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ThatDudeThere

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Phlakes said:
My worst memories come from there. Yes, there's racism and all that, but then you accidentally find the "Pain" page.

And you never go back.
Go to the Offended page.

You will never be the same.

Also, the whole existance of ED is to troll everyone and everything. If you really get offended by it then please, leave the internet and grow some thicker skin.
 

zungerman090

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WrongSprite said:
Mate, ED is not a serious place. It's racism for racisms sake, they do it for laughs rather than out of hatred. Yeah, it offends a lot of people, but it can't be shut down. To be fair, the people it offends just tend not to browse it.
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0/10, you troll.

But, in case you really thought that, I hope you don't get to reproduce any time in this millennium.
Take a joke. I hope that your wish does not come true. I do hope to reproduce at some point in the future. Procreation is of utmost importance to me.
 

TheHecatomb

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Anything you can joke about is something you should joke about. Anything. Nothing is offensive, and if you find yourself insulted by something you have nothing to blame but your own perception. Especially on a website that's SO obviously trolling for the sake of trolling like Encyclopaedia Dramatica. Get over it, you might even have a laugh.
 

BlindTom

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The editors of ED are amongst the most cultured and ethically minded people I have encountered online. I'm not even joking.
 

zungerman090

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TheHecatomb said:
Anything you can joke about is something you should joke about. Anything. Nothing is offensive, and if you find yourself insulted by something you have nothing to blame but your own perception. Especially on a website that's SO obviously trolling for the sake of trolling like Encyclopaedia Dramatica. Get over it, you might even have a laugh.
I just never understood trolling. Maybe I didn't state clearly what I felt as I was reading those articles. It wasn't anger. It was more like a mixture of revulsion, curiosity and disdain. I am not really sure what constitutes trolling. I just made a sarcastic comment (England being a racist nation full of white supremacists), and immediately I was accused of trolling. Most peculiar.
 

Limzz

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zungerman090 said:
I recently visited a website called Encyclopaedia Dramatica. Probably most, if not all of you are familiar with it.

I was not. I was really surprised and depressed by the amount of bigotry and racism that was present on that website. I was especially depressed by some of the articles concerning Asians/Orientals. It seemed to me, that whoever wrote that had an image of Asians/Orientals as being a bunch of impotent retarded f*ck pigs.

Now I do realise that places like that are a breeding ground for trolls and flamers (not in the gay sense of the word). However, I want to ask you whether such attitude is prevalent in Western society. I have once lived in Russia (12 years), so I am not completely unfamiliar with it. But, since I left when I was in grade 6, it is possible that I missed/skipped most of the racism and supremacist attitudes.

Thank you for your replies in advance.
Welcome to the internet. What is the point of this thread?
 

HK_01

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Dude, it's a joke. Granted, it's not really a funny site, but it's not serious.
 

Limzz

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zungerman090 said:
Limzz said:
zungerman090 said:
Welcome to the internet. What is the point of this thread?
Just some ranting. No need to reply to my thread if you don't feel like it
If you think Encyclopedia Dramatica was bad, check out this site called The Escapist. The forums are full of self righteous pseudo-intellectuals
 

zungerman090

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Limzz said:
zungerman090 said:
Limzz said:
zungerman090 said:
Welcome to the internet. What is the point of this thread?
Just some ranting. No need to reply to my thread if you don't feel like it
If you think Encyclopedia Dramatica was bad, check out this site called The Escapist. The forums are full of self righteous pseudo-intellectuals
It is pretty bad. Thank you for warning me about it.
 

Vilcus

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Encyclopedia Dramatica is like Fred Phelps... don't take it seriously. Almost all of its content was created purely to get reactions out of people. They go to every extreme to offend, and then they take it a step further. They insult everything that exists, even their own users.

