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Go way back people. I'm not talking your first general topic with your reincarnated self because you got deleted for being an awesome troll (Jesussaves, HerPower anyone?) , I mean your first topic EVER. Back when you didn't understand the subtle ways of NSG. Before you met Lunatic Goofballs, before you read one of Drunk Commies whacked out news stories.

What's mine? Well, back when I was 13, still ignorant of the ways of the world, I was a conservative, pretty much for no particular reason too. Like our trolls, almost, but real and not so stupid. Keep in mind I have reformed completly, and practically growing up on NSG has led me to become the complete opposite of what I once was.
Link related. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=370777)

I'm not going to try searching for the link, but I think the first thread I posted was called 'The Michigan Accent'.

Strangely, I seemed to rouse every single Michingan NS'er, and many other Americans, when I dared suggest that Americans might have an accent.

It was fun! :D

Too long ago to remember, now lost in the sands of forum-time...

I want to see a liberal troll on NSG, I can't really ever remember any.

Too long ago to remember, now lost in the sands of forum-time...

A quick search shows it's something about Guantanamo and the UK.
Unless, of course, that was just your first thread on Jolt.
Link to Advanced Search (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/search.php?f=1227)

I want to see a liberal troll on NSG, I can't really ever remember any.

Well, to be fair, I think the moment anyone says something remotely conservative without some info to back it up, the liberal hordes scream 'TROLL!!'.

The same is not true if a liberal posts something like 'George Bush Sucks, and so do Conservatives!'. That doesn't seem to come across as trolling around here. It's standard fare.

I mean really, what exactly would a liberal have to do to be considered a troll in this forum? They'd have to probably say something conservative.

Well, to be fair, I think the moment anyone says something remotely conservative without some info to back it up, the liberal hordes scream 'TROLL!!'.

The same is not true if a liberal posts something like 'George Bush Sucks, and so do Conservatives!'. That doesn't seem to come across as trolling around here. It's standard fare.

I mean really, what exactly would a liberal have to do to be considered a troll in this forum? They'd have to probably say something conservative.

Yes but George Bush and Conservatives do suck, that doesn't require evidence.

I was asking Why? (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=413185).

Still asking, but I have the feeling I'm never gonna get a straight answer.

Yes but George Bush and Conservatives do suck, that doesn't require evidence.

I rest my case.

i don't know how to find my first post, i can only find posts as old as last march. but i do know that it didn't have n00b smilies in it.

A quick search shows it's something about Guantanamo and the UK.
Unless, of course, that was just your first thread on Jolt.
Link to Advanced Search (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/search.php?f=1227)

Twas my first thread on Jolt. I started a few under a previous name on the old PHPBB forums.

Well, to be fair, I think the moment anyone says something remotely conservative without some info to back it up, the liberal hordes scream 'TROLL!!'.

The same is not true if a liberal posts something like 'George Bush Sucks, and so do Conservatives!'. That doesn't seem to come across as trolling around here. It's standard fare.

I mean really, what exactly would a liberal have to do to be considered a troll in this forum? They'd have to probably say something conservative.

that's not so true. ocean drive is well recognised as a troll. about the only 'left-wing' troll there is. actually i've no idea about his politics. only that he's anti-bush and ant--iraq war. meh, who cares, it's a bit pointless to be a lefty troll on here seeing as you'd only really piss off a minority.

I rest my case.

Oh no, I rest my case.

I was asking Why? (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=413185).

Still asking, but I have the feeling I'm never gonna get a straight answer.

I'd come up with a snarky response(probably something involving about you being a gaijin--presuming I'm spelling that correctly)but I am extremely poor at that.

Anyway, the first thread I can find is something about Birthday Dinners (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=473462) but I know that's not the earliest thread and/or post I've made...Jolt just limits the number of search pages, unfortunately.

I want to see a liberal troll on NSG, I can't really ever remember any.

Liberal trolls are harder to pull off. The average conservative's views are pretty out their, so conservative trolls are easy. Liberals, however, tend to have views more along the lines of "Wouldn't it be great if everyone were equal?" and therefore are a bit harder to pull off.

Oh no, I rest my case.

Oh No You Don't!

