https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHgwF4q6P3A
Maybe I'm getting too old.
But forum engagement is losing its appeal to me lately. I derive little pleasure from participation.
It's not about the Cashew...I've dipped my toe in a couple of others recently and felt the same. I feel like I should find a better use of my time.
Whilst I would regard the vast majority of members here as friends in varying degrees, the interaction seems forced and habitual rather than interesting and vibrant. It's the same everywhere.
Perhaps it's time to accept that after all these years the appeal just isn't there any more.
i feel your pain Brick. I was excited about forums again a few months ago and even registered at another forum, like I said I would never do. It quickly lost it's appeal. There are threads I enjoy here and SG, but most don't appeal to me anymore.
It's nothing against the people. I'm just getting bored. Maybe another break is what I need.
I'm sorry to hear that Shen and Brick..
I still enjoy coming here to talk with posters.
I get what SL and old Brick are saying. I was on four forums. I recently trimmed that down to two. My interest in forums comes and goes.
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I thought about joining VF at one time, but I it's so bad I can't even stand to glance at it.
I'll continue to post here for now. But, I do not want to join any of the competing forums. Like BT said, it's not the answer to boredom.
There are several finnish forums that have thousands of active members..
If the media tries to hide the rapists skincolour, then murderinfo is the place to go..
Murderinfo had the murder video before the murder even happened.
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If the media tries to hide the rapists skincolour, then murderinfo is the place to go..
Murderinfo had the murder video before the murder even happened.
Um, thanks, but no thanks.
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If the media tries to hide the rapists skincolour, then murderinfo is the place to go..
Murderinfo had the murder video before the murder even happened.
Um, thanks, but no thanks.
You dont like murders?
I was even considering that too. But as you've observed it's no answer.
It's been nearly five years here, and nearly 25,000 posts. Wow.
I guess every social interaction grows tired. Forums. Marriage. Girlfriends. Friendships. Clubs and associations.
Also, it's been winter here and too cold to get out and about, so I'm also pretty confined. It just turned spring, so I need to motivate myself to pack the camera and get out in the world again.
I get what Bricktop is saying. Since my credentials were recognized in Canada, and I became a foreman, I just do not have the time to post like I used to. And the limited amount of free time I have, my little girl comes first.
I must admit I am surprised that others feel the same way. Something of a revelation.
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Not really. Most people have limited time like old Gaon was saying.
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I still like posting here. My problem is that there is not enough time to post as frequently as I did before.
Just a hypothesis, but if memory serves things were a little more vibrant here when we had a more diverse cross section of opinions and socio-political views. We've become homogenised to some extent because those with alternate views to the majority move away for various reasons.
When we had some intelligent debates, it was interesting and engaging. Most of the members now hold a consistent view on many things, and those that don't are not really motivated to engage in debate.
We perhaps need to open the doors a little wider and offer a more open forum where disparate views are welcomed.
Just a thought...
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When we had some intelligent debates, it was interesting and engaging. Most of the members now hold a consistent view on many things, and those that don't are not really motivated to engage in debate.
We perhaps need to open the doors a little wider and offer a more open forum where disparate views are welcomed.
Just a thought...
I'm in total agreement Bricktop..
We have Peaches here and Blurt, but I would like more diversity.
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When we had some intelligent debates, it was interesting and engaging. Most of the members now hold a consistent view on many things, and those that don't are not really motivated to engage in debate.
We perhaps need to open the doors a little wider and offer a more open forum where disparate views are welcomed.
Just a thought...
I'm in total agreement Bricktop..
We have Peaches here and Blurt, but I would like more diversity.
Diversity is fine, but what about the forum cancers. I am talking about dick heads like old virgin Joe who wants this place shut down or Twenty IQ points.
I think I'm referring to diversity of intelligent discourse, not a diversity of intellectual capacity. There are some out there with a brain who are quite capable of throwing out alternative opinions using reason and logic. But because we are clearly hostile to their personal beliefs, there is no incentive to join in. We are widely accepted as a right of centre political forum.
I don't think that will change any time soon. Any left of centre views are usually shot down...and I own up to having my finger on the trigger as often as anyone.
