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Bryan Simmons
Jan 11, 2021, 7:48:05 PM1/11/21
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If they discover the unmoderated NGs...
Imagine the potential for ASCII White Power sig files. A Confederate battle flag would be pretty easy.
The nutcases who believe in QAnon and unsubstantiated election fraud, and that vaccines are the Mark of the Beast could revive Usenet. Other forums are being closed to their lies and incitements to violent insurrection. It's something to think about.
--Bryan
Imagine the potential for ASCII White Power sig files. A Confederate battle flag would be pretty easy.
The nutcases who believe in QAnon and unsubstantiated election fraud, and that vaccines are the Mark of the Beast could revive Usenet. Other forums are being closed to their lies and incitements to violent insurrection. It's something to think about.
--Bryan
Omni Vore
Jan 11, 2021, 8:12:01 PM1/11/21
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On 1/11/2021 4:48 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> If they discover the unmoderated NGs...
Go have a look at alt.fan.rush-limbaugh.
> If they discover the unmoderated NGs...
They've been there for quite a while. One frequent poster there, in
particular, is spectacularly, stupidly unhinged, but there are
several.
They're elsewhere too.
Master Bruce
Jan 11, 2021, 8:48:07 PM1/11/21
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On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:11:55 -0800, Omni Vore <ea...@every.thing>
wrote:
As if you're not.
wrote:
Bryan Simmons
Jan 11, 2021, 8:55:31 PM1/11/21
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--Bryan
Master Bruce
Jan 11, 2021, 9:05:19 PM1/11/21
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for binaries. A web forum is more likely, located in a country that
won't close them down after 3 days.
Hank Rogers
Jan 11, 2021, 9:18:22 PM1/11/21
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John Kuthe
Jan 11, 2021, 9:46:09 PM1/11/21
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John Kuthe...
GM
Jan 11, 2021, 10:47:16 PM1/11/21
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When I've tried to explain what Usenet is to younger folk, they are either befuddled or bemused - one said, "Why would you use something like that!?"
Peeps are not going to return to Usenet any more than they are to cassette tapes in lieu of Spotify or pagers in lieu of cellphones...
As for the current rash of social media platforms censoring, some canny capitalists will come along and design something more amenable - Facebook and Twitter may be joining the ranks of Myspace and listservs...in any case it should be "interesting"...
Some commentators are comparing the current social media platforms to late 19th - century railroad oligopolies...the below is from that now far - away year of 2018:
https://theconversation.com/for-tech-giants-a-cautionary-tale-from-19th-century-railroads-on-the-limits-of-competition-91616
For tech giants, a cautionary tale from 19th century railroads on the limits of competition
March 6, 2018
"Late 19th-century Americans loved railroads, which seemed to eradicate time and space, moving goods and people more cheaply and more conveniently than ever before. And they feared railroads because in most of the country it was impossible to do business without them.
Businesses, and the republic itself, seemed to be at the mercy of the monopoly power of railroad corporations. American farmers, businessmen and consumers thought of competition as a way to ensure fairness in the marketplace. But with no real competitors over many routes, railroads could charge different rates to different customers. This power to decide economic winners and losers threatened not only individual businesses but also the conditions that sustained the republic.
That may sound familiar. As a historian of that first Gilded Age, I see parallels between the power of the railroads and today’s internet giants like Verizon and Comcast. The current regulators – the Federal Communications Commission’s Republican majority – and many of its critics both embrace a solution that 19th-century Americans tried and dismissed: market competition...
[...]
The current controversy about the monopolistic power of internet service providers echoes those concerns from the first Gilded Age. As anti-monopolists did in the 19th century, advocates of an open internet argue that regulation will advance competition by creating a level playing field for all comers, big and small, resulting in more innovation and better products. (There was even a radical, if short-lived, proposal to nationalize high-speed wireless service.)
However, no proposed regulations for an open internet address the existing power of either the service providers or the “Big Five” internet giants: Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft. Like Standard Oil, they have the power to wring enormous advantages from the internet service providers, to the detriment of smaller competitors.
The most important element of the debate – both then and now – is not the particular regulations that are or are not enacted. What’s crucial is the wider concerns about the effects on society. The Gilded Age’s anti-monopolists had political and moral concerns, not economic ones. They believed, as many in the U.S. still do, that a democracy’s economy should be judged not only – nor even primarily – by its financial output. Rather, success is how well it sustains the ideals, values and engaged citizenship on which free societies depend.
