Socks`` All American 11792 Posts user info edit post |
Why waste hours/days/weeks of your life arguing with people on the internet about issues that will be little impacted by your discussions?
Let's hear it! 6/5/2008 7:06:56 PM |
nastoute All American 31058 Posts user info edit post |
you know what, you're right...
I should be putting my nose to that grindstone so I can get that paper...
fuck intellectual stimulation
I don't need this shit or you people
peaze, i'm out 6/5/2008 7:10:44 PM |
qntmfred retired 40653 Posts user info edit post |
i don't 6/5/2008 7:25:34 PM |
hooksaw All American 16500 Posts user info edit post |
Because it's there!
^ PS: You just did.
[Edited on June 5, 2008 at 7:28 PM. Reason : .] 6/5/2008 7:26:40 PM |
ActionPants All American 9877 Posts user info edit post |
I really don't know tbqh 6/5/2008 7:33:11 PM |
Rat Suspended 5724 Posts user info edit post |
^my thoughts. one of these days i might stop caring why liberals even care to have a society when all they want is control over others or more money. no decency at all these days.
i hope that day won't come 6/5/2008 7:38:52 PM |
nastoute All American 31058 Posts user info edit post |
blarg
THE LIBERALS ARE COMING TO GET YOU! 6/5/2008 7:39:52 PM |
bigun20 All American 2847 Posts user info edit post |
Hey Rat, some people just weren't raised right and thus they will never understand. 6/5/2008 7:44:08 PM |
Rat Suspended 5724 Posts user info edit post |
^^damn son, i thought i was pretty crazy in here. you're on a completely different echelon 6/5/2008 7:47:31 PM |
ActionPants All American 9877 Posts user info edit post |
no decency at all these days
i remember when we all wore hats with buckles and the ladies wore ankle-length skirts. i had an onion on my belt, which was the fashion at the time, and this colored fellow, geronimo, he taught us about raising corn and that's really what this country was founded on: raising corn and waging holy war against islam 6/5/2008 7:48:14 PM |
Honkeyball All American 1684 Posts user info edit post |
Because I crave the intellectual stimulation lacking in the work-from-home environment. Despite my best efforts, neither the Cat, the Dachshund, nor the German Shepherd are interested in discussing current events, politics etc.
It's not about changing any body's mind... not to me anyway. But I very much do enjoy the rare occasion where someone brings something new to my attention (information, point of view, argument, author) 6/5/2008 8:03:17 PM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
because i'm a big fan of surrealist comedy 6/5/2008 8:11:08 PM |
joe_schmoe All American 18758 Posts user info edit post |
cause im an effete latte sipping limousine liberal, and i love to get smacked around by all you manly conservatives.
6/5/2008 8:20:59 PM |
Socks`` All American 11792 Posts user info edit post |
My primary reason is it eases my feelings of being out of control - The political process spirals in directions I cannot control. I'm too small. It's frustrating. VERY frustrating. Tee Dub allows me to vent my rage. If I can't argue with the candidates (because what i think is so important ), arguing with their supporters seems to be an emotionally soothing proxy.
But, also, it is actually fun to talk with people about this stuff and to have something to contribute in such a discussion (blogging would not be fun). It's so fucking rare to find anyone that gives a fuck about shit....FUCK!
[Edited on June 5, 2008 at 9:11 PM. Reason : ``] 6/5/2008 9:08:49 PM |
JPrater Veteran 456 Posts user info edit post |
I gotta go with Socks. Hell, I like seeing the discussion, seeing evidence, and hearing both sides. You nutty conservatives have made fine points several times. Were I not a tree-hugging, Prius-driving, Starbucks-sipping, John-Lennon-minus-the-fun-Beatles-listening, card-carrying pinko, I think we could all be fine friends. 6/5/2008 9:26:55 PM |
Wolfman Tim All American 9654 Posts user info edit post |
because mommy and daddy didn't raise me right 6/5/2008 9:46:24 PM |
IMStoned420 All American 15485 Posts user info edit post |
Boredom. Sheer and utter boredom. 6/5/2008 10:46:30 PM |
umbrellaman All American 10892 Posts user info edit post |
Because it's orders of magnitude easier for me to bitch about the things that I perceive as unjust (whether they really are or whether I'm just arguing from emotion), than it is to go about doing something about them. 6/6/2008 5:47:39 AM |
Boone All American 5237 Posts user info edit post |
1) Something to do when I'm bored. It hones my critical thinking skills much more than plodding around through Digg or playing video games.