*intercepts Andaras Prime's case with own case, resulting in a resounding explosion*

My first-first was on the RP forums, something to do with a UN bill regarding free trade. Boh-ring... :rolleyes:

My first General post was about Bush's wiretapping program. 'Twas quite a rant...

I dunno. My first one seems to have been an abortion thread, but I'm not positive.

Anyway, the first thread I can find is something about Birthday Dinners (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=473462) but I know that's not the earliest thread and/or post I've made...Jolt just limits the number of search pages, unfortunately.So set the search to name your posts in ascending rather than descending order. You'll get your first 100 (that are still on the database, anyway).

Liberal trolls are harder to pull off. The average conservative's views are pretty out their, so conservative trolls are easy. Liberals, however, tend to have views more along the lines of "Wouldn't it be great if everyone were equal?" and therefore are a bit harder to pull off.
Aye...there's something about "I'm going to accept your views and let you live the way you want to live and treat everyone equally under the law, motherfucker!" that just doesn't work...

that's not so true. ocean drive is well recognised as a troll. about the only 'left-wing' troll there is. actually i've no idea about his politics. only that he's anti-bush and ant--iraq war. meh, who cares, it's a bit pointless to be a lefty troll on here seeing as you'd only really piss off a minority.

I don't think Ocean Drive and I circulate in many of the same threads. From the little I've seen him post, he seems to come across as a troll because he seems militantly on one side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or something. (I'm not even sure which side to be honest. That's how much I'm paying attention.)

That's basically what I'm saying. It's not really a troll unless it goads the masses into angry rebuttal. And how do you get angry rebuttals spouting the stuff that everyone on here agrees with?

Ocean Drive is great, he's a good counter to the pertual militant flammery of IDF.

Ocean Drive is great, he's a good counter to the pertual militant flammery of IDF.

Yeah, I get the two mixed up, only because I don't really end up in most of the same threads. Too much 'muslim vs. zionist' crap.

It was a "Welcome Newbies" thread because I joined right after Nationstates had gotten some publicity and a flood of us came in. It was where I was told that if I did come up with a name it didn't matter because I couldn't change it.

Hey, I'm a Miss Pacman Lover!

I knew something was gnawing at my power pellets...

I made two topics fairly quickly - one of them about how much astrology is bullshit, the other was about banning SUVs. I was pretty thick and headstrong, iirc.

it was a thread called Canada - Welcome back to the real world! about the impending federal conservative victory.

i remember being really incensed at the idea, now that i see the topic. ah the memories, this is a fun game! thanks OP :)

Oh No You Don't!

*intercepts Andaras Prime's case with own case, resulting in a resounding explosion*

*watches as both cases explode. Sits back with his case... opens it up and extracts a bottle. pops the top off.*

ahhhhh! much better.


my first topic...


with my original nation?


can't remember... but it was on the old forums.

I dunno. My first one seems to have been an abortion thread, but I'm not positive.

So set the search to name your posts in ascending rather than descending order. You'll get your first 100 (that are still on the database, anyway).

Of course! How foolish of me not to think of this.

Voila!
First thread: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=471163

I'll have the first post in about three minutes or so.

And just for giggles, in that brief period where my English teacher was turning me into a neo-con before NationStates rescued me from it:
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=471956

Reading through that thread...even then I was quite polite to everyone. I certainly wasn't a good neo-con, that's for sure.

And amusingly enough, the first thread and the first post appear to be one and the same. I could have sworn there were earlier posts...but I guess not.

I've been on this forum far too long that my first general thread would still be preserved. But here's the earliest thread I could find: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=352523

Reading some of my older threads from 2004 I've noticed this:

*I was incredibly random at times
*I was incredibly foul mouthed with things that probably could get you banned
*I made way too many threads with polls

Liberals, however, tend to have views more along the lines of "Wouldn't it be great if everyone were equal?" and therefore are a bit harder to pull off.

One way to troll as a liberal is to have a pretentious, self-righteous attitude. Or maybe that's the upper middle class socialist troll. Meh.

Well, to be fair, I think the moment anyone says something remotely conservative without some info to back it up, the liberal hordes scream 'TROLL!!'.

The same is not true if a liberal posts something like 'George Bush Sucks, and so do Conservatives!'. That doesn't seem to come across as trolling around here. It's standard fare.

I mean really, what exactly would a liberal have to do to be considered a troll in this forum? They'd have to probably say something conservative.

