Okay, Lets get this straight. Every time an influx of new members enters this site, I feel like this point has to be made over and over and over.
"Woohoo! I'm part of an online gang!"

Are we really a gang? By definition, you could call it that, but in all honesty, no we are not.
The Dollars is a community, a community based around sharing interests, meeting new people, making friends, helping each other, and having fun. We aren't here for the sole purpose of completing missions either. While we do advocate helping your community, it is not mandatory to do so in the Dollars, and placing your opinion on that matter over others is ridiculous.

I for one, am going to be honest, I haven't really done much for my community while I've been here, I've been too busy trying to enjoy myself and my time here. You should do the same thing.
One last time... We aren't a gang, stop being so childish.

Still confused? read this then.

Philanthropy is entirely compulsory. This site simply serves as a great vehicle for thoughts on that to be conveyed, which is why we've allocated an entire section of the site for just that. But as you say, it isn't the main goal - hell, we don't have a goal other than to be an online community. When people try to shove their personal interpretation of its goal, that in itself goes against our cause.

We get a lot of complaints from disappointed fanboys/fangirls when they realize it's not:
A) A fansite
B) Comprised only of people hellbent over bettering the world
C) Filled with people who will be nice to them regardless

Is the concept of a bare bones online community so hard to grasp? We use the Dollars name because of its original purpose - to be a community and nothing more. What comes of this is purely serendipity, and through no combined intention on our part.

>>2 And what I didn't cover, has been covered in this.
Thanksuto.

I'm just going to say this now. I'm going to get hate for it I'm sure, but it need to be out there. This place is going to get issues like this and about people taking it seriously because the idea came off an anime. There are many threads debating the same issue. Something needs to be done to fix it.

Implement a dancing, flashing box on the login page that says we're not a fansite?

Eh?
EH?

>>5 Now where have I seen that idea before..

Where?

I like the idea of a 'dancing' box that constantly flashes us, screaming "WERE JUST A REGULAR OLD COMMUNITY"... Yeah.. that'll get the message through..

>>1 I'm not thinking of gang necessarily in the connotation with which you're proposing, I suppose.
Yesterday, I definitely wasn't trying to ensue that we were a lot of gang banging thugs... lol

You could always let me loose on the fuckers. Let me tear into them :D

BACK IN YOUR CAGE FORTE,
Who let you out?
Just kidding... But yeah... feel free.

>>2 completely agree v.v

>>4 you won't get shit for being out there and trying to help, you'll get shit when you complain to other people on the site that they're not out there being as active as they can be, as it's not really an expectation here, despite common belief among the new members.

>>12

Yah the whole point of being in the dollars is to do whatever the hell you please.
What is all this about starting movements and what not?
I'm sorry but the only movements I'm experience are bowel movements upon all these wild advocates deciding we should join the tea party movement or the occupy movement lol fuck that

*experiencing, lols

>>1 >>2
I love all points made here. I always referred to Dollars as a "group" around my friends up until now, rather than a gang. People around me can be stupid and if I called it a "gang," then they go into some big fuss about gangs being bad, and blah derp blah. So I called it a group.

Not to mention I have to put them in their place when they call this place a fansite, without even checking it out. That annoys the hell out of me sometimes. -__-
I'm rambling, I'll stop.

>>16 Right, by definition the word 'gang' does loosely define us, however it has a negative connotation to it that leads people to assume the worst.
By avoiding that all together and just sticking with the term 'community' we can avoid such misunderstandings...

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I look at the Dollars as a helping community but others say we are a gang and besides if we are a gang then we are a nice gang and I say that because we dont go around jumping people or go rob people really when people look at us they see a gang but think about it we can prove to those people that we are not a gang but a community out to help people around the world with there daily problems.

>>19 That's how I see the Dollars as well. :l

Of course we are a gang,but a gang of people who are looking out to help the community among everyone else that live within it. striving to get rid of things that are cruel, and bitter.

Like and outlet more or less.

>>21 Did you read any of post 1 & 2? Or did you just read the title of the thread?

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>>25 Refer to >>23 for your notable stupidity. We aren't, as the other Misuto said, "comprised only of people hellbent over bettering the world". We're just a community. We're not even necessarily re-writing the connotation of a gang for the better, we're just a group of people. Sure, we might have missions and the like, but we don't have an established goal. Read the whole thread next time.

What about the ButterCream Gang?!

>>27 :|

>>28
:3

bump (for the buttercream gang) :3

Yeah yeah~ we know it already..

>>31 If you're referring to my post, then speak for yourself...


However if you're talking about the buttercream gang...then I concur....

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Windows 7 Dictionary - Gang - (3rd Sense) - people who enjoy each other's company: a group of people with similar interests who like to spend time together.
That is what the Dollars is.

its a group not a gang

Its a gang made up by mikado xD Its not a terrible gang, its mostly made up of durarara fans, if you can't stand the fact that were a gang, then you don't have to take it from me xD

>>37
We're not kids role playing. Most of the serious members don't care about Durarara. It's a group, created by our admin.

We're not playing make believe. You can think what you want, up until you think we're all role playing.

>>37 Unfortunately we have many who sees this as a fan site.

>>38
eeehhh! (^o^)/ you totally ignored me!
i texted, dont take it from me >:D

>>34 As if someone is going to hear the word 'gang' and be like, "Oh, a gang? You must mean like the word's third sense." Because ya know, not everyone jumps to that... IN FACT, i addressed that already in my first post.
"Are we really a gang? By definition, you could call it that, but in all honesty, no we are not.
The Dollars is a community, a community based around sharing interests, meeting new people, making friends, helping each other, and having fun."

Hurr durr...

Also, >>37 and >>40
Go fuck yourself. The site layout and the chatroom are the only thing we have in common with the stupid ass anime. Granted, we are made up of mostly people who watch anime, but that's not to say that some don't. Do you realize, what percentage of our generation watches anime? Neither do I, but I know its a lot. Just because a group of people all enjoy the same thing, doesn't mean that that group is dedicated to that specific cause.

Jesus... I thought I had explained it well enough in the first post... >:|

i like to say it a gang

>>41 Allow me to amend the first half of this post.

I'd like to quickly post the multiple definitions of the word gang.

Gang
noun
1. a group or band: A gang of boys gathered around the winning pitcher.
2. a group of youngsters or adolescents who associate closely, often exclusively, for social reasons, especially such a group engaging in delinquent behavior.
3. a group of people with compatible tastes or mutual interests who gather together for social reasons: I'm throwing a party for the gang I bowl with.
4. a group of persons working together; squad; shift: a gang of laborers.
5. a group of persons associated for some criminal or other antisocial purpose: a gang of thieves.

Most commonly used definitions for the word gang are 2 and 5, yet you don't seem to understand that trying to twist the word around to make yourself happy wont change the fact that it has a negative connotation. If you want the world to acknowledge us as a group for the greater good, then don't go screwing it up right off the bat with your idiot logic.

I've always liked to think of us as an "Organization", it sounds more fitting, when I think of it as a gang, it gives off the wrong idea to me.

ya i prefer to think of our selfs as an organization or just a group not a gang but ya maels right gangs arent always bad
anyone remember the odd fellows i think were more like them.........

>>46 you may have misunderstood me...

Where a Good Gang!

Where a Good Gang!

Exactly, we are a gang. We are the dollars and those who believe are truely dollars. Pathetics, learn your game and stop posting unworthy posts. Thanks. Oh and one more thing, their ARE dollars groups in several places.

We are a gang that helps people right?

We are a bunch of people that help other people

... I still want to say gang 'cause it sounds cool. Even if it's childish.

But just because we have good intentions doesn't mean we can't be called a gang. Plenty of gangs start because there are a bunch of people who just want something to belong to, and to have a group to watch their back. Isn't that what the Dollars is? I think we are a gang, just not one that hurts people outside it.
I don't think it's childish to call the Dollars a gang, but if the implications of the word make you uncomfortable, then by all means call it whatever you want.

The point isn't whether we're a gang or not, it's what we do. We help people. Call this what you want, it will NEVER change the fact that this is something people believe in and exists through that belief to make their lives better.

Still, if people find out about us, would you rather them turn their head, and start slandering us? Then the whole world finds out, and we're being bashed just because we're associated with bad feelings towards 'gangs' over what a few people said.

Instead, I'd rather get it right from the get-go. Good images. good name. Good goals. Then it is less likely to stir shit up, during that chance we're discovered. If we ever are.

Because we're more of an 'organization' than a gang. Yeah, it really makes no difference to us, name wise, because basically it's the same thing, but the title does to others.

Now that I about it... In Drrr how did Dollars end up being called an online "gang"... Wasn't it because of the rumors and bad things ppl were thinking and assuming after that graffiti incident in the Mikado flashback episode?

And then there were the ppl in drrr like Hiroshi(hey man guy) who were using the dollars name to scare ppl that they belong to a big bad group. These guys acted like thugs and hoodlumsand so naturally the Dollars would be labelled and thought of as a gang.

Now, our Dollars group is in the real. Not the anime or manga. We shouldn't really have to do with those other that the name, password, how the site looks, etc. We obviously made a mistake with going as far as calling ourselves a gang. I bet Mikado never onced called it a gang. We should take the "gang" out of any description of/for the site posted anywhere and put something like "community" or "--an organization that doesn't do much..." or "-- a group that dalla dalla..."

we can have peace in reality we dont need war we beed peace and "Dollars" is not a gang

i think technically we are a gang, but at the same time we are not. gang just means a group of people with compatible tastes or mutual interests who gather together for social reasons. and our social reason is to better society and make peoples lives a little bit easier. but at the same time, we do not hold any form of hierarchy, or hold a ruling system (other than be polite and get along) the way people are talking about joining a gang, they are wrong. but there is no reason to pay them mind. lets just get along

such a warm group

We are mean't to help others and make the world a better place..

oh, well i will >.> i always thought of this as making peoples day a little brighter

We are an anti gang built on stopping the crimes of the world but at the same time doing stuff that could benefit the community.

>>62 OMG, that usage of the word 'gang' is the same usage that Fred from Scooby-Doo uses it... I don't understand how you guys can take definitions out of context like that...
>>1
>>2
>>41
>>43
Things to know.

The fact of the matter is, it doesn't matter what the definition is. Not everyone is smart enough to just look it up.

They will, 9 times out of 10, look at the term with negative emotion attached to it. That is how people are.
Judging a book by it's cover. Jumping the gun.

What the fuck ever, they will more than likely look at us with disgust, because we're using the descriptive term 'Gang', and think "Oh, God! They will kill, rape, do drugs, steal, fight, and cause drama!"

>>68 Right, I've been saying that this whole time... But fandom is hard to overcome, everyone assumes we're aspiring to be just like the show... I don't understand how it's so difficult to get it through their skulls that we aren't the show.

>>69
They learn the hard way. With rage, and no one listening to them.

why must they learn the hard way? didnt we learn the hard way? why dont we just help one of the new members if each of us just help one person it can take away anger!

>>71
Why must they get it easy if they refuse to learn from the most obvious of places? The most obvious action.

Read before posting? Also helping may help SOME, but as people and myself have explained many times over, we found a proven formula. That works. Being blunt to idiots. They seem to either learn it quicker, or leave.

If they leave, no harm, no foul, nor does it fucking mess with us.

>>71 Please refrain from derailing threads with your 'nice guy' logic. :)

>>72 Whether we are blunt or not, we are technically trying to help them. It's up to them to decide how to take it.

Back on topic~ go!

>>69 >>70 I was trying to say that and that's why I think we should remove the gang part. We copied a little bit too much there. But it doesn't really matter if it's there or not anyways right? Who cares, we know who we are.

>>74
AND KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE!

