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Won a contest that took votes on the next location for Justin Bieber's tour.
The winning destination was North Korea.
Won the Dub the Dew contest
Helped a school for the deaf overwhelmingly win a contest for a personal visit and performance from Taylor Swift.
Ranked Kim Jong Un as Time's Person Of the Year 2012
Rigged 4Chan's founder "Moot" to win Time's "Most Influential Person Of the Year"
Made some spoiled brats cry
Successfully hoaxed Steve Jobs' death and caused Apple's stocks to plummet 10%
Helped this lovable middle aged man who just wanted to smell Taylor Swift's hair win a contest that was going to make his humble dream come true.
Gave us the best Kinder Kid.
Herecomesjohnny
now /tv/ just spends their time being angry towards interracial porn and jewish actors
kmaz
What's the Kinder Kid?
YourAnimeTasteisTRASH
Still waiting for the day where I can sit down, watch the sun set, and have a tall glass of Hitler Did Nothing Wrong.
MosEisleyPhotography
back in my day, we had to get our anarchy from a cook book.
dontgetallnineelevenaboutit
Never underestimate the power of introverts in large groups
Poofingers
You forgot, "the day 4chan called in a drone strike". One of my personal favies.
AcroCat32
No mentioning their game of "Capture the Flag"?
MOTHERFUCKINGKHORNE
Poor actual cannibal Shia
MKNIGHTMARE
/b/ was never good.
PiggyWobbles
literally never. People were complaining about /b/ "becoming" trash 10 years ago
Hickory405
ThisTimeLastYear just reposted my post?! Totally made my day! Wooo
blkbox
Microsoft's AI Tay went from super friendly to 200% Third Reich in 24 hours.
Demrialis
Can't forget #BaldforBieber
katbahox
I thought it was cut for bieber
CommanderBear93
Both happened and they were glorious. There was also the one where they got people to piss themselves in protest of something
EneZio
I need more
MadeThisAccountOnlyToPostASingleCatPicture
Have this one:
And this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p4h3jwJob0 (and the next 5 videos)
CKOD
Promethianfire
Also found and reported numerous cat abusers.
Minkaf
Fuck those guys
StrayLilCat
I remember Dusty. I hope that kitty is living a good life now.
Promethianfire
Last I heard, he was adopted by a loving family
lordbucket
Dusty!
NappyDugout
Kenny Glenn, the guy that posted the abuse video of Dusty, changed his name to Broc Simon and works at a Homeland store in the OKC area.
lordbucket
Yeah, I didn't remember his name, but I did remember Dusty's name. That might be best.
balzanya
3MangoTrees
The Steve Jobs one made me think he was still alive and that I was fooled for 6 years...
ThePensivePowerconverter
Don't forget Boaty McBoatface!
KingOfTheMouthBreathers
I thought that was a reddit thing?
ThePensivePowerconverter
Not exclusively IIRC. 4chan was involved as well.
KingOfTheMouthBreathers
Did they have a hand in the Mr. Splashypants thing too?
ThePensivePowerconverter
https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/61gqb/greenpeace_are_having_a_vote_to_name_a_whale_they/
ThePensivePowerconverter
So, yes.
Stebbenwolf
Hitler and Mussolini both won Time’s person of the year so Kim Jong Un actually makes sense.
matt692007
The reason is they aren't saying the person did anything good or bad. It's the person they deem had the biggest effect on the year.
IceDevouringSexTornado
And Stalin in 1939 and 1942. The person of the year is "for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year"
PrincessKikkey
Online poll has nothing to do with actual person of the year, so... That one is bullshit. Also, Obama was person of the year 2012.
Stebbenwolf
Yeah that one confused me since I never heard of them polling for that. But I didn’t care enough to actually check.
