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[_] Tragic Tuesday Anon 3069874 let us flood toohoos out with tears Marked for deletion (old).
>> [_] Anon 3069884 Feels, Batman.
>> [_] John Moses Browning 3069894 Damn son, feels Bateman
>> [_] Anon 3069895 pls no
>> [_] Anon 3069901 Shit hits hard
>> [_] Anon 3069946 gonna go kill myself, don't worry i do it just because
>> [_] Anon 3069985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbYpWGM6 nfc
>> [_] Anon 3069987 >># I was expecting armstrong's theme to pop in at the end

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[_] Bummer of a Friday Night Anon 2775059 Depression is worrying about the past. Anxiety is worrying about the future. Here I am being chewed up by where I've been and where I might go.
>> [_] Anon 2775063 >Why can't people come back after they're dead? >They cant come back, Big Bird. They're dead. What a god awful way to describe death to children.
>> [_] Anon 2775065 >># why pull punches?
>> [_] Anon 2775066 >># Where you going OP? Don't leave us! It won't be the same without you...
>> [_] Anon 2775068 >># I wasn't skimping on my critisism, I was just keeping ti short. While it's a bit touching because you never see such dreary bullshit discussed on children's television, it handles it really poorly. "People die because people die just because, life carries on without them".
>> [_] Anon 2775069 There's no point in dying on your own volition. You can probably get a crazy check if you can't take care of yourself. Trust the system. The system might not like it, but they'll find a way to take care of the weak.
>> [_] Anon 2775077 >># smoke weed :^)
>> [_] Anon 2775083 >># Honestly just going out to pick up some chinese food and mope a bit with kids cartoons. Should be fine in the morning. Y'know that feeling of spinning your wheels and regretting most of your past decisions? That's really all. Thought something melancholy might cheer me up.
>> [_] Anon 2775094 ITT: "OP posted something depressing, he must be suicidal!"
>> [_] Anon 2775115 >># Yes but do you have a better reason for why we die? Age, accidents, disease, hunger, war. I think it was a simple way of saying "Because we all die eventually one way or another" without actually saying it. It pushes the mortality of us without saying "Heeeeey KIDS! You're gonna die!"
>> [_] Anon 2775118 >># They did a lot of research before they filmed this, like consulting with many child psychologists. It was very well recepted by children and parents. They did follow ups on children who watched it and they were fine.
>> [_] Anon 2775121 >># Well we all have to learn about death one way or the other
>> [_] Anon 2775139 As ridiculous as this is, it's still sad as fuck. Especially now that I'm old enough to have know several people who died.
>> [_] Anon 2775150 God damn, /f/ is really sad tonight.
>> [_] Anon 2775178 >># I don't know. I like the idea of choosing my own death. Going on my own terms. Walking up to death and saying that I'm ready. But if you ask me why, I'll only be able to say, "Because."

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[_] Somber Anon 2669610 Marked for deletion (old).
>> [_] Anon 2669615 Jesus Christ.
>> [_] Anon 2669619 >># what the fuck man how was this on sesame street
>> [_] Anon 2669621 Nothing like making kids aware of their own mortality
>> [_] Anon 2669623 why the fuck was this on sesame street is this like a lost episode or something
>> [_] Anon 2669624 touching.
>> [_] Anon 2669625 >># From what I understand, the creators of the show felt it was their job to teach kids about the world - including stuff that isn't sunshine and roses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Str eet >During the 1980s, the show incorporated the real-life experiences of the show's cast and crew, including the death of Will Lee (Mr. Hooper) and the pregnancy of Sonia Manzano (Maria) to address affective concerns.[10] In later seasons, Sesame Street addressed real-life disasters such as the September 11 terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina.[37]
>> [_] vipper !E.WATc1BGM 2669626 We all have to learn about it sometime. Big bird is a big kid; learning the same way we all do. This is sad, but at least it's a good lesson for kids without being traumatic or anything. Sesame street is the only show i've ever wanted to actually work on in NYC. I used to always sneak in when we were working at Kaufman Studios all the time. It was amazing.
>> [_] Anon 2669629 Mr. Rogers did shit like this all the time, he taught kids about divorce, death, and all sorts of things that most parents had a hard time bringing up.