2) Confirms the fact that I'm right and all those who disagree with me are wrong. 6/6/2008 6:48:41 AM |
Shadowrunner All American 18332 Posts user info edit post |
6/6/2008 7:25:50 AM |
Smath74 All American 93278 Posts user info edit post |
i like hearing other people's opinions on things, and i'll admit it is fun to rile some of you people up once in a while.
i also feel like when i know something about a subject it is good to throw in what i know. 6/6/2008 8:22:59 AM |
Stimwalt All American 15292 Posts user info edit post |
Civil discourse, regardless of the topic, is the heart of what America stands for. I post in the soap box because I believe that if just one person thinks twice about any position that I have held, then I have upheld my contractual obligation as an intellectual and a citizen under the constitution of the United States of America. 6/6/2008 8:37:17 AM |
RedGuard All American 5596 Posts user info edit post |
Like Socks``, it provides a forum to vent. It also provides a place to exercise some political analysis skills by building arguments and watching attacks from outside your own viewpoint.
That, and it's fun to hunt trolls. 6/6/2008 10:10:53 AM |
ssjamind All American 30102 Posts user info edit post |
since noone IRL wants to hear what i have to say, the captive audience here gets to read my vagrant thoughts... 6/6/2008 10:15:21 AM |
Boone All American 5237 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "It also provides a place to exercise some political analysis skills by building arguments and watching attacks from outside your own viewpoint." |
That's true. As pathetic as this place is, it's 100x'smore rigorous than the average political conversation. It helps me to pwn irl if I ever need to.6/6/2008 10:15:55 AM |
joe_schmoe All American 18758 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "That, and it's fun to hunt trolls." |
if you want to catch a troll, you've gotta think like a troll.
Quote : | "It helps me to pwn irl if I ever need to" |
unfortunately that can backfire. I "facepalmed" my dad via email the other day, in response to one of his tangential lock-step evangelical republican rants... he didn't "get it"
[Edited on June 6, 2008 at 10:40 AM. Reason : ]6/6/2008 10:38:22 AM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41752 Posts user info edit post |
The paragraph long arguments always get me. I mean no one on a message board reads anything longer than a few sentences so why write a fucking essay no one is going to read. 6/6/2008 3:52:30 PM |
nastoute All American 31058 Posts user info edit post |
i read long explanations sometimes, especially from people who's opinions I haven't thrown completely out the door
obviously i just scan anything posted by people like hooksaw
[Edited on June 6, 2008 at 3:55 PM. Reason : .] 6/6/2008 3:54:59 PM |
Rat Suspended 5724 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ we all know your a closet republican schmoe. just lift the curtains for a day and show your true american loving colors.
cmon, just let down the iran loving terrorist sympathizing personality for a few hours
[Edited on June 6, 2008 at 3:56 PM. Reason : .] 6/6/2008 3:56:19 PM |
GrumpyGOP yovo yovo bonsoir 18182 Posts user info edit post |
I went to a very liberal high school, where me and about a dozen other conservatives were locked in a state of constant state of immature, pointless debate with unending hordes of lefties.
Then when I got to State, it was like quitting cold-turkey. I went through withdrawal. I got the shakes, and I would wake up in the middle of the night screaming, "Move back to Europe you terrorist-loving freedom-hating hippie!"
It was pretty rough.
But then I stumbled across the soap box, which I now use as an enabler for my crippling addiction, which at this point has so much control over my life I don't even know which end of the political spectrum I'm yelling at any more.
[Edited on June 6, 2008 at 5:00 PM. Reason : That's actually pretty much accurate] 6/6/2008 5:00:11 PM |
nastoute All American 31058 Posts user info edit post |
two words
hard nipples 6/6/2008 6:03:08 PM |
joe_schmoe All American 18758 Posts user info edit post |
thats so weird, dude. i was like totally stroking my man-nipples while reading this thread.... and THEN YOU SAID IT!!!!!!1
[Edited on June 6, 2008 at 6:40 PM. Reason : ] 6/6/2008 6:39:28 PM |
Gamecat All American 17913 Posts user info edit post |
My honest answer would vary by year. Some are borrowed, some are original:
2001 - To meet people (IRL) with whom I could argue seriously, and learn from - To sharpen my writing and debating skills - To argue with Bush by proxy, Biblical Literalists, and other fundamentalists
2002-2004 - People were WRONG on the Internet about the Iraq War - I had practically nothing to do at work.
