Something Awful

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6 mentions 5 recordings first heard Feb 2026 last heard 1 Sep ↑4 vs the 6 months before

Defunct humor forum that spawned many imageboards

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Robert EvansBehind the Bastards · Part One: The Websites Behind An International Rapist Networ... · 14:42 · 1 Sep
…You know, the something awful forums had been created by Richard Chianca back in 1999, and by 2003 had something like a hundred thousand registered members, if I'm remembering from like the banner things back when I was visiting in 2003.…
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Alaina UrquhartMorbid · Let’s Boogey: The Boogeyman Around the World (Vol. 1) · 22:10 · 29 Aug
…And in the mid-2000s, a form of scary storytelling known as creepypasta became popular on the website something awful.…
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FrankFringe Beyond Limits · Slenderman: From Creepypasta to Real-Life Horror · 7:50 · 10 Jun
…Slender Man originated on June 10th, 2009, when Eric Knudsen, using the username VictorSurge, posted images on the internet forum, Something Awful, as part of a Photoshop contest themed around creating paranormal images.…
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FrankFringe Beyond Limits · Slenderman: From Creepypasta to Real-Life Horror · 6:43 · 10 Jun
…At first, it was just a creation, an idea brought……
Nicky WolfeThe Documentary Podcast · Introducing: The Interface - What goes on in TikTok's Farlan... · 21:01 · 10 Jun
…Another of these spaces from back in the day was……
Charlie WarzelToday, Explained · The darkness behind looksmaxxing · 17:47 · 18 Feb
…But some of the original message board spaces, 4chan is……
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