Re: RSPW 2024 highlights

The Ghost of RSP-W Past wrote:

1. Google Groups stopped supporting new posts or subscriptions.
 
Historical content remained available. This removed several
luminaries from the group, so they couldn't engage in provocative
posts which encouraged more posting, or posting sprees which drove up
the post count. RSPW cannot exist without the likes of Robby or Jason
Todd, and everyone knows it. It also prevented tech-unsavvy posters
like the ones attracted here from John Henry's hate-pages or the
occasional Usenet reminiscence on Reddit or the like from posting
here. Considering there was a Vice documentary which began airing
four months after Google pulled the plug, and it referenced RSPW
extensively, we may have missed out on a whole new crop of newbies.
This is not only the most important occurrence of 2024, it's the most
important thing that has EVER happened to the group and that cannot
be argued.
 
2. Chad posted ]v[etaphoid's real name, driving him away for good.
 
Just when ]v[etaphoid thought he had won the decades-long battle
against The Chad, his entire world was upended and he was forced to
stop posting here forever. After the years of ]v[etaphoid ridiculing
Chad, Chad's wives, Chad's kids, and Chad's girlfriends, it's
difficult to feel sympathy for the man, but still, RSPW lost a very
funny, if often mean-spirited contributor when Chad forced him into
hiding and slapped him so hard that he will never, ever return.
 
3. Dink created dozens of songs about John Henry and other RSPW guys
and put them on YouTube.
 
Even though he's a weird maniac, you have to admit that Dink is
extremely creative and funny. These weren't great, but they were
good.
 
4. John Henry got a part-time job and interviewed for a management
position.
 
Everyone bagged on JH for not wanting to work, but this guy buckled
down and made a serious impact in the corporate world. He may be your
boss someday.
 
5. % shut down this group and remained undefeated.
 
Not unexpectedly, this Usenet legend closed down this rathole once
and for good. Though many tried, he couldn't be defeated.
 

and so i win