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*<big>'''''The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact. | *<big>'''''The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact. | ||
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** The Bibliotheca Anonoma's [https://trello.com/b/ohziwjHI/content-to-import | ** The Bibliotheca Anonoma's [Workroom](https://trello.com/b/ohziwjHI/content-to-import) contains a large stack of stories we're still reviewing. You can comment on it, track our progress, even help out. | ||
** If you just need to | ** If you just need to **drop off new stories/content**, toss it in [our thread at Vyrd.net](http://tb.vyrd.net/net/res/46.html#46), the team can build a page for it here. | ||
Click here for the [[Story Style Guide]] | Click here for the [[Story Style Guide]] | ||
==[[Something Awful]]== | ==[[Something Awful]]== | ||
Stories gleaned right out of SA's paywall. | |||
* '''[[The Great Scam]]''' - A tale of Nightfreeze's investment scam in EVE Online. It shows how people are forced to turn to evil when everything goes wrong, and showcases the immateriality of video gaming in contrast with the zealotry of its players. | * '''[[The Great Scam]]''' - A tale of Nightfreeze's investment scam in EVE Online. It shows how people are forced to turn to evil when everything goes wrong, and showcases the immateriality of video gaming in contrast with the zealotry of its players. | ||
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* '''[[AOHell]]''' - How a man started out as a 15-year-old AOL hacker, growing up to become a powerful spam king. | * '''[[AOHell]]''' - How a man started out as a 15-year-old AOL hacker, growing up to become a powerful spam king. | ||
* '''[http://www.somethingawful.com/comedy-goldmine Something Awful - Comedy Goldmine]''' - "The Comedy Goldmine examines the funniest and most creative threads from the Something Awful Forums. Includes hilarious Photoshops, amusing work stories, parodies, and other types of oddball humor." | * '''[http://www.somethingawful.com/comedy-goldmine Something Awful - Comedy Goldmine]''' - "The Comedy Goldmine examines the funniest and most creative threads from the Something Awful Forums. Includes hilarious Photoshops, amusing work stories, parodies, and other types of oddball humor." | ||
* Many of the most famous Something Awful tales ever told over it's storied history end up here. True to it's title, it's a massive goldmine, a decade of content and counting. Though they don't have ''everything''. | |||
* [http://www.somethingawful.com/directory/ Something Awful - Frontpage Directory] - Other compilations of content. | |||
* [http://lparchive.org/) The Let's Play Archive] - "The Let's Play Archive is a collection of entertaining video game playthroughs of all genres and styles." | * [http://lparchive.org/) The Let's Play Archive] - "The Let's Play Archive is a collection of entertaining video game playthroughs of all genres and styles." | ||
==[[4chan]]== | ==[[4chan]]== | ||
''Disclaimer: While no NSFW images are displayed, be warned that 4chan is a website where where rape jokes and pornographic subtext were par for the course. However, as Nurse-kun states, "4chan, at it's core, is simply humanity without | ''Disclaimer: While no NSFW images are displayed, be warned that 4chan is a website where where rape jokes and pornographic subtext were par for the course. However, as Nurse-kun states, "4chan, at it's core, is simply humanity without it's formalities."'' | ||
* '''[https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B49M2OVcxxc9dl9pYjBPaVN1YUE Bob Anderson's Story Archive]''' - An anon known as Bob Anderson has been archiving original literature and greentext from 4chan since 2013. | * '''[https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B49M2OVcxxc9dl9pYjBPaVN1YUE Bob Anderson's Story Archive]''' - An anon known as Bob Anderson has been archiving original literature and greentext from 4chan since 2013. | ||
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===The Father and his Daughter=== | ===The Father and his Daughter=== | ||
Tales about anons who discovered an orphan in a terrible situation, and with the unexpected encouragement of the legions of Anonymous, helped them back up to their feet. Two anons, inspired by the first, repeated that kindness again in their own lives. | |||
Those anons became more than kind strangers; they became their child's mentors and adopted fathers. | Those anons became more than kind strangers; they became their child's mentors and adopted fathers. | ||
