Comments on: cVillain {soon to be} Banned in South Korea

By: Vanillavy

Vanillavy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:53:02 +0000

i dont see why they would be upset with this post, it embodies exactly what they do

By: black marquette

black marquette — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:30:46 +0000

They sound like assholes being assholes just for the sake of it

Precisely. I am not defending them, merely pointing out their existence.

By: Pink Panther

Pink Panther — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:54:23 +0000

@13: They sound like assholes being assholes just for the sake of it. Please do not unleash them on our happy little blog. This reminds me of a movie I watched the other night: This guy tortured people live on a blog/webcast and the more viewers, the faster the person died. And they told everyone to stop going to the site and helping the person die, but everyone wanted to see what was happening so it killed the person. I thought that said something about the dark underbelly of humanity.

By: black marquette

black marquette — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:52:25 +0000

The also recently hacked Oprah’s message boards when she did a show on internet predators, flooding it with horror. The next day on her show, mistaking the comments to be real, she uttered the quote “over nine thousand penises, and they’re all raping children!”, which is catching on as a bit of a meme.

They also rick rolled the vp debate with signs, dunno if you caught that. Pretty funny.

Still. Tread lightly.

By: Stanley

Stanley — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:18:26 +0000

Oh, shit, that’s the /b/ crowd? Huh. I was unaware of their meatworld interventions. Interesting.

By: black marquette

black marquette — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:25:23 +0000

@ 10 That “some group” is the so called /b/tards from an image board (4chan) collectively known as Anonymous. They organize against scientology world wide. 4chan is also the origin point for many many internet memes from lolcats to rick rolling. They are the ones who hacked Sarah Palin’s email. The power of /b/ unleashed against a website, institution or individual is crazy. They call the FBI trucks the “4chan party van” which are “not so fun when they pull up at your house”. People often try to get revenge on their enemies by trying to unleash /b/ on them, although they often say that they are “no one’s personal army.”

For the uninitiated who might get curious and want to visit, be forewarned: the talk there is juvenile, cruel, racist, homophobic, misogynist, sociopathic. There is gore, porn of the strangest varieties (amputee furry scat infatilism anyone?) illegal and almost everything is offensive. It is also often funny as hell. You need pretty thick e-skin to visit. I truly cannot stress that enough. Seriously.

I personally am fascinated with it though as, to me, it represents the true face of the internet, and a window to the dark underbelly of humanity. There is a breakdown of social mores when anonymity is granted to large numbers of lunatics. Its like “Ids Gone Wild”. Everyone has their dark internet side – these folks wear it on their sleeve.

I was tempted to tip them to this post, just to see what would happen, but I thought it best to let it lie. Things over there can get fairly out of control pretty quickly. If they can crash MTV’s servers trying to get rick astley a million votes in some contest, spicy bear wouldn’t stand a chance.

Some group in L.A.? Hardly.

By: Vanillavy

Vanillavy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:10:12 +0000

@10, the group is called anonymous, and they all hide behind masks much like the rest of us on cVillain, except you Stanley, who is Stanley, who is Stanley

By: backup planet

backup planet — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:00:25 +0000

on the other hand, i should probably actually experience south korea–

I vote “experience”. You really can’t go wrong with that. We’ll all still be here (sadly) when you get back and be terribly jealous of your non-virtual world experiences.

Bon voyage!

By: Stanley

Stanley — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:55:07 +0000

So that photo’s from some group that opposes Scientology, in LA.

1. That’s a funny issue to protest. I mean, they seem really, really against it. And I guess if you’re going to have an issue, that’s a good one. I would agree Scientology is actively bad, so more power to ‘em.

2. What did that photo have to do with the post?

By: oh hi

oh hi — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:07:04 +0000

back to the matter at hand… i was thinking of teaching in south korea next year… but if my unalienable right to unbridled internet abuse is going to be infringed upon i might reconsider.

on the other hand, i should probably actually experience south korea rather than live my life on the internet while there. it’s just the principle of it all!