On the other hand, it may cause drama on the site as well, if we ever gathered enough attention someday. They find the site, they attack the site with their bullshit rants about what they think we are.

Gang means
"A gang is a group of people who, through the organization, formation, and establishment of an assemblage, share a common identity."
It has a bad meaning nowadays, but we can be the reason to change that definition.

And that's why I am running for president. Bananas will be distributed regularly. Until then, stay thirsty my friends.
-Thiamor

>>75
About time we take the site's link and password off other sites like facebook? I don't think we should just leave it out there.

All I can say is I am proud to be a dollar. It helps make me feel like I belong, and I have people I could talk to if I need to. The dollars seem to give me a purpose that ive been looking for most of my life

>>79
We can't just force the link and password to be gone off of sites. If people want to share it, they can and will, and unfortunately, we will be discovered more-so in due time.

>>77 No, no we can't. We shouldn't rather.
Do you know what 'real' gangs are like? Like the the Bloods, the Crips, The Aryan Brotherhood, The Mexican Mafia... I'd damn well like to see the world completely change the connotation of the word 'gang' from these huge gangs that negatively impact society all the time, while we do charity work, or clean up graffiti, or fucking donate to fundraisers... As if... People truly don't understand what gangs really are, and what they're capable of. Its a messed up world, why would you even want to associate your name with that shit? I say give up the word gang... Its a worthless term with a terrible connotation.

We are a community. Simple as that.
I'd also like to note that >>78 duplicate Thiamor made me laugh there...

>>80 Im also pruod to be a dollar i thank we should do missions it helps people and comunity and evierment.

>>83 exactly!

I like calling this a gang. Because we kinda are.

>>85 In what sense?

>>86 In the sense of "a group of people who, through the organization, formation, and establishment of an assemblage, share a common identity"?

Yet there are many terms meaning that very thing, yet they always go for the word 'gang'. Why is that? Fandom.

Well we are a community rather than a gang, all of us are very different people but I know we have the comment traits of civility, understanding and respect. I like the dollars because everyone likes to help out, sure you have people that aren't kind and just foolish but that's ok. Every group has those. We are better then any stylist gang
WE AEE THE DOLLARS
WE HELP THEREFORE WE ARE! :D

>>88 Nailed it.

>>89
Stylist? They aren't on 'America's Next Top GANG' here. No style to it.

Fo shizzle, styles be trippin' balls. Tru dat.

Now that I think of it, we could call ourselves a society

I beleive the dollars is more of a organization than anything...

I think we should just call ourselves a group. I think gang and organization and society are too specififc considering how many different ideas and beliefs are present within the dollars. Let's keep an air of mysteriousness around our purpose.No matter what we are, I am proud to be a dollar. Oh and the wolrd isn't as bad as you think. Jus sayin

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Also, ButterCream Gang.

Not tryin to sound corny but I like to think of the dollars as the guardians of society or of every community in the world :)

>>98 good one

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Yeah, we aren't a gang. We are an internet based organization of pacifists who aren't monitored or even very well known. Its not like the dollars have been plastered over the news or anything. But again, perhaps thats a good thing, that could lead to numerous amounts of trouble. We just need to keep doing what we're doing, making the world a better place, one dream, one person, one community and one life at a time.

>>102 im not a pacifist... But I do believe in the morals of this group, and I am proud to be a dollar

>>102 Someone is a debbie downer.

:)

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being on a forum =/= being in a gang
jacking a idea from a anime to create a forum =/= being in a gang
organizing things on the internet =/= being in a gang

Just a forum. Everyone is just a user.

You are totally right! We are not a gang .. =T

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what are we the east side dollars? or no no we would be the yadollarskuza

You are right.

True...so true.

See you say it's a community but all I end up seeing is trolls such as yourself Mael. You fail.

>>113 it's a community. Mael and others like him keep the highest semblance of order they can in it by acting the way they do. As far as I've seen, it's effective, while a bit rough.

The Dollars. Really, it is what you make it. Whether people came here looking for a fansite, or a change in direction, a place where anyone can find a niche to finally fit into...origin and initial intent aren't really as relevant. What matters is that we're all here now. Some people define their purpose as Dollars to be an outreach community; some are just looking for a place to socialize and kill time, not really caring about some benefit-for-all, higher-calling ideal. Not everyone is going to agree, and that's just fine. In fact, it's that Hodge-podge of different ideals and goals that make us the OPPOSITE of what this day and age consider a "gang". So yes, I agree with Mael. We aren't a gang, and people are too lazy to do some proper research into the topic, so it could be a bit self-destructive to walk around flaunting ourselves as one. I might be repeating a lot of what was said, but it's on my mind.

>>113 Some day, I'd like to make a thread where everyone puts up what they think the definition of a troll is. I think it'd be funny...

>>114 also thanks for backing us up Hazuki. :)

>>115 I always wanted to make a guide to trolling thread. If nothing else it'd get us some non-pathetic trolls here once in a while.

The dollars are just the dollars. I don't really see it as a gang.

>>115>>116 I remember making a thread about the definition of trolling on Main. But it didn't get much attention.

thank u i have a friend who think that for the honor of the dollars he must complete missions or he will bring disgrace to the dollar name and yes he is one of those overly happy bimbos who thinks he's in a gang

people actually get excited and think this is an online gang?

>>120

Well it's still an actual community, but idiots tend to get confused with real life and the anime, then spread the word that we're a gang. Either on a role-playing basis, or thinking we are a real gang.

We're real, but not from the anime. We're not a role-playing site.

I mean it's cool that people started something like this, but when people go overboard with it it's kinda annoying -__-

>>122

Only people getting overboard are those that try to copy the anime.

Anything else, action wise, isn't overboard or annoying. It normally HELPS.

Im kinda new and ive seen people going overboard. What do u usually do to help?

How about you READ the needed stuff? You'd know. in all seriousness, that is the smart thing to do, really.

So, give me an example of the people you've seen going overboard, and define how it is.

Ok sorry if I said anything wrong. I just truly don't get the point of the whole thing. It just seems stupid to me to set up meetings for members to get together because I'm sure there are a lot of fakes and creeps here and wouldn't want to run into them.

Hmm, I like being called a gang. I mean, a gang is a group that shares the same interest or have the same identity, right? Something like that.

>>128 Gang: "an organized group of criminals."

>>129 Well, thats what it is now, i guess. But if we tell people that the Dollars is a GOOD GANG then people might change their perspective on what a gang really is... or something.

>>128 >>129 Hmmm I kinda like the idea of being called a gang but I have to agree with tsubaki a gang is "an organized group of criminals." and we're not criminals.

havnt we been through this a bunch of times already

>>132 sorry kinda new

>>133 Read the thread? Or at least scan it~

AGREE!~~

>>131 tsubaki is wrong, a gang is an organized group.

>>136 really??? oh! then i like the idea of being a gang

>>136 DAMMIT CEL! tsubaki is never, ever wrong. Because the New Oxford American Dictionary is never, ever wrong.

So is a gang a good thing or bad thing?

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>>139 It doesn't have to be bad, but the word certainly has negative connotations

I sent alot of plp from facebook here. My name is DNA, ive been reading your sight for a while

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To be honest, I refer The Dollars as a organization/community, rather than it just called "a gang", and it seems fitting. But there are some who have a different perspective than what others think.

>>130

But it's still easier and BETTER (for us as a whole, and in the long run) to choose a title that fits us and looks good to others.

How long would you propose it'd take us, to look good to the public, when using the term "gang" opposed to using the term "organization"?

How much more work, to prove ourselves would we have to do, to make the word gang, good again, compared to how much we could/would/already do now, if being called an organization?

It doesn't matter if we'd be noted as a good gang. It'd take us longer to be seen as something good, if using the word gang, than something already seen and liked.

That implies IF we want to be seen. We will, eventually, and it'd be good to use a title that is liked by many. Do you see where I'm going with this?

>>145 Bump

>>145 This. It should be obvious, but it would appear not. Anyway, this.

>>145 all of this. Pretty much explains why i detest people calling it a gang.

>>138 that is wrong

were not a gang.were an orginization

worldwide

>>149 No it's not~ :I

>>152 >>149 actually, you both are technically correct, but we arent exactly criminals

so wat r we really

we may be a gang. but we are not out laws like the others.

>>155


Guess you refused to read my post.

>>145

Fucking read it.

>>154 we are the people who come up, punch you in the face, and run away, for no reason.

worldwide

worldwide

>>159
Stop fucking saying that.

@thiamor hes just mad he got is ip blocked xDD

>>161 different person?

THANK YOU! I like to think of this as a organization too. I HATE when people say stupid stuff like that. My friend said that and I was so mad I almost slapped her. I hate when people call this a gang.This IS a organization so get used to it people. A gang is totally diffferent. Figure it out.

I agree. People do stuff like that it gets anoying. i haven't done anything really yet. i have been hanging out on htis site for only like 6 weeks. Enjoy yourself. I think people can help the community on their own time. Have break from time to time.

>>162 No i think hes on another computer.

>>162 But if ur reffering if im the same guy from the other thread then yes i am :3
>>166 thats me to :3 lol

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I agree with you Mael. Gang? Yes. your traditional gang? No. A community? Yes. A gang/community for fun and helping people? Also yes.

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>>172 Excellent use of le kitty bump my friend.

Bump!

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WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU PEOPLE BUMPING THIS SHIT FOR? READ THE GODDAMN ABOUT PAGE, AND THERE WOULD BE NO NEED TO LOOK AT SUCH A STUPID ASS POST!

>>177 bump to you

>>177 the fuck?

>>177 Fuck you. Fuck the horse you rode in on. Fuck your mother with that horse. And fuck off.

Guys a Gang is not meant to be a bad thing;as a matter of fact back when the first Gang appeared they tried to do the same thing as us.They tried to better the world,but other people had different believes in changing the world such as ruling it with fear or using religion and or money to show the world there point of view,but the problem with that is that know one see's the world the same exact way.Like Shadow wolfboy said:Windows 7 Dictionary - Gang - (3rd Sense) - people who enjoy each other's company: a group of people with similar interests who like to spend time together.
That is what the Dollars is...that is us.Get it through your head back then a gang was not bad and were here to make that "BACK THAN" into "NOW" The Dollars are a Gang were one of a kind and I'm proud to call us a Gang.There's no shame in being different and that's why I'm here to be accepted as myself and no one else NOT another group NOT another community NOT ANOTHER fan-site!!!!WE ARE DIFFERENT AND I DARE TO BE DIFFERENT!!!!!

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I'm awesome!!!!! END OF DISCUSSION!!!!!!!!!!!XD

Just drop it. We don't care if you think gangs are good, or were good, or if we could use that word. The fact is, others would think otherwise by the negative feelings towards that word.

The SMARTER thing to do, is to pick a word that is liked by many, that would be quicker and easier to use.

>>184 exactly. well said sir, well said.

>>184 The best thing to do would be to not give a fuck though, smart one. Why be a wuss about it if it's just a word anyway? Terminology is subjective. Call it what you will. It's your personal decision to give a shit about our appearance to others. If someone wants to call it a gang, I say go ahead.

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All Im saying is that a word is a word and if people want to be stupid about us calling it a gang than we have no business to try and change there opinion.I just want a place to belong Im tired of being misunderstood and being alone all the time-my only friends are the lunch lady,my school janitor,and my mentor A.K.A the school principal.The Dollars are the only people that are worthy of being called my friends and my family.

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This is an organization its even emphasized.

