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Welcome to the /b/ & Friends thread! It's that time once again.
Keeping the spirit of friendship and kindness burning all the way. <3
284 posts and 239 image replies omitted. Click reply to view. No.1178692
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Not around enough to have heard of that site. Wasn't part of my browser history either until right now
No.1178694
>>1178691Don't know where everyone went or what they are doing or if they lost interest. I've heard of that site a long time ago i think.
>pedophiliano thanks. the only thing good about kids is their mommas. I like mommas.
No.1178696
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>>1178691...sailboat, my dear friend, my old friend. it is... difficult to see you so upset.
you know... one of the foremost reasons that old Ponychan died was because of the focus on the site's popularity. It was a problem that started with Orange, all the way in the beginning. it lasted through every single iteration of Ponychan, from admin team to admin team. it followed through to each and every single one of the splinterchans. And, as many of the posters here can attest to, i carried it with me too, to Ponyville.
it is only in the past few years that i have come to let go of this mentality: this poisonous mentality, that has so deeply hurt our little, and ever shrinking community.
people come, and people go. you know, way back in the day, i also used to post in /b/ and friends. and can i tell you, when it moved here, i basically didn't recognize a single person. such is the nature of things.
people don't want to mold a carbon copy of old Ponychan... old Ponychan is gone precisely because it always looked backwards to a glorious past, instead of at the humble present.
i cannot say Ponyville is this great, active site. But it is a home for many, even if it is not a fast site, even if it is not anyone's perfect garden... it is a place for many, and a place where many are welcome.
as you know, our site staff never prohibited you from promoting Ponychan.co -- it is for that reason... our shrinking community is past the point of hungering after popularity, or building walled gardens. i have realized altogether too late... that whatever brings peace to people in this difficult world is good enough -- and if that means people will find peace on Ponychan.co, instead of ponyville... that too is ok with me, as long as they find what they seek.
i pray that you will not be upset, dear friend. perhaps we can talk more even in private... i am a terrible recluse, but i do care, as i hope you know!
No.1178698
>>1178696You build a community and people will come. The trick is to build an actual community. It's what old ponychan never got. Too quickly, it devolved into a high-school personality club, and started fracturing as consequence. Especially towards the end.
Turns out people aren't gonna come for drama and infighting, especially when they can see double standards at play.
In the case of nuPonychan, I think it could still climb, though I've a level of personal distaste for 'ponychan' as a whole that leaves me some distance in truth. Were it not for some of the intentional sabotage, though, I think Boat's plan of decentralization would've been perfect to its continuation, since frankly throughout its history it was moderation problems that drove the wedges and made splits.
To be fair I don't really know how big a difference the ".com" and some of the other stuff would've made. Though I do think at least passing it along to those willing to continue it would've kept those who were still there, at least.
But I digress. I've too much baggage with Ponychan to really know. It's somewhere that could never be my home again, now. Though in my case the same applies here, to be fair.
Looking back, my experiences were mostly negative. So for all my talk of community, it's not as though I can really find myself fitting into that anyways.
No.1178700
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>>1178691>I'm not here to ask you to come check out Ponychan.co. I'm not here to catch up with people I used to be cool with. "Just put the fries in the bag, bro"
No.1178701
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>>1178691I'm sorry, but is this about me? I seem to remember a conversation one night this could refer to. I never said your site or you promoted pedophilia. I asked your mod why there was CP on your main board while they were inviting us to come visit. I then explored the topic further, wondering what the CP guy didn't come to Moonychan when Ponychan shut down, but did go to New Ponychan. I made a suggestion that a possible reason might be inadequate moderation compared to Moonychan. I did NOT accuse you of supporting pedophilia.
Sorry if that conversation isn't what you were referring to. I'd like the record to be straight. Good luck in your endeavors.
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>/b/ & FriendsEnjoy your 5 seconds of activity before the thread dies again. You're welcome.
>>1178696 I'm not mad. I'm way past being mad. I'm amused at the collapse, which is yet another one of my predictions that came true. I'm just here to point and laugh.
No, I was never concerned with the popularity. I assumed from the get-go that most people would turn up their noses at ponychan.co, since most of the cliques, including those that have entrenched themselves here behind the scenes, wanted nothing to do with it. And that includes some of the people who were themselves directly responsible for the collapse of Old Ponychan. I was however a bit surprised that none of the people I would have considered friends here bothered to even stop by, after the many many many hours of slamming square pegs into round holes required to get that broken and obsolete version of Ponychan available online to work at all. But like I said, you find out who your friends are. I'm also not particularly fond of seeing my old home having been taken over by people who won't give me the time of day, but that's not my problem any more.
