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TVC15

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« Reply #5280 on: April 24, 2018, 09:03:35 PM »
KFC:

1) 100% guaranteed puke from chicken.
2) As it comes up, the chicken heavily tastes of antibiotics.

KFC is, like, the worst fast food in my experience.
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« Reply #5281 on: April 24, 2018, 09:04:45 PM »
They serve food in buckets. Sounds like a quality establishment to me

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« Reply #5282 on: April 24, 2018, 09:06:57 PM »
mine came in a box so please excuse yourself

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« Reply #5283 on: April 24, 2018, 09:10:58 PM »
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I am telling you this because I consider it unacceptable to discuss future of this community outside this forum.

when are they going to start banning borians then

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« Reply #5284 on: April 24, 2018, 09:12:30 PM »
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I am telling you this because I consider it unacceptable to discuss future of this community outside this forum.

when are they going to start banning borians then

Didn’t Cerium specifically say you can’t banned for posting on other forums when the site launched?

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« Reply #5286 on: April 24, 2018, 09:14:36 PM »
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I am telling you this because I consider it unacceptable to discuss future of this community outside this forum.

when are they going to start banning borians then

Didn’t Cerium specifically say you can’t banned for posting on other forums when the site launched?

The site owner being undermined by the very moderation team. I've seen how this story plays out. Cerium better hope he sent those holiday gift baskets out on time.

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« Reply #5287 on: April 24, 2018, 09:15:36 PM »
Didn’t Cerium specifically say you can’t banned for posting on other forums when the site launched?
He never said that. They've had a policy of banning people for toxic behavior since the beginning, like racism/sexism and doxxing. They've been pretty consistent about it, too.

Uh excuse you, he sent his henchman Sir Popopopopop to let us know we're in the clear.

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« Reply #5288 on: April 24, 2018, 09:16:05 PM »
Didn’t Cerium specifically say you can’t banned for posting on other forums when the site launched?
He never said that. They've had a policy of banning people for toxic behavior since the beginning, like racism/sexism and doxxing. They've been pretty consistent about it, too.

Here’s the post I’m talking about



Cerium might have said something too. Maybe I’m imagining that.

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« Reply #5289 on: April 24, 2018, 09:19:58 PM »
The ringleader was benji all along

The doxxing is coming from INSIDE the house!

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« Reply #5290 on: April 24, 2018, 09:20:18 PM »
take irrelevant videogame discussion forums that seriously, brehs
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« Reply #5291 on: April 24, 2018, 09:21:07 PM »
Sir-popo-po-popopo was investigating specific claims by an anonymous beef and soda enthusiast that there was a hate machine cell operating secretly from this forum. Which is true, but we banned the ringleader recently and her alt Cream.

Actually, he literally spent hours combing through people's profiles looking for the alleged hateful content and couldn't find it, which was when most of the staff was like "wtf is the guy talking about" and he came here to let you know you wouldn't be racially discriminated against.

I guess he didn’t read my profile :(

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« Reply #5292 on: April 24, 2018, 09:23:24 PM »
the waves represent the longing

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« Reply #5293 on: April 24, 2018, 09:25:34 PM »
Nate, for anyone else I'd spend the extra two or three precious minutes of my day to rectify your misconceptions, but you're such an annoying little bitch that I really don't give a fuck so gargle my balls and stop posting for a few days. Go fuck your sister or something.

That’s not a nice thing for a 12-year-old to be saying.
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« Reply #5294 on: April 24, 2018, 09:27:33 PM »
Shosta is like... 26 or something right?  :doge

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« Reply #5295 on: April 24, 2018, 09:28:14 PM »
Shosta is like... really 26 or something right?  :doge

That’s about my guess.
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« Reply #5296 on: April 24, 2018, 09:30:07 PM »
Anyone have a working link to the Steam discord or am I proper fucked

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« Reply #5297 on: April 24, 2018, 09:30:12 PM »
that there was a hate machine cell operating secretly from this forum. Which is true, but we banned the ringleader recently and her alt Cream.
oh really :success

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« Reply #5298 on: April 24, 2018, 09:32:27 PM »
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« Reply #5299 on: April 24, 2018, 09:33:11 PM »
how many actioneds do you guys think were taken today. also do you think it's infringing the 8th amendment to deprive someone of oxegyn?

not enough, i'm still edging
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« Reply #5300 on: April 24, 2018, 09:36:31 PM »
used to be really into autoerotic asphyxiation. hopefully that makes me more attractive to TVC, either as a boyfriend or an assault victim.
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or both.
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a bit of the ol' dangly-wank never hurt anyone :doge
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« Reply #5301 on: April 24, 2018, 09:36:58 PM »
Nate, for anyone else I'd spend the extra two or three precious minutes of my day to rectify your misconceptions, but you're such an annoying little bitch that I really don't give a fuck so gargle my balls and stop posting for a few days. Go fuck your sister or something.