But the consequence is a sense of unanimity...and where's the fun in that?
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When we had some intelligent debates, it was interesting and engaging. Most of the members now hold a consistent view on many things, and those that don't are not really motivated to engage in debate.
We perhaps need to open the doors a little wider and offer a more open forum where disparate views are welcomed.
Just a thought...
I'm in total agreement Bricktop..
We have Peaches here and Blurt, but I would like more diversity.
Diversity is fine, but what about the forum cancers. I am talking about dick heads like old virgin Joe who wants this place shut down or Twenty IQ points.
This is why I left VF. I liked debating with leftists like mimi, but Scouse and Seamajor don't know how to do that.
I would welcome opposing view points.
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I don't think that will change any time soon. Any left of centre views are usually shot down...and I own up to having my finger on the trigger as often as anyone.
But the consequence is a sense of unanimity...and where's the fun in that?
There is some truth to that. But, some of the so called leftists have been drive by trolls.
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I don't think that will change any time soon. Any left of centre views are usually shot down...and I own up to having my finger on the trigger as often as anyone.
But the consequence is a sense of unanimity...and where's the fun in that?
There is no fun in that. But, maybe leftists don't want to post here. Maybe they don't want to be the lone dissenting voice. Perhaps Peaches would post more if there was a fellow leftist.
All I know with certainty, is that I would welcome a reasoned left wing poster who did not engage in discussion killing name calling.
The place is stale..
I dont mean the people are stale... But the discussion is a bit stale because we are all like minded.
I know.
Because of our reputation, trolls will target us with fake contrariness.
But it would make for a more dynamic and spirited, and thus "interesting", forum.
We used to have posters like Romero (the fuckwit) who bravely defended his distorted/false view of the world.
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I dont mean the people are stale... But the discussion is a bit stale because we are all like minded.
That is indisputable.
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Romero left all forums and was planning on it for a while..
He never wanted us to leave mmb.
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Because of our reputation, trolls will target us with fake contrariness.
But it would make for a more dynamic and spirited, and thus "interesting", forum.
I still post occasionally on another forum. There are leftists there. If I get to know one, I will invite them here. Perhaps Peaches will invite a fellow leftist here.
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But it would make for a more dynamic and spirited, and thus "interesting", forum.
Yes, I'm aware of that.
Some may come to test the water, but when confronted by our rather militant position will probably not remain.
We will only attract alternative thinkers by being less rambunctious towards them.
We used to have a centre left poster(eagle) that was not a troll..
I used to be a centre left poster..
Seoul has been saying the same thing to me privately for years..
He has always wanted people to challenge his fiscally conservative views..
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We will only attract alternative thinkers by being less rambunctious towards them.
I would welcome the spirited debates they would bring. But, maybe I am being too aggressive and hostile in my positions without even being aware of it.
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We will only attract alternative thinkers by being less rambunctious towards them.
I would welcome the spirited debates they would bring. But, maybe I am being too aggressive and hostile in my positions without even being aware of it.
Absolutely not Gaon..
There is a lack of diversity of opinion on this forum..
Still, I don't believe we're as one sided as CBT.
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I used to be a centre left poster..
Seoul has been saying the same thing to me privately for years..
He has always wanted people to challenge his fiscally conservative views..
SB is a libertarian. They have a prog streak in them.
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I don't think that will change any time soon. Any left of centre views are usually shot down...and I own up to having my finger on the trigger as often as anyone.
But the consequence is a sense of unanimity...and where's the fun in that?
We had an anti prog poster join recently. Sasquatch may have become bored with everyone being of the same opinion or maybe not.
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I don't think that will change any time soon. Any left of centre views are usually shot down...and I own up to having my finger on the trigger as often as anyone.
But the consequence is a sense of unanimity...and where's the fun in that?
We had an anti prog poster join recently. Sasquatch may have become bored with everyone being of the same opinion or maybe not.
I think he is more into the flaming.
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We will only attract alternative thinkers by being less rambunctious towards them.
I would welcome the spirited debates they would bring. But, maybe I am being too aggressive and hostile in my positions without even being aware of it.
