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  1. /r/atheism is banning the submission of images of NGT or Carl Sagan quotes now

    Tuesday, 04-Jun-13 08:03:00 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
    1. @ceruleanspark b-but... how will I share my euphoria?

      Tuesday, 04-Jun-13 08:04:51 UTC from web
    2. @ceruleanspark also you didn't say Richard Dawkins so this http://i.imgur.com/DFZrlCA.jpg is still allowed

      Tuesday, 04-Jun-13 08:05:26 UTC from web
      1. @rarity It's all submissions to just imgur content. You can post it, but it needs to be a self post now, so you can be euphoric, but not enlightened by your karma

        Tuesday, 04-Jun-13 08:06:30 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
        1. @ceruleanspark It's just going to be less of "screenshots of stupid fundies on facebook" and more "20-paragraph rant about how my school oppresses atheists because they won't let me burn bibles in class"

          Tuesday, 04-Jun-13 08:09:08 UTC from web
          1. @rarity Everyone who isn't part of the circlejerk left years ago. The thing is unsalvageable

            Tuesday, 04-Jun-13 08:11:11 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
            1. @ceruleanspark why the hell is it a default sub

              Tuesday, 04-Jun-13 08:13:45 UTC from web
              1. @rarity Because the admins know that their audience is largely composed of middle class white teens looking for reasons to claim that they're oppressed.

                Tuesday, 04-Jun-13 08:15:24 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
              2. @rarity Also, much like administering RDN, it's not a game they can win. If they remove /r/atheism from the default subs, they'll be "oppressing the atheists" and leaving it there gets the criticised by people who call it a pointless circlejerk.

                Tuesday, 04-Jun-13 08:16:36 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                1. @ceruleanspark so basically they put it there before it became a circlejerk hellhole?

                  Tuesday, 04-Jun-13 08:19:02 UTC from web
                  1. @rarity In the beginning when the site was very small the "upvotes are the most important thing in the world" culture wasn't a thing, none of the boards were especially jerky

                    Tuesday, 04-Jun-13 08:21:23 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                    1. @ceruleanspark tell me of the before time, o great elder

                      Tuesday, 04-Jun-13 08:25:36 UTC from web
                      1. @rarity http://web.archive.org/web/20050804002153/http://www.reddit.com/ No comments. Informative, largely un-editorialised titles, not just 200 links to imgur.

                        Tuesday, 04-Jun-13 08:29:12 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                        1. @ceruleanspark "Why do men have nipples?"

                          Tuesday, 04-Jun-13 08:30:14 UTC from web
                          1. @rarity Nowdays that topic would be called "If intelligent design is true, why do men have nipples? checkmate, fundies"

                            Tuesday, 04-Jun-13 08:31:52 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                            1. @ceruleanspark "Why do men have hair on their head, if they are meant to wear fedoras?"

                              Tuesday, 04-Jun-13 08:33:18 UTC from web
      2. @rarity Also that's been my wallpaper for weeks

        Tuesday, 04-Jun-13 08:07:05 UTC from StatusNet Desktop