Once upon a time in a magickal land far far away the being called Tom Mix stirred from its deep slumber and pronounced to Rootbadger:
> [quoted text trimmed to the last 100 words] comes running back.
>
> Then somebody replies. Somebody else joins in. The insults start flying and
> before long you've got a proper Usenet shitshow that has very little to do
> with Windows ME.
>
> Although, to be fair, Windows ME probably deserved some of the abuse too.
>
> This is the kind of thread that's fun to read from the beginning and watch
> slowly go off the rails.
>
> Here's the UsenetArchives search for the original posts:
>
> https://rootbadger.com/shortened/oioe9k6bq ng%20system%20not%20found&t=0&p=1
>
> And the Google Groups copy of the thread:
>
> https://rootbadger.com/shortened/4t0bxflja
>
> This was Usenet. Half the entertainment was watching a perfectly ordinary
> thread turn into something completly different.
Good times. Thanks for the memories Tom. I was probably using Windows ME back then too so I'm surprised it didn't crash while I was posting.
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Steve Leyland
mhm32x16 Smeeter#24 WSD#41 Most Hated Usenetizen Of All Time#1
Top Asshole on the Net#4 Usenet Ruiner#11 Lits Slut#1
alt.hackers.malicious awards 2007 Pedo-Baiter
Alcatroll Labs Inc (bongwater maintenance dept)
=^MEOW MEOW ARMY^=
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"Oh, and by the by ... although it is not my particular responsibility
to do so, I do nevertheless apologize for Mr. Leyland, who seems
convinced that anyone who might pass by this doorway to our little
gallery is a child rapist. In a sense, he is much like the ratty kitty
he claims to be in his interminable signature line ... he wanders about
and stops occassionally at the stoop here to spray and defecate, then
moves on and is gone for a few days or so ... no doubt spraying,
defecating and retching up hairballs elsewhere ... then returns to mark
his "territory" again. I realise he is little more than a malodorous
nusiance, but a nuisance nevertheless."
HMS Victor Victorian, pedophile, alt.fan.utb.naughty-boy
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"Warning to all:
Steve Leyland is a trolling twat of the highest order. Killfile the
muppet now and move on. Even the briefest of searches on his past
UseNet posts will reveal the truth. You have been warned. *plonk*"
bear, uk.rec.motorcycles
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"I didn't delete any part of your meaningless, pointless, worthless
post in order to clearly demonstrate that you are the nemesis of
Usenet: the crossposting, non-editing, diagram-creating worthless,
dickless, brainless, gutless, mindless, ball-less, spineless, flaccid,
obese, fish-belly pale, ugly, VD-ridden, moronic, bald, hunch-backed,
flat-footed, odoriferous, obnoxious, fecal-smelling, buck-toothed,
physically handicapped, fungus-infected, HIV positive, mud-packing,
masturbating, whining, simpering, self-important, arrogant, egomaniacal
POS that takes up more bandwidth than a despicable binary-poster, and
for no apparent reason beyond seeing his own defecatory vomitus
slithering down the screen in vile green rivulets."
Admiral Halsey, alt.sailing.asa
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"I went to the Garden of Love,
And saw what I never had seen;
A Chapel was built in the midst,
Where I used to play on the green.
And the gates of this Chapel were shut
And "Thou shalt not," writ over the door;
So I turned to the Garden of Love
That so many sweet flowers bore.
And I saw it was filled with graves,
And tombstones where flowers should be;
And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars my joys and desires."
William Blake.
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"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this
right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to
seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and
regardless of frontiers." Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
article 19.
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"When the Earth has been ravaged and the animals are dying, a tribe of
people from all races, creeds and colours shall put their faith in
deeds, not words, and make the land green again. They shall be known as
Warriors of the Rainbow, protectors of the environment."
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