Why is this forum so popular?

[Kallisti]

The whole mind control gag reminds me heavily of Aperture Science. .

This was a triumph
I'm making a note here: Huge success
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction

Playgrounder Forum
We do what we must because we can
For the good of all of us
Except the ones who are banned

But there's no sense crying over every warning
You just keep on posting 'till four in the morning
And the posts all get read
And you make a neat thread
For the people who are still online

I'm not even angry
I'm being so sincere right now
Even though you mind-controlled
And trapped me
And gave me a warning
That won't wear off for a whole year
As it came it hurt because
I was so happy for you

Now these threads and subforums make a beautiful group
Rich Burlew's still writing,
Roland survived the robot coup
So I'm glad I got hooked
Think of all the threads looked
At by the people who are still online

Go ahead and leave me
I want to go back to my fun
Maybe you'll find something else to keep you occupied
Maybe a Portal Gun
That was a joke, haha, fat chance

Anyway, this place is great
It's so mind-control-free

Look at me still parodying Portal when there's posting to do
When I look out there, it makes me glad I'm not you
I've got new threads to write
And I will stay up all night
For the people who are still online

And believe me, I am still online
I'm in the Playground and I'm still online
I feel fantastic and I'm still online
And when you log out I'll be still online
Still online
Still online

EDIT:

Spoiler

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In a dark desperate internet, cooling winds in the air
Warm smell of memes, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the database, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to read for the night
There he stood in the gateway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
"This could be amazing or this could be 4Chan."
Then he drew up a comic and he showed me the way
There were posts down the subforum,
I thought I heard them say...

Welcome to the Giant in the Playground
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Playground
Any time of year, you can find it here

His mind is Dungeon-twisted, he got the artist's bends
He got a lot of pretty, pretty plots, that he calls friends
How they appear in the website, sweet digital sweat.
Some come to remember, some come to forget

So I called up the moderator,
"Please bring me my spam"
He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen ninety-nine."
And still those posts are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to read them say...

Welcome to the Giant in The Playground
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin' it up at the Playground
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis

Memes on the ceiling,
The pink roleplay on ice
And he said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own mobile device"
And in the Giant's website,
They gathered for the feast
The stab it with their steely words,
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the escape
I had to find the link back
To the page I was before
"Relax," said the Admin,
"We are programmed to receive.
You can logout any time you like,
But you can never leave!"

*8bit solo!*

Hm.

Hm. Hm.

Hrah...

Hahahahahahahahahaha! That's just awesome. Here, have a cookie. No, have to cookies.

Oh, screw it.

DD? You know that truck full of cookies you parked out back? I think you should give Eleventh Hour your keys.

I'll go back to my fun now...