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I feel like alot of people who come here and think its a gang are all anime freaks who watch drrr. which brings up another point. It also irks me how many people come to this site and trek it like an anime fandom site, when it is NOT. If you go to the chatroom, half of the open rooms are about anime. I dont know, its just been bothering me and i feel like someone should open a thread about this to spread more awareness.
Back to the gang issue though, yeah since in drrr it is mentioned as a gang many times, people just come here thinking that. Also, not going to lie it feels pretty good saying youre part of a "gang". So personally, it doesn't bother me what you call it, just as long as you understand the concept.

>>195 The chatroom is a hub for anime freaks, because it's not our chat. We're merely linking it because our users bitched frequently about us not having a chat when ours died, and the reason for the death is somewhat long, so I'm not gonna go into that. So yeah, assume most of the people on that chat is not from this site.

Ok, thanks for clarifying! I havent seen many anime related posts on the site itself, so its probably not as bog an issue as i thought. Its still a shame that the dollars cant have our own chat though. Oh well.

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i thought we re a money.....

They better understand since this was pretty clear...

GGfew

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I like the idea of calling us a gang. Not a bad one, but just a gang as in a group of people with common interests. Whenever I describe The Dollars to someone I say "basically an internet gang of people who want to do good deeds". You all can call it what you want, I just personally like the term "gang" or "group" better.

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>>206
Till you say it to the wrong people, that TAKE the word GANG the wrong way. Till then you'll be fine with it.

Nya~ I have no comment. Nyahaha~

By the end of the series, the existence of "The Dollars" is stated by Mikado quite plainly.

"It's the community."

Hehe its too fine out your self ^ ^

Well, this idea can come to work in that gang sense. But the reason it worked so well in the series is because it was a thing that was concentrated in one area. And japan isn't a large country like america. Ikebukuro can be thought of as a district in L.A, not N.Y. having to

Ugh message was cut of. The point was that this is mostly for fan purposes. So for people to consider this a site nearly as legit in that realistic purpose sense is really just full of themselves. But it is possible, mostly concentrated in large cities though. Because unlike japan, other cointries aren't really interested in such things, and may just look at is as if were a scam or virus

>>213
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Oh, so THIS is mainly a fansite (fan purposes, you said)? So the creator and the majority of us have been WRONG THIS WHOLE FUCKING TIME? Oh god. I had no idea.

[/Sarcasm.]

We don't need some logistical bullshit, trying to TELL us how hard it'd be, or to tell us if this is for fan purposes. The purpose is what each of us want it to be. If most of us think this isn't a fansite, then guess what? It is not.

Why is that so hard to comprehend?

Why can't you people leave that "I know what this place REALLY is" bullshit out at the fucking door, before entering?

Because you know you'll get shot down by the people who believe. The people who have high hopes for this group. Including myself.

Now, am I dumb, or a fanboy, for wanting to be in something like this? If you say I am, what gives you that right to say such things?

Also what's so bad, about wanting to do this?

Also it's ALREADY possible, since we are already doing it. It might not be big, but it isn't a super small group either. It also can grow much bigger.

What do you have to say to that, naysayer?

You may have intended on that post being GOOD, or helpful, but to me it wasn't.

Bumping stupid shit off.

Bumping shit away

Bump for organization.

I admit, inside the Dollars world, we are an organization, but to those who aren't in it, we could be considered as a gang. it's a point of view kind of thing

Bamp

So like, who made the Dollars?... Cuz, I wanna know...

Dunno, but I have a feeling that this isn't the way the Dollars should really be

>>221 >>222 Please read the FAQ. Reltair is our admin; he created the site for us to use.

Bump~

>>223 Yes Im aware of that. Im no idiot, but I think everyone puts a bit too much into the charity thing. I do want to help people, but choosing missions is a bit of a hassle

>>225

What exactly is a hassle? Should it just be made where we are FORCED to all do the same missions, instead of given a choice of so many different missions?

in my eyes we are a squad cause we help each other out and we dont jump people 4 no reason

hello people im realy mikados brother

hello people im realy mikados brother

>>227 >>228 >>229 Samefag detected.

Don't pretend to be different users, and this isn't a roleplay.

I do like to call it a gang at times, but it's a different kind of gang, obviously. I don't consider it childish if I call it a "gang", but I do know that the Dollars isn't just about completing missions and all that.

bump

Who the fuck cares. Stop getting bogged down in vocabulary and do something good.

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Technically......we are a gang, because the definition of a gang could be: A group of people who gather around a common interest. But technically we're not one of those bad gangs that goes around raping people, stealing stuff, and being badass. Although it would be kinda cool if we were a little more badass, but ya know, who cares, whatever.

>>239 The definition of gang: An organized group of criminals.

NOT a gang.

Bump

bump.

I understand and it is true... we just a community, how we make of this community is ours alone. We are just the Dollars, not some online gang, not a fansite but rather we are just an online community. WE ARE THE DOLLARS, nothing more, nothing less...

I agree with Ziel-san. I love Dollars like method it be. However Dollars not have fixed rule, it can be everything as we and others want at the same time it still under name "Dollars". I like as it be like that. So in my opinion it is "Dollars" that is the best definition.

bumping for organization.

>>1
The Dollars are a community but for those who like it to be mentioned as a Gang fine. As for the mission I actually like the idea about it ever since I learned about the Dollars I have done allot of stuff for my community (doesnt mean you have to) but before anyone sees me do it I leave a poster that says "The Dollars" and our password

Oh come on. Not some other person giving away the direct access to the site. That only spells out disaster.

I think that's a pretty good point.

>>248
Lol why not??

>>250
Because you then cannot control who you let know. Why should we suffer from trolls just because you want to give the password and link away to the open public?

Cut cut cut cut cut

>>252 We're not a ROLE-PLAYING OR FANSITE. Get the fuck out.

so cut out the cutting?

>>254 What you did there.I saw it.
Also, >>252 stop role-playing or gtfo.

bump cuz its created by Maelman

I've been skimming though this thread and just wanted to put my 2 cents in, this thing has gone beyond a gang unlike in drrr were not all located in a signal town we are strung all over the world, in some aspects we are a online community, but the best way I can describe what we are is more of a beginnings of the start of a movement, its difficult to complete missions as a whole, from what I've learned from talking to several other members online is that everyone just what they can where they are at there own pace, and you don't even have to really do anything you feel like it just being apart of this movement is enjoyable enough. But that's just my thoughts on it everyone makes very valid points.

A big difference from us and the gang in DRR!! is that we are spread all over the world and not in any particular area like Ikebukuro. I think Izaya was also a big part of why there was such a strong concentration of Dollars in Ikebukuro, while we have absolutely no connections to anyone really important... We're an online community that may occasionally come up with something that actually changes something. Or just some guys on the internet that won't end up doing anything, who knows?

In the first time I thought we'are a gang. Tough in Durarara!! anime Dollars is a gang... So... What did the founder said about us? Did us a gang or a community? It's same tough..

>>259 no, no it isnt

A gang, by defenition, is intent on causing trouble. We are not a gang.

I say we are a gang but not like the other gangs. We don`t have a color and we don`t start trouble. We`re still a gang of thousands....

Sorry! I'm from Poland and i don't speak english good ._.
So we are not a gang. We are. . . hmmm I don't know. Family? Frends? Enywhere, WE ARE NOT A GANG.

Question is..who cares? People like to remind us that we are all about doing whatever we want to do. So if some of us want to call ourselves gang members who has the right to say they shouldn't? It's all up to each person individually how they see the group they are in, they only have themselves to blame if people take the term they use the wrong way.

>>262 We don't have THOUSANDS of members.

bumped by me

Point is we are here to stay and no one can change. That.......neox has spoken

dude put the same theard up and ppl got fucking pissed

>>268
Because THIS thread was made first.

bump.

Dollars is not a gang its a community ! that helps each other ,!

$ DOLLARS UNITE $

I cut

Dollars! ASSEMBLE!
ha, bump

bump.

then what are we Mael can anyone tell us

>>275 First read the entire thread, and if that's not enough, Mael even posted a link to a small paragraph that makes it infinitely clear what we are. We are a online community.

Bump

The dollars can be what ever you want it to be. In my opinion the dollars is just an organization that wants to make the world a better place. Thing is, we are a large group of people which kinda makes us a gang, then again we are not together so its kinda contradictory to say we are a gang. Also, gang is not a good word because it is often, and usually only, used as a term for an organized group of criminals. The best thing to call the dollars, is a network of people, people who want to help the world through small and big changes alike.

-My Opinion (But someones still gonna have a problem with it)

So.. do you want to act like a real gang or something? like find someone around that is dollars, and go around beating people up like a real gang?

I know I'm still pretty new here, but I honestly don't see the Dollars as a gang. Maybe a community or network but not a gang. And I also feel that it is whatever you make it, what you want to do with your place in the Dollars is up to you. (I think the missions are great, but I'll attempt them in my own way, in my own time, not because I feel obligated or anything). I also don't understand the whole "Yeah man, I'm in a gang! Let's get noticed!" stuff xD I mean, I already have to do that enough in real life. It's nice to just come here and talk to people about anything. That's just me though.

To be honest, this doesnt seem like an actual gang site. More of a Fan site.

This is not a fan site. NOR a gang site. Sure, we are a gang, but gang simply refers to GROUP OF PEOPLE. The activities on this site are not FAN-LIKE, except in some of the boards.

Anyone confused should Ctrl + F search fansite, and then gang.
Read the one question connected to each word search.

http://dollars-bbs.org/main/res/1329603701.html#2

>>283 No it doesn't. Gang refers toa group of people intending to engage in criminal activities.

I think we are a Gang of people who helps the community and we are not the type of a Gang who don't doing illegal stuff.

>>286 Doing illegal stuff is in the definition of a gang.

The word Gang to me is kinda stupid. If you watched Scooby Doo enough growing up.

gang
noun /gaNG/ 
gangs, plural
An organized group of criminals
A group of young people involved in petty crime or violence
A group of people, esp. young people, who regularly associate together
An organized group of people doing manual work
- ninety days of hard labor on the road gang
A set of switches, sockets, or other electrical or mechanical devices grouped together

I don't think we're like a bad gang . Were not doin anything wrong/illegal .

Yea true I got bored and made and made a misc post and got cursed out for it O.o

Lol

>>290
They CURSED you for being stupid. You're not allowed to post bullshit like that. Definitely on Main. We're not a role playing site.

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maybe not a gang but this is a fansite nomatter how you look at it if you want to call it a comunity thats fine with me but dont forget no one heard of this website untill they eather watched durarara or heard about it from somone who watched durarara so as i said eather way you look at it the dollars is without a doubt a fansite

>>294

You could also hear it from a member that was invited by someone who watched Durarara, but never watched it themselves.

When the site stops being about pandering to a fandom, it stops being a fansite. And we most certainly do not pander to a single fandom, though we do not deny it being the inspiration. The Dollars from Durarara was simply a great idea, and expanding on that doesn't necessarily make it a fan site - the direction we have taken is far removed from it.

>>295

I agree with you but I heard from a friend that there was a dollar group/ site before the short novels that spawned the manga and the anime. That the novels were based off the site

wHat's new..

>>296

Then whoever told you that tried to trick you, and/or they are a moron. None of the series was based off of a site.

ur the idiotic

>>300
> Calls someone with proper grammar and a grasp of the rules an "idiotic"
> Spells you're "ur."

Lol'd.

>>296
True true, that was the origin to create this site.
I know accepting is hard. :(

This is still a discussion?
Technically everyone's 'questions' have been answered already...

if the Dollars are really real i will like that some people stop saying that the Dollars are bad people if they really have no idea or what is the Dollars so i will like that and even if the Dollars are not real they steal have to stop saying the Dollars are bad peoplei now we are good people to me the Dollars are real if they are not real i don't care and the thought that i think the Dollars are real is cuz this wedsite was here before the anime DRRR started in the T.V in MN

>>304 ooooooooookay.

