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Yes.

On /b/, all legal (in the US) content is permitted. It serves as a sort of containment board for the degenerates to shitpost, leaving other boards alone. Nobody takes any content from /b/ seriously, and the nickname for /b/ users is "/b/tards".

In fact, /b/ is just a small part of 4chan, one that most users actually loathe, but which seems to be the most highlighted in public consciousness. Probably due to its complete lack of censorship, which seems to be frowned upon in this day and age.



> Nobody takes any content from /b/ seriously.

That's a bold claim. It requires a single counter-example to disprove. I take it seriously, so your statement is empirically wrong. Please retract it.


You are technically correct if we take the literal interpretation of my words, however, the literal interpretation is not the intended one. The intended interpretation is that no reasonable person takes /b/ seriously.

Perhaps you have some kind of impairment that prevents you from understanding subtleties of informal speech, but I think it's more likely you're just taking a piss.

> I take it seriously

Then you should check out the text under the title on /b/ :)

    The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood.
    Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.


Oh, you took me literally too! So weird!

What evidence would it take to change your mind?


I find your manner of discussion obnoxious, so I will refrain from replying to you anymore.

EDIT: you changed your reply to make it less obnoxious, but I won't come back to this discussion regardless.


That's funny. I'll be here still waiting on hearing which evidence will change your mind. :)


The other user is correct, your style of discussion is obnoxious, and is not contributing anything useful to the discussion.

What are you trying to achieve here, exactly? Did something trigger you to start behaving in this way?


The question, "What evidence would change your mind?" is perfectly reasonable.

It's a proxy for "Does your response to this topic involve trapped-priors?" Most people aren't willing to reveal or acknowledge they have trapped-priors and so it jumps to the end of the conversation where they simply leave. It's saves my time discussing topics by avoiding interactions with close-minded people.


Nobody intelligent. Where you fall on that spectrum is your problem.




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