Data lounge hacks. What are they? Tips for the newbie.

Remember that it is no longer 2022

You've been swept back 35 years in time and the year is now 1987.

I'm 85 but my friends all say I can easily pass for 25.

And FYi: the young ones love hot daddy dick.

R1 haha 1987? Closer to 1962/1963. A lot of the posters here have a distinctly early 60s psychology. The preference for hyper traditional gender roles, the fixation on "WASPs" and various other racial obsessions, the music and movie references.....

If you're not sure, use a spell-checker.

Kittens! DL is all about the kittens!

[quote] The preference for hyper traditional gender roles

Are you kidding? the 2020s are the ones obsessed with traditional gender roles vs. the 80s when being "androgynous" was cool.

Nowadays, if you dont' fit traditional gender roles, you are automatically "trans" or "non binary" or some other bullshit.

R6 I was not referring to the 1980s, which I agree valued androgyny. I'm talking about this early 1960s mentality I see among some posters. Where men who aren't hyper traditionally masculine or women who aren't hyper feminine are trashed relentlessly.

There are only two "a"s in Barbra.

I live for R1 cuntitude. Always disappointed when I don't get to be r1 because I can seriously step my cuntitude right up as required.

Actual question: how do you quote?

You write [quote]

before the text you want to quote r10

OP, all you need to know is that Datalounge is basically a secret underground civilization of people who have never seen the actual world above. The only clues they have to it are some ancient videotapes of the complete series of "I Love Lucy" and "The Golden Girls," and they watch these over and over again, obsessing about them, going over every last detail, and wondering just how life in the sunlit world above can possibly correspond to the details of what they're seeing on the holy videotapes.

Always show homage to pre-1995 New York.

[quote] Always ignore [R1]. It's supposed to be cunty.

Wouldn't my ignore list fill up very fast OP?

Re: the quote function. A paragraph break closes a quote ([/quote] serves no purpose).

Speaking of paragraph breaks, for any lists, you have to have a blank line between each item, otherwise they'll all show up in one line.

Also, to [bold]bold[/bold] or [italic]italicize[/italic] text, the full word ('bold' & 'italic') has to be used in between the square brackets (not [b] or [i], that won't do anything).

You also don't need to put in the square brackets when referring to another poster or reply, just putting the reply number (R prefix and the reply number, not anything else) automatically adds in the brackets.

There's also a forbidden first name that just won't show up in posts (under threat of NYPD action), but it *will* show up in the 'Posted By' field.

[quote]There's also a forbidden first name that just won't show up in posts (under threat of NYPD action), but it *will* show up in the 'Posted By' field.

I've been around here a long time but didn't know this ... is it D-v-da r16?

Nope. Anyway, isn't 💩👠 a Vegas resident?

That's what I thought, r18. Maybe she gets around ...

When making a citation please use APA format.

Only Bill Taylor is allowed to use all caps -on pain of excommunication/ permanent banishment.

Remember that this thread's r1 frequently posts as YourMillennialFriend. He is absolutely obsessed with hating old people, people who didn't go to his alma mater, Princeton, but (presumably) act as if they did, and a reference book called The Preppy Handbook, which he wedges into so many discussions, I'm convinced he's got a box of them which he's flogging on eBay and Amazon Marketplace for $100 a copy.

Wear what you want, but avoid earrings...caftans.

When I first started visiting DataLounge in 1996, I knew a girl who showed me the ropes and DL etiquette. But then she died.

If my friend Julie offers you some advice, you'd do well to do the opposite, because my friend Julie is such a cunt.

Whatever you do, OP, DO NOT get into a small enclosed space with Cheryl. You'll never forget that smell.

Muriel is lovely but be sure to never ask her for anything.

Never speak disparagingly of FOLLIES.

It's WHET, never WENT.

This thread is meaningless without pictures.

To R28...I'm a "BAD BROADWAY GAY MAN", Are u ready.... I never saw "FOLLIES" or "COMPANY" ON BROADWAY. I don't even know WTF it's about, who was in it or care. Both shows Sound Pretentious!! I'm a bad Gay Man!

Ignore that Greg fellow.

Ignore the troll who complains about "Klan Grannies" the second he appears. He is inexhaustible.

When posting about cagemeat that catches Momma's fancy, one must always use a smart simile to describe the current viscosity of Momma's mussy.

Momma’s mussy hisses like a trapped cat.

DL has a FAQ. It'll tell you how to format posts, there's a way to contact someone at DL there, it's got the general gist of the rules, it tells you how to work the settings.

Trying r16's [bold] advice [/bold].