>> [_] Anon 2669634 don't you remember? moot isn't here anymore it just has to be this way
>> [_] Anon 2669688 >># Just watched the September 11 one. Elmo's at a restaurant and there's a grease fire in the kitchen. The fire is put out without any damage, but Elmo gets PTSD from the experience. A trip to the fire station makes everything better. Bit of a stretch comparing it to 9/11.
>> [_] Anon 2669696 >># holy shit fuck man
>> [_] Anon 2669698 >># No offense to people who grew up with this but...that bird's voice reminds me Chris Chan
>> [_] Anon 2669714 >># I don't hear it. I always used to compare Big Bird's voice to a female Michael Jackson as a child. But as you said, you never grew up with Sesame Street so you kind of lucked out.
>> [_] Anon 2669742 >># it's sad but it's actually an initiative more children cartoons and such should take up, especially ones with educative purpose. life isn't sunshine and roses all the time, it can get pretty tough even when you're a kid so teaching the young about things such as death, divorce and the like early is good. you just don't show them the gore and graphic violence and shit, just make them understand that life isn't just happiness for ever. better that than having them learn the hard way when someone close to them actually dies.

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[_] Dear /f/ Anon 2639726 It seems the format is starting to die out, the only real new content is generally being made in other formats and ported to .swf, often clumsily. Many other places are just making the transition to webm or HTML5 formats. What say you? Marked for deletion (old).
>> [_] Anon 2639748 >># The hell? They aired this?
>> [_] Anon 2639749 >># There needs to be a transition into newer mediums of information. .swf as a format is archaic and severely limited in scope of capability. Obviously it will remain relevant for years, but as you said in the OP, .webm and HTML5 accomplish more than .swf could ever hope to while providing a higher quality at lower file size. The benefits of .swf over the others are quickly becoming outdated. Because the format is final and will never change, I think we're drawing nearer to a time where we should just drop it altogether and adapt to newer and higher standards. /f/ desperately needs to change if it wants to remain a thing. By adopting these newer standards, our range of material and content will easily increase for the better.
>> [_] Anon 2639751 >># Teaching children about the concept of death at an early age is actually a smart and important idea. Rather than increasing shock value and upsetting children, the episode in question taught kids about the importance of remembering and respecting Mr. Hooper, rather than grieving over his death.
>> [_] Anon 2639762 >># It's true that the SWF file format is an outdated and archaic format. The problem with /f/, though, is that it was built around that file format. 8 or so years ago, Flash could do things that were amazing and were very hard to do with other file formats, so it was the go-to format for animation and web games. Back then, this board was made so 4chan could host this kind of content, and a community grew around it. Nowadays, the community, while small, is still here, but it's still built around a now dying format. And I feel that if the format changes, the community will change as a result. /f/ will change the people that browse and post here, for better and for worse. On the other hand, if /f/ remains unchanged, it will eventually die. The people that post here will have to go somewhere else, and the community will be destroyed. /f/ will not stay the same for long, though. Time will pass, and /f/ will either change, or die.
>> [_] Anon 2639772 >># What do you guys think of allowing larger webms with sound and mp4s on here?
>> [_] Anon 2639774 >># It would be appreciated, and likely lead to more diverse content. But such a sudden shift would be problematic, as there would be a severe lack of proper archiving and cataloging. swfchan is an invaluable source of information, but if it can't handle something like this then it'd be a waste of time and effort. Then again, I know nothing of the capabilities of that website. For all I know it is already capable of handling that sort of thing. My only worry is whether newer formats can follow the code and/or procedure as .swfs have in the past. The way it works now is excellent when searching for a particular file's history. If we can't emulate that capability for .webms, .mp4s, etc then I can only predict a more cluttered and messy environment.
>> [_] Anon 2639780 i wish you faggots would go away
>> [_] Anon 2639782 I come to flash for interactive things, not stupid youtube rips or amvs. The day that those other formats you talk about can be turned into a game or something, then I'll accept it.
>> [_] Anon 2639783 Allowing different file formats won't, in itself, increase "video" quality to eg YouTube levels - for that you'd need larger filesizes, and there's just no point in burdening the 4chan servers (or our connections) with that when the HQ stuff is already so easy to find elsewhere (if you care enough to want it). Really I for one don't care what happens so long as swfs remain postable here, and people can keep posting comments on them.
>> [_] Anon 2639784 >># HTML5 is already being used for games tho
>> [_] Anon 2639786 >># This flash gets me right in the feels.
