Yet another GAF thread - I still haven't got over it :( (No spergfits allowed)

[Himu]

 

[Tasty]

Gawker and the sites Gawker Media owns are clickbait junk.  In fact, they don't even really bother trying to hide it.  It works if GAF is any indicator.  Now other sites are trying to imitate it because all they care about are the hits/clicks.  It has set an unfortunate precedent but only if you're dumb enough to take those sites seriously.

I love Valleywag, even though I know (or maybe because I know?) it's hateful trash. When you're knee deep in the startup culture it helps to laugh at the situation a bit.

Some decently vehement writing, too. Sam Biddle can make me laugh.

The first line in town idiot Thomas Friedman's latest column is maybe the most stupid part: "The most striking thing about visiting Silicon Valley these days is how many creative ideas you can hear in just 48 hours." These are exciting times, and our nation's foremost public intellectual blowhard is on it.

If anything, one of the most striking things about tech today is the ear-popping dearth of creative, new ideas. But it makes sense that Friedman would enjoy his two day jaunt through various tech offices—the man is sort of a walking startup, a fleshy white chamber of half-baked ideas, the Steve Jobs of simpletons. And boy, is this simpleminded techie travelogue ever half-baked: I think Thomas Friedman just chatted with some CEOs for about 15 minutes each and then went back to his hotel.

...

If you can name one startup that is "fixated on creating abundance" in any meaningful sense of any of those words, you'll have come up with one more than I could. Startups of today are fixated on creating convenience, indulging impulsiveness, and constructing new amusements—but abundance? Abundance of what exactly? Wheat fields? Cars with pink mustaches on them? Apps? A generation of 20-something Stanford kids making toys for each other isn't the sort of abundance that would justify Friedman's headline—"Start-Up America: Our Best Hope." And if the place that let Clinkle happen is really America's best hope, then, well, fuck.

Silicon Valley is placed as the foil of stinkytown Washington DC, Friedman's Bizarro Valley:

...

Silicon Valley: where failure is worshipped, criticism is taboo, networking is done atop mechanical bulls, summer camp is for adults, and words have no meaning. There's plenty of dumb in DC, but only Silicon Valley is producing it in true abundance.

Dat ether.

[Himu]

I don't like being put in time out without being spanked 

[Phoenix Dark]

they do a good job of blitzkrieging themselves with posts like this.

edit: or this from last year.  creepiest thread ever.

Good permaban choices right there.

here's the next one on tap, saw this linked on twitter and can't believe it didn't get more attention

warning, legit aspergers ahead:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=100964201&postcount=111

so this isn't a real song, it's a parody?


I feel bad for recognizing the reference

[benjipwns]

That's some Inception level shit considering it's technology (possibly from Silicon Valley) that produces Thomas Friedman columns: http://thomasfriedmanopedgenerator.com

[Himu]

is lolita over there farting while whistling?

[Tasty]

That's some Inception level shit considering it's technology (possibly from Silicon Valley) that produces Thomas Friedman columns: http://thomasfriedmanopedgenerator.com

[Pickles the Firecat]

Valleywag is vitriolic, no way to please the critics, spite flavored haterade.

Fuck if that haterade isn't delicious tho. I Goddamn hate startup culture. I just wish it didn't paint employees in the Bay Area with the same brush as employers/"entrepreneurs"/investors. 90% of the dudes that actually produce tangible work just want to go to work somewhere with cereal dispensers in the break room and spend their free time shit talking. I think that gets lost if you read Valleywag from an outside looking in perspective.

But I'll take some residual pain for all the benefit I get out of Valleywag. I don't care if it's clickbait, I don't care if I'm part of the problem. Fuck Rap Genius and anybody that loves them.

[Tasty]

Valleywag is vitriolic, no way to please the critics, spite flavored haterade.

Fuck if that haterade isn't delicious tho. I Goddamn hate startup culture. I just wish it didn't paint employees in the Bay Area with the same brush as employers/"entrepreneurs"/investors. 90% of the dudes that actually produce tangible work just want to go to work somewhere with cereal dispensers in the break room and spend their free time shit talking. I think that gets lost if you read Valleywag from an outside looking in perspective.

