Does Boards have a culture anymore?

riffmongous

Are the days of yore ma being blasted with piss by an atari jaguar soon to be gone forever?

These were the most important but there were plenty more, coke and hookers, quake, swan eating poles, Trent.. Not everyone was fond of these alright, and many found them to be stupid, but they are distinctly boards tropes that used to be instantly recognisable and not to be found anywhere else, but are now falling out of use (3 pages of search results for atari jaguar from the last year compared to 10 pages for 3 years ago) and maybe there are people here now who don't have a clue what I am talking about.

Is their loss to be lamented or has the culture simply moved on? Has Boards simply developed new tropes and if so what are they?

(I wasnt sure whether to say Boards or simply AH..)

The Moldy Gowl

Yeah. It does have a culture.

An egg shell walking culture where bans are the currency.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

It has evolved. And as with most evolution it has become something better.

suicide_circus

L. Casei Immunitas

Liam McPoyle

Boards has become a much better place imo.

For many years I considered AH a cesspool where casual isms were the norm and stupid catch phrases were the order of the day.

It, and Boards has moved past the knuckle dragging nonsense and is much more enjoyable for it.

IMHO.

Boskowski

Those were the days... Not that I was actually really part of that, but still... you knew what you were at and you kinda liked it all the same. It gives a nice warm feel of unruliness and inappropriateness just for the sake of it. Its definitely trending towards the gender balance, pc for the sake of it and oh my god we may be liable here types. The Flanders' are taking over, WE.MUST.RESIST.

fleet_admiral

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsHuNFEa8H4

hatrickpatrick

IMO AH has become far, far too uptight. AH used to be a fairly South Park-ish kind of place but that was the point of it, and if you couldn't stand the heat you could just feck off.

This doesn't apply to Boards as a whole, I just find it bizarre that they've essentially forced sanitisation on a forum whose entire purpose was to be unsanitary.

hatrickpatrick

IMO AH has become far, far too uptight. AH used to be a fairly South Park-ish kind of place but that was the point of it, and if you couldn't stand the heat you could just feck off.

This doesn't apply to Boards as a whole, I just find it bizarre that they've essentially forced sanitisation on a forum whose entire purpose was to be unsanitary.

DrumSteve

You can still find the old AH online in The Journal comments section.

sligojoek

Three fiddy

The Backwards Man

The sun always shone in the summertime when we were kids.

Boskowski

Business Cat wrote: »

Boards has become a much better place imo.

For many years I considered AH a cesspool where casual isms were the norm and stupid catch phrases were the order of the day.

It, and Boards has moved past the knuckle dragging nonsense and is much more enjoyable for it.

IMHO.

But if you didn't like it you could have just stayed out of it, couldn't you? Why does everything have to be sanitised these days?

Lisha

The Backwards Man wrote: »

The sun always shone in the summertime when we were kids.

Which was a relief as we'd to walk to school but we didn't have any shoes.

Clem H Fandango

I saw a hilarious thread on reddit ireland earlier about a man trying to get rid of a cow out of his garden and reminded me of what AH used to be like. Sadly it's just to plain and boring here nowadays.

eamonnq

I would give my opinion on this but it might offend some people.

Boskowski

Ye seems reddit is the way to go for unruliness. Sad isn't it?

riffmongous

Boskowski wrote: »

Ye seems reddit is the way to go for unruliness. Sad isn't it?

The only distinct 'cultural' trope I see on /Ireland is the hate for Boards, which can be pretty funny sometimes, but by the 2nd post it's just bitter

The Moldy Gowl

Clem H Fandango wrote: »

I saw a hilarious thread on reddit ireland earlier about a man trying to get rid of a cow out of his garden and reminded me of what AH used to be like. Sadly it's just to plain and boring here nowadays.

I would usually check r/Ireland first before coming here. Easier to get a tl:dr of Ireland.
Don't really post here except when I'm bored.

The_Valeyard

Culture......you mean Germs culture or bio hazard?

