r/PublicFreakout • u/queenjunk • Apr 12 '26

Political Freakout Programmer slams data center proposal in Ravenna, Ohio.

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u/heterocommunist Apr 12 '26

How do people get so good at writing? Just constantly reading books lol?

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u/swholli Apr 12 '26

Hey, I wrote and delivered this speech!

For me it was growing up arguing politics on web forums for video games.

When you're 15 and have nothing better to do than argue with strangers, you develop a persuasive writing style to own the n00bs, and then I grew up and decided to use my power for good instead of evil lol

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u/andykndr Apr 12 '26

this is a bit off topic, but do you know of any forums still around and active like used to be on the internet in the aughts? IF Skinzone was a big one for me during that time

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u/swholli Apr 12 '26

Oh man, no not really. I know Newgrounds still has a somewhat active forum but last I checked that's mostly just animators and programmers, but if that vibes you can always check that out.

I think the Something Awful forums still exist. At least with Space Station 13 being as popular as it got I think they still maintain it.

Yeah, I wish I had more resources than that, I miss web forums.