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And you are one of the proud five! But seriously, we don't want total assholes because if this site is going to continue to regain more frequent posters then we don't want to constantly see people trolled in every thread they post in. That said, this thread was created to reminisce about the positive memories of AGN so let's keep it there ok?
I joined back in 2004 and didn't really become very active for a while after that so I also missed some of the big events like the AGN convention (was it just the one or were there more?). I also don't know anyone personally on here. I know there are quite a few members here who grew up together or met each other IRL at some point. I used to read a lot of old posts to figure out personalities here, especially in General Bitching and Ask Someone Who Gets Laid (I think you were looking for that one). Some of the old threads were just hilarious!
I am glad to be back as an active member now though. It's tough without seeing all the regulars from my early days, and there were a lot of good ones, but people's lives change. I am on here at least every other day typically so I can keep up with what's going on and I totally get why people don't come back. It's not that they don't want to, they just move on to different parts of their lives. It's still nice though that many people come back and still call AGN their home.
It's just like a woman to start off a conversation like she's breaking up with you... I kinda skimmed, @Liliith (btw would you like a name change? The extra i is slowly causing a terminal aneurism behind my left eye) so I was confused by a lot of the stuff about Glenn. Also much of my personal experiences of AGN history were burnt up in a cloud of marijuana smoke and drown in a sea of alcohol so I won't be much help there. I'll try I guess.
Most of the people you mentioned haven't been seen in ages. Was there a @Daarkseid sighting? I personally have been hoping for him to come back.
Ask Someone Who Gets Laid which was Ask a Dominatrix after the virgins running it were fired. Wasn't that you?
General Bitching was retired (again). We have The Veldt now and it serves the same purpose and more.
My Internet Atheism brings all the boys to the yard.
Interesting. Is that another way of saying AGN's bible belt shows? The closest I get to country is my container garden behind my condo and Johnny Cash in my mp3's and I know there are other city mice on the forums.
Who is this "everyone" of which you speak? And how is Internet Atheism different from atheism and do I need both to avoid being raptured or can I get by with the garden-variety atheism I picked up as a kid?Quote:
- everyone's Internet Atheism
Atheism is not subject to just one philosophy, or one reason for it. In China, for instance, atheism is common, but they still tend to believe in things like spirits and supernatural phenomena. "Internet Atheism" is probably referring to the tendency for some people on the internet to think that not believing in a deity makes them a high intellect, often ranking themselves superior to anyone who has any religious beliefs.
Personally, I think you have to be careful about lumping anyone who posts on the internet and happens to be atheist with that sort of mindset.
Ask Someone Who Gets Laid
Yes, in a car accident. I was pretty sad.
I was secretly into you, even though you creeped me out. I never said anything. I was such a crazy moron back then in general, I'm not even sure you should take that as a compliment. :)
I read some of my old AGN posts and had a 12 hour existential crisis about what a dork I am.
I agree, it does have one meaning. That, in a way was the point. However, there is a perception that atheists all approach their atheism in one way, and that they all subscribe to one mindset. As for internet atheism, I am well aware that quite a few on the internet are not like that, but a lot of people think that it's how all atheists who post on the internet are. So believe me, I meant absolutely no offense. I was kind of trying to downplay the perception, in fact.
Atheism is just that: atheism. There's nothing extra tacked onto it. Atheism is simply "lacking a belief in god(s)".
HOWEVER, it has entered the vernacular to hold a different meaning with all sorts of baggage attached by association. The kinds of people who use "atheist" disparagingly probably don't often pick up or care for a dictionary.
The kinds of atheists I've seen are the militant (both hostile and not-hostile) types (you know, the kinds that PERSECUTE all those poor christians with WORDS and in some cases BOOKS or SEMINARS. War Crime courts will be on their asses about it I'm sure), and those who lack fortitude ("hey man just respect everyone's beliefs"). Others who aren't theist are some variant of spiritual or entirely agnostic. (i.e. useless hippies)
Some people go too far with the whole "i'm better than you" complex (as people are prone to do regardless of the situation/context) but I'm inclined to wonder if someone is taking the "political correctness" BS a little too far to not see an issue with people who blindly follow an arbitrary set of mythology and stop at nothing, psychologically, to force facts to conform to the mythology in question, and at all costs shut down any communication should they be encouraged to ask questions.