Absolutely not Gaon..
There is a lack of diversity of opinion on this forum..
Still, I don't believe we're as one sided as CBT.
But, if a leftist poster joins and I disagree with their positions, I will oppose it. Others may agree with me. You can still have good debates and respectfully disagree.
I can never be bored. There is always something to do. I'm painting these days. One day, I'll paint something just for TBC and show it to you. ac_dance
Spoiler Alert:
This could wreck the boredom.
WHATCHUDUIN, ASSHOLES???!!!
:laugh3:
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As long as the good Lord provides me with barrel wash and badgers to shoot, old Herman will never be bored either.
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But, if a leftist poster joins and I disagree with their positions, I will oppose it. Others may agree with me. You can still have good debates and respectfully disagree.
i agree with you 100%. I have no problem respectfully disagreeing with anyone. I think the lefties ran off because they can't stand the voices of the right that they were facing day in and day out. It's not our fault they can't stand to read our conservative views or being challenged or not agreeing with their views. I thought they were supposed to be the tolerant lot, eh? Such snowflakes. I have no sympathy for the ones who fled. You don't like what you're hearing or reading so you take off? What cowards. We are better off meeting posters who are mature and who can withstand opposing views.
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As long as the good Lord provides me with barrel wash and badgers to shoot, old Herman will never be bored either.
My remarks were more in the context of forum activity...and as I said, being cooped up in the cold weather doesn't help. Someone just described it to me as "forum burnout" and I think that is a very accurate description.
My single malts look after me.
Oh, and the kids and grandkids...
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We will only attract alternative thinkers by being less rambunctious towards them.
My neighbor is not only Jeremy Corbyn's sister in law but a dear friend of mine of the last 30 years...
last night she was seriously distressed I didn't share her view the Sri Lankan family should stay.
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I dont mean the people are stale... But the discussion is a bit stale because we are all like minded.
I have Netflix now....
No need to get bored.
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As long as the good Lord provides me with barrel wash and badgers to shoot, old Herman will never be bored either.
ffs why are you shooting badgers...?
just stop doing bad things... just stop.
Nice weather is on the way BT...
hang in there.
Sun's out today...
But more cold weather is on the way.
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But more cold weather is on the way.
It bucketed down here for 2 days but it was warm-ish.
My Storm Chasers group has got some great cloud pictures atm.. pictures from NSW.
I should post them in the weather thread...
I'll go do that.
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But more cold weather is on the way.
Cold weather? What fifteen degrees you pussy.
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But, if a leftist poster joins and I disagree with their positions, I will oppose it. Others may agree with me. You can still have good debates and respectfully disagree.
i agree with you 100%. I have no problem respectfully disagreeing with anyone. I think the lefties ran off because they can't stand the voices of the right that they were facing day in and day out. It's not our fault they can't stand to read our conservative views or being challenged or not agreeing with their views. I thought they were supposed to be the tolerant lot, eh? Such snowflakes. I have no sympathy for the ones who fled. You don't like what you're hearing or reading so you take off? What cowards. We are better off meeting posters who are mature and who can withstand opposing views.
This is a catch 22 thing Azhya..
Posters like yourself or Gaon are not going to fake a contrarian position just to make a poster with differing opinions feel welcome.
Brick, warm weather if finally upon you, so time to shake the winter boredom. I dont blame you one bit if you slacked off some on here. Get some things done, and log in when you feel like it and kick a tire or two. The rest of us are about to go into winter mode, so Im sure there will be an uptake in posting from some of us.
Im on several forums, and post when I can. I have too much going on to really be bored. Im more bored at work lol, hence my uptake in daytime posting.
I can see why you would be extra bored, since you are retired. When I was unemployed for a spell, I was bored out of my mind! You need to find things to fill your time. Its not too late to pick up an instrument, or learn anything really. I get bored if Im in a routine, so I change it up now and then. Change things up Brick ac_drinks
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Thats the spirit Azhya!!!
Follow this gal's example Brick ac_dance
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This could wreck the boredom.
WHATCHUDUIN, ASSHOLES???!!!
