Dances with 4chan

I've found that there are two parts to the internet: the cultural side and the technical side. Staying on the more technical side of the internet, I missed out on a great many things.

One such thing is 4chan. And I say "thing" for good reason.


Info I have gathered from this Walmart of the Internet:

Nobody has ever worked through LFS, though many have had the intention to do so.
If you use Windows, you're a F**.
Trolling is very important. Without it, the internet would be a boring mix of news stories and programming articles. Trolling = good.
No person on the internet can spell, going so far as to create a language of their own, separate from the now-dead l33t, but just as retarded.
Anon is everyone and anyone. And annoying.
Rule #34
And the most important thing: 4chan is nothing as it used to be.


A quick rundown of the places I've checked out so far:

/b/ is the random board, and the most infamous...though not as interesting as you'd think.
/v/ and /g/ are boring, so don't go there.
/cm/ is great if you want to look at cute anime boys...
/i/is the oekaki board. It's full of hentai, though. And lots of penises. LOTS. (Guess, if I should go hang out with the oekaki nerds if I wanted something more)

However much I want to believe that 4chan is not what it used to be, I'm sure its not true. It's like those Dars that will refuse to acknowledge that a remake of a song can be a good re-imagining and possibly better vision of the original work. But that's totally off-topic conversation...and just me being angry. :]

4chan scares the heck out of me, sometimes. Other times I thoroughly enjoy it. Yeah, its format is simple and its not the prettiest forum on the internet but it is a mainstay of thousands upon thousands of people. It's special to me because 4chan was the portal to everything great and disturbing I would later find on the internet. From 4chan I traveled to ED (Encyclopedia Dramatica, not my personal problem) to theYNC and a slew of other places to continue ruining my fragile and innocent mind.

For a closing thought, I thought it's interesting how the people that congregate at 4chan (and I guess that includes myself, now) behave in this set way, forming a kind of clique in themselves (hopefully not me, yet) that has developed its own language and expectations for itself. As I delve deeper into this mythical land, I will continue to update ya'll. But you can always check it out for yourselves. Anyways, adios!

4chan
(pic was found at http://www.craveonline.com/)