We never got him here in the UK (at least to my knowledge). Then, when I was feeling down about myself, I looked up some videos on youtube to see what was so fucking special about him.

It cheered me right up. A good man through and through.

>>18512720
>raise your glass
You'd best be using a coaster at your computer, mother fucker.

>>18512739

And that better be orange juice he'd drinking too.

Not that I ever saw anything with Mr. Rogers. I'm 22, and in Eastern Europe.
Best I got was Cartoon Network in the good days.

A rare genuine soul
In the virtue of Mister Rogers
Word and creed align

/fa/ as fuck.

>>18512720
It's such a good feeling, a very good feeling,
The feeling you know that we're friends.

I made a bard based on him. Absolutly no combat skills, only social skills and massive amounts of points talking related skills. Retired him after 2 sessions after I beat the boss of the current adventure after sitting him down and having a long chat with him about respecting other people's rights. Also taught the local goblins to knit.

I don't remember much of him, since I only watched the show when I was very young.

But for some reason, hearing that song "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood..." start up just gives me the best feeling in the world.

>>18512819
>Also taught the local goblins to knit.

Your character is awesome and you're awesome.

>>18512819
Did you use the Book of Exalted Deeds for that?

>>18512845
No. Core book only. DM was a bro about. Probably helped I have an amazing Mr Rogers impersinatiom

>>18512830
Ohhhh yes. And the trolley sounds.

This needs posting just for awesomeness. Wish we had Mr. Rogers testifying to Congress in this day and age.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXEuEUQIP3Q

>>18512739
Tell me, friend, why do you feel the need to use such bad names? Is there something making you angry you'd like to talk about?

It is whispered that Mister Rogers redeemed the human race, for the folly of man became so great that the great Old Gods deigned us unworthy of their gifts.

But this saintly individual, this paragon of human decency? He... he saved us all.

God bless Mister Rogers!

I get so few opportunities to post this.

If the Imperium had Mr. Roger on, then they wouldn't have to worry the forces of chaos. And Horus and his brothers would all be good friends.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHvJGwparbU&list=FLDZ1IqhmsyDDj_90LmBCUhg

The single greatest man of the 20th century.

>>18513022

Lets face it. For the dark millennia of the 40k setting to ever exist, the Mr. Roger's show must have never aired.

>>18513045
No, the true darkness took root when we heard the message, yet failed to heed it. The true sin will be for him to be forgotten.

>>18513060

Nah. If the Mr. Roger's show aired in the 40k setting, the Chaos Gods would have been strangled in the crib merely from the theme song playing. They wouldn't even have had a chance to corrupt humanity against it.

>>18513074
They would have been accepted and loved and welcomed into the neighborhood.

>>18513074
Mr Rogers would become the god of love. He would hold an intervention for the Prince of Pleasurs, talk things out with Khorn to help him get over his anger issues, convince Teeztch that his plans could be used to help people.

http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Mr._Rogers_%283.5e_Deity%29

>>18513116
And Nurgle already loves us.

>>18513128

Mr. Rogers IS Nurgle.

>You will never wear a sweater as comfortably as that god of imagination and friendliness

>>18513128

Nurgle promotes complacency and "happiness" only inasmuch as a man locked in a prison is happy because he can no longer remember what freedom was like.

Mr. Rogers on the other hand sees the goodness and unique dignity of every person and wants to enhance that, to help you achieve your full potential, and encourage you to help others see that goodness inside of themselves. That, my friends, is true love.

Raising a glass of orange juice, and eating a bowl of cereal with kiwifruit bits in honour of Mr. Rogers. The perfect start to a hopefully good day, and if it isn't? That'll be my cue to make it better, not just for me, but for all my neighbors.

Thank you, Mr. Rogers. Put in a good word for me up there, won't you?

>>18513074
>>18513089
>>18513116
Your next Dark Heresy campaign is a quest the ancient and hallowed data that can save the Imperium forever.

.....it is a single episode of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood

>>18513123
>implying Mr. Rogers isn't a Greater Deity.

>>18513151
>>18513132
>>18513128
Mr Rogers would probably convince Nurgle to make good infections. Things that improve people's lives.

>>18513159

What would the immediate effects on setting be if a copy of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood were found?

I genuinely want to see what /tg/ can come up with in this scenario.

>>18513162
He used to be until the Greater Deity Fox attacked him and revealed him to be evil according to the public.

>>18513171
Heck, you could make an entire campaign out of it:
>cell investigates strange "Neighbor Cult"
>finds episode recording, brings to Inquisitor
>Inquisitor is enlightened
>"The Sector Lord must know!"
>harrowing journey to Scintilla (or w/e)
>Sector Lord is enlightened
>"The High Lords must know!"
>harrowing journey to Terra

and the entire way, the party is pursued by those fanatics in the Imperium who would sooner die than see peace brought to the galaxy.

Bonus points if the players can show the tape to Orks.

>>18513195
>Bonus points if the players can show the tape to Orks.

WAAAAAAAAA-agh?

. . . . . . WAAAAAAAAGH!

So, once again a Mr Rogers thread, and once again I have to say something.

Australia never got Mr Rogers

or Bob Ross

Or Carl Sagan

Weep for us /tg/

>>18513195
>OI! WOTS DIS ZOGGIN' ZOG! "WONT YOU BE MAH NAY-BURR?!?" WE GOTS TA SHOW DA BOSS!

>>18513195

Tyranids attack one of the planets where the populace has been enlightened. They assimilate the Word of Rogers through those that they consume.

What happens?

>>18513219

I'll admit I had zero Carl Sagan experience back then, but no Mr Rogers OR Bob Ross?

That is one fucked up childhood.

>>18513221

>Genestealers land on planet
>Start cult
>Newer members previously part of Neighborhood Cult
>Genestealer Cult becomes part of the Neighborhood Cult soon after
>Tyranid Hivefleet never called in

>>18513227

I wasn't exposed to Bob Ross or Carl Sagan growing up.

I WAS however, the biggest fan of Bill Nye the Science Guy. He was one of the reasons that I got interested in science as a kid and I'm studying biology now.

>>18513227
Hey now, this is a Mr. Rogers thread, none of that language, young man.

>>18513221
>starving planet
>tyranid fleet arrives
>resurrects the planet's biosphere
>leaves with flowers and kisses from the children

TYRANID NEIGHBORS

>>18513249
Australia never had Bill Nye either from what I remember.

>>18513249

SCIENCE!

I feel blessed having a childhood with all three of those illustrious individuals.

>>18513246
>Tyranid fleet asked why they don't just talk things out for a while

>>18513219
Truly that country is a waking hell.

>This entire thread

Man we need to make an official Mr. Rogers Day here. Because every now and then we need a reminder about what's really important in life and how much we can accomplish if we work together and be good neighbors.

>>18513288
Might as well make it his birthday, March 20th.

Sadly, I don't remember much of Mr. Rodgers from when I was little, but I must say, taking the trolley to the magical land with the one king was the best time of day when that happened.

>>18513307
>>18513288

Then let it be so.

March 20th. /tg/'s Friendly Neighborhood Day.

>>18513334

Amen to that.

9 years.... NINE YEARS....

i'm not the kind of guy to use emoticons but there is no better way to express how i miss him because no words can express how we need more people like him and that those who were lucky enough to know him are blessed and will miss him forever; so :

;_;

>>18513346
>>18513334
>>18513307
>>18513288

And this, elegan/tg/entlemen, is what sets us apart from other boards.

so i was siting on my bed being sick today. i was feeling down, but then i found this thread. remembering this grate man and reading all of these comments have put me in a good mood. this board of all board, /tg/ the board of fighting role playing games is now talking about this grate man of peace and understanding....and comfy sweaters.

thanks /tg/

>>18513453

Hey man, no prob.

