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Quality Contributions Report for August 2024 - Happy 2nd Birthday to the Motte!

Happy birthday to us! Hard to believe we've been the Internet's leading (possibly only?) independent user-funded (ad-free!) open political speech forum for two whole years. @ZorbaTHut, what a remarkable framework you've constructed; everyone else, what remarkable things you've constructed on that framework. Thanks for hanging out with us and getting into very kind, respectful, politely-worded fistfights about anything and everything under the sun.

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(Proverbs 27:17)

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These are mostly chronologically ordered, but I have in some cases tried to cluster comments by topic so if there is something you are looking for (or trying to avoid), this might be helpful.

Quality Contributions to the Main Motte

@FCfromSSC:

@Glassnoser:

@cjet79:

@WhiningCoil:

@Dean:

@100ProofTollBooth:

Contributions for the week of July 29, 2024

@wqnm:

@Astranagant:

@Tophattingson:

@Felagund:

Contributions for the week of August 5, 2024

@RandomRanger:

@Felagund:

@naraburns:

@SSCReader:

@DradisPing:

@gattsuru:

@100ProofTollBooth:

@urquan:

@faceh:

@felis-parenthesis:

Contributions for the week of August 12, 2024

@CrispyFriedBarnacles:

@Dean:

@MonkeyWithAMachinegun:

@DirtyWaterHotDog:

@blooblyblobl:

Contributions for the week of August 19, 2024

@YE_GUILTY:

@Grant_us_eyes:

@Dean:

@2D3D:

@wemptronics:

@Throwaway05:

Contributions for the week of August 26, 2024

@RandomRanger:

@Goodguy:

@MartianNight:

@Tanista:

@gattsuru:

@Shiro:

@Amadan:

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One of these days, I want to write a 'What the Quality Contribution Report Really Means' parody (in the spirit of old Paradox Patch note memes), and just have a gander making these selections sound worse (or better) than they really are.

Like

"2D3D says Chinese pop culture was ruined by women writing gay fanfiction."

or

"WhiningCoil goes into exhaustive depth on the many ways he handled his wood to the delight of his wife."

It would never work, since too many are too serious to poke too much fun at / humor doesn't translate to diverse audiences that well, but there were more amusing ones than I was expecting this time around.

ahem i wish to clarify that I did not say gay fanfic ruined chinese pop culture. in fact i would submit that gay fanfic is the exact reason why chinese pop culture suddenly started gaining traction within asian spheres, and the ccp being afraid of women having unrealistic standards was the cause of the clampdown. edit: perhaps a better accurate-yet-dishonest representation of an AAQC could be Isekai-Titling the subject. Dean Convinces Bigbrains That Japanese Developers Are Secret Nazis, or MonkeyWithAMachinegun Survives The Wire Immersive Reality Sim

east asian pop culture especially needs to go beyond the romance of three kingdoms, journey to the west, sengoku jida, generic anticolonial resentment and the joseon dynasty for rehashed fodder. if that vector attracts writing and artistic talent because prettyboys in flowing robes draws in the female consumers, thats capitalism baby!

also, the aaqc being feted is indeed quite an honor, since i do actually respect the overall quality of postings and posters on this forum. not that much, since i sometimes try to have a life, but enough to expend brain cells grokking the outputs of this board.

happy 2nd anniversary to this corner of the internet, we culture war refugees that neither fling poop automatically nor disappear our heads up our own ass to sniff our farts. may this delicate balance continue and leave the jannies with no poop to clean up.

(sorry, im typing this out while using the can)

I hope the levity came across clearly, rather than as slanderous, and if it didn't I will apologize.

Nah, I was also delirious from straining in the crapper and while I got the intent I didn't get the joke.

Eat veg, people. Psilum Husk is no substitute.

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