Aura0
4Chan, the Ork Boyz of the internet
Johnsky
Marblecakealsothegame
Unprofessionalphotographer
Zimbabwe
fruust
mARBLECAKEALSOTHEGAME *
ItaloColombianAdventuresInJapan
pilomotor
needanamedammit
https://www.xkcd.com/391/
CommanderBear93
Kjigaschamber
Dinos91
Thought it was chocolatecakealsothegame
Johnsky
No. Moot was #1. M.
loltard
It's ok to be white
twfeline
Just don't make a big deal about it. Unless you're dictator of a country, then go nuts.
Attacker732
I love that the end goals were widely published online, and the media STILL FELL INTO THE TRAP. They ignored the caution tape and fell in.
Andolomar
The media didn't care if it was true or not. There was a story to run and money to be made.
Attacker732
At the same time, falling into the clearly marked trap just makes them look foolish and even less trustworthy than before.
Helmacon
Sure, some of their stuff is cool, but remember when they were convincing africans nations that ebola wasn't real?
KingOfTheMouthBreathers
Helmacon
well, not nations, but they were spreading that propaganda to people within those communities
CurbsideWhiskey
"Weaponized Autism."
ItaloColombianAdventuresInJapan
IRateYourChristmasSelfies
Never underestimate the power of weaponized autism.
DontLookBackInAnger
Funny, but ALSO true!
Ravenbreaker
The accountant doesn't even match it that well.
xann101
Good movie
CyriousLordofDerp
Don't forget the time they found an terrorist training camp and successfully got an airstrike called on it.
CyriousLordofDerp
a* terrorist training camp. I cannot unto engrish at the moment.
AwkwardKeming
But they did fuck all for being neutrality. I don't get it.
malbec
Not your personal army
TheMarxVolta
NYPA pleb
AurikNecal
4chan is mostly alt-right atm as it's the counter culture. Right supports the FCC decision. Hence why they didn't fight for net-neutrality.
I3ios
*autistic screeching*
Yenaldooshi
I browse /v/ regularly, there were plenty of threads about it. Though a lot of them were shitposting (You) farms. Take that as you will.
JesusDiedForOurOlsenTwins
You've visited /b/ or /pol/ twice and are *maybe* aware of /a/ and /v/, I take it? 4chan has more diversity than you think.
lanternLight360
ps238principal
And they started Pizzagate and its "pedo code." Then they've currently got conspiracy nuts going bananas over their "Q Anon" BS.
Beeseik
It's actually the FBI's pedo code found in alot of podesta emails, but yes, investigating politicians is an outrageous proposition.
pondbrain
no. not really, no. but eat that troll steak, many find it delicious.
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
the person of the year thing isnt something someone on the outside can do. it also has nothing to do with the quality of the person, only>
twfeline
As Trump found out, he can't force them to make him Person of the Year. So he declared that he didn't want it.
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
yeah, more of the other way around. he declared he was told he was in the running, replying that he didn't want it, to which they >
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
>responded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FFG1NqKzCg
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
>how influential they are. For example Hitler was Time's person of the year in 1938
FuturePerfectTense
All the more reason to enjoy the energizing and refreshing taste of Hitler Did Nothing Wrong
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IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
no, but that is the year he was time's person of the year
NotMyUsualOnlineName
Yep. They rigged the online reader polls. The ACTUAL person of the year is decided by Time's editors.
CaptainSilver42
Don't forget they found that flag the dude from Even Stevens put up secretly somewhete
EmilinRose
i like your description of him
LavaAxe
It was Shia LaBeef
SaharaB
More than once, the only way Shia kept that flag safe was in the middle of nowhere in northern Finland, and a basement.
godofboredum
Shia Labeoufs "He will not divide us" flag. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw9zyxm860Q
LMGetTFY
???? To Watch
DennyOverlordd
that was fucking fantastic xD
revcleo
They've also caused several deaths, through intentional suicide and accidental suicide.
smilethingsareworsethantheyseem
Tbh that's just natural selection at work
superanth
Dare I ask?
magoslich
Some of the boards are chaos itself, you get the good you get the bad, and sometimes you just get an heros
PapaStromboli
Ya can't make an omelette without indirectly causing suicides
Leithoa
Easy there Uncle Joe
gadgetice
It's PapaStromboli
revcleo
That must be why my omelettes never taste that alt-right.