Hope you get better quickly.

>>18513451

Please don't say such things, that attitude is really unnecessary.

A great man who created great children's television.

To the end of my days I'll always be enchanted by raw video footage of factories. And this is coming from someone who works in a factory! Anyhow, its probably because of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.

This is one of the moments that /tg/ will remember forever.
VOTE UP: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Rodgers

>>18513451
All boards are equal and loved, and should be invited in with open arms.

Except for /b/, but that's just because they have unresolved emotional problems.

>>18513601
>tags: Rodgers

This is a day that will live in infamy. voting down with the force of 1,000 suns.

>>18513617
Everyone makes mistakes you know.

>>18513617

Well see. That's not really in the spirit of the thread now, is it?

So he made a mistake. Meh, it happens. We all make mistakes. Still deserves to be voted up.

What other show has puppets, heavy industrial montages w/ elevator music, and soliloquis from a cool old marine in a sweater?

Mr. Rogers was a amazing man.
He taught kids good with his program on Television.

And he was a sniper in the Korean War.

The guy was the most amazing thing ever.
>raises his pint.

>>18513672
the sniper thing was confirmed as hoax.

>>18513643
No, fuck 'well-done' steaks. The rest of that is fine.

I'll serve you fucking shoe leather, by the time your steak is 'well done' you won't be able to tell the goddamn difference anyways.

>>18513683
No need to talk like that.

>>18513653
>>18513643
>Mistakes

No, what we have here is just a happy little accident.

>>18513334
I like that it isn't Mr. Rogers Day. He would never want us to get so caught up with him that we forgot his message.

>>18513693
But he's right. Well-done steaks are sins upon nature.

>>18513695
you have a point. Yet i do believe this day should be used to send newer generation the message He sent us back then.

>eating seafood chowder
>reading this thread
>mfw it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

If Mr. Rogers can unite denizens of the internet like this, then there still is hope that love and understanding can still overcome all other things.

>>18513694
Bob Ross.
He too was a p. nice man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29lmR_357rA

I raged.

>>18513732
We need to accept that some people don't share our views.

>>18513732

I raged too.

[tghasnospoilers]And I'm a conservative.[/tghasnospoilers]

But this is not the time or the place for rage. Instead, try to understand that the people who wrote that piece and the people who said it on air are still people like you and me. They may have been misguided, or willing to defame the reputation of someone who just wanted to make the world a better place for the sake of sensationalist TV, but that is not worthy of hatred or anger. Merely understanding that will stoke our willingness to redouble our efforts to carry on as Mr. Rogers wanted.

> Mister Rogers went onstage to accept the award — and there, in front of all the soap opera stars and talk show sinceratrons, in front of all the jutting man-tanned jaws and jutting saltwater bosoms, he made his small bow and said into the microphone, "All of us have special ones who have loved us into being. Would you just take, along with me, ten seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are. Ten seconds of silence."
And then he lifted his wrist, looked at the audience, looked at his watch, and said, "I'll watch the time." There was, at first, a small whoop from the crowd, a giddy, strangled hiccup of laughter, as people realized that he wasn't kidding, that Mister Rogers was not some convenient eunuch, but rather a man, an authority figure who actually expected them to do what he asked. And so they did. One second, two seconds, three seconds — and now the jaws clenched, and the bosoms heaved, and the mascara ran, and the tears fell upon the beglittered gathering like rain leaking down a crystal chandelier. And Mister Rogers finally looked up from his watch and said softly "May God be with you," to all his vanquished children.

That man was the best kind of Christian. I'm not religious, but if more people were like him I might have been.

>>18513694
>>18513730
Indeed. We slipped up with Mr. Rogers, but let us do our best not to forget Mr. Ross in October.

>>18513661
He wasn't a Marine, actually. As far as I've ever been able to tell, he was a civilian his whole life. The Marine sniper thing is an urban legend.

http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/mrrogers.asp

>>18513786

"Agape" is the greek word that is translated as "love" in the gospels generally. It is not the same as filial piety (storge), or carnal attraction (eros), or even brotherly love between equals (philia). It is simply compassion for others, even if you don't LIKE them, you still desire the best for them and seek peace and forgiveness with them regardless.

Mr. Rogers' example is one of the best examples of that in the modern day and I wish more people followed that example.

>>18513694
This is why I love you /tg/

I'm sorry for the tags

>>18513843
It's okay, neighbor.

>>18513843

I've misspelled his name before too. No harm, no foul.

>>18513815
Some rare men are exactly what they look like on the surface.

Fred Rogers was one of those men.

He was faithful and forthright in his belief, and never used it as a weapon against others. He disagreed vehemently with those who used the words of Christ as an excuse for hatred and lobbied despite his differences for tolerance in all aspects of life - race, sexuality, everything.

The man believed, really believed, in absolute forgiveness and love in a way very few are even capable of.

And all he ever wanted was to spread that belief.

>>18513643
>reads pic
Speaking of mistakes, Rogers was a vegetarian.

Even in anger can he make friends...

>This thread.
Now if we had some Yotsuba&! here, this would be the ultimate thread of mellowness.
I love you, my neighbours.

>>18513964
>>18513964
Even better then. He accepted that others like meat. Just like we should accept those who don't like meat.

>>18514074
Oh god, I must find a drawneighbor to doodle me a pic of Yotsuba sitting on Mr. Rogers' lap.

>>18513786
Oh fuck you I can't read this without crying. ;_;

Mr. Rogers was a great man. So many of his messages go unheeded these days; to share with others, to imagine and have fun, and to be a good neighbor.

It's nice to have these feelings of naive hope about the world again, as if I was a small child one more time.

Jesus. It only feels like yesterday that his death was announced. We didn't get him in the UK but I used to try and catch anything he made.

The world will never see another man quite like Fred Rogers.

Every now and then /tg/ needs a reminder that we're all just big softies at heart.

We want to see the good guys win and get the girl and ride off into the sunset and everything is great and everyone gets a happy ending.

We all want a better world. The problems come around when we inevitably disagree on how to accomplish that. But at the end of the day, Mr. Rogers reminds us that the fact that everyone WANTS that in the first place is a powerful thing in and of itself.

Tired of the fuzzy feeling inside you get from this thread?
Missing the rush of adrenaline you get from anger? Still having hope for mankind?
Worry no more! For this video shall bring forth fury that makes you accidently knit wrong:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29lmR_357rA

>>18514259

Someone already posted it here.

And the misguided sensationalism of a few people is not enough to drag the rest of us down.

I just wish we still had Fred Rogers and Carl Sagan. I think things would be different now. If we had both of them, that is. Still up and about doing their mellow "isn't it just awesome being a person" thing... Both of them had just the most infectiously serene outlook, this knack for getting people to put aside their petty differences. Where they went, a microcosm of a Bill and Ted-esque utopia followed. We need more of that these days... we need more people that don't just live by "be excellent to each other" but get others to follow suit.

This is a good thread. Does a passing fa/tg/uy want a hug? Or a brofist?

>>18514275
>>18513775
>>18513762
This thread has truly reached zen state...

I love you guys and I'm glad that we can be friends, even if it's only over the internet. This thread has inspired me to try and be a better poster.

