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[[Image:NARV.gif|right|thumb|200px|Artist's rendition of a NARV]]
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'''NARV''' is an acronym for '''New Age Retarded Voters''' . As of January 2006, YTMND has had a rise in popularity and has attracted a wider range of user base. Without knowing exactly the age of the users, and level of sophistication, NARV's seem to be inexperienced and their influence can be attributed to the rise in votes for relatively novice sites that would have never reached popularity in the hey-day of YTMND's past. This is a result of these voters appealing to the lowest common denominator and upvoting almost everything they see. NARV's seem to have no knowledge of YTMND history or the classics that define the tone of the website at large, and have no desire to learn, unlike the common noob. Many NARV's actually split their votes entirely between 1 and 5. Example: http://www.ytmnd.com/users/MessyRecipe/votes
|join date=January 01, 2006
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|site average=*
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|vote average=*****
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|site1=sohshampoo
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|Caption1=they
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|site2=ohyofacegosplatsplat
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|Caption2=cant
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|site3=verily
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|Caption3=make
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|site4=evilstride
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|Caption4=YTMNDs
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|site5=sccandy
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|Caption5=:(
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'''NARV''' is an acronym for '''New Age Retarded Voters''' . Lately as of January 2006, YTMND has had a rise in popularity and has attracted a wider range of user base. Without knowing exactly the age of the users, and level of sophistication, NARV's seem to be inexperienced and their influence can be attributed to the rise in votes for relatively novice sites that would have never reached popularity in the hey-day of YTMND's past. This is a result of these voters appealing to the lowest common denominator and upvoting almost everything they see. NARV's seem to have no knowledge of YTMND history or the classics that define the tone of the website at large, and have no desire to learn, unlike the common noob. Many NARV's actually split their votes entirely between 1 and 5. Example: http://www.ytmnd.com/users/MessyRecipe/votes
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NARV-like behavior is not entirely new to YTMND.  In the days of "ualualualue" and "ridin spinnaz", you could find this type of user on YTMND.  However, by rising in numbers they have justified each others stealing of already well known "funny pictures" from sites throughout the Internet, be they from other YTMND users ( See [[Parasite]] ), 4chan, b3ta, SomethingAwful, screenshots of bizarre news stories, etc...
 
NARV-like behavior is not entirely new to YTMND.  In the days of "ualualualue" and "ridin spinnaz", you could find this type of user on YTMND.  However, by rising in numbers they have justified each others stealing of already well known "funny pictures" from sites throughout the Internet, be they from other YTMND users ( See [[Parasite]] ), 4chan, b3ta, SomethingAwful, screenshots of bizarre news stories, etc...
 
Due to a lessening amount of users willing to openly downvote or point out site theft for fear of being "e-venged", NARVism has flourished. zuljinforthewin, for example, will downvote all of your sites if you speak against him.
 
Due to a lessening amount of users willing to openly downvote or point out site theft for fear of being "e-venged", NARVism has flourished. zuljinforthewin, for example, will downvote all of your sites if you speak against him.
NARV's that actually create YTMNDs rarely, if ever, use google or YTMND's own search feature to see if their site has been made already.<br>
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NARV's that actually create YTMNDs rarely, if ever, use google or YTMND's own search feature to see if their site has been made already.
 
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'''Confusion'''
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==Confusion==
 
Some users consider any voter who they do not like, eg. a downvoter, an Ebaumsworld supporter, or who is generally disliked, to be a NARV.  Many have seen the phrase thrown around loosely, and should be careful of such accusations, seeing if they meet the symptoms described in this article.
 
Some users consider any voter who they do not like, eg. a downvoter, an Ebaumsworld supporter, or who is generally disliked, to be a NARV.  Many have seen the phrase thrown around loosely, and should be careful of such accusations, seeing if they meet the symptoms described in this article.
 
    
 
    
'''Horrible Music Taste'''
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==Horrible Music Taste==
  
 
NARV's seem to enjoy overdone fad music, such as Axel F, The Price is Right failure sound, super mario bros. theme, Nightwish- Ghost Love Score, simple plan- untitled, etc.
 
NARV's seem to enjoy overdone fad music, such as Axel F, The Price is Right failure sound, super mario bros. theme, Nightwish- Ghost Love Score, simple plan- untitled, etc.
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NARV's create and cluster around fad sites that require the least amount of work, continuing to make and upvote them long after the fad has peaked. Most notably:
 
NARV's create and cluster around fad sites that require the least amount of work, continuing to make and upvote them long after the fad has peaked. Most notably:
  
