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It's a good thing this Bored's threads aren't as bad...

#1 Post by thguy65 » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:02 am

as this one.

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#2 Post by Ritterskoop » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:14 am

We do have a certain lack of originality, though. We are saying the same things we've always said, just now oriented around newer topics.

I get that it's good for us to be connected to some people who don't share out same opinions, so we don't get stale. But the talking points could be freshened up a little, I think.
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#3 Post by littlebeast13 » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:49 am

I remember when WheresGeorge started their new message board system 10 years ago and used "rep power". Boy, that didn't work out well...

Still, I'd love to see who'd end up being "the lowest scum on the boards" over here...

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#4 Post by TheConfessor » Fri Jan 09, 2015 4:44 am

I actually enjoyed the debate about number of days in a week more than the political threads here. At least it made me laugh, and it only lasted two days.

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#5 Post by Estonut » Fri Jan 09, 2015 6:06 am

TheJuch fudged his age & stats over there a bit, but it certainly sounds like him...
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#6 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Fri Jan 09, 2015 6:26 am

TheConfessor wrote:I actually enjoyed the debate about number of days in a week more than the political threads here. At least it made me laugh, and it only lasted two days.
I was hoping they would around to global warming
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#7 Post by geoffil » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:15 pm

I like the humor from those posting differing opinions from my own. Even though most of the time I don't change my original opinion, disagreeing helps to see something from all sides.

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#8 Post by littlebeast13 » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:21 pm

geoffil wrote:I like the humor from those posting differing opinions from my own. Even though most of the time I don't change my original opinion, disagreeing helps to see something from all sides.

That couldn't be any less true, especially these days when everyone seems so incredibly and unjustifiably righteous about their opinions. Having an opinion from another side just gives people someone to attack and bitch at...

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#9 Post by elwoodblues » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:33 pm

It may not always seem like it, but the Bored is actually a lot more civil than many other places around the internets. Do a search for "moron" or "retard" here and you won't find much, at least not directed at each other, but on some message boards that is pretty much how they say hello.

I am not defending some of the things she said when she was here, but I think the reason a lot of people got mad at sunflower was that she started acting the way people do on other Internet sites, and we just weren't used to it.

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#10 Post by BackInTex » Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:10 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:.... everyone seems so incredibly and unjustifiably righteous about their opinions.
perfect irony
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#11 Post by littlebeast13 » Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:15 pm

BackInTex wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:.... everyone seems so incredibly and unjustifiably righteous about their opinions.
perfect irony

LOL, you got me...

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#12 Post by Bob Juch » Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:27 pm

elwoodblues wrote:It may not always seem like it, but the Bored is actually a lot more civil than many other places around the internets. Do a search for "moron" or "retard" here and you won't find much, at least not directed at each other, but on some message boards that is pretty much how they say hello.
I hate to think what Esto and Flock post on other message boards then.
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#13 Post by tlynn78 » Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:37 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
elwoodblues wrote:It may not always seem like it, but the Bored is actually a lot more civil than many other places around the internets. Do a search for "moron" or "retard" here and you won't find much, at least not directed at each other, but on some message boards that is pretty much how they say hello.
I hate to think what Esto and Flock post on other message boards then.
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#14 Post by BackInTex » Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:41 pm

Bob Juch wrote: Esto and Flock post on other message boards then.
perfect irony
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#15 Post by frogman042 » Fri Jan 09, 2015 3:28 pm

TheConfessor wrote:I actually enjoyed the debate about number of days in a week more than the political threads here. At least it made me laugh, and it only lasted two days.
I'm surprised nobody pointed out what The Beatles clearly understood - there are 8 days a week - and even in that case it wasn't enough to show they care.

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#16 Post by Estonut » Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:21 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
elwoodblues wrote:It may not always seem like it, but the Bored is actually a lot more civil than many other places around the internets. Do a search for "moron" or "retard" here and you won't find much, at least not directed at each other, but on some message boards that is pretty much how they say hello.
I hate to think what Esto and Flock post on other message boards then.
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