>>18514325
Second that.
I love everyone in this thread....

Gentlemen, be hearty! Today, like everyday, is sure to be the best of days!

>That feel when Canadian

>Had Mr Dressup instead

Welp, sucks, /tg/. What I got was Bill Nye,Neil Buchanan, and this glorious man. At least he was an apprentice of Mister Rogers. One of his disciples, you might say.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFsM4I4ZlfU&feature=related

this is just the best thread

>>18514387
Hey now. Don't be sad. You still had Bill Nye, and he's awesome too.

>>18514405

I'm not sad at all! Art Attack and Bill Nye were both fantastic. But Mr Dressup, well... only ever got the hind end, so I can't say it affected me hugely.

Mr Rodgers was an avatar of a Neutral Good god.

I say neutral, because his kindness wasn't limited by laws.

Bill Nye was like Prometheus, taking information from the gods and giving it to the mortals.

Bob Ross was the champion of the god of the arts, bringing his glory to everyone.

>>18514387
>that feel when metro Detroit
>get both CBC and PBS
>everythingwentbetterthanexpected.jpg

Or put another way, sharing is awesome! :D

>>18514363

I'll drink to that

My Gods, this thread... ^__________^

>this thread plus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI
Many tears dripped down my cheeks. You are all a bunch of lovely people and every one of you just made my day a little better.

Mr. Rogers is, quite possibly, the greatest human being of the last fifty years. I would go for the greatest human being of the last century, but I think he would tie with Salk.

My Trinity is Rogers, Sagan, and Nye. Together, the three of them gave all the materials required to raise well adjusted, kind, inquisitive, intelligent human beings.

Feels bad that I missed out on all of these people on account of my parents hating TV.
I had no childhood.

I don't have anything to add. most things that had to be said about this wondrous man have been said so instead i shall bump it just in the chance that others that may have missed it and need something to cheer them up can have a chance to enjoy and maybe have a brighter day. Enjoy neighbor.

>>18514636
>I would go for the greatest human being of the last century, but I think he would tie with Salk.
Ghandi
Nelson Mandela
Mother Theresa
Tenzin Gyatso
Karol Wojtyla
Martin Luther King Jr.

And that is from a small western view.

>>18514812
>Ghandi
>Mother Theresa
>good people
You've lived a very sheltered life, haven't you?

>>18514812
Ghandi was not a very nice person. He actively wanted genocide to occur against the Muslims, and suggested that the Nazi-beset Jews commit mass suicide to prove a point against said Nazis. Plus he always nukes you and only you in Civilization.

>>18514832
>You've lived a very sheltered life, haven't you?
Not everyone can grow up on the streets, holmes. Besides, I don't need to prove myself to you I am "special" Mr. Rogers said so.

>>18514891
Threatening people with nuclear war isn't very neighborly.

>>18514894
Yeah, you're special, alright.

>>18514977
>>18514894
Hey you guys, can't we just set aside our differences and get along in a spirit of kindness and cooperation? We're all humans and we're all neighbors here.

>>18514812

There are plenty of wonderful people in this world, but Mr. Rogers stands out in our society because he focused on instilling these important values in children, and succeeded in presenting such ideas to children in a way that encouraged them without condescension or pretension.

He maintained that simple, childlike optimism that speaks to adults just as effectively.

>>18514984
Those two make me think of this song, A song about how, even though some of us may be wrong or may get angry, we should always be kind and neighborly to one another.

>>18514812
Don't forget Carl Sagan

>>18514088
This should happen, neighbors. I would use it as a wallpaper, so I can smile every day when I start up my computer.

I've been feeling pretty down lately, /tg/. Things haven't been going my way, I've been more than a little lonely, I'm just not in a place in my life where I can accomplish the things I know I want to. This thread was just what I needed to feel better and get motivated. Thank you, neighbors.

This thread makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

Imma go hug my family now.

You know what.

I'm going to go have lunch with my mom. I have the day off thanks to furloughs, she's got lunch in half an hour. I'm going to treat her to lunch.

Thanks for this, /tg/.

>>18515496
Be sure and give your mother a hug and thank her for raising a son or daughter as wonderful as you.

>>18515496
>>18515570
My mom is half a continent away and I found out this week that her cancer is no longer in remission. Hold me close /tg/.

>>18515593

I lost my grandmother, my great-grandmother, and my aunt to cancer, all of which in the last two years. I can understand part of the pain you're going through. I hope it goes back, somehow.

I will say though: Distance is not an excuse to not see your mom at this sort of time. Go to her, anon. She's your mom.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go pick my mom up, she if she wants some sushi or a good sandwich place.

>>18515593
Call her and let her know you hold her dear and talk about your emotions. She is one important person in your life that made you the wonderful person you are know, and I am sure she is proud of who you are.

/tg/, Mr. Rogers and you have made me happier today. Thank you so much.

This thread has inspired me to watch some episodes. Found some here:
http://pbskids.org/rogers/vote/

It'd be a great /tg/ stream if anyone would want to give it a go.

>>18515636
Lucky you.

Considering that my mother just rejected me, denied that I was ever her son, and threw a plate at me...

At least they loved you.

>>18515856

My father threatened the life of me and my mother on the day of my very birth. There's a reason why my mother is the one I'm picking up for lunch, and not my father. She's the only parent I've ever had.

If anyone cares for an update: It's sushi.

I love you /tg/. I miss you, Mr. Rogers.

sup, fa/tg/uys, /a/non over here. I just want you to know, you guys are my most special neighbors.

B-B-but it's not like I love you or anything, b-baka.

>>18515929
I hope you have a wonderful day /a/non.

>>18515856
We love you, freely and without condition.

One four three, anon.

one four three.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29lmR_357rA

Sharing is always a wonderful thing

http://www.mediafire.com/?ftt0dj0u6r00a

>>18516033
>>18516033
>>18516033

>>18516033

>FOX

>>18515971
It's why I come here daily.

>>18515856
My father didn't want to talk to me after I started ONE argument (in my teens) over e-mail.

>>18516033

>>18516134
>>18516074
Read the top-voted comment.

>you insidious, superficial harpy

>>18516074
>>18516134
Hey there friends, there's no need for you to get angry. Remember, the people who made that video are humans just like you. Like us they have hopes and fears. They laugh, they dream, and they cry. Just like us, they long for love and acceptance.

You've got to learn to forgive and work through your differences to break the cycle of butt-hurt and rage.

I had nearly forgotten that it was Mr. Rogers's birthday.

I'm very sorry. I've tried to be the best neighbor I can be.

>>18516222
That's ok anon, we all know you try hard to be a good neighbor. But you know, you are a good neighbor for just being you, for you are a special and unique person.

I nostalgia'd so hard I just now doodled a happy little bush and hummed a warm tune.

This is the best anything on the internet right now.

>>18514438
>Bill Nye
>Prometheus
>Not Carl Sagan
I just... what.

>>18516533

You know what.


I'm okay with that.

>>18516550
Carl Sagan was a genuinely kind and welcoming person who always had time to talk to his fans. Bill Nye, by most accounts of people who've encountered him, hates his fans and does everything he can to avoid them.
It's a sad thing.

>>18516580
>Bill Nye, by most accounts of people who've encountered him, hates his fans

Got any evidence of these accounts? Not disputing, just curious.

Obligatory. Enjoy, /tg/.

I'm glad to call you fine people my neighbors.