If you used archaic media definitions, you could probably classify HerPower as a leftwing troll.

I rarely start threads, which makes it easy to remember my first thread. It was entitled "Things I wish everyone would learn (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=436816)" and was inspired by several months of reading NSG posts. I still wish everyone would learn the things in question, but I'm not really holding out hope. :p

Hmm, I suck at this searching shite. But I notice from this post (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=6621954#post6621954), not long after I first joined, that I really haven't changed much. Except that I really don't give a flying fuck about the US anymore.

Ah, okay, here's my first thread: What should the international community do about the Sudan (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=342798). (apparently the answer is still nothing)

Damn...but going through those old threads, remembering posters...

Unfree Peoples...Roach Busters was fun to spar with...Colodia! (still around or no?)...

If you used archaic media definitions, you could probably classify HerPower as a leftwing troll.

She was. And she lasted for a sum total of three days.

Three (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=405400) glorious (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=404994), fantastic (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=405152) days (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=405159).

I mean, this was gold:
The threat of pregnancy has long been a tool of the patriofacists to control and oppress women. When womyn could finally stand no more, birth control was developed to allow us to escape the constant fear of unwanted pregnancy and abandonment. However, these methods were created by the patriofacists themselves as a clever way of offering freedom with one hand and taking it away with the other. Methods like the IUD can have serious health consequences. The pill plays havoc with womyn's natural hormones. The more permanent surgical procedures are extreme and can have terrible health consequences. Over all it is the womyn's responsibility to avoid pregnancy, her life that is most affected by unwanted pregnancies. Men are free to enjoy sex with no fear, no alterting of their hormones, no consequences if a pregnancy occurs except sometimes financial.

This inequality must stop. Men should have vacectomies during puberty. It is a safe, simple procedure that can be reversed later in life when both the man and womyn decide to have a child. Surely this is cheaper than abortions, child care payments, abandonded children supported by the state? It would free both men and womyn from the fear of pregnancy, and allow them to enjoy healthy sex!


And the best old quote EVER:

Women can never rule a country. What if they accidentally menstruate all over some important papers?

My first topic? something about how "long pig" should actually be called "Tall pig" due to the fact that humans are upright animals.

And I still think it was and is funny.

I've posted so many that JoltSearchy won't display them all.

I need a new hobby.

Oh, and the last one it displays is from late October 2005.

This (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=470937)was my first thread.

It got 313 replies. I was very pleased. :)

I was also very surprised to see that one of first threads has a lock on it. It looks like someone dug it up again after six months in the grave. :p

apparently (according to my subscribed threads) its this one http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=7510804#post7510804

and this was my first thread of my own http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=374767 :)

I've only been here for a year, so I can't really say much. I just recall how different many of my positions back then are to those I have now.

apparently (according to my subscribed threads) its this one http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=7510804#post7510804
Heh, first posts. If I remember correctly from the last time one of these reminiscing threads came up, mine was about cats drinking milk.

I've only been here for a year, so I can't really say much. I just recall how different many of my positions back then are to those I have now.

Nearly two years, unless your join date is lying. :p

Nearly two years, unless your join date is lying. :p
That's misleading - I didn't begin posting till October of last year.

And the best old quote EVER:

that IS the best quote ever :p

haven't the slightest idea. not sure i ever even started one. although i can vaguely remember that i might have.

i don't even have the slightest idea what was the first thread, or the first of several hundred on here, i participated in.

i can say for sure it was more then four years ago and i was already over 50 at the time.

i do remember my favorite thread on general. and it was actualy a roll play.
it was about a kind of spiritual retreat kind of place in pre meiji japan.

other then that, every thing here tends to be somewhat effemeral, if often perenialy repititious. like the tediusly never ending wars on international incidents.

=^^=
.../\...

I don't remember. And we'll never know, since it was on the old server.

Shane Warne to retire (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=511670) - 20-12-2006

Meh. My second thread, The Metric System in America (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=512478), made four pages. :cool:

The first thread I ever started on NSG?

It was about the uncertainty principle.
I offered a free cookie to anyone who knew Schroedinger's cat....

It was either about some personality test about which world leader you're most like or it was a "back to school" thread.

She was. And she lasted for a sum total of three days.