The Moldy Gowl

riffmongous wrote: »

The only distinct 'cultural' trope I see on /Ireland is the hate for Boards, which can be pretty funny sometimes, but by the 2nd post it's just bitter

Mostly banned users with something to grind.
A lot do have a point about boards and it's censorship. Boards is very left wing.

kfallon

Used to really like this place but more often than not I come here, have a look and don't post, far too many serious topics these days and they usually consist of 3 or 4 people continuing an argument over 7-8 pages!

Not enough fart threads imo :P

Pinch Flat

I don't know what a tracker mortgage is

wendell borton

האמא שלך, דק המצועפים, פליטים, מטיילים, אם חד הוריים על דמי אבטלה, מוסלמים ופמיניסטיות יש ארור עם שתן.

Nika Bolokov

It's become so dull. You have very aggressive moderators and angry posters who look for arguments resulting in a generation that don't bother with it hence I'd say the average user is now 30+

To test this post a thread in the entrepreneurial and business forum saying you want to start a coffee shop/newsagent or petrol station and watch the agression.

I miss the irreverence and the banning for no material reason.

Try starting a risqué thread in AH these days...

That_Guy

I miss when AH was all about brummytom making those first curious steps into adulthood and wondering when he'd get laid.

Ah good times. T'was like the English version of Feeky. :pac:

Big Nasty

The whole buzzword thing is a bit like the current 'Be like Bill' thing on facebook.

'Yore Ma' and 'Blast it with p1ss' were actually funny for a couple weeks then got overused and became an annoyance.

Have to admit I preferred AH when it wasn't quite as PC but such is life, things move on.

The whole of boards has gone this way, not just AH. Galway City used to be up there with the funniest and best subforums, because people legitimately didn't care and it was great. Now.. it's just this egg-shell laden mess, with so many posters far too easily triggered. /r/ireland seems t be where to go for the fun.

kneemos

The culture of endless pointless arguments.

ToddyDoody

Loser culure?

Or at least something amiss which we're trying to cover up with humour / angry, to the death debates

Ruu

suicide_circus wrote: »

L. Casei Immunitas

Bifidus regularis.

goz83

I get annoyed when AH is used for serious threads, which is where the issue lies....people being too thick and lazy to find the right forum to post in.

fcuk reddit. It's only good for some MS keys and even then it sucks and is full of dodgy characters.

I will take old boards culture any day, even if it is a bit PC in some areas.

masti123

goz83 wrote: »

I get annoyed when AH is used for serious threads, which is where the issue lies....people being too thick and lazy to find the right forum to post in.

fcuk reddit. It's only good for some MS keys and even then it sucks and is full of dodgy characters.

I will take old boards culture any day, even if it is a bit PC in some areas.

You use reddit to say the things you can't on boards..

cale165

goz83 wrote: »

I get annoyed when AH is used for serious threads, which is where the issue lies....people being too thick and lazy to find the right forum to post in.

fcuk reddit. It's only good for some MS keys and even then it sucks and is full of dodgy characters.

I will take old boards culture any day, even if it is a bit PC in some areas.

If your 'hilarious' signature is anything to go by, you're definitely more suited to boards as opposed to Reddit.

Nika Bolokov

That_Guy wrote: »

I miss when AH was all about brummytom making those first curious steps into adulthood and wondering when he'd get laid.

Ah good times. T'was like the English version of Feeky. :pac:

Wonder where he is these days

PC Lackey

Its just business, they want a larger audience for more money.

A larger audience means more opportunity for butt-hurt and lost money.

So butt-hurt counter measures had to be implemented.

That is why the hug-box culture has grown.

It would normally be called a circle-jerk but thats too phallic and cis for БФards.


"...an environment, usually on the internet, in which a group with similar interests gathers to discuss topics in what they intend to be a safe, comforting, and confrontation-free environment.

What they intend to be a "safe space" almost always turns into a circle-jerk of forced consensus..."

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hugbox

Nika Bolokov

cale165 wrote: »

If your 'hilarious' signature is anything to go by, you're definitely more suited to boards as opposed to Reddit.

This is the type of ****e I hate

No need for it

Nika Bolokov

PC Lackey wrote: »

Its just business, they want a larger audience for more money.

A larger audience means more opportunity for butt-hurt and lost money.

So butt-hurt counter measures had to be implemented.

That is why the hug-box culture has grown.

It would normally be called a circle-jerk but thats too phallic and cis for БФards.


