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To properly describe ALOL, imagine Cheers meets oldschool (this is pre-Chanology) 4chan on steroids. A place where everyone knows your (screen)name and then calls you the hard R 500000 times in a single post Not exaggerating btw, the place made old /b/ look refined and elevated

For example, it was impossible to browse if you weren't logged in and had signatures turned off, because almost everyone made a point of filling the extremely generous signature limit to the brim with shock images and memes so the average thread would be 98% signature and 2% post

Generally speaking, by volume about 20% of posts were funny roasts/discussion of shit like video games that just served as a vehicle for roasts, and 80% experimental shitposting/memes. The point was basically to be as abrasive as possible while having fun

Interestingly enough, despite the constant roasting and surface-level hostility, actual feuds were far and few between and usually got resolved rather quickly People legit hating each other over long periods of time wasn't very common, despite the toxicitymaxing environment

Also constant catfishing attempts. There were some women but it was mostly young men (of the massive loser variety, who were way into video games and anime already just on the cusp of normies getting into them), so this was a popular way of getting one over on people

Which brings us to our mystery guest e-lebrity: EvaXephon, or as you know him, YandereDev. Now keep in mind this was like 7 years before he even announced Yandere Sim, around the time of his Gaia Online pictures which everyone has seen by now He was a prolific lolcow even then

First, he was painfully earnest. He'd write extremely long-winded posts moaning about being a loser, his feelings etc. In what was essentially Shitposting Hell. So people would quote his shit with 500000 Laughing Data smileys then call him the hard R, and he'd respond earnestly

Picture the absurdity of Dear Diary tier posts bobbing about in a sea of goatse, slurs, complete nonsense and general madness The only time he kept it brief is when butthurtedly responding to people dunking on his ass. Why he stuck around is anyone's guess