TCGView
The iPhone microwave thing was glorious. I remember idiots posting that they blew up their phone a few years back.
incubusiness
“Glorious”
Ssssssssssss
'There really is a headphone jack in the new Iphone; you just have to DRILL for it!"
TheBeardedDragon
I just realised at the bottom that they said that microwaving at a higher power required more time to charge
michagoose
Idiotic? Sure. But assuming anyone with an iPhone is a "spoiled brat" as OP suggests is weak. Not everyone is flush with money, they save up
mustachefleas
My little brother fell for it. I hadn't laughed that hard in a long time
SerialChillinSpree
Inadvertently helping Appl out though which is probably an ill-thought intentions.
Geniefromdownunder
Like, for real?....or nah?
TCGView
Yes, a few people really tried it. Also the troll about how your iPad can double as a weight scale.
Geniefromdownunder
Holy fuuuck.
DasOgre
Those people were trolling you by microwaving phones they had extra.
mustachefleas
Not my little brother
Attacker732
You greatly underestimate human stupidity.
DasOgre
I understand people are dumb, but why would people have recorded it if they didn’t think anything was going to happen?
Attacker732
Showing off? "Look at me, I can charge my ELITE TECHNOLOGY faster than you Android fucks can! ...Why is it on fire?"
DasOgre
Right...
CommentsThisTimeLastYear
They also rigged it so Pitbull would play at a Walmart in Alaska. He went.
Jimthebutler
Lol
johnaustits
Wait, Steve jobs is alive?
CoBr2
I mean, Taylor Swift did the concert at the deaf school even though 4chan violated the rules
CommentsThisTimeLastYear
(originally by @MyDogJake on 2016-12-24 18:16:39)
usersubbordercontrol
Damnit. This guy again!
Ssssssssssss
Respect.
tommytraddles
Fuck, who doesn't want to go to Kodiak, Alaska? Should have sent him to Wendover, Nevada if you wanted to bust his balls.
Begotten
whats wrong with that place
tommytraddles
Wall to wall with Mormons who sneak across the state line to gamble in the saddest casinos on Earth. It's a hellish wasteland.
Begotten
lol
superanth
He's awesome for all sorts of reasons.
BookDragon1990
Fuck yeah ALASKA!!!!
chefryank
That was started by a reporter in Connecticut
rafaelfy
He also referenced that town in a song later.
chloramphenicolderivative
Wouldn't be mr World wide if there was somewhere he wouldn't go. He actually seems light a pretty decent dude,
freezingpilot
He actually is. I tolerate his music, but for someone rich, he is pretty down to earth and generally a good guy.
Hurro
I kind of get that vibe about Flo Rida too.
AdmiralAckbar421
My school won a free Flo Rida concert two years ago. I heard he put on a really fun show even though he did it for free so props for that.
Allmyfriendsareducks
I hope the two WalMart employees enjoyed the concert
Aveira
Pitbull got Punk'd once. He used it to raise awareness about poverty.
Abrausedteleprot
same as the Taylor Swift one that raised a bunch of money for the Deaf school
rafaelfy
Also helped PuertoRican cancer patients: http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/27/health/pitbull-sends-plane-for-cancer-patients-trnd/index.html
darkklad2000
I don't like pitbull's music but gotta give respect where respect is due.
Ansatsunin
.. For doing his job and being paid for it?
KingOfTheMouthBreathers
F
LeadingToneToTonic
Sauce?
ShadowScorch
.
captainhappen
Google
MericanFunkYeah
.
PmMeGifsForSauce
pm me
VivoImago
.
jonbgo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NrllHwHq7w
rookie23
Isn't that something.
