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You missed the Cowboy Neal option

function_seven 3y ago
+5, Funny
thadt 3y ago
Sounds like it’s time for another lively thread about whether FireFly is the best sci-fi show ever. Things get awkward when Wil Wheaton joins the conversation and proceeds to know more about FireFly than anyone else.
- rvbissell 3y ago
  You had me until 'whether'
squarefoot 3y ago
He must be new here
citrusybread 3y ago
or my other favourite character... the illusive Roland Piquepaille and his "articles" that pioneered blogspam based on the way ./ers would react to him.
- romanhn 3y ago
  I hadn't realized that Roland passed away almost 15 years ago...
- function_seven 3y ago
  > Roland Piquepaille Wow! I haven't heard that name in nearly 20 years, but the instant I saw it I had a negative reaction. I didn't even know why at first until I read the rest of your sentence.
  - HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
    Scary to think that it's been that long.
- ChainOfFools 3y ago
  I forget, is this the persona responsible for that "voices from the hellmouth" series? the one that, retrospectively, coincides with my /. usage starting to slope negative.
  - fsckboy 3y ago
    omg, voices from the hellmouth was sooo cringe. Who was that? typetypetype oook, JonKatz, and it lives on (tl;dr for my post here, there was a segment of the slashdot population who really identified with the Columbine shooters, the trench-coat mafia, i guess in terms of being picked on at school by the popular kids or something? it was sort of like "of course Columbine, what did you expect from those of us living at the hell-mouth you've created for us" If I have any of that wrong it's because I couldn't stand reading any of it in the first place) https://news.slashdot.org/story/99/04/25/1438249/voices-from-the-hellmouth https://news.slashdot.org/story/99/04/25/1438249/voices-from... https://news.slashdot.org/story/00/04/20/1117204/Voices-from-the-Hellmouth-Released-in-Paperback https://news.slashdot.org/story/00/04/20/1117204/Voices-from... https://features.slashdot.org/story/00/10/23/1521250/voices-from-the-hellmouth-revisited-part-1 https://features.slashdot.org/story/00/10/23/1521250/voices-... https://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/bw-voices-from-the-hellmouth-jon-katz-book-examining-geek-culture-one-year-after-columbine/ https://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/bw-voices-from-the-hell...
    - Alex3917 3y ago
      > tl;dr for my post here, there was a segment of the slashdot population who really identified with the Columbine shooters I mean the reason YC (and by extension, HN) became a thing was largely because of pg posting on Slashdot about similar themes.
claytongulick 3y ago
1. See a slashdot poll 2. Point out the missing Cowboy Neal option 3. ??? 4. Profit!
anoncow 3y ago
My username has been consistent between ./ and HN.
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
  me2

+5, Funny

Sounds like it’s time for another lively thread about whether FireFly is the best sci-fi show ever. Things get awkward when Wil Wheaton joins the conversation and proceeds to know more about FireFly than anyone else.

rvbissell 3y ago
You had me until 'whether'

squarefoot 3y ago

He must be new here

citrusybread 3y ago

or my other favourite character... the illusive Roland Piquepaille and his "articles" that pioneered blogspam based on the way ./ers would react to him.

romanhn 3y ago
I hadn't realized that Roland passed away almost 15 years ago...
function_seven 3y ago
> Roland Piquepaille Wow! I haven't heard that name in nearly 20 years, but the instant I saw it I had a negative reaction. I didn't even know why at first until I read the rest of your sentence.
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
  Scary to think that it's been that long.
ChainOfFools 3y ago
I forget, is this the persona responsible for that "voices from the hellmouth" series? the one that, retrospectively, coincides with my /. usage starting to slope negative.
- fsckboy 3y ago
  omg, voices from the hellmouth was sooo cringe. Who was that? typetypetype oook, JonKatz, and it lives on (tl;dr for my post here, there was a segment of the slashdot population who really identified with the Columbine shooters, the trench-coat mafia, i guess in terms of being picked on at school by the popular kids or something? it was sort of like "of course Columbine, what did you expect from those of us living at the hell-mouth you've created for us" If I have any of that wrong it's because I couldn't stand reading any of it in the first place) https://news.slashdot.org/story/99/04/25/1438249/voices-from-the-hellmouth https://news.slashdot.org/story/99/04/25/1438249/voices-from... https://news.slashdot.org/story/00/04/20/1117204/Voices-from-the-Hellmouth-Released-in-Paperback https://news.slashdot.org/story/00/04/20/1117204/Voices-from... https://features.slashdot.org/story/00/10/23/1521250/voices-from-the-hellmouth-revisited-part-1 https://features.slashdot.org/story/00/10/23/1521250/voices-... https://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/bw-voices-from-the-hellmouth-jon-katz-book-examining-geek-culture-one-year-after-columbine/ https://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/bw-voices-from-the-hell...
  - Alex3917 3y ago
    > tl;dr for my post here, there was a segment of the slashdot population who really identified with the Columbine shooters I mean the reason YC (and by extension, HN) became a thing was largely because of pg posting on Slashdot about similar themes.

claytongulick 3y ago

1. See a slashdot poll 2. Point out the missing Cowboy Neal option 3. ??? 4. Profit!

anoncow 3y ago

My username has been consistent between ./ and HN.

HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
me2