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Full video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbOEoRrHyU
EFF sponsored website at https://www.dearfcc.org/
Official site at http://fcc.gov/comments
Official email at openinternet@fcc.gov
Video is worth a watch if you have 15 minutes. This is just the ending of it. Tons of information is out there on the subject, if you want to learn more.
I spent a few hours making this album, and even if it never makes it out of user-sub, it was worth it because I learned a few new things in GIMP. Most useful of which is Script-Fu's Overlay Background, which was used to add the text to the gifs I made from the youtube video.
Couldn't find a picture of John with a cat to cover the tax, but I'll be damned if this dog isn't cute enough to suffice.
OhMuffins
Ahhh +1 for "turn caps lock on and fly my pretties!" This is so awesome.
PureFate
The comments are surprisingly tame...
omnipotentmonkey
that was glorious.
flyerz108
I guess this is what I'm doing my last 15 minutes of work.
theDogWhisper
Ha I think we crashed the website, it not worky
HarvesterZERO
CelticLemon
I think since the day the FCC opened themselves for comments on this, people like us have been crashing their servers every thirty minutes
ISleptWithSomeoneFromImgurAndAllIGotWasThisStupidUsername
i've been waiting for this to show up on Imgur...
wutadalek
If the bill passes, every web site that doesn't pay for the "fast lane", will run like healthcare.gov
SlightlyNormal
Yeah, that page went down like a $1 thai hooker.
cokebender
555555
FellAngel80
It was down for DAYS!! DAYS!!!!!
TheyCallMeTheHiphopopotamusIgotFlowsThatGlowLikePhosphorous
huehuehue
Salvator
Hue is actually a city over in Vietnam, hookers are friendly there.
LoudAngryJerk
Iwas literally just about to do this
farwall
John Oliver is great but his career is surprising, a few years back he was getting very occasional spots on panel shows in the UK. Now this.
duckie523
I think when he took over for Jon Stewart for a stint last summer people were amazed at how well he did (myself included)
farwall
That's definitely what pushed him over, yeah, but him getting the reporter spot on the show was the real jump out of nowhere I think.
cripto
At the time I submitted my comment on the page there were only 4,500 that means that more people upvoted than commented. GO COMMENT
MimeVanOsen
This should be on the front page
danielankh
This is important.
HarvesterZERO
Thank you to Imgur for hosting over 3TB's of traffic, without it being filtered to the slow lane! Sorry mobile users!
HarvesterZERO
They're going to keep trying to hammer this through until there's either enough voices to make them stop, or they get it done.
danielankh
A blog I own/run is covering all of this... http://www.donttreadonusblog.com/
Dragaroth
the fuck is that banner?
danielankh
Yeah.
williamshartner
Well, the FCC won't let me be or let me be me so let me see...
FartedWhileMakingUpName
They try to slow down my internet speed but it would feel so empty with all that greed
YouCantKeepJetpackingAwayFromYourProblemsBrian
I just love when the Internet is called to arms and recognized for the crazy skills we don't realize we possess as master trolls.
snerpclerp
I SHALL BE YOUR CHAMPION
ArthurBooRadley
Seems FCC might want 2 pay 4 extra bandwith & servers: https://variety.com/2014/biz/news/john-oliver-crashes-fcc-net-neutrality-1201210405/
hoggydoggy
this man needs awards, lots of awards
duckie523
He's f**king rockin it on his show
dbartst
OK Imgurs..this may not be 2 cats caught in the act, but let's keep this on top for awhile! ISN'T THIS MORE IMPORTANT! Make some NOIZE!!!!
MinariTheGreat
The Free and Open internet comments section on the FCC site goes to a broken link. Why am I not surprised?
Ryantheconfused
It was in the basement of the town hall where the lights had gone out behind a door that said beware of leopard
CelticLemon
I think it is because everyone is trying to go there at once and we keep crashing it XD
DotSlashNatalie
They shouldn't have hired the same company who did healthcare.gov...
PunchItChewy
Can someone link more of this guys rants, there fucking awesome.
jpsnow
go check out his youtube channel, everything's there: https://www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight
PunchItChewy
If he is this awesome in every video you have just helped me waste 4-5 hours. ty good sir
duckie523
The one on climate change one is also excellent. He's rocking the hell out of his new show
PunchItChewy
I just watched that one. After seeing some of the debates with bill nye, he was quite accurate on how US is handling it
duckie523
Such a simple concept, and yet one that bears discussion. Who the hell cares what the public thinks about a scientifically evidenced fact?
cakerface
I hear that chrome doesn't work with the website but Internet Explorer dose.
bensanity
I went on the site with mobile chrome.
xZora
Yeah, I'm not seeing any open proceedings on Chrome. Anyone else experiencing this?
headf0rthehills
It wouldn't open any of the proceedings for me on Chrome.