Cezarboytellem
This warmed my cold frigid heart.
harryBOWLS
Respect!
dukenukemforpresident
Sec, making some
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JeRMP
Why? Because he can.
FBKatB3TAdotcom
That, that is disturbing and now forever in my bonce.
phistrong
I am sharing this shit to everyone i know... I am not gonna suffer this alone!
madawgg
steve bannon looks a lot better nowadays
lucky141
.
Shutthefupdallas
What the fuck did I just watch
usersubbordercontrol
A dog having fun
IslandGirl907
He came to my town!! AK represent!
YourFriendTheDungeonMaster
Holy crap! Other people from Kodiak! Also, your username checks out.
LoligoTX
I was born in Kodiak... always wanted to go back.
IslandGirl907
Ain’t really missin nothin. Lol planes have been canceled for two days now which always sucks
LoligoTX
It was a long time ago. It was still a Naval Air Station when I left.
IslandGirl907
How long ago was that? Lol
CheflyOne
Wasilla?
IslandGirl907
Naw lol Kodiak. I didn’t go and see him though because pit bull isn’t my thing.
Kronzor
Plenty of other big celebrities to go see there eh?
IslandGirl907
Nah, we don’t really care about celebrities here. At least no one I know does.
insertsupercoolusernamehere
*Wasyphilis
GlassTurtle
I respect pitbull a lot more now.
MyNameIsTaquito
Wow, you really respected him even a little before that?
THRAWN18
He also used his plane to help with Puerto Rico relief
Etrill611
Don't know about respect, but, yeah I guess so. Good on him
ThronesWoven
if i ever get a pitbull, I'm making him mr. worldwide
thegelatoking
Mr 305
abrakadumbass
name him dale
EliMFrost
Making him or naming him? Either way I'm intrigued
Rulan
Let's just say that dog's gonna have his own passport.
Djkb6718
Mr worldwide, dali
zippydee
They once called in an airstrike on terrorists in Syria
twfeline
Bonus was that the terrorists just happened to be having a picnic at that location.
ProgeriaProstitutes
They MIGHT have. It could have been a coincidence
Morrigi
Twice, I think.
XaviersSnakeArm
It was a Syrian rebel base they wrecked to be specific
AlmightyDylon
Really? Link?
JustSomeEnglishGuy
Don't have link but from what I recall they took a picture posted by extremists and figured out exactly where it was, told the right people.
MadeThisAccountOnlyToPostASingleCatPicture
Here you go:
Regibazookista
AurikNecal
Several times. Weaponized autism using things like windmills to triangulate the location of ISIS bases and informed the US airforce.
zippydee
*Russian
LavaAxe
Only Russians would operate a military strike based on weaponized autism they found on the internet.
zippydee
At least they're not hitting hospitals or civilians *shrugs*
Attacker732
I'd like to imagine that even the Russians wouldn't just blindly do that. They've probably got the intel infrastructure to verify first.
Kaysmira
It's somewhat believable that they took the evidence from 4chan, and verified it. I truly hope we don't have airstrikes based on 4chan alone
ArtOzz
4Chans founder looks precisely like the guy who would in fact be 4Chans founder. Youd just have to glipse him and be "Yup, thats him."
StrayLilCat
Moot is one lonely dude. He used to post on /soc/ all the time. Talked to him once. Went a expected.
twfeline
Is that a compliment? I don't think that's a compliment.
KryoKurse
Looks like he could be the third, uncredited Chainsmoker.
ackackackackackackackackackackackackackackack
If i recall i think they also set it so it spelled moot in the rankings or something like that i cant really remember.
