, 4chan.
I just want us all to take a moment and appreciate moot, who made this possible. All of our drama ultimately stems from him.
He helped mold our young impressionable minds into a generation of tech-obsessed degenerate weebs free from moral tethers.
Under moot's gentle guiding hands, an army of autistic software engineers was sculpted to bring glory to our neoliberal utopia.
And so, whenever someone on Twitter slips on their programming socks, cracks their Cold Steels, and turns on cruise control for cool... I want you to say a little thank you for moot for making this all possible.
36 comments
58 AlecOzzyHillPitas 2021-01-14
90% of the shitposters are Australians. They are destroying the site. I hate Aussies so god damn much.
27 Coonass_alt 2021-01-14
mutt hands typed this post
28 GeauxHouston22 2021-01-14
never would've pegged you for an aussie defender tbh
I also like them tho, at least the ones I've known in my life. they're usually a blast to party with
9 ShitTornadoToOz 2021-01-14
I partied with some Aussie sailors a lot when I was in the Navy and they were all solid dudes on top of being insanely fun to party with. The Dutch were probably the most fun to party with but you can easily get in trouble hanging around with them too much.
7 GeauxHouston22 2021-01-14
a smarter man than me might have a funny, "finger in the dyke" joke here :(
seriously tho what's up with the dutch
11 ShitTornadoToOz 2021-01-14
They were notorious for trying to score hookers and drugs which of course is strictly forbidden for US military personnel. Also, depending on the port we were in, getting these things usually meant you had to go to places that were outside of where we were allowed to explore. Although, somewhere like Santa Marta, Colombia for example, you would get offered hookers and cocaine from the time you stepped foot off the pier. If you wanna Any% speedrun your way to Captain's Mast, go hang out with the Dutch sailors.
33 -M-o-X- 2021-01-14
Reminder gab still exists lmao
What did they do to lose the game to parler like they did? Honest question, gab was rightoid twitter then suddenly Parler was the thing, now presumably the refugees flee back. Why'd they leave in the first place? Unwilling to use an internet browser?
22 itsnotmyfault 2021-01-14
I just lost the game.
16 red1dragon588 2021-01-14
Mercers were funding Parler so it had better financial backing than Gab
14 Fading_Joy 2021-01-14
Parler may have been seen as more legit. Gabs reputation got utterly fucked after 2018 synagogue shooting.
18 -M-o-X- 2021-01-14
im sensing a pattern
11 AlecOzzyHillPitas 2021-01-14
I think it does boil down to Parler pitching a 1st party app experience - that made the boomers more comfortable. Gab actually switched to a Mastadon backend and you can theoretically use most Mastadon apps to access Gab - though I think some app devs did specifically blacklist connections to their node lol. In any case, asking boomers to navigate mobile websites and 3rd party client settings is a lot.
18 EarlCampbellsMeat 2021-01-14
It all started at BODYBUILDING.COM
15 snallygaster 2021-01-14
FUCK moot 😠😡🤬
26 alien122 2021-01-14
By God, yes. Have you seen his chin?
15 AlecOzzyHillPitas 2021-01-14
What’s your hot take on this snally
16 snallygaster 2021-01-14
by creating that accursed imageboard, he's directly responsible for the horrifying state of internet culture and youth culture today 🤬🤬🤬
10 Lysis10 2021-01-14
I think in early years they created memes and were funny but it went downhill when disgusting journalists became aware of it and started using it as a place to talk about "the hacker that is anonymous."
They were fast too. I remember they spawned the kanye meme with taylor swift within minutes of it showing on tv. That stuff was funny.
6 seenten 2021-01-14
Oh dear.. Admittedly that was 10 years ago now.
4 ironicshitpostr 2021-01-14
Imagine blaming Moot and not blaming Brad Fitzpatrick
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13 ironicshitpostr 2021-01-14
WT Snacks enthusiasts still going strong I see
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6 Metatron58 2021-01-14
why so mad at the original bundle of sticks?
13 strallweat 2021-01-14
Imagine thinking only software engineers were on 4chan back in the day. Though it makes sense that the majority in here are programers. Because the majority is also a bunch a nerds.
10 Lysis10 2021-01-14
Didn't he have to move to Spain servers though cuz he was getting shit on by US servers? I haven't been on 4chan since some time around 2010. It turned into spam and CP so I decided it was time to do other things.
24 WeWuzKANG5 2021-01-14
Always was, since inception.
18 Lysis10 2021-01-14
but at least between the CP and spam were funny things in 2008. I used to enjoy the memes and raids on making moot Victoria's Secret girl next door. lol That kind of stuff was fun.
7 -Kite-Man- 2021-01-14
For people who used 4chan, I guess.
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3 nybbas 2021-01-14
4Chan is what kicked off gamergate! It really does all come back to 4chan
3 muffler_kek 2021-01-14
Moot is based because he fucked /jp/ up, Hiromoot only adds new boards and doesn’t even visit any threads
2 habeshamuscle 2021-01-14
SomethingAwful goons precede all the 4chan shit.
2 itsnotmyfault 2021-01-14
Yeah, I said that. Learn to read.