ITT we are The Elitist Superstructure (104)

1 Name: Captain Obvious : 1993-09-4624 16:17

< Invisionary> Anyone here?
< WAHa_06x36> never!
< Invisionary> Ah
< Invisionary> Well I was hoping to speak with the channel owner if he's available.
< WAHa_06x36> what about?
<~squeeks> mmmmyyyeesssss?
< Invisionary> Possible membership (not affiliation) with the Pax Tsukuru.
<~squeeks> ???
< Invisionary> "Affiliation" carries a connotation that some find unpleasant. http://www.Pax-Tsukuru.com/
<~squeeks> question: why?
< Invisionary> Why would they find it unpleasant?
<~squeeks> no, why do you ask?
< Invisionary> I have heard from a very reliable source that one of the many interests of your website is RPG Maker, and for the Pax Tsukuru, making the first step into any community is important.
< Invisionary> Particularly the Eastern Community
< WAHa_06x36> I think you need to rely less on your source.
<~squeeks> http://www.google.com/search?q=%22RPG%20Maker%22%20site%3A4-ch.net <- ???
< Invisionary> http://4-ch.net/nihongo/kareha.pl/1105290595/-100
<~squeeks> get to the point. wtf exactly do you want?
< Invisionary> If you aren't interested, that's fine.
<~squeeks> you said something about affiliation but not?? wtf? how about you cut to the damn chase and explain in plain english what you're pushing.
<~squeeks> i can't be interested if i have no idea what the hell you want.
< Invisionary> Ok, the Pax Tsukuru is an organization, and sites whose owners believe in the eventual symbiosis between the various communities around the globe are it's "members".
< Invisionary> We have a unique neutrality policy that allows this to work.
<~squeeks> so what do i get out of becoming a "member"?
< Invisionary> Anyways.
<~squeeks> money? prizes? a pat on the back?
< Invisionary> Mainly hits in.
<~squeeks> yeah i got enough of that.
<~squeeks> some site that was only made in jan this year which hasn't even shown up on the map isn't really going to bring any more.
<~squeeks> so, thanks, but no thanks.
< Invisionary> Very well, thing is though that the primary reason that it hasn't "shown up on the map" is because the elitist superstructure finds it distasteful.
< Invisionary> Perhaps another time.
-!- Invisionary [~webmaster@ZiRC-B03EC309.austin.res.rr.com] has quit [Quit: Chatzilla 0.9.72 [Firefox 1.5.0.1/2006011112]]

2 Name: Captain Obvious : 1993-09-4624 16:45

lol "elitist symbiosis" oxymoron

3 Name: Captain Obvious : 1993-09-4624 16:57

backbone cabal

4 Name: Captain Obvious : 1993-09-4624 18:01

LOL wtf?

5 Name: Captain Obvious : 1993-09-4624 18:22

INTERNET SWITZERLAND, FUCKERS

6 Name: Captain Obvious : 1993-09-4625 03:10

lol rpg maker

7 Name: Captain Obvious : 1993-09-4626 11:47

what

8 Name: Captain Obvious : 1993-09-4626 20:04

I'm never using the internet again

9 Name: Captain Obvious : 1993-09-4626 20:54

Fuck anyone who keeps chatlogs.

10 Name: Captain Obvious : 1993-09-4626 21:02

>>9 is an elitist superstructure. Think feel tanasinn

11 Name: Captain Obvious : 1993-09-4627 00:35

Fuck you, man. I'm post-structural.

12 Name: Captain Obvious : 1993-09-4627 06:48

>>10 is a COMMUNIST!

13 Name: Captain Obvious : 1993-09-4627 10:54

>>12 is an elitist superstructure

14 Name: Captain Obvious : 1993-09-4627 16:53

>>13's rigid grill structure is bearing in on >>12's unprotected cargo door.

15 Name: Captain Obvious : 1993-09-4627 18:39

Inputting 12-digit access code to open >>14's buttock hinge

16 Name: Captain Obvious : 1993-09-4627 20:26

There is not elitist superstructure

17 Name: My name is Squeeks and ... : 1993-09-4654 06:03

white, liberal, elitist superstructure.

