VOAT Containment Megathread of Trash People for Trash People

[Propagandhim]

I use Reddit more than GAF these days because it's more focused on the original post than the comments below it. And also because the worthless shitposts tend to get buried instead of taking up the entire first page or two. And then there's also subscriptions, which let you filter out topics you don't care about like cinematic universes and shit.

I feel like it's the complete opposite - the one-liner Twitter comedian shitposts get upvoted to the top, to the point where the first post you read in every thread is by Rodney Dangerfield.

I should clarify, I'm pro-shitposting. I prefer Reddit's style over NeoGAF because the (arguably) good shitposts are voted to the top and the rest can be ignored. On GAF you have no choice but to scroll past every single attempt at being snarky or funny until you find the 1 out of 50 that actually hits the mark.

Ah - agreed

[king of the internet]

And then you collapse it and every response to it away with a single click, instead of having to waste brain cycles scanning for the worthwhile bits the way you have to with a linear format.

Also, this.

One of the most irritating things about reading NeoGAF is when a poster makes an especially funny or controversial comment and it gets quoted literally dozens of times with low content responses.  On Reddit you don't have to read any of that shit! The posters who have nothing to add, but still want to be part of the discussion can be ignored. It's nice. 

[VomKriege]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1339455

How is it "reap what you sow" when it's their family members, who are completely innocent, that are being punished?

I just had a great laugh. That's an excellent way to start the morning.

[ToxicAdam]

I use Reddit more than GAF these days because it's more focused on the original post than the comments below it. And also because the worthless shitposts tend to get buried instead of taking up the entire first page or two. And then there's also subscriptions, which let you filter out topics you don't care about like cinematic universes and shit.

The big downside to Reddit's style is when you come late to a post, you don't feel like you're in the conversation because your comment is buried at the bottom where no one can see it. 

[Take My Breh Away]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1339493

A new Anita video means a new thread where her marks are trying to justify all the money they got grifted out of 

[stufte]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1339493

A new Anita video means a new thread where her marks are trying to justify all the money they got grifted out of 

Wait, I thought she moved on to some "women of history" thing. Should be a good ban harvest thread though, since it's about sexism AND racism. 

[etiolate]

She probably flamed out on history. Back to needy for approval gamers!

[Momo]

I use Reddit more than GAF these days because it's more focused on the original post than the comments below it. And also because the worthless shitposts tend to get buried instead of taking up the entire first page or two. And then there's also subscriptions, which let you filter out topics you don't care about like cinematic universes and shit.

The big downside to Reddit's style is when you come late to a post, you don't feel like you're in the conversation because your comment is buried at the bottom where no one can see it. 

There are a few kind souls who sort by new (bless their hearts) to reply to us late peons

[Mr. Nobody]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1339455

How is it "reap what you sow" when it's their family members, who are completely innocent, that are being punished?

It's fucked up.....but I'll be damned if it isn't a bit funny 

[archie4208]

Sorting political threads by controversial is the cheapest entertainment you'll ever get. 

[Vertigo]

White History Month thread

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1339527

[stufte]

White History Month thread

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1339527

Because of course. The only time I hear about "white history month" is when GAF is whining.

[daemon]

So International Ironman just got permed I assume

http://archive.is/7cNy2

http://archive.is/dLuHy

Guy linked a video of himself that he already linked back on his previous permed account.


Marvelous 

Where did you get those archive links from?

voat. I'm pretty open and I said several times I browse it because of gems like this.

[zomgee]

So International Ironman just got permed I assume

http://archive.is/7cNy2

http://archive.is/dLuHy

Guy linked a video of himself that he already linked back on his previous permed account.


Marvelous 

Where did you get those archive links from?

voat. I'm pretty open and I said several times I browse it because of gems like this.

(I was doing the 'who are you and where are you from' narrative, sorry.)

[king of the internet]

White History Month thread

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1339527

No lies detected. Fuck the White Man. 

[stufte]

White History Month thread

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1339527

No lies detected. Fuck the White Man. 

YAH! Kill Whitey! 

[stufte]

I'm all for this kind of protest if people can do it, but shaming people for being scared to lose their job and calling it "bragging" (lol) is so classic gaf.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=229453686&postcount=91

Oh ffs people, not being at work is the point of a strike. Go there, take a day off, call in sick, anything, or stop fucking complaining about this presidency. And if you're scared to lose your job, at least don't brag about it.

You seriously still don't get how important this is, do ya.

 

[nachobro]

if this job search keeps on its current trajectory i'll be striking by default next month

[railGUN]

Everyone should, that and stop paying taxes. I'd love a week where nobody went to work. Sure it will affect our lives, but enough is enough and now we will just hurt their pocket book.

 

[Dennis]

I'd love to stop paying taxes 

[VomKriege]

The great general 1 week strike. 

[daemon]

I'm all for this kind of protest if people can do it, but shaming people for being scared to lose their job and calling it "bragging" (lol) is so classic gaf.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=229453686&postcount=91

Oh ffs people, not being at work is the point of a strike. Go there, take a day off, call in sick, anything, or stop fucking complaining about this presidency. And if you're scared to lose your job, at least don't brag about it.