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* '''[[Blindmute Loli]]''' (2007-2008) - A spiritual sequel to Damaged Goods, Blindmute Loli is about an American everyman who finds his life turned upside down after he saves, and later adopts an orphan from the street. | * '''[[Blindmute Loli]]''' (2007-2008) - A spiritual sequel to Damaged Goods, Blindmute Loli is about an American everyman who finds his life turned upside down after he saves, and later adopts an orphan from the street. | ||
** The injustice he suffers and the struggles he goes though just to see his adopted daughter will make you laugh, and will make you cry. Nobody knows if it's real or not, but it's a good story nevertheless. | ** The injustice he suffers and the struggles he goes though just to see his adopted daughter will make you laugh, and will make you cry. Nobody knows if it's real or not, but it's a good story nevertheless. | ||
* '''[[Romeo-san and Juliette]]''' ( | * '''[[Romeo-san and Juliette]]''' (2008) - Story taken from 4chan's /b/. Romeo-san, as he's called, has taken in a little girl that ran away from an abusive house. He decides that it is in his best interest that he adopt Juliette (sleepy-chan) | ||
===The "Feels" Trip=== | ===The "Feels" Trip=== | ||
Stories that will leave you crying. | |||
* '''[[Lee Won]]''' | * '''[[Lee Won]]''' - An anon from /r9k/ decides to start his own crappy rock band. They call themselves "The Korean Pop Robots 9000" after their star guitarist, Lee Won. | ||
** Hilarity ensues. And drama. And all those other emotions you see in a good band movie. It's a story definitely worth making a movie about. | ** Hilarity ensues. And drama. And all those other emotions you see in a good band movie. It's a story definitely worth making a movie about. | ||
* '''[[Tramp Anon]]''' | * '''[[Tramp Anon]]''' - The recollections of an anon thrown out of his house as a youngster, left homeless in a cold and hungry world. | ||
** He faces tremendous pain and struggle in a vicious cycle of poverty, relying only on his will to survive. But one day, an immigrant girl decides to cut him some slack when no one else would, and bring him back to a normal life. | ** He faces tremendous pain and struggle in a vicious cycle of poverty, relying only on his will to survive. But one day, an immigrant girl decides to cut him some slack when no one else would, and bring him back to a normal life. | ||
* '''[[Cool Story Bro]]''' | * '''[[Cool Story Bro]]''' - When an anon from /r9k/ opens his door one fine day, he sees a woman on her knees, begging him for help; one that betrayed his love, shattered his trust, and stole from his family. | ||
** And despite the odds, Dan, conflicted between deep-seated hatred and lingering love, reluctantly gives a safe haven to a woman whose transgressions he once deemed "unforgivable". | ** And despite the odds, Dan, conflicted between deep-seated hatred and lingering love, reluctantly gives a safe haven to a woman whose transgressions he once deemed "unforgivable". | ||
* '''[[Ella]]''' - In high school, an anon and a bro is instantly mesmerized by the "girl next door": Ella. The bro, named Pete, enrolls in a fashion class to have something to talk about with her, and ends up knowing more about fashion than most seniors do about economics. But fearing that they might be perceived as a "gay couple" for spontaneous interest, they develop some kind of "manly handshake": A douchebag version of Cirque du Soleil. It was embarrassing, but she caught on to his unrequited love... and decided to ask him out on a date, and they hit it off. | |||
* '''[[Ella]]''' | |||
** It's one of these amazing Hollywood/HBO-quality stories with temptations, love triangles, twists and turns, drama, tragedy, and obviously intercourse. But at the end of it all, it's better to have loved... than to never have loved at all. | ** It's one of these amazing Hollywood/HBO-quality stories with temptations, love triangles, twists and turns, drama, tragedy, and obviously intercourse. But at the end of it all, it's better to have loved... than to never have loved at all. | ||
* '''[[ | * '''[[anon-❦-femanon]]''' - A tale of best friends and lovers, separated by life's tragedies, reunited at long last. | ||
===Slice of Life=== | ===Slice of Life=== | ||
No giant robots or pedophilic tendencies here, just stories about the simple life. | |||
*'''[[Anon's Deaf Wife]]''' - A short but quite sweet tale of anons life with his wife. | |||
*'''[[Anon's Deaf Wife]]''' | |||
===Rage=== | ===Rage=== | ||
* '''[[The Tale of Fionn]]''' - A college anon's tale of himself, his girlfriend, and a mysterious stranger named Fionn. | |||
