I'm done with this website

[digger]

I'm moving on. Only been here a week, but I've put a bunch of time in. Not bad, but I don't have to settle for not bad. Gonna go find something I actually like.

What I don't like about this place is all the partisan bickering. No one seems to bother forming a reasoned opinion. They're too busy pretending to care about an issue they don't or pretending to misunderstand an issue that has already been addressed.

And there are too many personal attacks. I know, I know, "it's the internet, get used to it." No thank you. I'm not looking to trade empty insults with people who act like they're in grade school. There are communities that expect a certain basic level of civility in discourse.

So have a nice life, guys. Good luck using the site to do anything but dig the ruts deeper in your thoughts.

 

[Grace]

Bye Digger. Sorry to see you go since you just got here. For the record...you won't find anything like USMB out there. Either its all fluffy rainbow farting unicorns who gasp at foul language, or nothing but battles. You've just been in the wrong threads. Hang out in the more mellow ones. Foxfyres thread of the coffee shop is cool. Threads in General or Reviews for movies is nice. Health is also a great forum.
Go look. Then if you come back....holler. I'll give ya a hug welcome.

(btw..I posted at a board for 13 years. Finally had enough and went on the prowl. Found here, then like a dummy I got caught in drama, left for a small while, then came back. And here I stay. I looked. Not much out there). But do go look. And maybe you will wander back this way.

 

[Intense]

We'll keep a light on for ya.

 

[Lumpy 1]

I'm moving on. Only been here a week, but I've put a bunch of time in. Not bad, but I don't have to settle for not bad. Gonna go find something I actually like.

What I don't like about this place is all the partisan bickering. No one seems to bother forming a reasoned opinion. They're too busy pretending to care about an issue they don't or pretending to misunderstand an issue that has already been addressed.

And there are too many personal attacks. I know, I know, "it's the internet, get used to it." No thank you. I'm not looking to trade empty insults with people who act like they're in grade school. There are communities that expect a certain basic level of civility in discourse.

So have a nice life, guys. Good luck using the site to do anything but dig the ruts deeper in your thoughts.

I wouldn't recommend you ever get married...

Eh.. stick around it gets better... then worse .. then better ... etc..

 

[Synthaholic]

Bye Digger. Sorry to see you go since you just got here. For the record...you won't find anything like USMB out there. Either its all fluffy rainbow farting unicorns who gasp at foul language, or nothing but battles. You've just been in the wrong threads. Hang out in the more mellow ones. Foxfyres thread of the coffee shop is cool. Threads in General or Reviews for movies is nice. Health is also a great forum.
Go look. Then if you come back....holler. I'll give ya a hug welcome.

(btw..I posted at a board for 13 years. Finally had enough and went on the prowl. Found here, then like a dummy I got caught in drama, left for a small while, then came back. And here I stay. I looked. Not much out there). But do go look. And maybe you will wander back this way.

That's not really true, Grace.

 

[Grace]

Bye Digger. Sorry to see you go since you just got here. For the record...you won't find anything like USMB out there. Either its all fluffy rainbow farting unicorns who gasp at foul language, or nothing but battles. You've just been in the wrong threads. Hang out in the more mellow ones. Foxfyres thread of the coffee shop is cool. Threads in General or Reviews for movies is nice. Health is also a great forum.
Go look. Then if you come back....holler. I'll give ya a hug welcome.

(btw..I posted at a board for 13 years. Finally had enough and went on the prowl. Found here, then like a dummy I got caught in drama, left for a small while, then came back. And here I stay. I looked. Not much out there). But do go look. And maybe you will wander back this way.

That's not really true, Grace.

For me, it is. I looked for a very long time. I wanted fluff AND more volatile subjects in the same spot. I joined many boards, but never stayed. Or I was banned for asking questions the admin didn't like answering. I tried blogging too. That didn't work out well either.
I like it here because it reminds me of my old original home board I hung out at.
But to each their own. The net is huge. Maybe Digger will find what he/she is looking for. I hope so. But if not...like Intense said, the light will be left on.

Care to tell me what wasn't true, though? My personal opinion isn't? And who are you to judge me? It's true FOR ME.

 

[Synthaholic]

Bye Digger. Sorry to see you go since you just got here. For the record...you won't find anything like USMB out there. Either its all fluffy rainbow farting unicorns who gasp at foul language, or nothing but battles. You've just been in the wrong threads. Hang out in the more mellow ones. Foxfyres thread of the coffee shop is cool. Threads in General or Reviews for movies is nice. Health is also a great forum.
Go look. Then if you come back....holler. I'll give ya a hug welcome.

(btw..I posted at a board for 13 years. Finally had enough and went on the prowl. Found here, then like a dummy I got caught in drama, left for a small while, then came back. And here I stay. I looked. Not much out there). But do go look. And maybe you will wander back this way.

