Originally Posted By skinnerbox No one has posted in WE for a week. Not sure if it's just boredom with the board or the problem some folks are having with login after the new home page installation or a combination of both. But it seems weird to see WE languish like this when other boards on the site are active. And especially after SOTU on Tuesday. BTW... anyone else watching The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore? I've loved Larry since he and his brother were writers on In Living Color. I really like his new show. I hope he can sustain the quality every night.
Originally Posted By ecdc Love Larry Wilmore's new show. I just haven't had much to say lately. After the latest visit a few months ago from our resident sociopath Beaumandy (I'm not using that term as rhetorical one upmanship; look up the traits--the dude is a fully fledged sociopath), I deleted my bookmarks for LP to force myself to have to type in the web address. A big part of my work requires me to be online a lot, so I got in the habit of stopping by here and I visited too much and wasted too much time here when I frankly have better things to do. I'm sure people got tired of my name popping up in WE's in every other post. Honestly, I don't want to get all navel gazy or make this about me or have yet another "LP isn't the same anymore" conversation. I've really, really loved these boards. Been posting here twelve or more years. Smart, insightful, fun people. Hard as it might be to believe, this is really the only place I come and discuss politics. I mean, I post stuff on Twitter and occasionally on Facebook, but for the most part, this is it, and I have no desire to start up elsewhere--you think we get heated. People are freaking crazy. I really enjoy it here. Plus, in real life, I'm an introverted dude who's not super social. Don't get me wrong--I'm not a hermit. I'm happily married, love my kids, and have great friends. But I've never been to an LP meet and it's not easy for me to meet new people, so Dabob2 is the only guy here I've ever met in real life. It was great meeting him and I hope to someday meet a few others. But the dynamic of the boards has clearly changed. Fewer people post here. With a handful of exceptions, the WE's boards are the Usual Suspects saying the usual things, including me. Even the non-WE's boards have changed. It seems most people have migrated to Facebook or other forums. And that's cool. And I don't blame the site owners or the site moderators for checking in only occasionally. They owe us zilch and with fewer people posting, they likely make less money on the site and therefore have less time or reason to invest in it. But the last round of three or four weeks of a sociopath bullying and treating people like garbage, then more sock puppets popping up to respond to him (I admired the effort but it's just more feeding the troll) with nary a mod in sight, woke me up that this place isn't the same and I need to cut back on how much time I spend here. I'll still be checking in and posting, but it was a good wake up call that I need to use my time more wisely. I'm spending less time online overall and more time reading and with my family. I've been visiting LP more this past week or two, but I'll likely cut back a bit more again.
Originally Posted By ecdc God I'm verbose. "Hey, I don't want to be navel gazy or have an "LP isn't the same" convo, so that's exactly what I'll do for six freaking paragraphs! Ugh. It's a miracle if anyone reads what I post here anymore anyway
Originally Posted By tiggertoo Well, I read the last line, ecdc. lol JK. As someone who writes a lot for his career, as well, I've found infrequent visits rewarding. Because engaging in pointless jabbering (jabbering being just that, trying to strike point for point with an opponent) is horribly pointless. This is especially true of trolls. You can type until your fingertips are bloody, but with absolutely no appreciable result. I know I'm not a much respected person here. I tend to post more emotionally than rationally. Then afterward, gather my thoughts only to realize errors. But it's been a good outlet when I'm frustrated. So I both thank and apologize to the regulars here. But even if I don't post, I always love to read the ideas, arguments, and plain musing of so many who post their thoughts here. Thank you, folks.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <Dabob2 is the only guy here I've ever met in real life. It was great meeting him and I hope to someday meet a few others.> Right back at ya'. I think these things are cyclical, and I've just been a little less interested in posting political stuff lately, though the horrible urge may resurface. I like Wilmore's show too. I think it may need a few months to really find its signature style (as indeed Colbert and Oliver needed), but I've enjoyed it already.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>I think these things are cyclical, and I've just been a little less interested in posting political stuff lately, though the horrible urge may resurface.<< Absolutely true. WE's gets going something fierce, then cools down. It's how it goes.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Yup... we can have crazy low oil prices with unanticipated effects. Obama's approval rating higher that it has been in years. Crazy right-wing conservatives doing well in Iowa. But we won't get any action here until another cop shoots a black guy. That's just the way it is.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Yup... we can have crazy low oil prices with unanticipated effects. Obama's approval rating higher that it has been in years. Crazy right-wing conservatives doing well in Iowa. But we won't get any action here until another cop shoots a black guy. That's just the way it is.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I was going to start a thread on the appropriate response to what's going on in Syria. But just to spite you now I won't.
Originally Posted By tiggertoo <<But we won't get any action here until another cop shoots a black guy.>> Or the subject is Mormonism, so it seems.
Originally Posted By utahjosh True. I'm a stubborn defender of my faith, and I respond to things said about it. And that seems to really trigger more responses!
Originally Posted By Kusin_It I almost gave up. The web page was broken for a long time and irresponsible posters thought just because they can sign on then all of us could. Thanks for the help, what a jerk thing to do! And stupid thinking too. Wasn't it obvious to that something was broken since there was little traffic on here suddenly??