:laugh3:
Well Im back to work today. Yesterday I hiked up to Stiles falls, 40 foot falls. Took off my shoes and got in lol. Was very refreshing.
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This could wreck the boredom.
WHATCHUDUIN, ASSHOLES???!!!
:laugh3:
Well Im back to work today. Yesterday I hiked up to Stiles falls, 40 foot falls. Took off my shoes and got in lol. Was very refreshing.
I am able to keep a fit active lifestyle and post too.
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We will only attract alternative thinkers by being less rambunctious towards them.
I don't see any "militancy" here. Herman is a pig, but that's not the same thing.
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This could wreck the boredom.
WHATCHUDUIN, ASSHOLES???!!!
:laugh3:
Well Im back to work today. Yesterday I hiked up to Stiles falls, 40 foot falls. Took off my shoes and got in lol. Was very refreshing.
I am able to keep a fit active lifestyle and post too.
:thumbup:
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Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "@realAzhyaAryola"
This could wreck the boredom.
WHATCHUDUIN, ASSHOLES???!!!
:laugh3:
Well Im back to work today. Yesterday I hiked up to Stiles falls, 40 foot falls. Took off my shoes and got in lol. Was very refreshing.
I am able to keep a fit active lifestyle and post too.
:thumbup:
I have posted on a hike.
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Quote from: "@realAzhyaAryola"
This could wreck the boredom.
WHATCHUDUIN, ASSHOLES???!!!
:laugh3:
Well Im back to work today. Yesterday I hiked up to Stiles falls, 40 foot falls. Took off my shoes and got in lol. Was very refreshing.
Is it close to your house Blazor?
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This could wreck the boredom.
WHATCHUDUIN, ASSHOLES???!!!
:laugh3:
Well Im back to work today. Yesterday I hiked up to Stiles falls, 40 foot falls. Took off my shoes and got in lol. Was very refreshing.
Is it close to your house Blazor?
Less than an hour away in Shawsville.
The story to the naming of the place, a Confederate Naval man by the name of Stiles was trying to impress how good he could swing from mast to mast, by swinging vine to vine and branch. When he grabbed a branch, it broke, and he fell to his death.
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Quote from: "Blazor"
Quote from: "@realAzhyaAryola"
This could wreck the boredom.
WHATCHUDUIN, ASSHOLES???!!!
:laugh3:
Well Im back to work today. Yesterday I hiked up to Stiles falls, 40 foot falls. Took off my shoes and got in lol. Was very refreshing.
Is it close to your house Blazor?
Less than an hour away in Shawsville.
The story to the naming of the place, a Confederate Naval man by the name of Stiles was trying to impress how good he could swing from mast to mast, by swinging vine to vine and branch. When he grabbed a branch, it broke, and he fell to his death.
Did you camp overnight?
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Quote from: "@realAzhyaAryola"
This could wreck the boredom.
WHATCHUDUIN, ASSHOLES???!!!
:laugh3:
Well Im back to work today. Yesterday I hiked up to Stiles falls, 40 foot falls. Took off my shoes and got in lol. Was very refreshing.
Is it close to your house Blazor?
Less than an hour away in Shawsville.
The story to the naming of the place, a Confederate Naval man by the name of Stiles was trying to impress how good he could swing from mast to mast, by swinging vine to vine and branch. When he grabbed a branch, it broke, and he fell to his death.
Did you camp overnight?
I wish, it was much cooler up there.
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We will only attract alternative thinkers by being less rambunctious towards them.
I don't see any "militancy" here. Herman is a pig, but that's not the same thing.
You want a good Hermanating and you know it.
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As long as the good Lord provides me with barrel wash and badgers to shoot, old Herman will never be bored either.
ffs why are you shooting badgers...?
just stop doing bad things... just stop.
They eat ground squirrels. They dig huge holes to get at them. My cattle and the old lady's horse could step in it and break their legs. Besides, they have gotten into my chicken coop and killed dozens of them. I see badgers, they die.
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When we had some intelligent debates, it was interesting and engaging. Most of the members now hold a consistent view on many things, and those that don't are not really motivated to engage in debate.
We perhaps need to open the doors a little wider and offer a more open forum where disparate views are welcomed.