"...an environment, usually on the internet, in which a group with similar interests gathers to discuss topics in what they intend to be a safe, comforting, and confrontation-free environment.

What they intend to be a "safe space" almost always turns into a circle-jerk of forced consensus..."

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hugbox

Funny thing is the site is dropping down the traffic rankings.

The Master

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be

Ex AH mod

First person to post the phrase "blast it with piss" in AH

Liam McPoyle

Boskowski wrote: »

But if you didn't like it you could have just stayed out of it, couldn't you? Why does everything have to be sanitised these days?

That was my point, I'd say I may have posted a max of 4 or 5 times on my old account, over the course of about 4 years.

NomadicGray

The Master wrote: »

First person to post the phrase "blast it with piss" in AH

Wow. Your medals in the post.

riffmongous

The Master wrote: »

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be

Ex AH mod

First person to post the phrase "blast it with piss" in AH

These things might not have been funny or whatever but at least it was AH, it had it's own atmosphere, what is distinct about AH nowadays? You get lots of people and threads but anything special?

the_barfly1

Boards culture is two posters derailing a thread by arguing amongst themselves ad nauseum until a thread is closed. Pro tip - as a general rule, anything past page 3 (i use 30 posts per page) is generally bullsh!t.

The monetization of this website, as is the case with all forms of social media, has led to its slow decline. There is so much censorship on this site so as not to upset corporate sponsors and advertisers that its laughable.

It's full of over sensitive moderators and a clique of "regulars" which rotates over time. This clique is generally made up of 20 or so posters who have managed to amass something in the region of 10,000 posts in under 12 months (seriously guys? go outside). The moderators are generally part of this clique also and wave their banhammer around with wanton abandon, oppose their views or encroach upon their rules at your peril.

Boards used to be a place to go to where you could ask for advice in the various forums about various things. Now if you need advice you either get no reply, or have the high horse brigade berate you for getting yourself into a position which leads to you needing advice.

This site has seriously become a bit of a sh1thole, but I find myself unable to quit it. I suppose I've become a habitual reader of the site (i post VERY little due to reasons mentioned above) and it's just an automatic go-to place for me when online.
It also helps that the vbulletin layout is very user friendly on Opera mobile.

To be honest, I was quietly pleased with the outage last week, as it almost forced my hand in ignoring the site henceforth. Once the "New" site is launched I'm sure I will say goodbye for good, because the new design is absolutely woeful and counter intuitive. Its already a pain the hole trying to navigate the site ("Topics" menu? Really?). When I can no longer use the "old" vbulletin skin I'm gone.

Then I can finally forget about the cesspit this site has become and reminisce about when it was actually useful and enjoyable.

I used to love this site. *sigh*

smash

Surprised this hasn't been moved to the culture forum yet :pac:

The Master

NomadicGray wrote: »

Wow. Your medals in the post.

As is your bag of piss young lady

I was simply pointing out the history of the phrase. It comes from the foul bachelor frog meme

The Moldy Gowl

The Master wrote: »

As is your bag of piss young lady

I was simply pointing out the history of the phrase. It comes from the foul bachelor frog meme

Look at you.

Posting dank memes before they were dank.
You must have a load of dusty rare pepes as well.

The Moldy Gowl

Thankswhoring wrecked this site. Unfunny posters trying to be smart in the first comment .

riffmongous

The Master wrote: »

As is your bag of piss young lady

I was simply pointing out the history of the phrase. It comes from the foul bachelor frog meme

Whatever happened to the wiki? These sort of things should be recorded :pac:

Big Nasty

When I started posting here this was all just fields......

kneemos

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

Thankswhoring wrecked this site. Unfunny posters trying to be smart in the first comment .

Might be responsible for the negativity as well,no thanks for being positive and helpful.

PC Lackey

Boards doesn't have such prevalence of the shinnerbot vs blueshirt thing going on, Ill give it that.
Here its mostly kept within politics forums.

Over on reddit ireland its constantly in your face in an unfunny forced hilarity style.

Hey everybody heres a rubbish photoshop of x politician riding a sheep and tearing up the constitution ho ho isnt that hilarious, now you're sure to vote for party y.
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