(( Screencapped from a similar thread last year, talking about Lawful-Good BBEGs. ))

>>18512720
>>18515346

When you have faith in Mr. Rogers you have faith in Humanity.

>>18516580

My physics teacher in high school used to do side jobs doing laser light shows and he said he met Bill Nye twice. His story is that the first time he met Bill was at the beginning of Bill's career and he seemed genuinely nice. Later when they met again my teacher said Bill you remember me? And Bill just scoffed at him and left.

You guys might enjoy this.

Oh, /tg/.
Thank you for brightening up my day.

I did the most screwed up things on the job today that have probably scarred me for life, but this thread has really brightened up my day.

>>18516685

>>18516665
> Later when they met again my teacher said Bill you remember me? And Bill just scoffed at him and left

That actually doesn't sound bad at all. After the thirteen thousandth person who he had met briefly years ago, for scant seconds, asks if he remembers them, it's passed into the severely aggravating and irritating territory.

I wouldn't hold that against him, really. He's human, and he probably gets bombarded with things like that. And it takes a really special kind of person to just say "Yeah, I do!" every single one of the thousands of times that gets brought up, by anyone and anywhere.

>>18516696

Care to talk about it? Might be easier to cope with it if you get it off your chest.

>>18516711
This thread isn't appropriate for the kind of screwed up I'm talking about.

Dead bodies.

>>18516720
I thought /tg/ loved necrophilia.

mfw Mr. Rogers is the emporer

MAKE IT SO

>>18516720

A good friend of mine who had joined the Navy was tasked with helping gather bodies out of the ocean following that big hit Japan got not too long ago.

When she came home and tried to talk about it, it was clear pretty clear all that unnecessary death left her devastated.

>>18516720
Will it make you feel better to tell us about it, Anon?

This thread reminds me of the barman that came by here a while back, miss those threads. Any one know what happened to that/why he stopped?

>>18516816
It's really awful. If this thread had popped up several hours from now, when I plan to be sufficiently drunk, I would.

But I can't really put it into words.

>>18516835
Yeah, I miss that guy, along with Mr New Vegas from /v/.

I plan on doing a sort of polar opposite of these feel-good types, but with the same end in mind. I have all the sound files from Junk'et on the Existence 2.0 mod transcribed. I just need to make a youtube channel to toss his voice into to add to the ambiance.

DEAR LISTENERS,+
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO REST FROM YOUR TRAVELS. BE WARY. MAKE SURE THERE ISN'T ANY DANGER AROUND YOU.

N.OW CLOSE YOUR EYES.
NOW OPEN THEM AGAIN.

DO THINGS STILL LOOK NORMAL TO YOU?

NOW PINCH YOURSELF SHARPLY ON YOUR ARM;

DID YOU FEEL ANY PAIN?

IF YO/U DID, CONTINUE ON YOUR JOURNEY.

IF YOU DIDN'T, CONGRATULATIONS. YOU ARE AWAKE WITHIN THE LUCID DREAM, AND I AM A PRODUCT OF YOUR IMAGINITAVE DREAMSTATE.-
----------------------------------
INITIATING MOTHERBOARD SETTINGS
RECEIVING PARAMETERS
ACCEPTING PARAMETERS
ACTIVATING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT
BOOTING THE ???? SYSTEM
SYSTEMS CHECK NORMAL
PROGRAM LOADING
PROGRAM DEFAULTS
INDUSTRIAL AMBIENT TERROR

>>18516857

Im sure we'll be around when you do feel like sharing neighbor.

>>18516835
Our mod overlords objected, I believe. A sad thing they ended, I found those threads therapeutic.

>>18516857
>>18517091
Quite.

You be sure to come back. We'll be here.

OP here. Just got back from a long day out and a night with some friends followed by a lonely walk home. I'm glad /tg/ remembers Mr. Rogers. I'm glad Mr. Rogers' thread brightened your day. We should do everything we can to brighten each other's day like this, every day.

That's why I come to /tg/.

I really wonder why a single children's television show host gets such a disproportionate amount of praise. Not to mention that threads about him get a strangely high number of votes on the archive when really, nothing of value is gained.

>>18518938

Nothing of value to you was gained, apparently. But that's okay. It might not to you, but it clearly does to many, many others.

>>18518938
The value lies in the smiles that Mr. Rogers brought to us as children, and he still brings to us as adults.

The value of imagination that we exercise every day here on /tg/.

The value of kindness, friendship, and compassion that hold us together as a species.

And the value of knowing that out there in the cosmos is always one man who will always tell you that your are special, just for being you.

>>18518938

You must not have watched Mr Rogers growing up then. He taught the virtues of imagination, kindness, and level headedness to kids in a reassuring way; he showed the value of talking TO children instead of AT them. That being a kind, neighborly person was not always the easy thing to be, but we should try our very best to be one. In an industry dominated by soundbites and advertising he dared to take the time to communicate and teach. If that is nothing of value to you, then that's okay, but I hope you take a moment to sit back and reconsider. But just because something holds no value to you, doesn't mean that it doesn't hold immense value to others.

>>18518938
0/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w9xk4hUKoQ&feature=related

>this thread
>my friendly face when

I watched Mr. Rogers's Neighborhood as a child. I'm not even sure why, since some part of my mind, in the very back, is asking me "Didn't you used to find this show kind of boring?" I don't remember when I stopped watching, nor what ultimately was the cause. These threads, in which we elegan/tg/entlemen reminisce about the virtues taught by Fred Rogers . . .

It reminds me of something. That my morality, my efforts to TRY and be a kind person to everybody, as kind as I can manage to be despite imperfections and failings in my attempt, is in many ways based on what this wonderful man taught me as a child. And now, as this thread makes me remember once again that this man, whose show I thought was boring as a child, is in fact the pillar on which I built a large facet of my own personality and morality today . . .

I'm crying, /tg/. I'm starting to have trouble typing, since I can't see my screen very well through the tears. Tears of joy and of guilt, because I'm happy to be reminded that I got to experience this man's teachings when I was younger, because I feel guilty that I once thought him boring yet based much of my morality on his words.

It's been a beautiful day, /tg/. And this thread made it even more beautiful than it was. Thank you.

i have never once seen mr. rogers's show. since it seems to be very important to many of you, please tell me what i'm missing

A nice guy doing nice things for a nice reason.
Television is severely lacking this sort of thing in this day and age.

Fuck you guys for having this thread up for so long, I want to live under my delusion that mister rogers is still around and living his life to the fullest. And you are making that more difficult.

Also more to the board related end of things, I think that he would make a great lich character, you know if your setting allowed good lichs.

>>18519560

I can provide you the opportunity to experience it yourself.


>>18516069
>>18515832

>>18519715

Nah. I don't see Mr. Roger's being someone who would try to prolong his life. He'd live it and live it to the fullest, and then he'd move on.


To be the best damned spirit in heaven a Cleric could ever hope to befriend.

>>18519848

I see him as a guy who attains lichdom purely out of a need to help others. Forever working to end wars and bring about peace.

However this may be skewed with my not wanting to accept the guy dying.

>>18519715

No need to be so angry at us, neighbor.

Besides that, death is a natural thing. It makes us sad, yes, but there's nothing that can be done about it - the dead can't come back. It makes sense to mourn, we are humans after all and we do have feelings that we need to attend to.

But you can't delude yourself into believing the truth isn't the truth. You can't give the world your best if you aren't willing to accept the world for what it is - a beautiful place, albeit one with its dark spots. But you can't hate it for those dark spots, nor can you try to ignore those dark spots, as they make the world what it is and truly highlight the beauty.

