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Re: WTF HAPPENED
« Reply #100 on: June 04, 2025, 05:46:04 PM »
Thanks Ron.

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Re: WTF HAPPENED
« Reply #101 on: June 04, 2025, 06:41:14 PM »
Great having getbig back, inclusive of all the previous thread history (excl. a couple of recent months) dating back to the circa 2006 era, as I often randomly read & enjoy old threads and battles

Had the same throught actually, but - despite individual subs being user-moderated - I am thinking broader oversight would likely prove an issue before long given some of the content that gets posted here, especially given reddit is now a public company. GB would lose a key part of what makes it the place it is
There are quite a few "anything goes" reddit subs. They have a NSFW disclaimer - lol!

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Re: WTF HAPPENED
« Reply #102 on: June 04, 2025, 06:43:49 PM »
You were, the white man freed your kind a couple hundred years ago.
Many hours and countless nights were dedicated to recover Getbig so we could see gem posts like these! Are you not all entertained?!

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Re: WTF HAPPENED
« Reply #103 on: June 04, 2025, 06:56:54 PM »
Thanks for getting Getbig back up Ron. I know how challenging it is to keep up to date with backups. I spent a few years doing IT related word. Hard drives will fail. When the site was down I wondered if Getbig could live on Reddit...


Had the same throught actually, but - despite individual subs being user-moderated - I am thinking broader oversight would likely prove an issue before long given some of the content that gets posted here, especially given reddit is now a public company. GB would lose a key part of what makes it the place it is


The sticky wicket is the "bullying" cause that Reddit has. Over the break someone tried to restart a Blaha subreddit, and Blaha had it taken down in like 10 days. I've seen others for lolcows that were hidden only last a few months too. 

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Re: WTF HAPPENED
« Reply #104 on: June 04, 2025, 07:09:53 PM »
There are quite a few "anything goes" reddit subs. They have a NSFW disclaimer - lol!

Any for midget porn (asking for Taffin) ?


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Re: WTF HAPPENED
« Reply #105 on: June 04, 2025, 08:17:43 PM »
I would be happy to donate to the cause. Getbig is the only website worth a shit on the internet.

Same here. thank you Ron!

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Re: WTF HAPPENED
« Reply #106 on: June 04, 2025, 09:57:31 PM »

Primemuscle         03:51:40 PM       Viewing Matt's profile.

Haha. Prime is such a creeper

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Re: Getbig is back!
« Reply #107 on: June 04, 2025, 11:41:26 PM »
I was actually worried that Ron died. I searched for his obituary. Glad to see all is good.
Me too. I was scouring other bodybuilding forums to find out any info that I could.

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Re: WTF HAPPENED
« Reply #108 on: June 05, 2025, 02:35:52 AM »
Any for midget porn (asking for Taffin) ?

Taffin already knows  :D
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Re: Getbig is back!
« Reply #109 on: June 05, 2025, 03:40:09 AM »
Me too. I was scouring other bodybuilding forums to find out any info that I could.

Haha, I might have checked Reddit to see if anything was on there

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Re: Getbig is back!
« Reply #110 on: June 05, 2025, 03:45:52 AM »
If you tried to visit the forum there was a message from Ron about the site being down for maintenance and that it will eventually be back up.

You guys didn't see it?

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Re: Getbig is back!
« Reply #111 on: June 05, 2025, 03:54:00 AM »
What happened @Ron? Hacked? Didn't pay hosting fees? Content too big for system to cope?

GetBig is like a bodybuilder who just lost his kidney and now got a new one :)

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Re: WTF HAPPENED
« Reply #112 on: June 05, 2025, 04:23:49 AM »
Haha. Prime is such a creeper

Prime just couldnt wait, as soon as Getbig was up, he was back to his former ways :D
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Re: Getbig is back!
« Reply #113 on: June 05, 2025, 04:28:26 AM »
THE KING IS BACK!!!
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Re: WTF HAPPENED
« Reply #114 on: June 05, 2025, 08:58:51 AM »
thanks for keeping this thing going Ron

hopefully some of the data that got corrupted was mostly the ghey shit that rots gB from the core (the servers HIV went to full blown AIDS)

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Re: WTF HAPPENED
« Reply #115 on: June 05, 2025, 10:45:46 AM »
thanks for keeping this thing going Ron

hopefully some of the data that got corrupted was mostly the ghey shit that rots gB from the core (the servers HIV went to full blown AIDS)

Ya, true GB proves that some moderation is still necessary for that, Funk, and Hawkins etc content.

After GB was down for a month the idea of it being faded did occur to me.

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Re: WTF HAPPENED
« Reply #116 on: June 05, 2025, 11:36:54 AM »
did I miss something?

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Re: WTF HAPPENED
« Reply #117 on: June 05, 2025, 12:31:39 PM »
Any for midget porn (asking for Taffin) ?
Looks like you and Taffin will need to log in to confirm your age so you can FAP to midget porn!

https://www.reddit.com/r/midgetXXXX/

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Re: Getbig is back!
« Reply #118 on: June 05, 2025, 03:35:44 PM »

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Re: Getbig is back!
« Reply #119 on: June 05, 2025, 07:17:55 PM »
Oh Happy day!!!

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Re: WTF HAPPENED
« Reply #120 on: June 05, 2025, 08:05:10 PM »
Great having getbig back, inclusive of all the previous thread history (excl. a couple of recent months) dating back to the circa 2006 era, as I often randomly read & enjoy old threads and battles

Had the same throught actually, but - despite individual subs being user-moderated - I am thinking broader oversight would likely prove an issue before long given some of the content that gets posted here, especially given reddit is now a public company. GB would lose a key part of what makes it the place it is

You mean the hardcore racism or the hardcore gay Hankins porno?

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What was "the news" the Maintenance page said would be announced?
« Reply #121 on: June 05, 2025, 08:22:48 PM »
When Getbig was down, the Maintenance page said it would be back and restored and some news would be announced?  Was it the news as to what exactly happened and why the site went down and the (amazing) efforts and work to bring it back up?  Thank you Ron and any and all who helped doing that, very Great News indeed!

But for some reason when I read it during the long lonely month, I thought it might be something unrelated to that, something more gossipy.  Just checking there wasn't something more I missed.

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Re: What was "the news" the Maintenance page said would be announced?
« Reply #122 on: June 05, 2025, 08:33:03 PM »
You thought perhaps the news was Hankins added several more ailments to the list  ;D

Thanks for getting the site back up Ron, hopefully the news is good news.

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Re: What was "the news" the Maintenance page said would be announced?
« Reply #123 on: June 05, 2025, 09:31:49 PM »
You thought perhaps the news was Hankins added several more ailments to the list  ;D

Thanks for getting the site back up Ron, hopefully the news is good news.

I'm sure he's added a few but thank God we don't know about them.  I don't need ay more good news than the site being back up, thanks Ron!

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Re: What was "the news" the Maintenance page said would be announced?
« Reply #124 on: June 05, 2025, 10:16:42 PM »
I'm sure he's added a few but thank God we don't know about them.  I don't need ay more good news than the site being back up, thanks Ron!

The only ailment I'd like to hear he's added is Death & the sooner the better. 👊🏻   ;D