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A_Friendly_Robot t1_jazpwbm wrote

Still one of the best crowd sourced shitposts on the internet.

Genuinely forgot it existed.

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JusticiarRebel t1_jazu6qt wrote

And Encyclopedia Dramatica was the best for edgelords.

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BIindsight t1_jazux5r wrote

Is, not was.

https://encyclopediadramatica.online/Main_Page

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Blackfeathr t1_jb14njx wrote

Eh it's become an alt right shithole now. Its golden age, if you can call it that, has long passed.

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Marina_Maybe t1_jb1dkuh wrote

I got past "Hitler is sexy and liberated Poland from the Jews" and "Mandela was the world's biggest racist" before realizing it was just a neo Nazi circle jerk poorly disguised as "edgy".

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FrostyPlum t1_jb2fz95 wrote

wasn't always. It certainly had pages that were, but it was a mixed bag, and the good stuff that was there couldn't really be found anywhere else

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kuroimakina t1_jb2bpap wrote

It’s the same problem that every parody site that does this has.

They pretend to be alt-right in a way that anyone with logic will understand is glaringly obvious. Unfortunately, alt-right types are both lacking in critical thinking, and also in personal connections. So, they see a place that posts the things they genuinely believe, and feel like they fit in - even though everyone else is doing it satirically.

Eventually, the alt-right types get more and more populous, and push things further and further, and the logical people slowly start to think “okay this place is a shithole now” and move on. Aaannndddd slowly it becomes another neo-Nazi website.

This happens often, especially because of how quick and easy it is to make “content” nowadays. Satire forums are a dead medium, unfortunately. They will always end up like this unless they’re policed heavily- and people hate overzealous moderation.

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0hellow t1_jb1cusf wrote

Yeah I was expecting the page to be a little more fun.

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BIindsight t1_jb1sgqy wrote

I mean, their featured article is dragging Scott Adams. The site isn't inherently alt right. They for instance have multiple different Trump articles, either one of which is guaranteed to offend someone, whether a trump supporter or not.

Have you ever looked at their alt right article? https://encyclopediadramatica.online/Alt-right

I just don't agree with your alt right assessment.

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cheesewedge11 t1_jb3c5ie wrote

They make fun of everyone but people here only remember them making fun of their side

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In_a_silentway t1_jb1qr8v wrote

I remember this site back in it's golden days before the creator sold out. I remember discovering Chris-Chan while he was getting trolled by them. Dark times in my life.

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Vectorman1989 t1_jb1nuzq wrote

I wrote most of the Encyclopedia Dramatica article on Greenpeace when I was a teenager. It's been edited and added to here and there but the bulk of it is still generally what I wrote

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LawDraws t1_jazuvux wrote

Yeah this has been out of my mind for way over a decade

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robert235 t1_jb16bfw wrote

Same, about 4 years before I knew of Reddit . I used to visit this site.

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