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My Next Door Neighbor Grows Weed in Their Greenhouse

A kid's nosy discovery about his neighbor's greenhouse turns into a full-blown pothead ethics seminar.

A young member (likely early teens, per other posters' remarks) shared that his neighbor was growing marijuana in a backyard greenhouse, sparking a sprawling Debating thread about whether to steal it, ask for some, snitch to police, or leave it alone entirely. The thread devolves into stoner community lore, some members bragging about their own smoking habits, a wild cautionary tale about grow-op dangers, and a few voices urging basic decency ('don't steal from a fellow stoner'). Classic mid-2000s off-topic forum chaos: equal parts dumb, funny, and mildly concerning given some posters' apparent age.

Don't steal from a fellow stoner, its not right - Just ask him if you cn buy some herb off him, and then ask if he fancys a blaze sometime.— rynth

you know he's growing weed you don't know what else he's doing.— hienrick

Does everyone here smoke weed or do you just say so because you think its cool?— banak

"Noname=grav1ty" — the thread that called out a mod-in-waiting

A banned noob dug up an admin's old rant to sink his co-mod bid — and made a poll out of it.

A user posting under the name 'Xooc' (Group: Banned) revived an old quote from 'GraV1ty', apparently taken from a related community (FKN, i.e. fkn0wned), to argue that GraV1ty was too immature and hypocritical to be trusted with co-moderator status on Gametration.com. The post included an attached negative-only poll asking members their attitude toward 'noname', framing it as exposing an admin's past behavior. It's a small but telling flare-up of forum politics and cross-community drama between two linked cheat-scene sites.

your the scum bitch, kissing cokes ass— GraV1ty (quoted by Xooc)

if you prove it. I WILL NEVER LOG BACK ON FKN AGAIN.— Xooc

This person is an admin on this forum. ... I think it speaks for itself.— Xooc

The Best Virus/Trojan? (2007 copy-paste malware thread)

A 2007 thread where members traded copy-paste batch/VBS nastiness like baseball cards — "on your own risk!!"

Started in Off-Topic's Debating subforum in January 2007, this thread asked members to share their favorite virus or trojan code, to be pasted directly into Notepad and run at the poster's own risk. One reply dumped a lengthy, destructive batch/VBS script (complete with the EICAR test string, antivirus-killing routines, and self-propagation via IRC/P2P folders) framed as being for 'informational purposes only.' The thread has the classic mid-2000s edgy-forum energy: reckless bravado, jokes about frying people's PCs, and at least one member earnestly asking how to actually run the thing. It's a good time capsule of that era's casual, legally-dubious script-kiddie culture before forums got more careful about hosting this stuff.

What is the best virus/trojan you knows?? use the .EXE or notpad methode so all can use them ON THERE OWNS RISK!— prinz

ok sounds cool how do i make it work??? so do you just copy and paste into notepad then what?— euphoria

mmmm i can see it kills the big virus protectors so even if they do get it off with a virus protector it will just remake itself XD— retarded_elephant69

Is Osama Bin Laden Already Dead? (2008 Prophecy Thread)

Fkn0wned's resident 14-year-old historians debate whether Bin Laden was dead, faked, or a CIA plant — three years before he actually was found.

A 2008 Off-Topic/Debating thread kicked off by member Industry speculating that Osama Bin Laden might already be dead and that his videos/appearances were pre-recorded or faked, possibly with government complicity. The thread meanders through classic mid-2000s internet conspiracy terrain: CIA-trained-Bin-Laden theories, Bush-family conspiracy talk, Fahrenheit 9/11 references, a lengthy amateur Six-Day-War history lesson from a self-described '14-year-old', and general Iraq War blame-trading. It's a low-stakes, sprawling political debate typical of forum off-topic culture, running to at least two pages with sporadic posts over months.

Osama Bin Laden is Americas' spy the C.I.A trained him to be the best of the best.— PsychoChris

it doesn't matter whether he's alive or dead anyway, that's irrellevant to the fact that this whole war is AMERICA'S FAULT— NeVeRbEbLoOd

More than likely locked up somewhere never to be seen again.— Shake

[POTW] #1 - Should the USA Pull Out of Iraq?

The very first Poll of the Week turned Fkn0wned's Debating subforum into a mini Iraq War roundtable.

This thread launched a new recurring feature on Fkn0wned.com called 'Poll of the Week' (POTW), kicked off by supervisor DCLXVI in the Off-Topic > Debating section. The inaugural question asked whether the USA should pull out of Iraq, with strict rules requiring 'serious discussions only' and meaningful replies rather than one-liners. The vote closed with 20 votes (71.43%) for 'Yes' and 8 votes (28.57%) for 'No,' out of 28 total votes, and DCLXVI later closed the thread once the poll week ended.

