Well, like I said, I understand your point, but I disagree that it's a disingenuous or meritless argument.
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Sean K - Apr 02, 2004 11:14:03 am PST #3666 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Wolfram - Apr 02, 2004 11:16:32 am PST #3667 of 10289
Visilurking
Well, like I said, I understand your point, but I disagree that it's a disingenuous or meritless argument.
Well that's because you're a stoopidhead.
Sean K - Apr 02, 2004 11:18:18 am PST #3668 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Nuh uh, you are.
Wolfram - Apr 02, 2004 11:20:42 am PST #3669 of 10289
Visilurking
Am not.
Sean K - Apr 02, 2004 11:23:47 am PST #3670 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Are so.
::ahem::
Right. Political thread....
DavidS - Apr 02, 2004 11:24:49 am PST #3671 of 10289
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Okay now that the stoopidhead resolution has been passed...
(We did a backchannel bullshit consensus. You both won!)
Wolfram - Apr 02, 2004 11:25:20 am PST #3672 of 10289
Visilurking
Eh. In the Political thread they'd be pulling hair and scratching by now.
Jon B. - Apr 02, 2004 11:26:50 am PST #3673 of 10289
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I don't want a Politics thread, in addition to the reasons already stated, because I don't like the direction it takes us. We really need to think about where we are headed.
I think that a Politics thread is potentially a big change for this board. We've always been about pop culture. I just looked through the list of threads and was able to classify every one as either (pop) cultural, social [Natter & Bitches] or practical [F2F, technology and the right-hand threads]. Natter and Bitches have been primarily a place to discuss serious personal affairs and the wackiness of everyday life. Politics enters it, but (as others have said) it's tempered by posts about corsets.
I think it's because of this that we've managed to stay relatively civil over the years. It's not just that we're a relatively intelligent bunch of folks with a distaste for flaming. It's what we have been discussing. In my mind, which is having trouble articulating it's thoughts, a Politics thread has a totally different head. It will inevitably lead to more acrimonious posts that will spread silently to the other threads and forever change the vibe here. There could also be an apocolypse.
I want us to stay focused on pop culture.
brenda m - Apr 02, 2004 11:26:56 am PST #3674 of 10289
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I like the scattered talk. Of course, I'm guilty of it, but hey. I like the fact that threads of conversation pop up wherever we are. It adds to the feel of community, for me, where I'm feeling more and more that the thread spread has, in concert with increased numbers of people and speed of posting, lead to the everyone's alone in a crowd feel. Plus, seems people do more picking and sticking with threads, so that they become not so much subcultures, but completely independent cultures.
This to me is a very convincing argument.
Hil R. - Apr 02, 2004 11:28:29 am PST #3675 of 10289
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
What Jon Said.