Yeah..we are not a real gang!
The problem is that "The Dollars" were inspired by an anime..so people don't take it seriously..!Neither am I :P
An other problem is that we are from different countries so it's not possible to do things like they are doing in the anime..!
I joined Dollars because I was excited by the anime..but in fact we can't do nothing from here..:/ We are far away from each other and we don't take things seriously..we can only act like a gang when we do something that will really help humanity:P Now I sound really childish but I wanted to have some action in my life..Of course I didn't believe that if I joined an online gang would change something..but honestly..don't you guys want to live a amusing and adventurous life..? I'm really bored..I want to do something new..but I understood that we can't do anything from here...:/ (Sorry for being so childish right now..)

>>306 You do have a point, though.
I know that we are kind of not a gang, but I still like to think that we are, but I guess I don't take it too seriously, either.

Setton your 100% right lets work together on this one were do u live

Bump

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>>306 Just because we're far away from eachother doesn't mean we shouldn't take ourselves seriously. As I said we aren't a gang, we're a community, and it would do you well to take that seriously. I have taken both the site and it's community seriously and because of that I have made some pretty damn great friends here. You're missing the point of what I'm saying, it's like you only read the title of the thread or something...

yeah you're damn right I hear you!Oh and i don't think this is a gang i think this is just a site where you can make new friends and just chill^x^

I agree with both of you it is a place to relax to me it's not a gang or community to me its a reveloution a way for us to discuss problems to help eachother we don't have to if we want to but still this website is a place to discuss problems in the world and basiclly get togther as a family even though I have not made any freinds yet this place is my one and only place were I can feel safe from people hurting me this isn't just a website this is home

i agree with kloud

I don't think this is a gang and Black Kloud is right

i agree with Kloud,this place has been amazing ad i've only been here for a few days,to me,it's a place where i can talk with just about(almost) everyone,and if i can help in any way,even better,amazing!. : )

I definitely wouldn't call this a gang. If we were to spend most of our time together in real life, then this would probably be called a gang. That may just be my definition though.This does seem a lot more like a community than anything else.

just saying, there are many different definitions for a gang..the one thing that is brought up in every definition I have found is that it is a group, doesn't have to have special missions or anything just a group of people, just how an organization is pretty much a group of people and a community, it doesnt matter how we interact or anything, and yes, technically multiple of other things that don't call themselves gangs are as well, gang is just referred to as a group of people
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gang go through every definition and find the thing they all have in common, the only reason we are not considering ourselves a gang is because it has had a bad connotation to it for so long, dealing with street gangs and violent acts more so that whats it is truly used for.. (sorry about ranting....I kinda thought I should share my view on the topic since its been discussed for so long) :P

well I think that were a gang IF we share our believe with the world,and besides gangs use to be a good thing,now there just a word or name that bring's fear to all who hear it.We could be a good gang like the ones back than.

>>321 well, it doesn't have to be with the world, it just has to be a common belief within our group, everyone came from one belief, that the anime gave us, whether it we watched it and use this as a fan base or not, the anime instilled the belief even an online group of people can make a difference (yes I know we don't do enough, some not at all, to make a difference in the world) but thats kind of the common thing that all dollars have. and by a few definitions of a gang that is part of what a gang has and yeah, I know gang has been termed as a bad slogan now and days and really we can be considered a good gang as back then, but I know like you and everyone else that due to it being termed bad we are not willing to be termed as a gang

We may be a gang, but not criminals...

yeah, thats all I was saying, were a good gang, we don't do things to harm, we do them to help

>>1 I both agree and disagree. The term Gang has been ruined, it meaning was originally "a group of people with compatible tastes or mutual interests who gather together for social reasons". So no were not a group who will gather together on the streets like on the anime (this may not be a fan group, but be honest we've all seen it), but by the definition we are a "gang", and I'm proud to be a member. Long live the Dollars!

>>325 You haven't read this thread, or you would know that by definitiong, a gang was up to bad things.

This is an online community, designed to be anonymous and based around people's shared likes,concepts,passions and interests. The term gang has the habit of making people come up with negative impressions of people and the groups overall

>>325 This shit is what bothers me, you all don't understand what -that- definition is referring to. That form of the word is used in such cases like, "I'm gunna go chill with the gang", or "let's split up gang". It is not in any case used in the form that you imply. In the phrase, "we are a gang", gang strongly implies the nagative connotations of the word. Get it? GET IT?

>>325 We're talking about today dumbass, and today if you say gang it means a bunch of retards walking with their pants too low or hoodlums on the street getting ready to mug somebody.
What does 'original meaning' even mean? No one cares about that, so when they hear 'gang' they're going to assume we're all dumbasses on the internet trying to be rebels on the street.
This isn't Scooby Doo and Reltair isn't Fred telling us to search for clues.
When we say gang we mean gang - we don't live in the 50s and hippies are now called hobos, so deal with it.

besides the dollars are supposed to be invisible, we go unnoticed thats the point we mean no harm to anyone

>>329>>328>>326 I gotta say the gang is associated with criminals too much its been derived for that In society but people still get that it makes a group of people with (in the case of todays way of gang) a similar interest Which with street gangs everyone associates the word with is an intent to harm, everyone still gets the original term behind it that its a group of people doing similar things. It just so happens with what the similar thing is criminalistic which the word becomes associated as a bad term

>>329>>328>>326 I gotta say the gang is associated with criminals too much its been derived for that In society but people still get that it makes a group of people with (in the case of todays way of gang) a similar interest Which with street gangs everyone associates the word with is an intent to harm, everyone still gets the original term behind it that its a group of people doing similar things. It just so happens with what the similar thing is criminalistic which the word becomes associated as a bad term

>>332 Here's the actual defintion of gang:

An organized group of criminals

>>332 So if you understand all of that, why are you opposed to not being called a gang? Why can't we call ourselves a community, which is what we are mind you. Why is it so difficult to cope with the fact that we shouldn't call ouselves a gang because it has too many negative connotations. It's not like I'm demanding we take away everything we stand for, its more along the lines of, 'Get over yourselves'. Seriously, this thread was intended to be informative. Not to be repetetive.

>>334>>333 first there's multiple definitions for it. And I am not opposed to being called one, I am actually informing of the very subject we are discussion with facts and definitions, we can be called whatever but in context when it gets down to it we are a gang, you and quite a few others oppose my facts because of how you look at the word like most of the world (anyways I just wanted to give my informative opinion everyone else couldve let what I said die in the thread

>>335 The other definitions are

"a group of inanimate objects"

"to go"

The only one that would relate to us is incorrect.

>>320 you should look at the site I posted with variouse different yet similar definitionswhich all (as well as yours) points to a group with similar goals/ interests or whatever, and I guarantee that's not the only site

The only thing that is the definition in every single definition is a group with similar cause you can day the definition is for intent to do harm but like I said the main point each definition has does not involve just intent to so harm, it can be intent for fun or to do good or just to talk about a subject sorry I double posted I will not so it again

>>339 You said it yourself, we view the word 'gang' like the rest of the world does, so why? Why would you actively choose to subject yourself to that judgement? If people were to ask you what we were, what would you say? Would you say we were a gang? Or would you actively feel the need to sugar coat it by saying "We're a good gang". You see, we shouldn't have to sugar coat it, we should find an accepted word that we can agree upon that describes us without implying negativity. Like community.

Gangs are most definitely a bad thing, and always have been. Why, to imply anything else is simply preposterous and asinine! Besides, we're not a gang until we have a dog.

... Is that it? Have I successfully made another argument about definitions turn into an embarrassing accolade for various people caught on social connotations? Were most of you to young and said embarrassment flew right over your heads? Maybe?

Okay, off to save the rest of the internet!

>>341 I hinted at scooby doo in an earlier post :I

You must be brutally blunt, or people don't get properly embarrassed. If you don't rub their face in something, they won't learn.

>>343 Lesson learned :V

>>340 cuz I wanted to give my view on the subject cuz I was bored and saying we are a good gang isn't sugar coating anything its saying yes we are a gang but we don't act in the perception mosy people see gangs and I didn't day everyone does see the word like the rest of the world I said quite a few

THIS IS A GAING YOU DUMBASS! WHERE IS YOUR TUCKING IMAGANASHON!

Reading back, some guy named Ryuuzaki brought up scooby-doo too.

I'm going to take time out of my day to say he's ignorant.

Connotations of a word will change through the years, however the original definition that is the very base nature of a term will rarely ever be altered. If you avoid the usage of a term simply because the connotation has termed towards the negative, then you have officially given up on both a portion of your own language, and in a fight against the immovable wave of stupid which blights us all.

Connotations never change unless there is something there willing to change them. If the definition is a group of like minding people gathering with a purpose then people who meet up offline would thus be considered a gang, as they are a group of people who have gathered together for a purpose.

However, online we aren't all like minded, nor do we gather on this site for any particular unified purpose - Which makes us a community - the definition of which is "the people with common interests living in a particular area" according to Merriam-webster. We have similar interests, we inhabit this forum, but we have no overall purpose to coexisting.

And that is what separates gangs from communities - One has a purpose for gathering.

Thus, logically, let me repeat:

Online: Community
Offline: Gang

The very act of meeting up offline implies there is a purpose of some sort to gather, which changes the term.

Connotations be damned, if you just give up on something's original definition has gained some stupid connotations then it'd be like if we all had given up on BBS when the weaboo fuckhats and that other dollars-wannabe thing tried storming our boards.

Shame on you all.

That said, I don't actually care what we're called. I just wish you people would stop fucking up definitions.

>>346 yeah..... unless your using a phone please try to use better grammer at least with the word we are discussing about >.>
>>347 and for the most part I do believe you are right, the only problem is a gang one can be online too and two you don't have to be like-minded you have to come together through a similar means, that similar means, I have stated whether its from durarara or you were invited in without knowing the anime/manga is that we want to make the world better and like I've also stated I know not all of has gone through with trying to do it (also I know theres probably trolls and people just to be douches around on here somewhere, but they can be found all over the internet and are only coming around to make people mad, cant get rid of people like that) but its that similar idea. http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gang synonym on definition number two you will see community

>>348 I don't think you, of all people, should be criticizing someone for their grammar. Please learn English before commenting on someone else's English skills.

>>349 uh yeah, I was on my phone 90 percent of the time I have commented, so like I said to the other person unless your USING A PHONE try to use better grammar

oh and even with my phone I tend to try to minimize the mistakes me or my phone makes for me before commenting to minimize any mistakes I have.

Simply... screw you. Its an online based anime chat. Let them think what they want? Seriously. If anyone's an idiot, its you, my dear. Maybe they are a kid or something? Excited? Happy that there's a real chat to go along with their favorite anime? So ... you, stop being childish.

>>352 wow, didnt know that expressing your opinion would be so hated, really?! I exprexx my opinion not only myself but with clear facts and I'm called an idiot and being told to get screwed LMAO thats really funny and being childish as a plus O.o I don't see myself having a good debate over my view as childish, I'm actually enjoying debating over this, and its not a childish debate, and I wasnt pointing out anyone being an idiot....the only comment that could seem like I was making a dumb jester to someone which I didn't mean it that way would be >>350 that one right there, all others were pertaining to the topic of the thread and my opinion on it

>>352 and for if this is going towards my comment on "criticizing" the persons grammar, I was polite and courteous about asking them to make corrections, if they're a child I understand theres a reason for more misspelling but how am I suppose to know?? but if they weren't a child they should be able to show some grammar skills, because that sentence just spoke not even trying and I'm not going to dictate him spelling correctly either but I can ask for better grammar

>>350 >>351 >>353 >>354 I don't give a fuck if you're on a phone or not. Before you criticize anyone else's writing, you better at least ATTEMPT to use some sort of punctuation, grammar, and you're/your correctly. Which you obviously did not.

