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12/27/2012 4:49:03 AM
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Garem's guide to Flood popularity (Updated again)
Hello, everyone. If you've been here as long as I have, you'll notice that a lot of people take popularity on here as a big deal. Now, you're probably wondering, "Well, yeah. I love being popular. But how can I get it?" Just follow these steps, and you'll be instacool:
Step One: Get coup.
[i]Bnet's default avatars are dull, and everyone uses them. Coup will make you stand out. If you don't use coup, at least use a lesser-known avatar.[/i]
Step Two: Post often.
[i]This should be obvious.[/i]
Step Three: Break the rules every now and then.
[i]The most memorable threads are threads that aren't in line with Bnet's rules. You'll have to break the rules creatively, though.[/i]
Step Four: Don't be a phony.
[i]Mostly everyone on here is one. Not being one will make you stand out.[/i]
Step Five: Have outrageous opinions.
[i]This is a must.[/i]
Step Six: Don't use memes.
[i]Seriously.[/i]
Step Seven: Claim to be a girl
[i]Most Floodians are antisocial. They enjoy communicating with females online to compensate.[/i]
Step Eight: Spam "do you recognize the user above you" threads.
[i]Anyone who says "no" will recognize you afterward.[/i]
Step Nine: Have a memorable username.
[i]A name like "iFarted69" or "FeliciaSucksBlackShaft" is going to get you more attention than "Ron5567" or "HALOFREAK"[/i]
That's all there is to it. Have a suggestion for another step? Post it in this thread.
[Edited on 12.29.2012 12:10 AM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garem [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Gaara444 That's not how posting works. If your thread is beyond page 1 it's dead, and any post you make that revives it is a necrobump. Sorry, but your posts aren't special enough to not be considered rule breaking. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garem When I respond to posts after dinner, it will [i]not[/i] be a bump, no matter what page this thread is on. [/quote][/quote] That's simply untrue. It's not like the only threads you can respond to are ones on the front page. And besides, stop white-knighting. It's stupid and annoying.[/quote] IKR? It's soooo unoriginal. Almost as unoriginal as making a thread about how unoriginal people are.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] car15 You're just a hipster, Garem. That's all there is to it.[/quote] No, I'm not. Hipsters are the ultimate phonies. They change who they are to be different than anyone else. I don't. I just say what I think. I eat at McDonalds, shop at Walmart, buy COD games...I'm not a hipster by any means.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] tehMoerzzz [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] iwritestories [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jacobwseibers [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Uber Grunt 37 [url=http://memegenerator.net/instance/32630962]This[/url][/quote] We need to make a Phony one too.[/quote] Dude! that would be awesome!! :D Garem thinks he isnt a phony! HAHA![/quote] Working on it right now, one sec[/quote] Ok make it a good one. [Edited on 12.29.2012 5:02 PM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Gaara444 That's not how posting works. If your thread is beyond page 1 it's dead, and any post you make that revives it is a necrobump. Sorry, but your posts aren't special enough to not be considered rule breaking. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garem When I respond to posts after dinner, it will [i]not[/i] be a bump, no matter what page this thread is on. [/quote][/quote] That's simply untrue. It's not like the only threads you can respond to are ones on the front page. And besides, stop white-knighting. It's stupid and annoying.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] iwritestories [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jacobwseibers [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Uber Grunt 37 [url=http://memegenerator.net/instance/32630962]This[/url][/quote] We need to make a Phony one too.[/quote] Dude! that would be awesome!! :D Garem thinks he isnt a phony! HAHA![/quote] Working on it right now, one sec
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jacobwseibers [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Uber Grunt 37 [url=http://memegenerator.net/instance/32630962]This[/url][/quote] We need to make a Phony one too.[/quote] Dude! that would be awesome!! :D Garem thinks he isnt a phony! HAHA!
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ReconE14 >That feel when no one knows me anymore[/quote]same bro
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Uber Grunt 37 [url=http://memegenerator.net/instance/32630962]This[/url][/quote] We need to make a Phony one too.
