'Ignore the problems this is a beautiful place'.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, December 10, 2021 4:03 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
I am not going to watch a Tucker Carlson video but I never said to ignore the problems.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 10 December 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link
it's hyperbole
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Friday, 10 December 2021 21:13 (two years ago) link
I might be too neurodivergent to handle that much hyperbole all the time.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 10 December 2021 21:14 (two years ago) link
People's lives ruined by the state being described as exaggerations and 1st world problems xxp
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 10 December 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
Kids in the Hall is brillant, to be fair.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, December 10, 2021 4:06 PM (eighteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
one of my all time faves
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 December 2021 21:25 (two years ago) link
VHS, plz notice that you will make no headway in resolving this disagreement and it is not because you are failing to make your points, but rather because your points do not penetrate the carapace of the people who are still responding to you.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 10 December 2021 21:30 (two years ago) link
...Oh, so that's what's been happening itt, I see, I see (briskly turns and leaves)
― Rep. Cobra Commander (R-TX) (Old Lunch), Friday, 10 December 2021 21:30 (two years ago) link
Man I wish we could bottle whatever caused that
― coombination gazza hut & scampo bell (wins), Friday, 10 December 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 December 2021 21:33 (two years ago) link
i think his points are clear but stupid
― plax (ico), Friday, 10 December 2021 21:41 (two years ago) link
i also found them to be very clear. transparent even.
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Friday, 10 December 2021 21:50 (two years ago) link
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, December 10, 2021 4:30 PM (sixteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Yeah, I'm getting to that conclusion. Considering it comes from the usual people who seem to take pleasure in insulting other people instead of advancing a discussion, it doesn't matter much.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 10 December 2021 21:53 (two years ago) link
The good news is that most of them live in a country with very high standards of living.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 10 December 2021 21:54 (two years ago) link
I’m really sorry Aimless but I have a rare form of synaesthesia that causes me to hear all your posts as a long fart noise, so I can’t engage with whatever it is you’re saying :(
― mardheamac (gyac), Friday, 10 December 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
Someone remind VHS how much he cares about Muslims when they happen to live in the same countries as the rest of us and can’t be used as props in an argument.
― mardheamac (gyac), Friday, 10 December 2021 21:58 (two years ago) link
You are making a lot of assumptions.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 10 December 2021 22:01 (two years ago) link
― Van Horn Street, Friday, December 10, 2021 4:53 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
dont make me tap the if youre going to be condescending you have to be smart sign again
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 December 2021 22:01 (two years ago) link
No, I remember things you’ve posted. I don’t think anyone will have a more accurate take on you than lagoon though.
― mardheamac (gyac), Friday, 10 December 2021 22:02 (two years ago) link
(long wet fart for the aural entertainment of gyac)
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 10 December 2021 22:02 (two years ago) link
oh now it's bad to make assumptions, from the guy who implied none of us care about people outside the U.S. and told us to travel
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Friday, 10 December 2021 22:02 (two years ago) link
Honestly when even the most dedicated simp for the ruling class is calling your defence of the status quo dickish― coombination gazza hut & scampo bell (wins), Friday, December 10, 2021 3:02 PM (fifty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― coombination gazza hut & scampo bell (wins), Friday, December 10, 2021 3:02 PM (fifty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol is that me? I think I have some hang-ups about demonizing individuals, but I freely admit that the system is fucked
― jaymc, Friday, 10 December 2021 22:04 (two years ago) link
damn did u have to make it wet
― rob, Friday, 10 December 2021 22:08 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzhmy9YJBH0
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 December 2021 22:10 (two years ago) link
nothing is too good for gyac
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 10 December 2021 22:11 (two years ago) link
Ha yep xpsthese individuals = actual billionaires = the actual fucked systemBut you are the reasonable one in this instance imo sorry to use you as the bar
― coombination gazza hut & scampo bell (wins), Friday, 10 December 2021 22:11 (two years ago) link
sometimes i feel we rely on crude binaries, the system and the individuals can both be bad
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 December 2021 22:13 (two years ago) link
― lag∞n, Friday, December 10, 2021 5:01 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
There is a particular sadness in being brought to call anonymous strangers stupid because you do not agree with them.
Good luck with the dystopia folks.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 10 December 2021 22:14 (two years ago) link
were all stupid sometimes
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 December 2021 22:15 (two years ago) link
If we knew your name it wouldn’t make you less stupid
― coombination gazza hut & scampo bell (wins), Friday, 10 December 2021 22:16 (two years ago) link
only if you are going to be condescending
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Friday, 10 December 2021 22:17 (two years ago) link
Staying out of this moronic clusterfuck except to say that that trampoline video was great, lagoon!
