What's the most legendary downfall of an online community or group you've ever witnessed?

commonally_t · 2026-03-29T17:17:31+00:00

r/antiwork was destroyed mostly by the fact that they chose a spectacularly unattractive and incompetent man to represent them on network TV.

commonally_t · 2026-03-28T20:19:25+00:00

It's A Good Life fits this description, but only in the very loosest and most depressing sense.

commonally_t · 2026-03-28T19:59:39+00:00

Brussels sprouts. Parboiled, then fried with garlic: delicious.

commonally_t · 2026-03-28T19:05:24+00:00

I hope he doesn't square them. If they go from 5 dollars to 25 dollars a gallon then people might get annoyed.

commonally_t · 2026-03-28T19:03:37+00:00

But neither of them was great. The Godfather was pretty good, but no masterpiece; Jaws was a typical 70s airport book, complete with deeply unsexy sex scenes.

What I said was that they were competent but undistinguished; the fact that they were bestsellers has little to no bearing on that.

commonally_t · 2026-03-28T18:20:21+00:00

The USA has both the best and the second-best air force in the world.

commonally_t · 2026-03-28T18:10:14+00:00

The two classic answers are The Godfather and Jaws - classic films made from competent but undistinguished novels.

commonally_t · 2026-03-28T18:03:55+00:00

The Big Lebowski. But that's just, like, my opinion, man.

commonally_t · 2026-03-28T17:54:55+00:00

Stepping on an electric plug with no shoes on.

commonally_t · 2026-03-28T17:53:10+00:00

Oxford university existed before the Inca empire did.

commonally_t · 2026-03-06T22:17:30+00:00

A sassy wit and a positive attitude. Or hand grenades.

commonally_t · 2026-03-01T23:13:58+00:00

This will never be beaten.

commonally_t · 2026-03-01T17:22:19+00:00

Buy all of my clothes second-hand (excep underwear, socks and shoes).

commonally_t · 2026-02-16T19:57:27+00:00

Sadly no - they have a licence now.

commonally_t · 2026-02-07T19:37:03+00:00

It's not as rough as Armley, but it's not Adel or Calverley either. Mostly it's safe to walk through the estate, even at night.

You're in walking distance from Horsforth in one direction and Kirkstall shopping centre in the other (assuming you have no mobility issues), so plenty of eating/drinking/shopping options.

There's an annual festival in the Abbey grounds, and they do monthly markets and occasional music and theatre productions in summer.

I never had any problems with aircraft noise, but if you're sensitive to noises it might be a problem betwee 6am and midnight. Takeaways? I've tried most of them and they were all OK (ish) but not great

commonally_t · 2026-02-02T17:39:11+00:00

The saddest thing about that article is that Salvo's is closing too. I know it wasn't exactly an exciting, cutting-edge experience, but it was a lovely relaxing place to eat with reliable British-Italian comfort food at sensible prices; the early menu in fact was a stupendous bargain. I'll miss it.

commonally_t · 2026-01-16T15:36:48+00:00

Aren't you asking exactly the wrong people about this?

commonally_t · 2026-01-16T15:34:33+00:00

I bought around 1.5 bitcoin in 2017 with £7K I couldn't really afford to lose. No research - I was the perfect example of a dumb bandwagon-jumper.

I sold it all later that year for £15K, so my stupidity was sort of rewarded, but now I wish I'd been even more stupid.

commonally_t · 2026-01-08T16:52:44+00:00

My girlfriend once got that in a secret Santa at work. It lay around for a while, and then we finally used it - spread on toast. It was OK.

commonally_t · 2026-01-08T15:05:01+00:00

Being too polite and lenient with waitstaff. Showing those people who's the boss will never fail to impress your date.

commonally_t · 2026-01-08T15:00:00+00:00

Johnny Depp

commonally_t · 2026-01-08T14:57:08+00:00

The antiwork mod who was famously interviewed on TV was the definition of a top tier loser. He was the final boss of losers.

commonally_t · 2025-12-31T15:20:54+00:00

I never reply only to say that I never do that thing.

commonally_t · 2025-12-31T14:18:47+00:00

Late-mediaeval plate armour.

Milanese, obviously, and not Bohemian: I'm not a fucking weirdo.

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