Also keep in mind that discrimination is frowned upon. If you must discriminate though, do ageism. It's pretty much the only discrimination that is still okay and appreciated here.

Call everybody who disagrees with you a “klan granny” and always cry to Muriel when somebody posts a thread that triggers you.

[quote] This thread is meaningless without pictures.

It’s [italic]useless[/italic].

R10, "Actual question: how do you quote?"

Just use the quotation mark on your laptop.

[quote]Call everybody who disagrees with you a “klan granny”

I hate to break it to you, pal, but the only time anyone gets called a Klan Granny is when they're off posting dumb shit in those dumb Meghan Markle threads full of dumb people.

A thread reaches capacity at 600 posts. If a subsequent continuation thread is warranted link to the previous thread in the next one.

R41 bless your heart.

I've seen threads where people were accused as being Klan Grannies, and MM had not been mentioned at all.

e.g. "Why don't you find this guy hot? Are you a Klan Granny?" "Why don't you support trans rights? Are you a Klan Granny?" "Why don't you like tattoos? Are you a Klan Granny?"

[quote]e.g. "Why don't you find this guy hot? Are you a Klan Granny?" "Why don't you support trans rights? Are you a Klan Granny?"

Exactly. When somebody labels others as “klan granny” it is typically an indicator of their emotional and mental instability.

If you knew who was Agnes Moorehead before then you belong here.

If you think someone calling you a name (a rather tame one, by comparison) on DL is "an indicator of mental instability," then maybe DL isn't for you.

I looked up some of those "are you a Klan Granny?" comments and they were all jokes! If you think someone saying "Why isn't Harry Styles on your list of big-dicked celebs? Are you a Klan Granny?" is a serious comment, then DL really IS NOT for you.

[quote]the only time anyone gets called a Klan Granny is when they're off posting dumb shit in those dumb Meghan Markle threads full of dumb people

[quote]I looked up some of those "are you a Klan Granny?" comments and they were all jokes!

People were complaining about someone seriously accusing them of being a Klan Granny r48, and as I said, no one seriously gets accused of that unless there's a reason. Someone might jokingly say "You don't like soup? What are you, a Klan Granny?" but that's not a serious accusation and it was dumb of you to try to "win" your argument on a technicality like that.

"Waah, someone accused me of being a Klan Granny because I use mint-flavored floss!" isn't a serious argument.

Now, that said, and I've said this before, there is also that guy who calls everyone Klan Granny and Boris and who says all trolls on here are secretly Muriel, but that's not a serious accusation, either. Is he still around? I haven't seen him for a while.

My only question: is De-f-to really 💩👠?

OK, so "Klan Granny" is not meant to be taken as a serious accusation. Got it.

Will remember that the next time I see someone tearfully throw that term at someone else, whilst literally shaking. It seems to be a regular run-of-the-mill weekday, so it will be within the next 8 hours, tops.

The most important advice is at the top of the help page, I will quote it here because I know most of you have no idea where to find it.

[quote] Trigger warning! TRIGGER MOTHER FUCKING WARNING!

[quote] This site contains all kinds of pointless shit posted by very peculiar people. You will doubtless be offended, perhaps outraged – that is assuming we are doing our job and you have any sense at all. Those delicate souls who worry about being offended should probably not hang around here. Quite honestly, nobody should hang around here - it is a very bad place full of very bad people posting truly awful things.

Don't PEPPER your post in ALL CAPS. Just because EVERY WORD is not in CAPS doesn't mean you don't look UNHINGED.

OP, R47 R49 is an example of the insufferable DL know-it-all. This sort will get into a pointless debate with multiple posters over a topic, even though their argument is null due to a shitton of evidence to the contrary.

Someone usually pops up in a new thread where hot men are implicated and declares "verificata of sizemeat" Not sure of the provenance of this portmanteau - any one know the history of this?

Have a mother who owns a basement. Live in basement. Fire up laptop to DL. Never leave. Welcome!

Expect each and every thread to be de-railed at some point: AKA the Klan Granny pissing match in this thread.

DL is on its last leg just like Zsa Zsa Gabor.

I'm not a fan of the OCD frau complaints about posts not being in the "proper format". This is a casual board and there are no formats we must follow. This is a place where there's a 100% chance that someone is going to call us all f@ggots with AIDS on a political thread but you want me to think "dead to me" is a rule?? No, sorry.

Never use the word "hack" because that will let the DL know you are a posturing tool.

Remember if you ever see a poster defend an actor or performer that everyone else here hates, they MUST be a PR flack. It isn't humanly possible that they simply don't share the DLs irrational loathing of that famous person.