Three (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=405400) glorious (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=404994), fantastic (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=405152) days (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=405159).
Bah, why do I always miss out on the good trolls? So far I've missed out on JesusSaves, and the delightful nutcase you just provided links to.

My first thread got to 13 pages, I don't even remember it.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=478705

Wow heres the first thread I started:

Once again I see apost about Mulism taking offence over something, and then some wag posts about Christians doing the same thing.

I just don't get it?

Look I'm a religious man myself(what religion doesn't matter) and what ever anybody says about God, or my religion worries me not at all.

Religion, mans serach for God, is a purly personal thing, your realtionship with God likewise. So if I hear Gods a ****. Two things pop into my mind the first being; Is God really a ****? No of course not, so why get upset at what is basicaly a lie? The second being; okay I get it your not into God*shrug* I don't care.

For us religous folx the number one thing is getting to God, remebering God, going to heaven, or whatever the end result of your particular dogma says.

So on a pesonal level it's all about me. I don't give a monkeys really if you don't find God, I'm too caught up in my own quest. Yes that makes me selfish, but ask your selfs this each and every religious person, am I more selfish than you?

No of course not, you only belive in God because you want your soul to live on, it's all about you now isn't it. And if that is the case why take offence at what people say about God, or your religion.

Is God offended do you think by the female form? Is God offended do you think by pointing your feet at a phyiscal representation of God? Is God offended do you think of a humorous cartoon?

Or do you think that God is more offended by the amount of killing that goes on in Gods name, or by the hatred generated by those that view the same God in differant ways, or by mans attempt to put his words in Gods mouth?

Or do you think that the whole idea of a God that can be offended by Gods own creation just plain daft?

Which language/accent do you find sexy? (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=491397)

Wow 711 posts...

Good times.

I believe my first topic was citing some news article about circumcision. A more interesting one was about ticklishness, that was far more entertaining :)

My first thread was about people's earliest memories.


I rarely start threads, which makes it easy to remember my first thread. It was entitled "Things I wish everyone would learn (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=436816)" and was inspired by several months of reading NSG posts. I still wish everyone would learn the things in question, but I'm not really holding out hope. :pYou really should make more threads. That was excellent.

Reading it also made me notice that Gymoor II Return hasn't posted in forever.

She was. And she lasted for a sum total of three days.

Three (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=405400) glorious (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=404994), fantastic (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=405152) days (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=405159). Boy am I glad you don't do her underlining thing in real life. Grating doesn't even begin to describe it.

And the best old quote EVER::p

I've posted so many that JoltSearchy won't display them all.

I need a new hobby.

Oh, and the last one it displays is from late October 2005.You just have to make it list the threads in ascending order instead of the default descending, then the list will start with your first one.

Boy am I glad you don't do her underlining thing in real life. Grating doesn't even begin to describe it.
It's a bit hard not to type the way you normally do...I figured that would be annoying enough, any similarities would be missed.

Oh man, she really was fun, wish I could bring her back.

Don't hit me, Kat.

HerPower was going to fall for Jesussaves. Just imagine where that would have gone!

glorious (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=404994)

awwwww reading through that first page was a trip down memory lane of great posters long gone... :(

awwwww reading through that first page was a trip down memory lane of great posters long gone... :(

I know, I read the whole damn thread last night, and just cackled the whole way through:) It was bitter-sweet.

Wow...seems I've started some really silly threads. This, though, was my first: Dr. Tran (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=450182)!

I also came across this one (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=454318). Still can't figure out why it got locked... :confused:

I also came across this one (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=454318). Still can't figure out why it got locked... :confused:

Because it was trolling spam.

And I can't believe I remember that thread.

Because it was trolling spam.

And I can't believe I remember that thread.

You confuse trolling with a joke, my dear.

I tried looking up posts by Dobbstown, but couldn't find any. My past is lost to me...

You confuse trolling with a joke, my dear.

You sure like throwing around the big words to make yourself look smart, don't you? You obviously use a thesaurus, and it doesn't impress anybody. You should've said "get mixed up" instead of "confuse", there Brainiac.

Insert dull-witted comeback here.

You sure like throwing around the big words to make yourself look smart, don't you? You obviously use a thesaurus, and it doesn't impress anybody. You should've said "get mixed up" instead of "confuse", there Brainiac.