― DJI, Friday, 10 December 2021 22:26 (two years ago) link
lol ive watched it so many times
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 December 2021 22:27 (two years ago) link
reminded me of when I was visiting my sister last week and for reasons I can't remember, I got her two children to start chanting in unison TOTAL DOMINATION. It was alarmingly easy
― rob, Friday, 10 December 2021 22:31 (two years ago) link
classic uncle behavior
― lag∞n, Friday, 10 December 2021 22:32 (two years ago) link
imo the question 'is the US a dystopia' is unhelpful
the question should be 'what is bad, and what can be done'
― imago, Friday, December 10, 2021 3:15 PM (three hours ago)
i wash my hands of your DEMOLITIONDIE if you want to, you half-assed SHIT PUPPET
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 December 2021 00:19 (two years ago) link
guy just think you could have been born on venus. it's over 800 degrees fahrenheit there. seriously, check your privilege
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 11 December 2021 00:53 (two years ago) link
van horn street more like ban, scorn, yeet wow owned
― class project pat (m bison), Saturday, 11 December 2021 01:33 (two years ago) link
Anybody read this from ftgi a couple of days ago:
I have in recent years felt frustrated when I observe a difference of opinion turn heated, turn into a pile-on. I have felt a desire to express things with the intention of de-escalation, that in turn have been perceived that I’m “siding” with the person who is being excoriated— though the opposite is generally true, at times I’ve myself felt revulsion at what is being expressed by the person being excoriated. I’ve been seen as playing Devil’s Advocate when oftentimes I’m genuinely interested in the ideas and thought processes of people I fundamentally disagree with.This tends to be a thing that has caused conflict for me irl. I’ve stated that I’m interested in learning about the psychology behind people who espouse viewpoints that I think are fundamentally wrong, as a way of better understanding them, and perhaps finding a way of gently convincing them. I wish the same for myself when my own opinions are in the wrong. I do not think escalating a disagreement into conflict teaches anybody anything. I think that escalation only causes certain individuals to become more entrenched in their viewpoints. I feel that this point of view is out of step with present-tense discourse both here and elsewhere online, and also oftentimes irl. This is not so much a comment on this board specifically but a general observation on present tense state of discourse, which includes discourse on this board.
This tends to be a thing that has caused conflict for me irl. I’ve stated that I’m interested in learning about the psychology behind people who espouse viewpoints that I think are fundamentally wrong, as a way of better understanding them, and perhaps finding a way of gently convincing them. I wish the same for myself when my own opinions are in the wrong. I do not think escalating a disagreement into conflict teaches anybody anything. I think that escalation only causes certain individuals to become more entrenched in their viewpoints. I feel that this point of view is out of step with present-tense discourse both here and elsewhere online, and also oftentimes irl. This is not so much a comment on this board specifically but a general observation on present tense state of discourse, which includes discourse on this board.
― DJI, Saturday, 11 December 2021 01:41 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/bnDvjPk.jpg
― lag∞n, Saturday, 11 December 2021 02:14 (two years ago) link
― mookieproof, Friday, December 10, 2021 7:19 PM bookmarkflaglink
i always appreciate you dropping Jesus Christ Superstar lyrics into threads
― hopefully this review helped someone (Neanderthal), Saturday, 11 December 2021 02:15 (two years ago) link
ffs if ilx isn't a safe space for white supremacists
― let's make lunch and listen to five finger death punch (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 11 December 2021 02:17 (two years ago) link
https://quotefancy.com/media/wallpaper/3840x2160/3033-Carl-Sagan-Quote-It-pays-to-keep-an-open-mind-but-not-so-open-your.jpg
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Saturday, 11 December 2021 02:23 (two years ago) link
He was high as giraffe pussy when he said that, though.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, 11 December 2021 03:08 (two years ago) link
lol that ftgi post is gonna become ILX's Exiting The Vampire Castle.
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 11 December 2021 13:56 (two years ago) link
Seems relevant.
What level of capitalism is this? pic.twitter.com/6BG7PrThiC— Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) December 10, 2021
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 11 December 2021 14:21 (two years ago) link
I found it admirable.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 11 December 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
i'm not unsympathetic to it but don't believe it applies to all disagreements. it's a two-way Street, like.
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Saturday, 11 December 2021 14:44 (two years ago) link
As I said in the thread it first appeared in: if the objective is to "better understand and gently persuade" viewpoints diametrically opposed to your own, a message board discussion is amongst the worst ways of trying to go about that. Much more likely to be constructive if done one-on-one and/or offline.
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 11 December 2021 15:10 (two years ago) link
but also don't think it really relates to this thread at all - VHS's point isn't particularly extreme and I don't think anyone's had any difficulties understanding his motivations for holding it, really.
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 11 December 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
Tell me in your own words what you think the original West Side Story was about, I’m dying to hear— Muse of Ire (@MuseofIre) December 10, 2021
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Saturday, 11 December 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link