And to cover your Good Lich Mr. Rogers . . . well, refer once again to my first note. Death is natural, and it shouldn't be fought. So why would anybody who subscribes to Mr. Rogers's views try to cheat death, even if there were a "good" ritual to do so with? Yes, you could pass on your message for eternity . . .

But if you did your job right, you wouldn't need to. Those you taught will pass it on for you. And those they teach will pass it on for them. And so on and so on, for the eternity you sought in lichdom. There will be those who seek to corrupt your words, twist them to their own ends . . .

But there will also be those who still remember your original message and its true meaning. And they'll seek to pass that on to the next generation . . .

>>18519927

Yea no, death is something to be avoided and then conquered.

>>18519921

Remember, Mr Rogers was a powerfully devout Christian. To those such of him, death is not an end, but God's reward for all of their service.

It is sad that he is gone, I agree, but he deserves that reward.

>>18519927
A different person, but I don't really agree. Death only seems natural because we've had to deal with it for so long, but there's nothing morally wrong with avoiding death, especially if it also removes your need to absorb resources from the world. Lichdom would actually be a good step forward for those seeking true peace with the world as a whole.

>>18520009
Assuming, of course, that he had the correct vision of a god and it wasn't one of those asshole ones who turned out to be "true."

>>18520072

Whether it's true or not is largely unimportant, I think. What matters is that it was the kind of thing he believed in. False or not, I could never deny someone heaven.

>>18520096
I wouldn't deny anyone heaven, but pragmatically speaking, avoiding death to do more good in the world makes sense.

Also, I may be less passionate for Mr. Rogers than other people here, because I really don't remember anything about the show firsthand; I never watched TV at any age very much at all.

>>18520122
Pragmatically speaking, maybe. Religiously speaking, not necessarily.

>>18520143
Would not the ideal for one such as Mr. Rogers be to do what is pragmatically best, rather than prioritize that which is immaterial and unable to be directly helped?

>>18513195
>>18513218
>>18513220
>>18513221
>>18513246
>>18513254

Mister Roger, the only thing on god's green Earth that can offset the grimdark of 40k

>>18520176

Wouldn't someone like Mr. Rogers, believing as he did in the Christian faith and its inherent goodness, see the afterlife as being a pragmatically beneficial outcome rather than the immaterial seclusion you describe?

>>18520204
There's a story where Saint Rogers brings Kharn down from his permarage. Kharn calls off the Black Crusade and leaves the sector with all of his troops.

I can believe it.

>>18520330
>Kharn calls off the Black Crusade

Holy shit, in the 41st Neighborhood, Kharn's the chosen champion of Chaos Undivided and not Abaddon?

>>18520276
Whether or not it's immaterial seclusion is irrelevant. The point is that people need to be helped on Earth, and that this is a higher priority than getting people into Heaven. If everyone goes to Heaven, the logical thing to do to make their lives the best possible is to kill them and get them there faster; if not everyone does, the logical thing to do is become an outright preacher and work on resetting their souls rather than mucking around with petty worldly affairs. Since he did neither of those things, clearly he felt that events in the material world were important enough that Heavenly affairs could be put on the back burner; logically extrapolating from this, he could very well choose undeath to keep on doing this.

>>18520014
>>18520176

Allow me to put it this way, good sirs.

Mr. Rogers, in DnD terms, was ultimately a Cleric. Not the "Grab a Mace and Bash some Face" sort that shot disco lasers out of his fingertips. The sort that, if Divine Magic were a thing, would be a walking Cure ____ Wounds Dispensary. Might drop Resurrections for people as well, though I doubt it since those can get expensive and he wouldn't be a man to set an arbitrary distinction between those who "deserve" a resurrection and those who "don't deserve" one, which is a distinction that would need to be set if he couldn't just cast them an unlimited number of times.

To him - to a Cleric - the ultimate honor is to sit in the realm of your God, to be told that you did good in your time on earth, is it not? Even allowing for a "Good Lich" ritual, Mr. Rogers would not, I believe, seek such an option. He did what good he could in the time that he had. He was a man. Nothing more. He taught lessons on how to be a better person, how to love yourself and love others, but he was a man.

Why should he, a man like any other, seek to grant himself an immortality on this world that not all have access to? He has his afterlife to look forward to. His time came, and there is a place waiting for him in the realm of his God. Who is he, a mere man, to deny the honor that his God has granted him?

>>18520402
This guy (>>18520399) pretty much explained my point better than I could.

>>18520365

Can you picture Abaddon not just packing up and leaving after kharn called it quits and left with his troops. Abaddon would have so many fucking questions.

Kharn calling off his troops is less likely to happen than fire turning to water, or the reverse, or the emperor giving a heartfelt thanks to Tzeentch.

>>18520449

You misunderstood me, which is okay I probably didn't do a good job making what I meant clear. I mean that 40N, it was Kharn all along and never Abaddon.

>>18520402
Wouldn't that be him being excessively concerned about his own fate and not that of others, others he could help more fully while remaining still alive?

>>18520505

He's not doing it because it's in his best interests, he's doing it because that's how God had intended life be, and God is eternal benevolence.

I smiled at this thread earlier today.
Then I watched Mr Roger's speech to the senate. It made me cry for some reason. I still am a bit confused by that.

Anyways, I'm glad to see this is still on the front page.
/tg/, you guys are the best.

>>18520543
If God is eternally benevolent, then that which leads to the best outcomes on Earth is by definition God's will.

>>18520431
>>18520505

Perhaps, depending on how you see it. I can certainly see your point (his religious views say that there is a place for him with God, and asks who he would be to deny that honor? A man who seeks to ensure others can continue into their place with God as well), but my opinion, clearly, differs.

Because the way I see it, becoming this Good Lich to continue trying to save mankind, turning himself into an immortal benefactor . . .

Isn't that, in some ways, akin to becoming a god himself? An immortal entity whose entire reason for existence is to better mankind? Sure, it would ultimately have the capacity to help so many more people, but it also sends a message I don't believe he would want to send. At least, I believe it would.

A message akin to "I don't trust that you will be able to do the best for yourselves. I don't trust those that I have taught to pass on my teachings properly."

I'm willing to admit, we all have our own, valid points. Your views are different from my own, but still very logical counterarguments against my own stance. But, obviously, I believe that my stance is also very valid, true, and logical, and that it serves as an adequate counterargument against YOUR views.

Shall we agree, then, to disagree on what the "best" course of action would have been had it been an option?

>>18520727

You're clarifying my points much better than I can, so I'm not going to even bother adding anything more to it.

I once played a monk stylized after both Iroh from Avatar and Mr. Rogers.

He was the most fun character I ever played, and because of him I can't not be a LG character anymore.

>>18520727
To be honest... the message is good, but any message not from a firsthand source will be corrupted. It's inevitable. To remain on Earth wouldn't be showing distrust for humans, but simple acceptance of human nature and how the flow of information works.

But we could stop now, yes.

>>18520912

But isn't it also Mr. Roger's message that human nature can improve itself? And wouldn't he be showing faith in his own message by giving us the chance to prove it?

And I'm only not stopping because I see this as a discussion, not an argument where one of us has to be right.

>>18520575
I cried with you. I cried before I even started the video. Then the acceptance speech. Oh god

>>18520951
That's something that requires far more than one person to accomplish. I have some doubts that basic facts about human minds can be really changed through talk. Heck, it's not even just a moral issue, it's also physiological issues with how much memory the brain can keep hold of.

