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Post by vicar on Jul 19, 2023 13:49:17 GMT
We could start a thread discussing the names for colours like Pantone 032 C, hex #ff0000 and AMS Standard 595A? I Feel I'm missing out on some fun , anyone got a link to this ""Otherr Place" . The best one was the short lived Marion's yellowboard, the person posting as Marion started almost everythread and it was more politics than football, it was a mad house.
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Post by HTC on Jul 19, 2023 13:57:58 GMT
Virtually none of the politics thread is socialist. Some of it is pointing towards social democratic ideas and policies such as exist in much of Finno-Scandinavia, but that's a long way from being socialist. There are quite a few centrist voices such as HTC, and even on occasions right-wing opinions turn up. Right wing folk are free to post there and should definitely do so - but be prepared to be challenged like you might challenge someone else, and be prepared that you might be in a minority up against a lot of people. Don't come back with the "they're all against me", "right-wing views aren't allowed" nonsense stay, join in, post, fight your corner. Exactly. I don’t think we’ve ever deleted a single post on the Politics Thread, there’s getting on for 1000 pages. All views are allowed but, Imposter says, be prepared to be challenged. It’s good debate. I don’t contribute too much to the thread but enjoy reading it.
The only problem with the politics thread is that it does become a bit of an echo-chamber from time to time. There's only so many times you can be interested in page worth of posts starting with 'Look at this terrible thing caused by Brexit' / 'Look at this idiot thing that the Johnson idiot has done now' and five replies saying 'Ooh, isn't that terrible. Must get the Tories out' but it's easy enough to skip those and talk/bicker/argue about the interesting stuff instead.
Having said that, it definitely feels more a case of people on the right choosing to self-exclude from the thread than actively being made unwelcome. It takes a certain type of argumentative sod to gain enjoyment from posting in a thread where 80% of the other posts thoroughly disagree with you, and I can quite see why you wouldn't bother. (me, I'm just one of the argumenative sods)
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Post by bigmartin on Jul 19, 2023 14:57:38 GMT
I do have the nerve. The posts on that board over the last 12 months on that board have been shameful. If the word gammon offends you then crack on and use Marions, see what kind of stuff gets posted on there. I use both - Marions since its creation, long before this effort! Sure there is vile crap on the Yellowboard but the politics thread on here is offensive to some. It is a melting pot of over the top socialism IMHO. I am sure some people with alternative views are afraid to post for fear being savaged and called 'psychopaths'. I watch UK politics from afar, have never voted Conservative or Labor. I have only spent 6 years in the UK since 1983 -if that makes me a 'Gammon' I am offended by its definition- it is anti white and anti working/middle class.
As Russell Crowe said.
God defend New Zealand God save the Queen (King now) Thank Christ for Australia
Point to me on the doll where the nasty leftie hurt you... "Fear of being savaged" hahaha - disingenuous much? I've been more savaged when I've asked my grandson to put his train set away. If it helps, I call Tories psychopaths just to wind them up. And it seems to (perhaps too close to home?). If it helps, I get called far worse for my politics. And I've been called far worse on the old Board. And, strangely enough, I've never been physically threatened on here for voicing my opinions...to be fair that only happened three times on the old board. Which I always thought impressive given that my opinions are, objectively, quite harmless to anyone. Never ever been threatened anywhere else, other than on old Yellowboard. "Fear of being savaged" indeed.
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Post by bigmartin on Jul 19, 2023 14:59:56 GMT
Exactly. I don’t think we’ve ever deleted a single post on the Politics Thread, there’s getting on for 1000 pages. All views are allowed but, Imposter says, be prepared to be challenged. It’s good debate. I don’t contribute too much to the thread but enjoy reading it.
The only problem with the politics thread is that it does become a bit of an echo-chamber from time to time. There's only so many times you can be interested in page worth of posts starting with 'Look at this terrible thing caused by Brexit' / 'Look at this idiot thing that the Johnson idiot has done now' and five replies saying 'Ooh, isn't that terrible. Must get the Tories out' but it's easy enough to skip those and talk/bicker/argue about the interesting stuff instead.
Having said that, it definitely feels more a case of people on the right choosing to self-exclude from the thread than actively being made unwelcome. It takes a certain type of argumentative sod to gain enjoyment from posting in a thread where 80% of the other posts thoroughly disagree with you, and I can quite see why you wouldn't bother. (me, I'm just one of the argumenative sods)
Sincerely, I visit lots of message boards. The level of debate on here is very good. There's nothing wrong with 80% of people disagreeing with you. Especially if you're talking shite Many bullies are on the right wing politically. And many right wingers are bullies. IMHO of course. So they'll migrate to places where they have lots of like minds. I admire right wingers who fight their corner in places such as here. It inflates my opinion of them as people. And, sometimes, I think they make good points. I'd strongly dispute any suggestion that anyone gets bullied on this site. I don't think the mods would stand for it. If anyone demonstrably pointed out to me that I'm bullying someone then I'd apologise and reign it in. And no, calling Tories psychopaths isn't bullying. Tories deserve it for being psychopaths.
