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Re:An Oral History of Something Awful by cloakandswagger on Saturday April 15, 2017 @04:21PM (#14122629)
SA was the first forum I really got involved in and I posted there for years. When I was there I thought it was the pinnacle of comedy; I'd never been exposed to that brand of humor before it, and I thought it was genius.

When I look at SA today it just seems juvenile and try-hard. Really, painfully unfunny.

I think part of it has to do with the stricter moderation; SA in the early 2000s was 4chan before I knew there was a 4chan, and I appreciated the raucous, sometimes offensive humor.

Moreover though I think you're right, SA is still SA. My ideas about what is funny have changed, but SA is still the same.

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Re:An Oral History of Something Awful by nyolfen on Saturday April 15, 2017 @05:44PM (#14123007)
>When I look at SA today it just seems juvenile and try-hard. Really, painfully unfunny.

this is how trends work. the originators are truly creative and interesting, but over time the paths they forge spread across populations, and inspire increasingly poorly executed knock-offs. eventually it becomes embarrassing for earlier adopters.

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Re:An Oral History of Something Awful by xor1 on Saturday April 15, 2017 @11:10PM (#14124138)
SA lost lots of good people to 4chan, mainly because a bunch of them were banned for loli on a Direct Connect hub (Raspberry Heaven). All of the original 4chan admins, mods, and posters were also SA posters, including moot himself.
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