This tells me that ideas have more rights than people and that "offending" someone or challenging their beliefs is, for some ludicrous reason, an event that merits punishment/censorship. If people can't stand their beliefs being challenged, then maybe they should find beliefs that inspire way more confidence in them.
And there's my quota for "internet atheism".
I remember that Ask a Dominatrix forum very well. Some of the stuff was pretty funny back then. I remember one particular thread about an...ear. That's all I'll say, lol.
As for Jigglysaint, haven't seen him around here or PureZC. He is still around the romhacking community somewhat. You might catch him on romhacking.net or similar if you're lucky.
zcn, Daarkseid, kenage, TSA...I've seen neither hide nor hair of them anywhere. They seem to have dropped off the internet entirely.
Also, what avatar was that? I forgot. :3
@Lilith ->This one?
- IRC trivia, duh - Check out Triforce Quest. It has its own forum. Also, IRC still happens. Look for the server information at the top of the News and Announcements forum.
- general bitching - The Veldt now, mostly unused, kind of pointless.
- ask a dominatrix - Weird sex stuff.
- fatcatfan, carrotred (did she die?), other weird christians who sometimes posted weird sex stuff - Fcf is mia, carrotred passed away, I was a Christian but now I'm not so sure.
- jigglysaint, wtf? - Apparently still hangs out in the rom hacking scene, weird mormon who had a sexual attraction to a handicapped girl half his age.
- general bitching - Quit drinking, you're drunk.
- me being the town bicycle - Never got a ride, it's not too late.
- everyone's Internet Atheism - Why did people get offended by this? I know exactly what you mean.
- zcn - Died quickly. Glenn and a few others tried to make it the home of ZC, WL said no.
- daarkseid (dead?) - Last seen February 2012, one of the few remaining oldbies that still hasn't checked in. I'll email him.
- kenage - Remember the name, don't remember the stories. Google turns up a couple stupid things.
- ASWGL / asswiggle (what did this stand for) - Ask someone who gets laid, ask a dominatrix successor.
- TSA's retarded fake profile drama - Posts were pruined when he almost reached 10,000, went on a posting spree to get them back up there, for 10,000 posted that he was really three people doing some kind of internet experiment for the lulz. loljk, left to run communities zelda headquarters, the hylia, and now gemakei(which was originally zentendo.)
- alexmax - Albino, dropped in to offer to attempt to port ZC, disappeared with the source code.
- breaker - Still hangs out in the AGN Facebook group.
- why the heck did I even have that avatar? - What avatar?
Only thing I remember about TSA was how he wanted some award or something years back for having the best themed profile? TheSilentAssassin, with a Solid Snake avatar. I mean, it was 10+ years ago, so it was probably really bitchin' back then...
Am I the only one here who remembers Cyclone? What happened to Shadowblazer? And J.J.Maxx and Foxy? (Foxxy?) Besides having a kid and all. Is Warlock still around, since I always confused him with War Lord. Where the fuck is Darth Chronic? Kioshi? Me2? Who had the 3D Homer Simpson avatar with the "twisty little passages, all alike" quote in their signature? Wtf guys? I'm freaking out right now.
[edit]And KJAZZ, 167 listeners can't be wrong. LOL We need to get Masamune posting on here instead of facebook as much also.[/edit]
I always comment on Masa's posts on Facebook. I'm not sure his friends think I'm a troll or just a dick.
Thanks for the clarification! Luckily it is my vast reservoir of knowledge and fabulous reasoning skills rather than my belief in deities that makes me a high intellect. In the interest of maintaining the warm & fuzzy promenade down memory lane, I shall reiterate SUCCESSOR's fine observation:
So to fill in a few blanks: Kenage was finally expelled to sockpuppet hell. JJ and Foxxy got divorced. Daarkie was not doing well last winter with no news (to my knowledge) since the beginning of the year... if anyone can touch base with him, it would be appreciated. I keep Breaker close to satisfy my baser needs and desires.Quote:
Also what you think of as "Internet Atheist" is probably the most offensive thing in this post.
Again, and I already mentioned this before, I had a dictionary in my house that was 3 times older than me, and it defined anything that exists as being alive. If anything that exists and/or is is alive, then in conjunction with that idea someone could say that by definition that anything that exists is "life" by definition.
The Bible states at some point that "God is life."