>>18521038

I think the issue you have of it is that you're thinking like "If I was Mr. Rogers" or "If Mr. Rogers thinks anything like I do," but he doesn't. Based entirely off of what we know of the guy, I rather think my viewpoint is the one he'd more go for.

>>18521149
That seems likely, truth be told.

>>18521173

Alrighty, then. So can we say that in a DnD setting, he'd be the most awesome of awesome Clerics, and that after death he'd be amongst the greatest of God's servants upon whom we can call for sage advice?

I swear to god, he's a shinto-buddhist.

>>18521231
That seems about right. Would he have Vow of Peace?

I personally would be more likely to be a wizard or archivist.

>>18521286

Have it? He embodies it.

Bill Nye: Basic Conjurer. Goes around showing children to rudimentary basics of magic with the intent to spread his own fervor over magic and its workings.

Carl Sagan: Mother fucking wizard of all wizards.

Thank you guys, i was fired from my job the other day but this thread made me happy, thanks neighbors : )

>>18521560

How'd you get fired?

Hope you can get another job without too much hassle. World's not all that great for the jobless right now.

No idea how or why, but this thread had me fighting back tears.

http://pbskids.org/rogers/songLyricsImProudOfYou.html

I'm proud of you /tg/.

>>18513786
The video of this, if anyone was curious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHvJGwparbU&list=FLDZ1IqhmsyDDj_90LmBCUhg

>>18522304

Fucking thanks, bro.

>>18522304

Tears, every time.

>>18522452

Why the fuck is it that picture that pushes me over the edge?

It's raining, that's it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX2AEfZpWT8&feature=related&t=90

When was the last time you did something nice for your mother, /tg/?

She loves you, no matter what.

Mr rogers was, is, and always will be a great inspiration to us all. from war vet to children's tv character to long remembered spokesperson for a generation. he SHALL be missed.

now, since it's past midnight, when is Bill Nye day? he was the next step for me. lord i wish he was still on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k8HHfJe828&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfWa9gI-Bks&feature=relmfu

Stay a while, and listen, adventurer.
Remember why it is you fight.

I don't really have anything from Mr. Rogers or any of the other people lauded in this thread.

But I suppose I can leave something instead that has brought me happiness and brought me up when I was down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PreNtCKgI0A

>>18522632

I surprised her at work and bought her lunch. Today.

What have you done?

I rarely get mad
But when ignorant people try to talk shit about Mr.Rogers it really gets under my skin.
But it's okay, because he would love even them.

>inspired by thread

A monster. When mortals look upon me all they did was scream and reel in horror as I apporaoched them and those martially inclined would scrunch their faces and gnash their teeth as they reached for swords and spears to slay me.

I suppose it was their negativity that I fed upon. A strange torturous drug that, though detestable in it's taste was intoxicating. For many countless years I stalked the woods and the mountainside basking in the tales of horror told of me, that I would squeeze from my victims before I spun them into my webs to devour their flesh later as I savored their fear and hopelessness.

One day As I stalked the woods yet again for the bitter drug I so craved I came upon an a young man dressed in the robes of a ascetic. I took particular pleasure in these types as breaking their wills and their faith was, at the time, most pleasing drawing strength from it.

I knew the holy could be dangerous, for they wielded powers from the mantras they chanted and the deep meditations and prayers they undertook but the urge was insatiable. I lunged from my hiding place, fangs and claws bared on all my legs ready to grasp and rend the monk and add him to the many others who reside in my cave.

Little did I notice the look of absolute calm about him. The last I saw was his face turn to me and a flash of light that overwhelmed my vision. Some manner of holiness that he radiated I thought. The pain wasn't like that of being cut or stab but I felt even my monsterous body lurch and lose strength and before I knew it the monk stood over me, his hands clasped and head bowed in prayer. I knew my end was near..

>>18523248

Always loved Invictus.

But damn that was an atrocious version of it.

>>18523042

"What are you waiting for?" I demanded. I would have expected a human to gloat over me before being slain, a fate I had since accepted but this was frustrating, "Stop chanting and be done with it! Is this not why you came to my forest?"

"No actually, I was simply passing through," He finally spoke up. He raised his head and more of his features came to me. He looked...Tired, the bright orange robes he wore suddenly were dulled and matted with dirt. His face was gaunt and even under the robes I could tell he was famished, but his discipline was sound and he ignored the pains and groans of his own body as was their way to ignore the worldliness they sought to leave behind.

"You see, I was banished from my temple." he continued, "Normally a creature such as yourself would be slain on the spot and no doubt you've earned your reputation...But I wanted to try something different."

At this point the force that held me in place had lifted. No doubt I could kill the monk. He was so close and so weak...And yet I could find no cause to raise my claws to him. Instead I righted myself and sat before him and continued to listen. For once the urge to kill did not compel me.

"What do you mean monk? What other way is their to deal with one another? I and my kind feast upon humans and you banish and destroy us. It is a wheel that turns without end for one thing always begets the other!" I berated, "Do you fancy yourself a god? And here I thought monks were taught to be humble."

...

>>18523386, continued

I waited for his reply sure enough that he could not rebuke me. I could see his strength fading as he knelt to sit on the damp grass before speaking.

" Your right and indeed we our taught many things," He continued, "I was taught that love for all things and the genuine want to see them to salvation were virtues of the enlightened. But how can I truly live by such a creed if I can only extend that kindness to humans and humans alone? I am indeed no god and I am far from achieving transcendence, but I figured at the moment I had the option to banish you that I could save you instead and show my brothers that mercy is for all beings."

I couldn't think of a reply. Did this monk presume that he could teach me as he could any lowly human? As much as I wanted to baulk I couldn't shake the idea. After all, when all your existance you've known only anger, hate, and fear the presence of one who felt concern for my well being was...Alien.

The monk soon slumped to the ground. He was exhausted and had no strength in him. How easy it would be to simply eat him here and now but...I do not rend him with my claws. Instead I picked him off the ground and carried him to a patch of trees easily tearing the limbs to form a bed of leaves to which I held together with my web.

After setting him down I found some fruit and laid it next to him before blending into the shadows knowing that my presence would keep the beasts and crawling things away from him. And in that time I all I could do was think.

I've been browsing 4chan for years. Every day I see threads where people call each other "jew" as a curse, or say "you jewed me", and suddenly you people think everything is okay? Americans are just as bigoted and full of hate as any other nation on this earth, except you think you're somehow better because of stuff like this. You're not. The guys crying about Rogers today are the same guys posting oven jokes, because Jews aren't real people, right?

Yours

Random Jew

>>18523663

On behalf of those that make such jokes, I apologize to you for making you feel like you weren't real people. It was never the intention, however I can understand that on an anonymous board it's not very easy to tell that these are the kinds of people who make fun of anyone and everyone, including themselves, for the sake of a laugh, that are not in themselves targeting any one person or group or calling.

Sincerely

Fellow Jew

>>18523663
How many Jews does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

I dunno, but Hitler should have finished the job.

>>18523727
Hey there American Jewfriend, see
>>18523729
So is that funny enough for you?

>>18523663
Dont call me american you filthy jew racist.

Anyway my point was that you're all phonies, Americans, with some rare exceptions. Keep masturbating over your childhood memories, it won't make you any less crappy.

>>18523663
I'm a white male American and I'm not a racist. Please don't stereotype me. I think that with a little understanding we can all be friends here.