PunchItChewy
Thats one way to reduce the amount of intelligent comments..
IdunnoIjustwantedtobeaneconomist
Well, that would keep anyone internet savvy out of conversation...
TheSilhouette
Filthy deceiver. I dug into my folder archives deep within the bad file catacombs for nearly 60 SECONDS before finding out that you feed 1/2
TheSilhouette
us nothing but lies and treachery! I bite my thumb at thee, Sir! 2/2
jamseshmcgraw
Probably the only time I'll ever advocate reposts. REPOST THE FUCKING BAJEEZUS OUT OF THIS.
HanSolo312
As much as it thrills me that people are taking this seriously, it may not do any good. The reason is that the FCC are a bureacracy that 1/2
HanSolo312
doesn't actually answer to the people for funds or for getting the jobs. Bureacracies are a problem and if nothing else this campaign 2/3
HanSolo312
may finally get the average non politcal person to realize that have Gov. entities not answering to the people is a problem. 3/3
jamseshmcgraw
With mid-terms coming up, if the campaign doesn't sway the FCC, it could entice incumbents to push for legislation that gets the job done.
HanSolo312
I certainly hope so
KingGinger
REPOSSSSSSTTTTTT!!! EVERYONE GET A REPOOOOOSSSTTT!!! http://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/comment.gif
HarvesterZERO
I was planning on resubmitting it every week until the comment period is over, or Imgur hates me. Whichever comes first.
jamseshmcgraw
Don't give in to the hate. Repost every week. Gizmodo is reposting their article about commenting every single day until September 10th.
kobeteeth
I'm not much of an angry commenter.. Can I just sorta say like.."Come on, guys. Cool it, please."
PartyMagician
"Stop Cable Company Fuckery"
eddysamson
Just pull a Jimmy from South Park (Crips v Bloods) and be like Come on FCC...just...come on...just come....on....
WilhelmvonSchlapphand
As long as its all in CAPS LOCKS.
HarvesterZERO
Absolutely! And a well worded letter to your local congresspeople couldn't hurt either.
retgarr
Mmm, no. Let me help "YOU NAZI JUZZ GARGGLING ULTRA SLAGS, IF YOU END NET NETRALITY YOUR CHILDREN SHOULD BE REMOVED FOR YOUR SAFETY AND YOU
retgarr
SHOULD BE LAUNCHED INTO THE CENTER OF THE SUN IN A ROCKETSHIP FILLED WITH FECES AND FIRE ANTS!" I like to be nice and help!
Blastergv9
Don't tell internet trolls what to do, they might turn on you
Tzaot
Or turn you on, if thats your sort of thing
grotjam
He knew the risk he was taking when he did it. Sometimes the devil you know is better than the FCC...er...one you don't.
themaskedhobo
less telling them what to do, and more informing and unleashing them.
duckie523
But the difference here is, it pertains to them too. Er, us? It affects everyone who uses the internet and isn't outrageously wealthy
theirrisponsiblecaptain
I can't upvote this enough. Or complain enough. I promise to write a real, physical letter to my representatives on this one.
TheyCallMeTheHiphopopotamusIgotFlowsThatGlowLikePhosphorous
Post it here and upload it to Imgur as well please
KingGinger
please please post it here.
snoofit
Fly my pretties!!
YesIcanhearyouClemFandango
Great band
MilDravin
best part of that whole skit....some drawizard needs to draw abunch of Forever Alone/neckbeards slamming their KB while flying
WouldYouLikeSomeBaileysImOldGregg
(1) I was able to open one random comment that somone else posted, and it was amazing:
WouldYouLikeSomeBaileysImOldGregg
(2) "you are scum. you know what your are doing. you wont even read these comments. i hope you get cancer."
PinkiePie0514
Dan is that you?
KingGinger
they aren't wrong....
HarvesterZERO
@RonPaulFan2016 @OneDirectionForever @OneDirectionSucksBalls
Microgravity
hahahaha people have too much respect to make a onedirectionforever account
sidfromtoystory
ronpaulfan2016's reputation is 666
shitsandgigglesfor100
where is OneDirectionForever?
flounderflound
lol nobody's willing to demean themselves by creating such a foul account.
livebackwards
Thanks for posting this. One minor thing: I don't really see the logic in posting something defending freedom and then censoring it.
HarvesterZERO
The video posted on youtube was censored. I only had one word to worry about, and gave it little thought as I followed earlier precedence.
livebackwards
OK, fair enough.
evillesbianfromthesnakehouse
I notice @OneDirectionForever has yet to rear their head. do they exist or does no one have the balls to create that username?