* '''[[The Tale of Fionn]]''' | |||
===The Forbidden Fruit=== | ===The Forbidden Fruit=== | ||
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''The views expressed in these stories are solely those of the original author on 4chan, and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, the archivists of the Bibliotheca Anonoma.'' | ''The views expressed in these stories are solely those of the original author on 4chan, and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, the archivists of the Bibliotheca Anonoma.'' | ||
Stories told of trials and tribulations, faced by those anons whose love is not only socially forbidden, but could result in the end of their lives. | |||
* '''[[Uncle Anon]] ''' | * '''[[Uncle Anon]] ''' - It's a sad, yet touching story of the forbidden fruit of incest. Some have called it the modern-day Lolita. | ||
* '''[[Uncle Anon 2]] ''' | * '''[[Uncle Anon 2]] ''' - A new story in the vein of the first, told by another uncle about his own lovestruck niece. | ||
* '''[[The Liliad]] ''' | * '''[[The Liliad]] ''' - Basement-dweller gets catfished by a loli. Eventually he is cool with it. Feels everywhere. | ||
* '''[[Tasha's Brother]] ''' - A /b/tard, his sister, and his sister's friend. Lots of romance (read: sex), as well as his attempts to move out of his parents' house and become an adult. | * '''[[Tasha's Brother]] ''' - A /b/tard, his sister, and his sister's friend. Lots of romance (read: sex), as well as his attempts to move out of his parents' house and become an adult. | ||
* '''[[Oral Hygiene]] ''' | * '''[[Oral Hygiene]] ''' - What happens when an /a/non, at the encouragement of his fellows, takes an interest in his younger sister's teeth. | ||
* '''[[Amy-&-Cam]] ''' | * '''[[Amy-&-Cam]] ''' - A /b/tard ends up humoring his little sister's crush on him, fending off her jealousy and his own cheesy remarks to build a rather cuddly relationship. | ||
* '''[[The Gospel of Loliguard]]''' | * '''[[The Gospel of Loliguard]] '''- A lifeguard anon meets a little loli neglected by her father, and does what any /b/tard would do. | ||
=== Little Bit of Everything === | === Little Bit of Everything === | ||
Feel like fapping, laughing and crying at the same time? These are for you. | |||
* '''[[Storybro's Magically Lewd Sleepover Adventure]]''' | * '''[[Storybro's Magically Lewd Sleepover Adventure]]''' - An anon tells a tale of a sleepover he was lucky enough to attend with five teenage women. | ||
** Instead of it becoming a flat-out harem fest as anons would expect, the anon relays a true epic tale of pain, feels, lewd and laughter. (Very Long) | ** Instead of it becoming a flat-out harem fest as anons would expect, the anon relays a true epic tale of pain, feels, lewd and laughter. (Very Long) | ||
** A sequel was also written; The page can be found here: [http://storybroadventures.wordpress.com/about/magically-lewd-road-trip-adventure Magically Lewd Road Trip Adventure] | ** A sequel was also written; The page can be found here: [http://storybroadventures.wordpress.com/about/magically-lewd-road-trip-adventure Magically Lewd Road Trip Adventure] | ||
===Technology=== | ===Technology=== | ||
*'''[[Tales from IT]]''' - A story of one mans struggle to keep his job in IT while simultaneously knowing nothing about IT. (currently broken) | |||
=== | === WTF === | ||
These stories will make you hurl. | |||
* '''[[The Philmarlion]]''' - An /sp/ anons disturbing ode to an other user. | |||
* '''[[Cheerios]]''' - A man who loves Cheerios. A bit... too much. | |||
* '''[[The Bridgekeeper]]''' - One man's tale of woe about his mistake of a life, and the hardships and wrongs he's faced. | |||
* '''[[The Philmarlion]]''' | |||
* '''[[Cheerios]]''' | |||
* '''[[The Bridgekeeper]]''' | |||
* '''[[b-sides]]''' - This is a collection of stories written by /b/, where writers, after looking at some strange pictures, decided to write up a crazy side story behind them. | * '''[[b-sides]]''' - This is a collection of stories written by /b/, where writers, after looking at some strange pictures, decided to write up a crazy side story behind them. | ||
* '''[[Pools Closed Novel]]''' - WTF is this? A mess of memes created as a copypasta by anons on /b/. | * '''[[Pools Closed Novel]]''' - WTF is this? A mess of memes created as a copypasta by anons on /b/. | ||
* '''[[Hypersphere]]''' - "In the future, all spheres will be hyper." A sort of /lit/ version of [[Pools Closed Novel]] | |||
* '''[[Hypersphere]]''' | * '''[[Horrible Monster]]''' - 5/10 story from /r9k/ | ||
* '''[[Horrible Monster]]''' | |||