>> [_] Anon 2639787 >># I'm not all that familiar with the format; can you stick audio/graphical assets into a single file with HTML5 like you can with SWF? I'd really like a link to an example.
>> [_] Anon 2639788 >># What could you play HTML5 files offlline with? I don't know that format.
>> [_] Anon 2639790 just make /f/ into /webm/
>> [_] Anon 2639791 >># If done correctly, .html files can contain video, audio, and interactive media in a single file. Google "base64 img", "svg", "html5 canvas", etc for some examples. Normal web devs would cry at having CSS, js, images, etc all in one file, but I think it would work super well here.
>> [_] Anon 2639794 >># "what is [G]?"
>> [_] Anon 2639799 >># So you can do it, but you have to stick to ASCII characters, inflating filesizes as a result. So what can HTML5 do that's BETTER than SWF? Specifically, stuff that'd matter on f?
>> [_] Anon 2639803 >># lolno. /f/ isn't the "videos board".
>> [_] Anon 2639806 >># For starters, HTML5 is native to many mobile devices, whereas .swf requires flash player which, in most cases, is unavailable to many smaller platforms. It also is compressed differently and provides a more seamless download. Google has also rolled out HTML5 for Youtube playback. It is generally faster and more compatible than the flash-based code.
>> [_] Anon 2639807 Why not both? We have a clear, viewable section or swfs. Why not just a webm one under that?
>> [_] Anon 2639809 >># Fuck mobile devices.
>> [_] HOMOSECTUAL 2639810 >># >HTML5 yet another of steve jobs' wet dreams that came to shitty shitty fruition
>> [_] Anon 2639811 >># How is HTML5 "compressed differently"? HTML5 is text.
>> [_] Anon 2639816 >># This, I dont give a shit weather or not some teenager can browse /f/ on his fucking phone at school
>> [_] HOMOSECTUAL 2639820 >># >but as you said in the OP, .webm and HTML5 accomplish more than .swf could ever hope to while providing a higher quality at lower file size. >>size matters Listen, those two are good for animation and video in short bursts, and HTML5 is okay for most design but so long as I work with vectors it is not winning any awards in my line of work. and when we are talking games, lets face it for majority of stupid bullshit actionscript 2.0 can handle it better than html5. and yeah you could say the real pros make their own engines and such and they do, but for those that don't and lazy fucks swfs and fla i'd take over html5 any day
>> [_] Anon 2639824 >># >hurr durr i come to a flash board to complain about how flash sucks Kill yourself you fucking faggot.
>> [_] Anon 2639842 >># >># >># >># >># >># Hello newfirends. /f/ was made for something called "O.C." which stands for "Original Content". The "f" actually stands for "Flash" which is a vector graphics editor with scripting abilities. In it you can make short movies and small games. Many people who browsed 4chan used to make these and wanted a place to upload them, for this /f/ was made. .SWF is the best file-format for this If you just want to share funny videos there are plenty of places that does this better. Like: 4chan IRC, /b/ 8chan or reddit.
>> [_] Anon 2639846 >># >/f/ >hosting OC When?
>> [_] Anon 2639853 >># When it was created and for a while afterwards. Don't know when it turned into /b/ with sound since I've never been a /f/ regular
>> [_] Anon 2639857 >># >implying moot still gives a single rotten fuck about 4chan >implying /f/ will ever be updated to include webms with sound He didnt even put santa hats on /b/ this year I dont expect anything helpful to be done.
>> [_] Anon 2639859 Why isn't there a videos board anyway? With youtube embedding built in.
>> [_] Anon 2639860 >It_has_to_be_this_way.swf STANDING HERE I REALIZE YOU WERE JUST LIKE ME TRYING TO MAKE HISTORY
>> [_] Anon 2639862 >># AND WHO'S TO JUDGE THE RIGHT FROM WRONG WHEN OUR GUARD IS DOWN I THINK WE'LL BOTH AGREE
>> [_] Anon 2639871 >># We already have /b/ And 4chan isn't really a site for sharing videos or images so it wouldn't fit in anyways.
>> [_] Anon 2639873 >seen this scene before >thread has over 30 replies, expecting some kind of interesting discussion about the video >this shit right here Fuck you, /f/.
>> [_] Anon 2639874 >># VIOLENCE BREEDS VIOLENCE BUT IN THE END IT HAS TO BE THIS WAY!
>> [_] Anon 2639875 >># No, fuck you, leather man!
