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The other day I had a dream about checking in on some of the old PHPBB Forums that I used to visit. I won't explain what the acronym PHPBB stands for.

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[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 week ago (5 children)

If you don't explain what phpbb is, you aren't getting an informed answer.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He’s special and wants to feel important. That’s the reason for not stating what phpbb stands for

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Because it's a secret!

[–] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

I thought it was just makes short raspberry sound.

[–] THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And with that arrogance, he also gets a downvote.

He got a lot of downvotes.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

phpBB is forum software written in PHP. It was notable for being free, whereas its contemporary competitors, Invision and vBulletin, cost money. They were all pretty popular in the 2000s and early 2010s before MySpace and Facebook kinda took everything over.

[–] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You are dating yourself with this comment, very soft dox I now know you are 25 at most

Nice try. The space shuttle exploded when I was in high school. My first computer was Windows 3.11