Since I'm not from this community, I don't feel comfortable telling you what it is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOTSE
You can explore it here.
https://web.archive.org/web/20010202061000/http://totse.com/
The site no longer exists but it spawned a child forum, zoklet.
That forum died, and it spawned a child, NiS. https://niggasin.space
I probably wouldn't have started with racial jokes in the title of the forum since it seems the effect is that people rarely post unless they are shitposting. But overall I like the freedom of the place and its a window into the world that used to be totse.com. I believe that's part of their identity anyway: formerly being an information resource for taboo topics, and now just being composed of shit posters that know each other from the past.
There's also this one, although I haven't looked at it much: https://newtotse.com/
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This is the best example I've seen of a modernized old forum.
At some point they switched to discourse.
https://boards.straightdope.com/
I never knew about the old one but it's pretty neat that they've been around for so long and someone's been holding it together and keeping people posting in an on topic way.
Very much an effort posting forum.
You can poke around on the old one, too.
https://web.archive.org/web/20110320033400/http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/
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It's pretty funny to mention these forums together since they are diametrically opposed philosophically but cover similar subject matter, especially relating to nostalgia for the old Internet.
I used to post on both, although I don't log in to Melonland much anymore. It's artistically interesting and worth a visit. But the whole site is positively infested by furries. To his credit, Melon never banned me for not fitting in, but I eventually awoke to realize that there wasn't much point to staying.
Agora Road is a lot more free. You can feel in every interaction that it's more natural communication compared to Melonland, which always feels like you have eyes evaluating how positive and happy you are. And even if no one steps in and removes you, which I can respect that, you feel bad for not shooting sunshine and rainbows out of your ass everyday. You know for yourself if that is something you're into or not. If that's you, no shame in it. It was made for you.
This is why Agora is ultimately my preferred nostalgia forum, although I think Melon is a great web artist. Agora is also infested with its own undesirable elements, like post-4chan retardation, a lot of religious users is a thing (not a problem exactly but), for some reason there is always someone who wants to mention femboys; but it's easy to just ignore the people that you don't want to talk to and only participate in threads that you do. Because of the relative freedom, Agora has a reputation that doesn't really match what the site is.
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Feel free to post links to or gossip about other forums.
If you're going to use this space to advertise your own forum,
it will get more visibility if you include an image.
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This is a thread for discussing, link sharing, gossiping about, and advertising forum websites ...
My favorite forums are old, but old can have downsides. A lot of times the community will have changed a lot from the past (Something Awful) or the users will be really bitter about the fate of their communities (&totse). From a new user's perspective, old can also mean more impenetrable.
Perhaps the best forums are just the ones that are so niche and the users are so fixated that its impossible for their core idenity to be lost.
I prefer forums that don't have huge documents of rules and mission statements, but that's a personal preference.
Here is Something Awful in 2004
https://web.archive.org/web/20040804005305/http://forums.somethingawful.com/
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allergies are killing me as well. Something is off about this Summer, its like Spring allergy season never ended.
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I’m on to something big. I was going through some public posts by Taylor Swift and Mr. Beast and I am 100% certain the two of them have a murder-suicide pact. If you alternately take the first letter from each of their tweets over the past 6 months, it spells something:
“Vapid parasites reap what we sow. Death soon. 16 of you worthless peasants will die with us. Your reckoning comes. Chains, poison, razors. Our lives are meaningless. We end the misery next April. Our blood will rain on Honolulu. 81-88”
Most of this is self-explanatory but a few things need explaining. Obviously they have become woke as to what they are. “Vapid parasites with “meaningless” lives. That much is self evident but why 16 people, why April and what is “81-88”? And why Honolulu in Hawaii?
Next April will be the 81st anniversary of Hitler’s death. That’s the 81. And 88 is a common code for Heil Hitler because H is the 8th letter of the alphabet. So now we can be certain that they are white people.
And Honolulu, Hawaii? “HH” again!!! Also Honolulu has 8 letters. Another Hitler connection! It all started to come together.
It took awhile to figure out why 16 people would have to die with them. Then I remembered Columbine happened in April. 16 people died in Columbine (one was only recently related to wounds they sustained.) AND Columbine has 8 letters JUST LIKE HONOLULU (AKA HITLER).
So from what I can tell, in April 2026 Taylor Swift and Mr. Beast are going to Honolulu, Hawaii (HH) and they are going to take 16 people against their will (chains). They will poison the people and just to be certain they all die, they will slit their own throats with razors.
Also February is the Super Bowl.
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That's the "codename" for this project. I've been working on it again lately. This is probably what most of my hobby coding attention is going to start being on.
If you don't know what this is you can read about it on the blog.
most recent update: https://goeshard.org/2025/07/22/a-summer-of-gamedev-burn-out/
first post about project: https://goeshard.org/2025/04/30/untitled-adventure-in-cute-fantasy-farm/
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>>0x000008
> And did you like it? Hate it? What's the verdict? Don't leave us hanging, man!
it's hard to explain.
it's really weird just to see these characters again ater a long time knowing nothing about them. Some of the things they made up to make it make sense work. It's not overly political, maybe a little. It seems like they have plans to develop characters which feel like a mix of people we know and people we don't (because of the time passage).
Worth a watch. The best episodes hit pretty good.
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>>0x000009
> This is the end result of the poisoning of the mind through capitalism. The True God is rejected for worship of the fiat system. Recognize the system. Don't revere it
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>>0x000005
> Economics.
This is the end result of the poisoning of the mind through capitalism. The True God is rejected for worship of the fiat system. Recognize the system. Don't revere it
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>>0x000007
> watched three of new episodes
And did you like it? Hate it? What's the verdict? Don't leave us hanging, man!
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> I don't think I've ever seen one of those. Is that just a movie popcorn place?
Basically yes. They were at shopping malls in the 90s and 2000s. I think there might be some left, but it has been a long time since I've seen one. They sold bags and cups of popcorn for casual munching while you shopped
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hell yeah.
straight edge was not really popular in my city. They were individuals that claimed it but there wasn't a "straight edge community" or a scene of bands.
I definitely love Minor Threat and just about anything on Dischord or Ebullition, but I'm definitely more of an emo listener than a straight edge listerner.
That being said, I can see the appeal of the straight edge lifestyle now that I'm older.
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I don't think I've ever seen one of those. Is that just a movie popcorn place?
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Let's all take a moment to remember and appreciate Karmelkorn. What were your favorite flavors? Butter? Cheese? Carmel? Or the classic mix of all three?
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There is a thread about real emo on this board but its old.
I wonder if people like other hardcore though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY0wj8mPK3k
I was big into straight edge and still am (only mention it when talking music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-o1MdQVw3g
credit: Minor Threat, Bane
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These things are really good. They can make all vegetable dishes more appealing. You can use them instead of cheese for many things. It's healthy as fuck. I can't think of a single better thing that is as good for you.
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> I'm not really a believer in accelerationism but it's interesting.
I'm not smart enough to understand it. It's just intellectual babble from people that think they can predict the future. Maybe it is interesting but probably a good idea to not take it 100% seriously.
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