>>18523747

Yes. It is funny. As a joke, it has the potential to be amusing. Because that's what it is, a joke. If you wish to take it as something else, an insult or an attack, that is fine. However, that's your decision, and not his. The blame is not his, but yours.

>>18523771
>>18523756
>>18523729

Easy their friends. No need for such anger amongst neighbors.

>>18523771
>sweeping generalizations about the most diverse country on the planet

>>18523756
"filthy Jew", eh? Yeah, you see, all you master-race types all look the same to me.

>>18523851
America... the most diverse?! aaaaahhhhaaaaahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa you people actually believe this, don't you?

>>18523838
Some men just want to watch the world burn. Which is sad in a thread that's about friendship and understanding.

>>18523867

Are we truly going to start this here? Can't we be friends for a while? It doesn't have to be forever, but for just a little, could we pretend?

Pretend that the world is a truly good place and that life isn't filled with the sufferings of many and that the dreams of children can come true? And that a friendly old man with a sweater really is the greatest neighbor you'll ever have?

>>18523877

Honestly, name one that is more so.

>>18523867
>Blackie
>Masterrace-type in any way, shape or form

Yeah, well as long as that helps you get on with your life, I can deal with it.

>>18523796
So you feel okay when watching funny gifs of the twin towers falling?

>>18523886
You know, I've been to quite a few different states here in America and the cultural differences between them are amazing. Compare, say California and Nebraska. It's like going to another country.

>>18523882

And it lasted so long, too. Just over 250 posts, and it ends with this.

>>18523915

If it's a funny gif, yes.

Its humor does absolutely nothing to detract from the horror and anguish of the actual event. It could never hope to even affect it. So why should its connection bother me? Why should it bother anyone?

>Somebody says that people think themselves superior because of Mr. Rogers

Nay, we are not. That's the point. That's what he taught. That we're special, we're all special. Each individual is a cumulation of something that's essentially unique.

And the challenge is acknowledging and accepting that others are, too. Liking this doesn't make us superior, it just reminds us that there is a place where no one is hurting, and we just do as we will. That we should try our best to make what's around us to be like that.

Humor is our way of escaping hurt, for the most part. Unless you're a complete sociopath, it's true. A jew joke is hurtful, and personally I'm not a fan of them, but I get why 4chan makes them. It gives us a basis of understanding, we get to say, "We're not them, we're not this. We're the good guys." It's detrimental, but certainly not a genuine hate, for the most part.
But we can hope that remembering some good in our childhood will remind us to NOT do that. To help others, as they can help us, not to take others down to help ourselves.

And we'll forget. It happens. We can just hope to remember. So when we leave home and come back, maybe that day we'll help someone instead of hurting them. Maybe someone will help you, instead of hurting you.
Maybe that day will be special.

Or maybe not.
Just do what makes you really happy.

>>18523921
It is proof that there are a few people left on 4chan that are still capable of feeling human emotion. It has been a long time since I've felt this stirring in my heart, this desire to be a decent, understanding, kind person. The turn that this thread has taken is rapidly removing those desires. No matter how nice you are it doesn't change the fact that most of the people you encounter on a daily basis are self-centered cunts who will take advantage of you at the slightest chance.

>>18523663
In the interest of understanding and mutual enlightenment, I'd like to know where you saw us raising America up on a pedestal because of Mr. Rogers. If we did say such a thing, please point it out exactly, because in that case we made a grave mistake.

Mr. Rogers taught us that everyone can be---and IS---our neighbor, no matter how different they are. The simple fact that we are all fellow human beings makes us all equally special. In the face of this overwhelmingly true similarity we all share, any differences we might have dwindle in comparison. There is no difference we might have that can ever blot out this fact; no matters of race or religion or nationality that will ever have the power to make us anything other than what we really are...

...human.

And so, it is as a fellow human being that I extend my apologies for the wrongs that have been done to you.

>>18523945

You're right. But you know...

Isn't it worth trying anyway? Even if you fail, even if you're mocked and ridiculed... shouldn't we at least try?

Strangely enough, all you nostalgic good neighbors don't even mention this post
>>18523729

Probably because it's a joke about how Hitler caused the deaths of millions of Jews. Funny stuff, right? I'd be a bad neighbor if I didn't laugh, right?

>>18523976

Actually, it was spoken of. Not much really needed to be said of it, though. Was there something you felt you needed to talk about it?

You don't have to laugh at it. You can take it as you wish. It is your mind, not ours.

>>18523969
Your words are expressing my thoughts much better than my words. I stand with you my friend.

>>18523972
I guess it's the struggle that we all must fight. It's so easy to lose that spark of humanity in the trash heaps of cynicism that make up most of 4chan.

>>18523969
>>18523945
>>18523938

>>18523969
Thanks buddy. As for the pedestal thing, basically everything that you do. I'm not saying it's wrong, I'm saying stop being phonies about it. You can't both have Mr. Rogers (on his birthday only) and call people Jews or Fags or Niggers while feeling good and neighborly.

>>18523976
If I made it, I would apologize for it. Since I didn't make it, I have no control over it, just as I have no control over your posts in this thread either. I apologize that there are people in the world and on the internet who will make such jokes, but you really can't expect us to be able to silence every last troll, now can you?

>>18523945
No! They will not fight! They are not ready.
Even now, there is hope for man.

Disregarding others as selfish cunts is just the cycle of distrust and hate. People are people.
They have motivations and needs, just like you and I.
And they make mistakes.

It's not easy, and I wouldn't expect anybody to just take all the shit that we put out with a smile on their face.
But it helps to just let it slide sometimes.

>>18523976
Are you trying to validate the blatant attempt to stir the shit, or trying to tear down any hope of helping people?

Nobody in here is a "good neighbor," but there's a sentiment that every once in a while they really want to be.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say is at all productive. Would you go to a run to cure diabetes and tell everybody's they're a bad person because cancer kills more people?

>>18523976

Yes. Terrible things happen. They have in the past. They will in the future. They are happening now.

And you know what? They don't have to. Its a terrible thing, what was done to the Jews. But it resulted in much of the world vowing to never let such atrocities happen again. We may not fully succeed, but we will try. We will do our damn best to make sure that no one suffers as they did.

Mr. Rodgers was a man who believed that individuals were by nature good. That they wanted to help each other, love each other, care for each other. We choose to celebrate that belief.

To ignore what happened in history is foolish. But to let that wound fester? To let it forever hold you back? To have it taint everything?

That is much worse.

>This thread

>>18523998
So a good neighbor will tell that joke, and his neighbors will laugh? Like a good 9/11 joke or a dead marine joke? You seriously believe that there's no problem here that you need to face?

>>18524038
Who laughed?
I'm all for occasional dark humor, but I'm seeing no mirth being taken in response to that post.

If you mean 4chan in general, you seem to be confusing a whole population with individuals. It's a problem, but it's not exactly one you can just throw a wrench at to tighten their sensitivity pipes.

>>18524038

Its a little thing called tact. That it was made in bad taste was understood.

People make mistakes. Neighbors, friends, people like Mr. Rodgers, forgive them.

We're all human. We can only try to do the best we can with what we have.

>>18524024
Well if any good has come of this thread it has reminded me that behind every Anonymous is a living breathing human being with hopes, dreams, fears, depression, wounds, and feelings just like me. I have resolved to try not to lose sight of that. I want to be more friendly to others. I want to be a good neighbor, even if it's only to /tg/. Together I believe that we can change our own little corner of the world for the better.