Insert dull-witted comeback here.

If "confuse" is a big word for you, you have my utmost sympathy.

That said, run along. You bore me.

She was. And she lasted for a sum total of three days.

Three (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=405400) glorious (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=404994), fantastic (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=405152) days (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=405159).

Oh yeah, I remember that. Hilarity. :D

You confuse trolling with a joke, my dear.

Wasn't my call, just saying what I thought was likely. Dear.

If "confuse" is a big word for you, you have my utmost sympathy.

That said, run along. You bore me.

Well if you didn't want to be reminded of your unseemly foray into bashing a poster for their 'intellectual' posts, maybe you shouldn't have done it in the first place.

(BTW, seems like the answer in Moderation is no reporting? That thread is gone...)

Anyway, this is too good a trip down memory lane to hijack, folks.

Wasn't my call, just saying what I thought was likely. Dear.

Perhaps. I was relatively new then. I suppose it could've looked a (very) little bit trollish before people got a taste of my sense of humour. Though I'm not about to, I'd be kinda curious to see what sort of reaction it'd get if I were to have posted it now, as opposed to early on in my time on NS.

Darling. :p

And I'm just going to ignore Dobbs' childish attempt to bait me into an argument. You're right. This is too good a thread to hijack.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-288199.html

A thread on my deletion for posting pictures of cave paintings and screenshots of 8-bit graphics from "Custers Revenge" which featured something that might have been a boob.

That's the only thread I can remember making back then.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-288199.html

A thread on my deletion for posting pictures of cave paintings and screenshots of 8-bit graphics from "Custers Revenge" which featured something that might have been a boob.

I like how Katganistan kept signing her posts in it "Not a NationStates mod." That alone shows how old it is.

I like how Katganistan kept signing her posts in it "Not a NationStates mod." That alone shows how old it is.

My theory is that Kat is actually some sort of AI created to mod. Robomod! back then it was Kat Beta.

Do any of us really want to remember the things we said back in the day? I don't think so. Nope, absolutely not. Reminiscing can be so overrated after all.

You really should make more threads. That was excellent.


Heh, thanks. It was certainly rather fun to get marriage proposals on my first thread. :p

Do any of us really want to remember the things we said back in the day? I don't think so. Nope, absolutely not. Reminiscing can be so overrated after all.

You're just embarrased by what you said earlier in your life. We all are; it's nothing to be ashamed of. Everyday we grow and learn more, so older opinions are always less-informed.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=437416
Seems I was making an anti-chain-email email. Only got 5 posts :(

this
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=501535

I can't search beyond a yearish...

I can't search beyond a yearish...

Your first 100 posts should be seen when you turn the post order to "ascending".

New Abu Ghraib images (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=468964) - I was so serious :p - got 13 posts - started back in, oh 15-02-2006.

New Abu Ghraib images (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=468964) - I was so serious :p - got 13 posts - started back in, oh 15-02-2006.

dam i miss your thread, now that have seen it and saw it was SBS who showed them i'm now
http://smileydatabase.com/s/487.gif

My first thread was before the move to Jolt and I think it's lost forever.

It was basically a letter to the US news media that I was asking for input on as well as signatories in a sort of petition that tells the US news how crappy we think they were and why and asking them to wise up and give us the good stuff.

I forgot the major points I had originally made though and noone would participate.

Mine was about sex toys, and was moved to Spam in a page or two. It's probably been autopruned in the Folder of Death many moons ago...

Go way back people. I'm not talking your first general topic with your reincarnated self because you got deleted for being an awesome troll (Jesussaves, HerPower anyone?) , I mean your first topic EVER. Back when you didn't understand the subtle ways of NSG. Before you met Lunatic Goofballs, before you read one of Drunk Commies whacked out news stories.

What's mine? Well, back when I was 13, still ignorant of the ways of the world, I was a conservative, pretty much for no particular reason too. Like our trolls, almost, but real and not so stupid. Keep in mind I have reformed completly, and practically growing up on NSG has led me to become the complete opposite of what I once was.
Link related. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=370777)

An oldie, but a goodie. Is Bush on NSG? (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=501150)

New Abu Ghraib images (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=468964) - I was so serious :p - got 13 posts - started back in, oh 15-02-2006.

Who'da thought?