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Who do you think will be crowned the Most Prolific Rent-Seeking Poster in 2014?

 
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"Rent-Seeking" - A Semi-Statistical Analysis - POLL INCLUDED

Postby AndyDufresne on Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:48 pm

Rent-Seeking seemed like the buzz word of recent topics, so I was curious -- how has the frequency of this word increased over time in the Off Topics?

Rationale: Excluding repetition in topic titles (i.e. post bodies only), and excluding posts that include "rent" and "seeking" but not together as the buzz word, excluding a poster simply quoting another poster in their post that has the word in BBCode Quotes, but including non-hyphenated versions.

2006 TOTALS = 0 POSTS
2007 TOTALS = 0 POSTS
2008 TOTALS = 3 POSTS
2009 TOTALS = 0 POSTS
2010 TOTALS = 0 POSTS
2011 TOTALS = 5 POSTS
2012 TOTALS = 39 POSTS
2013 TOTALS = 63 POSTS
2014 TOTALS TO DATE = 21 POSTS


2014 ESTIMATED PROJECTION = AT LEAST 63 POSTS (approx 21 posts in ~4 months, 21x3=63).

I fear we may be reaching a leveling off at around 63 posts a year, but perhaps we can make 2014 a bull market of a year.

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2014 POTENTIAL MOST PROLIFIC POSTER: BigBallinStalin.

Though thegreekdog did give BBS tough competition in 2013, snatching away the title. Maybe he's poised for a second consecutive title, matching BBS' early 2 title streak (though I admit, BBS 2011 title is a bit questionable -- he was the only contender that showed up evidently).

Or maybe gdeangel is poised for a comeback.

Only time will tell.



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Re: "Rent-Seeking" - A Semi-Statistical Analysis - POLL INCL

Postby thegreekdog on Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:33 pm

AndyDufresne wrote:Though thegreekdog did give BBS tough competition in 2013, snatching away the title. Maybe he's poised for a second consecutive title, matching BBS' early 2 title streak (though I admit, BBS 2011 title is a bit questionable -- he was the only contender that showed up evidently).

Or maybe gdeangel is poised for a comeback.

Only time will tell.


Andy. ANDY!

The Greek Dog has a message for BBS. But first... Finally... The Greek Dog has come back to Conquer Club! BBS, The Greek Dog says you're a jackass. Sure, you may have won the title from the Greek Dog in 2012, but The Greek Dog is coming for you. Here's what The Greek Dog wants you to do. Take a right onto Know Your Role Boulevard. Hang a quick left on Jabroni Drive and check yourself directly into the Smackdown Hotel! The Greek Dog is going to take his size 14 boot, turn it sideways and ram it straight up your candy ass!

Do you smelllllll what The Greek Dog is cooking?
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Postby Phatscotty on Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:36 pm

it's their code word for Marxism
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Postby thegreekdog on Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:47 pm

Phatscotty wrote:it's their code word for Marxism


What? You can talk about John 3:16, but The Greekdog 3:16 just whooped your ass. And that's the bottom line because The Greek Dog said so!
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Postby AndyDufresne on Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:34 pm

thegreekdog wrote:
Phatscotty wrote:it's their code word for Marxism


What? You can talk about John 3:16, but The Greekdog 3:16 just whooped your ass. And that's the juan_bottom line because The Greek Dog said so!


Fixed.


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Postby BigBallinStalin on Wed Mar 19, 2014 12:06 am

thegreekdog wrote:
AndyDufresne wrote:Though thegreekdog did give BBS tough competition in 2013, snatching away the title. Maybe he's poised for a second consecutive title, matching BBS' early 2 title streak (though I admit, BBS 2011 title is a bit questionable -- he was the only contender that showed up evidently).

Or maybe gdeangel is poised for a comeback.

Only time will tell.


Andy. ANDY!

The Greek Dog has a message for BBS. But first... Finally... The Greek Dog has come back to Conquer Club! BBS, The Greek Dog says you're a jackass. Sure, you may have won the title from the Greek Dog in 2012, but The Greek Dog is coming for you. Here's what The Greek Dog wants you to do. Take a right onto Know Your Role Boulevard. Hang a quick left on Jabroni Drive and check yourself directly into the Smackdown Hotel! The Greek Dog is going to take his size 14 boot, turn it sideways and ram it straight up your candy ass!

Do you smelllllll what The Greek Dog is cooking?


I don’t hate you, TGD. I don’t even dislike you. I like you a hell of a lot more than I like most people in the back. I hate… this idea… that you think you're good… because you’re not. I’m the best. I’m the best in the world. There’s one thing you’re better at than I am, and that’s tickling guy's anuses with your toes.

I’ve been the best ever since Day One when I walked into this company, and I’ve been vilified and hated since that day, but it doesn't matter to me. I gave you 2013 because I felt sorry for your punk ass. Now, I'm tired of your Aunt Jamima act. After my 2014 Beatdown of The Greek Dog, you'll be begging to cook me some pancakes.
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Postby Phatscotty on Wed Mar 19, 2014 12:16 am

thegreekdog wrote:
AndyDufresne wrote:Though thegreekdog did give BBS tough competition in 2013, snatching away the title. Maybe he's poised for a second consecutive title, matching BBS' early 2 title streak (though I admit, BBS 2011 title is a bit questionable -- he was the only contender that showed up evidently).