Remember if you ever see a poster use the expression "DLs (sic) irrational loathing," as R61 has done, that she has a squirrelly axe to grind and is guilty of an overly dramatic, unconvincing redundancy, the cunt.

End your post with "Thread closed." It means that your opinion cannot be disagreed with anymore because you expressed the only valid opinion. If you don't end it with these two words, others may think that they still have something relevant to say when they really don't.

Oh and for God sake when you create a new post with some news, always start it with 'BREAKING'. Everybody will love you for sharing your sensational information. Don't mind that your Breaking sensation is stale after just two hours. For five minutes, you're the hottest shit in town.

I believe you have to comment in a thread for it to hold your place for the next time you visit the thread. Otherwise it always starts you at the top, which is really annoying when there are 500 replies.

But, that said, we hardly want 50 replies in every thread saying, "Just commenting to hold my place".

Post endless links to news stories, as if DL is a news aggregator site. Nobody will know what is going on in the world if you don't post these links. We can't find any news sources on our own. If you post links to news articles here you are the savior of DL! You have informed the world of all the latest happenings! We never would have known without your valuable contributions!

Daily references to "Ordinary People" are expected, normal, and indeed celebrated. You're not an active homosexual on DL until you understand what Buck Might Never Have Done!

The senior senator from South Carolina is a frequent subject/target around here, but only when titled "Lady G" or "La Senatrice."

Barbara Thorndyke is a cunt, a thief, and a lousy writer. Why Miami wants anything to do with her is one of our great unsolved mysteries.

Mrs. Patsy Ramsey isn't dead, nor is she innocent or the least bit tight-lipped on this site. If you spot her in her natural habitat, please no flash photography.

_ "verificata of sizemeat" Not sure of the provenance of this portmanteau -

Is it verificata or verificatia?

If you hate a poster be sure to stalk them through every thread that they post in and either call them Boris or a troll and be sure to post quotes that may or may not be from them from entirely different threads to prove your point.

Except for me, my dance card is full.

And remember, your turn to be Boris WILL come.

It's verificatia.

Keep your eyes open. You don't want to trip over that nacreous layer of permacum.

[quote]. A lot of the posters here have a distinctly early 60s psychology. The preference for hyper traditional gender roles, the fixation on "WASPs" and various other racial obsessions, the music and movie references.....

If two men are walking side by side in public they are GAY. No straight man would ever walk next to another straight man. Straight men walk with their wives, girlfriends or one behind or in front of the other. Never side by side.

OP, here's a thread where we already went through a lot of this recently. It's a great read.

Enjoy!

What R2 said. Dead give-away is the word "slacks". My parents used that word. My living parent is in his 70s.

Post this a lot, if anyone has a different opinion on any topic.

There's always a hall monitor lurking. See R74.

If anything scares you, ask David to hold you.

Giving vicious face slappings and copious amounts of pot are good coping mechanisms.

When you are doing a list, use at least 2 lines of space between words or they will appear on the same line:

On Polls

None of above is

"Vivian Vance"

Never send Darfur Orphan any food but feel free to discuss food with him or use him for entertainment value.

Buck never would've needed tips or hacks!

Except maybe how to swim in a storm.

Follow a thread but when it becomes about racism or antisemitism, as they all do, it's time to bail.

[quote]I believe you have to comment in a thread for it to hold your place for the next time you visit the thread.

Nope. Maybe it has to do with cookie settings?

When smashing a virtual punch bowl on a thread, one must always exclaim "Damn, [italic]damn[/italic], DAMN!"

If someone asks "Is this guy hot?"

9 of 10 times it's usually a FTM (Transman)

Use "R" not "r" when referring to another poster.

Before posting one must present...

Whenever Erna is mentioned you must write in the next post "Shit eating Nazi".

Never mention Prancing Ponies. (Opps!)

All attractive male actors are gay or bi. Addendum: All bi men are really gay.

DL has stupid, non-intuitive formatting. For example, if you want a paragraph break you have to press 'enter' twice. That's not intuitive at all. The quotation function sucks too.

Don't call anyone without a MD a doctor, unless you are subject of DL fave Lilibet, Queen of the Angles and Saxons.

DTM = David Tyler Muir = the most handsome heterosexual newsman and very eligible bachelor.

ATM = Axl Tyler Muir = DTM's son (purebred dog).

R92 Who the hell are you kidding? Nobody cares about those fools!

DTM = Dick To Mouth (done by a top before the butt-bangin')

ATM = Ass To Mouth (done by the bottom after the butt-bangin', and controversially so)

[bold]I feel bold

You MUST watch and quote / discuss this film and whether or not it’s true (and whether or not Faye is a cunt) at least once a year. Usually on Mother’s Day.