Therefor people who say they believe in atheism are basically saying that they don't believe in words having definitions, which would be a derivative of many possible factors, which might include, but are not limited to:
A) Lack of education or comprehension.
B) Wanton rebellion against the facts they were presented, nominally, and are saying so.
C) The actual desire to somehow verbalize that what they prefer would be that there is no God, which might include:
i)They are suicidal and unappreciative of their own life and circumstance.
ii)They are sociopaths, and do not actually care for other's well being and/or existence either.
iii)They actually can't even understand that they exist in the first place, being blind, deaf, yet not dumb about their own being.
So to me, personally, I would knock that down another notch altogether and say that atheism is just that, atheism: A word that by definition is self-defeatist, and actually carries no meaning whatsoever.
The bible also states that bats are birds so I would think twice before taking anything it says seriously. See? you could've saved yourself some time by just thinking a little. The dictionary's age has nothing to do with anything other than being outdated on the basis that language changes over time.
Words are a construct of human imagination and not innate to existence. Without Galileo, the planets would still orbit around the sun and without Diagoras, there would still be atheists. Without some archaic dictionary, The Bible would still be a rather contradictory collection of folk stories and old wives' tales made up by humans.
Now, dear Zim, if you wish to see how well your argument would stand up to serious scrutiny, go ahead and start a thread in The Veldt and I shall join you. I suggest something along the lines of defining "existence" as that will be the first obstacle your poorly composed assertions will have to face. Difficulty: The Bible is not a reputable citation.
Meet the new AGN, same as the old AGN.
Okay, okay.
Albeit that I understand that definitions may change over time, etc. et. al. I am and was only informing you guys and gals that the dictionary did define those terms as what I stated that it did, and therefor what I said isn't an argument, it's merely a colloquial set of terminology.
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He also once said that he had a weird attraction to individually-wrapped cheese slices. I am not making that up.Quote:
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The question answered itself when you mentioned horses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Liliith
Saw it once. He doesn't have any ginormous tumor on his forehead or anything....guess he was a bit paranoid.Quote:
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Didn't know about any lightbulbs. :D
I mean, again, that was back some 10 years ago, when it was TOTALLY PLAUSIBLE that by giving out any tiny detail of your real life self would result in your computer being taken over by cyber hackers who would watch you on your webcam and print out weird messages on your printer.
WARNING--DO NOT CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINKS IF SEEING A SINGLE NIPPLE ON A BOOB WILL OFFEND YOU. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Kenage became waychel became reicheru...apparently, she had some legal dispute with gaf which led them to change their name to neogaf. Haven't found many details.
http://www anonib com/t/res/307.html (Link disabled; contains adult ads; access at own discretion)
http://opa-ages.com/forums/topic/63452-waychel/
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthre...=23386&page=78
http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=74158115
http://www.aznlover.com/community/sh...ned-to-Waychel
More to come.
Those pics made me laugh soooo hard. XD
One wonders if anyone read the part where I also said this:
Pointing out that there are indeed people who have these prejudices should not itself be considered offensive. And in case I haven't been clear, that is not how I view things.Quote:
Personally, I think you have to be careful about lumping anyone who posts on the internet and happens to be atheist with that sort of mindset.
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@SUCCESSOR , get adblock, noob.
Was Kenage the one scaring noobs on IRC by showing them the contents of their harddrive? And the one pulling passwords out of quest headers? Also one of the members snagging unreleased betas from private URLs?
My warning was good enough.
A. Dunno. Probably one of those stupid links that goes back to your computer. Dumb.
B. Possibly. Lots of people did that.
C. Yes. She handed out the poison beta that AT LEAST got Metastaiford to my knowledge. He still hangs out on GU, but it's been down a couple of days.
No, your warning was about a nipple not a woman finger-banging herself.
A. I'm sure. She tried to scare me like that and I just laughed.
B. Yeah, I know. I think she offered to unlock quests for me in IRC once. I, like now, could have cared less about getting into others quests.
C. Wasn't that just a program that made Windows not boot? I remember someone saying all you had to do was boot into safe mode and remove it.
It renamed C:\Windows, as I recall. That would stop Windows from booting at all, but it's simple to fix with any sort of boot disk.
I thought it just renamed the fonts directory.
Do you use the term "meaning" in the sense of the overall average, as in mean, median, and mode?
If so then, in English alphanumeriology, the meaning of life is the letter H.