I didn't even realize we were having an argument.

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« Reply #5302 on: April 24, 2018, 09:40:46 PM »
used to be really into autoerotic asphyxiation. hopefully that makes me more attractive to TVC, either as a boyfriend or an assault victim.
spoiler (click to show/hide)
or both.
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That did not end well for David Carradine and the INXS guy

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« Reply #5303 on: April 24, 2018, 09:43:53 PM »
Hey, Nate’s a swell guy and has shown he’s here for good reasons. Go easy on him.
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« Reply #5304 on: April 24, 2018, 09:44:14 PM »
That did not end well for David Carradine and the INXS guy
David died doing what he loved. I'd say he went out happy.

David lived to a respectable age of 72. When you're not a quarter of his age you can choke yourself out while playing with your little pecker.

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« Reply #5305 on: April 24, 2018, 09:46:28 PM »
will somebody be nice and post a link to this steam game you're all talking about? jeez

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« Reply #5306 on: April 24, 2018, 09:48:09 PM »
I get random replies of people telling me how much they hate me and people throwing shade at me daily. I try to stick the topic and am generally nice to most people.

Then you have page upon page of Shostakovich making irrelevant sex jokes like we're in the sixth grade and no one bats an eye. I could literally fill a whole page of his post's that are just completely random, unfunny drivel right now.

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« Reply #5307 on: April 24, 2018, 09:50:49 PM »
I’m still hungry you shits
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« Reply #5308 on: April 24, 2018, 09:52:26 PM »
I bbq'd bacon wrapped shrimp, hot links and zuchinni

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« Reply #5309 on: April 24, 2018, 09:54:41 PM »
I could literally fill a whole page of his post's that are just completely random, unfunny drivel right now.

You should do it. It's about time that insidious Stosta gets what's coming to him.

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« Reply #5310 on: April 24, 2018, 09:57:08 PM »
Shosta's not trapped in here with us, we're trapped in here with him.

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« Reply #5311 on: April 24, 2018, 09:57:38 PM »
I could literally fill a whole page of his post's that are just completely random, unfunny drivel right now.

do it drag the cunt u pussy
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« Reply #5312 on: April 24, 2018, 10:03:38 PM »
i'd probably worry more about your long list of enemies on resetera than anybody on the bore

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« Reply #5313 on: April 24, 2018, 10:04:26 PM »
If Nate ends up shooting his highschool because I was being bitchy I'm going to feel pretty awkward. :doge

Will you skip class to in your high school to march against the senseless violence?  :doge

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« Reply #5314 on: April 24, 2018, 10:06:05 PM »
If Nate ends up shooting his highschool because I was being bitchy I'm going to feel pretty awkward. :doge

Will you skip class to in your high school to march against the senseless violence?  :doge
read this as "will you skip to class"

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« Reply #5315 on: April 24, 2018, 10:09:23 PM »
I would tell u two to fukk but i'm not sure if it would be legal to film all parties
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« Reply #5316 on: April 24, 2018, 10:11:01 PM »
I ordered Taco Bell you fucking cunts.

Fuck Shasta.
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« Reply #5317 on: April 24, 2018, 10:11:46 PM »
I get random replies of people telling me how much they hate me and people throwing shade at me daily. I try to stick the topic and am generally nice to most people.

Then you have page upon page of Shostakovich making irrelevant sex jokes like we're in the sixth grade and no one bats an eye. I could literally fill a whole page of his post's that are just completely random, unfunny drivel right now.
MEANER, Nate. You have to really put your back into it. Make me regret ever taking a swing at you. Make everyone pay.

Ok

You've been here less than a year and you have 50 fucking pages of posts. Not one of them actually worth posting btw. Pretty obvious you're lacking any friends in real life, and your family probably doesn't love you. I sure as hell wouldn't.

That's why you try to interact with posters on a personal level. The half of your posts that aren't just worthless shit are "Lol I pretend to have a relationship with this poster!" or "haha look at this, I know this poster by their username! Look at us creating a genuine bond!" Trying to fill the void of being the lonely sap you are when you're not behind a computer screen.

And like I said before, it's like you're literally just finding out what sex is. Your humor goes no further than a middle school cafeteria conversation. Could easily ignore your posts and the general flow of the thread would not change. It would improve, in fact. You bring nothing to it and are just wasting server space by being here.