2005 - hiatus
2006 - Boredom. Sheer and utter boredom.
2007 - Present - because i'm a big fan of surrealist comedy - "Now this is for my own amusement."
[Edited on June 8, 2008 at 5:00 PM. Reason : ... ELLIPSIS ...] 6/8/2008 4:49:24 PM |
nastoute All American 31058 Posts user info edit post |
NOW I am above it all! 6/8/2008 4:58:49 PM |
Gamecat All American 17913 Posts user info edit post |
LOUD NOISES
[Edited on June 8, 2008 at 5:05 PM. Reason : i see] 6/8/2008 5:01:59 PM |
nastoute All American 31058 Posts user info edit post |
I MAKE NO SENSE AT ALL! 6/8/2008 5:02:45 PM |
nastoute All American 31058 Posts user info edit post |
OMG, I CARE IF OTHER PEOPLE THINK I CARE! 6/8/2008 5:03:20 PM |
Fry The Stubby 7783 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Were I not a tree-hugging, Prius-driving, Starbucks-sipping, John-Lennon-minus-the-fun-Beatles-listening, card-carrying pinko" |
a fine rant sir, well done.
we should all be friends6/8/2008 5:07:45 PM |
nastoute All American 31058 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "LOUD NOISES
[Edited on June 8, 2008 at 5:05 PM. Reason : i see]" |
lol
"Now this is for my own amusement." my ass6/8/2008 5:09:46 PM |
Gamecat All American 17913 Posts user info edit post |
I assure you that your ass does not amuse me. 6/8/2008 5:36:58 PM |
nastoute All American 31058 Posts user info edit post |
I JUST HAVE TO RESPOND! 6/8/2008 5:37:54 PM |
Flyin Ryan All American 8224 Posts user info edit post |
The reason I post in the Soap Box is to witness the insanity of conservative hacks and liberal hacks as they b*tch incessantly to one another. And I pray that one day they'll all just grab their guns and start killing each other, it's not like any members of the sane part of the population will miss them. 6/8/2008 6:32:21 PM |
Gamecat All American 17913 Posts user info edit post |
ALSO: TO USE CAPS AND DERAIL THREADS! 6/8/2008 6:35:42 PM |
Vix All American 8522 Posts user info edit post |
Boredom.
I like showing others that there are people out there who hate liberals and conservatives. 6/8/2008 8:45:13 PM |
nastoute All American 31058 Posts user info edit post |
PLEASE SUSPEND ME FOR LIKE 5 DAYS! 6/9/2008 10:21:06 AM |
gunzz IS NÚMERO UNO 68205 Posts user info edit post |
just to make fun of Rat and to read what kind of nonsense Rat is rambling about its pretty entertaining how someone could actually think that way 6/9/2008 11:34:45 AM |
Rat Suspended 5724 Posts user info edit post |
6/9/2008 11:44:05 AM |
HockeyRoman All American 11811 Posts user info edit post |
I used to respond to anything that warranted discussion but alas there is so much stupid in TSB now that I try to limit myself to only getting involved in environment related threads. However, I abstain from getting dragged into debates pertaining only to CO2 and its effects. 6/13/2008 8:43:33 AM |
ShinAntonio Zinc Saucier 18947 Posts user info edit post |
Occasionally someone says something worthwhile, but it requires wading through so much stupid (trolls, people arguing with them, others trying to pwn someone) it's hardly worth it anymore. 6/13/2008 9:14:45 AM |
DaBird All American 7551 Posts user info edit post |
I come here to ensure that if I decide to stop being a productive member of society one day...say I start doing drugs, spoonge unemployment and stop paying taxes, there will still be plenty of people/idealistic college kids to call on who will support my habits and my laziness no matter my excuse or situation, who will in fact sympathize with me and call on the government to raise taxes on successful people to support me.
Its nice to know that I have that out should I choose to use it. TSB is comforting. 6/13/2008 9:59:23 AM |