You seriously still don't get how important this is, do ya.

 

It's when you click the link and see the avatar that comes with the message, that you know what a sides rupture means.

[FStop7]

I forgot about that checkbox that lets me opt out of having taxes taken out of my pay.

Is that like an off-brand Vinny Caravella in the above pic?

I'd love to stop paying taxes 

You won't have to worry about it once the glorious leader has you deported for stealing valuable jerbs.

[etiolate]

the GAF tea party

[Brehvolution]

SHI Tea party

[stufte]

SHI Tea party

 

[zomgee]

I'm all for this kind of protest if people can do it, but shaming people for being scared to lose their job and calling it "bragging" (lol) is so classic gaf.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=229453686&postcount=91

Oh ffs people, not being at work is the point of a strike. Go there, take a day off, call in sick, anything, or stop fucking complaining about this presidency. And if you're scared to lose your job, at least don't brag about it.

You seriously still don't get how important this is, do ya.

 

Lots of hits in that thread.

"If you think that Trump is a literal Nazi, but don't want to get in trouble for protesting, then you actually don't think Trump is a literal Nazi."

sorry

"If you don't strike on the 17th, you are part of the problem."

I'm probably a racist

"They deserve Trump and everything he does."

"You'll be unemployed either way if Trump has an opportunity to devastate the economy. You may also be dead, because by then he may have triggered a nuclear war over a Tweet. These are the stakes."

"Paycheck over justice."

"If we get 8+ years of fascism that America will never recover from, just look back at this thread."

"yep this thread is the difference maker. it puts on display the bullheaded, moronic mindset of idiots who would rather create further division than have even an ounce of sympathy for those less well off than them."

YOU'RE NOT ______ING HARD ENOUGH

[nachobro]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=229457493&postcount=171

If we get 8+ years of fascism that America will never recover from, just look back at this thread.

[Cerveza mas fina]

if the world ends tomorrow I called it in this thread guys

[zomgee]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=229457493&postcount=171

If we get 8+ years of fascism that America will never recover from, just look back at this thread.

Jesus that one is bizarre.

In the fascist future, people will clamor around the last unmonitored GNU/Linux computers which house the remnants of the Free Internet and piece together what's left of the website neoGAF.com, and there we will look where Gutek tried to preemptively shame us for the state of the future.

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[stufte]

god I love that thread so. much.

[VomKriege]

There's also the slight issue that this strike has no large union(s) attached to it yet ? Spontaneous actions can be powerful too but you can't really fault people for not sticking out their neck on a whim just because some dude on a videogame forum said so.

[zomgee]

you can't really fault people for not sticking out their neck on a whim just because some dude on a videogame forum said so.

in 8 years we will look back at this and wonder things

[nachobro]

also doesn't a strike involve....striking? or protesting? it's not taking a sick day to stay home and play video games.

[stufte]

Part of the Problem ©

[VomKriege]

If you are a capitalist who profits off of other people's labor time, then my recommendation is that you stop doing that and cede control over your workplace to the workers themselves on a democratic basis.

[FStop7]

I think for a general strike to happen on a large scale  it would need the backing of the AFL-CIO.

[zomgee]

If you are a worker who subsists by selling your labor time to a capitalist, then I suggest you reconsider your political views.

[VomKriege]

That Apple Watch thread bump 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=229454739&postcount=522

[thisismyusername]

Garth Brooks is a legitimately great guy. I used to deliver pizza more than a decade ago and he would come by and buy ice cream for all 20 or so employees when he picked up his pizza. I even accidentally knocked him on his ass once (I'm a pretty tall guy) on accident, rushing out the door, and he was super nice to me even though that shit was ridiculous. Great guy and incredibly kind and gracious to people he talked to.

He's got a heck of a musical legacy, but it's weird, it seems like most people never pay attention to him. Even in country circles, he's not really as discussed as he ought to be, considering how much he's put out.

Not sure if true or not, but still liked for a feel good story all the same.

He was BIG in the 90's, dropped off to raise  his kids and hasn't really had the same "superstar"-dom since.

[Nola]

I feel like this is a strike about 1-2 years too early.

To really be effective you would want to get a bunch of the people that will all but guaranteed to be disillusioned by Trump in a couple years when his rhetoric doesn't match the reality....I'm looking at you Appalachia coal mines and Michigan factory workers.

Too many working class people are in the "wait and see" approach on Trump and jobs right now IMO. Gotta strike when the irons hot and I don't think its warmed up at all yet. Better to focus on the Woman's march, Immigration and Science right now. Maybe start building toward a healthcare march given there seems to be a decent bit of growing disillusionment, even in red states, about the path Republicans are going with the ACA. Or build this around the sanctuary city issue to at least create more topical support.

....Could be wrong on this. Probably am in some capacity.

[stufte]

Haha, oh shit, now we have people being called scabs.

 

[zepblackstar]

Love how the strike date happens to be on a Friday while on monday is a holiday.

who you fooling.

[stufte]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=229461152&postcount=226

Go vote, because there is always a lesser monster on the ballot, but you can't vote against the forces oppressing you.