But I'll take some residual pain for all the benefit I get out of Valleywag. I don't care if it's clickbait, I don't care if I'm part of the problem. Fuck Rap Genius and anybody that loves them.

Preach it sister.

[WanderingWind]

sup

it is weird over there right now

Time to get Magic-Bore up?

Let's do it.

Milch is here too? Holy crap, when did you ever get banned from GAF?

[Phoenix Dark]

a few people here play Magic heavy. (not me; I was a Pokemon dude back then lol)

[Yulwei]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=100964201&postcount=111

This is one of those "the abyss gazes back" moments. I now have aspergers

[WanderingWind]

Since my move overseas, I don't really play much either, save for a game here and there with the wife. I moved away from a place that had like, 3 shops and next day Amazon delivery to place where the nearest shop is more than an hour away.

[doctavius bonbon]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=100964201&postcount=111

This is one of those "the abyss gazes back" moments. I now have aspergers

do not worry friend, there is no shame in wanting to become a superhuman uguu~ hugbox cyborg.

[archie4208]

Only good things can come from this thread.

[milchs evil twin]

sup

it is weird over there right now

Time to get Magic-Bore up?

Let's do it.

Milch is here too? Holy crap, when did you ever get banned from GAF?

I came here voluntarily, believe it or not.

[king of the internet]

sup

it is weird over there right now

Time to get Magic-Bore up?

Let's do it.

Milch is here too? Holy crap, when did you ever get banned from GAF?

I came here voluntarily, believe it or not.

Most of us do, right? At least the people who stick, it seems.

[WanderingWind]

Since my move overseas, I don't really play much either, save for a game here and there with the wife. I moved away from a place that had like, 3 shops and next day Amazon delivery to place where the nearest shop is more than an hour away.

Where do you live now?

Germany, in Milch's basement. Send help.

[milchs evil twin]

Will release him for a 12 piece Popeyes Family Meal. Make the sides Cajun rice and biscuits.

[WanderingWind]

Will release him for a 12 piece Popeyes Family Meal. Make the sides Cajun rice and biscuits.

I don't negotiate with turrists.

[milchs evil twin]

Will release him for a 12 piece Popeyes Family Meal. Make the sides Cajun rice and biscuits.

I don't negotiate with turrists.

I don't see a negotiation.

It's chicken or choking, no two ways about it.

[milchs evil twin]

Germany got no chick fil a tho?

No Chik Fil A, no Popeyes, no nothing except for KFC.

:yesiverymad

[spindashing]

No Chik Fil A, no Popeyes, no nothing except for KFC.

:yesiverymad

at least they got their chicken right 

[Sausage]

Will release him for a 12 piece Popeyes Family Meal. Make the sides Cajun rice and biscuits.

I don't negotiate with turrists.

I don't see a negotiation.

It's chicken or choking, no two ways about it.

[milchs evil twin]

No Chik Fil A, no Popeyes, no nothing except for KFC.

:yesiverymad

at least they got their chicken right 

Oh, I forgot an important detail:

NO BISCUITS AT KFC

 :'(

[spindashing]

No Chik Fil A, no Popeyes, no nothing except for KFC.

:yesiverymad

at least they got their chicken right 

The fuck? I've never told a black man he's wrong about fried chicken but i guess there's a first for everything

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nah, real talk I like all of the chicken spots.

It's a fun running gag for me in the BCT to defend KFC at all costs, though

Edit: WTF no biscuits though???

[WanderingWind]

No Chik Fil A, no Popeyes, no nothing except for KFC.

:yesiverymad

at least they got their chicken right 

Oh, I forgot an important detail:

NO BISCUITS AT KFC

 :'(

This is wrong. And I have Popeyes. And some places have Church's

[milchs evil twin]

No Chik Fil A, no Popeyes, no nothing except for KFC.