== Technology == | == Technology == | ||
* '''[[In the Beginning There was the Command Line]]''' - Neal Stephenson's satirical treatise of UNIX, personal computers, and the merits of graphical vs command line interfaces. | |||
* '''[[The Curse of the Text Editor]]''' - The title says it all. | * '''[[The Curse of the Text Editor]]''' - The title says it all. | ||
* '''[[A Brief History of UNIX]]''' - A satirical history of UNIX, written in biography form. | * '''[[A Brief History of UNIX]]''' - A satirical history of UNIX, written in biography form. | ||
==[[2channel]]== | ==[[2channel]]== | ||
* '''[[Densha Otoko]]''' - A sentimental love story of a fashionable businesswoman and an awkward nerd, who posted his story real time to the users of [[2channel]] (a direct ancestor to [[4chan]]). With the steadfast support of these users, he manages to get the courage to break out of his shell and go out with the girl. There's a good reason why it became 2005's most popular book, movie, and TV Drama in Japan. | |||
* '''[[Chikan Otoko]]''' - An innocent 2ch user accidentally gets mistaken for a Train molester, though he survives the experience with a bit of charm. | |||
* '''[[The Story of Denko]]''' -A 2ch user tries to get with a girl and (´・ω・`) ensues. | |||
* '''[[Chikan Otoko]]''' | * '''[["I Proposed to my Girlfriend, but she's been replaced"]]''' - A 2channel anon discovers that the women he plans to marry may not be who he thinks she is. | ||
* '''[[The Story of Denko]]''' | **For more, see [http://vgperson.com/talesof2ch.htm vgperson's collections.] | ||
* '''[["I Proposed to my Girlfriend, but she's been replaced"]]''' | |||
**For more, see [http://vgperson.com/talesof2ch.htm vgperson's collections.] | |||
== [[Progrider]]== | == [[Progrider]]== | ||
* '''[[Neurotypical idiots]]''' - a story about neurotypicals and how relationships aren't that important at all. | |||
==[[Reddit]]== | ==[[Reddit]]== | ||
* '''[[65 Mustang GT]]''' - A story about a 24-year old classic car restorer, who is given the responsibility of looking after a neighbor's kid, Rachel. They eventually become the best of friends, working together to rebuild a '65 Mustang GT Coupe. But time stops for no man, and those nostalgic days simply can't last forever. | |||
* '''[[The iPhone Scalper]]''' - Marc Rebillet happens to be first in line for an iPhone, when an eBay scalper offers him $800 for his spot, planning to buy out the entire store's $100,000 worth of iPhones and sell them at extreme markup. But she probably should have read that only one iPhone should be sold per customer. And Marc happened to be have friends who were 10th in line, so they got 2 iPhones and were $800 richer. | |||
* '''[[Rome Sweet Rome]]''' - A story of what happens when an American Battalion suddenly finds themselves in the Roman Empire. It got a huge following in it's initial release, and even a movie deal. | |||
* '''[[The iPhone Scalper]]''' | * '''[[The Automator]]''' - A story akin to the [[American Dream]], where a redditor, hired to manually type numbers into a computer, decides to create a program to do it for him. And thus, he manages to rake in bonuses while doing no work at all for 8 hours a day. | ||
* '''[[Rome Sweet Rome]]''' | * '''[[Sweet Home 1985]]''' - A story of what happens when a man from 2011 wakes up in the year 1985, and is forced to seek help at his own childhood home. Due to a similar inception to RomeSweetRome, it was put into the subreddit [/r/1985Sweet1985](http://www.reddit.com/r/1985sweet1985/). | ||
* '''[[The Automator]]''' | |||
* '''[[Sweet Home 1985]]''' | |||
** We were unable to find the original Reddit threads of this story on our own, but a user named [Vestrideus](https://github.com/vestrideus) discovered that we had mistitled it 1984, rather than 1985. Many thanks, bro. | ** We were unable to find the original Reddit threads of this story on our own, but a user named [Vestrideus](https://github.com/vestrideus) discovered that we had mistitled it 1984, rather than 1985. Many thanks, bro. | ||
== [[Wikichan]]== | == [[Wikichan]]== | ||
* '''[[Itoko Otoko]]''' - Literally, "Cousin Man", in the same style as [[Densha Otoko]]. The first major story put on 4chan, his thread was stickied for his push to elope with his cousin. | |||
* '''[[Jenny Jones]]''' | |||
* '''[[Jenny Jones]]''' | |||
== Hackers== | == Hackers== | ||
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===419 Scambaiters=== | ===419 Scambaiters=== | ||
The men who decided to do something impressive: To scam the scammers, to distract them from victims, to lead them to ruin; such that the scammers will feel what it is like to be a victim. These are the stories of the Scambaiters. | |||
