Are the "Dummies" books going a tad overboard?

[NWO Sentryman]

Is there a time cube for dummies out yet?

 

[luchog]

One of my personal favorites -- note: may destroy your sanity.
Another of my favorites -- note: will destroy your sanity.

 

[TubbaBlubba]

Another of my favorites -- note: will destroy your sanity.

OH GOD NO

WHY

WHY

WHY

This sadly reflects the current status of 4chan.

 

[NWO Sentryman]

Breaches of Rules 1 and 2 in literature? Then, Thou hast lost an eighth!

 

[luchog]

This sadly reflects the current status of 4chan.

You are aware it's a parody, and that no such book actually exists?

Or maybe it's part of the cancer killing /b/.

 

[TubbaBlubba]

You are aware it's a parody, and that no such book actually exists?

Or maybe it's part of the cancer killing /b/.

I was somewhat frightened for a moment, to be honest, but lated declared the credibility of its existance dubious.

Nevertheless, the fact that anyone went out of their way to create it...

Also, it's impossible to kill /b/, it never was anything. The problem is that the entire site is /b/ now.

 

[luchog]

Also, it's impossible to kill /b/, it never was anything. The problem is that the entire site is /b/ now.

"The cancer killing /b/" is a long-running meme on the site. It's a joke, like pretty much everything else there.

 

[TubbaBlubba]

Yes, but it's used in reference to the idea that /b/ was somehow once worth visiting. Of course, everything morphs and deforms rather rapidly whenever anonymous gets their hands on it.

A friend of mine once said; "4chan was nice when it was about smart people pretending to be stupid teenagers. Now they've been replaced by actual stupid teenagers."

 

[luchog]

Yes, but it's used in reference to the idea that /b/ was somehow once worth visiting. Of course, everything morphs and deforms rather rapidly whenever anonymous gets their hands on it.

Anyone who thinks 4chan /b/ was ever worth visiting never actually spent time there.

 

[dudalb]

OH GOD NO

WHY

WHY

WHY

This sadly reflects the current status of 4chan.

It's the inevitable status of 4chan. What else can you expect from a board where anything goes,given what basic human nature is like?

 

[ZirconBlue]

The ". . . For Dummies" books typically give a very good introduction and overview to a topic. Often, I'll say something like "I wish they had a 'Music Theory for Dummies" book, only to find out that it actually does exist.

 

[MLH1138]

I have a couple of "Dummies" books - Statistics for Dummies and Calculus for Dummies - which I've found very useful. I've never studied either subject formally and don't have the time now for adult education classes, but as a basic grounding and jumping off point I've found both very good.

 

[uruk]

I prefere the " X for the Brain Dead" series of books. More my speed.