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[TheInfamousKira]

From years past. When you could have a thread about black market organ trading in Wisconsin, and someone would get the reply and say something like "Super Mario Sunshine sucks," and some puffed anus souffle would immediately say /thread like there was nothing else to discuss because Chief Clout declares it so.

What happened to that? Was it the purge? Did everyone doing those reprehensible things go to Era and All systematically get banned in the first six months anyway, or?

This shit keeps me up at night.

 

[killatopak]

First.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

I still see it here and there. It takes wits to nail a first reply. That and speed/luck/nolife/etc

 

[Banjo64]

First post nails it.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

First.

First post nails it, as usual.

Yeah, GAF had a lot of inside memes and habits, that was one of them.
Truth be told, there were a LOT of great first posts. But it was also the sign that the place was turning into a self-fellating echo chamber. Most of those people eventually founded that for their own and have never since then nailed a first post.

/thread

 

[Blitzmangoman]

This shit keeps me up at night.

 

[funkygunther]

/thread

 

[Grildon Tundy]

thread re-opened/

I think that was a wider internet trend, not just isolated to GAF. Saw it on Reddit all the time, too. Probably died out the same way I can haz cheezburger memes did in the late 00's.

Unless on GAF the joke was that the reply is in no way related to the topic like OP describes. That would be something different.

 

[DGrayson]

+1

 

[Hugare]

Thank God that it (mostly) died

People were more interested in throwing a funny one liner than improving the discussion

I see it all the time at the other place. Still happens here from time to time.

 

[jufonuk]

From years past. When you could have a thread about black market organ trading in Wisconsin, and someone would get the reply and say something like "Super Mario Sunshine sucks," and some puffed anus souffle would immediately say /thread like there was nothing else to discuss because Chief Clout declares it so.

What happened to that? Was it the purge? Did everyone doing those reprehensible things go to Era and All systematically get banned in the first six months anyway, or?

This shit keeps me up at night.

 

[Happosai]

/organtradinginwisconsin


Well, well...that's still a thing. Who needs a Wicks?

 

[Rentahamster]

First post nails it.

This

 

[dr_octagon]

Random gifs, puns and inappropriate emoji usage should mean a ban.

 

[jufonuk]

Random gifs, puns and inappropriate emoji usage should mean a ban.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Also

First post nails it.

/thread

 

[AJUMP23]

First.

Nailed it!

 

[jufonuk]

Also

/thread

/insidejokenowwealllaugh

 

[Walter Matthau]

Died out naturally. Might have something to do with the emergence of Twitter, Instagram, and others becoming the more common social media outlet instead of traditional forums. "/thread" doesn't translate to those outlets so they slowly forgot about it or never used it to begin with.

 

[Aesius]

The forum moved a lot faster pre-Era purge. Much more "noise" overall. Posting a "hot take" immediately was a way to sort of set the tone for the thread and get a little e-clout in the process.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

+1

This!

 

[V1LÆM]

First!

 

[jshackles]

I feel like reactions becoming available curbed a lot of that. Now people can just react to the first post, rather than endlessly posting about how they agree with the first post.

 

[SJRB]

24th!

 

[Maiden Voyage]

When you could have a thread about black market organ trading in Wisconsin

Politicians ruin everything.

 

[Pejo]

"Yikes" is the one that always bothered me the most. Also "not a good look". They were basically a pointer arrow for "let's dogpile this post for 2-3 pages", and then the mods joined in half the time.

 

[dr_octagon]

"Yikes" is the one that always bothered me the most. Also "not a good look". They were basically a pointer arrow for "let's dogpile this post for 2-3 pages", and then the mods joined in half the time.

Die on the hill was a reference to Teletubbies and or Hobbitown and respective topology of both worlds.

Sweet summer child is about at dealing with diabetes in young people and cutting out sugar in food.

 

[dr_octagon]

 

[jufonuk]

 

[The Cockatrice]

OP loves cocks.

 

[Dee Dah Dave]

didn't read, lol

 

[Jsisto]

This ain’t the take, chief. Try touching grass.

 

[dr_octagon]

I originally misread the thread title as Gabbo