Or maybe gdeangel is poised for a comeback.

Only time will tell.


Andy. ANDY!

The Greek Dog has a message for BBS. But first... Finally... The Greek Dog has come back to Conquer Club! BBS, The Greek Dog says you're a jackass. Sure, you may have won the title from the Greek Dog in 2012, but The Greek Dog is coming for you. Here's what The Greek Dog wants you to do. Take a right onto Know Your Role Boulevard. Hang a quick left on Jabroni Drive and check yourself directly into the Smackdown Hotel! The Greek Dog is going to take his size 14 boot, turn it sideways and ram it straight up your candy ass!

Do you smelllllll what The Greek Dog is cooking?


At least I know now where you got your co-opted conspiracy theory from

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Postby Dukasaur on Wed Mar 19, 2014 12:19 am

Fucking rent-seekers. Make me puke!
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Re: "Rent-Seeking" - A Semi-Statistical Analysis - POLL INCL

Postby thegreekdog on Wed Mar 19, 2014 7:12 am

BigBallinStalin wrote:
thegreekdog wrote:
AndyDufresne wrote:Though thegreekdog did give BBS tough competition in 2013, snatching away the title. Maybe he's poised for a second consecutive title, matching BBS' early 2 title streak (though I admit, BBS 2011 title is a bit questionable -- he was the only contender that showed up evidently).

Or maybe gdeangel is poised for a comeback.

Only time will tell.


Andy. ANDY!

The Greek Dog has a message for BBS. But first... Finally... The Greek Dog has come back to Conquer Club! BBS, The Greek Dog says you're a jackass. Sure, you may have won the title from the Greek Dog in 2012, but The Greek Dog is coming for you. Here's what The Greek Dog wants you to do. Take a right onto Know Your Role Boulevard. Hang a quick left on Jabroni Drive and check yourself directly into the Smackdown Hotel! The Greek Dog is going to take his size 14 boot, turn it sideways and ram it straight up your candy ass!

Do you smelllllll what The Greek Dog is cooking?


I don’t hate you, TGD. I don’t even dislike you. I like you a hell of a lot more than I like most people in the back. I hate… this idea… that you think you're good… because you’re not. I’m the best. I’m the best in the world. There’s one thing you’re better at than I am, and that’s tickling guy's anuses with your toes.

I’ve been the best ever since Day One when I walked into this company, and I’ve been vilified and hated since that day, but it doesn't matter to me. I gave you 2013 because I felt sorry for your punk ass. Now, I'm tired of your Aunt Jamima act. After my 2014 Beatdown of The Greek Dog, you'll be begging to cook me some pancakes.


The Greek Dog had to hear it all. The Greek Dog wanted to wait until you said everything you had to say, so the Greek Dog knew exactly what kind of man he was dealing with in Whose Forum Is it Anyway. And now it's become crystal clear to the Greek Dog. You are straight up delusional. You keep mentioning that you've been the Rent Seeking champion for two years. That's incredible. incredible. The real number it ain't two years, jack. The real number that haunts your dreams is 2014. 2014 excuses running around your mind right now. 2014 hairs standing up on your straight edge scrotum. Because you know, you know in 2014 you're gonna be defending that Rent Seeking Championship against the Greek Dog which means in 2014 you know, the Greek Dog knows, the people know, in 2014... time's up.

You wanted change, you wanted a revolution. You say that when you became the Rent Seeking champion, you rejected the people. No, no, no, no, no. The people rejected you! You taked about change, but you couldn't do it. You talked about revolution, but you couldn't do it. You came out and you promised everybody ice cream bars. Ice cream bars for everbody! And you couldn't even do that. You couldn't provide ice cream if the Dairy Queen car fell and Cookie Puss drove an ice cream truck straight up your ass.

I want you to listen to something. Listen to something, BBS, listen. That's - voices. Voices. You laim to be the voice of the voiceless, but that's a bunch of hot garbage because here in the Conquer Club universe, there ain't no such thing as the voiceless. They have voices. And they love to use their voice. They use it every single day. They're gonna use their voice, they're gonna chant hte loudest chant you ever heard. They're gonna chant something that is gonna follow you for the rest of your life. They're not gonna chant "best in the world," they're gonna chant exactly what you are. In three seconds, they're gonna chant "Cookie Puss, Cookie Puss."
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Postby AndyDufresne on Wed Mar 19, 2014 9:06 am

This topic is going about as perfectly as I hoped.
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Postby AndyDufresne on Thu Mar 20, 2014 3:12 pm

Looks like 3 out of 4 Off Topic denizens think TGD is going to claim the title.


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Postby thegreekdog on Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:42 pm

AndyDufresne wrote:Looks like 3 out of 4 Off Topic denizens think TGD is going to claim the title.


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Postby notyou2 on Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:46 pm

gdeangel is a visionary.
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Postby Dukasaur on Thu Mar 20, 2014 9:57 pm

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