@houseoftolstoy

Regarding Charlie Kirk, I had a very cautious opinion on him. My impression of him being such a prominent figure in right wing politics was the equivalent of the high school quarterback who just so happened to be the son of the team's coach. That is, I am not entirely sure that he got such prominence based solely on his merits. And it might be the case that the son of the coach shows some competency and plays well as the quarterback. And I could say the same about Charlie Kirk, as he certainly seemed to maintain relevance, even if it might have been manufactured initially.

The reactions of many on the left in various social media platforms is no surprise either. There were plenty of gleeful posts that are glad he is dead, though it comes off as far more spiteful since he was murdered at a very young age rather than someone who died old and with health problems, such as Rush Limbaugh. I know there were voices on the left that spoke out against him being killed and condemned anyone taking joy in his death, though we cannot know for sure whether or not this is geniune or simply performative. From a public eye standpoint, it makes sense to condemn violent extremism regardless of your personal feelings. And in a way, even if you are just putting on a performance, it does show you to be truly different from those who publicly celebrate his death.

Charlie Kirk was by no means extreme in his viewpoints, regardless of what is said about him from those on the left. For many of them, anyone moderately right wing is considered a hard core right wing extremist. So I do not think that they will be convinced that Charlie Kirk being killed will bring about an even further right wing figure. Because they are all Evil Fascist Nazi's in their eyes.

RIP Charlie Kirk

Regarding Charlie Kirk, I had a very cautious opinion on him. My impression of him being such a prominent figure in right wing politics was the equivalent of the high school quarterback who just so happened to be the son of the team's coach. That is, I am not entirely sure that he got such prominence based solely on his merits. And it might be the case that the son of the coach shows some competency and plays well as the quarterback. And I could say the same about Charlie Kirk, as he certainly seemed to maintain relevance, even if it might have been manufactured initially.

The reactions of many on the left in various social media platforms is no surprise either. There were plenty of gleeful posts that are glad he is dead, though it comes off as far more spiteful since he was murdered at a very young age rather than someone who died old and with health problems, such as Rush Limbaugh. I know there were voices on the left that spoke out against him being killed and condemned anyone taking joy in his death, though we cannot know for sure whether or not this is geniune or simply performative. From a public eye standpoint, it makes sense to condemn violent extremism regardless of your personal feelings. And in a way, even if you are just putting on a performance, it does show you to be truly different from those who publicly celebrate his death.

Charlie Kirk was by no means extreme in his viewpoints, regardless of what is said about him from those on the left. For many of them, anyone moderately right wing is considered a hard core right wing extremist. So I do not think that they will be convinced that Charlie Kirk being killed will bring about an even further right wing figure. Because they are all Evil Fascist Nazi's in their eyes.

RIP Charlie Kirk

@Durek_The_Bald

It's such a weird flex. I mean, if true, it basically means you're retarded. It's like not being able to build with freaking Duplos.

Strongly agree.

There was a conversation between me and @houseoftolstoy at the WAATGM subreddit a few years back along these lines (search results at Red Archive are too much to sort through). Pretty much, if you can't cook, you're not a functional adult. That goes for both men and women.

You follow a recipe, and do exactly what it says in there, one step after the other. And voila, you get a meal.

At the beginner level, yes.

When you get good, you can look over a few recipes, take what you know you like from each and modify according to taste.

Example: my wife and I both will almost always use way more garlic, onion, rosemary, carrots, etc than recipes call for.

@houseoftolstoy

possible indicators that there are some paid actors behind the scenes with an agenda

I have become an absolute genius at sniffing this shit out.

I cannot always see it. But when I see it, I am correct 100% of the time. Like. EVERY. FUCKING. TIME.

4Chan went down hard a few years ago. And my first thought was - some entity has taken control of this site and it is now a honey pot.

I do not have proof of this, but I never posted anything after that.

And here we are.

This is not the best example, but it fits the pattern. We have nothing but speculation. But when Ellen Pao came along I knew Reddit was doomed. When they took r/atheism out of the default subs, I know the clock was ticking right there.

This is not to say these changes are good or bad, but that the pattern always seems to support Israel, feminism, and leftist policies in general.

Every.

Single.

Time.

There has been some speculation that 4chan has gone down because it was no longer receiving USAID funding. I do not know how much truth there is to it, but considering how many different things were being funded via USAID, I would not be surprised if they were indeed funding it.

But why fund 4chan? For anyone who has not been on the site, there has been a heavy amount of shilling, bait posting, and sliding of topics that are possible indicators that there are some paid actors behind the scenes with an agenda. Perhaps it may not seem clear why they would care about a website full of the most autistic members of the population, but I would not be surprised if they had goals of trying to steer opinions or surpress any voices that were too on target. At the very least having paid actors would give you some indicators of how some Anons are thinking.

Who knows if it will ever come back. While there have been some gems of wisdom to be found (among the many, many quantities of shitposting), 4chan is not something all that irreplaceable. There are many forums for discussion on the internet, and more can pop up at any time. People will just have to adapt and find/create new places.