>>18524073
Then the victory today belongs to the people who fight against their own prejudices and find their victims are just as human as they are. And those are battles worth fighting.

>>18524030
"what was done" is still being done, in 4chan and /tg/ and in most other places. You probably don't notice, being such a good neighbor.

>>18524038

I believe the problem is that you can't separate the subject out. The joke is its own thing, spoken by whomever, and laughed at by whomever, treated however by whomever. It has absolutely no bearing on the subjects it utilizes, and can be the exact same joke with an entirely different wording and subject.

Another issue is that you are worried over the morals of the joke, which is a thing devoid of any morals. A "good" joke doesn't have to be morally acceptable by all, a joke is just something that someone finds amusing. Whether or not its appropriate is something that a person should take into account, but nobody is perfect. If it's done for the specific purpose to harm, that is one thing, but if it is fired away just for the purpose to amuse, that is something else. Both have the potential to hurt, but only one is being done intentionally. There you can find a problem people should face. But it's the second thing that happens more than anything else. And there the observer or listener has the option to simply avoid the joke and its potential to harm him or her, or approach the joke's deliverer.

>>18524092

Then help us change it. Right now, you are acting as the very thing you accuse us of acting. We are here trying to change it right now. Are you willing to stop and help us?

>>18524073

Truer words have never been spoken. And while I would wish to spend a greater amount of time with you fine elegen/tg/entlmen and women, I need to rest.

I hope to see all you neighbors, both new and old, when the sun rises once more. May you live a good life and may the wind be ever at your back.

>>18524092
In case you haven't noticed we are talking about changing our attitudes and behaviors to try and become better people. To no longer turn a blind eye to hurting our fellow humans. Won't you join us friend?

>>18524092

so there's an ongoing holocaust on /tg/?

>>18524073
Well, at least I can agree to that. I don't think I can add anything else, so signing out. See you in the next "dwarves=jews" thread.

Random Jew

It was his birthday, I had it on all my calendars, and I forgot. Tonight, I cried.

Be good to each other, for his sake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w9xk4hUKoQ&feature=related

>>18524019
My friend, I have the feeling that you are currently stewing over something or some things that have happened to you recently. You might have seen one more careless, hurtful internet comment than you could take, or you might have had a rough day and come to 4chan already angry. Whatever the reason, you're clearly angry.

And that's perfectly alright.

The world isn't often a happy place these days. There is so much going on right now that fills us all with anger, or grief, or despair. And sometimes we need to let it out. Sometimes we need to spew out all the turbulent emotions inside us, to empty the reservoirs so that we can prepare for the world's onslaught tomorrow.

So I just want to let you know that, as a fellow human being, I understand. It's hard going through life with a smile on your face; sometimes you need that snarl, or that glare. All I would ask, however, is that once you feel better, you give it your best try to put that smile back on. It's alright if it takes awhile---take as much time as you need. Just don't forget to try.

There's too much turbulence in the world today...shouldn't we all do our best to spread some neighborly kindness?

>>18524092

Did you even read sentence number 5?

>>18524092
Not the guy you're replying to, but I think his point was that joking about an incident that was horrible is different from joking that people are horrible.

I mean, I may be interpreting it wrong, but I figured most of the humor from jokes about horrible event is <because> it's taboo. You laugh because it's not supposed to be funny.

Why pick out specifically the jew jokes, which have majorly dropped in popularity? Why not the user of racial slurs, of misogyny, of the fact that we refer to each other as NECKBEARDS?

The expression of mutual hate is how we refer to each other here on these boards, for... whatever reason. The use of slurs is isolated to the shittiest of boards, too.

>>18524133
>See you in the next "dwarves=jews" thread

I've... been trying to give the benefit of the doubt, but this just sounds like a transparent troll.

This just makes no sense. I have never seen a Dwarves=Jews thread. And even if that SOMEHOW happened, most of /tg/ thinks themselves AS DWARVES.

So, you're telling me, that /tg/ hates jews, and equates jews to a certain fantasy race, that they equate themselves to.
So we're all sado-masochists?

>>18524159
Sentence five was:
>They are happening now.

Did you mean Paragraph 5?
>That is much worse.

>>18524166
Not that guy, but I recall seeing at least one such thread in the last month. They don't seem to be a common occurrence, but they do happen. I haven't found fault with them before, dismissing them as typical fantasy racial stereotyping threads. I'm not going to be able to ignore such threads in the future.

>>18524166

Yes. Yes we are.

Which just makes the whole things sadder. He's obviously mad at something, and decided to take it out here. And that's ok.
It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth knowing that we, as in the greater /tg/, can't do much to help.

>>18524197
>Yes, yes we are
Well, fuck. That's true.

I'm just going to go back to DM prepwork and pretend I've never chastised myself for being me.

>>18524205

Good luck with your planning bro

>>18524185

No. I meant what I said. The fact that it continues to happen is a terrible thing. The fact that we let something that we have no control over keep us from acting now to prevent things we do?

To me, that's infinitely worse.

/tg/ is an image board. On the internet. In 4chan. And we're trying our damndest to try to make the world a better place. It may be small, it may not mean much to anyone other than those here. But damn it, its something. And that alone makes it worth it.

>>18524245

I was just being pedantic, since you specifically mentioned sentence five. It occurs to me now that you might have meant "Did you even read past sentence five."

>>18524261

Ah. My apologies.

>>18524245
>To reach the unreachable star...

Gentlemen, we know that we'll never wipe out negativity completely. Negative emotions will dog humanity for the rest of our days.

But goddamn if Mr. Rogers didn't set all human beings a task through the example of his words and actions: to make sure that the spread of unconditional goodwill and compassion throughout the world matches the spread of anger and hatred, blow for blow.

This is our task as human beings, regardless of nation or color or gender or creed or any of the myriad petty differences that divide us. To truly say we have lived a good life as a human being, this is what we must do.

My neighbors, won't you join me?

>>18513661
Not sure about that last part but Good Eats has the others. Alton Brown is like a combination of Bill Nye the Science Guy and "insert food guru here".

>>18524322
Best part, so far as I'm concerned, is that he likes guns.

Man owns a semiautomatic FN SCAR.

He's a good example to hold up for gun owners being decent, level-headed folk.

>>18524322

The "cool old marine" part is not true, just a rumor that ran around and was believed simply for the boldness of it.

>>18524320

This might seem a bit off, after the whole "dwarves=jews" thing, but . . .

You have my axe!

>>18524320
>>18524352
And you have my sword.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGzqbEeVWhs

>>18524404
>>18524352
>>18524320

If it is the will of us neighbors, then /tg/ will see it done.

/v/irgin here, this thread brought me to tears. I'm supposed to be going out tonight (better wash my face), and I was feeling as though I might not do it because I'm afraid of talking to people.
Thanks for reminding me that people are just people like me.

>>18524449
Your welcome, neighbor.

>>18524449

The next time you forget, and we all do, hopefully we'll still be here to help you out again, as I hope you all will help me when I forget.

>>18524463

You need but ask, friend, and I will answer the call.

>>18524449

go out there and have a great time man.

>>18524463
>>18524485
As will we all.
What else are neighbors for?

>>18524404
It has been way too long since I've heard that song.

>>18524526
I aim to please.

>>18524817
It's pretty fitting for this thread. None of us may make a difference, but we'll go down reasoning and talking out our differences like gentlemen anyway.

after reading the whole thing i can only say the following:

i love you all.