Education Are you a Bit-tech lurker? Get in here and explain yourself!

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  1. Shirty

    Shirty W*nker! Super Moderator

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    My advice to anyone trying to break into the community: slide gracelessly in to your partner's swimwear, ask her to take a photo and them make it your avatar.

    It'll give you a warm, fuzzy feeling like no other...

    NOTE: This may not work if you're gay, and will almost certainly result in a ban if you're female :hehe:
     
  2. jizwizard

    jizwizard Modder

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    Challenge accepted
     
  3. Shirty

    Shirty W*nker! Super Moderator

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    Will you look as much like an 1870s strongman (without the muscles) as I did though?

    Also note: this swimming costume was unusable once I had managed to peel it back off, so be prepared to replace what you destroy. Unless you're a weedy little stick of course, or have a big ladyfriend.
     
  4. jizwizard

    jizwizard Modder

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    Ill give it a good try
     
  5. Shirty

    Shirty W*nker! Super Moderator

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    Your missus'll thank you for finally scrapping that pic of her arse :)

    But you can still keep it in your profile page.
     
  6. jizwizard

    jizwizard Modder

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    Ummm she doesn't know its there lol
     
  7. jinq-sea

    jinq-sea 'write that down in your copy book' Super Moderator

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    Haha - I suspected that she probably had no idea, Jizwizard!
     
  8. Kronos

    Kronos Multimodder

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    That pretty much sums me up. And I am not spending as much time in the Marketplace as I got tired of flogging stuff I needed a few weeks down the line. But I have learnt much from my lurking as has been said there are an awful lot of clever folk in here. To a oldish bloke who left school at the ripe old age of 15 and did not get into computing until I was in my late forties i would rather peruse the threads and hopefully soak up their knowledge.
     
  9. InSanCen

    InSanCen Buckling Spring for life

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    Yeah, now it's become fashionable, I tend not to say I do it. When it dies down, back to business as usual. Buckling Springs Cheesecake!:D
     
  10. joe the dishwasher

    joe the dishwasher Honk

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    At some point you get this feeling that you've already had every conversation, multiple times.

    It is loud out there. When I started using the internet (97? / 98?) and bit-tech it felt like a select community of fellow nerds, initiated in on something really special. Now it is difficult to say or hear anything over the cacophony of noise by produced hordes of trolls, illiterate and ignorant internet users and what essentially are children that should be out playing!

    Bit-tech isn't necessarily like this though, that is why I continue to lurk. I guess like other Lurkers I don't post much because I don't feel like I have anything worthwhile to contribute.

    Also, I don't mod anymore and posting without this ":dremel: " is just not worth it ;)
     
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  11. Shirty

    Shirty W*nker! Super Moderator

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    TL;DR: I don't want to live on this planet any more, but when I do, I'll hang out at Bit-tech.

    See how I seamlessly fused two memes together there, proving your point entirely? Also, you had a seven year gap off the forums - but you came back.
     
  12. PauloWhysalli

    PauloWhysalli Confused.com

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    Tempting but I'm not sure she will understand. Self portrait it is then!
     
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  13. joe the dishwasher

    joe the dishwasher Honk

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    Haha that is painful, but I'll bear with it. Seven year gap? I was still there, just no time to engage properly :sigh:
     
  14. Shirty

    Shirty W*nker! Super Moderator

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    Also, the internet in the mid to late 90s was just filled with porn (a lot of which was of questionable legality in the UK), which took an age to download. My early teenage years, god I was sore :rock::waah:
     
  15. Tichinde

    Tichinde Minimodder

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    Lurker reporting for duty!
    I can't even remember why I signed up anymore but I'm starting to post more these days.
    It may have been about watercooling advice which I still haven't done..
    I'm used to being part of considerably smaller groups where you can check once a day and still be the first to answer a question that someone has asked.

    It's certainly a great community to be a part of so kudos all round :)
     
  16. jinq-sea

    jinq-sea 'write that down in your copy book' Super Moderator

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    And just think of those glasses that you've got to wear these days - your eyes must be ruined! ;)
     
  17. Shirty

    Shirty W*nker! Super Moderator

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    Sound's like Tech Support is right up your street :hehe:

    Contact lenses like bloody marbles mate.


    I've got to say I've not seen any names I don't at least vaguely recognise crop up in here yet, but there's time.
     
  18. TheBlackSwordsMan

    TheBlackSwordsMan Over the Hills and Far Away

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    Ahhhh the 90's, back when our teachers were saying '' http://www. ''
     
  19. Blademrk

    Blademrk Why so serious?

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    Don't tend to post much, but then I'm also quiet irl too.
     
  20. Tim S

    Tim S OG

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    My postcount has barely moved since I stepped down as Editor of bit-tech in early 2010 - priorities have changed unfortunately and I'm barely posting on any forums at the moment, but I do still lurk here and mainly participate in the Motoring threads.
     

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