>> [_] Anon 2639878 >># >># I'd say HTML5 is becoming/will become the new scrub format for making and distributing OC, regardless of whether or not flash is still useful, just as good, etc. Supporting HTML5 would extend the life of my beloved /f/ imo.
>> [_] Anon 2639880 >># >native to many mobile devices You mobilefags need to find a computer or fuck off. Sick of this entitlement. Go surf Reddit if you care so much for mobile compatibility. This site wasn't founded around people who require such devices in their lives. >># X already has a link embed option. Use that. >># >argument doesn't go his way >complains more I bet you wish you could downvote right now.
>> [_] Anon 2639883 >># /f/ was made for 4channers to post their flash creations. Nothing else. What you want is another type of website/ board. That's why it's not going to happen here.
>> [_] Anon 2639884 >># more like r/montageparodies
>> [_] Anon 2639897 >># What I'm hearing, re the mobile argument: "Wah, change and increased convenience is stupid, why should a content site have to adapt to improving technologies?"

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[_] It has to be this way Anon 2539829 Marked for deletion (old).
>> [_] Anon 2539835 "Who's gonna make my birdseed milkshakes and tell me stories?" Man, FUCK you, Big Bird I always knew you were a self-centered piece of shit, I could see it in your fucking eyes Mr. Hooper is fucking dead Nobody gives a good goddamn about your feelings right now you hypersensitive shitbird Jesus Christ
>> [_] Anon 2539839 >># Big Bird is a perpetual 5-year old. As evidenced by his non-understanding of death. Kinda weird to realize when he's the tallest character on the show.
>> [_] Anon 2539864 >># thanks wise black man
>> [_] Anon 2539888 >># gr8 b8 m8
>> [_] Anon 2539892 right in the fucking feels
>> [_] Anon 2539894 jesus christ, that hit me right in the feels
>> [_] Anon 2539901 >># i'm crying too much feels for me
>> [_] Anon 2539915 Not appropriate for children! Not appropriate for anyone!
>> [_] Anon 2539997 I guess that's what I hate. That it "has to be this way". I don't want to die. I don't want to not exist. But there is absolutely nothing I can do to stop it. Doesn't make it something I can accept though.
>> [_] Anon 2540018 And then big bird learned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrZyMptC 2eQ Oh, would you look at that. It's raining.
>> [_] Anon 2540020 >># Not with an attitude lie that.
>> [_] Anon 2540021 >># This must be me
>> [_] Anon 2540023 >># Name one person who has escaped death. Name a single fucking person. Oh wait. You can't.
>> [_] Anon 2540024 >># but anon... its not rai- oh...
>> [_] Anon 2540027 >># They were all great wizards who no longer live in this plane of existence, they have ascended on to better places.

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[_] Time for sad Anon 2518443 Spread misery and suffering. Don't, if reverse psychology works on you. Marked for deletion (old).
>> [_] Anon 2518450 I would have fucking cried if I had to do one of those parts.
>> [_] fuckbitchesgetwaffles 2518458 FUCK YOU SESAME STREET
>> [_] Anon 2518460 >># >># >># This is why you should eat your dead.
>> [_] Anon 2518467 >># >I have to say -what- while in a giant yellow bird suit?
>> [_] Anon 2518471 I am old enough that I remember this originally airing. It was my first time understanding death, must have been '83 or '84. Then next up was the Challenger in '86 which I watched in the third grade. old as memories of an old ass man.
>> [_] Anon 2518472 >># In my nation we laughed as children as your television heros became melty shrapnel.
>> [_] Anon 2518490 >># in my nation we don't have heroes, just famous people
>> [_] Anon 2518491 >># >It has to be this way Goddamn, l thought it would be Sesame street with NANOMACHINES.
>> [_] Anon 2518496 >Mr. Hooper's not coming back Except for during the Christmas special because fuck taste, we're not trying to follow up on that with a new one! Heard about his death repeatedly by the time I saw this, so it didn't have much effect on me.
>> [_] Anon 2518509 STANDING HERE I REALIZE
>> [_] Anon 2518519 >># YOU WERE JUST LIKE ME, TRYING TO MAKE HISTORY
>> [_] Anon 2518520 >># nice edge bro
>> [_] Anon 2518546 >># ISIS please go.
