Wow. The things you find.

[Dave]

I routinely check the new users history online to see if they are spammers, etc. Standard practice.

I did a Google search for one of our newest members and one of the forums they have been seen at is a survivalist site I'm not going to link.

Frightening site. The world is ending and they can help you prepare. They have interesting categories like:

Be Prepared: Discuss the methods of preparation, how to prepare, and what you need to do to survive when it all collapses.
Guns and Ammo: Discussions about the firearms that you'll need to defend yourself, your family, and your property.
Urban Survival: So, you're stuck in a city. Discuss tips and topics related to survival when living on the land is not an option.

THEY HAVE 5000+ MEMBERS!!

 

[Denbrought]

Can you link me to it, PM or something? I'm interested.

 

[GasBandit]

Just sounds like good sense to me. America's looking at governmental and societal collapse within our lifetime, after all.

 

[Chazwozel]

Just sounds like good sense to me. America's looking at governmental and societal collapse within our lifetime, after all.

"...Well he'd better keep his hands off these bananas. Gonna need them when the radiation turns us all into monkeys."

Dumbass alarmists.

 

[GasBandit]

Dumbass alarmists.

That's right, quote Barney Frank circa 2003-2007.

 

[Andromache]

Can you link me to it, PM or something? I'm interested.

just google the phrases he posted. Not hard

 

[Cajungal]

Oh, good Lord.

 

[Shegokigo]

*IS* coming after all.

 

[Andromache]

Ah, the skywatcher story was my favorite.

 

[Denbrought]

Can you link me to it, PM or something? I'm interested.

just google the phrases he posted. Not hard [/QUOTE]

*Humiliated* >.>

 

[makare]

So... you do a "background check" on all new people?


That's aint creepy at all.... >.>

 

[Shegokigo]

You should see the things he asks me to do for him when he's REALLY interested in a forum member.

 

[Columbus]

It's me, I'm the one in the OP.

 

[North_Ranger]

Hello, kid.

Say, I'm currently doin' a little post-apocalyptic storytelling á la Book of Eli... Got any tips you could throw my way?

 

[Shegokigo]

Ranger missed the joke.

 

[North_Ranger]

Just sounds like good sense to me. America's looking at governmental and societal collapse within our lifetime, after all.

Please, they've been saying that ever since the wagon trains started piling up on the Pacific shore...

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Ranger missed the joke.

...

Dammit.

Forgive me, I must now commit nerd seppuku. *stabs himself with a pencil*

 

[Iaculus]

I thought nerd seppuku involved a bat'leth?

 

[Gusto]

I thought nerd seppuku involved a bat'leth?

Seppuku is dishonourable and you are a p'tak!

 

[Dave]

So... you do a "background check" on all new people?


That's aint creepy at all.... >.>

I do a cursory search on their names. A couple of times it's thrown up red SPAMMER flags. A lot of time a new account won't be flagged on the spamwatch websites because the name or IP they are using is too new. If I do a search for the name and they show up on 20+ forums then it's probably a spammer. And I only do it for new people who post and the post is difficult to read or nonsensical.

If you did this for a month you'd end up doing the same thing.

 

[phil]

I thought nerd seppuku involved a bat'leth?

Seppuku is dishonourable and you are a p'tak![/QUOTE]

Wait, but what about the episode where Worf lost his ability to walk, so he wanted Alexander to kill him or something?

 

[Dave]

Oh, and I didn't link directly because I didn't want them to get a bunch of traffic from here and start to get curious. I'm not exactly the most anonymous guy on the internet.

 

[makare]

If you did this for a month you'd end up doing the same thing.

HA! That's where you're wrong old man! I am WAY too lazy to do that kind of diligence for a forum. In your face!

 

[Rob King]

What's wrong with survivalism? Unlikely as it might be for such a total societal collapse to happen suddenly, these guys will be laughing to our graves if the worst happens.

*Goes to re-watch Jericho*

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

I imagine, in the face of total societal collapse, that 95% of these people will be too terrified and weak-willed to do 5% of the things they talk about on the internet.