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Offline nicholas

Re: Some helpful information for those new to the community.
« Reply #29 on: November 24, 2010, 10:49:47 PM »
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Are those acolytes from the Church in the bottom left image then?


I shouldn't think so, those four guys look quite normal compared to the average BAF.

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Re: Some helpful information for those new to the community.
« Reply #30 on: November 24, 2010, 11:07:05 PM »
Funny a pretty true hehe

But what about the CUSA trolls :P
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Re: Some helpful information for those new to the community.
« Reply #31 on: November 24, 2010, 11:07:08 PM »
Hahaha, that was great. Some good artwork too!

And yeah, 'Are You Being Served'... grew up watching that on Channel 11, WTTW out of Chicago. Best damn Public Television station I've ever seen. Great show too!
 

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Re: Some helpful information for those new to the community.
« Reply #32 on: November 24, 2010, 11:09:42 PM »
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Hahaha, that was great. Some good artwork too!

And yeah, 'Are You Being Served'... grew up watching that on Channel 11, WTTW out of Chicago. Best damn Public Television station I've ever seen. Great show too!


Publicly funded TV in the land of the free?!?!?!? The red terror of socialism?!!?!?!

Won't somebody think of the children? :lol:
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Re: Some helpful information for those new to the community.
« Reply #33 on: November 24, 2010, 11:26:48 PM »
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I shouldn't think so, those four guys look quite normal compared to the average BAF.


Au contraire.

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Re: Some helpful information for those new to the community.
« Reply #34 on: November 24, 2010, 11:43:56 PM »
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Publicly funded TV in the land of the free?!?!?!? The red terror of socialism?!!?!?!

Won't somebody think of the children? :lol:


Ha ha!  Actually it is very, very much the opposite.  It's "Public" in that people donate to get what "they" want broadcast. Which usually is clean shows for children, sitcoms that are made for people that don't drool on themselves, etc.

Not "Public", as in Red as you suggest, where the government takes your money, then provides you with "Public TV" or something or requires you to pay.

Also, even more away from socialism by the fact that most funding for public TV actually comes from corporate donations.  There are some government agencies that donate (like the National Science Foundation) and funding also comes from viewers that donate money directly.
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Re: Some helpful information for those new to the community.
« Reply #35 on: November 24, 2010, 11:45:13 PM »
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Ha ha!  Actually it is very, very much the opposite.  It's "Public" in that people donate to get what "they" want broadcast. Which usually is clean shows for children, sitcoms that are made for people that don't drool on themselves, etc.

Not "Public", as in Red as you suggest, where the government takes your money, then provides you with "Public TV" or something or requires you to pay.

Also, even more away from socialism by the fact that most funding for public TV actually comes from corporate donations.  There are some government agencies that donate (like the National Science Foundation) and funding also comes from viewers that donate money directly.


Phewww!!! The children are safe! :lol:
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Re: Some helpful information for those new to the community.
« Reply #36 on: November 24, 2010, 11:50:29 PM »
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Re: Some helpful information for those new to the community.
« Reply #37 on: November 24, 2010, 11:51:53 PM »
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Au contraire.

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That would be 5 if you count your avatar!

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Re: Some helpful information for those new to the community.
« Reply #38 on: November 24, 2010, 11:55:54 PM »
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Wouldn't that give the impression that AROS zealots - the classname for which remains a secret, but given the famous, somewhat provocative Kitty I'm going to call "furries" - regard AROS as highly camp, rather than free?
Oi!!! :pissed: just 'cos I've got a stupid haircut... :p

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Re: Some helpful information for those new to the community.
« Reply #39 on: November 24, 2010, 11:56:45 PM »
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Oi!!! :pissed:


Come on, if she was real, you'd do her :roflmao:
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Re: Some helpful information for those new to the community.
« Reply #40 on: November 25, 2010, 12:03:51 AM »
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Come on, if she was real, you'd do her :roflmao:
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Re: Some helpful information for those new to the community.
« Reply #41 on: November 25, 2010, 12:16:07 AM »
Lol
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Re: Some helpful information for those new to the community.
« Reply #42 on: November 25, 2010, 12:21:51 AM »
Wow! Puurrrrr...



Furries huh? I could get used to this
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Re: Some helpful information for those new to the community.
« Reply #43 on: November 25, 2010, 12:37:27 AM »
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Lol, nice, but I think it'd be lost on anyone outside the UK :D


No, believe it or not "are you being served?" is played in the usa also.. on PBS iirc
 

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Re: Some helpful information for those new to the community.
« Reply #44 from previous page: November 25, 2010, 12:58:20 AM »
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Without a second thought

Using an advanced gene-splice simulation system, I was able to work out that she'd look a bit like this*:



*actual results may vary.
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