Should the United States of America pull out of Iraq?— DCLXVI

Serious discussions only, violations lead to an immediate warning— DCLXVI

Global Warming - Are We Really That Arrogant? (6th thread on the topic)

The 6th (yes, sixth) global warming thread on the forum — last guy who tried this got banned.

A 2007 Off-Topic Debating thread kicked off by dainbramaged citing a fringe theory (warming on Mars proves Earth's climate change is solar, not human-caused) and calling forum members 'retards' for buying into CO2-driven warming. Replies range from half-informed tangents about volcanoes, ash, and the ozone layer to outright apathy, with one member noting this was already the sixth time this exact debate had cropped up and the last instigator got banned for it. The thread fizzles into jokes about V8 engines, stealing NASA rockets, and general 'don't give a fuck' energy rather than resolving anything.

Global Warming isn't entirely caused by co2 emissions, you retards.— dainbramaged

Fucking 6th thread about global warming, last person that started debating about global warming was banned...— Peski-Ruski

haha i would steal a rocket from NASA that would be much easier and cheaper— olie22

God and Religion: 2007 Debating Board Existential Ramble

A cheat-scene forum's teenage philosophers take on the existence of God, the Big Bang, and each other's grammar.

A December 2007 Debating board thread where hunterbrute224 kicks off a classic late-night existential ramble asking whether God exists and why religion mixes with government. What follows is a sprawling, half-earnest half-shitposting back-and-forth between regulars debating faith vs. science, the Big Bang, evolution, and personal belief, with olie22 and Peski-Ruski trading the most heated (and increasingly personal, grammar-mocking) exchanges. It's a good snapshot of the forum's off-topic culture: gamer teens playing at philosophy, mixing genuine reflection with trolling, sarcasm, and casual crudeness typical of the era.

Is there a god? Is it even possible and if so who made god?— hunterbrute224

I am a person of Science Science is FACT. Bring me evidence that God is real and Il convert.— -Shikari-

fuck you i have proof but as if ima tell someone like you its upto you to find the truth.— olie22

Why Do People Say 'Gay' as an Insult? (2007 Debate)

A 2007 forum debate about casual homophobia turns into a surprisingly earnest back-and-forth on why people used 'gay' as an insult.

User banak opened a debate thread questioning why people casually used 'gay' as an insult and whether that reflected real dislike of homosexuals. The thread got redirected toward the board's dedicated rant section but continued anyway, with members like Peski-Ruski giving a lengthy, thoughtful take on social conditioning and casual bigotry, while others (olie22, -Shikari-, Looter) gave more flippant or dismissive responses. The tone swings between genuine reflection and typical mid-2000s forum jokes and jabs, ending in some lighthearted needling between banak and Peski-Ruski.

I do not think it is potentially wrong to be homosexual, but it is wrong in my little world.— Peski-Ruski

a walking askjeeves.com— -Shikari-

We humans are cruel..— banak

Godzilla Vs. King Kong

27 votes, zero draws, and a Godzilla-nerd flame war over kaiju facts

A classic off-topic debate thread with a poll pitting Godzilla against King Kong, drawing the usual mix of one-liners, movie trivia, and tangents. Godzilla edged out King Kong in the poll (16 to 11, no draws), with members arguing over radioactive breath weapons, opposable thumbs, and who 'pwned' whom in the films. It devolved briefly into a side-spat between two posters over who actually knew their Godzilla lore, calling each other a 'nerd' and a 'loser' in classic forum fashion. Pure low-stakes Off-Topic/Debating filler, but a fun snapshot of the community's casual banter style.

Godzilla: pwz0ring n00bz since 1953.— The Moose

King Kong would rip Godzilla's ass apart.— ollopA

Closeted nerd with over 200 posts is a nerd.— Me_again

Graffiti: Art or Vandalism?

A staffer shows up just to tell the OP his 'throw-up' pic isn't even a real throw-up

A late-2007 Off-Topic/Debating thread where a member polls the board on whether graffiti counts as art, vandalism, or both, illustrating with photobucket-hosted example images. Most posters land on 'both' — skilled, time-invested pieces are art, quick tags or crude scrawls are vandalism — with a running side-debate about who actually has to pay to clean it up. The thread takes a sharper turn when staff member Bucketface wades in to correct the OP's graffiti terminology and questions whether he does graffiti at all, prompting Peski-Ruski to needle him back about his own posted work.

Ok, firstly, shut up. That "Throw up" you posted isnt a throw up. It's a really shit tag.— Bucketface

Post some of your shit Bucket, I loved the stuff that you posted earier on.— Peski-Ruski

It IS both, really. Some people are fucking serious about graffiti... Then there's just many fuckers who just spray "fuck you" and "vagina" or whatever.— The Moose

POTW #5: Has Christmas Gradually Been Spoilt?

