... is why people complain about the political threads, the lionshare of these have fairly inoffensive and routine title and have 'Politics:' right next to them. They aren't even that numerous, about 1 a day, they show up at the top of the list only if people have 'newest replies first' and here's a shocker... controversial threads are about the only sort that gets tons of replies stretching over days because there's precious little point in being the 57th person to say "That was a funny joke" or "Interesting article". All the 'bday' threads and the like don't stick around long because there's not a lot to say other than "Happy birthday!". Honestly when people bitch about the political threads it feels like someone's leaning over to my table at a restaurant to tell me they find my conversation with my friend or date boring, with the difference being it is not unheard of for dinner chat to get loud enough to kinda force it on other people. Clicking on a thread clearly labeled 'Politics:" and complaining about it is akin to someone sitting down at your table so they can hear you then complaining about the conversation. Sweet God, they change their settings from 'newest replies first' and your setting to 'send email notification' and don't click the threads that say 'Politics:'.
Worse, a pretty big chunk of the people who do complain about this stuff are often in those threads themselves and a lot of them are the sorts who make short nasty remarks that they clearly think show them to be at the pinnacle of human wisdom and when they don't immediately sway the audience they pack up and leave in a huff. You can't tell them that though, they'd never believe it and would be full of indignation, but while I'm sure a few of the people who have complained really were apolitical I can't think of a single person who has complained about it who hasn't had multiple flaming entries into one of those threads.
Worse, a pretty big chunk of the people who do complain about this stuff are often in those threads themselves and a lot of them are the sorts who make short nasty remarks that they clearly think show them to be at the pinnacle of human wisdom and when they don't immediately sway the audience they pack up and leave in a huff. You can't tell them that though, they'd never believe it and would be full of indignation, but while I'm sure a few of the people who have complained really were apolitical I can't think of a single person who has complained about it who hasn't had multiple flaming entries into one of those threads.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
The same five people post politics, every day... everyone else grows tired of it and leaves.
10/09/2011 02:19:42 AM
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am i one of the five *NM*
10/09/2011 02:35:25 AM
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You weren't one of the ones I had in mind, no.
10/09/2011 04:43:38 AM
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Roland is definitely one of our political-hoes.....no doubt. *NM*
10/09/2011 03:37:58 PM
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Re: I wanted to post something, you know, random and dumb and potentially fun,
10/09/2011 04:46:59 AM
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there have alway s been lot of political post here so may the problem is a lack of the other sort
10/09/2011 12:28:48 PM
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Part of that may be that people are posting the more random things and clips on Facebook.
11/09/2011 10:09:58 PM
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Re: Yeah.
10/09/2011 05:25:28 PM
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We all grew up and ran out of ideas. *NM*
10/09/2011 06:42:26 PM
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I have plenty of ideas. My audience simply has a new auditorium. *NM*
10/09/2011 06:53:54 PM
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Or posted our random crap on Facebook instead of here. *NM*
10/09/2011 06:58:30 PM
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How else will I see pictures of Jen with accidental paint splotches in embarrassing locations? *NM*
10/09/2011 07:27:47 PM
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I posted.
20/09/2011 09:11:41 PM
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Re: I posted.
20/09/2011 10:34:44 PM
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I did bring pretzels.
21/09/2011 01:48:46 PM
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Re: Fair enough. I've been drinking... but I think we might be even, now. *NM*
26/09/2011 02:22:31 AM
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What, you're complaining there are no good posts and you aren't even in my post about the Qur'an?
10/09/2011 10:13:30 PM
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