>>355
Basically, this.

>>347 Hey asshole, I'm saying that when people hear 'gang' they're going to think 'criminals'. I'm not giving up a part of my own language I'm just trying to make sure that people understand what I mean. I don't need a wall of text telling me what I'm saying.
Last time I checked we were not a community built around trying to use the correct connotations of words.

>>355 first, you obviously are very rude to someone and second, I didn't say you had to care about someone using a phone, but it is harder to get every grammatical error fixed than being on a computer, not only that I've already blatantly stated I do my best to correct at least most errors that I have in my sentences. Another fact, my small mistakes are not as open and blatant as the persons I was commenting on, and I was not being rude about it, but I was merely suggesting them make a better attempt, especially going into a debate that should have some intelligence behind it, it makes you sound stupid to make your errors that blatant (not to offend the person), next point I already know I have a bad habit of not putting ' in every single spot where they belong when typing, but at least once again I make an attempt to correct my errors. So don't sound like an asshole in my face and tell me that I'm not doing what I have stated I am doing my best on, my texts are so much smoother and more connected when typing it down than putting it through the phone so that does pose an effect on how much better you write. One last thing although I miss a lot of places where ' goes, its such a subtle error that people still get through what I am saying and don't mind that much.

>>358
If your spelling and grammar improve if you're not on your phone, here's a tip for you:

Get off of your fucking phone, you closed-mineded twat.

I'm not even going to bother to analyze the unnecessary wall of text.

*mindedderp

>>359 ....I'm closed minded and yet you say get off the phone when that might be my only access at the time, yeah right.... you should be more open minded and less rude, I mean really the third person to say some smart ass bitchy comment to me over grammar after I made a suggestion to someone, and this isn't even about the thread topic! oh you cease to amaze me on what you'll argue just to get pissed off and argue, not even have a nice debate...

>>361
Perhaps you should accept the fact you were wrong, that you are still wrong, and stop arguing just for argument's sake. You're not going to win, so can it.

Community, not a gang. Get it through your thick skull.

As entertaining as this is, points have been made. If you can't make a halfway decent post by phone, don't use your phone. Wait until a computer is actually available to you. Believe it or not, you /can/ wait to do so. Even if your phone is your only way to connect to the internet, that doesn't mean that you /should/ start posting here with it.

We'd rather you either use a computer to post, or not post at all than to have abominations plastered on our boards.

Now, can we please get this thread re-railed?

>>362 hah, me wrong because half of the people who have argued against me have just used opinion?!?! almost factual basis that would not consider us a gang XD and if you have not read any of my many last posts, I will enlighten you about why I've kept with debating about dollars being a gang, I enjoy a nice debate and I wanted to share my own opinion on it and last time I checked I have the right to share my opinion on something and you should accept that right like I accept that everyone else has the right to express their opinion, now personally whether anyone wants to accept it I have given full facts about what a gang is and an unbiased part to it, you are biased on the matter just like the people that have said I'm wrong without noticing I have been right with great precision on what I have said, and I think the last link I posted proves that community and gang are one in the same and the argument just for arguments sake started on the grammar issue, I will "get it through my thick skull" once someone can prove with fact that I have been more than half wrong in what a gang is. once again I will leave this message with this, I stated my opinion you and everyone else who commented were the ones who kept it going, after that I merely defended what I said and still has yet to be proven wrong on if not all, but most accounts I have stated

>>363 just a little side note, I only have slightly more mistakes on my phone so its not like an abomination of messups, and we should get back to the topic at hand which I would actually love to have a nice debate about some more....

You were wrong back in>>322>>324 the instant you implied we were somehow a "good gang" and you used the anime to back up your claim.

Look at it this way.

Dollars BBS is a Bulletin Board System among numerous others. So, would you go to any other BBS site and start spouting some nonsense about THAT BBS being a gang, regardless of whether it's intentions are good or not?

The only reason people like you keep insisting on the whole "good gang" thing is because you are convinced that we're like the Dollars of the anime. The only things we have in common with that is the name, the password, and the aesthetics.

first we are a good gang, how much criminalistic activity have you seen talked about on this bbs? not only that I didn't use the anime itself but the idea that was given by the anime that even an online community/gang can make a difference, or the idea of changing the world however you want to say it and that idea went through the members at some point or another before they went ahead of joining in. As well I stated that a lot of us has not attempted too impactful missions so I do not consider us like the dollars in the anime, I can tell reality from fiction and I know we are far from what is in the anime. and I would spout that to other bbs sites, but its not a matter of would you this or would you that, a community is a synonym of gang therefor they are obviously able to describe the same thing. Once again I provide fact and you provide opinion and... some of trying to twist what I say to thinking I'm thinking we are like what the anime protrays

oh and using the anime as a reference point was actually a valid and especially well topic to backup my claim, you should really learn to debate better...

>>369

http://dollars-bbs.org/random/res/1336990013.html

He's not a troll.

>>369
like saying if a=b and b=c then a=c, right? but one tends to forget that people are not completely rational beings. they aren't buying that, you know.

I don't feel like it's fair to call it a 'gang,' considering it's so easy to join, and so easy to leave.

gang or not, people should just believe what they believe to be and enjoy right? plus the Dollars of the anime was the same I think. There's so many members, but only a few actually contributed to making change and making the world better.

Dollars have no rule, no hierarchy, why not leave people to believe what they want to believe it to be?

i agree with BlackHorus:Dollars have no rule, no hierarchy, why not leave people to believe what they want to believe it to be?

but i still kinda believe that we're a gang XD

Exactly!!!

>>373>>374 yeah, I wish the people would let you believe what you want, I give my opinion on what I believe and people come at me saying why did I start this arguement up again, I mean really I can't back up my belief of what it is and why I think what I think? people need to stop being ignorant on here and stop trying to fight off what I have proven to be fact, like you guys/girls said and I've said as well people are entitled to what they believe

>>372 well, a gang doesn't necessarily have to have some intricate thing in order for you to get into it, it is just a group of people that had one interest that brought them together (and to anyone who wants to twist my view, an interest brings the gang together but it doesnt mean thats what they have to be all about all the time), anything about joining can be as intricate as the group wants it to be.

>>378 Yeah, a group with criminal interests.

Once again misinformation..... Because of street gangs and societies view of the word as a whole

No, Merriam-Webster dictionary. Look it up. "Your definition" doesn't matter. That's what's in the dictionary, and is an official definition of the English language.

I have looked it up and that has different definitions, one comment I have posted toward merian Webster which proves the link between hang and community

*gang*

It doesn't matter if the definitions are similar, or not. It doesn't matter if you try to sugar coat the word by calling it a "good gang."

The word gang has a negative and/or criminal connotation to it, for a very good reason. As Crisis mentioned earlier, they are a group with criminal interests. Gangs murder, steal, extort, kidnap, traffic drugs, and generally just disobey the law. By implying that we, Dollars BBS, a simple online bulletin board, are a gang would make most people think that something criminal is going on here. Which there's not.

We, by definition, are a community. A group of interacting people, interacting in some proximity, in this case the BBS. Is it so hard to understand that?
Because "gang" and "community" may somehow have similar definitions does not mean that they are the same word. In fact, I don't even think they're considered synonyms, at least that's what my thesaurus told me.

Oh, and somebody mentioned earlier that we have no hierarchy, nor rules. While the hierarchy thing may be true, there are rules to be followed here. If there weren't rule to be followed, this place would be an utter shit storm of disorganized duplicate spam threads. Try giving the FAQ a good read.

Alright you guys can be ignorant, the only thing that makes community more definant is because is states in a certain proximity and I've already stated the fact of he connotation against the real term as for sugar coating I have home over that too I'm not sugar coating anything, as well as the fact of the matter isn't how people would percieve us going around saying we are a hang but the fact of a community very slightly different where community is sharing different ideas and gang does not talk about that after stating people brought together through one interest really read my posts I have gone over this and backed upp my side of all of these accounts

And I understand clearly that we are a community but, that's not the only thing the dollars are, gang and community can coexist in the same place pertaining to the same thing

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No, they can't. We are not a mob of people gathering with criminal interests in mind.
We are a group of people interacting with mutual, non-criminal interests in mind.

You also really, really, really need to work on your punctuation and and grammar, your posts are barely legible enough to state an argument.

I have already states a gang is not pertainin to a mob of thieving outlaws like I stated before read the posts I have given, that's show your ignorance on my outlook as for punctuation and grammar I have spelled and wrote everything at least 90 percent correct so it is very legible

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dude you argueement it... its is invalid... if you accually new how to read a dictionary you would see the roganu's statement is correct so stfu gtfo and one more thin....
"i reject YOUR reallity and substitute my own..."~ Adam Savage

I will post a picture up later but states in the merian websters dictionary book "to ASSEMBLE or operate simultaneously AS A GROUP" we are assembling to one bbs, its online but we are coming together, also I'm sure this wasn't just an idea of one person so the simultaneous part of it shows multiple people had wanted a real life dollar group we have assembled into a group and therefor can be considered a gang

>>389 Oh really? Because the definitions I have given were pulled directly from a dictionary.

>>114 this
"The Dollars. Really, it is what you make it."
so let's put the dictionaries down

I think that it shouldn't matter if we really are a gang or not. The idea that the Dollars is a gang would carry more weight and will attract more people but also can attract some unwanted people. If we are a gang then that's what we are but if not then oh well

>>391
And dictionary for dummies doesnt count...
And to the rest of you who keep hateing on my brotherd definitions can just stop... most of you are also agree with the definitions he states you keep saying the same things without the realizing it so just stop and read yours and his (definitions wise) you would see that they are the same.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC_sETJGzmQ&list=UUZEYivOTmV15KlaVLhExQLQ&index=2&feature=plcp

>>395 lol wooow XD

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>>402 Read the faq, it magically endows you with information you were previously unaware of when entering this site.

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this is certainly not a gang... :P

Having read through the entire thread, I don't see why it's so difficult for people to understand that this by definition is NOT a "gang," and is a community.

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I don't understand why you two are so hellbent on arguing a matter that's already been settled. The negative connotations that have been set by society as a whole is what most people generally believe in, so as a result, most people are immediately going to think, "oh, then the Dollars rob, kill, steal, etc."

As Thiamor, Mael, Hazuki, and others have already pointed out, we'd rather use a term that is already well-received than something opposite.

I mean, really, what's hard to understand about that?

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>>406 I don't it. By defenition this COULD be called a gang. I don't like it either, but don't get so upset that some people around here like it. As for the name gang I think that the term "we are a good gang" is not bad at all.

In my opinion the Dollars is a GROUP. And the group is what defines this community. The group makes the community. This is what I see in the Dollars. =)

Again, for the term 'gang'. I would rather use Community or Group. But people say w/e they want...

Okay so we are not a GANG!!!! yeah probably we are more secretive than Anonymous, the Freemasons, The Illuminati (actually exist.) etc.. but after being around for several months there isnt anything HUGE about this website. Dont mind me, that is my opinion. When you get here at first you are like "oooh i am part of some secret crap!!" Sure BOB there isnt anything secretive or GANGish about this site, except that we are supposed to discuss world topics, and we end up fighting each other, if you are new you will realize later. cough cough, GODHATESFAGS, watch out for that guy also *INSERTNAMEHERE* There several of them but one of them is really evil!!

I think the only people who would consider us a "gang" are young teenagers who would be likely to go out and join a real gang anyways. At least for me, it seems like the people who join to be part of a "gang" are just immature. That's just my opinion though.

there's not even enough organization for this to be called a gang. Also, a lot of the people here are from all over the place, and in some places (like where I am) there is no one else that goes on this site, so organizing any actual events would be difficult. Really, this is just a place to kill some time and share some ideas, not any kind of gang. Sure, you can try to organize something (as long as it helps someone), and that's a good thing, but don't try to make a gang. That's just childish.