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Post by stalybridgehatter on Jul 19, 2023 15:15:20 GMT
Has he pissed himself there or is he just wet from the weather? That's a lot of piss if so. In the actual photo It looks like piss as he's slumped up against a wall With what appears to be a kid standing over him ...
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Post by mat1scfc on Jul 19, 2023 15:22:42 GMT
In the actual photo It looks like piss as he's slumped up against a wall With what appears to be a kid standing over him ... He put out a statement saying that it was his kid and they'd both been on the drink at his mates house or something
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Post by HTC on Jul 19, 2023 15:28:48 GMT
The only problem with the politics thread is that it does become a bit of an echo-chamber from time to time. There's only so many times you can be interested in page worth of posts starting with 'Look at this terrible thing caused by Brexit' / 'Look at this idiot thing that the Johnson idiot has done now' and five replies saying 'Ooh, isn't that terrible. Must get the Tories out' but it's easy enough to skip those and talk/bicker/argue about the interesting stuff instead.
Having said that, it definitely feels more a case of people on the right choosing to self-exclude from the thread than actively being made unwelcome. It takes a certain type of argumentative sod to gain enjoyment from posting in a thread where 80% of the other posts thoroughly disagree with you, and I can quite see why you wouldn't bother. (me, I'm just one of the argumenative sods)
Sincerely, I visit lots of message boards. The level of debate on here is very good. There's nothing wrong with 80% of people disagreeing with you. Especially if you're talking shite Many bullies are on the right wing politically. And many right wingers are bullies. IMHO of course. So they'll migrate to places where they have lots of like minds. I admire right wingers who fight their corner in places such as here. It inflates my opinion of them as people. And, sometimes, I think they make good points. I'd strongly dispute any suggestion that anyone gets bullied on this site. I don't think the mods would stand for it. If anyone demonstrably pointed out to me that I'm bullying someone then I'd apologise and reign it in. And no, calling Tories psychopaths isn't bullying. Tories deserve it for being psychopaths.
strong agree on the first point - The people on the thread regularly are all articulate enough that you can see where people are coming from with their arguments, even if you think the arguments themselves are a big pile of bollocks.
and unless you're of the mindset that anyone strongly disagreeing with you is 'bullying', I can't say I've ever noticed any of that either.
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Post by Nik on Jul 19, 2023 16:06:13 GMT
I Feel I'm missing out on some fun , anyone got a link to this ""Otherr Place" . The best one was the short lived Marion's yellowboard, the person posting as Marion started almost everythread and it was more politics than football, it was a mad house. When you say 'the person posting as Marion', do you mean it wasn't actually Marion?
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Post by Bredburyhatter on Jul 19, 2023 18:19:31 GMT
Back in the football league... Benjamin Mendy has joined Orient following his recent court case, where he was found not guilty.
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Post by Fallowfield Hatter on Jul 19, 2023 18:24:43 GMT
Back in the football league... Benjamin Mendy has joined Orient following his recent court case, where he was found not guilty. He's joined Lorient in France, not Leyton Orient.
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Post by Nik on Jul 19, 2023 18:35:08 GMT
Back in the football league... Benjamin Mendy has joined Orient following his recent court case, where he was found not guilty. Wonderful misunderstanding there.
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Post by vicar on Jul 19, 2023 18:36:16 GMT
The best one was the short lived Marion's yellowboard, the person posting as Marion started almost everythread and it was more politics than football, it was a mad house. When you say 'the person posting as Marion', do you mean it wasn't actually Marion? Who is Marion? It certainly wasn't a woman so I'm guessing he wasn't really called Marion but then again I'm not an actual vicar, it may well be the person who set up the original Marionboard but it wasn't that board which is the one you're currently running, it was called Marions yellowboard and it had about 10 posters.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Jul 19, 2023 21:19:18 GMT
When you say 'the person posting as Marion', do you mean it wasn't actually Marion? Who is Marion? It certainly wasn't a woman so I'm guessing he wasn't really called Marion but then again I'm not an actual vicar, it may well be the person who set up the original Marionboard but it wasn't that board which is the one you're currently running, it was called Marions yellowboard and it had about 10 posters. Forgive my fading memory but wasn't dumkopf your nom de plume back when we graced the old 606 messageboard?
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Post by ldjh79 on Jul 19, 2023 21:22:48 GMT
I Feel I'm missing out on some fun , anyone got a link to this ""Otherr Place" . The best one was the short lived Marion's yellowboard, the person posting as Marion started almost everythread and it was more politics than football, it was a mad house. I was a daily lurker on that place, lots of popcorn threads and shame to see it go.
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Post by samscfc on Jul 19, 2023 21:24:06 GMT
Back in the football league... Benjamin Mendy has joined Orient following his recent court case, where he was found not guilty. He's joined Lorient in France, not Leyton Orient. Hahahaha amazing.
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