Christmas Day 2007, and fkn0wned's Debating forum is arguing about commercialism, religion, and a real-life tragedy — all in the same thread.

This is the fifth 'Poll of the Week' thread, posted by co-manager Shifty on Christmas Day 2007, asking whether Christmas had lost its original meaning to consumerism. Members gave earnest, thoughtful replies weighing religious tradition against commercial excess, with olie22 bringing up a shocking real-world violent crime that happened on Christmas Day in Australia. The tone is reflective and civil, a snapshot of the forum's more serious Off-Topic side away from the usual cheat and gaming talk.

Should Christmas be celebrated simple and for the religious reason without getting totally pissed out of your face on cheap wine and spending hundreds on presents that in a year or 2 will be forgotten or broke.— Shifty

You used to get gifts to celibrate Jesus, now you get it so you can celebrate christmas.— ri0t

The Christians invented christmas over the winter solstice, a pagan celebration of the rebirth of the sun when they were trying to erraticate other religions to spread their own.— cedars

The Hardest Thing You've Ever Done

A debate thread about tough moments spirals into weed, 911 calls, and pizza-boy World Cup trash talk.

An Off-Topic/Debating thread where members shared personal stories about the hardest or most intense things they'd experienced. The conversation drifts into a chaotic anecdote from staffer 'Industry' about witnessing a bike accident, calling 911, and having to dodge cops due to weed on him and a friend. This spins off into unrelated banter about national sports pride (USA, Italy, Argentina) tied to soccer/basketball bragging rights, typical of the forum's loose, joke-heavy off-topic culture.

we ran down to see if he was ok, and then i ran all the way up the hill and around the corner to my friends house to call 911. i almost puked it was crazy...then when the cops came we had to sprint back ot his house because i had an ounce of weed on me and he had a bowl.— Industry

Might rape us but what about the pizza boys in italy and argentina they didnt rape them— mad tag

RuneScape Premium Debate Contest

One day, one debate thread, one month of RS premium on the line — staffer Don Ruski throws down the gauntlet.

A staff member, Don Ruski, launched a mini-contest in the Debating subforum: members had roughly 24 hours to start a 'sensible debate' thread that drew views from 10 different people, with a month of RuneScape premium membership as the prize. He set a hard deadline (midnight, January 6, 2008) and warned that spamming or low-effort 'party shagger' attempts would earn warnings, quoting another figure named Shifty on the consequences of racking up too many. It's a small, characteristic snapshot of the forum's incentive-driven off-topic culture, where staff nudged the userbase toward quality discussion using game-currency-adjacent prizes.

Alright so guys this is your lucky day, impress me.— Don Ruski

Some can't afford 3 warnings, ya, that's tough shit, live with it.— Shifty (quoted by Don Ruski)

[POTW] #3 - Is Global Warming Just a Hoax?

The old cheat forum's 'Poll of the Week' where gamers argued climate science between rounds of BF2 and CS:S.

This was the third installment of Fkn0wned.Com's 'Poll of the Week' series, posted in the Off-Topic > Debating subforum, asking members whether global warming was real or a hoax. The community voted mostly 'No' (12 to 5), and the discussion that followed was a fairly earnest back-and-forth about whether individual action mattered and how best to spread awareness, rather than a full-blown flame war. Regular members Don Ruski (a Supervisor with Godfather-tier post count) and The Moose (1000 Club member) traded measured takes, with a bit of the era's classic forum bravado thrown in for flavor.

I AM RIGHT, BITCHES! MWAHHAHAHAHA!!— The Moose

The point is to spread the message, find a video or a short source that will explain Global Warming briefly and will tell you how you can help out.— Don Ruski

Makes me mad

A radio debate about a care worker's murder sparks a raw 2007 argument over sympathy, blame, and mental illness.

Supervisor Shifty. opens a Debating-forum thread venting about a UK radio segment discussing a case where a schizophrenic man killed a female care worker sent alone to deliver bad news. He's angry that callers on the show expressed sympathy for the attacker while ignoring the victim, and asks the board whether the man should face prison or psychiatric treatment. A couple of replies follow, with members agreeing the man is dangerous and should be institutionalized, and another suggesting the employer should be sued for negligence. It's a short, blunt early-forum debate thread typical of the site's Off-Topic Debating section.

Fucking bitch, you should be feeling sorry for the innocent women who was killed because her boss can't do his job correctly.— Shifty.

dude thats fucking bullshit. if i was that employees family i would sue the fuck out of her employer— Jack Daniels

he has to get to a jail ( mental section ) he is a psycho and he can't control his body— rnie

Search Engines - Which One Fits You?

