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Author Topic: Things that made you sad today thread.  (Read 9754347 times)

BlackHeartKabal

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #101160 on: January 24, 2016, 05:59:02 pm »

I'm going to side with Tawarochir on this and say that if people can't be civil in political threads then we shouldn't have them, and anyone who disagrees just wants to start arguments or can't comprehend this.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #101161 on: January 24, 2016, 06:00:39 pm »

I'm going to side with Tawarochir on this and say that if people can't be civil in political threads then we shouldn't have them, and anyone who disagrees just wants to start arguments or can't comprehend this.
Side against Tawarochir, you mean?
Because that's exactly the opposite of what he said.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #101162 on: January 24, 2016, 06:01:21 pm »

I'm going to side with Tawarochir on this and say that if people can't be civil in political threads then we shouldn't have them, and anyone who disagrees just wants to start arguments or can't comprehend this.
Side against Tawarochir, you mean?
Because that's exactly the opposite of what he said.
Right.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #101163 on: January 24, 2016, 06:01:28 pm »

Naah, the consequence is that we should keep the impolite folks out of those threads. The regulars - except for LW, emperor of shitposters, maybe - usually manage to keep a fairly good discussion going.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #101164 on: January 24, 2016, 06:03:36 pm »

How so? Political threads benefit no-one and upset a great many people.
Give me one good reason we still have them.
This board benefits no-one and upsets a great many people.
Give me one good reason we still have it.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #101165 on: January 24, 2016, 06:06:39 pm »

How does it benefit no-one? Last time I checked a lot of people on here were friends and kept in touch via the board.
Unless you're trying to call political arguments a 'benefit'? Because from where I'm sitting it seems that those just detract from the good points of the board as a whole.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #101166 on: January 24, 2016, 06:10:57 pm »

Then don't post in 'em, and get alternative contact info for folks you like. Yes, it does suck when somebody you like gets banned, but as far as my (admittedly subjective) experience goes, Toady's done a fine job of discriminating between problem topics and problem posters. Don't get me wrong, I do feel bad that you've lost contact with somebody. That really is a shitty situation! And I am sorry you are in it. As far as policy changes go, I don't agree though.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #101167 on: January 24, 2016, 06:13:30 pm »

Maybe we should just bring back VN.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #101168 on: January 24, 2016, 06:13:53 pm »

Why does nobody respond to my posts, ever

I've been looking for help all weekend, and nobody cares
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #101169 on: January 24, 2016, 06:15:58 pm »

Mostly because we get distracted with politics and Yoink disliking said politics.

You can PM me if you'd like to chat about something. I'm sure other people would be happy to as well.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #101170 on: January 24, 2016, 06:29:07 pm »

Why does nobody respond to my posts, ever

I've been looking for help all weekend, and nobody cares
sorry, man, didn't know you wanted help

figured you were venting

take the time you've got left and spend it on productive things. switch off your computer until you've done something relevant, unless it's all computer-related stuff, in which case i have no advice and only sympathy
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #101171 on: January 24, 2016, 06:30:27 pm »

You can PM me if you'd like to chat about something. I'm sure other people would be happy to as well.
I don't know how helpful I'll be, but you can PM me too if you want.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #101172 on: January 24, 2016, 06:34:19 pm »

How does it benefit no-one? Last time I checked a lot of people on here were friends and kept in touch via the board.
Unless you're trying to call political arguments a 'benefit'? Because from where I'm sitting it seems that those just detract from the good points of the board as a whole.
Remember when Russia was liberating™ oppressed™ minorities™ in Ukraine? The news about that was next-to-worthless, barely heard anything worth hearing from the newspapers. Heard more balanced and probably more detailed stuff on here than anywhere else.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #101173 on: January 24, 2016, 06:50:17 pm »

Remember when Russia was liberating™ oppressed™ minorities™ in Ukraine? The news about that was next-to-worthless, barely heard anything worth hearing from the newspapers. Heard more balanced and probably more detailed stuff on here than anywhere else.
No there were no Russians liberating Ukraine, those were self defence forces self defencing everywhere with self defensive offensive capabilities of defensiveness

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #101174 on: January 24, 2016, 07:07:26 pm »

Remember when Russia was liberating™ oppressed™ minorities™ in Ukraine? The news about that was next-to-worthless, barely heard anything worth hearing from the newspapers. Heard more balanced and probably more detailed stuff on here than anywhere else.
No there were no Russians liberating Ukraine, those were self defence forces self defencing everywhere with self defensive offensive capabilities of defensiveness
Sounds like something a Defense Department would do!

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