Just a thought...
I have been saying this for a couple of years.
https://thebluecashew.net/the-blue-cashew-f2/urgent-position-vacancy-centre-left-poster-t7591.html?hilit=Mr%20Seoulbro%20left%20wing%20poster
We've become sedentary and staid. We're stuck in a rut, in my view, and the only difference between a rut and the grave is the depth of the hole.
We've either repelled or rejected people who stood on their beliefs, whether we agreed or not. I respected Romero and Scouse not for their views but for their commitment to them.
I suspect many here would argue strenuously for freedom of speech. It is a core belief.
Yet are we not, as a collective, as culpable as those on the left we decry for stifling that right to speak your mind without fear or favour?
Our uniformity has, as with all uniformity, become tedium. We've become fixated on bird photos and barrel wash.
We're no different to other forums...and that is our mistake. We SHOULD be different. We should not be like Cindys Been Tripping. We should not be like SG (with no disrespect to either of those two venues). We should attract new faces because we are DIFFERENT, not because we are the SAME.
And being different means embracing all views and all kinds of people. We've become monochrome in a world of colour, and it serves us no benefit.
I'm B O R E D.
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We've either repelled or rejected people who stood on their beliefs, whether we agreed or not. I respected Romero and Scouse not for their views but for their commitment to them.
I suspect many here would argue strenuously for freedom of speech. It is a core belief.
Yet are we not, as a collective, as culpable as those on the left we decry for stifling that right to speak your mind without fear or favour?
Our uniformity has, as with all uniformity, become tedium. We've become fixated on bird photos and barrel wash.
We're no different to other forums...and that is our mistake. We SHOULD be different. We should not be like Cindys Been Tripping. We should not be like SG (with no disrespect to either of those two venues). We should attract new faces because we are DIFFERENT, not because we are the SAME.
And being different means embracing all views and all kinds of people. We've become monochrome in a world of colour, and it serves us no benefit.
I'm B O R E D.
I respected Romero until the end when he stopped putting any effort into his posts/threads. Before he left, he spammed the board with memes to the point we looked like CBT. Scouse, on the other hand, is a weak willed nutjob who can't take what he dishes out. He was not ran off. He left because nobody here would take him seriously, nor should they.
We can be different without surrendering our principles. I am a liberty loving, fiscal hawk. I will defend those principles against anyone. If someone is incapable of defending their position, that is their problem, not mine. They are free to leave, but I would prefer they stay and stand up for what they believe in.
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We've either repelled or rejected people who stood on their beliefs, whether we agreed or not. I respected Romero and Scouse not for their views but for their commitment to them.
I suspect many here would argue strenuously for freedom of speech. It is a core belief.
Yet are we not, as a collective, as culpable as those on the left we decry for stifling that right to speak your mind without fear or favour?
Our uniformity has, as with all uniformity, become tedium. We've become fixated on bird photos and barrel wash.
We're no different to other forums...and that is our mistake. We SHOULD be different. We should not be like Cindys Been Tripping. We should not be like SG (with no disrespect to either of those two venues). We should attract new faces because we are DIFFERENT, not because we are the SAME.
And being different means embracing all views and all kinds of people. We've become monochrome in a world of colour, and it serves us no benefit.
I'm B O R E D.
What do you suggest we could have done differently with old Scouse. Forget Romero, he decided to leave no matter what we did.
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What do you suggest we could have done differently with old Scouse. Forget Romero, he decided to leave no matter what we did.
SCOUSE left because I am a Christian Zionist..
Until he left here and posted his meltdown, I never thought he was serious about his entirely serious about his conspiracy theories..
I've never met anyone like SCOUSE on any forum, and I didn't give him the respect I would other posters because I thought he was trolling right to the end..
I was wrong, and I alone should be blamed for his leaving.
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What do you suggest we could have done differently with old Scouse. Forget Romero, he decided to leave no matter what we did.
SCOUSE left because I am a Christian Zionist..
Until he left here and posted his meltdown, I never thought he was serious about his entirely serious about his conspiracy theories..
