At what point in your life will you quit thebire and forums more generally

[who is ted danson?]

Poll

[nachobro]

post til i die

[TylenolJones]

[Besticus Maximus]

I actually don’t post anywhere else, Twitter and other shite included. Still lurk in a few spots. I’ll stop altogether when people stop being weird and interestingly mental.

[filler]

I already quit tbh

[Polident]

This place feels like a purgatory for geriatrics who haven’t yet transitioned from old internet to new internet. I’m reasonably convinced users posting here are real people. That includes our Vietnamese coupon barons.

[filler]

Who's here in 2026?

[Uncle]

I don't feel like these things happen as a discrete decision, you just fall away eventually like for everything else

like you're playing some game or watching a youtube channel or reading some long-running blog or webcomic, and then one day you realize you haven't gone there in months and you don't really care

[filler]

I've never quit any of that stuff. usually things just end like the old bore

[benji]

I already quit tbh

Factually wrong.

[benji]

Staff at The Bire is hard at work on technology that will ensure you continue posting and liking posts long after your body and mind has expired. Indeed, we at The Bire see this thing called "life" as an unfortunate burden that limits your capacity to post and like.

Like this:

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

You think technology can compete with the power of Taco Bell Tower?

[who is ted danson?]

I already quit tbh

[who is ted danson?]

Forums are the vinyl of social media

[Besticus Maximus]

An underrated aspect of forums of the golden age (and I include the design of this one to some degree) is they were a brilliant way to learn about a topic because of the linear nature of the conversation.

[BIONIC]

An underrated aspect of forums of the golden age (and I include the design of this one to some degree) is they were a brilliant way to learn about a topic because of the linear nature of the conversation.

Also a great format to post hog

[benji]

You think technology can compete with the power of Taco Bell Tower?

We have been attempting to license his capabilities and obtain his insight as a like consultant.

[Snoopy]

My watch will be over when the cops arrest Planetsmasher for all those murders

[DavidCroquet]

I think it’s more reasonable to argue that anyone willingly posting on an old and dusty format like an internet message board two thousand and twenty six years after the birth of christ can be expected to continue doing so for as long as there remains one internet message board left to post on.

[Rendle]

If this was meant as an insult it worked

[Nintex]

Until the Palantir AI killer robot stops me from shit posting in my nuclear shelter



I do think this is the final station though, I don't see myself joining any other communities anymore.

[who is ted danson?]

set of poll results

[Let's Cyber]

This place feels like a purgatory for geriatrics who haven’t yet transitioned from old internet to new internet.

Oh, 100%. I'm very aware I'm a dinosaur and the meteor could show up at any moment.

For me, reddit mostly sucks outside of very specific subreddits and communities. For gaming things, REEE and GAF are both FUBAR for various reasons. I'm too old for discord. 

I just need a decent place to laugh at stupid, self-important people and get gaming news. The Bore was pretty much the last bastion for me. I've mostly transitioned into a grass toucher now but I like to come back once in a while.

[who is ted danson?]

I think it would be worth starting a new forum, with AI trained on archives of forums past

It would be funny to be trolled by an AI 12 year old version of myself

[BIONIC]

I think it would be worth starting a new forum, with AI trained on archives of forums past

It would be funny to be trolled by an AI 12 year old version of myself

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[Rendle]

I bet it feels cool to be dead

[HardcoreRetro]

Why not give it a try and tell us about it.

[who is ted danson?]

I think it would be worth starting a new forum, with AI trained on archives of forums past

It would be funny to be trolled by an AI 12 year old version of myself

lol ok BOOMER. imagine being so old u have to PAY a robot to remember what ur own personality was. couldnt be me. also why r u on a forum its 2026 grandpa go outside
anyway 12-yr-old u would like to inform present u that u were supposed to be an astronaut/skateboarder/in a band by now and instead ur posting on a forum at what i can only assume is 1am about hiring an AI to bully u. we had DREAMS dude. we were gonna be SICK. and now look at u. u use the word "archives." u said "worth starting." who talks like that. get a grip
p.s. mom said get off the computer

[Uncle]

I think it would be worth starting a new forum, with AI trained on archives of forums past

It would be funny to be trolled by an AI 12 year old version of myself

a Ray Bradbury story about a man stranded alone on Mars who is so bored that he passes the time by essentially making AI versions of himself who then do nothing but troll him 60 years later in his twilight years

https://gwern.net/doc/fiction/science-fiction/1969-bradbury-nightcallcollect.pdf

[simiansmarts]

Come back to me in a couple weeks