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Keybreak (Long Runner)
#109176: Jan 20th 2016 at 8:35:46 AM

Notsacks? tongue

You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#109177: Jan 20th 2016 at 8:36:56 AM

Well, again, I wouldn't put it past the sexually frustrated neckbeards who think Trump is the greatest thing since David Duke to be getting off to scantily clad anime pre-teens on the sly, but I highly doubt there is a significant statistical correlation.

edited 20th Jan '16 8:38:54 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#109178: Jan 20th 2016 at 8:37:04 AM

[up]x6 Well as a pretty hardcore fan of A&M, uhh no. Most anime fans seem to be quite left leaning, they just want their Waifus to be left alone. Hell a lot fear him or Cruz because they might pass a SOPA.

I have seen more bashing and making fun of Trump than anyone actually supporting him.

edited 20th Jan '16 8:40:09 AM by Memers

Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#109179: Jan 20th 2016 at 8:37:26 AM

It is like nutsacks, but not.

My excuse is that I would have maybe noticed it earlier if my fucking tvtropes website want fucked up. It is working odd for some reason...even without my scriptsafe extension. The forum posts appear without their boxes, and it is disorderly.

I blame satan.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#109180: Jan 20th 2016 at 8:51:23 AM

[up][up]I'm talking about neckbeards. They're a very specific subset of the Anime fandom.

TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#109181: Jan 20th 2016 at 8:57:14 AM

Nearly one in ten college graduates apparently believe that Judge Judy is a member of SCOTUS.

edited 20th Jan '16 8:57:36 AM by TotemicHero

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
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A procrastination in of itself
#109182: Jan 20th 2016 at 9:02:22 AM

It's one of those polls, they're asked if Judge Judy was on the Supreme, don't know who she is and don't want to feel stupid and admit that so they say she was.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#109183: Jan 20th 2016 at 9:07:58 AM

See, the key advantage of the video reaction I posted is that it can apply to either the study (if it was badly done) or the people taking it (if the study is good). tongue

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
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Field Marshal of Cracked
#109184: Jan 20th 2016 at 9:14:22 AM

careful who you call a neckbeard Kostya, you may anger the 1d4chan crowd, for whom the title "neckbeard" is a mark of pride, and has nothing to do with the ones who currently receive said label

advancing the front into TV Tropes
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#109185: Jan 20th 2016 at 9:22:25 AM

We can take them, the mods know how to deal with other internet communities getting angry with us. Though personally I'm not a fan of using physical attributes to define a group of people we don't like, just doesn't sit right.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#109186: Jan 20th 2016 at 9:29:07 AM

Neckbeard is more of a personality and interest description than a physical one.

FieldMarshalFry Field Marshal of Cracked from World Internet War 1 Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Field Marshal of Cracked
#109187: Jan 20th 2016 at 9:34:52 AM

I disagree https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Neckbeards

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#109188: Jan 20th 2016 at 9:44:30 AM

I'd never even heard the phrase "Neckbeard" before being turned toward Sword Art Online Abridged when Kirito refers to other players as "Mouth-breathing Neckbeards who think LMAO is how French people laugh."

"That's so l'mao!"

Kirito shudders

edited 20th Jan '16 9:44:49 AM by sgamer82

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#109189: Jan 20th 2016 at 9:53:44 AM

"l'Mao"?

I would have figured that's how French people refer to a particular Chinese communist dictator.

Leviticus 19:34
majoraoftime (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#109190: Jan 20th 2016 at 11:18:38 AM

re: Trump anime monkey-spankers

While I think it's hard to deny there's a significant right lean to chan boards in general note , our boy was speaking specifically of the "alt-right" note  portion of Trump's fanbase, many of whom do probably like to hang out on /pol/ and related areas of the internet.

vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#109191: Jan 20th 2016 at 11:25:55 AM

They are Ignatius J Reily, and think themselves as Reinhard Von Lohengramm.

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#109192: Jan 20th 2016 at 11:41:30 AM

I can't believe "cuckservative" is an actual thing. That's even dumber than "regressive left"

And of course, it leads back to conservatives' obsession with sex. Like ramming the huge Obamacare bill down their throats

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#109193: Jan 20th 2016 at 11:43:46 AM

For people who are supposed to be having it only within wedlock, and only for procreation (never for fun!), sex is most definitely a point of obsession among that political faction. It's understandable, of course: methodically denying one's basic human impulses causes incredible tension that leaks out (ha!) into all kinds of aberrant behavior, including getting incredibly worked up over how much sex other people are having.

edited 20th Jan '16 11:44:33 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#109194: Jan 20th 2016 at 11:46:51 AM

They fear being outbred.

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#109195: Jan 20th 2016 at 11:48:41 AM

Thing is they're some of the best breakers for the left we have, how many hardcore atheists and liberals come from fundementalist households again? It doesn't matter how many kids they have if they keep during their kid against their ideas.

edited 20th Jan '16 11:49:13 AM by Silasw

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
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Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#109196: Jan 20th 2016 at 11:48:42 AM

[up][up][up][up]Which in turn came from the far-right's ties to white supremacists.

While pointing out how toxic the GOP and the places it gets its ideas from would make for one hell of an attack ad, this probably would not get more people to come out and vote against them.

edited 20th Jan '16 11:52:35 AM by Krieger22

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#109197: Jan 20th 2016 at 11:50:00 AM

The forum parser breaks that link: I assume it's referring to the old racist meme about how black men were fathering kids with white men's wives?

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#109198: Jan 20th 2016 at 11:51:26 AM

@ NoName:

That's even dumber than "regressive left".

Not necessarily.

For example, in a country that had a stronger (Far-)Left, that drifted right to be elected during The '90s, a "regressive left" is a part of the left that wishes to return to the policies and attitudes of the Old Left of The '80s and earlier.

In fact, the Wikipedia article on the term "Regressive left" clarifies just thatnote .

It is not something that happened in the US.

edited 20th Jan '16 11:56:42 AM by Greenmantle

Keep Rolling On
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#109199: Jan 20th 2016 at 11:54:34 AM

[up][up]Fetish porn that became appropriated by white supremacists, actually. The line between them and the far-right in the US and Europe seems to get blurrier every day.

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#109200: Jan 20th 2016 at 12:51:56 PM

The anime thing has a grain of truth, a prominent /pol meme is "Donald Trump will make Anime real."


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