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curious
do many people know about it?
the anti-academic site only has 15 right now
I don't know how many have seen ami's site
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well, currently at the bottom of the forum, the stats say:
Newest member: nobile, Members: 133
Threads: 74, Replies: 264, Total: 338
but i've only seen a small handful ever post here, who knows what the rest of them do 
i've never thought of this as an "organization" before though....
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I guess you can try, or start one
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SoulRiser Wrote:i've never thought of this as an "organization" before though....
besides, maybe this will create an actual community of people who rally against school publicly with more supporters like youth rights activists or at least have more anti-education activity
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good point.
come to think of it, that's actually what RATS was supposed to be. but due to various things it didn't work too well. now all that's left of RATS is this forum really :(
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make it like a youth rights activism thing
become affiliates with major organizations of youth rights
they don't focus on any one topic only
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that would rock... affiliated with like all the youth rights groups like all over the world. since this site isn't and never was US-only, (heck i live in south africa), so that would be ideal. now, to track them all down...
i started a poll to find out if people here would be interested in that.
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yeah, good idea. check what i wrote in the polls forum for suggestions and stuff.
peace out
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cool (flcao)
I sent my site in to some sites to see if they would take it - haven't heard yet.
There are other forums and boards I've joined and added to my site - this summer I'm adding groups' links from all the ones I joined.
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and i finally added your site to the ASD. i thought i added it earlier, but it turns out i didnt
sowwy...
you must've put in a lot of effort collecting all those sites. it'd be a bit unfair if i just added them all to the ASD too i guess... even tho i think many of them belong there :bigrazz:
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it would help to have them all on one page
hee, easier use in categories set
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you COULD write a description underneath
saying it's a BIG collection of links and still GROWING 
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you can also conglomerate with the Anti-Academic Society
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ah well. maybe its better if RATS doesn't come back. then its another thing i have to "run", and i don't get time for everything i have to do lately if someone else wants to start up RATS or something similar, i'll help out if needed but i think the less i have to do, the more i'll get done
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RE: how many people are in this organization?
Not sure if I should bump this thread or not, how it was kind of hard to read.
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"free speech under the constitution only guarantees the government won't stop him saying it and does not guarantee his right to say things and have no consequences at all as a result. also i completely doubt that he is motivated solely by "i'm saying it because i can" and is probably motivated by a more shitheady motive like "i think it's funny to annoy people and Rustle Le Jimmies™ and is just hiding behind the first amendment to try to deflect any consequences or make you realize that being allowed to annoy people is a superior moral right. you can still disdain someone for doing things for dumbarse wankery purposes and you have evne more right to ban and insult them for it" ~Trar's friend about Potato.
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Hm....looks like RATS was the reason the forums were created...
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Our good friend TaylerD105 posted here, one of the very first users on here.
Wonder what he's up to now.
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If only they could see what we're up to now.
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(03-20-2014 03:04 PM)Trar Wrote: If only they could see what we're up to now.
I bet they'd love to see some SrsBsn being discussed.
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Boredom is the #1 enemy of learning. Therefore, school is the #1 enemy of learning.
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"free speech under the constitution only guarantees the government won't stop him saying it and does not guarantee his right to say things and have no consequences at all as a result. also i completely doubt that he is motivated solely by "i'm saying it because i can" and is probably motivated by a more shitheady motive like "i think it's funny to annoy people and Rustle Le Jimmies™ and is just hiding behind the first amendment to try to deflect any consequences or make you realize that being allowed to annoy people is a superior moral right. you can still disdain someone for doing things for dumbarse wankery purposes and you have evne more right to ban and insult them for it" ~Trar's friend about Potato.
Thanks for the diploma… can I have my childhood back?
I’d love to have a battle of wits with you… but I hate to fight the unarmed.
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(03-21-2014 05:45 AM)rockstarjim22 Wrote: ![[Image: 1000x500px-LL-7329b4cf_threadNecromancy.jpg]](http://cdn.head-fi.org/7/73/1000x500px-LL-7329b4cf_threadNecromancy.jpg)
Yea, I've been reading up on the necronomicon and couldn't think of any better forums where I could practice the words written within.
Thank you Lord Cthulu for giving me this great power.
The less you try to control things, the less you need to.
Boredom is the #1 enemy of learning. Therefore, school is the #1 enemy of learning.
"Bodies fucking fuck."~Night.Artist
"free speech under the constitution only guarantees the government won't stop him saying it and does not guarantee his right to say things and have no consequences at all as a result. also i completely doubt that he is motivated solely by "i'm saying it because i can" and is probably motivated by a more shitheady motive like "i think it's funny to annoy people and Rustle Le Jimmies™ and is just hiding behind the first amendment to try to deflect any consequences or make you realize that being allowed to annoy people is a superior moral right. you can still disdain someone for doing things for dumbarse wankery purposes and you have evne more right to ban and insult them for it" ~Trar's friend about Potato.
Thanks for the diploma… can I have my childhood back?
I’d love to have a battle of wits with you… but I hate to fight the unarmed.
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Reviving all these old threads wouldn't happen to tie in to your practicing the dark arts, would it?
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^Indeed. RATS (Rise Against Terrible Schools) back in 2002-04 was the first serious attempt to bring change.
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(03-22-2014 09:06 AM)Hansgrohe Wrote: ^Indeed. RATS (Rise Against Terrible Schools) back in 2002-04 was the first serious attempt to bring change.
We need more information about it, but I think Soul is the only source we have on hand. I'll ask her about it.
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Interesting to contrast how this would've been done far back in 2002-04, compared to today. Back then, all you had was the IRC, MySpace, and perhaps a few other sites. Nowadays, we have Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Kickstarter, so many of these things that weren't around back then.
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(03-22-2014 06:57 AM)xcriteria Wrote: Reviving old threads can be a good way to learn about the past. This thread had some very useful information for the ongoing SS history project.
This is actually why I revived this one. It was actually pretty useful.
The less you try to control things, the less you need to.
Boredom is the #1 enemy of learning. Therefore, school is the #1 enemy of learning.
"Bodies fucking fuck."~Night.Artist
"free speech under the constitution only guarantees the government won't stop him saying it and does not guarantee his right to say things and have no consequences at all as a result. also i completely doubt that he is motivated solely by "i'm saying it because i can" and is probably motivated by a more shitheady motive like "i think it's funny to annoy people and Rustle Le Jimmies™ and is just hiding behind the first amendment to try to deflect any consequences or make you realize that being allowed to annoy people is a superior moral right. you can still disdain someone for doing things for dumbarse wankery purposes and you have evne more right to ban and insult them for it" ~Trar's friend about Potato.
Thanks for the diploma… can I have my childhood back?
I’d love to have a battle of wits with you… but I hate to fight the unarmed.
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