Website Review: Totse.com

&Totse - Acronym for "Temple of the Screaming Electron", pronounced "Tot + See"; is a massive online web community with two main sections: Text file archive and online forum. Created and owned by Jeff Hunter, Totse is home two one of the largest communities of people that can only be described by no other title than a "Totsean". The Totse community, or Totsean's, is a mix of computer hackers, anarchists, con artists, atheists, social engineers, lazy extremists, general geeks, with the large mix of pure idiots and trolls. The two strange phenomenon's about Totse is that, with the exception of the trash and trolls on the site, you enter with one set of knowledge about the world and exit with a totally re-vamped vision what the world truthfully is. The second phenomenon is how addicting it is. The general public would classify Totse as "insane and crap", but how can you be addicted to such crap? In addition, Totse is strongly renowned for its views on free speech. Totse can be refereed to as; "the only place on the internet were free speech is not only encouraged, it is law.....Spartan law for the lulz." -ph7.

The Text Files
"When I went to Totse I didn't even know how to make a hydrocarbon cannon, why I can't go the speed of light, or what these small bumps on my penis were. I left knowing why DXM isn't just for kids, how I could make a trench coat out of duct tape, and learned why I shouldn't use the word ******." - Unknown

Simply stated the quote from an unknown source on Urban Dictionary reveals the power of the Totse text archive. You can view topics on categories ranging from sex to nuclear winter. The text file archive is divided into the following categories: Bad Ideas, Drugs, Ego, Erotica, Fringe, Society, Technology. Believe me, Totse can awaken your eyes on political maters, advise/help plot inventions of your sick imagination, scare the life out of you, and greatly amuse you. For example, imagine falling into the Erotica section of an online community written by the majority of teenagers with crazy ideas and too much time on their hands.

The Community Forums
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." - The First Amendment

The Totse Forums play an intricate roll in the massive community. With thousands of hits per day, the site generates a vast range of topics where people come together and talk (or flame, yell, complain) about things in their life. The forum is made up of 8 sections: General, Vices, Society, Mother Nature, Technology, Arts, Sciences, and Entertainment, with 47 sub-forum categories including: Spurious Generalities, I found it on the Web, Half Baked, Sex and Affection, Bad Ideas, Money Money Money, Politics, Headshrinkers, Noah's Ark, Network Security, Technophiliacs, DIY, Backyard Ballistics, Reinvent Yourself, Rock and Roll, Games People Play, and many others. For some of the most interesting topics you'll ever read, I encourage you to check out the Totse Forums.

Totse is the home to many legendary internet hoaxes, cons and all out crazy events. The creation of the intent sweeping "Highlighter tread" began here. Totse poster HTS-Noob decided to shove an everyday highlighter up his butt, then posted the experience on the internet. I was fortunate to read the thread from day one, and it was one of the funniest things I have ever read. The archive can be found here. Furthermore, the internet hoax of Jenkem was created by Totse poster Pickwick. Jenkem is method of getting high by inhaling gas produced by raw sewage, or poop. The review has been published on many sites including Fox News, as well as aired on TV. Read more about this crazy topic here.

All and all, the Totse community is one that I call my own. I am a proud Totsean and encourage any self thinking person who fits into the categories laid out in this introduction to check out the totse.com. Totse is freedom.