06-07-2005 13:01									#61
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quote: Originally posted by Dr Strangelove I thought that "green light" was a kid's game. You know: 'green light"............."red light"...."green light". It really saddens me that an innocent childish game of fun has been turned into some sort of Soddomite tryst. Where will it all end? Gosh, I just hope they're not recruiting little kids or that the adults don't get confused and think that the kids are playing the same game. That would be just awful.

If you browse those forums a bit you'll see that there's 12-13 yr olds doing this. So yes, it is quite bad.

	06-07-2005 13:30									#62
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Hey everybody, check http://www.greenlighter.org/ again.

Whattup :v:

I was actually involved in this prank. Of course, there were some big holes in it all, including how fast some people moved on this, how it was posted in MetaFilter and how some Somethingawful.com goons decided to ruin the fun (bit like General Ludd tried to do right in here, good work goon!), but all in all, it was pretty cool beans.

	06-07-2005 13:57									#63
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not bad

	06-07-2005 14:03									#64
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A) the "moved into the new forums" was a nice touch to account for the relatively small amount of posts.
B) The fact that it wasn't covered on somethingawful before that made me raise an eyebrow, though the same could be said for many other vaguely sexual of the hook forums.

	06-07-2005 16:01									#65
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The prank is amazing. Very elaborate

	06-07-2005 16:34									#66
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I fell for it. How embarrassing.

	06-07-2005 16:49									#67
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That one was really good. Some people have too much time...

	06-07-2005 16:56									#68
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I fell for it, and I'm not embarassed The prank was good, and the practice is believable. I kinda regret that it is false btw (well, it ismply takes other forms)

	06-07-2005 17:13									#69
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Got me. I should have figured it out from the FAQ - people typically don't have promicuous sex accross areas of attraction, i.e. hetero males have NEGATIVE interest gay anal sex. I shoud have caught on.

	06-07-2005 18:48									#70
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I insist they put back the original page!

I wanna see girls in green shirts and believe that strangely enough, I have a chance!

	06-07-2005 19:55									#71
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This is a classic!

	07-07-2005 00:30									#72
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You even made a wikipedia entry (albeit a stub)....wow, you guys have a lot of free time. Congrats.

	07-07-2005 00:38									#73
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quote: Originally posted by lord of the mark given how bracelets are so widely worn for so many causes (you can now get an I support the Fairfax County, Virginia, Department of Parks bracelet, Im sorry to say) the bracelet thing sounds kind of on the urban legend side.

	07-07-2005 00:52									#74
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quote: You even made a wikipedia entry (albeit a stub)....wow, you guys have a lot of free time. Congrats.

Actually Wikipedia entry wasn't made by us (I think). What brought the prank down was it being leaked to MetaFilter and apparently some MeFian made the entry, which in turn led Wikipedia Internet sleuths on our tracks.

We planned to make a Wikipedia entry, though. For realism!

	07-07-2005 03:23									#75
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quote: Originally posted by Spiffor The prank is amazing. Very elaborate

	07-07-2005 03:56									#76
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Good job!

However I wouldn't be surprised if some people do try to make the prank 'real.'

	07-07-2005 05:06									#77
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I think some already did.

I'm surprised that despie Ludds little sh!t job to f^ck the whole thing up so many still believed!

I feel validated.

Either way, it was all worth it for the laughs.

The forums were the best part. So many creative people who are either total dumbasses or just really good at impersonating them.

	07-07-2005 05:15									#78
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Ludd's post didn't work because you have to be a paying member of the forum to view it - and anyone who is already a member will have probably seen it

	07-07-2005 06:02									#79
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Yeah, I checked it earlier today and the WP entry was under siege; they're arguing about deleting it as either a "hoax" or a "neologism," though as an admitted hoax based around a neologism it might arguably merit inclusion just as a pop-culture tidbit. But they're saying that there have been bigger and more impressive online pranks and this therefore doesn't warrant an entry. Pity, I think it's funny.

I'm not sure why I'm supposed to be embarrassed to be "taken in," though. People do all sorts of stupid crap, and as the newly formed primordial ooze of collective human stupidity the internet is the spawning ground/cemetery of every little bit of it. There have been stranger things than this floating around that were true, I'm sure. I haven't really looked, mind you--I have my sanity to think about. But there's got to be many a phenomenon out there that makes greenlighting look reasonable. Just look at that "bareback" thing; that's apparently real, and that sounds slightly dumber than jerking off with a staple-gun to me. Not to mention the dreaded F word...Stefu knows the thing I speak of.

	07-07-2005 06:47									#80
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Would you care to indulge me in this "F word"?

I don't think its suppsoed to be embarrasing on your end. Your reactions upon learning that it is a hoax aren't very important to me.

My goal was to accidentally create a phenomenon (which sort of takes the accident out of it). We know that there are weirder things and in the planning process, we tried to keep it as soemthing that in concept sounded fairly realistic.

The big goal was media coverage. I guess it was just a fun way to show how overzealous the media can be, and how out of proportion and control they will spin sh!t.

So it didn't work but I was laughnig all the way just looking at the ideas that other people came up with. If you were "in" you would have too.

I don't regret any of it.

	07-07-2005 06:56									#81
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Damn. Just after Kuci went and blew all that money on green T-shirts too.

	07-07-2005 07:16									#82
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No, I have servants to go shopping for me.

	07-07-2005 07:30									#83
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I was in on this the whole time, too.

I couldn't believe it when I saw this thread posted on Apolyton, in all seriousness.

	07-07-2005 11:04									#84
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quote: Originally posted by bipolarbear So many creative people who are either total dumbasses or just really good at impersonating them.

	07-07-2005 15:45									#85
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quote: Originally posted by bipolarbear I'm surprised that despie Ludds little sh!t job to f^ck the whole thing up so many still believed!

People had to register to SA to read Ludd's link.

	07-07-2005 15:47									#86
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I pointed that out

	07-07-2005 16:55									#87
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I did to.


Anyone else?

	07-07-2005 19:07									#88
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT Damn. Just after Kuci went and blew all that money on green T-shirts too.

Which wouldn't have worked anyway, because it's hard to flip their collar up.

BTW: Classy prank!

	07-07-2005 20:05									#89
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F-U-R-R-Y, bpb...I thought the reference was obvious.

	07-07-2005 21:12									#90
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quote: Originally posted by lord of the mark given how bracelets are so widely worn for so many causes (you can now get an I support the Fairfax County, Virginia, Department of Parks bracelet, Im sorry to say) the bracelet thing sounds kind of on the urban legend side.

Sorry, I'm already supporting Loudoun County, Virginia, Department of Parks with a bracelet.