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bring back rec.trolling and alt.flamewars

iso1631 6y ago
alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die Always sounded hilarious (personally I loved Wes). Later found out how much the anti-wesley feeling affected Wil Wheton
- seniorThrowaway 6y ago
  That does suck for Will who was a child at the time. The character is probably the most egregious Mary Sue of all time though.
  - LukeShu 6y ago
    Was he really that bad for most if it though? If we ignore the cluster of bad Wesley episodes that only happened because of the 1988 writers' strike?
    - ghaff 6y ago
      Both TNG and DS9 had characters inserted to appeal to younger audiences that were mostly annoying/irrelevant to older ones. (DS9 at least had the excuse of being set on a space station.) If the producers weren't thinking about demographics, they wouldn't have been there. The original series wasn't immune either.
      - LukeShu 6y ago
        Sure, there's playing demographics, and then there's inserting "the most egregious Mary Sue of all time". I don't think anyone considers Jake Sisko or Nog to be on the level of Wesley Crusher.
        ghaff 6y ago
        Not really. Although I could have generally lived with a lower presence on DS9. (But it made at least more sense in the context than TNG.)
        Arrath 6y ago
        Yeah I would have to agree. Nog especially, most Mary Sue's don't end up with prosthetics and PTSD.
        iso1631 6y ago
        Actor who played Nog was 24 when DS9 started. Outside of a few very specific episodes mainly based around with his father or Nog, Jake was as boring as hell
  - optimalsolver 6y ago
    >The character is probably the most egregious Mary Sue of all time though I'd give that honor to Rick Sanchez
spudlyo 6y ago
Bring back Usenet Performance Art: alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk. See also The Meow Wars.[0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meow_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meow_Wars
superkuh 6y ago
Be the change you want to see. Usenet text groups are still there. You can get posting access via https://www.eternal-september.org/ https://www.eternal-september.org/ now that most ISPs have dropped usenet over the false 2004-2008 era scaremongering about it. Come back to usenet. Life is good. There's still some spam but it's honestly less than you get on any link aggregator on the web these days.
- chaimanmeow 6y ago
  wow, that is a really great find. thanks!! awesome site
- EamonnMR 6y ago
  Is there a good writeup of how to do it and where to look for active groups? I set up a reader on my sdf account a while ago but I didn't end up finding much conversation.
  - superkuh 6y ago
    There isn't a lot. I don't know an automatic way to find active groups. The best way to find people is to post in a group you care about and see if anyone responds. edit: I tried to post in alt.flamewars but at least eternal-september doesn't carry it. I post on alt.cyberpunk and alt.startrek occasionally.

alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die Always sounded hilarious (personally I loved Wes). Later found out how much the anti-wesley feeling affected Wil Wheton

seniorThrowaway 6y ago
That does suck for Will who was a child at the time. The character is probably the most egregious Mary Sue of all time though.
- LukeShu 6y ago
  Was he really that bad for most if it though? If we ignore the cluster of bad Wesley episodes that only happened because of the 1988 writers' strike?
  - ghaff 6y ago
    Both TNG and DS9 had characters inserted to appeal to younger audiences that were mostly annoying/irrelevant to older ones. (DS9 at least had the excuse of being set on a space station.) If the producers weren't thinking about demographics, they wouldn't have been there. The original series wasn't immune either.
    - LukeShu 6y ago
      Sure, there's playing demographics, and then there's inserting "the most egregious Mary Sue of all time". I don't think anyone considers Jake Sisko or Nog to be on the level of Wesley Crusher.
      - ghaff 6y ago
        Not really. Although I could have generally lived with a lower presence on DS9. (But it made at least more sense in the context than TNG.)
      - Arrath 6y ago
        Yeah I would have to agree. Nog especially, most Mary Sue's don't end up with prosthetics and PTSD.
        iso1631 6y ago
        Actor who played Nog was 24 when DS9 started. Outside of a few very specific episodes mainly based around with his father or Nog, Jake was as boring as hell
- optimalsolver 6y ago
  >The character is probably the most egregious Mary Sue of all time though I'd give that honor to Rick Sanchez

spudlyo 6y ago

Bring back Usenet Performance Art: alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk. See also The Meow Wars.[0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meow_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meow_Wars

superkuh 6y ago

Be the change you want to see. Usenet text groups are still there. You can get posting access via https://www.eternal-september.org/ https://www.eternal-september.org/ now that most ISPs have dropped usenet over the false 2004-2008 era scaremongering about it. Come back to usenet. Life is good. There's still some spam but it's honestly less than you get on any link aggregator on the web these days.

chaimanmeow 6y ago
wow, that is a really great find. thanks!! awesome site
EamonnMR 6y ago
Is there a good writeup of how to do it and where to look for active groups? I set up a reader on my sdf account a while ago but I didn't end up finding much conversation.
- superkuh 6y ago
  There isn't a lot. I don't know an automatic way to find active groups. The best way to find people is to post in a group you care about and see if anyone responds. edit: I tried to post in alt.flamewars but at least eternal-september doesn't carry it. I post on alt.cyberpunk and alt.startrek occasionally.