>> [_] Anon 2518562 Literally fucking raged as a kid when all my cousins started crying at this part and I'm like we're all made out of fucking meat and if the meat breaks we can't use it anymore fucking duh you're all just crying because of a memory that won't repeat and you just can't fucking handle that fact
>> [_] Anon 2518595 >># >learning about death from a television show You had to learn this from television?
>> [_] Anon 2518610 >># Get a load of this faggot

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[_] You needed these feels Anon 2493775 FEEEEEEEELS Marked for deletion (old).
>> [_] Anon 2493789 illumanati propanganda, THEY already had immortality secret but pushed this shit to keep people ignorant
>> [_] Anon 2493888 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9jHgrbj UL0
>> [_] Anon 2493908 This was so fucking gay seriously, if I was there I'd have told Big Bird to suck my Big Dick and shut that Big Mouth

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[_] Goodbye, Robin Anon 2484859 Marked for deletion (old).
>> [_] Anon 2484866 Fuck, the feels...
>> [_] Michael Jordan 2484908 This actually made me cry
>> [_] Anon 2484986 damn
>> [_] Anon 2485008 goddamit this is sad can't believe they showed this to a bunch of children
>> [_] Anon 2485010 Jesus. This is so fucked up. I can't believe they showed this shit to kids.
>> [_] Anon 2485012 >># yea better to let them live in a fantasy land there whole life
>> [_] Anon 2485014 >># >># Yeah kids don't need to learn about how to mourn a death properly.
>> [_] Anon 2485022 >># >># Not like death is an important aspect of life that children should learn how to deal with.
>> [_] Anon 2485024 >that guy in blue and the woman at the end breaking up Shit. You know it's real because you'd never see actors in a kids show trying to slip that in to their performance.
>> [_] Anon 2485045 Damn, saw this posted a couple days ago, creepy to see it related so fast.
>> [_] Anon 2485047 Remember the last time we posted this and we sang songs from Metal Gear? Can we do that again, please?
>> [_] DarkThSloThArT !yxBVFEewfI 2485056 >We can remember him >And remember him >And remember him as much as we want. Shit, made me tear up. RIP in piece Robin Williams.
>> [_] Anon 2485063 I'm gonna miss you Robert Williams
>> [_] Anon 2485069 >># What a thrill....
>> [_] Anon 2485073 >># with darkness and silence through the night
>> [_] Anon 2485076 >it has to be this way - because. >just because. Welp fuck Sesame Street
>> [_] Anon 2485077 He wasn't that great.
>> [_] Anon 2485079 >># What a thrill...
>> [_] Anon 2485081 >># I'm searching, and I'll melt into you
>> [_] Anon 2485083 >># What a fear in my heart... but you're so supreeeeme!
>> [_] Anon 2485084 notice how they handled this well without dragging in religion?
>> [_] Anon 2485085 You know who could handle deep shit with kids? Mr. Rogers. Motherfucker talked about death, divorce, puberty, and all sorts of shit with kids. And in the end, he did it with a smile on his face and a song in his heart.
>> [_] Anon 2485086 >># Does a great job of handling death. Do you know how many kids there are out there, missing a Mom or Dad, who were affected in a positive way by that?
>> [_] Anon 2485087 >># *tips fedora*
>> [_] Anon 2485088 >># You're hurting me ;_;

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[_] Anon 2481791 Marked for deletion (old).
>> [_] Anon 2481824 lik dis if u cri everi tym won lik = won pray
>> [_] Anon 2481826 bird bird needs to be a strong bird now.
>> [_] Anon 2481827 fug I thought this was gonna be MGR ;--;
>> [_] Anon 2481831 I never asked for these feels.
>> [_] Anon 2481843 STANDING HERE, I REALIZE
>> [_] Anon 2481859 Goddammit
>> [_] Anon 2481900 Mortality is some heavy shit to drop on a giant yellow bird.
>> [_] Anon 2481940 Memento mori fuckers!
>> [_] Anon 2481947 >># YOU ARE JUST LIKE ME, TRYING TO MAKE HISTORY
>> [_] Anon 2481950 Well, I fucking cried. Thanks /f/.
>> [_] Anon 2481953 Mr. Hooper wouldn't want you to be sad Harden up, Big Bitch
>> [_] Anon 2481983 it was the jews
>> [_] Anon 2481986 mr hooper died? the fuck?
>> [_] Anon 2481994 >># >In my dreams you're alive and you're crying... >das feels mane