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It's so true
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[url=http://memegenerator.net/instance/32630962]This[/url]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Jiggydiggydoo You don't like memes? Fine, just let other people enjoy them. That's what I do. [/quote] He's a hipster. He has to hold his superior taste over other people.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] iwritestories [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] tehMoerzzz Dammit, I'm late?[/quote] bout 500 posts...[/quote] sefs [Edited on 12.29.2012 4:47 PM PST]
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That's not how posting works. If your thread is beyond page 1 it's dead, and any post you make that revives it is a necrobump. Sorry, but your posts aren't special enough to not be considered rule breaking. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garem When I respond to posts after dinner, it will [i]not[/i] be a bump, no matter what page this thread is on. [/quote]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Jiggydiggydoo [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garem [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] car15 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garem [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] car15 You see why I mean? That sentence structure is borrowed from past sources. You're riffing on something that has come before you. We all do it, all the time, only to varying degrees depending on the situation.[/quote] But with what I did, I can change the wording. So there is a degree of creativity. With "do you even lift" and "herp derp", you're essentially just copy/pasting the same things.[/quote] Don't you see? Originality has nothing to do with "phoniness." Memes are just a tool used to express convictions and sentiments. What matters is whether those convictions and sentinents are honest or feigned in order to please other people. [/quote] No, memes are a way for unoriginal people to try to be original. Hence, phoniness.[/quote] What does it matter if memes are unoriginal? The point of humor is to make you laugh, not to be original and intelligent. I personally don't care for memes cause I like different stuff but obviously a lot of people like them. If I recall correctly last time I told you this you just said they were annoying as hell to you. Well, they might be annoying but you're gonna have to live with it. You have to live with annoying things. EDIT: Okay, at least the VAST majority of memes are used for humor. [/quote] People who find memes funny are the kind of people who think that Step Brothers was funny.[/quote] So? I don't see your point. I'm just saying that if people find memes funny then they should probably just continue on because it doesn't matter. I'm saying they shouldn't feel as if what they're enjoying is not original or intelligent enough because it doesn't matter since it's humor. You can enjoy stupid things and still be an intelligent person. You don't like memes? Fine, just let other people enjoy them. That's what I do.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] tehMoerzzz Dammit, I'm late?[/quote] bout 500 posts...
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Quickly make fun of him.
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You're just a hipster, Garem. That's all there is to it.
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Dammit, I'm late?
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brb. When I respond to posts after dinner, it will [i]not[/i] be a bump, no matter what page this thread is on.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] iwritestories kk[/quote] Thank you Story-san.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jacobwseibers [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] iwritestories [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jacobwseibers [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] iwritestories [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jacobwseibers Are you going to make a alt called Story-san?[/quote] ya, waht else?[/quote] Ok I expect great things from you.[/quote] You will not be disappointed master.[/quote] Don't call me master just Jacob.[/quote] kk
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garem [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] car15 No, memes are tools. They can be used in any way you please. Most people use them for the reasons I discussed.[/quote] You are objectively wrong. Memes are used as substitutes for quality arguments/creativity. You ever see Barack Obama use a meme? No, because he can speak for himself.[/quote] [url=http://www.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2012106/reg_559.obamameme.cm.11612.jpg]Maybe, but there's still Barack Obama (or the guy you think is like 4 different races.) memes[/url]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garem [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] car15 No, memes are tools. They can be used in any way you please. Most people use them for the reasons I discussed.[/quote] You are objectively wrong. Memes are used as substitutes for quality arguments/creativity. You ever see Barack Obama use a meme? No, because he can speak for himself.[/quote] Memes are used as shorthand. Obama can't use memes because he is not familiar with Internet subculture and he must address a nation of people unfamiliar with it too. Memes are annoying and they are less precise and less clear than a well-written argument, but they are not "inauthentic." They're just lazy.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garem [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Jiggydiggydoo [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garem [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] car15 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garem But with what I did, I can change the wording. So there is a degree of creativity. With "do you even lift" and "herp derp", you're essentially just copy/pasting the same things.[/quote] Don't you see? Originality has nothing to do with "phoniness." Memes are just a tool used to express convictions and sentiments. What matters is whether those convictions and sentinents are honest or feigned in order to please other people. [/quote] No, memes are a way for unoriginal people to try to be original. Hence, phoniness.[/quote] What does it matter if memes are unoriginal? The point of humor is to make you laugh, not to be original and intelligent. I personally don't care for memes cause I like different stuff but obviously a lot of people like them. If I recall correctly last time I told you this you just said they were annoying as hell to you. Well, they might be annoying but you're gonna have to live with it. You have to live with annoying things. EDIT: Okay, at least the VAST majority of memes are used for humor. [/quote] People who find memes funny are the kind of people who think that Step Brothers was funny.[/quote] butt hurt Op?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] iwritestories [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jacobwseibers [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] iwritestories [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] jacobwseibers Are you going to make a alt called Story-san?[/quote] ya, waht else?[/quote] Ok I expect great things from you.[/quote] You will not be disappointed master.[/quote] Don't call me master just Jacob.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Jiggydiggydoo [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garem [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] car15 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garem [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] car15 You see why I mean? That sentence structure is borrowed from past sources. You're riffing on something that has come before you. We all do it, all the time, only to varying degrees depending on the situation.[/quote] But with what I did, I can change the wording. So there is a degree of creativity. With "do you even lift" and "herp derp", you're essentially just copy/pasting the same things.[/quote] Don't you see? Originality has nothing to do with "phoniness." Memes are just a tool used to express convictions and sentiments. What matters is whether those convictions and sentinents are honest or feigned in order to please other people. [/quote] No, memes are a way for unoriginal people to try to be original. Hence, phoniness.[/quote] What does it matter if memes are unoriginal? The point of humor is to make you laugh, not to be original and intelligent. I personally don't care for memes cause I like different stuff but obviously a lot of people like them. If I recall correctly last time I told you this you just said they were annoying as hell to you. Well, they might be annoying but you're gonna have to live with it. You have to live with annoying things. EDIT: Okay, at least the VAST majority of memes are used for humor. [/quote] People who find memes funny are the kind of people who think that Step Brothers was funny.
