TotalHalibut explains SOPA and PIPA

[SpaceMarine93]

In the light of Wikipedia and other websites' blackouts, John Bain of TotalHalibut, a popular British youtube videogame walkthrough channel, explains the EXACT implications of SOPA and PIPA:



Get your friends and family to act, stop SOPA and PIPA. The internet's days are numbered.

[SilverWingedSeraph]

While I find your hyperventilating to be infuriating "the internet's days are numbered, lol", the video is pretty solid (and god I love TotalBiscuit's voice), but seriously, SOPA is just offensively stupid. It could very literally destroy the internet if passed, because the entirity of the internet which allows for anyone to upload anything to it could be targeted by it. And yet there are ways around it, so it won't even stop the dishonest people or the intelligent people, it will only stop the people who have no idea how to circumvent it, i.e. the average user!

It's hilarious. Hilarious and terrible. And if it is passed then I have to wonder how absolutely fucking stupid the legislators who pass it will have to be.

[KhorneFlakes]

SphessMahreenNumbers, I will state this again: STOP HYPERVENTILATING. It contributes nothing, except to annoying other people. I agree that SOPA is stupid but given the recent ongoing stuff with it there's not much reason to panic as you've been for the past few days.

So, please, stop.

[Stofsk]

Spacemarine, relax. Pop a valium or something. The sky's not about to fall on our heads.

[S.L.Acker]

I've already seen this video, but it explains things in a very easy to understand way. TotalHalibut is also a boss, so that makes it even better.

I'm also going to have to echo the others, just breath man. With all the opposition SOPA and PIPA should be as good as political cyanide at this point.

[Eulogy]

I've already seen this video

Yeah, it first was linked here. (To the best of my knowledge, anyway)

Chicken Little, I brought SOPA and its ilk to the attention of this board last year. Right now, you are simply braying the same old tired song and dance over and over again. The more you repeat something, the more it'll get tuned out, thus having the opposite effect that was intended.

This might be hard for you to do, but control yourself. Realize that the sky isn't falling, because you are currently a chew toy of this board.

[Stofsk]

Ok that's enough. He's been told repeatedly to cut it out, there's no need to pile on any further.

[Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba]

Spacemarine, relax. Pop a valium or something. The sky's not about to fall on our heads.

THE SKY FELL ON MY HEAD YESTERDAY

AND I HAD TO CLEAR A BUNCH OF IT OFF MY WINDSHIELD*

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT HUH




*i don't actually own a vehicle

it doesn't really matter because i'm lying

[Simon_Jester]

I remember the day the sky fell on my windshield.

Well, actually it was just an enormous flock of birds carpet-bombing me. Five direct hits on the windshield alone...

[Thanas]

Locked. See thread in N&P.