:yesiverymad

at least they got their chicken right 

Oh, I forgot an important detail:

NO BISCUITS AT KFC

 :'(

This is wrong. And I have Popeyes. And some places have Church's

Well, but those places aren't really accessible to the general German public.

"Our" KFCs don't have biscuits, or at least I haven't seen them at any of those that I've been at and they're not on their website.

[WanderingWind]

No Chik Fil A, no Popeyes, no nothing except for KFC.

:yesiverymad

at least they got their chicken right 

Oh, I forgot an important detail:

NO BISCUITS AT KFC

 :'(

This is wrong. And I have Popeyes. And some places have Church's

Well, but those places aren't really accessible to the general German public.

"Our" KFCs don't have biscuits, or at least I haven't seen them at any of those that I've been at and they're not on their website.

So what you're saying is that even in the boundaries of your own country, America is superior.

[milchs evil twin]

Do your supermarkets carry American craft beers?

[WanderingWind]

Do your supermarkets carry American craft beers?

Of course.

[milchs evil twin]

Sheeeeeit, you need to set up a smuggling operation.

Also, send me a list.

Also, send me beer.

[Trent Dole]

they do a good job of blitzkrieging themselves with posts like this.

edit: or this from last year.  creepiest thread ever.

Good permaban choices right there.

here's the next one on tap, saw this linked on twitter and can't believe it didn't get more attention

warning, legit aspergers ahead:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=100964201&postcount=111

so this isn't a real song, it's a parody?
pomf

I feel bad for recognizing the reference

srs?

[Brehvolution]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/member.php?u=362705

Nice name

[nudemacusers]

all the biscuits from kfc/popeyes are complete so who gives a shit about that

[king of the internet]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/member.php?u=362705

Nice name

God, why didn't I think of that.

[Shaka Khan]

I'm sperging over the lower-case P.

[Broseidon]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=101443010&postcount=6533

[Mr. Gundam]

Do your supermarkets carry American craft beers?

Gas stations sell craft beer and some do growler fills.

Germany got no chick fil a tho?

A good chunk of the US doesn't have Chick-fil-a.

[Brehvolution]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=101459636&postcount=28

[Yulwei]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=101459636&postcount=28

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Was he banned for that? Cause if so.. 

[Jansen]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=101459810&postcount=351

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[king of the internet]

Wait, the image is fake? Dammit.  :'(

[Jansen]

no i had that open in another browser an hour ago and he was a junior then but once i refreshed his member status was restored

http://abload.de/img/untitledqlk20.png

guess a mod couldn't make up their mind

[HiResDes]

What's up brehs. Recognize some of ya'll and I've been lurking hard the past few days and I like ya'll style. Let a playa get his Bore on

[Shaka Khan]

no i had that open in another browser an hour ago and he was a junior then but once i refreshed his member status was restored

http://abload.de/img/untitledqlk20.png

guess a mod couldn't make up their mind

That's okay. If anything it means he's one hyperbole away from being juniored. Fun fact: he was perma-juniored for a couple of years, but got it reversed.

[Himu]

Niccas. If you are reading this, register at the bore. We need more black people. Lets take over.

[Tasty]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=771575

 

[Shaka Khan]

Would love to see squiddy's hole greased up before getting air dropped on a glass pyramid.

[Broseidon]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=101511698&postcount=5

It's not an accident that straight guys have started more and more to resemble gay ones since the introduction of the pill.

[Shadow Mod]

Kirblar is so glib.

I always side eye the nerds all over evopsych trying to explain away their ineptitude at getting laid.

[HiResDes]

Yo do avatars re-size automatically. I'm at work, but I still can't be caught without any image for too long.

[demi]

No

[Tasty]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=771863



http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=771989

[Broseidon]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=772007

[Tasty]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=101417252&postcount=1003 (House of Cards)

[archie4208]

That scene was pretty awkward. 

[Tasty]

That scene was pretty awkward.

And hot.

[archie4208]

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Only Meechum

[close]

[benjipwns]

I can't seem to find the weekend box office thread for last weekend. Did they move that to community or am I just blind?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=770000