Unlike the posters here who pretend to know who you are so that you don't off yourself, I really don't give a shit about you. For future reference, don't bother replying to any of my posts again because I couldn't care less about what you have to say.

This isn't your hangout spot, you fucking neurodivergent dweeb. You're no better than the idiots on RE we bag on.

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« Reply #5318 on: April 24, 2018, 10:12:54 PM »
ACTUALLY THERE WAS A PICTURE OF SHOSTACHOVICH ON LAST WEEK’S RIVERDALE! IN ONE OF THE CHARACTERS’ DRESSING ROOMS.

Also reminded me that I used to use a Fire Marshall Shostakovich avatar on gaf. Makes me wonder if Shouta is stealing that, too.
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« Reply #5319 on: April 24, 2018, 10:28:00 PM »
Please, more hair whipping around, my children.
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« Reply #5320 on: April 24, 2018, 10:29:19 PM »
 :leon
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« Reply #5321 on: April 24, 2018, 10:30:21 PM »
and your family probably doesn't love you. I sure as hell wouldn't.
this reminds me, i'm reading a book in which this guy features: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Martoma

when Martoma failed to get into Harvard after high school his dad bought him a plaque that read:

SON WHO SHATTERED HIS FATHER'S DREAM

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« Reply #5322 on: April 24, 2018, 10:30:22 PM »
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« Reply #5323 on: April 24, 2018, 10:36:31 PM »
I get random replies of people telling me how much they hate me and people throwing shade at me daily. I try to stick the topic and am generally nice to most people.

Then you have page upon page of Shostakovich making irrelevant sex jokes like we're in the sixth grade and no one bats an eye. I could literally fill a whole page of his post's that are just completely random, unfunny drivel right now.
MEANER, Nate. You have to really put your back into it. Make me regret ever taking a swing at you. Make everyone pay.

Ok

You've been here less than a year and you have 50 fucking pages of posts. Not one of them actually worth posting btw. Pretty obvious you're lacking any friends in real life, and your family probably doesn't love you. I sure as hell wouldn't.

That's why you try to interact with posters on a personal level. The half of your posts that aren't just worthless shit are "Lol I pretend to have a relationship with this poster!" or "haha look at this, I know this poster by their username! Look at us creating a genuine bond!" Trying to fill the void of being the lonely sap you are when you're not behind a computer screen.

And like I said before, it's like you're literally just finding out what sex is. Your humor goes no further than a middle school cafeteria conversation. Could easily ignore your posts and the general flow of the thread would not change. It would improve, in fact. You bring nothing to it and are just wasting server space by being here.

Unlike the posters here who pretend to know who you are so that you don't off yourself, I really don't give a shit about you. For future reference, don't bother replying to any of my posts again because I couldn't care less about what you have to say.

This isn't your hangout spot, you fucking neurodivergent dweeb. You're no better than the idiots on RE we bag on.
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« Reply #5324 on: April 24, 2018, 10:36:47 PM »
That did not end well for David Carradine and the INXS guy
David died doing what he loved. I'd say he went out happy.

Did he cum?

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« Reply #5325 on: April 24, 2018, 10:37:39 PM »
For future reference, don't bother replying to any of my posts again because I couldn't care less about what you have to say.

Is this the Bore's version of don't @ me?

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« Reply #5326 on: April 24, 2018, 10:42:13 PM »
I get random replies of people telling me how much they hate me and people throwing shade at me daily. I try to stick the topic and am generally nice to most people.

Then you have page upon page of Shostakovich making irrelevant sex jokes like we're in the sixth grade and no one bats an eye. I could literally fill a whole page of his post's that are just completely random, unfunny drivel right now.
MEANER, Nate. You have to really put your back into it. Make me regret ever taking a swing at you. Make everyone pay.

Ok

You've been here less than a year and you have 50 fucking pages of posts. Not one of them actually worth posting btw. Pretty obvious you're lacking any friends in real life, and your family probably doesn't love you. I sure as hell wouldn't.

That's why you try to interact with posters on a personal level. The half of your posts that aren't just worthless shit are "Lol I pretend to have a relationship with this poster!" or "haha look at this, I know this poster by their username! Look at us creating a genuine bond!" Trying to fill the void of being the lonely sap you are when you're not behind a computer screen.

And like I said before, it's like you're literally just finding out what sex is. Your humor goes no further than a middle school cafeteria conversation. Could easily ignore your posts and the general flow of the thread would not change. It would improve, in fact. You bring nothing to it and are just wasting server space by being here.

