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katmk wrote: ↑10 March 2026, 12:13 I've found this thread weirdly fascinating

Me too!

katmk wrote: ↑10 March 2026, 12:13 Maybe they don't agree with political decisions their own country has made

Yup! That's me! I'm not a hacker, smurf account, cheater etc. Just a normal human being w/ a soul and my government was/has been engaging in activity that I wanted to detach myself from by removing my flag. I tried having no country which wasn't an option so I settled for Antarctica because I didn't want to claim another country. I am still a citizen here and all the people who I associate with no where I'm actually from. No malicious intent at all.

I've always wanted to visit New Zealand. Maybe I'll go with that flag, since changing to antarctica might make people think I'm a hacker.

Choosing Antarctica should be an automatic ban.

Jellby wrote: ↑08 September 2026, 19:01 Choosing Antarctica should be an automatic ban.

Then why did they make it an option?

I think ChiefPointThief may be onto something here. The seemingly lunatic choice to include Antarctica may very well have been to offer an alternative to those who don't want to identify with any country.

I assume Jellby was being facetious. Deadpan humor. I thought it was funny.

I think so too. I mainly replied to their post as a way to weigh in on why the site may have chosen to include the option.

Now, now, everyone knows Flanders was the only hacker ever on here. Used to insert himself into the news posts until he got caught.

BGA hacker flag:

"Flanders, you're the devil?"

"It's always someone you'd least expect".

I forget the actual dialogue, that was decades ago when the show was still good. If the scene I'm thinking of even happened at all.

FrankJones wrote: ↑09 September 2026, 00:39 "Flanders, you're the devil?"

"It's always someone you'd least expect".

I forget the actual dialogue, that was decades ago when the show was still good. If the scene I'm thinking of even happened at all.

Pretty close: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHzHmt1Qxps

Wow, I actually got it nearly verbatim, 20-25 years after the last time I saw the episode. "The one" instead of "someone."