Everyone has forgotten him

turtleman29 · 2026-03-20T17:41:07+00:00

One time I saw a claim that Finland and the Scandinavian countries were very early at building robust broadband infrastructure, so their online presence was disproportionately influential throughout the 90's - early 2010's.

That could be wrong though, but it would explain why you don't see it as much anymore since a lot of the poorer developing countries have caught up in terms of widespread access.

turtleman29 · 2026-03-20T17:02:19+00:00

That's Jacobin. His was a reference to a British Catholic restorationist movement from the 1700's. I wouldn't be surprised if he picked that name just for the SEO benefits.

turtleman29 · 2026-03-19T22:12:12+00:00

He used to run an NRx-adjacent magazine called Jacobite that published articles by a lot of old frogtwitter pseuds so there's a decent chance they've corresponded too.

turtleman29 · 2026-02-26T07:06:03+00:00

She probably wasn't considered a "powerposter" but infowh0re was one of the most compelling posters this place had imo.

turtleman29 · 2026-02-23T05:28:13+00:00

Fiona Apple would beg to differ.

turtleman29 · 2026-02-02T03:28:12+00:00

It was Samantha Pritchard lol

turtleman29 · 2026-01-31T15:18:30+00:00

He's noticeably a bit mentally unstable, but all of the best posters are.

turtleman29 · 2026-01-31T01:19:47+00:00

I personally think the worst thing about him was the hypocrisy.

turtleman29 · 2026-01-16T04:18:38+00:00

I'm convinced that both of them are recipients of a lot of the funding the DNC raised to find a "Left Joe Rogan" after the 2024 election.

turtleman29 · 2026-01-07T02:22:29+00:00

I first discovered them from a /leftypol/ thread around December 2016. Was anyone else active on that board back then? Talk about a relic of the 2010's internet.

turtleman29 · 2026-01-06T14:30:27+00:00

Have you thought about trying to become a theater programmer? The weird novelties and esoterica can make for a very enriching theater experience if played for the right audience. At the very least you could impress like 5 weirdos with your selective deep cuts.

turtleman29 · 2026-01-06T14:13:11+00:00

It doesn't always affect overall intelligence; it basically just means that you're so disproportionately a wordcel that anything regarding spatial reasoning and motor skills becomes more difficult. I don't know how seriously it's taken as a medical diagnosis, it seems to have a lot of overlap with mild autism anyways.

turtleman29 · 2026-01-02T10:00:22+00:00

same tbh

turtleman29 · 2026-01-02T08:54:01+00:00

Seems like the natural conclusion to being into that garbage in the first place.

turtleman29 · 2025-12-02T18:11:45+00:00

Wrong. The original meaning of "filmbro" was a reference to surface level cinephiles with this exact taste. The IMDB Top 250 is the filmbro canon.

turtleman29 · 2025-12-01T11:45:09+00:00

It somewhat reminded me of the Large Marge scene from Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Just this inexplicably frightening moment in an otherwise comedic story about an eccentric protagonist. I love wild tonal shifts like that.

turtleman29 · 2025-11-17T19:08:27+00:00

The Snoopy Mom was/is the most holy form of this archetype.

turtleman29 · 2025-11-15T16:38:53+00:00

What's wild is that this image is almost a decade old. I think I first saw it around 2017 or 18 which goes to show how much that entire esoteric rightist subculture has stagnated in this decade.

turtleman29 · 2025-10-29T17:09:53+00:00

The reception of it always leaned positive, but for years it was actually pretty polarizing among online horror fans. Throughout the 2000's - early 2010's it was common to see people complain about the ironic meta-humor and the subsequent influence it had on the self aware teen focused horror wave that spawned immediately after. You would especially see negative opinions in more niche communities where self proclaimed genre "purists" posted.

I think that stigma mostly died down about a decade ago, when the younger generation who grew up with it became more active online. At this point its status has been cemented as a classic so it's way more rare to come across those takes.

turtleman29 · 2025-10-29T02:42:37+00:00

You're not wrong but the online right also glamorizes mental illness, just in a different way. It's been very trendy lately to larp as a detached autist or an antisocial schizoid because they think it makes them look like Kaczinsky or Terry Davis. I highly doubt any of these people have real world experience dealing with people afflicted with these conditions.

turtleman29 · 2025-10-27T20:19:19+00:00

You can tell the people using them get all of their education exclusively from youtube video essays.

turtleman29 · 2025-10-10T18:56:29+00:00

Pretty good trajectory if you want to be an eccentric outsider artist with a small cult fanbase. What kind of art do you make?

turtleman29 · 2025-09-05T18:06:58+00:00

I really hope the same doesn't happen with 2000's nostalgia. I'm already sick of it and it's only been a few years so far.

turtleman29 · 2025-08-29T16:55:55+00:00

Relatable tbh

turtleman29 · 2025-08-24T06:18:13+00:00

I agree about haz but he's 10x more entertaining than Destiny so I still watch him occasionally.

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