That's not really true, Grace.

For me, it is. I looked for a very long time. I wanted fluff AND more volatile subjects in the same spot. I joined many boards, but never stayed. Or I was banned for asking questions the admin didn't like answering. I tried blogging too. That didn't work out well either.
I like it here because it reminds me of my old original home board I hung out at.
But to each their own. The net is huge. Maybe Digger will find what he/she is looking for. I hope so. But if not...like Intense said, the light will be left on.

Care to tell me what wasn't true, though? My personal opinion isn't? And who are you to judge me? It's true FOR ME.

No need to get defensive.

It's not true that there aren't civil debate forums where heated political arguments occur. I belong to at least three of them. There is some great debate, and there is no fluffy rainbow farting unicorns.

 

[Mr_Rockhead]

I'm moving on. Only been here a week, but I've put a bunch of time in. Not bad, but I don't have to settle for not bad. Gonna go find something I actually like.

What I don't like about this place is all the partisan bickering. No one seems to bother forming a reasoned opinion. They're too busy pretending to care about an issue they don't or pretending to misunderstand an issue that has already been addressed.

And there are too many personal attacks. I know, I know, "it's the internet, get used to it." No thank you. I'm not looking to trade empty insults with people who act like they're in grade school. There are communities that expect a certain basic level of civility in discourse.

So have a nice life, guys. Good luck using the site to do anything but dig the ruts deeper in your thoughts.

Personally, I have found many reasoned opinions here including many that disagree with mine. (Although, I will admit that sometimes it takes a bit of sifting to find them). However, they are indeed reasoned and they are indeed here.

And, since I enjoy hearing people’s thought-out opinions (as opposed to regurgitated talking points) I kind of like it here so far. It’s certainly no worse than the other boards I’ve frequented and, in some ways, it’s actually better than others.

It’s funny but one of the things I like about this place is their willingness to let a person punctuate their post with foul language. (Not sure what that says about me but I am not sure I care either).

Well, anyway, I think you are looking for something that simply does not exist (at least not on an internet political board that is open to the public). But, good luck in your quest.

 

[Grace]

That's not really true, Grace.

For me, it is. I looked for a very long time. I wanted fluff AND more volatile subjects in the same spot. I joined many boards, but never stayed. Or I was banned for asking questions the admin didn't like answering. I tried blogging too. That didn't work out well either.
I like it here because it reminds me of my old original home board I hung out at.
But to each their own. The net is huge. Maybe Digger will find what he/she is looking for. I hope so. But if not...like Intense said, the light will be left on.

Care to tell me what wasn't true, though? My personal opinion isn't? And who are you to judge me? It's true FOR ME.

No need to get defensive.

It's not true that there aren't civil debate forums where heated political arguments occur. I belong to at least three of them. There is some great debate, and there is no fluffy rainbow farting unicorns.

Sorry. Didn't mean to sound defensive. On message boards, hard to read body language and facial expressions.
I post at 3 other boards as well. One is pure fluffy rainbow farting unicorns with no cuss words allowed. One has interesting convos of many topics..some fluff, some heated debate, but not too many members so it is very slow and you're lucky to be there the same time one other person may be. The other is nothing but gangbanger idiot people who take whatever you say no matter how mundane the topic and do a pile on. Bullies. Hateful people who enjoy hating. I don't post there often because I always get jumped. They think I'm crazy.
And now I post here. I didn't have much luck in my hunt. Glad you found some good ones.

 

[Mr_Rockhead]

For me, it is. I looked for a very long time. I wanted fluff AND more volatile subjects in the same spot. I joined many boards, but never stayed. Or I was banned for asking questions the admin didn't like answering....

Been there, done that. Perhaps our paths have crossed under different pseudo names?

 

[hjmick]

Hey digger... I'm pretty sure none of us gives a shit if you go.

Hell, I'm pretty sure most of us didn't even know you were here...

 

[Grace]

For me, it is. I looked for a very long time. I wanted fluff AND more volatile subjects in the same spot. I joined many boards, but never stayed. Or I was banned for asking questions the admin didn't like answering....

Been there, done that. Perhaps our paths have crossed under different pseudo names?

Perhaps. But I am not telling. This place is my secret.

 

[Mr_Rockhead]

For me, it is. I looked for a very long time. I wanted fluff AND more volatile subjects in the same spot. I joined many boards, but never stayed. Or I was banned for asking questions the admin didn't like answering....

Been there, done that. Perhaps our paths have crossed under different pseudo names?

Perhaps. But I am not telling....

Neither am I.

 

[Grace]

Well then..hello stranger.