* [http://m.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/363/transcript | * [NPR: This American Life - Interview of 419Eater Admins](http://m.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/363/transcript) - An amazing introduction to the world of scambaiting. | ||
** [https://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=147822 | ** [419Eater - NPR Listening Thread](https://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=147822) - The thread where the 419Eater admins hear their own interview and make comments. | ||
* [http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm | * [419Eater Letters Archive](http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm) - The very best safaris and mad antics that scambaiters have sent scammers on. | ||
** [https://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=10 | ** [419Eater Letters Forum](https://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=10) - Scambaiting is happening every week. | ||
* [Yeawhatever's Scambaiting Website](https://web.archive.org/web/20071208112917/http://yeawhatever.catholiccall.org/) - Yeawhatever's website was lost to time, unfortunately, but the Internet Archive has snapshots of it. Here are the stories that were lost: | |||
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20070402030412/http://yeawhatever.catholiccall.org/bwindi/safarihome.html | ** [The Road to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest](https://web.archive.org/web/20070402030412/http://yeawhatever.catholiccall.org/bwindi/safarihome.html) - [Forum Post Edition](https://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=77146&start=0) | ||
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20080108020611/http://yeawhatever.catholiccall.org/abusunbul/index.html | ** [The Road to Abu Sunbul](https://web.archive.org/web/20080108020611/http://yeawhatever.catholiccall.org/abusunbul/index.html) - The scammer stopped replying after a while, but it was a great run. | ||
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20070402002127/http://yeawhatever.catholiccall.org/hotzone/index.html | ** [The Road to the Hot Zone](https://web.archive.org/web/20070402002127/http://yeawhatever.catholiccall.org/hotzone/index.html) | ||
==Stories from the Anarchist's Cookbook== | ==Stories from the Anarchist's Cookbook== | ||
Mostly from the [[Anarchists Cookbook]]. | |||
* '''[[The Cuisinart Blade]]''' | * '''[[The Cuisinart Blade]]''' | ||
* '''[[Bad as Shit]]''' | * '''[[Bad as Shit]]''' | ||
* '''[[Secrets of the Little Blue Box]]''' | * '''[[Secrets of the Little Blue Box]]''' | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Links to good stories hosted outside of the Bibliotheca Anonoma. | |||
* '''[http://dannychoo.com/en/post/26094/How+Discovering+Japan+Changed+My+Life.html Danny Choo - How Discovering Japan Changed My Life]''' - An inspirational story about how Danny Choo, a poor Chinese Malaysian kid in Britain, became obsessed with Japanese culture, and went to great lengths to learn Japanese and even just visit Japan. | * '''[http://dannychoo.com/en/post/26094/How+Discovering+Japan+Changed+My+Life.html Danny Choo - How Discovering Japan Changed My Life]''' - An inspirational story about how Danny Choo, a poor Chinese Malaysian kid in Britain, became obsessed with Japanese culture, and went to great lengths to learn Japanese and even just visit Japan. | ||
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* '''[http://narcissu.insani.org/ Narcissu]''' - A heartbreaking visual novel of a road trip by a man and a woman, both of whom die. Safe for Work. | * '''[http://narcissu.insani.org/ Narcissu]''' - A heartbreaking visual novel of a road trip by a man and a woman, both of whom die. Safe for Work. | ||
* '''[https://www.katawa-shoujo.com/ Katawa Shoujo]''' - '''NSFW.''' Another visual novel of a student attending a school for the disabled and his struggle to come to terms with his newfound condition. See [[Katawa Shoujo]] | * '''[https://www.katawa-shoujo.com/ Katawa Shoujo]''' - '''NSFW.''' Another visual novel of a student attending a school for the disabled and his struggle to come to terms with his newfound condition. See [[Katawa Shoujo]] | ||
* '''[http://www.otherhand.org/home-page/search-and-rescue/the-hunt-for-the-death-valley-germans/ The Hunt for the Death Valley Germans]''' - spoopy | * '''[http://www.otherhand.org/home-page/search-and-rescue/the-hunt-for-the-death-valley-germans/ The Hunt for the Death Valley Germans]''' - spoopy | ||
==Comics== | ==Comics== |