Unlike the posters here who pretend to know who you are so that you don't off yourself, I really don't give a shit about you. For future reference, don't bother replying to any of my posts again because I couldn't care less about what you have to say.

This isn't your hangout spot, you fucking neurodivergent dweeb. You're no better than the idiots on RE we bag on.
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« Reply #5327 on: April 24, 2018, 10:43:50 PM »
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« Reply #5328 on: April 24, 2018, 10:44:38 PM »
Ok

You've been here less than a year and you have 50 fucking pages of posts. Not one of them actually worth posting btw. Pretty obvious you're lacking any friends in real life, and your family probably doesn't love you. I sure as hell wouldn't.

That's why you try to interact with posters on a personal level. The half of your posts that aren't just worthless shit are "Lol I pretend to have a relationship with this poster!" or "haha look at this, I know this poster by their username! Look at us creating a genuine bond!" Trying to fill the void of being the lonely sap you are when you're not behind a computer screen.

And like I said before, it's like you're literally just finding out what sex is. Your humor goes no further than a middle school cafeteria conversation. Could easily ignore your posts and the general flow of the thread would not change. It would improve, in fact. You bring nothing to it and are just wasting server space by being here.

Unlike the posters here who pretend to know who you are so that you don't off yourself, I really don't give a shit about you. For future reference, don't bother replying to any of my posts again because I couldn't care less about what you have to say.

This isn't your hangout spot, you fucking neurodivergent dweeb. You're no better than the idiots on RE we bag on.
User was warned for: not locking the thread for 24 hours before issuing this statement.

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« Reply #5329 on: April 24, 2018, 10:47:44 PM »
Ever since I found out Nate is black he seems a lot cooler to me.

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« Reply #5330 on: April 24, 2018, 10:48:45 PM »
Ever since I found out Nate is black he seems a lot cooler to me.
Newsfeed pls.
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« Reply #5331 on: April 24, 2018, 10:55:29 PM »
Ever since I found out Nate is black he seems a lot cooler to me.

Nate is Palestinian and thus White :smug
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« Reply #5333 on: April 24, 2018, 10:58:48 PM »
Multiple shots fired at Atra: https://www.resetera.com/threads/van-strikes-numerous-pedestrians-in-toronto-canada-10-confirmed-fatalities-according-to-police.38081/page-23
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« Reply #5334 on: April 24, 2018, 11:02:09 PM »
@ResetEra



4chan will never die.

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« Reply #5335 on: April 24, 2018, 11:04:11 PM »
You've been here less than a year and you have 50 fucking pages of posts. Not one of them actually worth posting btw. Pretty obvious you're lacking any friends in real life, and your family probably doesn't love you. I sure as hell wouldn't.

That's why you try to interact with posters on a personal level. The half of your posts that aren't just worthless shit are "Lol I pretend to have a relationship with this poster!" or "haha look at this, I know this poster by their username! Look at us creating a genuine bond!" Trying to fill the void of being the lonely sap you are when you're not behind a computer screen.

And like I said before, it's like you're literally just finding out what sex is. Your humor goes no further than a middle school cafeteria conversation. Could easily ignore your posts and the general flow of the thread would not change. It would improve, in fact. You bring nothing to it and are just wasting server space by being here.

Unlike the posters here who pretend to know who you are so that you don't off yourself, I really don't give a shit about you. For future reference, don't bother replying to any of my posts again because I couldn't care less about what you have to say.

This isn't your hangout spot, you fucking neurodivergent dweeb. You're no better than the idiots on RE we bag on.


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« Reply #5336 on: April 24, 2018, 11:05:43 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/jak-and-daxter-should-be-sonys-next-god-of-war.38333/
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this is not about making the Jak games as mature or deep as God of War, but to continue the series in a more modern/cinematic fashion that carefully acknowledges the series roots. I'd also like it to borrow some elements from Uncharted, The Last of Us, Horizon, God of War, and Days Gone.
VIDEO GAMES

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« Reply #5337 on: April 24, 2018, 11:09:38 PM »
TIMU, shit on me all you want but I don’t do most of those things I just described. Nice try tho.

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« Reply #5338 on: April 24, 2018, 11:12:54 PM »
TIMU, shit on me all you want but I don’t do most of those things I just described. Nice try tho.



I guess I should've bolded the relevant bits, but I figured you'd get the gist.

Either way: Both of you suck, tbh.

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« Reply #5339 on: April 24, 2018, 11:15:20 PM »
All I gotta say is