The Onion discovers Obner

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:20 pm

Or, you know, any of a number of other internet geek communities like it:

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Quote:

Man Who Enjoys Thing Informed He Is Wrong

January 25, 2010 | Issue 46∙04

LOS ANGELES—George Himmelsbaugh, 32, was informed Tuesday that he was incorrect in enjoying a thing he had been deriving pleasure from for many years. Authorities in the field informed Himmelsbaugh that, although he believes his appreciation of the thing to be a matter of subjective personal taste, any positive feelings or satisfaction taken from this are by definition erroneous. Furthermore, sources reported, Himmelsbaugh does not in fact enjoy the thing, but has merely been convinced that he does by the influence of others who also claim to enjoy the thing but who must be insane or developmentally disabled if they actually do. Himmelsbaugh has responded to the information by endeavoring to enjoy the correct things in the future.

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

hahhah, hilarious.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:00 pm

Thread should be retitled: "Obner discovers the Onion"

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

Radcliffe Wrote:

Thread should be retitled: "Obner discovers the Onion"

no it shouldn't.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:46 pm

Oh Jewels... imagine if "Obner" could mean a single person rather than the entire board.

shiv · **Posted:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:54 pm

yeah it already does.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:56 pm

I really have been wasting my time here all these years, huh?

toots · **Posted:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:09 pm

First Mate · **Joined:** Thu May 07, 2009 3:53 pm **Posts:** 6

Radcliffe Wrote:

I really have been wasting my time here all these years, huh?

You've certainly been wasting ours.

Dalen · **Posted:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:20 pm

First Mate comes in with a back hand to Rads.

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

robotboy · **Posted:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:14 pm

thats a pretty decent 5th post

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

terrible thread. which i'll add to make worse.

you're welcome.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:43 pm

robotboy Wrote:

thats a pretty decent 5th post

It's kind of strange though, as it's the fifth post by this person and he/she has suggested that Radcliffe has been wasting 'our' time, a kind of self-identification that only develops over time. But since he/she is only a few posts in, this would imply that he/she has been lurking for many years or alternatively, he/she could be an ex-poster who has quit the board but now he/she is back with a new name.

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

still, for a value-to-post count ratio that is off the charts

robotboy · **Posted:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:59 pm

dumpjack stop overanalyzing everything jiminy christmas

robotboy · **Posted:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:00 pm

j/k <3 u

DumpJack · **Posted:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:03 pm

Patrick Wrote:

still, for a value-to-post count ratio that is off the charts

That's a bit of a stretch but I'll agree that if he/she emerged from the fucking sadness of lurking to pile on Rads, that's great. Better fighting than silently judging. If it's an ex-poster with a new name, that's irredeemably pathetic, even for an internet messageboard.

shiv · **Posted:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:14 pm

i was guessing it was just a regular poster who made a fake account.

one of the mods could check their isp, right?

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

Or it's squirggle's wife?

bort · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:56 am

DumpJack Wrote:

Patrick Wrote:

still, for a value-to-post count ratio that is off the charts

That's a bit of a stretch but I'll agree that if he/she emerged from the fucking sadness of lurking to pile on Rads, that's great. Better fighting than silently judging. If it's an ex-poster with a new name, that's irredeemably pathetic, even for an internet messageboard.

i don't know, i'd say the internet message board-to-irredeemably pathetic ratio would be about right.

FT · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:59 am

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

Or it's squirggle's wife?

No, they have a CANAGIANG e-mail address.

FT · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:01 am

FT Wrote:

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

Or it's squirggle's wife?

No, they have a CANAGIANG e-mail address.

Just checked the IP address. Ain't Mrs. Squirggle, but we've been had, all the same.

toots · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:14 am

robotboy Wrote:

j/k <3 u

so i'm guessing this just happened:

HaqDiesel Wrote:

robotboy
Pronunciation: \ˈrō-ˌbät,bȯi\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): robotboyd, robotboying, robotboyardee
Etymology: Obnerian

transitive verb

1. To appear in a rancorous or highly contentious thread and make a innocuous or neutral comment, often a non sequitur, to comedic or diffusive effect.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:48 pm

FT Wrote:

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

Or it's squirggle's wife?

No, they have a CANAGIANG e-mail address.

Just checked the IP address. Ain't Mrs. Squirggle, but we've been had, all the same.

yeah that was never in doubt.

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