Continued from a thread in /b/ where we tried and failed to come up with a question/answer pair that would serve to identify people as being possible Yotsubites.
Instead of saying "Hey man do you read 4chan?", which can potentially backfire, it would be wiser to have a catchphrase similar to SA's to greet each other outside of the forums.
This is top secret squirrel stuff :ssh:
General guidelines:
a) Do not post something fucking retarded like Q: "lol pedobear furry gaysex balls touching?" A: "ZOMG REI DONATE TO FUCK 4CHAN!". We need something that is an actual QUESTION AND ANSWER PAIR.
b) It's a Good Idea to only use the decided-upon catphrase to identify people as being Yotsubites, and not to use it all the time. We wouldn't want it entering popular lingo or spreading to groups of people who do not read the boards, as that would completely defeat the point of it.
c) Q: a question about the person you are asking to A: Affirmation, plus a subtle bit of information that identifies
A pretty good example is
Q: Did you see the news on Channel 4?
A: Yes, Richard C. Mongler died
Let's try to come up with something that doesn't suck ass, okay?
The nevada one is probably the most workable of the bunch. If somebody is like 'wtf? you don't know where Nevada is?' then you can play it off as 'soandso asked me the other day, and for some dumbass reason I totally forgot lol' and avoid REVEALING THE BIG SECRET.
We have yet to see a truly awesome question that could be said in conversation at almost any time, not stand out from other sentences, yet be instantly recognizable. If I think of one I'll let you know, but for the moment Nevada is the best candidate.
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VIPPER2005-04-09 23:58
Q:Do you like bosnian music?
A: Cheer up bosnian kid.
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VIPPER2005-04-09 23:59
>>44 or you could say "so and so asked me and when I told him, he tried to tell me it was somewhere else" (extra points if you say "someone tried to tell me nevada is in japan, lol!')
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VIPPER2005-04-10 0:02
Actually "Did you see the news on channel 4?" is the most workable I think. Though Happy Negro and Cockmongler aren't the best replies, me thinks.
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VIPPER2005-04-10 0:03
It should have "anonymous does not forgive" in it
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VIPPER2005-04-10 0:04
>>47
A good way to recover if the person in question is NOT a Yotsubite could be:
Person A: Did you see the news on Channel 4? Person B: Yeah, did you? Person A: (゜д゜；） Uh, no, I missed it. Anything good happen?
Or something.
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VIPPER2005-04-10 0:07
The Nevada question is a really dumb question because who DOESN'T know where Nevada is? News on channel 4 is workable, but kind of a weird question. I'd say favorite subject because it's a personal question that anyone can answer, and one that you might actually ask someone else.
oh, and 50GET!!!
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VIPPER2005-04-10 0:07
That's retarded, >>49
A: Did you see the news on channel 4?
B: Yeah. why?
A: WTSNACKS IS FILLED WITH AIDS!!!!!!
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VIPPER2005-04-10 0:11
News on channel 4 is workable, but kind of a weird question.
Most locales have Channel 4 running the news (It's WBZ4 in this place), so that would make sense.
There are a lot of good suggestions itt som hopefully we can either come up with something completely fucking awesome that just blows all of them away, or we come up with something good that combines the best of all
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VIPPER2005-04-10 0:11
>>50
Q- What's your sign?
A- img is pretty img just FYI
Q- What's your favorite movie?
A- Moot's Mexican Adventure!
Q- I wonder if that can turn on a dime?
A- Macross zero style
Q-There was a massive flood in some weird place.
A- was it teh rei?
Q-Ever heard of the worlds largeest dinosaur?
A- yeah, cockmongler works there.
Q-I wonder what happened to soviet russia.
A-wt snacks is a faggot
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VIPPER2005-04-10 0:34
SA's stairs handshake is based on a really old prank by Lowtax. 4chan's handshake needs to be based on something as old as this incarnation, at least.
Additionally, it has to be clean. It has to be able to be heard by children and repeated to their parents with no dire consequences.
But, sorry, I'm all out of clever right now, so no ideas from me.
The problem I see with the Nevada question is that Nevada is not *unique* to 4chan; Nevada is also popular on 2chan. The best would be one involving Richard C. Mongler, IMHO.
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VIPPER2005-04-10 0:39
see, the problem with a lot of these, what happens if a regular person is asking a 4channer the question... and the 4 channer responds with something odd...
It should be based on something from Winter-Spring 2004 in my opinion. Almost everything that has been turned out since v5 started up has been shit, mostly because all the GameFAQs and Fark assholes came in and tried to take over.
Yes, but what to use? My memory isn't so great when it comes to memes from that period.
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VIPPER2005-04-10 0:58
>>67
Well, some of the memes from that period were: happy negro, pedobear, battletoads, waha, korea eat cat, thrust vectoring, I'M LAIN FROM YOUR WEBSITE 4CHAN, lol internet(100000get), osakaphone
I think it would be better to not blatantly use a meme though...
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VIPPER2005-04-10 1:06
>>68
happy nego ->SA
Pedobear ->2ch (kuma, whatever)
Waha ->2ch
korea eat cat ->not something you want to say in mixed company, or have kids mention to their parents
thrust vectoring -> maybe, but how to use it?
I'M LAIN FROM YOUR WEBSITE 4CHAN -> might as well just ask "are you from 4chan", if we're going to be that blatant about it
lol internet -> maybe
osakaphone -> wtf?
>>70 oh what the fuck, that one works fine everywhere else :(
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VIPPER2005-04-10 1:12
How about:
Q: Who is your favorite anchor on the Channel 4 news?
A: Richard C. Mongler.
This solves the problem of being asked the "secret question" by a non-4channer, because it isn't too common of a question. Also, if a 4channer asks this question to a non-4channer, further explaination can be averted. A fellow 4channer will able easily recognize/answer the question, too.
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VIPPER2005-04-10 1:15
I think it could be a normal question/answer pair, just asked and answered in a specific way. Examples:
Q: Are you a train enthusiast?
A: Yes, especially multi-track drifting.
Q: Do you partake in video gaming?
A: I quite enjoy battletoads.
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VIPPER2005-04-10 1:16
>>72 I like the idea, but I'd tweek it
Q: did they change the anchor on Channel 4 news?
A: No, It's still Richard C. Mongler
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VIPPER2005-04-10 1:17
>>74
I'd say that's pretty solid. Any objections :O?
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VIPPER2005-04-10 1:19
-- Hey man, you ever played Battletoads?
-- Yeah, but Spike dies.
-- Hey, what game/movie/anime is that?
-- [consistently] Battletoads.
We should have a democratic voting session. Once we get a large number of these things, I'll set up a thread where we can vote on them. Multiple votes = complete disqualification (IP logs)
This won't be for a while though so let's try to go 1000, awesome job to all who have participated
I personally don't have huge objections to it but it still seems slightly clunky for some reason. Anyone else feel the same way?
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VIPPER2005-04-10 1:24
>>78
Object! That question sucks. Why the hell would you ask someone that? Is should be a question that you might conceivably ask somebody you don't know, to find out more about them personally.