While you might not care about popularity, your users very clearly do, especially when they come to Ponychan and direct anyone new to come here instead. Since ponyville is so desperate for new users, I will be sending anyone who's auto-banned your way as part of the upcoming site changes. I'm sure your crack dev team will be able to deal with them. You're welcome.
>>1178698 Like Moony said, wallowing in the past is, was, and has been a mistake for Ponychan. I am looking to the future, and I have been making plans and coming up with ideas accordingly. Even if every single person who's currently on Ponychan decides to leave and come here, never to return, that won't change much in my estimation.
>>1178700 Enjoy. I licked them.
>>1178701 That was the conversation, but I'm not referring to you.
No.1178703
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>>1178702Why would you do that to me?
No.1178705
>>1178703Fries're only good for about 5 minutes after they've been made, anyhow.
Then they start getting soggy.
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>>1178702Oh, phew. I was worried. Carry on!
No.1178740
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God my fingers hurt
No.1178744
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>>1178743Am I old? I'd say my age suggests so, but I don't really look old, nor do I act old.
It's a blessing and a curse really.
As for being lewd.. Well, let's just say there are a few people on these pony channels that can attest to my
lack of innocence. No.1178746
>>1178744sorry for the length of this but I'll bite on the subject.
i asked because maybe arthritis.
Old is relative too. Some people say 30 is old. Once they turn 40 and get around 80 year olds they'd change their tune though.
Age seems neutral sometimes, depending on the person. I don't wanna think how i did and don't wanna go through some of that stuff again. The youth is nice though.
No.1178749
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>>1178746Arthritis? No, no. My fingers are hurting because of work. My job is quite physical.
No.1178751
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>>1178750That might be a good idea. If you could do me a favor and chop my fingers off, that might work as well.
No.1178767
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>>1178765I'll be fine. I just wanted to complain about it.
No.1178979
>>1178767I'mma complain now.
I don't like that your fingers hurt either. It would hurt worse if you punched my face. I can give you ice first.
No.1179003
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Skrt Skrt, no curtsy!
I need all racists to report to this thread!
Calling all potential street racers to the thread.
I need only the most hardcore racists to report to the front!
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No.1179129
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>>1179111Pocky time
>>1179124Pony time
No.1179148
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>>1179130Sorry for the late reply. Been keeping busy relatively. Moved into the city from the suburb, which I like a lot better, been going to a few different groups and trying to connect with people. Still a bit of the lonely, but it's been palpably better after moving.
How have you been?
>>1179135What's your favorite flavor?
No.1179149
>>1179148The more time keeping busy, the less time to think about bothersome things. It's great you are in a place you like better! It's nice to have people to talk to and and friends and good friends even, if you can find some of them. You might find a way to get rid of most of the lonely doing what you're doing, hopefully.
I've been not busy at all and just doing whatever I find that needs to be done. Just essentials. A lot of time to think about stuff I'd rather not. But we'll see what happens.
No.1179150
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Matcha green tea pocky does it quite well for me. I wanna try em all!
No.1179152
>>1179150I did finally get to try some pocky a lil while ago. Good stuffs.
Just too bad it's rarely in any danish stores, and expensive when it is.
No.1179186
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>>1179148Coffee I suppose. I don't like sweets
No.1179205
>>1179152It's not too expensive here, but still a bit hard to find the extra flavours outside of London, et al
Looks like it's my cue to smuggle more Pocky over to Denmark ~w~
No.1179253
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Moshy should smuggle herself over here instead
No.1179310
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Wouldn't rule it out..!
No.1179319
>>1179318I am unsure whether this means you or I are the rizzler.
Also henlo.
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No.1179485
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>>1179345Thank heavens for modular PSUs
Gonna take my 6-yr old tower in for service, hopefully just needs a new PSU
No.1179487
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>random Steam invite
>only games on record are Banana and CS2
>mostly in Russian Dota 2 groups
No.1179489
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>>1179485Hopefully.
Dead PSU can be a catastrophe though.
Really should replace mine. It's 13 years old now
No.1179490
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>>117948913 years is a lot, hopefully it's well maintained.
I'm hoping all my other components are intact. Can't test the CPU, GPU or mobo yet.
RAM modules might be okay.
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Ah! My shoulder!