>>410 You make me want to strangle a baby. Please go away.

If you don't mind me asking. Don't we have a community facebook page so that everyone knows that this is not a gang ?

I argee we arent the dollars were just fans of the show really

I totally agree with what you're sayings about the missions. But I do like to think of the Dollars as a gang, and it's not because of my age or maturity....
I like to think of it as it was in the anime. And even though I have already figured out that this is hardly like the one on the anime, I still think of it as if it was.
I also rarely refer to this site(if at all) as an online gang. That makes it difficult to get my friends to come here. (Not in order to recruit more members, just in order to hang out with them.)

I think the Dollars is a online gang thats real and cool from a japanes cartoon but its a free gang to join make frainds chill out its realey cool but thairs no leader yet so Im going to be the leader of this website and let people no about are exestnts just like the cartoon does and thair mite be no headless rider or sliher or the caricters from the cartoon but do what thay sad on the cartoon it will make histery in the makeing and also this is a secert gang but do what ever you want just obye the site and your fine but the last thing i want to say is be cool do whats right be the best dollars member you can be and love you all for ever dollars for life.

>>415 You should take a look at the "About" tab.

>>416 I somewhat agree. It can be whatever anyone would prefer to call it but personally I like to think of it like a gang, similar to the show that inspired it all.

get your frainds and do what the cartoon does or not the choise is yours.

and thats way thay call me o mighty.

I will be the true leader of this website for ever dollars for life.

>>419 >>420 >>421
Stop falling asleep during Language class. Your spelling is terrible.

ha dousebag shut up.

ha do you like yugioh

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What are you going on about Zohan?

in my case ive done missions from the page if ur here to meet new friends and it shit ur not an actual wordy dollar member!

@Ryumora But isn't that what the Dollars are about too? meet new people make friends and try to make your community a better place by doing the missions. That's why I joined the dollars at least.

>>427 no just no. >>428 not to sound like a fanboy but in the show many dollars didn't do anything. The name dollars I believe was derived from doddlers (correct me if I'm wrong). I like the missions but keep in mind the dollars don't have any supreme unified goals the goals of individual dollars is what matters. So encourage others to do missions and build networks. You do what you think the dollars should do but don't dictate it.

>>429 It comes from the Japanese slang "dara dara" which means "do-nothing". So the Dollars are basically the "Do-nothings".

>>430 so basically we do nothing but call ourselves the dollars? kinda weird, but cool at the same time! XD I'll just take the dollars as it is, a network of people and trying to promote peace and happiness to all!

Then go do something about it. No use just ranting and hoping that something good will happen out of this thread.

>>431 In my opinion, the point of the Dollars, or the "goal" of the Dollars, is to promote the individual goals of the members. I like the idea a lot of members have of going out and trying to help their communities, and if they do that in the name of the Dollars, then that's all great. Though you are technically correct, in that we do "nothing", because we have no rules or specific goals to govern what the members do (except on the BBS of course lol).

No fuckin way dude in my real opinion we're like a HUUUGE family we talk to each other and shit so no we're not a gang

>>434 Not sure if I would use the word "family". If members start talking to each other, say on Skype, and become more of friends, then the word family may become applicable. Overall though, I think we're more of just a community of people with somewhat similar interests or ideals. It's just that we're invisible in a sort of way, where other groups are very bold and tend to stand out.

Bump for the sake of everything that's logical.

>>436 This...again.

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>>443 enjoying talking to someone from the past?

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A community you say. Can't help but agree, also can't help but try and prove you wrong. In all due respect, sir. You aren't one to decide. It's your point of view, it's only a community because of those who have recently joined. That's what turned the Dollars into this.

I feel that while this does seem more like a community, I have to say that the Dollars should go back to just helping out those who need us. There are plenty of other websites to "enjoy yourself" but I don't think this should be just a nonsense website.

Agreed. In the small town that I live in, we view ourselves as a gang (obviously not in a bad way). We do the missions we deem are worthy and we help those that look like they need the help. It all depends on the member's own way of doing things. I look at the dollars and think of it as a commitment to being yourself, but more freely. In this little town of mine...the Dollars are as real as they are going to get, no matter the numbers here.

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i agree we are not a gang we are a large group of people at most a organization not a gang there is a diffrence gangs are violent drug trafficers organizations are a group of people who stand together and can be violent or nonvoilent hidden and not hidden

we are not a gang. gangs do stupid things because they are too idiotic to think things through. nor are we an organization. an organization has a face, which we do not have. we are an idea. an idea that became an invisible community. or at least that is how i see it.

My opinion is the dollars are what ever the community wants to call us C:

I agree that we r not a gang but a community

Yeah...saying you're in a gang...really? Want the police to question you bro?

@M1n i think the police would laugh in your face if you told them your part of an online gang.

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Hah. It's so true. Ever time I go tell a friend. "Yo. I'm in the Dollars, a gang." Then I gotta talk really fast 'but bro it's a good gang. We're just trying to help out n stuff.' Lol, and every time I get that far I feel like an idiot. Plus I don't want to get beaten up just cuz I said I was in a gang.

Also I'm really not one of those who thinks it's fansite. So I go explaining 'the original idea came from an anime'. And now I sound like an otaku.

Also, speaking of fans. Didn't Mikado say there were bad people in the Dollars, but the good people had to work harder for the Dollars to seem good? So while the fans can go roleplaying or whatever they do, couldn't the people who's serious about this site try to work harder as well? (I don't remember exactly what he said, my bad.)

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>>475>>476>>477>>478>>479>>480>>481>>482 Why?

I agree. Bump.

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Just wondering, if we aren't going to be crazy about that kind of stuff, shouldn't Reltair change the About section? It kind of gives the wrong impression to people who have no experience with the BBS.

Don't get me wrong, I hate all those "Dollars are totally gang like Anonymous" Type people just as much as the next guy but, I can kind of see how they got led into that position.

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The Dollars is a gang end of story.

Gang: ( a number of people) Form a group or gang.

yup its a gang

>>489 shut your dick hole

>>491 you shut your dick hole first motherfucker.

Shut the fuck up GHF. Don't think you can get away with pretending to be somebody else.

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>>494

I say we're a gang to my friends to sound cool, but I know we're a community of people.

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can someone do something about the posts from >>505 - >>540?

>>541 just ignore them. They're just Trolls.

No fucking shit sherlock. >>542

Actually, we are a gang, as our leader once said.

"What if we make the dollars, a good gang"

So yea, a good gang.

1. A group of criminals or hoodlums who band together for mutual protection and profit.
2. A group of adolescents who band together, especially a group of delinquents.
3. Informal A group of people who associate regularly on a social basis: The whole gang from the office went to a clambake.
4. A group of laborers organized together on one job or under one foreperson: a railroad gang.
5. A matched or coordinated set, as of tools: a gang of chisels.
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a. A pack of wolves or wild dogs.
b. A herd, especially of buffalo or elk. See Synonyms at flock1.
v. ganged, gang·ing, gangs
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To band together as a group or gang.
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1. To arrange or assemble into a group, as for simultaneous operation or production: gang several pages onto one printing plate.
2. To attack as an organized group.
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1. To join together in opposition or attack: The older children were always ganging up on the little ones.
2. To act together as a group: various agencies ganging up to combat the use of illicit drugs.

Some of this has turned into a pointless argument about the difference between a "group" and a "gang". The way I see it, the intent is what matters. Who cares if we are a group or a gang, we just need to worry about making our intentions in this group/gang noticed for what they are. Not what we call ourselves.

I agree Aoi I don't think of us as a gang because we don't go shooting everyone. as again Aoi said "The way I see it, the intent is what matters"

>>41 I could agree with your first post to a certain extent but in this one you are just being very rude and I don't think of that to be fair. You made this thread and therefor people can reply to it and give their opinion, you can give yours as well but I don't think you should do so in such a rude manor such as using cuss words and making fun of what they said. You should use facts and maybe some opinions, but don't mock them and make them feel bad.

We aren't a gang. If we do things to better our community, that's great, if we don't that's fine too. We are just a community of people with in a greater community (the world).

How do i actually join the dollars?

@*CaptainKamikaze*
You are a member now.

We aren't a gang. We're an online community/social media site.

Anonymous philanthropists.

sure, could be a gang for you, but this is better than other social networks, this is real...

I agree. I mean, we could be looked at as a gang, but really what are we doing to be a gang? I'm in favor of the statement of Dollars being a community.

I suppose, in a sense it's like we're rein acting something from the anime. U would expect some new people 2 actually believe this is a gang and not a community.

I suppose, in a sense it's like we're rein acting something from the anime. U would expect some new people 2 actually believe this is a gang and not a community.

I suppose, in a sense it's like we're rein acting something from the anime. U would expect some new people 2 actually believe this is a gang and not a community.

I suppose, in a sense it's like we're rein acting something from the anime. U would expect some new people 2 actually believe this is a gang and not a community.

I suppose, in a sense it's like we're rein acting something from the anime. U would expect some new people 2 actually believe this is a gang and not a community.

I suppose, in a sense it's like we're rein acting something from the anime. U would expect some new people 2 actually believe this is a gang and not a community.

I suppose, in a sense it's like we're rein acting something from the anime. U would expect some new people 2 actually believe this is a gang and not a community.

I suppose, in a sense it's like we're rein acting something from the anime. U would expect some new people 2 actually believe this is a gang and not a community.

I suppose, in a sense it's like we're rein acting something from the anime. U would expect some new people 2 actually believe this is a gang and not a community.

I suppose, in a sense it's like we're rein acting something from the anime. U would expect some new people 2 actually believe this is a gang and not a community.

I suppose, in a sense it's like we're rein acting something from the anime. U would expect some new people 2 actually believe this is a gang and not a community.

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XD Wow. Sorry, but why? The original Dollars were a gang by definition and choice. We do what they did, that's the entire basis of this site. Sure, they moved en masse once or twice but we're basically the same as them. If they're a gang, why say we're not?
The 3rd entry in the Dictionary for "Gang" describes it as;


a group of people with compatible tastes or mutual interests who gather together for social reasons: I'm throwing a party for the gang I bowl with.


As such, there is no difference, call us a community if you want, but don't loudmouth to those who decide they want to be in the Dollars gang.

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why isn't it a gang?

so you just say im in the dollars and you are!? wow thats easy!!

it should be a gang

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Uuuuh... Lame.
I wish we were a real gang just like in Durarara!
But... Yeah, maybe it is better like this.
We've all seen how it has ended.

yes i wish we can be a gang! D: its not imposible you know... we just have to try ;)

I second that!

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Since a large portion of us are from America, maybe we can actually DO something around our community(like the graffiti cleanup in the Durarara dollars website)*I personally would be VERY happy to participate and it would give a good name to the Dollars*

Gang? Community? What's the difference? Whatever it is, it's too small to even matter. Unbunch your panties.

Yuya-san, I don't this the Dollars is that small to be considered a minute ummmm....I guess community. Just look at the amount of recognition Dollars has on Facebook and other social networking sites.

as I seen before for a post like this. Someone called junkori or junkiro whatever. He once said that we are not a gang of no like. We do not go around starting fights or wars with no one. We stand back and fight with Numbers. Most Gangs wave their flag and hope an enemy pops out to fight. We are not like that we are different from them. If we do have to fight I hope it's for a good cause.

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I for one believe we ARE a gang, a good gang. There's really no harm in saying were a gang... as long as the people saying it aren't representing the Dollars foolishly. Dollars 4 life.

