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[–] grue 55 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's a clever line, but Musk hasn't invented a single goddamn thing in his life.

[–] solomon42069 24 points 8 months ago

Hey that's not fair - he invents his own narrative about reality all the time.

[–] meeeeetch 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, pay to post was Something Awful founder lowtax's idea.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

SA used to be great. That move actually made the forums a pretty good place for a while because it kept out a few demographics including bots and kids.

Something Awful, YTMND and Newgrounds were basically the comedic engines of the internet back then.

Good 'ol pre-YouTube internet.