18 Name: My name is Squeeks and ... : 1993-09-4654 10:46

please tell me you're not part of the elitist superstructure keeping down the rest of the internet

19 Name: Yay : 1993-09-4654 11:02

(・∀・) We're not part of the elitist substructure! Yay!

20 Name: My name is Squeeks and ... : 1993-09-4654 11:12

how do i join the elitist superstructure?

21 Name: My name is Squeeks and ... : 1993-09-4654 12:49

just fill out the form below and hit ''Reply''

22 Name: My name is Squeeks and ... : 1993-09-4654 13:41

      /\
    /  \
   / /   \      In The Elitist Superstructure of DQN
 /  \/\ /\      you can just chill and do whatever
 \\/\ /  \      and totally relax.
   \  //       \         
    \/        \
          ∧∧∧∧\          It's ELITIST QUALITY!
         (  ´/) ))ヽ∧       http://4-ch.net/dqn/
         /   /  / ´∀) ∧∧
       ○(   イ○  (   ,つ, ,゚Д゚)
       /ヽ  )) ヽ  )ヽ )と  , イ
       (_/(_/(/(/ノ(_/⊂ノ> )J
   / ̄Y ̄`|/ ̄^Y ̄ヽ/ ̄ ̄Y `´ ̄\

23 Name: I AM A PROUD MEMBER OF THE ELITIST SUPERSTRUCTURE : 1993-09-4654 19:43

>>21
You can't :-(

24 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4658 04:18

Pax Tsukuru gassed the Tokyo subway in 1995

25 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4658 09:40

>>24
lies!!! it's still 1993

26 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4658 10:21

>>25
gtfo Captain Obvious

27 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4658 12:07

Gee, thanks for the fucking spoilers, assholes!

28 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4658 15:38

Spoilers the world ends on October 1st 1993

29 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4658 17:59

For that, I am thankful that the month of September of 1993 has thousands of days.

30 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4658 20:01

joining elitist superstructure; hoping for membership pin or somesuch

31 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4661 00:40

>>30
Nope, all any new member gets is a torturous initiation ceremony.

32 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4661 03:17

>>31
That's why I am an affilate of Pax Tsukuru

33 Name: I AM A PROUD OPPONENT OF THE ELITIST SUPERSTRUCTURE : 1993-09-4661 06:09

>>32
It's membership. "Affiliation" carries a connotation that some find unpleasant.

34 Name: Average Joe : 1993-09-4661 07:04

I want to join the Populist Substructure. Is this the right thread?

35 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4661 08:02

Sorry, this is Elitist Superstructure, you need to post in the thread below, thank you.