SextusPompeiusMagnusPius
The first letters of the top rankings spelled out "MARBLECAKE ALSO THE GAME"
Youtro
Omfg dammit
Chronomechanist
Funny thing is, by creating 4chan, he influenced all those people to make him Times most influential person... so really, he actually was.
theycallmetatersalat
Crazy how nature do that
trundlenotcharlie
He also created canvas
coderanger
RIP
StrayLilCat
Press F to pay repects
ElricDelric
moot was a surprsingly normal, level-headed guy.
Valthorix
Shame he fucking died
coderanger
Still is.
Attacker732
So he created his own antithesis. That seems like an accomplishment.
2shy4you
I mean honestly he was just a surprisingly normal weeb, like most 4chan users, just wanted to create an American chan site.
2shy4you
Bonus points being that he took most of 4chans initial userbase from the SomethingAwful subforum "Anime Death Tentacle Rape Whorehouse"
theREALpeanutbutterjellytime
I was part of that subforum...ah memories
hibsta
I'm not 100% sure what 4chan is, but I believe that he would be the founder
FreeBreastReductionConsultation
4chan is the internet version of boston
magoslich
multiple boards where everyone can post anonymously and attach images to posts in a thread. Threads vanish if they aren't posted in often
magoslich
so you tend to have a lot of moving discussion and nothing sticks around for too long (some boards are slower).
magoslich
Some of the boards are actually pretty neat, I used to hang out on /tg/ years ago and there were great projects back then.
DontTalkToMeOrMyWaifuEverAgain
4chan is where you will find the extreme end of how being anonymous will make you brutality honest and often excessively racist
OzmaAsimov
It doesn't make people that way. The anonymity just allows assholes and racists to spew hate without consequence.
Mxlespxles
ashipthatshipsshippingships
God dammit it's been MONTHS since I've seen this, and my life was going fine. This gif frustrates me and I have no idea why.
Knazoo
Your not alone.
Mxlespxles
My not alone what?
thingy237
When your Asian friend leaves a present under the tree and it's not labeled
ChaosandChaos
datcrazyhumie
Imagine tumblr, but more honest and fueled entirely by hatred.
DrNick
This post neglects to mention that the majority of serious suicide threats are tracked down by 4channers and authorities are informed. 1/2
DrNick
They also report acts of child and animal abuse. 4chan is a collective of people from around the world, it's no surprise they have a heart.
Nilhlis
Not entirely by hatred, I'd say it's also fuelled by a lust for entertainment even if it is wrong
iantollewellyn
Fueled entirely by "lulz."
ActuallyJabbaTheHutt
entirely by chaos and autism*
iantollewellyn
*weaponized autism
SightlierGravy
You're confusing loathing and self deprecation with hatred.
RedPandasandDepression
I mean, isnt Tumblr fueled by hatred also?
shakedownblues
Yeah, but with more gore, racism, and butthurt neck-beards
Angrybeardedman
Tumblr is fueled by self hatred more than anything. 4chan directs its hatred outward like ICBMs of misanthropy.
AquaHair
You have a wonderful way with words. ????
Anonawesome
That is the best metaphor.
ghostrobbie
Its the polar opposite of tumblr. Right-wing extreme vs. Left-wing extreme
DerRattenfngerVonHameln
So, it's more like evil & more evil twins?
thatdamnrat
I'm sure if you looked you'd find right-wingers on tumbler as well. And the right wing presence on 4chan is mostly /pol/ 1/2
aTokenOfMyExtreme
Just go cruise around on /b/. If it's still there, I pussed out years ago
ashipthatshipsshippingships
I was there in the early days of b. Fucked up place. But we had fun.
GifAnon
The only function of /b/ is to contain the entry level kids. It's not representative of the site as a whole and hasn't been for years 1/2
GifAnon
4chan has tons of marginally better boards to browse. If you like having a bad time, I recommend /pol/, /v/, or /a/.
DontTalkToMeOrMyWaifuEverAgain
What's wrong with /a/? I frequent it and it's rather tame. /pol/ is another story though
theboringusername
Greetings, cool kids. What do these '/' boards mean, and how would one access them?