i'm pretty good about ignoring shit when I want to but it's also the frequency of the posts. any thread is rendered useless if half the posts are by the lawyer twins doing some e-courtroom garbage. I can ignore posts but I just completely stop reading threads altogether once they've progressed to a certain point
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b/w
if you removed the endless political back-n-forth what would happen to the site traffic?
could a flower bloom in the putrid sewage left from the toxic shit dump
b/w
if you removed the endless political back-n-forth what would happen to the site traffic?
could a flower bloom in the putrid sewage left from the toxic shit dump
PatrickCrazy said:i'm pretty good about ignoring shit when I want to but it's also the frequency of the posts. any thread is rendered useless if half the posts are by the lawyer twins doing some e-courtroom garbage. I can ignore posts but I just completely stop reading threads altogether once they've progressed to a certain point
haha Please.
You do post about music, but you know exactly what you are doing when you start threads about Syria, Egypt, minimum wage, IRS scandal, Thatcher, "civility on SS", money-laundering etc etc...
haha Please.
You do post about music, but you know exactly what you are doing when you start threads about Syria, Egypt, minimum wage, IRS scandal, Thatcher, "civility on SS", money-laundering etc etc...
Besides all the shitty back and forth in those threads, the endless quoting of long ass passages making every post a mile long is fucking annoying. You don't have to quote 6 people to reply.
bassie said
atrickCrazy said:i'm pretty good about ignoring shit when I want to but it's also the frequency of the posts. any thread is rendered useless if half the posts are by the lawyer twins doing some e-courtroom garbage. I can ignore posts but I just completely stop reading threads altogether once they've progressed to a certain point
haha Please.
You do post about music, but you know exactly what you are doing when you start threads about Syria, Egypt, minimum wage, IRS scandal, Thatcher, "civility on SS", money-laundering etc etc...I don't see how that addresses what my quoted post talks about. i'm fine with whatever people want to post but when people feel the need to dedicate 10 posts in a row to talk shit about texas because HEY ROCKS FROM TEXAS SO HE'S WRONG ON EVERYTHING or nitpick some fact check shit, it greatly reduces the content of the thread. i don't see how you can disagree with that and there are very few people who do it compared to the overall detriment of the site. i'm actually interested in these topics; not so much with proving supreme e-victory over some arbitrary bullshit no one cares about.
atrickCrazy said:i'm pretty good about ignoring shit when I want to but it's also the frequency of the posts. any thread is rendered useless if half the posts are by the lawyer twins doing some e-courtroom garbage. I can ignore posts but I just completely stop reading threads altogether once they've progressed to a certain pointhaha Please.
You do post about music, but you know exactly what you are doing when you start threads about Syria, Egypt, minimum wage, IRS scandal, Thatcher, "civility on SS", money-laundering etc etc...I don't see how that addresses what my quoted post talks about. i'm fine with whatever people want to post but when people feel the need to dedicate 10 posts in a row to talk shit about texas because HEY ROCKS FROM TEXAS SO HE'S WRONG ON EVERYTHING or nitpick some fact check shit, it greatly reduces the content of the thread. i don't see how you can disagree with that and there are very few people who do it compared to the overall detriment of the site. i'm actually interested in these topics; not so much with proving supreme e-victory over some arbitrary bullshit no one cares about.
HarveyCanal said:I know I don't always help matters. Sorry for that.
I'm slightly moved by the honest self awareness of this statement.
And for some reason it suddenly reminded me of my dream last night in which I was some sort of astronaut. I had gone to mars. The size of the horizon made me re-think the way I was taking pictures. I had to frame shots differently because the horizon was never where it should have been.
I'm slightly moved by the honest self awareness of this statement.
And for some reason it suddenly reminded me of my dream last night in which I was some sort of astronaut. I had gone to mars. The size of the horizon made me re-think the way I was taking pictures. I had to frame shots differently because the horizon was never where it should have been.
PatrickCrazy said:bassie saidatrickCrazy said:i'm pretty good about ignoring shit when I want to but it's also the frequency of the posts. any thread is rendered useless if half the posts are by the lawyer twins doing some e-courtroom garbage. I can ignore posts but I just completely stop reading threads altogether once they've progressed to a certain point
haha Please.
You do post about music, but you know exactly what you are doing when you start threads about Syria, Egypt, minimum wage, IRS scandal, Thatcher, "civility on SS", money-laundering etc etc...
Cool tat bro.
atrickCrazy said:i'm pretty good about ignoring shit when I want to but it's also the frequency of the posts. any thread is rendered useless if half the posts are by the lawyer twins doing some e-courtroom garbage. I can ignore posts but I just completely stop reading threads altogether once they've progressed to a certain pointhaha Please.
You do post about music, but you know exactly what you are doing when you start threads about Syria, Egypt, minimum wage, IRS scandal, Thatcher, "civility on SS", money-laundering etc etc...
Cool tat bro.
HarveyCanal said:I know I don't always help matters. Sorry for that.
Me x100000
But I was raised in NY and can't sit back while people talk shit, especially aimed at me, and ignore it.
I pledge to post nothing but music related stuff for the rest of 2013.
(Unfortunately these music posts will mostly draw crickets)
Me x100000
But I was raised in NY and can't sit back while people talk shit, especially aimed at me, and ignore it.
I pledge to post nothing but music related stuff for the rest of 2013.
(Unfortunately these music posts will mostly draw crickets)
Gary said:But surely the conspiracy theories of Harvey and Rock-a-logic (tm) are part of the charm of soulstrut. They are ingrained into the culture of the place, so to speak. Soulstrut wouldn't be the same without them.
I don't think anyone is calling for their ban. They both post and contribute about music...maybe not recently, as is the trend all around, but collectively they have both easily posted more about music than non-RR.