A poll thread about search engines that half the replies just used to roast the OP

A simple poll asking members to vote for their preferred search engine, with Google predictably dominating the results (22 of 24 votes). The replies mostly consist of members piling on to mock the thread itself as a weak, non-existent 'debate' for the Debating subforum, while a handful still weighed in with genuine takes favoring Google or Dogpile. A low-stakes, filler-ish thread that mainly survives as a snapshot of forum banter and community pecking order rather than any real controversy.

LEARN TO SPELL WHICH PLEASE. This isn't even an argument, Google is the over running search engine for anyone... stop making threads in the debate section that suck.— Arcade

This is a debating section ffs.— [LiP]STicK.

Again, another weak and borderline "debate".— Astrea

Spanish in the U.S.A, WTF?

A wall of copy-pasted census stats turns into a 2007 off-topic slapfight about immigration and language.

Saintscrumpy opened the Debating subforum with a long, uncredited block of pasted statistics about Spanish-language use and demographics in the U.S., then capped it off with an all-caps rant asking whether Americans should learn Spanish or immigrants should learn English. The replies were short, blunt, and largely dismissive, veering quickly into crude generalizations about Mexican immigrants rather than engaging with the pasted material. It's a fairly typical mid-2000s gaming-forum 'debate' thread: a copy-paste wall used as a launchpad for casual, unmoderated culture-war opinions from regulars like Arcade, Eckos, and Jack Daniels.

ITS OUR FUCKING COUNTRY, MEXICO MIGHT AS WELL BE OUR 51 STATE!— Saintscrumpy

All I say is cut my grass and they sure do understand that.— Arcade

White is right.— Eckos

Should Parents be able to punish their Kids by Spanking?

Old-school forum debate: was getting your ass beat as a kid actually character-building?

A Debating subforum thread from Fkn0wned.Com's Off-Topic section where a member named cstrikerose opened a poll and discussion on whether spanking is legitimate parental discipline. Most repliers leaned pro-spanking, sharing personal anecdotes about being disciplined as kids (spankings, soap-in-mouth, belts) and arguing it built character or 'GMV' (good moral values), with a poll splitting close to 47/53 against spanking being brought back mainstream. The tone is casual, jokey, and a bit edgy in classic mid-2000s forum fashion, including a random non-sequitur from a co-manager about not liking incest.

Spanking the shit out of your kid GMV.— Nerf

i was a little shit when i was young if the spankings didnt work the soap did— jcomp6

I don't like incest.— Shifty

[POTW] #2 - Will China Be the New World Superpower?

A 2007 debate thread argues whether China will out-power the USA — spoiler: it gets ugly fast.

This was the second 'Poll of the Week' in the Debating subforum, asking members whether China would become the next world superpower. The discussion started with genuine geopolitical and economic arguments about China's population, economy, and historical standing, but quickly devolved into racially charged jabs and school-yard sniping between members. A couple of more thoughtful late replies (from user 'skl') brought it back to a serious historical/economic analysis before the poll was closed as expired. Final vote: majority said 'No', a large minority 'Yes', and some undecided.

They are many people in "a little area" so the USA can bomb many asians fast— banak

You know what intelligence is? 1 asian > 1000 times you— Don Ruski

China is going to be a superpower. It's not a question of 'if' but 'when.'— skl

Turbo-SuperCharger or SuperCharger

A gaming forum's 'Debating' board briefly turned into a full-on car-tuning classroom.

In the Off-Topic Debating section, member olie22 kicked off a surprisingly detailed breakdown of turbochargers vs. superchargers, only to have most of the board admit they had no idea what he was talking about. The broken four-option poll became a running joke, and a couple of gearhead regulars (Goodapollo, HaSh, Uncensor3d, Jack Daniels) waded in with real drag-racing and drifting takes that escalated into a mini-argument about drivetrains and race starts. Classic off-topic derail energy: a niche car-nerd info-dump colliding with a community mostly there for CS and hacks.

I meant to vote for no idea what you are on about, but accidently voted for all.— sammo

omfg obviously all u guys live in cities on half acre blocks just am assumption— olie22

i think tbh youre talking out your ass.— Jack Daniels

The meaning of life

A CS:S staffer asks the forum's cheaters and traders what life is actually for — replies range from god to hypocrisy to pure evolutionary chance.

Staff member AKULA opens a philosophical thread in the Debating subforum, asking why people work, fear death, and chase things like love and iPhones, offering his own answer of love, kids, and happiness. Replies span the spectrum: Peski-Ruski gives a dense meditation on hypocrisy and human greed, Industry credits glorifying god (while joking about wanting a gaming PC), and cedars takes a hard evolutionary/no-inherent-meaning stance. It's a fairly earnest, low-drama Off-Topic debate thread typical of the board's Debating section, with members clarifying they're not being 'emo' for engaging with the question.