And taking a 4 day weekend and possibly getting fired will totes show the forces oppressing you that you mean business! Take THAT "The Man"! 

[Raist]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1339493

A new Anita video means a new thread where her marks are trying to justify all the money they got grifted out of 

Wait, I thought she moved on to some "women of history" thing. Should be a good ban harvest thread though, since it's about sexism AND racism. 

Well that flopped, so obviously she's back to this vidya nonsense now.

[zepblackstar]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=229462837&postcount=252


Polls are wrongs!

Originally Posted by Briarios

These polls often skew older - they're almost exclusively conducted through landlines. Think about the kind of people most likely to still have old school phones and you get a better idea of why there are some issues.

This poll was conducted online

 

[railGUN]

Tyler is disabling ads on Feb. 17th.

LINK

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Just kidding 

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[zomgee]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=229462837&postcount=252


Polls are wrongs!

Originally Posted by Briarios

These polls often skew older - they're almost exclusively conducted through landlines. Think about the kind of people most likely to still have old school phones and you get a better idea of why there are some issues.

This poll was conducted online

 

Oh. Well then:

Voluntary poll, unequal numbers, 3% margin of error? Yeah, I don't buy it for one second. Even the receipts wouldn't matter. This is just a poll of people who wanted to spread their opinion. Means nothing.

[nachobro]

This is just a poll of people who wanted to spread their opinion

[etiolate]

that is fucking beautiful

[Syph]

This is just a poll of people who wanted to spread their opinion

yea, how dare they get randomly selected and answer the phone!
fascists amirite

[etiolate]

I suddenly realized GAF is like Yogi Berra as a Tumblerina

[Nola]

Unskew the polls! Unskew the polls!!!



I have to imagine most of the poli-gaffers are at most in their early 20's.

The lack of perspective and the sense of disappointment from not getting instant gratification swimming through that thread reeks of Millennials that have only been politically tuned in for at best the Obama administration.

I see the polls and you know what I see? A president with historically bad approval ratings in his first week and barely able to tread water on his populist agenda. With tons of landmines being set up for down the road. And how the public feels in January 2018 is a fuck ton more important then how they feel in January 2017.

[zepblackstar]

Nintendo knows their audience

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1339609

I am definitely buying another dock (I have two TV's where I game and want a dock for each). I also am definitely going to buy more joycons. Considering how pricey the accessories are, does it make sense to just buy another Switch for $300 instead of buying a separate dock and joycon (I also would get a non-charging joycon grip). A dock, joycon grip and set of joycons would run me $185. So I'd essentially get an extra main unit for $115 (which I could just have as a backup).

[Shrew]

What is it with internet nerds and Idris Elba. Is he the only black actor they know the name of?

For once, I would like someone to put me in my place, and make me feel like like I'm a scared 5 year old. And that Idris avatar won't do it. But one Man will...

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[thisismyusername]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=229480353&postcount=11

#shade

[Mr. Nobody]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=229453665&postcount=90

Your boss doesn't get to chew you out for using a vacation day. It's none of their business.

 

[FunSlower]

Garth Brooks is a legitimately great guy. I used to deliver pizza more than a decade ago and he would come by and buy ice cream for all 20 or so employees when he picked up his pizza. I even accidentally knocked him on his ass once (I'm a pretty tall guy) on accident, rushing out the door, and he was super nice to me even though that shit was ridiculous. Great guy and incredibly kind and gracious to people he talked to.

He's got a heck of a musical legacy, but it's weird, it seems like most people never pay attention to him. Even in country circles, he's not really as discussed as he ought to be, considering how much he's put out.

Not sure if true or not, but still liked for a feel good story all the same.

He was BIG in the 90's, dropped off to raise  his kids and hasn't really had the same "superstar"-dom since.

In a way he's the Rick Moranis of country music 

[thisismyusername]

If I remember right, he's married to Trisha Yearwood, who continued with her career?

[benjipwns]

also doesn't a strike involve....striking? or protesting? it's not taking a sick day to stay home and play video games.

I feel like this is a strike about 1-2 years too early.

To really be effective you would want to get a bunch of the people that will all but guaranteed to be disillusioned by Trump in a couple years when his rhetoric doesn't match the reality....I'm looking at you Appalachia coal mines and Michigan factory workers.

Too many working class people are in the "wait and see" approach on Trump and jobs right now IMO. Gotta strike when the irons hot and I don't think its warmed up at all yet. Better to focus on the Woman's march, Immigration and Science right now. Maybe start building toward a healthcare march given there seems to be a decent bit of growing disillusionment, even in red states, about the path Republicans are going with the ACA. Or build this around the sanctuary city issue to at least create more topical support.

....Could be wrong on this. Probably am in some capacity.

There's also the slight issue that this strike has no large union(s) attached to it yet ? Spontaneous actions can be powerful too but you can't really fault people for not sticking out their neck on a whim just because some dude on a videogame forum said so.

hypothesis: they don't know what a strike actually is...or a union for that matter

i did a seance to contact Maggie just in case but she just laughed at me and said she couldn't wait to tell Lenin