I've never met anyone like SCOUSE on any forum, and I didn't give him the respect I would other posters because I thought he was trolling right to the end..
I was wrong, and I alone should be blamed for his leaving.
I made fun of him, and I have no regrets about it. He is unworthy of respect.
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We can be different without surrendering our principles.
Which principles are they?
Yours?
Mine?
Scouse's?
That, to me, is the core of the problem. We have become so innately "principled" that we've in effect become narrow minded.
A forum should not have principles. Individual members certainly should...but a forum should be utterly neutral on the issue of "right" and "wrong".
We are now sanitised to the point of lacking any real purpose or reason to exist.
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We can be different without surrendering our principles.
Which principles are they?
Yours?
Mine?
Scouse's?
That, to me, is the core of the problem. We have become so innately "principled" that we've in effect become narrow minded.
A forum should not have principles. Individual members certainly should...but a forum should be utterly neutral on the issue of "right" and "wrong".
We are now sanitised to the point of lacking any real purpose or reason to exist.
I mean mine as an individual. As I said, I am a liberty loving fiscal hawk. I will not water that down.
You want all guns banned. That is one of your core principles. I would not expect you to water that down even if there were ten Mel's or Renees here.
Exactly...but MY principles on gun control are not the forum's principles on gun control. They are mine. And mine alone if I read the contrary posts correctly.
But were I of, shall we say, meaker disposition, then finding no support for my position and being constantly dogpiled when I raise the issue, I may be inclined to take my business elsewhere.
On the other hand, my position generates posts and views and much discussion. That is a GOOD thing. Nobody agrees with me, but that is not important. I will continue to raise awareness of this insanity and everyone is free to ignore my threads. But they don't because they want to have their say.
This is what we need more of.
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But were I of, shall we say, meaker disposition, then finding no support for my position and being constantly dogpiled when I raise the issue, I may be inclined to take my business elsewhere.
On the other hand, my position generates posts and views and much discussion. That is a GOOD thing. Nobody agrees with me, but that is not important. I will continue to raise awareness of this insanity and everyone is free to ignore my threads. But they don't because they want to have their say.
This is what we need more of.
That is good that you have the intestinal fortitude to stand your ground and defend your position on guns. Scouse is incapable of defending his decision to have bangers and mash instead of beans on toast.
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That is good that you have the intestinal fortitude to stand your ground and defend your position on guns.
It is not so much fortitude, but the acceptance that I am right and everyone else is wrong.
:sm(36):
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What do you suggest we could have done differently with old Scouse. Forget Romero, he decided to leave no matter what we did.
SCOUSE left because I am a Christian Zionist..
Until he left here and posted his meltdown, I never thought he was serious about his entirely serious about his conspiracy theories..
I've never met anyone like SCOUSE on any forum, and I didn't give him the respect I would other posters because I thought he was trolling right to the end..
I was wrong, and I alone should be blamed for his leaving.
I made fun of him, and I have no regrets about it. He is unworthy of respect.
I post with Scouse at another forum. He is as weak as a kitten.
I was bored too, so I sparked a spliff. Good times!
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A doob, a joint. Weed ffs.
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:Ghelyon:
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Which may have kept you occupied, but does nothing to put some spark back into our forum.
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Which may have kept you occupied, but does nothing to put some spark back into our forum.
We are trying..
We know what we have to do.
Don't get me wrong Fash.
I'm not saying anything has to be done. I didn't expect the discussion that followed.
It may be more about me than the forum. I repeat that I find little amusement at the other places either.
But it seems to have precipitated some views that maybe this place could use a spark. That wasn't the intent at all.
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I'm not saying anything has to be done. I didn't expect the discussion that followed.
It may be more about me than the forum. I repeat that I find little amusement at the other places either.
But it seems to have precipitated some views that maybe this place could use a spark. That wasn't the intent at all.
I recognize what you're saying and I'm working on it Bricktop.
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This is a catch 22 thing Azhya..
Posters like yourself or Gaon are not going to fake a contrarian position just to make a poster with differing opinions feel welcome.
Glad you noticed that, Fash, but what does that say about the others?