DieterVonCunth
He/she replied to OneDirectionSucksBalls
evillesbianfromthesnakehouse
http://imgur.com/4x9p2Kd
DieterVonCunth
I thought the same thing, no worries
TwoDogsFucking
Are you blind?
evillesbianfromthesnakehouse
the feminists tell me yes. but then again, according to them i am also a sheep, so there we go.
SamisabitchDeanisajerk
It would have been awesome, but it seems none of those people exist on imgur
Ray0Sunsine
They probably exist on Youtube though.
HarvesterZERO
TwoDogsFucking
We came...we saw...we commented.
HarvesterZERO
You made me proud, son. All three of you.
RonPaulFan2016
OneDirectionForever is still up for grabs. Any takers?
RonPaulFan2016
No? No one?
nfbassman
Do you blame them?
LicensedToChill
Yet
Dooood
One minor quibble- the cat tax is normally your OWN cat. (Or dog, or chameleon, or whatever) +1, tho
HarvesterZERO
Rule 22, Section B, Article IX states: In the event one does not own a pet, they may provide restitution using the main subject of the post.
Dooood
Yeah, I was gonna include that, but got lazy. Having said that, you be needin' to find a kitten or sumpin. +1
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papasmurf1118
I love how this has as many upvotes as it does. Lol. Take another
Landcaster
Yes, is Barbra home?
TwoDogsFucking
You asshole.
RougemageNick
KISMESIS!
CrystalisElite
Now kiss!
HalfLife3LeadDeveloper
Well, at least that's your real account name. The other dude just made an account after this post strictly for whoring.
HalfLife3LeadDeveloper
Unless you changed your name, you clever bastard.
RonPaulFan2016
HE AWAKENS
thrannix
This is why the internet was created.
RonPaulFan2016
I've finally realized my true destiny
RonPaulFan2016
Also props to you for changing the username on your real account instead of making a new one. You're a brave soul.
TwoDogsFucking
As a schizophrenic, it's no biggie.
YesImProductive
HAAHAHAHAHAHAHA CAN I HUG YOU?
captainhowel
You can change your username? Holy shit.
BindersOfWomen
Yes. But only once. Which is why he gets props
Tyrfing
The second one is a legit account, the other two were just created for this comment.
TotallyPennysBoat
and the most terrifying
deranger
And yet, hasn't shown.
NotSoSmartAlek
Yes it has.
RonPaulFan2016
I'm actually really ashamed that I created a new account just for this comment.
IGarfunkledYourMother
This is your life now.
FrogPaste
Looks like no one dared to make one called OneDirectionForever
NotSoSmartAlek
They did. It's under the comment above this one.
BrassKicker
What's the 2016 mean? Is it your birth year?
LicensedToChill
Igotthatreference.jpeg
RonPaulFan2016
Is that a reference to something? I haven't been born yet, so I don't get it.
Rip901
It's not like you were born yesterday.
TheImgurServer
I didn't get the reference, but I blew air out my nose with a bit of philosophy.
DogInBoots
You are aware that you can change your account name in the settings at any time, right?
RonPaulFan2016
Yeah but I like my account name and don't want to lose it
jrau18
Jut change it back after a day or two
HighFreqShriek
I want to believe 4chan could become the elite special forces of our internet army
ilikeblondehair
They have a saying for this,"Not your personal army."
HighFreqShriek
BSOC(/b/special operations command) answers to no government authority
fauxglove
4chan would be the marauding horde of vikings that alternatively ward off invading englishmen, and pillage their own villages.
inspiringandfunnyusernamecoolheh
4chan is internet navy, in charge of bodily fluids and bronies are their navy seal team.
rufiooo
they crashed the servers according to npr
IAmTheMuffinman
4chan isn't the internet's army. Why does everyone think this shit?
Studoku
"Could become"?
swimbikerunrepeatswimbikerunrepeatswimbiwhatwasidoing
I think they'd be more like shock troops, but maybe that's just me
nobodyblindedme
4chan is more like the Joker; you don't know if he'll throw a pie in your face as a gag, or outright pull an episode 3 anakin… while smiling
Radenium
"special" forces, more like.
epsilon577
I'm sure there's potential for a south park episode in this somewhere.
UH60Mechanic
Maybe not 4chan, but Anonymous as an amorphous mass of people collectively fed up with shit. They remind me of Legion.
Seth21
You ARE 4chan... if you want to be.
WayneBradyChokesABitch
You mean all I gotta do is scroll trough endless trap/fur/loli/gore threads and I can finally be 4chan?
Seth21
Yup.
yourspellingisbadandyoushouldfeelbad
I like /out/. Generally a chill community where you can learn to innawoods
SIduck
4chan: the heroes the Internet deserves, but not the one it needs.