Find the love of your life, kids, happiness. And the meaning of life will come to you.— AKULA

For me the meaning of life means living another day to get some use out of this world.— Peski-Ruski

I don't think there is a meaning to life... I guess it's just chance that everything over the past hundreds of millions of years formed to what we have now.— cedars

Which Political Party Do You Believe In?

Teenage CS:S forum kids duke it out over Labour, Liberal, and the SNP in 2007

A 2007 Debating board thread where members from the UK, Australia, and elsewhere shared which political party they supported and why, ranging from earnest teenage takes on Labour's NHS and minimum wage policies to Australian economic bragging about Liberal under John Howard. A few members opted out entirely, backing niche or joke positions like the Legalize Cannabis Party or Scotland's SNP. The tone is casual and a bit naive, typical of young gamers dabbling in grown-up topics, with some pushback on oversimplified claims about racism in politics.

I dont believe in any political party. I support the legalize cannabis party.— Mort

so fuck labour, liberal owns.— Uncensor3d

When you're rich, you're more than likely going to support the party which lets you keep more of your wealth.— Astrea

Learn English Retards

A forum newbie tried to grammar-police the entire board — it went about as well as you'd expect.

A low-post-count member named Aoon opened a thread scolding the whole community for spelling and grammar mistakes, telling people to 'go back to school.' The regulars immediately clapped back, pointing out the internet isn't an exam and mocking the idea of a self-appointed grammar teacher. The thread devolved into typical off-topic ribbing before staff (Shifty) closed it for turning into a spam fest.

None of you can write a single paragraph without making some spelling or grammatical error. You retards seriously need to go back to school and get your grade school diploma.— Aoon

the internet is not a exam.— laptops

ooooh...i think we got a middle school English teacher here now...shit somebody ban him before he starts teaching us about adverbs and pronouns!!— Industry

I r did it again.

A guy brags about pulling off something shady again — and the thread turns into a roast about show-off posts and split profits.

A page-2 continuation of a 2007 Debating thread where a member's vague brag ('I r did it again') gets called out by regulars as a likely show-off post with nothing behind it. Trained Noob half-jokingly suggests trading a Steam account for whatever was done, while The Moose and supervisor Don Ruski (Peski-Ruski) rib the original poster for probably not replying and jokingly demand a 50% cut. Light, sarcastic back-and-forth typical of the forum's Off-Topic banter rather than any real drama.

I get the feeling he won't answer, *cough* show-off thread.— Don Ruski

SELL it back to the one you stole it from, you can split the profit with me.. I'm serious, you can have 50% omgZ!— The Moose

swap a steam acc for it (IMG: style_emoticons/default/smile.gif ) im being serious— mad tag

Recording Software Poll

A simple 'what do you record with' thread quietly spirals into a warez-vs-antivirus spat

banak opens a casual poll in the Debating subforum asking what screen recording software people prefer, kicking off replies favoring Fraps, Camtasia, Gamecam, and Blueberry Flashback. The thread's real energy comes from a side-tangent about using a cracked version of Flashback and whether antivirus software is even necessary, with Seaking taking the contrarian 'only fools need AV' stance against Peski-Ruski and banak. It's a small, low-stakes 2007 forum debate typical of the site's Off-Topic section, ending with olie22 dropping a quick Fraps vote and drifting off-topic to Virtual DJ.

Warez ftw anyone?— Seaking

I have the cracked version of it. And only fools need anti viruses.— Seaking

tbh I think that only fools don't use AV— banak

Your Favourite Way to Enjoy Mary J.

A 2007 Debating board thread that started as a weed chat and ended in a Smirnoff-and-Maltesers confession.

Posted in the Debating subforum in November 2007, this short thread asked members how they liked to enjoy 'Mary J.' (marijuana), with rynth kicking things off describing a weed-and-tobacco spliff mix. The thread quickly derailed into jokes about vodka and drunken nights before Peski-Ruski tried to steer it back on topic. A handful of regulars from the [1K] 1000 Club chimed in with quips, and it wound down with Industry giving a plain 'just smoke it, kids' take. It's a small, casual slice of the forum's off-topic culture rather than any major event.

Lol I just hit my bottle of Vodka— Peski-Ruski

This thread is so jacked. But serious now, talk about MJ— Peski-Ruski

just smoke it kids! weed! it'll get you high— Industry

'Humane' or 'human'?

A dorm-room debate about Nazis, dictionaries, and whether cruelty is just human nature spirals through a 2007 off-topic thread.

Peski-Ruski opens a semantics debate about whether 'humane' and 'human' are meaningfully connected, using the Holocaust as an example to argue that cruelty is as much a human trait as kindness is. The thread draws a handful of regulars into genuine (if muddled) philosophical back-and-forth about language and morality, alongside a couple of off-color jokes and a drive-by insult from a banned user. It fizzles out after about ten replies with the usual forum shrug of 'nothing better to do.'

humans aren't automatically created as "humane" so there fore it is a characteristic we have to achieve ourselves.— Industry

I think that every human here is a human, but not all is humane— banak

Kill yourself you russian pole smoker.— frames2000

Guitar Hero 3

Fkn0wned debates whether Guitar Hero counts as "real" skill, argues about Queen vs. QOTSA, and demands more metal on the tracklist.

