It's a good thing this Bored's threads aren't as bad...
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Re: It's a good thing this Bored's threads aren't as bad...
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.
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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Re: It's a good thing this Bored's threads aren't as bad...
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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Still, I'd love to see who'd end up being "the lowest scum on the boards" over here...
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Re: It's a good thing this Bored's threads aren't as bad...
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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Re: It's a good thing this Bored's threads aren't as bad...
TheJuch fudged his age & stats over there a bit, but it certainly sounds like him...
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Re: It's a good thing this Bored's threads aren't as bad...
I was hoping they would around to global warmingTheConfessor 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.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Re: It's a good thing this Bored's threads aren't as bad...
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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Re: It's a good thing this Bored's threads aren't as bad...
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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Re: It's a good thing this Bored's threads aren't as bad...
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.
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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Re: It's a good thing this Bored's threads aren't as bad...
perfect ironylittlebeast13 wrote:.... everyone seems so incredibly and unjustifiably righteous about their opinions.
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Re: It's a good thing this Bored's threads aren't as bad...
BackInTex wrote:perfect ironylittlebeast13 wrote:.... everyone seems so incredibly and unjustifiably righteous about their opinions.
LOL, you got me...
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Re: It's a good thing this Bored's threads aren't as bad...
I hate to think what Esto and Flock post on other message boards then.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.
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Re: It's a good thing this Bored's threads aren't as bad...
LMAOBob Juch wrote:I hate to think what Esto and Flock post on other message boards then.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.
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Re: It's a good thing this Bored's threads aren't as bad...
perfect ironyBob Juch wrote: Esto and Flock post on other message boards then.
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
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Re: It's a good thing this Bored's threads aren't as bad...
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.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.
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Re: It's a good thing this Bored's threads aren't as bad...
Then don't, Josh.Bob Juch wrote:I hate to think what Esto and Flock post on other message boards then.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.
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