DomZombie
4chan is the equivalent to redneck front lines that get blamed for war atrocities.
Jrook
when it comes to 4chan, I can see the 'special' but not the 'elite.'
MrPredator
We need a special button that is rarely used saying "I somewhat believe in 4chan." I still want to know about 4chan vs Russia.
Sekxtion
Unleashing 4chan, especially /b/, would violate the UCMJ, Geneva Convention, and LoAC.
kulahan
You don't understand 4chan very well, then.
TheBOULDER
The BOULER believes in 4chan...believes, not trusts--there's a difference
AdornedOdin
Once upon a time perhaps, but instead it spawned the political activism and general shenanigans of Anonymous.
prfesser
And MySpace could become the poor slogs ordered to clean toilets with a toothbrush.
kingbhudo
Internet department of Justice.
stevetehpirate
If the elite special forces went off their meds, dressed up like batman, and violently conquered made up countries.
HighFreqShriek
psyops man psyops
stevetehpirate
YAS. THOSE.
Dragaroth
I'm pretty sure the roman empire did something like that. yea. I think it was right before THEY GOT WIPED OFF THE FACE OF THE FUCKING EARTH
HighFreqShriek
The Roman empire was not "wiped off the face of the earth" It was more of a systemic failure that stretched over a couple hundred years...
Dragaroth
yea, but the idea of hiring kickass warriors from out of their area was a huge backfire that ended in a lot of shit down the road. that is
Dragaroth
the parallel I attempted to make. we COULD have 4chan as the spec ops of an 'internet army' but it would fuck us all over in the end
Beepity
Hiring kickass warriors is fine...if you can keep paying them. They eventually couldn't. Plus, not your personal army etc.
Inchpunch
To be fair 4chan comments are insulting 40% and intelligible 95%. Youtube holds the gold by a fucking mile for audacious abhorrent drivel.
HisExcellencyLordSideburn
You use big words. The normal functioning person in me likes this. And the American in me is insulted. Keep on keeping on Inchpunch.
dextroses
135% total?
princeofnorth
Yeah, 5 % are legit stupid.
pennstateproud936
Insulting and intelligible are not mutually exclusive, so some of the intelligible stuff is also insulting
Hannya
You realize that 4chan is just a website filled with a bunch of drooling tards fueled by anonymity. Just like Imgur.
walterpeck
Not your personal army.
FatLobyte
If this wouldn't have been top reply, I would have been sad.
Magnivore
PERSONAL, no.
yourspellingisbadandyoushouldfeelbad
turn 360 degrees and walk away
JohnTheRipper
RIP in pieces
girlontheinternet
They've done it for less, to be fair.
Moonsmoonsmoons
But never because imgur told them to
RCSlyman
And they haven't done it for more. /b/ is pretty indiscriminate in what they view as a reason to mobilize.
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girlontheinternet
As I've said to another person, I don't think Dusty was out of boredom.
fleacollerindustry
4chan(/b/) has done things, not for "good" or "evil" reasons, but simply for the lulz.
girlontheinternet
They did it for the lulz when Dusty was being abused? I don't think so.
somethingdark
Only because they felt like it.
Kaysmira
They have to be in the right mood, something just has to appeal to them in juuuuuust the right way.
dkadghqthqiuwq
I'm pretty sure the denizens of 4chan wouldn't be doing this for the person that asked, but because they sure as fuck want to do it too.
princeofnorth
To troll or to troll. That is the question.
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Monochron
What the fuck? That is something 4chan people say all the damn time. imgur crazy...
Beepity
Now, what are the rules?
ItsAlwaysTimeToDiddle
Tsk tsk, never talk about /b/ when no one brought it up. Not only has someone brought up 4chan, but you can talk about 4chan.
Monochron
The fuck would I know?
Beepity
If you find yourself posting in an attempt to latch onto a famous place/name, it behooves you to be familiar with the social mores thereof.
donkeythesnowman
Just /b/.
boxotron
rules 1 and 2
BeardKhan
r9k would be... interesting
xkr73
I got friendzoned by the site!
ManicPixieNightmareGirl
r9k doesn't exist anymore. Not really.
dascannibal
lawfulwood
I do not understand.
sexyllama
you wouldnt
YerfdogT1935
People on 4chan would make a triforce in their post. They would encourage others to try doing the same. They also often gave instructions
dascannibal
it's a 4chan thing. :)
YerfdogT1935
To do it that were malicious. I've seen one where they tricked some kid into using a magnet on their hard drive.
whatspaulplayingtoday
dafuq
Nineteenletterslong
if you don't, you won't.
imgursresidentasshole
> being such a newfag that you can't into triforce