36 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4686 21:29

<Invisionary> Hello.
<arumae> i find this site distaseful
<Invisionary> You do?
<Invisionary> I did post a clarification of what I meant.
<arumae> affilitaion carries a connotation i find distasteful
<Invisionary> Pity.
<arumae> you should be off the map
<Invisionary> :)
<arumae> the elitist supersturucture will wipe you off
<Invisionary> What's your problem anyways?
<arumae> what do you mean?
<Invisionary> I know where you read that garbage, and it's inaccurate
<arumae> what garbage?
<arumae> it's all over.
<Invisionary> Ok. An elitist is defined as someone who consider
themselves a better person than another based on having knowledge in a
specific filed.
<Invisionary> *considers
<Invisionary> *field
<Invisionary> lol
<Invisionary> anyways
<arumae> i hope this doesn't get on /b/
<arumae> but i don't think the elitist supersturucture would let that
happen
<Invisionary> Would it really matter? All I'm saying is that I don't
appreciate or respect people who base a self-belief that they are
superior on a specific field of knowledge
<arumae> lol. what
<Invisionary> Do you know what a Grammarian is?
<arumae> it is related to mittens?
<Invisionary> A grammarian is someone who jumps on people for misusing
a phrase or misspelling something.
<arumae> and does that make them elitist?
<Invisionary> the worst of these people sometimes consider themselves
better people than everyone else because they know the language better.
<Invisionary> That is an example of an elitist
<arumae> i can see that very clearly in front of me right now
<arumae> how come you dont like elitist superstructure, but act like
one?
<Invisionary> I don't.
<arumae> well. but i know that you know the elitist superstructure,
right?
<Invisionary> I don't consider myself better than you.
<Invisionary> I know what one is, and I know about a specific few, and
that I dislike them.
<arumae> you know us right?
<Invisionary> Who is us?
<arumae> the elitist superstructure
<Invisionary> I don't believe you're an elitist.
<arumae> first hit on google
<Invisionary> An "elitist superstructure" is merely a group of
elitists who have some form of power and stick together and
collectively believe themselves better than others.
<arumae> i better write this down on the wiki
<Invisionary> I personally dislike them, that's all. And why does any
of this have to go on that wiki?
<Invisionary> meme?
<Invisionary> Who's that?
<arumae> oh god
<arumae> you don't know what meme is???
<Invisionary> No, and I'm getting the impression that I should try and
keep from knowing what that is.
<arumae> anyway, you know that you are very popular in some pages
<Invisionary> oh
<arumae> that have nothing to do with this rph thingie
<Invisionary> Well, thank you... I guess.
<arumae> anyway. since nobody is paying attention here i'll be leaving
<Invisionary> The question is... if I'm so popular on those certain
pages, why aren't they here talking to me directly
<Invisionary> (besides you of course)
<arumae> because you were not here, duh.
<Invisionary> I can understand that, but I try to be on as often as
possible
<arumae> are you really serious?
<arumae> if you are not you could be very good elitist
<Invisionary> ABout what, being here as often as I can or the whole
anti-elitsit thing?
<Invisionary> oh
<arumae> well, start an anti-elitist article on the wiki, then we'll
talk.
<Invisionary> Nah, I'd never consider myself better than another based
on having specific knowledge
<arumae> name yourself invisionary
<arumae> any btw, i actually went into the tourlbe of finding rpg2k
<arumae> and it sucks sorry.
<Invisionary> I know it does
<Invisionary> but
<Invisionary> it's comparitivly easy to use
<Invisionary> plus
<Invisionary> there's actually a legitimate RPG Maker called RPG Maker
XP.
<arumae> testing is shit, and switch thing is shit.
<Invisionary> I know it's far from "cream of the crop", but for people
anywhere from 8 to 16 it's a good thing to play around with

37 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4686 22:07

<Invisionary> Do you know what a Grammarian is?
<arumae> it is related to mittens?

fucking win

38 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4686 22:12

INTERNET UNDERGROUND SUBCULTURE COMEDY GOLD

39 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4686 22:19

lol, this. shit.

40 Name: MOTT!EOKAMA75e2 : 1993-09-4686 23:58

>>36 is assigned awesome status.

41 Name: 8======D : 1993-09-4687 01:27

<Invisionary> I know it's far from "cream of the crop", but for people
anywhere from 8 to 16 it's a good thing to play around with

42 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4687 08:51

>>41
the pedophilic superstructure finds this post in good taste

sorry, I don't have an AA face for it, you can bite me.

43 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4687 18:45

ALRIGHT, who of you did this (Under "Controversy"): http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything

44 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4687 20:32

lol

45 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4692 13:56

ttp://kenken.chu.jp/matutari/index.html
⊂二二二( ^ω^)二⊃おっおっおっ

46 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4692 15:19

It looks like >>45 has some business with the Elitist Superstructure! Let's answer his invitation to post on his guestbooks!

http://kenken.chu.jp/matutari/bbs/contribute.cgi
http://kenken.chu.jp/matutari/gest/su1_guestbook_u.cgi?action=show_form

47 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4693 00:24

>>43
WIN

48 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4693 02:36

they copied it from http://etherchan.org/wiki/index.php/Everything
freakin' hilarious.

49 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4693 12:18

Needs more >>46!