Also this one, also on Mother's Day

R93 I’m LOLing. Okay you’re right.

Welcome to the DL...you fat whore!

Mommie Dearest is often invoked not just at Mother's Day but various times of year.

As are fine films from the John Waters oeuvre.

So many on this thread were clearly missing discipline in their young lives.

Those without order and discipline as a child turn out to be directionless homosexuals.....or pint-sized harlots.

A thread will be closed at around 600 posts. If you care about the thread & want it to continue, start a Part ___. Best to name (title) it exactly the same way, except with "Part ___" in the thread title. Post a link to Part ___ when the original thread gets close to 600 posts.

Also, in your Part ___ thread, post a link, in the OP, to the earlier thread.

And if you're the anxious type, be sure to start the Part Two thread when Part One only has about 350 replies to it.

R31 You're not a bad gay man. Just a tiresome one. No one gives a fuck about you or about Filthadelphia.

Misogyny is not a concept we recognize here. If you want to discuss that - feel free to wander over to LChat or to the gay subreddits where SJWs will gladly incorporate the evils of misogyny into their discussions of gay male life. Otherwise, GET OFF OUR LAWN.

I was at a grocery store pre-pandemic and when this song came on....well, I never saw so much cellulite in motion in my life.

I ran from the store screaming.

ha, wrong thread!

The insult you FAT WHORE is always to be taken tongue-in-cheek.

If you’re going to ignore a poster, you absolutely must announce “BLOCKED!!!11!” or the block function doesn’t work. It’s a glitch, but you must announce and flounce.

When someone fucks up like r101 and proves he didn’t read the thread, he MUST be called out with either

R101, are you also r42; or

R101, see r42.

It’s brutal when it gets to hundreds of responses.

R107

Correct - it is an all purpose endearment/insult/salutation.

Sometimes a fat whore IS a fat whore. Sometimes it's a skinny bitch.

Also, posts about fast food, baked items or other gluttonous fare should have a title that starts with FAT WHORES REJOICE!

R108 is correct.

But also, when someone like R108 makes that comment, someone else will call her a filthy cunt, or frau, or complain that she has no life and is policing the thread.

I also neglected to mention that FAT WHORE should always be capitalized.

R107/R111 types fat.

One more FAT WHORE! related item.

Sometimes, if someone posts about a decadent meal, or wanting to eat [something indulgent or trashy or both] in one sitting, they will then sign their post....

to which (hopefully) the Darfur Orphan will reply

Never rinse your pasta. Never drain your pasta. To be safe, just don't eat pasta at all!

better yet, avoid food

[quote] Misogyny is not a concept we recognize here. If you want to discuss that - feel free to wander over to LChat or to the gay subreddits where SJWs will gladly incorporate the evils of misogyny into their discussions of gay male life. Otherwise, GET OFF OUR LAWN

I will add that [italic]everyone[/italic] gets bashed on the DL. Doesn’t matter what ethnic group, sex or anything else. Stereotypical negative tropes will be used, invective flung until you run screaming from the thread.. No group is protected here.

Apparently, there is a slang term for foreskin. I'm sorry, I don't know if it's one word or two words, so you'll just have to chance it. It's either "stanksleeve" or "stank sleeve".

Pretend to agree with a proposition, but say it can't be done in a faux reasonable tone to discourage a losing political discussion. Do this if you're a right-wing newbie.

If Matt Damon comes up it is either sweet stuff or a total bitch

rescue-chick is the only straight female we have any respect for here. She’s wholeheartedly welcomed.

Don’t fuck with rescue-chick.

but, if you do, make it funny!

and, awww r121!

Lose the caftan, sweetie. It's all about muumuus this season.

Personally r123, I have moved on to caped jackets.

Shelley Hack! Duh!

This. Never. Happened.

This. Always. Happens!

This is why they hate us

SLAP THEIR FACE VICIOUSLY

If you've never seen it, you [bold]must watch Lucy's "Mame." There are periodic threads analyzing this film.

R130 And Bette Midler's "Gypsy."

Fleetwood Mac's "Gypsy" gets a lot less love, I'm afraid.

[Quote] Pretend to agree with a proposition, but say it can't be done in a faux reasonable tone to discourage a losing political discussion. Do this if you're a right-wing newbie.

Lol your analysis of trolls and advice are well articulated. Well done!

Ignore the Previous Thread Nazis.These Helpful Hannahs scour DL with every thread and are just sweetly being their bitter sour selves.