These people are really starting to scare me

lookout123 · 04-27-2005, 08:35 PM

Has anyone peeked in on the This is not Porn crowd lately? it is pretty spooky, and it bothers me that i still don't get it. I'm concerned that they are talking in code about an alien invasion that is set to happen or something...

Griff · 04-27-2005, 08:38 PM

You can get the answer by listening to Children of the Sun backwards... I've got a used turntable for sale.

lookout123 · 04-27-2005, 08:40 PM

well, i'd buy it but i read in that thread that anyone owning a turntable is targeted for immediate "re-education". i don't think i want to do that.

Troubleshooter · 04-27-2005, 08:48 PM

I have the CD. Maybe I could encode it and use Soundforge or something to reverse it.

wolf · 04-28-2005, 01:16 AM

I find their singleminded dedication to the puzzle intriguing. Crazy, and I mean that from a professional standpoint, but intriguing.

Given the amount of trouble that everyone in the known universe is having with the step they are stuck on, the fact that it continues to hold their interest is pretty amazing.

You can't derail their conversation, and they for some reason hold The Cellar TINP thread in much higher regard even than the "secret forum" on some official forum site for the game.

I have to assume that there is some kind of subsonic signal transmitted directly into your brain when you play that is what makes the game more addicting than heroin.

They don't even know what the goal is, and they just keep on playing.

Charlie better fucking win the chocolate factory or something.

If the whole thing ends with a splash screen that says "congrats. you're finished" there are going to be a lot of 14 year olds killing themselves in the messy ways that are described in Dance, Dance, Dance.

Catwoman · 04-28-2005, 03:10 AM

It's quite fascinating. I have no idea what they're talking about. How does the puzzle work - just links to different web pages? I bet they screw themselves looking for the answer and find it was at the beginning all along.

Clodfobble · 04-28-2005, 08:40 AM

Yeah, each page has some hidden or sometimes not-so-hidden spot you click on to get to the next page, and most of the pages are password protected. The usernames and passwords are based on clues on the page.

Except one of the things is that the puzzle keeps changing, usually when people have been stuck for awhile. The guy who maintains it is reading the forums about it, no doubt.

OnyxCougar · 04-28-2005, 10:08 AM

I haven't checked lately. I got to like, page 2. That was it. You have to read some books to get the hints and do web searches to find one really obscure webpage with one phrase that will unlock the whole thing, then you have the user name, and do it again for the password...then on to the next page.

It's ghay.

Catwoman · 04-28-2005, 10:11 AM

Page 2? That's impressive. I didn't understand page 1. I don't think it's homosexual though.

OnyxCougar · 04-28-2005, 10:23 AM

That's why I didn't say gay. I say ghay. That's slang for dumb or stupid. Throwback slang from the 80's.

wolf · 04-28-2005, 11:16 AM

I'm pretty sure gay was stupid when I was in late elementary school ...

mrnoodle · 04-28-2005, 11:57 AM

i thought it was "ghey". Anyway, now that you've uttered the words "T*I*N*P", you've marked this thread for about a zillion hits from people looking for clues and answers. They're like the Borg.

OnyxCougar · 04-28-2005, 11:58 AM

eh. alternate spelling. *shrug*

mrnoodle · 04-28-2005, 01:35 PM

I'd be really impressed if they made one of the answers "whale penis"

lookout123 · 04-28-2005, 01:36 PM

Quote:

uttered the words "T*I*N*P", you've marked this thread for about a zillion hits

if i put that in my signature line, and it appeared in nearly 3000 posts, would that then drive these people crazy?

04-27-2005, 08:35 PM	#1
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	These people are really starting to scare me Has anyone peeked in on the This is not Porn crowd lately? it is pretty spooky, and it bothers me that i still don't get it. I'm concerned that they are talking in code about an alien invasion that is set to happen or something... __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

04-27-2005, 08:38 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You can get the answer by listening to Children of the Sun backwards... I've got a used turntable for sale. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-27-2005, 08:40 PM	#3
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	well, i'd buy it but i read in that thread that anyone owning a turntable is targeted for immediate "re-education". i don't think i want to do that. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

04-27-2005, 08:48 PM	#4
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	I have the CD. Maybe I could encode it and use Soundforge or something to reverse it. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

04-28-2005, 01:16 AM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I find their singleminded dedication to the puzzle intriguing. Crazy, and I mean that from a professional standpoint, but intriguing. Given the amount of trouble that everyone in the known universe is having with the step they are stuck on, the fact that it continues to hold their interest is pretty amazing. You can't derail their conversation, and they for some reason hold The Cellar TINP thread in much higher regard even than the "secret forum" on some official forum site for the game. I have to assume that there is some kind of subsonic signal transmitted directly into your brain when you play that is what makes the game more addicting than heroin. They don't even know what the goal is, and they just keep on playing. Charlie better fucking win the chocolate factory or something. If the whole thing ends with a splash screen that says "congrats. you're finished" there are going to be a lot of 14 year olds killing themselves in the messy ways that are described in Dance, Dance, Dance. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-28-2005, 03:10 AM	#6
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	It's quite fascinating. I have no idea what they're talking about. How does the puzzle work - just links to different web pages? I bet they screw themselves looking for the answer and find it was at the beginning all along. __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

04-28-2005, 08:40 AM	#7
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Yeah, each page has some hidden or sometimes not-so-hidden spot you click on to get to the next page, and most of the pages are password protected. The usernames and passwords are based on clues on the page. Except one of the things is that the puzzle keeps changing, usually when people have been stuck for awhile. The guy who maintains it is reading the forums about it, no doubt.

04-28-2005, 10:08 AM	#8
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	I haven't checked lately. I got to like, page 2. That was it. You have to read some books to get the hints and do web searches to find one really obscure webpage with one phrase that will unlock the whole thing, then you have the user name, and do it again for the password...then on to the next page. It's ghay. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

04-28-2005, 10:11 AM	#9
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	Page 2? That's impressive. I didn't understand page 1. I don't think it's homosexual though. __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

04-28-2005, 10:23 AM	#10
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	That's why I didn't say gay. I say ghay. That's slang for dumb or stupid. Throwback slang from the 80's. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

04-28-2005, 11:16 AM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm pretty sure gay was stupid when I was in late elementary school ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-28-2005, 11:57 AM	#12
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	i thought it was "ghey". Anyway, now that you've uttered the words "TIN*P", you've marked this thread for about a zillion hits from people looking for clues and answers. They're like the Borg. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

04-28-2005, 11:58 AM	#13
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	eh. alternate spelling. shrug __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

04-28-2005, 01:35 PM	#14
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	I'd be really impressed if they made one of the answers "whale penis" __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

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