Woohoo!
In before the lockdown!
Woohoo!
In before the lockdown!
Yeah, I seriously toned down my participation here over the last couple months or so because I was getting too irritated with the constant U.S. political droning. I respect everyone's right to have their own opinions, but geez, some of those threads are so right wing if you read them on a plane it would just fly in circles. I didn't think chiming in with my european atheist commentary would be particularly useful. And I'd just rather not talk politics anyway.
You do realise that you don't -have- to open the thread and read it, right?
ransom wrote: I always liked the romantic notion that part of democracy was meeting down at the pub and earnestly but politely working out differences. Hearing other viewpoints from actual humans, especially intelligent, thoughtful humans, is a good and enlightening thing.
Truth. For whatever reason, this and Corner-Carvers are sites that have serious political discourse without simply resorting to "My party is best because, well, they are" posts. Opinions are seldom swayed, but I have read things that made me go "Hmmm".
Obligatory hotlink:
this site is absolutely tame compared to some others i go to, and has probably the second most civilized politically knowledgeable crowd of all the boards i go to..
BoostedBrandon wrote: If I wanted to talk politics, I'd go to the barbershop. When I hit GRM, I wanna talk cars. That is all.
Communist.
BoostedBrandon wrote: If I wanted to talk politics, I'd go to the barbershop. When I hit GRM, I wanna talk cars. That is all.
You know, when I'm looking at the TV listings, I just skip over any "reality" shows and the Golf Channel. Works like a charm.
Trans_Maro wrote: You do realise that you don't -have- to open the thread and read it, right?
Yep, but when 66% of the first page in off topic is about "dems n' r's", sometimes it's easier just not to visit the board in the first place.
Things seem to have toned down since mid November though. That's for the better. A few good poli discussions going on is great. Every other thread (or more)? Not really necessary.
I LOVE the political threads.
They make me feel smarter than most people posting in them ;)
Trans_Maro wrote: You do realise that you don't -have- to open the thread and read it, right?
Wrong.
I have to shut down everything I don't like.
I couldn't love GRM the magazine or the website more, and believe me, I don't like to be the Off topic police or anything or the guy who has a problem with everything thing, but I do have a problem with this...
I find it a bit offensive that you use terms like "Thread," "Republican," and "Grandma" etc etc... for your little word box things or whatever on the internets. I myself do not have a Thread, nor am I a grandma or internet owner, but I feel sensitivity for people who are those things as I am a liberal fascist on the internet, and my grandma is pursuing her masters in the field.
These terms although I'm pretty sure are not even real words, are obviously meant to resemble the words used to describe people with pictures of donkeys and Canoes, and it appears that they are used on these boards in a joking sense which, as I view it, makes light of people who are afflicted with the right to vote.
In reply to 4cylndrfury:
Can we stop with the "I find it a bit offensive" posts?
No! That's a GRM exclusive!
Any time I disagree with anyone, I find it helpful to curl up into a ball, cry and let kittens lick away my tears.
4cylndrfury wrote: I couldn't love GRM the magazine or the website more, and believe me, I don't like to be the Off topic police or anything or the guy who has a problem with everything thing, but I do have a problem with this... I find it a bit offensive that you use terms like "Thread," "Republican," and "Grandma" etc etc... for your little word box things or whatever on the internets. I myself do not have a Thread, nor am I a grandma or internet owner, but I feel sensitivity for people who are those things as I am a liberal fascist on the internet, and my grandma is pursuing her masters in the field. These terms although I'm pretty sure are not even real words, are obviously meant to resemble the words used to describe people with pictures of donkeys and Canoes, and it appears that they are used on these boards in a joking sense which, as I view it, makes light of people who are afflicted with the right to vote.
Do you have Lambo doors and a Jack Daniels overflow bottle?
In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker:
Did that nonsensical post change your dork status?
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:4cylndrfury wrote: I couldn't love GRM the magazine or the website more, and believe me, I don't like to be the Off topic police or anything or the guy who has a problem with everything thing, but I do have a problem with this... I find it a bit offensive that you use terms like "Thread," "Republican," and "Grandma" etc etc... for your little word box things or whatever on the internets. I myself do not have a Thread, nor am I a grandma or internet owner, but I feel sensitivity for people who are those things as I am a liberal fascist on the internet, and my grandma is pursuing her masters in the field. These terms although I'm pretty sure are not even real words, are obviously meant to resemble the words used to describe people with pictures of donkeys and Canoes, and it appears that they are used on these boards in a joking sense which, as I view it, makes light of people who are afflicted with the right to vote.Do you have Lambo doors and a Jack Daniels overflow bottle?
John Brown wrote: I LOVE the political threads. They make me feel smarter than most people posting in them ;)
You are! Because arguing on the internet is freaking stupid!
EastCoastMojo wrote: No! That's a GRM exclusive!
Plus eleventy billion. That needs to stay!
Jay wrote: Yeah, I seriously toned down my participation here over the last couple months or so because I was getting too irritated with the constant U.S. political droning. I respect everyone's right to have their own opinions, but geez, some of those threads are so right wing if you read them on a plane it would just fly in circles. I didn't think chiming in with my european atheist commentary would be particularly useful. And I'd just rather not talk politics anyway.
I just gotta chime in with my somewhat right of center American atheist commentary: so it would be OK if the plane made left hand circles? 
Otto Maddox wrote: In reply to 4cylndrfury: Can we stop with the "I find it a bit offensive" posts?
Xceler8x wrote:John Brown wrote: I LOVE the political threads. They make me feel smarter than most people posting in them ;)You are! Because arguing on the internet is freaking stupid!
You forgot that CAPS LOCK thing when you posted this:
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/republicans-in-congress-raise-taxes-on-the-middle-class/43404/page1/
Curmudgeon wrote: I just gotta chime in with my somewhat right of center American atheist commentary: so it would be OK if the plane made left hand circles?
Isn't that what a strong right wing plane would do? Fly in lefthand circles from all the lift from the opposite wing?
But then that's what them 'ole Duke boys always do. Fight the system. Play by their own rules. Ole Boss Hog's chubby little fingers can't get a hold on them any more than you can carry wind in a bucket.
Reminds me of that old hound dog down the road. He's always a chasin' after them squirrels. Makes me wonder- would he know what to do with one if'n he ever caught it?
Now that makes you think, don’t it? Makes you think real hard.
fast_eddie_72 wrote: But then that's what them 'ole Duke boys always do. Fight the system. Play by their own rules. Ole Boss Hog's chubby little fingers can't get a hold on them any more than you can carry wind in a bucket. Reminds me of that old hound dog down the road. He's always a chasin' after them squirrels. Makes me wonder- would he know what to do with one if'n he ever caught it? Now that makes you think, don’t it? Makes you think real hard.
My dog catches squirrels. She just grabs them and throws them, over and over again. Occasionally bats them around, and chases them all over again. Actually she's only done it twice, and I can honestly say that when trying to break up a 75lb black lab/pit bull mix and a totally freaked out squirrel, the squirrel is way scarier. She just wanted to play with it, and the squirrel was terrified. She also got kicked in the face by a deer once when she chased it into the woods and actually caught up to it.
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