Steve get lost >:(. We are not a gang because do we go around shooting other colors NO we don't because were normal. If we were like other gangs most of us would be Killed. The difference between us and a gang we don't step in the fight unless provoked or Unless it really needs to End. When we do fight we do not fight with guns No we fight with numbers because " For every Number There Is A Person Listening On The Other Side " Quote from Junkori. and so We are Not A Gang you can call us a group tho.

>>600 See, your taking what I said way too serious. I meant it in a joking way like "Yea, i'm apart of the Durarara Dollars! Woot! Woot!" and when someone says "whats that?" you just tell them the story of the Dollars creation. By telling them its made from an anime you make it ok to say "i'm in the Dollars!".

why the dollars is a gang

>>602 cause that's what it is... a colorless gang.

a colorless gang. hmm, i see. I presume, under the obvious assumption that you are not a vegetable incapable of rational thinking, that you are aware of the fact that color could not stand on its own without shape. So are you shapeless as well? or are you just plain stupid? or are you a lascivious bastard hounding on the abortive medium of internet to rack your shitty brains? probably the last. thu

>>604 did my statement offend you or something? Or are you normally this rude to people?

>>604 Your overuse of "big words" isn't making you sound any more convincing, my darling fail!troll.

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Hello everyone! I have been gone a while for no particular reason, and thought that I might mark my return with another opinion. So here we go, "Are we a gang?" I have to say yes, we are; and before you skim over this post and continue arguing, here's why. Let's look at the word 'gang' with an unbiased perspective. Sure, there is the popular definition; a gang is group of people that gather together as a sort of exclusive club (usually stereotyped as trouble makers). The diction refers to the word in its nounular form as a group of criminals, but as a verb it defines it as when a group of people get together. Most of you (at least I hope most of you) will recall Fred's catch phrase in Scooby-Doo " Let's split up GANG" Now, I don't recall Scooby and the 'gang' commiting any major crimes, so I find that definition rather inaccurate. So when we take all this into account I think that you could safely use the word 'gang' to describe the Dollars. But wait, there's more! Words are versitile and confusing things. What one word means to someone can mean something completely different to another. So maybe the way you say gang isn't the way I say gang. So in conclusion, in an unbiased radio, it's an either/or thing. Want to say we're a gang? Then I say knock yourself out. Say we aren't? Well that's just fine too.

>>609 I 2nd this statement.

>>609 I think the point Mael is trying to make is that we are not the stereotyipical version of a gang, I think we more like a club for everybody

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Well, to be honest, I believe that we are more than just a normal community. I think that we are people who reach out to others and let them know that we are all together as one. Besides, we don't even know what we look like because we are quote on quote "colorless".

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>>38 Exactly this. I'm so tired of people thinking "Oh EL OH EL, we're a gang in ikebukero XDDDDDD". It's embarrassing to all the other members if you're roleplaying from an anime on a site that is trying to be legit.
On another note: Am I the only one angry at a lot of chatrooms being tweens roleplaying and cyber sexing? I haven't been on here in a while, and the first thing I see on the chatroom list is that..I don't really have any words, it's just kinda disheartening.

OMG i totally agree with everything you just said ^^

Gang? Group? Community? Does it really matter that much?
Can't those who want to be in a colourless gang call the Dollars a gang?
Can't those who want to be in a community call the dollars a community?
In the end what does it really matter? They all have the same root real deep: a group of people sharing a physical, locational or mental interest.
Call the Dollars what you will, I feel that's part of the whole feel of the Dollars.

i totally agree but cyber sexing is weird and dont blame for this but roleplaying? seriously anyway i dont like roleplay just be yoursef

I like the fact that this site is about sharing interests maybe someone might listen to me here. Maybe my answer is here!

Call the Dollars what you will, I feel that's part of the whole feel of the Dollars. :))

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No it is not a gang :3

I don't think of us as a gang but as a group. If we were a gang we would show ourself's to the world but we don't. We don't go beating up other groups because were smarter than that and also were Human. If you think of us as a gang then your dead wrong. So next time someone says were a gang exclude them and ignore them.

I count it as a gang.. Just a colorless invisible one.

No it doesn't count coz were a community

This question is irrelevant, until we have either a cool secret handshake, we're not more than a group of individuals gathered together by thin strands of fate.

If we did have that kind of thing which thank goodness we don't we would get noticed doing the handshake. Venom wise choice of words. Keki were not a gang but we are colorless and invisible because we don't act like a gang. If we acted like a gang most of us would not survive if we fought with other gangs. You have to think of the outcome if we stated were a gang in public. If so other gangs will kill us. I know this because I was a Head Master of a gang which does not exist no more and it didn't go well because I thought the same as you. I walked down that path and it lead to devastation for my group by calling it a gang. We have fought other gangs because my people could not stand being called a group so they started calling them self's a gang. I left that live and put someone else in charge and after a month or two the group was dead. so before you call us a gang think about what you say and where u say it. Because my friend it's not pretty to see what you built up Being Crushed by someone else.

Even if we're colorless, we're not really a gang. Though gangs are symbolized by color, The Dollars aren't.

I agree Chumi. My group did have a color but it was mixed. the way we dressed was we all look the same but everyone had to wear different ties in different color. By wearing different color ties other gangs could not identify which group we were in so therefore they could not attack us or they would start a war with the real gang of that color tie. I out smarted other gangs because of that and we didn't get attack alot. But when one gang needed something we offered assistance but in return we asked for a favor Sorta like the mob did but in a different way. But when I left the group the group became a gang and fell apart literally by piece by piece. When a gang did start a war with us it didn't last long because they could not identify us. I started another group but I won't talk about that because there is only five of us in it. But I will say all we do is pass information to every gang, Mob family and so on and when the police need help we offer our assistance to them again after then we ask a favor and they normally listen. If we wanted to take over a town we can get every gang to bash each other untill nothing is left. U think Izaya was bad wait till you meet us. NO one has seen us or our faces not even our old groups nor our new groups because technology has advanced us in so many ways. Instead of talking face to face we use a program but it's more like a chatroom to be honest. The old saying Skype grim.reaper881 for more information about it. L8ter peeps :D

Hah hah... Seems funny at first, but I see... I never did trust Izaya, even from the start.

well in all matter we are not a community.....we are not a gang either unless you want it to be. we are just a bunch of people on an online website passing are spare time and yes we may do missions but we do them because we want to be a true dollar but really does it effect your city/town in anyway or just. you.

I consider us a colourless gang just like in the Durarara!! Anime. Eventually we can change that but I like resembling the anime ^^

I joined because I wanted a place where I could belong to and I wanted to help others through works that are simple but helpful. ^__^

I'm here because I wanted a community of bros and friends to talk with and spend time with while I'm on the net, and if the things we do as a community or the missions we take on to make the world a better place make us a "gang", I don't really mind the label.

I guess you can say everyone joined because they all wanted to change the world in a positive way. That's why I joined, though this could just be some fan website, I want to see the world change positivly.

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I'm here to make a difference. I came first off because of Durarara but I had heard of this group through an online friend who informed me of their missions.

Well my friend didn't make it sound like a gang thing but the show did made it look like that. It's obvious not or this website would've been illegal. People are just immature they just shouldn't be involved Bc of mmisunderstanding the real purpose

Well my friend didn't make it sound like a gang thing but the show did made it look like that. It's obvious not or this website would've been illegal. People are just immature they just shouldn't be involved Bc of mmisunderstanding the real purpose

Well my friend didn't make it sound like a gang thing but the show did made it look like that. It's obvious not or this website would've been illegal. People are just immature they just shouldn't be involved Bc of mmisunderstanding the real purpose

Well you know what I think should happen? I'm not encouraging gang activity but what if the Dollars actually did do some good things in real life? like what if one day this whole propaganda of being a part of the Dollars on this internet group based on an anime actually turns into a real thing? Not a gang but a helping hand? I think if that ever gets pulled off then that would be the kind of world i'd love to live in! I mean just imagine the effects it would actually have!

well somebody call us a gang but when people hear the word "gang" they asume that its something bad,which we not!, so if we're a gang people would asume that we do bad shit which we dont do,so yeah like tanaka said we're more likely a helping hand (this is just my thought son it)

Dollars: A gang. But a unique gang.

I kinda agree and disagree, mikado ryugamine personally made the dollars to be a gang but a unique one, a gang that foes goodvthings and helps people, what you should really be talking about is dollars members that don't take the dollars seriously, they troll and use this for there trolls and fun, we need to do somethinh big to were eveyone participates....we are the dollars not anothere gang out there...and were not fake...we are real good people that needvto be heard...

Up we go

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Actually, we are a gang if you go by the show. We are a colourless gang that does what good we can for our individual communities instead of harming them as most gangs do. Do denounce our title as a gang seems to be missing the point of joining a bit if you ask me.

If you go by the show; then yes we are a gang. But in reality, we a a community that supports each other instead of harming them. I like community better than gang ^^

I agree with Mael completely. We are a gang by definition, but seems to be more of a clique of individuals aiming for the betterment of society. So classification wise-yes, agenda however-no.

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

The gang part does sound cool but I do have to agree its more of a community than a gang

yeah,it's definitly a community,and we all help each other. some may help more than other but eaither big or small we're spreading good deeds

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Yeah, it makes more sense to call the Dollars a community than a gang, because we are based online (except for offline meets) and (most of us) don't cause problems for others.

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Is this real?

Yes, this is real. This info that's posted is the real thing about this website.

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you can literally hear a child's dream being crushed while reading this post

>>695 no you can't.

You should get slapped for that post... ^-^

hahaha, true, but i'm still think i'm a gang, even that just a dream, hahaha... maybe because Durarara so i can still think that ^^
I'm sorry if i'm so childish and bad grammar QwQ

I agree with Sadir, I don't think we're a gang.

if you wanna be in a gang join the Yellow scarves or something or better yet you should stay out of that life and off that path ...please try to be a good person someone out there knows your the best person they have ever met but they might not tell you...so in a sense your their hero but you might never know...you are a good person by being yourself...stay positive...stay a Dollar

Uh... if I'm a new member, do I could as a new user??

Tl;dr

1) this is not a fan site
This is not a fan site
This is not a fan site
This is not a fan site


2) some good debate about the definition of the word gang and how the dollars fits it. References how a gang is basically just a group of people with similar cause or interest and the original uses of gang weren't necessarily bad.

3) debate on how the dollars isn't a gang and more of a community, especially from the bad connotations associated with the word gang.

4) Around post 500 the tread devolved into lots of pointless bumping and some fairly lame role playing.

My personal opinion: Yes according to the dictionary definition the dollars is technically a gang. The issue is that if for some reason the dollars were to become well known by the world (although it's unlikely), it would provide a bad initial image as the word gang has negative association with the majority of the world. Right now it really doesn't matter if were called a gang or community but looking toward the future it would be safer to just refer to ourselves as a community.

>>703 except bumping something is never pointless. 80% of the time it is to clear bullshit threads off of the page, with the other 20% being there because people want to actually have discussions.

Im a new member and I kinda DID think that at first ^o^ haha. But now, I'm good with the stuff.....

Well I do things as a DOLLAR (in real life), I do think it's kind of gang, it depends how you feel ^^

>>705 Bump, for bullshit comment.

i wish the dollers were real

it would be awesome if they were
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i wish the dollers were real

it would be awesome if they were
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i wish the dollers were real

it would be awesome if they were
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the dollars are real! your on the site...
and i think this is true! we arent technically a gang but by definition yes we are! its awesome actually!