It's one thing to not agree with each other, get heated and get salty and sarcastic. It's another to use cheap shot after cheap shot and playground "I know you are, but what am I?" calibre comments woven into every post.
The former has been part of the board since I've been here and never undermined the overall atmosphere. The exchanges, though sometimes out of line and cringe-worthy, were fun, funny and entertaining.
The latter represents new lows and has permeated almost every thread. Even when completely unnecessary, more recent posters will take it there. It's exhausting in its unrelenting negativity.
They also contribute next to nothing about music.
angry and passionate vs miserable and mean
I don't think anyone is calling for their ban. They both post and contribute about music...maybe not recently, as is the trend all around, but collectively they have both easily posted more about music than non-RR.
It's one thing to not agree with each other, get heated and get salty and sarcastic. It's another to use cheap shot after cheap shot and playground "I know you are, but what am I?" calibre comments woven into every post.
The former has been part of the board since I've been here and never undermined the overall atmosphere. The exchanges, though sometimes out of line and cringe-worthy, were fun, funny and entertaining.
The latter represents new lows and has permeated almost every thread. Even when completely unnecessary, more recent posters will take it there. It's exhausting in its unrelenting negativity.
They also contribute next to nothing about music.
angry and passionate vs miserable and mean
HarveyCanal said:I know I don't always help matters. Sorry for that.
I am guilty.
I try to follow Herm's lead but it is difficult for me.
I try not to care what people say about me on line.
But I do care about foreign affairs, poverty, racism, injustice and politics.
So I post.
I am working hard at not responding to back and forth nitpicking and baiting.
I used to think I could do it with the best of them.
Now that I have seen the best I don't want to be one of them.
The sad thing is that some of the people with the most to say on these topics simply don't post.
I know from the past that a lot of people who no longer participate in political threads are well informed, concerned and articulate.
I still remember Big Stacks posting sociological research on how people react to successful African Americans. (RE presidential politics.)
JP's posts on the Koran and Islam.
Herm's reaction to Obama's post-Tucson shooting speech in Tucson. (A top ten post for sure.)
Sorry for all the problems I have caused the Soulstrut.
I am guilty.
I try to follow Herm's lead but it is difficult for me.
I try not to care what people say about me on line.
But I do care about foreign affairs, poverty, racism, injustice and politics.
So I post.
I am working hard at not responding to back and forth nitpicking and baiting.
I used to think I could do it with the best of them.
Now that I have seen the best I don't want to be one of them.
The sad thing is that some of the people with the most to say on these topics simply don't post.
I know from the past that a lot of people who no longer participate in political threads are well informed, concerned and articulate.
I still remember Big Stacks posting sociological research on how people react to successful African Americans. (RE presidential politics.)
JP's posts on the Koran and Islam.
Herm's reaction to Obama's post-Tucson shooting speech in Tucson. (A top ten post for sure.)
Sorry for all the problems I have caused the Soulstrut.
LaserWolf said:
The sad thing is that some of the people with the most to say on these topics simply don't post.
that is the problem with Herm's theory (although also, because in the entire history of the internet I've never seen it happen)
people already ARE ignoring those threads.
people are ignoring the entire site.
because nobody has decided to reign it in.
The sad thing is that some of the people with the most to say on these topics simply don't post.
that is the problem with Herm's theory (although also, because in the entire history of the internet I've never seen it happen)
people already ARE ignoring those threads.
people are ignoring the entire site.
because nobody has decided to reign it in.
Rockadelic said:I pledge to post nothing but music related stuff for the rest of 2013.
id love a repost of that story of the legendary dude you knew back in your NY days who chewed glass among other superhuman feats....???
??????and all other story's of that ilk. i love a well spun yarn.
i feel like this place would operate best if it were an actual bar and everyone took turns bartending. not necessarily the drinking, but the social etiquettes borne of the public house. 'no religion no politics' and miscreants and deviators get shown the door.
id love a repost of that story of the legendary dude you knew back in your NY days who chewed glass among other superhuman feats....???
??????and all other story's of that ilk. i love a well spun yarn.
i feel like this place would operate best if it were an actual bar and everyone took turns bartending. not necessarily the drinking, but the social etiquettes borne of the public house. 'no religion no politics' and miscreants and deviators get shown the door.
vintageinfants said:Rockadelic said:I pledge to post nothing but music related stuff for the rest of 2013.
id love a repost of that story of the legendary dude you knew back in your NY days who chewed glass among other superhuman feats....???
??????and all other story's of that ilk. i love a well spun yarn.
i feel like this place would operate best if it were an actual bar and everyone took turns bartending. not necessarily the drinking, but the social etiquettes borne of the public house. 'no religion no politics' and miscreants and deviators get shown the door.
Are there any good argument threads about religions? I'd love to angrily shit on other people's beleifs. Some good straw man and eye rolling action, you know. I'm not much of a politics guy, really, other that knowing that all of my opinions are true.
id love a repost of that story of the legendary dude you knew back in your NY days who chewed glass among other superhuman feats....???
??????and all other story's of that ilk. i love a well spun yarn.
i feel like this place would operate best if it were an actual bar and everyone took turns bartending. not necessarily the drinking, but the social etiquettes borne of the public house. 'no religion no politics' and miscreants and deviators get shown the door.
Are there any good argument threads about religions? I'd love to angrily shit on other people's beleifs. Some good straw man and eye rolling action, you know. I'm not much of a politics guy, really, other that knowing that all of my opinions are true.
i also don't feel the need to participate in the syphillitic tangentia of the politics/religion/whatever threads because i already KNOW im the best at everything, I don't need to see it on a computer screen to make it truer.
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