When monopoly threatens something as fundamental as the free circulation of information and the equal access of citizens to technologies central to their daily life, the issues are no longer economic..."
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Cal Q. Later
Jan 12, 2021, 12:23:08 AM1/12/21
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Master Bruce
Jan 12, 2021, 1:05:33 AM1/12/21
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On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 21:23:01 -0800, "Cal Q. Later" <ma...@operatio.ns>
wrote:
Lol, I'll see if I can find one.
wrote:
Sheldon Martin
Jan 12, 2021, 9:51:28 AM1/12/21
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Master Bruce
Jan 12, 2021, 1:47:17 PM1/12/21
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On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:51:22 -0500, Sheldon Martin <penm...@aol.com>
wrote:
Found one! But I'm afraid to ask.
wrote:
Ophelia
Jan 12, 2021, 2:48:26 PM1/12/21
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"Master Bruce" wrote in message
news:4lrrvfhln68c0h625...@4ax.com...
LOL that is the story of a lad that sticks his finger into a dyke to stop
the place being flooded:)))
Master Bruce
Jan 12, 2021, 2:56:26 PM1/12/21
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On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 19:48:19 -0000, "Ophelia" <oph...@elsinore.me.uk>
wrote:
Yes. It's a story that most Dutch people hear from foreigners, not
from other Dutch people.
>
wrote:
from other Dutch people.
>
Ophelia
Jan 12, 2021, 3:53:17 PM1/12/21
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"Master Bruce" wrote in message
Ahhh ok. It is the only one I know! What is the story you know?
>
Master Bruce
Jan 12, 2021, 4:00:24 PM1/12/21
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On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 20:53:08 -0000, "Ophelia" <oph...@elsinore.me.uk>
I know the same story but I heard it from foreigners first.
Ophelia
Jan 12, 2021, 4:45:24 PM1/12/21
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"Master Bruce" wrote in message
Ahhh OK:)))
songbird
Jan 12, 2021, 7:15:58 PM1/12/21
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Ophelia wrote:
...
songbird (keeping my feathers and fingers to myself
...
> Ahhh ok. It is the only one I know! What is the story you know?
note the difference in spelling between dike and dyke. ...
songbird (keeping my feathers and fingers to myself
Ophelia
Jan 13, 2021, 5:43:00 AM1/13/21
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"songbird" wrote in message news:24q1dh-...@anthive.com...
Difference in languages?
%
Jan 13, 2021, 8:37:00 AM1/13/21
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Master Bruce
Jan 13, 2021, 2:27:32 PM1/13/21
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%
Jan 13, 2021, 2:35:33 PM1/13/21
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want you to put your finger in her, humpy
Ophelia
Jan 13, 2021, 3:25:32 PM1/13/21
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"%" wrote in message news:rtmt1k$11rv$1...@gioia.aioe.org...
On 1/13/2021 5:42 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> Ophelia wrote:
> ...
>>  Ahhh ok. It is the only one I know! What is the story you know?
>
>  note the difference in spelling between dike and dyke. ...
>
>
>  songbird (keeping my feathers and fingers to myself
>
> ====
>
> Â Difference in languages?
>
IDIOT!
====
ARSEHOLE!
Ophelia
Jan 13, 2021, 3:27:03 PM1/13/21
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"Master Bruce" wrote in message
On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:36:54 -0500, % <per...@peescent.net> wrote:
>On 1/13/2021 5:42 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> Ophelia wrote:
>> ...
>>>  Ahhh ok. It is the only one I know! What is the story you know?
>>
>>  note the difference in spelling between dike and dyke. ...
>>
>>
>>  songbird (keeping my feathers and fingers to myself
>>
>> ====
>>
>> Â Difference in languages?
> >
>IDIOT!
What a strange way of saying that she's right.
==
>IDIOT!
What a strange way of saying that she's right.
Well I have tried to respond in his own language but I am not sure he can
read his own language <G>
Ophelia
Jan 13, 2021, 3:27:42 PM1/13/21
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"%" wrote in message news:rtni1v$1het$1...@gioia.aioe.org...
On 1/13/2021 2:27 PM, Master Bruce wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:36:54 -0500, % <per...@peescent.net> wrote:
>
>> On 1/13/2021 5:42 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>> ...
>>>>  Ahhh ok. It is the only one I know! What is the story you know?