If I say I am here and willing to listen to the other side and I do but the response I get is a series of mud-slinging and name-calling prattle, do you really think that I would just sit still and be quiet? The only time I am quiet is if I firmly believe the other poster does not deserve a response from me or they are too delusional I cannot be bothered to waste time to correct them because everyone can see they are the ones making a fool of themselves.
As I've said before, I truly miss the days when conservatives and liberals argued but were still friends after the argument has concluded. Those days seem to be of a bygone era now.
Summer is almost over...more time for posting when it gets cold outside. While its nice, I prefer to be outside doing something. We'll spark it up real good!
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This is a catch 22 thing Azhya..
Posters like yourself or Gaon are not going to fake a contrarian position just to make a poster with differing opinions feel welcome.
Glad you noticed that, Fash, but what does that say about the others?
If I say I am here and willing to listen to the other side and I do but the response I get is a series of mud-slinging and name-calling prattle, do you really think that I would just sit still and be quiet? The only time I am quiet is if I firmly believe the other poster does not deserve a response from me or they are too delusional I cannot be bothered to waste time to correct them because everyone can see they are the ones making a fool of themselves.
As I've said before,
That is missed..
The writ for our election will be dropped very soon..
Expect a very nasty campaign.
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Darn tootin' Berry!
ac_dance
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Darn tootin' Berry!
ac_dance
I suffer golf withdrawal every winter.
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Darn tootin' Berry!
ac_dance
I suffer golf withdrawal every winter.
:laugh:
I bet! I'll miss hiking and camping and driving around with the top and doors off my Jeep. I'll also miss the feeling in my fingers and toes :laugh:
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Not really. Most people have limited time like old Gaon was saying.
Precisely. I'm one of them.
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I don't think that will change any time soon. Any left of centre views are usually shot down...and I own up to having my finger on the trigger as often as anyone.
But the consequence is a sense of unanimity...and where's the fun in that?
There is no fun in that. But, maybe leftists don't want to post here. Maybe they don't want to be the lone dissenting voice. Perhaps Peaches would post more if there was a fellow leftist.
All I know with certainty, is that I would welcome a reasoned left wing poster who did not engage in discussion killing name calling.
Exactly. There were liberals here before but ask them why they left. ac_biggrin
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I dont mean the people are stale... But the discussion is a bit stale because we are all like minded.
Back in DV days, the political arguments did not exist but perhaps I just did not participate in them. However, the place was so busy it was like a metropolis. The entire first page threads had posts from the current day not weeks ago. It was like you were part of a place that was so alive but there were so many posters too that you could not keep track of who is who.
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I thought I had staying power too but once you are in a forum where you just cannot stand the views of the majority, perhaps it is time to move on. I felt that way about memebee in the end so I could not go back there even if I want to. Even if I want to, I also forgot my password. :laugh3: Not too important for me to find out what it was.
Maybe Romero could not stomach this place anymore. In that case, he had no staying power.
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As long as the good Lord provides me with barrel wash and badgers to shoot, old Herman will never be bored either.
My remarks were more in the context of forum activity...and as I said, being cooped up in the cold weather doesn't help. Someone just described it to me as "forum burnout" and I think that is a very accurate description.
My single malts look after me.
Oh, and the kids and grandkids...
The cold would not keep me from visiting museums and such. When I lived in the vicinity of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, we had the finest museums in the continent.
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I dont mean the people are stale... But the discussion is a bit stale because we are all like minded.
I have Netflix now....
No need to get bored.
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It has a treasure trove of films of all genres. Of course, I always select Thrillers, Horror, Action, Adventure. It has thought-provoking documentaries too. I used to watch America's Book of Secrets and then they pulled it off before I could finish the series. I wondered why they did that. It was most disappointing.
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We will only attract alternative thinkers by being less rambunctious towards them.
I don't see any "militancy" here. Herman is a pig, but that's not the same thing.
I agree about "militancy." I wondered about that word but perhaps Bricktop was speaking about himself.
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Less than an hour away in Shawsville.
The story to the naming of the place, a Confederate Naval man by the name of Stiles was trying to impress how good he could swing from mast to mast, by swinging vine to vine and branch. When he grabbed a branch, it broke, and he fell to his death.
