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Tonight I Realized Something.

You should really watch the Derren Brown special, "The Gameshow", the second in "The Experiments" series of shows he did. Absolutely fantastic, really highlights a lot about people and how we interact, and essentially based on this premise. It was a fake gameshow, but the audience didn't know it was all set up - they were just told that they were allowed to vote for either good or bad things to happen to some random guy and shown the results through hidden cameras. It was exactly as disastrous as you think.

Why spam isn't growing?

Currently, roughly a quarter of the threads on the front page of Spam are by you, and most of them contain little to no content or anything discussion-inducing. Kaga is wrong - activity for its own sake isn't enough. I could post a hundred threads with simply the word "The." as the OP and it wouldn't do anything. What's needed is content that prompt discussion, debate, drama, or further production of content. Look at the post above by Vordak. It's not contributing or prompting of discussion, it is a mindless nothing. When the majority of threads or posts are simply people writing their thoughts down, discordant or disconnected from the topic at hand or the potential for further conversation, inevitably you end up with a dying forum. Posts have to be made with the intent and mindset of connection with other posts and threads and Spam members - not isolated things, made for their own sake, a thought on the behalf of the poster with no enticement for others to join in, comment, or discuss.

This isn't aimed at you specifically - currently lots of people are guilty of this, myself included at times.

EDIT: Kaga's right about one thing, though - it was active last night. Why? Look at the threads made, those that encouraged that activity and discussion and joking and reminiscing and whatever. They asked for participation and they had actual content in them that people could engage with.

Longest time you have stayed awake

I'm really terrible for staying up without any sleep at all, but I did go through a period of mental not-wellbeing when I decided to test my endurance. 16 hours of sleep across 6 nights, didn't eat for 5 days straight of that, went without water for around 36 hours, and then played football. It was just a really bad idea - I was fine, but I reckon that was luck more than anything. If there's a reason you can't take anything, that sucks - try things like ASMR relaxation videos, see if that helps you drift off. If there isn't a medical reason, see your doctor about it.

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Did we not find female scribz at one point, or something?

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RusalkaRabbit said

Is this a cult? Christ. Cult quality has really declined in recent years. From semimenipucropehtnioj to the baked brussel sprout fan club. D:

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Ew. And I thought you had taste.
You don't eat balls of butter so why would you want to eat a blobbish ball-esque thing you think tastes like butter?

EDIT: Oh god the infidels are outnumbering me

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Jorick said
I have some history to contribute, mostly of nonsense and artistic endeavors.And finally, this is more of a Skype group history thing than Spam at large, but y'know, it's worth sharing. 18+ only, NSFW content ahead. You have been warned.

What the shit, Zed

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RusalkaRabbit said
Have you ever had baked brussel sprouts? I'd conquer Belgium for that shit.

Yes. They were terrible. That's why you called them "shit", I assume, and I can only assume you're conquering Belgium just to raze Brussels to the ground for having the audacity to share their name with such a horrendously awful-tasting food.

Thread With A Very Clearly Defined Purpose

"Why did she use A and then 2 in her list?"

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Awson said
Fucking...Cabbage.

RusalkaRabbit said
Or baked brussel sprouts. They're just tiny cabbage.

What is wrong with you people these are the worst suggestions ever

EDIT: Hitler likes cabbage and brussel sprouts, true fact. It's why he wanted to conquer Belgium so much.