>>>
>>>  note the difference in spelling between dike and dyke. ...
>>>
>>>
>>>  songbird (keeping my feathers and fingers to myself
>>>
>>> ====
>>>
>>> Â Difference in languages?
>>>
>> IDIOT!
>
> What a strange way of saying that she's right.
>
nah, more likely she's a bull dyke and she doesn't
want you to put your finger in her, humpy
======
>> IDIOT!
>
> What a strange way of saying that she's right.
>
nah, more likely she's a bull dyke and she doesn't
want you to put your finger in her, humpy
LOL I rest my case <g>
Master Bruce
Jan 13, 2021, 3:33:26 PM1/13/21
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%
Jan 13, 2021, 3:33:55 PM1/13/21
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%
Jan 13, 2021, 3:36:17 PM1/13/21
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%
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Ophelia
Jan 13, 2021, 3:59:22 PM1/13/21
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"%" wrote in message news:rtnljq$18p7$2...@gioia.aioe.org...
On 1/13/2021 3:26 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> news:bciuvf9nmiifbgrpa...@4ax.com...
>
> On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:36:54 -0500, % <per...@peescent.net> wrote:
>
>> On 1/13/2021 5:42 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "songbird" wrote in message news:24q1dh-...@anthive.com...
>
> On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:36:54 -0500, % <per...@peescent.net> wrote:
>
>> On 1/13/2021 5:42 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>> ...
>>>>  Ahhh ok. It is the only one I know! What is the story you
>>>> know?
>>>
>>>  Â note the difference in spelling between dike and dyke. ...
>>>
>>>
>>>  Â songbird (keeping my feathers and fingers to myself
>>>
>>> ====
>>>
>>>  Â Difference in languages?
>> >
>> IDIOT!
>
> What a strange way of saying that she's right.
>
> ==
>
> Â Well I have tried to respond in his own language but I am not sure he
>> IDIOT!
>
> What a strange way of saying that she's right.
>
> ==
>
> can read his own language <G>
>
>
you'll need someone to explain it to you, silly twat
===
>
>
you'll need someone to explain it to you, silly twat
ROFLMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Ophelia
Jan 13, 2021, 4:00:05 PM1/13/21
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"%" wrote in message news:rtnlfb$18p7$1...@gioia.aioe.org...
On 1/13/2021 3:27 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
>
> On 1/13/2021 2:27 PM, Master Bruce wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:36:54 -0500, % <per...@peescent.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/13/2021 5:42 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> "songbird" wrote in message news:24q1dh-...@anthive.com...
> On 1/13/2021 2:27 PM, Master Bruce wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:36:54 -0500, % <per...@peescent.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/13/2021 5:42 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>>  Â Ahhh ok. It is the only one I know! What is the story
>>>>> you know?
>>>>
>>>>  Â note the difference in spelling between dike and dyke. ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Â songbird (keeping my feathers and fingers to myself
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ====
>>>>
>>>>  Â Difference in languages?
>>>>
>>> IDIOT!
>>
>> What a strange way of saying that she's right.
>>
> nah, more likely she's a bull dyke and she doesn't
> want you to put your finger in her, humpy
>
> ======
>
> Â LOL I rest my case <g>
>>> IDIOT!
>>
>> What a strange way of saying that she's right.
>>
> nah, more likely she's a bull dyke and she doesn't
> want you to put your finger in her, humpy
>
> ======
>
>
> twat swat?
===
is that all you have to say??? Yawn, you are boring ..........
Omni Vore
Jan 13, 2021, 5:00:22 PM1/13/21
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"Dyke" is English slang for "lesbian."
HOWEVER .... "dyke" is also an alternative English spelling of
"dike." Just because it is. You could even, y'know, look it up!
Master Bruce
Jan 13, 2021, 5:06:37 PM1/13/21
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On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 14:00:16 -0800, Omni Vore <ea...@every.thing>
wrote:
You're telling us nothing we didn't already know. Back under your
rock, please.
wrote:
rock, please.
Omni Vore
Jan 13, 2021, 5:19:50 PM1/13/21
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On 1/13/2021 2:06 PM, Master Bruce wrote:
> You're telling us nothing we didn't already know. Back under your
> rock, please.
Go pour yourself a nice hot scalding cup of shut the fuck up,
> You're telling us nothing we didn't already know. Back under your
> rock, please.
troll. Serve it with a side order of shit and eat it.
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