A laid-back Off-Topic/Debating thread from late October 2007 where Jack Bauer asks members if they've picked up Guitar Hero 3 and what they think of it compared to earlier entries. Replies range from hype over the setlist (Velvet Revolver, calls for more metal) to a running joke where sammo keeps asking if Queen is on the game and gets mixed up with Queens of the Stone Age. Teddybearhair throws in the era's classic contrarian take that real guitar skills beat 'virtual' ones, sparking a little pushback but no real drama. Overall it's a casual, good-natured hangout thread typical of the forum's Off-Topic culture.

Guitar Hero sucks. Buy a guitar and learn to play that. Then you have real skills not "Virtual" Skills and you might have achieved something..— Teddybearhair

duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude it will be epic and ill think im good but i....... SUCK!— Jack Daniels

they need more metal. they cant put slayer on it and expect that to be enough.— -Still Life-

Sex vs. Chocolate vs. Beer poll thread

A 2007 poll asked fkn0wned to rank life's finest pleasures — sex won in a landslide, but the beer and chocolate loyalists weren't backing down.

A classic Off-Topic/Debating poll thread from October 2007 pitting sex, chocolate, and beer against each other, with sex taking a commanding 70%+ of the vote. The 'debate' quickly devolved into low-effort one-liners and jokes rather than actual argument, prompting a couple of regulars to call it out as pointless spam. Still, it's a snapshot of the forum's casual, joke-heavy Off-Topic culture where silly polls doubled as social hangout threads.

This is not a debate... This is... Spam...— Peski-Ruski

i prefer sex with chocolate =O— fatsanta

wtf people prefer chocolate and beer over sex. I don't no where use are from but thats fucked up— Uncensor3d

Breast Debate

2006's most pressing scientific inquiry: small, average, large, or 'outrageously huge' — the forum weighs in.

A December 2006 Off-Topic thread in which founder-tier member Reverend posted a lineup of images spanning breast sizes and invited the forum to debate their preference, admittedly calling it 'the dumbest thread ever made.' Replies ranged from simple size picks to more considered takes on perkiness versus sag, with staff and regular members alike weighing in. A pretty standard slice of mid-2000s gaming-forum off-topic culture — juvenile, image-heavy, and unapologetically low-stakes.

May be the dumbest thread ever made so be dumb with me...do it..do it...DO IT— .::1337::.Reverend

I don't like floppy tits.— Rockforce

id say average, i dont like giant boobs, they look so fake they r almost repulsive to me— darkmagi1509

Indians - Debating Thread

A poster quotes a racist YouTube comment to 'defend' Indians, and the Debating forum runs wild with curry jokes, call-centre gripes, and some actual (badly-formatted) sincerity.

In November 2007, member Afreak started a thread reacting to a bigoted YouTube comment conflating Hindus, Muslims, and terrorism, quoting it at length and pushing back point by point. The thread's early posts got derailed by confusion over where the quoted rant ended and Afreak's own words began, drawing accusations of being 'an insensitive prick' before he clarified with a source link. From there the discussion drifted into the usual Off-Topic grab-bag: shopkeeper stereotypes, jokes about curry, call-centre workers using anglicized names, and a mix of genuinely reflective and casually offensive takes on Indian and Muslim identity — a fairly typical mid-2000s gaming-forum 'debate' thread.

your retarded. Hindus arent terrorists. you know absolutely nothing of what your talking about.— -Still Life-

Dude i am defending indians and quoting what someone said on you tube! Read my post before criticising me!— Afreak

i love indians— Looter

Aliens - Real or What?

2006 forum philosophers debate little green men between rounds of CS 1.6 and BF2

A casual off-topic debate thread from 2006 where members mused on whether extraterrestrial life exists. Most agreed aliens probably exist given the sheer size of the universe, with a few posters (Mort, zyX) getting surprisingly technical about probability, cosmic timescales, and panspermia theories. Lighthearted replies about 'green heads' and dream visitors kept the tone playful rather than serious. A pretty typical Debating-board thread: gamers killing time with a big questions like everyone else did back then.

if we were the only ones in the universe then that would just be fucked up.— Janza

No of course they all walk around with huge ass green heads, They come to me in my sleep— doobie5

The universe is TOO LARGE! Geezuz. Too fucking big.— zyX

Significance of Slang in Every Day Life

A cheat-forum debating board tries to figure out if 'motherfucker' and 'mothafucka' are actually different words