 

[Zona]

I have never seen a board quite like this. Yes it is right leaning, yes the majority of people with high rep points are from the right and yes, the majority of the mods are rightys....(what the hell was my point....? Oh yeah) but its damn near impossible to be banned from here. That is rare.

 

[HUGGY]

I'm done with this website

I'm not. I won't stop until Frankie and AlliBaba and Politicalchick and so many others see things my way. I'm not fuckin kidding around you goofs. I have the stamina of a GOD!!!

Oh ya and Liability and Jroc and That fuckin pussy HouseGimp and..... etc.. ...........

Just sayin...

AND I turn all the Christians into atheists...

AND............

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8lT1o0sDwI]YouTube - Animal House: Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor[/ame]

 

[Foxfyre]

For me, it is. I looked for a very long time. I wanted fluff AND more volatile subjects in the same spot. I joined many boards, but never stayed. Or I was banned for asking questions the admin didn't like answering....

Been there, done that. Perhaps our paths have crossed under different pseudo names?

LOL. I was wondering if you were the same "Rockhead" that absolutely hated me on the last board where I was really active.

I get really frustrated when the trolls barge in before a decent discussion can get going. But enough decent discussions do get going on other threads to keep me interested in the limited time I have to do this.

I love the board having some reasonable rules but not being at all PC.

I am annoyed when a troll thread is merged with and destroys a good discussion thread because our leaders don't like multiple threads on the same subject. But that doesn't happen often enough to be a big deal.

I love that this is an active and vibrant board that has allowed me to get to know some pretty special people.

I really hate when a well meaning mod moves a good thread to an inactive forum where it dies because nobody sees it.

I love that the mods are payng attention to what is going on.

If I wanted perfection in a message board I sure wouldn't be at USMB. But then I wouldn't be anywhere. All in all it's a good message board home for those willing to stick around and get acquainted with folks.

 

[Ringel05]

I'm moving on. Only been here a week, but I've put a bunch of time in. Not bad, but I don't have to settle for not bad. Gonna go find something I actually like.

What I don't like about this place is all the partisan bickering. No one seems to bother forming a reasoned opinion. They're too busy pretending to care about an issue they don't or pretending to misunderstand an issue that has already been addressed.

And there are too many personal attacks. I know, I know, "it's the internet, get used to it." No thank you. I'm not looking to trade empty insults with people who act like they're in grade school. There are communities that expect a certain basic level of civility in discourse.

So have a nice life, guys. Good luck using the site to do anything but dig the ruts deeper in your thoughts.

Try this site:
AnalityRus
I think you'll like it.

 

[Wicked Jester]

I'm moving on. Only been here a week, but I've put a bunch of time in. Not bad, but I don't have to settle for not bad. Gonna go find something I actually like.

What I don't like about this place is all the partisan bickering. No one seems to bother forming a reasoned opinion. They're too busy pretending to care about an issue they don't or pretending to misunderstand an issue that has already been addressed.

And there are too many personal attacks. I know, I know, "it's the internet, get used to it." No thank you. I'm not looking to trade empty insults with people who act like they're in grade school. There are communities that expect a certain basic level of civility in discourse.

So have a nice life, guys. Good luck using the site to do anything but dig the ruts deeper in your thoughts.

C-YA!

You dug your own hole....Shouldn't have started lying for no other reason than to try and make a partisan point....Like you did last night by vociferously claiming that FEDS were wantonely shooting unarmed civilians after Katrina, and then trying to imply it was ordered by Bush.

And of course, your lil' bashing of all who ever served this country, by trying to imply that we were just mindless, blood thirsty robots, was a very stupid move.....A very stupid thing to do on this board.

You dug your own hole several times, and was called on it......That is why you are fleeing now......Don't let the door hit ya' in the ass

 

[Mr_Rockhead]

For me, it is. I looked for a very long time. I wanted fluff AND more volatile subjects in the same spot. I joined many boards, but never stayed. Or I was banned for asking questions the admin didn't like answering....

Been there, done that. Perhaps our paths have crossed under different pseudo names?

LOL. I was wondering if you were the same "Rockhead" that absolutely hated me on the last board where I was really active.

...

Yeah, it probably was me, Foxfyre, because, admittedly, I’ve been using Mr_Rockhead for quite some time in several different places. And, while I’m thinking about this, let me add that you had quite some nerve disagreeing with me on those other boards. What are you some kind of partisan zealot?

Now, that said, in all seriousness, I really don’t hate anyone (especially you). Nope, I am simply too old (and hopefully too wise) to let that kind of base emotion consume (and thereby control) me.

Truth be told, I actually like you and the other (rational) people who disagree with me (but don’t tell them that). Of course, that doesn't mean I will not defend my position on any hot-button issue because, after all, I am, of course, right (and they are, of course, wrong).