:thumbup:
Great story but rather a sad ending.
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I respected Romero until the end when he stopped putting any effort into his posts/threads. Before he left, he spammed the board with memes to the point we looked like CBT. Scouse, on the other hand, is a weak willed nutjob who can't take what he dishes out. He was not ran off. He left because nobody here would take him seriously, nor should they.
We can be different without surrendering our principles. I am a liberty loving, fiscal hawk. I will defend those principles against anyone. If someone is incapable of defending their position, that is their problem, not mine. They are free to leave, but I would prefer they stay and stand up for what they believe in.
:thumbup: Best post.
It seems to me that Bricktop is just expressing his own views about the forum which some of us do not share. I am fine the way it is but I am not here 24/7/365 and I have never been a mod. Perhaps when you mod and when you own the forum, you see it differently. I come here as a participant only but of course I also would like to see a healthy forum since this is the only forum I go to.
I also respect the opinions of others that differ from mine. I never wanted them gone for good. We could still discuss the topic and disagree and come back here the next day. What's wrong with that? Things change when the conflict becomes personal for one of the posters or both.
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We can be different without surrendering our principles.
Which principles are they?
Yours?
Mine?
Scouse's?
That, to me, is the core of the problem. We have become so innately "principled" that we've in effect become narrow minded.
A forum should not have principles. Individual members certainly should...but a forum should be utterly neutral on the issue of "right" and "wrong".
We are now sanitised to the point of lacking any real purpose or reason to exist.
Then do you regret the said "principles" of the mod Rotwang on the Fights and Failures sub?
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Darn tootin' Berry!
ac_dance
I suffer golf withdrawal every winter.
:laugh:
I bet! I'll miss hiking and camping and driving around with the top and doors off my Jeep. I'll also miss the feeling in my fingers and toes :laugh:
I'll miss shorts, sandals, and straw hats.
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We can be different without surrendering our principles.
Which principles are they?
Yours?
Mine?
Scouse's?
That, to me, is the core of the problem. We have become so innately "principled" that we've in effect become narrow minded.
A forum should not have principles. Individual members certainly should...but a forum should be utterly neutral on the issue of "right" and "wrong".
We are now sanitised to the point of lacking any real purpose or reason to exist.
Then do you regret the said "principles" of the mod Rotwang on the Fights and Failures sub?
No.
As a mod Rotwang must act in the best interests of the forum, not his own personal views.
This forum is not served by people banned from other forums bringing their feuds here and exposing private and personal details of each other's lives.
The reason they conduct themselves in this way here is because they have been stopped from doing it elsewhere.
Having been involved in forums as member, mod and Admin for many years, Rotwang recognised the early warning signs of conduct that inevitably leads to more serious consequences for ALL members and acted accordingly.
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I respected Romero until the end when he stopped putting any effort into his posts/threads. Before he left, he spammed the board with memes to the point we looked like CBT. Scouse, on the other hand, is a weak willed nutjob who can't take what he dishes out. He was not ran off. He left because nobody here would take him seriously, nor should they.
We can be different without surrendering our principles. I am a liberty loving, fiscal hawk. I will defend those principles against anyone. If someone is incapable of defending their position, that is their problem, not mine. They are free to leave, but I would prefer they stay and stand up for what they believe in.
:thumbup: Best post.
It seems to me that Bricktop is just expressing his own views about the forum which some of us do not share. I am fine the way it is but I am not here 24/7/365 and I have never been a mod. Perhaps when you mod and when you own the forum, you see it differently. I come here as a participant only but of course I also would like to see a healthy forum since this is the only forum I go to.
I also respect the opinions of others that differ from mine. I never wanted them gone for good. We could still discuss the topic and disagree and come back here the next day. What's wrong with that? Things change when the conflict becomes personal for one of the posters or both.
There is something to what you and Seoul are saying..
You both have strong opinions..
And you should be able to express them even if people may disagree..
Debate comes from disagreements.
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You both have strong opinions..
And you should be able to express them even if people may disagree..
Debate comes from disagreements.
A healthy debate is healthy.