[[Shoe on Head]]<br>
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* [[Shoe on Head]]
[[Best Day Ever]]<br>
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* [[Best Day Ever]]
[[Stride]]<br>
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* [[Stride]]
[[Epic Maneuver]]<br>
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* [[Epic Maneuver]]
[[GoogleFight]]<br>
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* [[GoogleFight]]
[[Eon8]]<br>
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* [[Eon8]]
[[lol, internet]] Especially after this [http://loltutorial.ytmnd.com/"Lol,Tutorial"] site was made <br>
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* [[lol, internet]] Especially after the [http://loltutorial.ytmnd.com/ "Lol,Tutorial"] site was made
[[iGod]]<br>
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* [[iGod]]
[[wikipedia vandalism]]<br>
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* [[Wikipedia vandalism]]
[[Myspace suicide]]<br>
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* [[Myspace suicide]]
[[Ebaumsworld]]<br>
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* [[Ebaumsworld]]
screenshots of news items edited with MSpaint adding "lol", "pwned", etc. <br>
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* screenshots of news items edited with MSpaint adding "lol", "pwned", etc.
[[uale]]<br>
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* [[Batman]]
[[Safety Not Guaranteed]]<br>
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* [[Safety Not Guaranteed]]<br>
[[Gman|...is having a wonderful time]] <br>
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* [[Gman|...is having a wonderful time]] <br>
[[Medieval]] <br>
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* [[Medieval]] <br>
[[Raiding other websites]] <br>
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* [[Raiding other websites]] <br>
Forum Registration Disabled Sites (Tends to appear in droves once a forum has been shut down due to  spamming)
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* Forum Registration Disabled Sites (Tends to appear in droves once a forum has been shut down due to  spamming)
  
note: not all of these fads are undistinguishable. The original submissions of these fads mentioned are worthy, but NARV's blindly upvote any site containing these elements without discernable inference.  NARV's quickly obliterate fads by attaching gifs posted many times before on YTMND with the new fad music, creating a "double unoriginality" experienced YTMNDers find unbearable.
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Not all of these fads are undistinguishable. The original submissions of these fads mentioned are worthy, but NARV's blindly upvote any site containing these elements without discernable inference.  NARV's quickly obliterate fads by attaching gifs posted many times before on YTMND with the new fad music, creating a "double unoriginality" experienced YTMNDers find unbearable.
  
 
== Offenders/Prominent NARVs ==  
 
== Offenders/Prominent NARVs ==  

Revision as of 20:47, August 13, 2006

Artist's rendition of a NARV

NARV is an acronym for New Age Retarded Voters . As of January 2006, YTMND has had a rise in popularity and has attracted a wider range of user base. Without knowing exactly the age of the users, and level of sophistication, NARV's seem to be inexperienced and their influence can be attributed to the rise in votes for relatively novice sites that would have never reached popularity in the hey-day of YTMND's past. This is a result of these voters appealing to the lowest common denominator and upvoting almost everything they see. NARV's seem to have no knowledge of YTMND history or the classics that define the tone of the website at large, and have no desire to learn, unlike the common noob. Many NARV's actually split their votes entirely between 1 and 5. Example: http://www.ytmnd.com/users/MessyRecipe/votes

NARV-like behavior is not entirely new to YTMND. In the days of "ualualualue" and "ridin spinnaz", you could find this type of user on YTMND. However, by rising in numbers they have justified each others stealing of already well known "funny pictures" from sites throughout the Internet, be they from other YTMND users ( See Parasite ), 4chan, b3ta, SomethingAwful, screenshots of bizarre news stories, etc... Due to a lessening amount of users willing to openly downvote or point out site theft for fear of being "e-venged", NARVism has flourished. zuljinforthewin, for example, will downvote all of your sites if you speak against him. NARV's that actually create YTMNDs rarely, if ever, use google or YTMND's own search feature to see if their site has been made already.

Confusion

Some users consider any voter who they do not like, eg. a downvoter, an Ebaumsworld supporter, or who is generally disliked, to be a NARV. Many have seen the phrase thrown around loosely, and should be careful of such accusations, seeing if they meet the symptoms described in this article.

Horrible Music Taste

NARV's seem to enjoy overdone fad music, such as Axel F, The Price is Right failure sound, super mario bros. theme, Nightwish- Ghost Love Score, simple plan- untitled, etc.

Bottom Feeders

NARV's create and cluster around fad sites that require the least amount of work, continuing to make and upvote them long after the fad has peaked. Most notably:

Not all of these fads are undistinguishable. The original submissions of these fads mentioned are worthy, but NARV's blindly upvote any site containing these elements without discernable inference. NARV's quickly obliterate fads by attaching gifs posted many times before on YTMND with the new fad music, creating a "double unoriginality" experienced YTMNDers find unbearable.

Offenders/Prominent NARVs

# User NARV level Crimes Against YTMND
01 "vex5" Critical AOTS contest runnerup with stolen material, posts stolen material, resubmits to make top 15, downvotes all other sites on U&C so he can make top 15
02 "FanaticallyInsane666" Stable posts stolen material
03 "deepbluevibes" Stable please add info
04 "Keyblademaster99" Critical Downvotes all Classic style YTMNDs,and hasn't made a YTMND
05 "BananaClock" Critical fond of the 'Van Damme dancing' gif, which has been posted over 100 times before
06 "zuljinforthewin" Stable update - seems to just be a troll account, not a true NARV?
07 "likeakiller" Critical true NARV by title definition
08 "Tal27" Critical split voter, even upvotes sites without sound, e-venges
09 "scorpkris" Caution puts other gifs to the new NARV fad music, screenshot YTMNDs
10 "sboss" Critical NARV voter, NARV site maker, revenge voter
11 "Acidrainman" Hopeless 100% NARV
12 "zalbane" Critical entirely split voter, WoW
13 "iSmell-Like-Windex" Critical Split Voter,Drama Queen
14 "WTL" Critical Split Voter, WoW, screenshot YTMND maker
15 "Mr-Jefferson" Stable Split Voter, fits NARV tastes
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Anti-NARV sites