Does anyone do or post anything right in GD?

[graywarrior]

Are we all losers? Is this flame bait? Am I an asshole?

[bluesbassman]

1. Thought we were supposed to post left.

[PoliticAverse]

2. GD is for right things, wrong things go here in the lounge.

(For proof see any of MFM's lounge posts....)

[graywarrior]

6. How do you know what's right or wrong to post over there?

Everyone gets yelled at.

[antiquie]

3. Trash This Thread is on the right.

It is how I post in GD.

[NYC_SKP]

4. I've noticed that the grumpy factor in the General Discussion forum has been peaking of late.

It makes me spend more time in the smaller groups.

Weird news. Seekers on unique paths. Automobile enthusiasts.

And, DU Birders.

Birders are among to most calming people you will find.

[Xyzse]

5. You know what's odd?

I like Yoga, but I can't join a group because those that talk about it aggravate me for some reason.

[graywarrior]

7. lol

I hear ya

[Xyzse]

8. -grins-

You know what I'm talking about.

[graywarrior]

9. Hurry up and relax!

[NYC_SKP]

10. I know what you mean. Same thing with the Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights.

I tried to post a recipe for my family's yummy tender veal saltimboca and you'd think that I'd farted out loud.

I mean really.

[antiquie]

11. Farting out loud would have been much more acceptable.

That'd be natural.

[graywarrior]

14. That's coz you're a commie troll

[NYC_SKP]

17. And a gassy one at that!

Sometimes, not really, OK, but the dog did it.

[graywarrior]

18. Go post that in GD and see what happens

Mention Obama.

[NYC_SKP]

21. I could fart all day long in GD, I could even poop on some days....

....and you'd never know the difference.

Actually, there's precedent for this.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

26. "Goddamn hippie vegans" is what a friend of mine calls them. Holier than thou.

New Age types get on my nerves.

They take principles of subatomic physics (everything is connected; observation changes the outcome of what you're looking at as in the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle)and generalize them until they are ridiculous.

I live with a physicist so this to me is really misusing these concepts.

Here at DU it's "HOW DARE YOU SHOP AT THE EVIL EMPIRE WALLYWORLD"
"HOW DARE YOU DRIVE A POLLUTING CAR"
"HOW DARE YOU NOT SHOP AT LOCAL FARMER'S MARKETS"
"HOW DARE YOU NOT TAKE THE BUS".

Guess what, I DO NOT HAVE any of those choices available to me. Wallyworld and the fact that I live in the country because I inherited a house (free houses are not easy to turn down) have taken those choices away from me.

[graywarrior]

28. LOL, I lived in a macrobiotic center for 6 months

[sharp_stick]

43. Tried to teach the

folks in that group how to raise ducks and make your own fois gras and they jumped down my throat.

I mean, shit man, I was just trying to save em' some money. Maybe they're just barbarians that prefer goose fois gras but the principles are the same.

[pintobean]

33. We've been seeing plenty of birds in GD, SKP.

not the calming kind though

[NYC_SKP]

35. .

ETA:

[LeftofObama]

12. Nope.

I've replied to a couple of posts there and no matter what I say someone is sitting there with their finger on the reply button trying to start an argument.

[graywarrior]

15. Thank you! Seriously, they're like zombies craving blood.

[MiddleFingerMom]

13. I post funny politically-oriented cartoons and pictures there about 2-4x a month...

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Sadly, I often get more replies there than here in The Lounge.
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Here are two examples, the second one was very recently and
the first was from a while ago:
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[graywarrior]

16. That's because you're a commie troll, too.

[MiddleFingerMom]

19. !!!

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1. Does anyone do or post anything right in GD? .......................... A. Yes
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2. Are we all losers? ................................................................. B. No
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3. Is this flame bait? ................................................................ C. Yes
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4. Am I an asshole? ................................................................. D. No
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Match the answers with the questions. You have 45 minutes. Keep your eyes on your own screen.
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[graywarrior]

22. lol

[rug]

20. I only post in GD when I have Ballad of a Thin Man playing in the background.

[graywarrior]

23. That made me laugh so hard!

[rug]

24. "Oh my god am I here all alone?"

[graywarrior]

25. A frequent question in GD

along with, "when did I become a leper?"

[hunter]

31. I once posed as the naked thin man in a college drawing class.

(Don't ask. There have been times in my life when I've been very easily manipulated... this was not the worst.)

One of the artists was very good and the school posted her work in the Admin building for an open house.

I went to go see it. I was standing there. A middle age women walks up. She's standing there.

She glances at me, looks at the drawing, then she looks me up and down... and says, "Oh! That's you!"



I'm a white guy who blushes very well.

I've never been more naked in my entire life, even when I've been naked.

[rug]

37. Aomething was happening there but you don't know what it was, do you, Mr. Hunter.

[hunter]

39. Oh, I did find out... the hard way.

Whoever would have guessed that "blond blue eyed skinny and clueless" would be an attractive trait???

But I've got the scars from that.

[madinmaryland]

27. I once told someone in DU to FREE the DUCKING FUCK in GD. The thread got lucked.

They can't take a ducking joke!!

[graywarrior]

29. I like lucking ducks up

[MiddleFingerMom]

30. Focka boncha docks, anyway!!!!!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

32. are those the ones that sink off the first page with no replies?

[MrMickeysMom]

34. I would like it to be titled, "The thread that never stops giving you constipation"...

Either that, or , "Oh, yeah? Well... FUCK YOU!!!!"


Either one would be fine ...

[graywarrior]

36. I'm not sure if I should take that as an insult, or ROFLMAO.

[MrMickeysMom]

40. ...

Never in insult, graywarrior... I bow to your thread that never ends!

... and I certainly laughed my ass off when thinking about the "fuck you" remarks in GD!

[graywarrior]

42. lol, I couldn't get away with those now, MrMickeysMom

Or the "fuck me sideways". So sad that's it's come to this.

[rrneck]

38. If you sent us out to fuck up,

we'd fuck up on the way.

[graywarrior]

45. That pretty much sums it up

We'd fuck up fucking up.

[Blue_In_AK]

41. Yes, no, maybe, no.

[magical thyme]

44. No. First off, everyone is a critic. Everyone.

Second, no matter what you post, somebody will disagree. In fact, everyone will disagree, if not with your basic idea than with your mode of expression. Even your allies could have written it better, more powerfully, more clearly, more persuasively, and did I mention just plain better?

Furthermore, the more reasonable you are, the more disagreeable the people are who disagree. So the more reasonable, sensible and thought out your post, the more likely it is to draw snorts of derision, snark, and general psychosis.

And THAT is how I reassure myself that I AM the sane one here.

If you attract the psychos, it's just flies to honey, baby. Just flies to honey.

[graywarrior]

46. That should be explained to all newcomers on the main page