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All of us posters here know that NSGeneral is brilliant and awesome. But did you know that one of our greatest threads has inspired the American Cancer Society Cancer Network? Well, it has. Don't believe me? See for yourself!

https://secure3.convio.net/acscan/images/content/pagebuilder/18236.jpg
Or just go to the page:

http://action.acscan.org/site/DocServer/FDA_ChooseWisely_FINAL_07.09.08.pdf?docID=8381

They aren't the only ones, though. It seems the Alzheimer Society also took inspiration:

http://www.alzheimer.ca/english/graphics/Choose_Wisely-Eng160.jpg


So, what now that NSG is changing, and I barely recognize it anymore. (And for all the hubbub I've heard about the smilie changes, I must say I quite like our new eyerolling smilie. Also, sweet jesus, I might have to smart posting more now that we finally have a blushing smilie!!!!) So, what were/are your favorite threads? What makes a great thread? Does any one know the record for thread most quickly derailed? Who creates the best threads?

I wait for the day the pogo stick part is mentioned. :tongue:

I wait for the day the pogo stick part is mentioned. :tongue:

I think you could get very far with the dandy New British Imperial Party talk wot! wot!

What thread created the choose wisely thing?

What thread created the choose wisely thing?

The "Choose Wisely" thread...which I can't find....

*cries*

The "Choose Wisely" thread...which I can't find....

*cries*

It has gone to its final resting place. It had been moved to the Spam forum. And apparently when our new overlords began their rule, they deleted everything in the Spam forum. I can only hope it has moved on to a better place. Also, that the deletion of such crucial threads means that there will never again be a Jolt Database Error, and that they have not been deleted in vain.

What thread created the choose wisely thing?
It was a thread all its own, created by Peechland, iirc. Maybe Tweet. I'm not sure. The thread was created and moved to Spam before I officially joing The Spam Fam. It was, however, Epic.

It has gone so far that not even the most dedicated of thread necromancers can revive it....I issue a challenge for someone to revive it! I will shower you in cookies

It was Peechland.

'tis a sad, sad day....

It has gone so far that not even the most dedicated of thread necromancers can revive it....I issue a challenge for someone to revive it! I will shower you in cookies

It was deleted along with the rest of the spam forum. :(

Dubsy: :hail::fluffle:

The thread sucked anyway.

The thread sucked anyway.

And so did your mom.

And so did your mom.

Who's that, do you mean my mum?

Who's that, do you mean my mum?

Pfft, us 'merikans say it better.

It was deleted along with the rest of the spam forum. :(

Dubsy: :hail::fluffle:

:fluffle::fluffle:

Sexiest Female NSer

Also, that the deletion of such crucial threads means that there will never again be a Jolt Database Error, and that they have not been deleted in vain.

That'll be worth it.

Best thread, you say?

Sheesh, that's a tough one. Any number of social threads I can remember over the years, really. It's a shame that there hasn't been a really good one for some time now.

I agree, which is why I'm trying to figure out what made the Great Threads great :)

It was a thread all its own, created by Peechland, iirc. Maybe Tweet. I'm not sure. The thread was created and moved to Spam before I officially joing The Spam Fam. It was, however, Epic.

I remember that thread before it was in spam. Unfortunately, I never posted in it before it moved because I had no idea how to work the forum account.

As for best thread, I really don't know. Spam sorta blurs together.

I agree, which is why I'm trying to figure out what made the Great Threads great :)

Wait wait wait, what the fuck. I've been on NSG longer than you!?

How Do You Do It, Choose Wisely, and... well, there was one more Epic thread. In addition to the Sexiest threads, the Office Party threads, the Whatcha Look like / Sound like threads....

Also: Yay for your nation being ressurected and posting!! :fluffle::fluffle::fluffle:

How Do You Do It, Choose Wisely, and... well, there was one more Epic thread. In addition to the Sexiest threads, the Office Party threads, the Whatcha Look like / Sound like threads....

The What Not To Do thread, and your ad thread.

Sexiest Female NSer
Dare i ask what that inspired you to do, exactly?
:eek:

Dubsy: :hail::fluffle:
x2, of course. :)

The What Not To Do thread, and your ad thread.

YES! That's the ones I were thinking about too! :fluffle::fluffle:

x2, of course. :)

Straughn!!!!! I heard you missed me! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Face-blush.svg/120px-Face-blush.svg.png

How have you been?

YES! That's the ones I were thinking about too! :fluffle::fluffle:

What not to do?

Also, what made those threads great?

What not to do?

Also, what made those threads great?

The posters, the atmosphere, and the humour :)

We need a new kind of thread like that....I will give anyone who comes up with a brilliant spam thread with $1000

Offer expired a second before you read this post

We need a new kind of thread like that....I will give anyone who comes up with a brilliant spam thread with $1000

Offer expired a second before you read this post

Due to quantum, I never read your post! :eek2:

Due to quantum, I never read your post! :eek2:

Well erm....Due to Quantum you don't exist! LALALALA!

Straughn!!!!! I heard you missed me!I did indeed! I didn't know if you'd given up on us or not, like too many other wonderful posters have. :(


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Face-blush.svg/120px-Face-blush.svg.png

How have you been?Busy. Gonna be daddy o'twins. Work promotion. Getting dumber and smarter simultaneously - which, i suspect, is well within normal functioning parameters. Too busy, really.
Howzabout you?

Due to quantum, I never read your post! :eek2:

Well erm....Due to Quantum you don't exist! LALALALA!Are you two arguing about James Bond or something?

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OMG A DUBSY! I hasn't seen a Dubsy on NSG in forever.

Choose wisely was a line from Indianna Jones. When they met the really old man in a cave with a bunch of gobblets and had to choose the one that brought imortality.

Anecdote thread?
<.<
>.>

I'm still partial to the Post of Death thread.

And the Generalite Invasion Rout one, just as a historical document. :tongue:

Both gone. :(

Choose wisely was a line from Indianna Jones. When they met the really old man in a cave with a bunch of gobblets and had to choose the one that brought imortality.

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/933/cwp03hp9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Are you two arguing about James Bond or something?

Physics *Nod*

But the question remains:

What makes a good thread?

All of us posters here know that NSGeneral is brilliant and awesome.



...wait... what?

Whatever you're on, I'd like to know where to get some.

...wait... what?

Whatever you're on, I'd like to know where to get some.

She's on Spam. Good Spam! :fluffle:

Spam: fueling NSG since, like, forever!