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[–] [email protected] 77 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Etherwind returned precisely 100,018 hours after his probation began and swiftly resumed the argument

wtf was that person doing for 18 hours?

[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 months ago

also:

Finally, Etherwind was right. Wraith's 20th Anniversary Edition didn't come out in 2016.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 months ago

Procrastinating writing the reply.

He had 100,000 hours of practice.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago

🤣 A hundred thousand hours to work on the argument, than another eighteen to perfectly polish up the phrasing

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 months ago

I imagine he spent the entirety of the ban raging like Dennis Reynolds and counting down the days. "IDIIIOOOTS! IDDDIIIIOOOOTSS!!!"

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He's a man of focus, commitment, and sheer fuckin' will

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

A true role model.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The comments are funny but if you read the article he just did it for the bit. Apparently he changed quite a bit over that time and regretted being an angry forum nerd, so he thought it would be funny to do one last post and abandon the account.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

Honestly, that is better

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

*slow clap*

I'm glad that I never even touched Something Awful, I went straight for 4chan. A platform that allows moderators to disguise an effective permaban (100kh) as if it was a tempban ("probation") deserves absolutely no respect.

Finally, Etherwind was right. Wraith's 20th Anniversary Edition didn't come out in 2016.

AND THEY HATED HIM BECAUSE HE TOLD THEM THE TRUTH.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

SA is just 4chan in a tuxedo. Both are cesspits.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Not when it comes to the bans. They're also issued on a whim but there's that implicit knowledge that you're going to reset your IP, delete your cookies, and the ban will last exactly five minutes. Even if it's supposed to last six years (like the time that I was banned for asking "I'm 12 and what is this?", and the newbie mod wasn't aware of the meme).

(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

These headlines, sometimes....

#nottheonion

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

I didn't realize SA still exists.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

snort

That's commitment.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's impressive that he managed to avoid touching any grass for 11 years!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Reading the article, it seems like the user did, and resumed the argument for the sake of our entertainment rather than a decade of festering resentment :)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

the repliest of guys

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

This guy needs a medal.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Now this is some distilled autism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Weapons grade.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

He just wouldn't let it lie.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It's interesting that was enough to go viral.