50 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4693 14:15

あぼーん

51 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4693 16:09

>>r2147483648 is the elitist superstructure

52 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4693 17:04

>>51
oops, i meant >>r1073741824

53 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4693 19:18

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54 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4693 20:13

>>52 isbetter.

55 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4694 00:20

>>43
Marked for deletion :(

56 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4702 00:56

>>43
DELETED ಠ_ಠ

57 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4710 05:14

people still used RPG Maker? wow

58 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4710 10:40

>>57 what ELSE would they be using?

59 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4710 17:27

since i'm 8 to 16 i can't use anything else

60 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4711 16:50

I made a princess using Princess Maker 2. Can I apply?

61 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4712 01:49

>>60
That game was fucking hot, if you know what I mean ;)

62 Name: Anonymous : 1993-09-4712 07:50

zomg

63 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4714 22:49

I went to a toy store today and wrote WE ARE THE ELITIST SUPERSTRUCTURE on a Magna Doodle... Can I join?

64 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4714 23:45

what in the name of adolf hitler is this doing on the internet

65 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4715 00:36

>>64
Hitler trolling is sooo 1923.

66 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4784 20:31

Hello, ladies and gentlemen ! Is this the Elitist Superstructure ? I have heard many astounding stories about you and have come here to join.

67 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4784 21:58

This is the leetest superstructure

68 Name: halcyon : 1993-09-4784 22:02

>>67
The Elitist Superstructure Elite Grammarian Committee will not tolerate this.

69 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-4822 16:51

Is it possible to leave the Elitist Superstructure?

70 Name: MODD!5JrU4QOlH6 : 1993-09-4822 18:10

>>69
There is only one way to leave the Elitist Superstructure, and that is through death.

71 Name: MODD : 1993-09-4822 18:54

I lost my membership when I forgot to send in my dues one month.

72 Name: MODD!5JrU4QOlH6 : 1993-09-4823 08:43

>>71
Oh yeah, that too.

73 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5109 02:14

commemeration kakiko

74 Name: ( ・∀・)  : 1993-09-5165 16:03

(´^ิω^ิ)

75 Name: ( ・∀・)  : 1993-09-5165 17:38

>>70
Done. Then what ?

76 Name: ( ・∀・)  : 1993-09-5165 21:44

I
do
not
know
where
family
doctors
acquired
illegibly
perplexing
handwriting;
nevertheless,
extraordinary
pharmaceutical
intellectuality,
counterbalancing
indecipherability,
transcendentalizes
intercommunications'
incomprehensibleness.

77 Name: ( ・∀・)  : 1993-09-5165 22:03

>>76
That's awesome. Who made that up? I want to fuck whoever did.

78 Name: ( ・∀・)  : 1993-09-5165 22:10

It's a bash.org quote

79 Name: ( ・∀・)  : 1993-09-5167 06:29

>>78
Way older than bash.org. It was in the Old Farmer's Almanac in the 1960s.

80 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-5412 12:16

Bad news everyone... http://pax-tsukuru.com/ is now about Kuru, PAX, TSU, College Search, College Ranking, Online College, Community College, Private College, State College, College Distance Learning, College Course Online, College Scholarship, Online College Degree, Education Financing, Student Loan Consolidation, College Essays, Term Paper, and Need Cash? Click Here for Fast Cash.

81 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-5412 14:14

>>80 I find such advertisements distasteful.

82 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-5499 08:57

Invisionary, please come back! What is an 8-16 year old game maker going to do without peace among the community? ;-;

83 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-5501 15:48

I, for one, desire to affiliate.

84 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-5501 22:12

>>83

An individualist! GET HIM!

85 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-5501 23:56

According to google, Invisionary disappeared from the internet some time last year

I think we got 'em.

86 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-5518 16:32

the is pretty high-laurious

87 Name: Prime Number Shitting Dokyun : 1993-09-5626 12:22

Hello,

I am writing to inform you that this is the oldest non-archived thread on DQN whose timestamp is a prime number! I also have other relevant observations that I believe must be shared.