A November 2007 thread in the Debating subforum, spun off from an earlier Graffiti thread, where members argued whether altered spellings of profanity (like 'motherfucker' vs 'mothafucka') carry genuinely different meanings or emotional weight. It drifts between semi-serious linguistics (comparing it to 'to/two/too'), personal anecdotes about being called names, and a Tupac quote about the difference between 'niggaz' and 'niggers'. Pretty typical early-2010s-forum off-topic debate energy: a mix of thoughtful points, dumb jokes, and casually offensive language treated as a philosophical exercise.

does altered spellings change the actual meaning of the word as a whole?— Industry

FUCK YOU SLUTWHORE Of course I wouldn't get offended, this is the internet.— Peski-Ruski

I believe altered spelling does change the meaning. Take the words "to", "two" and "too".— Eckos

Favorite game to play stoned?

Old CoD4 vs Guitar Hero debate: what did fkn0wned actually boot up when baked?

A casual Off-Topic/Debating poll-thread from late 2007 asking members what game they liked to play while stoned, with a poll splitting votes mostly toward FPS and music games. Replies ranged from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare picks to staff joking that Guitar Hero gets disorienting, to a nostalgic nod toward the old PS1 game Descent. Low-stakes, laid-back thread typical of the forum's stoner/gamer off-topic culture, with a mix of regular members and staff chiming in.

guitar hero is hard ot play stoned! even un-stoned after awhile it looks like everything is going up lol— Industry

That game is just a trip to the past, and it looks better then any new games when your drunk/stoned.— anthrax_hax

Debate Section Rules

The rules post that kept lazy 'discuss...' threads from tanking the Debating forum

A staff-posted rules thread for the Off-Topic > Debating subforum on Fkn0wned.Com, laying out the minimum standard for starting a debate thread. Co-Manager 'Shifty' set the tone, warning that low-effort threads (just a title with no actual argument) would earn the poster warnings and possibly a ban. A staff member, Don Ruski, followed up months later, and the post was last updated in December 2007. It's a small but telling snapshot of how the forum's staff tried to keep even the off-topic corners from turning into pure shitposting.

This is a debate section ffs, at least create a decent argument.— Shifty

The person who created the thread will receive 3 warnings which some people can't afford and if it results in a ban then that is tough shit.— Shifty

Peak Oil

A cheat forum's Debating subforum takes a swing at global oil depletion theory, 2007-style.

In the Debating subforum, member valucard opens with a chunk of copied text from a peak oil doomsday site, predicting resource wars and industrial collapse, then asks what other members think. A handful of regulars (Eckos, skl, sammo) push back with varying degrees of skepticism about the severity of the prediction, while valucard defends the doom-and-gloom angle across a few replies. It's a short, fairly civil back-and-forth typical of the era's off-topic forum debate culture, sandwiched between the site's usual gaming and cheat-scene sections.

Personally were fucked, gas prices are already rising, we'll have a ton of resource wars, lose all our current, oil-using technology, and go back to the 19th century.— valucard

Fretting over peak oil is like fretting over whale...— skl

What is the Best Email? (2007 Debating thread)

Gmail vs Hotmail vs Yahoo vs... Horde mail? The great 2007 email wars of Fkn0wned's Debating forum.

A lighthearted 2007 thread in the Debating subforum where members traded opinions on which email provider reigned supreme — Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, and even the obscure 'Horde mail' all got shoutouts. No real debate or drama, just casual back-and-forth about storage space and ease of use, the kind of low-stakes filler chat typical of the Off-Topic section. Staff members and long-time posters weighed in alongside regular members, giving it a relaxed, everybody's-here vibe.

Does it really matter what email is better? They all pretty much do the same thing.— waLLa

Horde mail ftw.— -Still Life-

Music! (why heavy metal?) - page 4

A months-old genre-war thread limps into its 4th page arguing rap vs metal

A long-running Off-Topic music debate thread on Fkn0wned's Debating subforum, where members argued over musical taste, with heavy metal and rap being the main flashpoints. By this fourth page the discussion had settled into a mellow back-and-forth about acquired tastes, with member Industry (posting under the Banned group) trading quips with Reflector. Nothing dramatic, just a slow-burning taste debate typical of the forum's off-topic culture.

For those of you that know what an "Oxymoron" is, you'll get this. Rap-Music.— Reflector

all the musical tastes need to be acquired, its kinda like coffee or beer, you either like it or hate it.— Industry

And the tinhats get vindication: Spy satellites

Domestic spy satellites turned on US soil — the tinfoil hat crowd says 'told you so'

A thread in the Debating subforum linking a 2007 MSNBC article about a (then-shelved) US government program to use spy satellites domestically. The OP frames it as vindication for 'tinhat' conspiracy types and asks whether it's another erosion of civil liberties, sparking a mild political/philosophical discussion. Typical of the Debating board's occasional dips into real-world news and government-surveillance paranoia amid the usual gaming-forum crowd.