If it can be seen, Encyclopedia Dramatica will insult the ever living shit out of it. Do not go to Encyclopedia Dramatica if you don't wish to be offended in some way, because almost everyone will find something that offends them (failing that, just look up the offended page... don't do that, seriously, it's pretty horrible).
 

DannibalG36

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zungerman090 said:
I recently visited a website called Encyclopaedia Dramatica. Probably most, if not all of you are familiar with it.

I was not. I was really surprised and depressed by the amount of bigotry and racism that was present on that website. I was especially depressed by some of the articles concerning Asians/Orientals. It seemed to me, that whoever wrote that had an image of Asians/Orientals as being a bunch of impotent retarded f*ck pigs.

Now I do realise that places like that are a breeding ground for trolls and flamers (not in the gay sense of the word). However, I want to ask you whether such attitude is prevalent in Western society. I have once lived in Russia (12 years), so I am not completely unfamiliar with it. But, since I left when I was in grade 6, it is possible that I missed/skipped most of the racism and supremacist attitudes.

Thank you for your replies in advance.
Excuse me, but Encyclopedia Dramatica is proof that you can't take most of what you find on the internet seriously. All of what you call "bigotry" and "trolling" is done for lulz. And if you think that it's horrible and wrong to make fun of hate and abuse that real people suffer every day, please remember that EVERYTHING is relative. What you think is racism or hate could very well be humor to me or the man at the front of the Clapham omnibus.

Encyclopedia Dramatica is definitely one of my top ten favorite sites on the internet. Why? I go to it when I'm tired of self-righteous milquetoasts complaining about injustice in the world, especially when they've never suffered it themselves. I go to it because it takes what the man at the back of the Clapham omnibus thinks is good and respectful towards others, rips it in half, feasts on its innards, roasts the leftover bits, grinds those bits to powder, and then snorts the powder. I go to it to see all the internet's hate and bigotry flaunted and combined into something terrifyingly, perversely, vomitrociously beautiful.

It's art, zungerman. Encyclopedia Dramatica is razor-edge, twisted avant-garde art. It's like a sculpture that's made out of twisted metal thrown in a heap and painted a garish color, a monument that draws comments such as "It's so ugly!" and "What retard decided to call THAT monstrosity a beautiful thing?" And yet, there are those who look at Encyclopedia Dramatica and see something so vulgar, so extreme, so satirical that they say, "Bravo. Bravo." As you might have guessed, I am one of the people who cheers.

Open your eyes and mind, even if you do not wish to comprehend what you see.
 

ThatDudeThere

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Limzz said:
If you think Encyclopedia Dramatica was bad, check out this site called The Escapist. The forums are full of self righteous pseudo-intellectuals
Ice cold baby.
I like you.
 

LawlessSquirrel

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ThatDudeThere said:
Phlakes said:
My worst memories come from there. Yes, there's racism and all that, but then you accidentally find the "Pain" page.

And you never go back.
Go to the Offended page.

You will never be the same.
Do not take this advice! I'm not easily disturbed, much to the disappointment of manipulative friends, I don't react as would be expected from most shock videos, such as a certain amount of girls with a certain amount of cups not provoking much of a reaction, but that page...twisted stuff. I made it maybe 10% of the way down before skipping to the end. I'll seek out a lot in the search for knowledge, but there's some things I'd just rather not witness for myself.

Anyway, on topic, ED, 4Chan, and basically anywhere where users operate anonymously are likely to be filled with trolling and shouldn't be taken seriously. It's an immature sense of humour from a relatively small sub-sect of Internet culture, it shouldn't be considered an example of society as a whole.
 

garfoldsomeoneelse

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Encyclopedia Dramatica is a satirical website. On the surface, it's vulgar and pointless, but once you gain a true appreciation for it, you'll realize that it's not only a chronicler of the internet's biggest events and a bastion of free speech, but also an effective tool for crashing the egos of the most hardcore narcissists the internet has to offer [http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Snapesnogger]. The latter part alone makes it worth its weight in gold.