The oldest thread in the DQN archives which is a prime number is 1105384141, which just so happens to be the DQN song. Coincidentally, 2GET was also created in a prime-numbered thread, and of course 2 is a prime number as well. (The first one, no less!) Furthermore, 1185016177 is also a DQN song. From these observations I have come to the conclusion that songs originating from threads with prime timestamps are more likely to become chart-topping songs.

ITT >>71 is a handsome, amiable, intelligent person is another prime-numbered thread, which is doubly interesting since 71 is, of course, also a prime number. The oldest prime-numbered thread to close after hitting 999 posts was ITT we insult the poster above us [PART VI]. However, neither 999 nor 6 are prime, so this thread is of less signifcance overall.

Thank you for your time.

88 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-5633 10:24

89 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-5803 19:35

Am I affiliated yet?

90 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-6756 08:37

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91 Name: winter : 1993-09-7059 16:29

And on this day, I must report that pax-tsukuru domain has again expired, and is no longer being forwarded to 4-ch.net

We apologize for the inconvenience.

92 Name: ( ˃ ヮ˂) : 1993-09-7060 03:22

>>91
Fix it!

93 Name: (*゚ー゚) : 1993-09-7837 23:24

>>91
rip

94 Name: (*゚ー゚) : 1993-09-7838 11:54

Did eternal peace descend upon DQN?

95 Name: (*゚ー゚) : 1993-09-9038 03:40

I will never be part of cool internet history.

Captcha: exrage.

96 Name: (*゚ー゚) : 1993-09-9040 20:18

>>95 I once made one of the greatest "Scumbag Brain" memes but I didn't put my name or e-mail on it, so I missed my opportunity to become an internet celebrity. Even funnier was that my scumbag brain forgot how to grammar.

97 Name: (*゚ー゚) : 1993-09-9041 03:25

>>96
I made a popular meme but you wouldn't believe me if I told you which one. It's old though, and I haven't really tried comedic OC in years.

The odd thing is, I posted all sorts of OC on 4chan back in the day, and you know what? A vast majority of it got completely ignored. And the shit that actually got popular was nowhere near my best material. It was always the semi-low effort/casual, confident, natural-seeming, succinct, easy-to-understand, and not-too-try-hardy stuff that got popular.

I've theorized that the time and place you post something on matters more than the content itself. It also helps if people react well to it. On 4chan, if lots of people posted reaction images in response to your image, that would solidify that people would save and repost it (which is what happened with one post in particular of mine that is now a mainstream old meme). Nowadays, I guess the modern/more mainstream social media equivalent would be retweets, likes, shares, upvotes, and so on.

People with sockpuppet account networks can theoretically game the system and get their forced memes (or propaganda) trending or on the front page or whatever. Whether you do it consciously or not, the numbers on a post influence how you feel about it.

You will like something more if it says 1,000 upvotes compared to -4.

That all being said, it's probably for the best that neither you nor I have our names or aliases associated with the meme stuff. That's one-hit-wonder shit and you don't want to be known as "that person who made a meme once and it got kinda popular for a while." You want to be known for other things.

98 Name: (*゚ー゚) : 1993-09-9041 03:26

Also, I didn't intend for it to be a meme. That's what I meant when I said natural.

99 Name: (*゚ー゚) : 1993-09-9041 16:10

>>98 So you didn't...
puts on sunglasses
meme for it to happen?
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!

100 Name: (*゚ー゚) : 1993-09-9065 03:43

100GET

101 Name: (*゚ー゚) : 1993-09-9065 22:23

This is where "Elitist Superstructure" came from?

102 Name: (*゚ー゚) : 1993-09-9593 08:40

pax-tsukuru.comを買いました

103 Name: vc: we : 1993-09-9593 10:16

>>102
Redirect it to https://dailystoic.com/a-taste-for-the-distasteful/ IMO

By the way DQN is apparently internet famous now because of this meme. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/just-according-to-keikaku

104 Name: ( ゚ ヮ゚) : 1993-09-10666 21:44

>>103

>internet famous

It's been done before. The superstructure of years-spanning slow boards is protected by too many layers of inscrutable irony for an average netizoid. Only few dare to penetrate this bedrock of internet subconscious.

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