Its on hold now, but it was certainly in the works and may yet go through... For me, I could see it being used for a real threat, but certainly not preemptively. Is this another nail in the coffin of civil liberties?— 1 K Wonder

something ive never understood.

Old heads pondering why some CS:S players never seem to log off the server.

A short, casual Off-Topic/Debating thread on Fkn0wned.Com where members mused about players who rack up absurd hours sitting in the same Counter-Strike: Source server. The tone is light and jokey rather than heated, with posters riffing on the 'get a life' angle and plugging FkN as a better use of time. It's a small slice of everyday forum banter rather than any major event.

yer i agree with ur mr noname, lol, iv never thought of it like that, when u hav ur server list up, some of the players have been in the sever for like 4+ hours....hmmmm...need a life, or a new hobby, but most of all obv need to join FkN then he wudnt need to spend his life on CS:S— Famousss

"is it possible" — the keylogger .bat thread that wasn't a debate

One guy asked a yes/no tech question in the Debating forum, and the regulars spent eight posts telling him he failed at forums

User Famousss posted a one-line technical question about delivering a keylogger via a .bat file into the Debating subforum, then tried to justify it as debate-worthy because 'some ppl may think its possible and others mightnt.' Staff and regulars immediately shot that down, pointing out it was a simple yes/no question with no actual debate to be had, accused it of being spam, and called for a mod to move or close it. A minor pile-on ensued with members ribbing Famousss over the misfire.

its not a debate, its a question there can only be one answer, yes or no. admin/smod please move— laptops

the only thing i really seen frum famousss is spam— olie22

you fail— jacal

california driving

k0rn_h0li0 copy-pastes California's new teen driving laws and everyone agrees it's 'gay'

A Debating board thread from January 2007 where staff member k0rn_h0li0 posted a long copy-pasted rundown of California's 2006 vehicle law changes (street racing penalties, DUI rules, teen provisional license restrictions, low-cost insurance expansion, and a pocket bike ban), venting that the new curfew and passenger restrictions for teen drivers ruined his plans to drive friends around. A handful of replies followed with minimal engagement, mostly agreeing the new teen driving laws were unfair or dismissing the whole thing with typical off-topic snark.

if you read this and you live in california and just got your license in between this year and last year of janurary your either free to drive under 18 or not drive people under 20 well i pretty much have to say that this is fucking bs. oh well no rides for any of my friends this year. ROFL— k0rn_h0li0

Wow thats really gay were i live i believe when ur 16 u can have passengers— rhion82

Well what a bunch of fags.— Rockforce

What Car Do You Like? (Ford vs Holden Poll)

A five-vote poll settles it forever: Ford and Holden tie, Toyota gets zero love.

A short, low-effort Debating subforum thread from late 2007 where user benji1 asked what car people liked, attached to a simple poll (Ford, Nissan, Holden, Toyota, Mitsubishi). Only five votes were ever cast, splitting mostly between Ford and Holden. A minor slice of forum life outside the gaming/cheat talk, showing the kind of filler small-talk threads that filled the Off-Topic board.

what car do you like— benji1

Why Do We Ask? (Meaning of Life / God debate)

A random Off-Topic musing on the meaning of life turns into classic forum-philosophy fodder.

A short-lived philosophical thread in the Debating subforum, where a member questioned why humans bother searching for answers to unanswerable things like the meaning of life or the existence of God. It's a small, quiet slice of the site's Off-Topic culture — the kind of 3am existential musing threads that popped up between the cheat database browsing and drama. Only a couple of posts are preserved, with a reply from a well-known long-time member starting to weigh in before the archive cuts off.

Why do we humans constantly ask for answers to meaning less things? Such as searching for the meaning of life, whats the point if you won't find an answer?— hunterbrute224

The Debating Subforum, Early 2008

Where Fkn0wned's off-topic crowd argued about religion, weed, Iraq, and whether ghosts are real — all in the same week.

This is the board index for 'Debating,' a corner of the Off-Topic section where members duked it out over politics, religion, drugs, and classic dorm-room philosophy questions. Topics ranged from the Iraq War and global warming to Mac vs PC, the chicken-or-the-egg, and a poll on favorite games to play stoned. Staff like Don Ruski, Shifty, and Gate Guardian both moderated and started threads, and there was even a RuneScape premium giveaway for the 'most sensible debate.' Classic mid-2000s forum energy: earnest teenage arguments, polls on everything, and a light touch of moderation ('We Moderate Your Fun!').

Start a sensible debate = win a month's access to RS premium— [Staff] Don Ruski

CONTENT HIDDEN IN MY ASS !— drdre

We Moderate Your Fun!