I think we are a gang in some sorts
although we are not really active outside of this site, we are all still part of this awesome "gang"

I think we are a community that talks about random stuff and we arent really active unless your doing the missions but i still kinda think that we are kinda a gang becuase we are mostly everywhere and in groups so i dunno i think we are both a community and a wierd gang.

i think that gangs have leaders, but with the dollars the whole point was for it to be free and open, so yes we could call it a gang but i believe that a community is a much better word for us. :)

i think that gangs have leaders, but with the dollars the whole point was for it to be free and open, so yes we could call it a gang but i believe that a community is a much better word for us. :)

i think that gangs have leaders, but with the dollars the whole point was for it to be free and open, so yes we could call it a gang but i believe that a community is a much better word for us. :)

if possible, but it is not that we are children because they really are just a bunch online that we are different, we are free that's what differentiates us.

if possible, but it is not that we are children because they really are just a bunch online that we are different, we are free that's what differentiates us.

Thanks, this explaned the site quite nicely.

The Dollars are what The Dollars want to be.

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>>724 Agreed.
There's no need for us or for anyone else to label us.

Wow, can we say Plagiarism?

What are people supposed to think about this site? Look at it! It’s got Durarara written all over it! If the creator was smart he or she would have created the site so that it has a different name, look, and a description that cites Durarara for the inspiration of making a group/gang website about... talking about random crap I guess - cause apparently the Dollars (this site) have no real purpose.

The first post in this thread related that it’s childish to think of this site as a gang site or to think of it as a fan site for Durarara - which is stupid because by logic – this is a fan site because there is zero originality in it. What’s childish is that most of you are not considering this site as a fan sit because really you are just plagiarizing the work of Akiyo Satorigi. Also, isn't denial that you are not considering this a fan site.

P.S. only read up to post 41.

>>729 A fan made the site around the layout of the website in the show. That does not make it a fan site, and it certainly does not make it plagiarism. It would be plagiarism if he copied the code, oh wait, there is no code, because it's a fictitious site.

It would be a fan site if all we talked about was DRRR!!. We clearly do not do this. Also, if this is plagiarism, then every discussion site in the world that has no specific purpose, has a simple layout, and has a black color scheme is plagiarizing Akiyo Satorigi. Do you seriously think talking about 'random crap' is somehow a trademark of that guy? He copied the idea from real life, where these kinds of sites actually exist. In this sense, he is plagiarizing hundreds of sites in Japan.

To be honest there are only a few threads about Durarara, and a few links around to chat websites and such.

>>729 And I have this crazy feeling this was meant to be a troll, it doesn't sound like the person looked at the site at all before posting this.

>>725
>>730
different Id's and tripcodes?

I see a lot of people in this thread are saying that this is not a fan site, but I believe it is for some reasons. First of all the dollars originated from a anime, secondly the password is the same as it is in the anime, lastly if you do not know about drrr you probably wouldn't have found out a out this site unless you were told by a friend. In any case the site does have some aspects of a fan site but it's the contents of the site are what separate it from a fan site making it only partially a fan site, or something like that.

>>732 I change my tripcode from time to time. My IP is dynamic and I didn't post on this thread until after the old IP expired.

>>733 No.
It's not a fansite.

isn't it the point of anime that the dollars are online group who call themselves a gang but really just communication fourm

>>736

Kind of and not really. The anime doesn't specify what it is, but from what you can find there it's just an anonymous group localized within Tokyo, particularly Ikebukuro. There isn't much more to it, no apparent purpose for it, but most people like to follow the model of a group that seeks the benefit of the community. It's really up to you of what you want to make of this group.

the anime says that the dollars are colorless and can do what they want and there are no rules and no one can tell you other wise this ius not the real dollars as much as I want it to be its not so it is just a fan site if it were the real thing all the members would be from japan and dollars means lazy so just be that

i know this is an old topic but i seriously like this thread. Not sure if we're anything more than a bunch of people on a forum.

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Hii morning! !!

Agree to this 100%

Agree.. :)

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I completely agree :)

in a way we are a gang but to the definition of it only a few members of the dollars truly follow code the others are here for the chat

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748 Post... You guys realize this problem is similar to the anime, right? Mikado made the dollars so people can hang out together, have fun together. yet when more members come, they start calling the dollars a gang.

iSacre THATS HECTIC TURNING INTO AN ANIME
you are right its not a gang but no one has a problem with it becoming one right i mean just like the anime so social community or gang i'm happy to be here...thats my poinion

In essence a group of people gathering for a single cause or for a common goal is a gang. This is a gang but not the modern day term for that word, see a gang used to represent a group that wanted to protect or do something for their community. Sadly the only thing I have done lately was give money to a man that was hungry on the side of the road. It is a shame that many people have forgotten the roots of what a gang used to stand for, the modern way of that "gang" lifestyle has been glorified to the point that you always have to keep an eye on your surroundings. Teens are now part of that "gang" and will willingly rob you and what is worse is that if you defend yourself against them the law goes against you for harming a "minor" since they have no real definition of good and bad. I say it would be a nice change of pace of some of these laws that protect the evil ones would be brought down.

PEOPLE ARE FREE TO CALL IT A GANG IF THEY WANT. CALL IT A COMMUNITY, A GROUP, WHATEVER, WHAT DO YOU CARE. THE THING IS, WE ARE A GANG, AND A COMMUNITY, AND A GROUP.PEOPLE WHO HAVE WATCHED THE ANIME ARE LIKELY TO CALL IT A GANG BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY DESCRIBE IT IN THE ANIME. PEOPLE WHO FOUND IT OVER THE INTERNET WILL CALL IT A GROUP OR COMMUNITY. IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF THEM ALL. DEAL WITH IT!!

I'm not really sure what to call it. it's more like a free group. all the members run their own way. at least, that's my way of putting it.

a bunch of nerds is what we are

It's actually a community group. You childs may call it a gang if you want to. Go ahead and feel special.

It doesn't really matter what they called us basically. Humans have minds on their own, they called us gang or whatsoever because they lack of understanding, but we're still community and the most important thing is our intent, not what they called us. We didn't do anything wrong at least, teehee~

dude this was, in the late years a online gang, and im talking like 3 years ago. but now there are just kids role playing all over the chat rooms saying stupid shit. Look I was one of the first members of this site and this has change for the worst.

So this was an actual online gang?

>>757
Implying you do anything better, oh you must do so much for society complaining what other people do

BLAGH! Does it matter if we're a gang or not? As long as this site remains we're a community.

We are just a random collection of like minded people, who enjoy anime and many other things.

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You are the one being childish if you let tiny things like that get to you! Technically we ARE a gang as you have pointed out so stop being so petulant and deal with it! Only because not everyone helps out, it doesn't mean that you are any less of a member, does it even matter? NO.

Well, we should accept the fact that many people see us as a gang of anime. There is nothing you can do about it, so it was moved. But i like to call us a gang, and let it childish. I do not see anything wrong with that. We are not criminas! We have the opportunity to give people a positive opinion about the word-the gang. I believe anyone can call us on the, but from tne name of out meaning is not changed.

We are a gang in the strict meaning of the word~ group, community, etc... In any case this site works to connect people and allow them to share ideas, help each other in numerous ways, spread information... The way it is set up allows us to do work without fearing what we say entirely and allows us to be free. While I wish people would be completely serious on here sometimes I think both sides are necessary.

We are no one we are every one we are the dreamers we are the dollars

I think people like to call it a gang because it's a way for us to say that are one. Since people don't have a close group of friends or community, dollar members believe this is a community that we don't have to actively be in. But calling a gang has a cooler ting to it.

saying "oh I'm in a gang" makes you seem cool or in a crowd even if your saying to your self.

And there's nothing wrong with that.

this isnt really a gang like you said but we can do things similar to the dollars by helping our community and yeah same for me i havnt really done anything either in that respect but still the dollars is here for a reason.
you can call it a gang if you want but in all honesty its just a recreation of the dollars website and communtiy in IRL that doesnt make us a gang itd be one thing if we are all in one place like in Drrr!! but we arent and there arent any reason for us to be like the dollars all that would do is cause trouble really.

Hooray for DOLLARS !!

yeah.. I think so.. >,<

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I guess you could say that. But try not to get so worked up about it. Who cares what people call us? In my opinion, no, we are not a gang. But most people call it that because of the show this websit orginated from. It's just a tiny error nothing you have to be mad about.

i think most people are just excited that this website is so much like the one from either the book, manga, or yes, anime, of drrr that they go ahead and type 'I'M IN A GANG!' but isn't this website all about anime and chatting and helping people out? i mean, less than half of us actually do anything once we've made ourselves a part of this 'gang'. we visit every once in a while, check forms, read comments, start threads, and look at fanart. thats this website is about. so, yes, we are a community, we are a gang, we can be anything we want to be, if we are all together. i mean, look at the massive ass number up in the corner. we can start a revolution. we are united.

>>773 Good God momo, you almost made me cry hahahaha.

We are a community, we are a gang, we are a family!! \o

NO BLOOD! NO BONE! NO ASH!
just kidding

An online community dedicated to sharing stuff and having a good time whose members aren't obligated to do charitable deeds is an accurate description of The Dollars. It's also an accurate description of 4chan.
If 4chan is like a virtual mob, then what's wrong with calling The Dollars a virtual gang?

so totally agree with you momo :)

By definition a gang is a group of people who distinguish themselves from others, like cadets or colour gangs, since we dont show any difference from the general public we arent a gang.

People are allowed to call it a gang. In the anime, it is clearly described as a gang, and what we are now can also be defined as a gang, we are ALSO a community, and ALSO a group, if we really are what you say the dollars are, then we have the right to call ourselves what we want

Anyone can call this group whatever thy want, but they all need to understand that we don't live in an anime(I wish we were to be honest), we don't run operations and have section leaders or a ranking system like in some gangs and groups, no one here is required to do much but follow the basic rules. There isn't an initiation and you are not going to be hunted down if you leave. So what he meant, was call us what you want, but don't make this big ordeal over what we are.

>>779 I am not saying that we live in an anime, i was saying that there are a lot of fans in here, and they can call it that because they like it, i wasn't making a big deal, in fact, i was saying the same thing you are, people can call it whatever they want, leave them alone.

I admit that I acted like that the first time I was here too but most people who watches the anime Durarara will get a misconception in this community so I think it is better to explain what this community is all about

You may call it anything you wish because the dallars are what most of the group dose as a whole(and we really are not a group at all,though you could make one)if you choose to be a dollar it is what ever you choose to be personaly

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(woah never seen this before...)
and i agree completely with >>1
but is seems like halfway down ppl stopped reading the posts and replied to just the title alone :/

HOOOOOOOOO, this thread! Must be part of the forever bumping!

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y not just call it a secret organization :P

>>1 Agreed. Also, the same goes for me in the asspect of 'I haven't really done much for my community'. In fact, I haven't been here in a while. Life gets crazy sometimes, you know?

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I really wouldn't call the Dollars an online gang or gang in general. Really, we're just an online community that's based around sharing common interests and helping others through the Internet.

I think the Dollars have become something in of itself.
You can't really describe it but...
You know it when you see it.

The Dollars are as The Dollars do I guess.

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do we have an actual leader or what

>>798 No, that's not how this site works. Please read the FAQ.

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you can enjoy your self here and still try to help your community its as easy as offering a bottle of water to someone who needs it?

Yeah, I agree. Most people see the anime, go here, and think "oh yeah! I'm in a gang!" But honestly... no.

So true! Honestly i wanted to find a real dollars website but not to join an online gang! I like meeting other people and most parents would go crazy if they knew that their children are part of an online gang!

More like a secret society, not too many people know about the dollars and not to many people will even have the opportunity.

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About how many people are in the Dollars? Is it like 100 or 10 or 1000000?

………………………………………………………………. ya really thing that this community is that big?

>>808 Let'm dream.

Thousand or two i think.

>>810 Damn, I said Let'm dream, not tell outrageous lies.