Why I Left This Forum

Discussion in 'Comments on Forum' started by Faye Fox, Sep 17, 2022.

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Why did you leave SOC

  1. I died and posting is difficult due to interuniversal connections.

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  2. I suffered a stroke, dementia, or another malady making posting impossible.

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  3. I found better things I enjoy doing like cleaning toilets.

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  4. I am afraid of the MAGA terrorist that rule the forum.

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  5. I hated my avatar and couldn't find another one so since everyone thought I was gone already, I left

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  6. I banned myself out of morbid cuorisity to experince banishment.

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  7. I was posting in my undies and they got painfully twisted.

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  8. My spouse caught me and considers it cheating.

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  1. John West

    John West Very Well-Known Member
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    Online forum stalking. Some guy got embarrassed when his ill-informed, attempted put-down bit him in the ass. Next thing I knew, he was replying to anything and everything I posted with juvenile insults and more attempted -putdowns.
     
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  2. Faye Fox

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    It was your avatar John W. Those sports car photos promote stalking hahaha!
     
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  3. John West

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    Being among like-minded people can make you feel more comfortable and welcome if that's what you are looking for or need. Personally, I have found such forums an insult to whatever intelligence I have. Diversity of viewpoints and opinions is a healthy thing if allowed in an environment of respect, where insults, putdowns and denigration are not tolerated. However, I do understand that there are people who cannot handle differing viewpoints, cognitive dissonance being what it is.

    Good luck to you, also!
     
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  4. Bobby Cole

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    It happens John.
    Had a rather disgruntled lady follow me onto two other forums just to try to upset me. I played it cool and she got banned from both of them.
     
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  5. John West

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    Well crap, and here I like that old Miata. What would you recommend instead?
     
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  6. Al Amoling

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    Just so we're clear @John Brunner I'm stalking @Faye Fox
     
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  7. Kay Baker

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    Well, Ken....you certainly made your feelings clear enough, so this confirms that I'm not welcome because I'm "the enemy". Nice. Thanks.
     
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  8. Bobby Cole

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    Drama

    (fade in the soap opera organ music)

    Edit: Ah, Thank you @Kay Baker for editing your post. The Pathetic Hypocrites was a rather strong declaration given that Hillary herself deemed those of us who are conservatives to be called deplorables. .
     
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  9. John Brunner

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    First, I imagine you recounting that story in a husky voice while saying "Shucks."

    My main point is...My ex used to give me grief for saying "take and" all the time. "Then you take and you leave the forum." (See what I on-topic did there?) It's superfluous. I thought I had picked it up somewhere during my early childhood. One parent was from England and the other from Pennsylvania--born of German parents--and I was raised in Indiana. But the Beach Boys are from California. So what gives? What's the origin? It's kind of a weird thing.

    Lastly, if the ladies have to take and keep their tops on (and they do), so do the gentlemen...that includes the "identifies ases."
     
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  10. Ken Anderson

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    Like everyone else here, I am allowed to have and express an opinion. Besides, my reference was to the Democrat Party, not to people who are registered as Democrats. I hate the Republican Party too, but some of my best friends are Democrats or Republicans. I don't generally advertise other forums here but you might be more comfortable in the Democrat Underground forum. I don't think they allow more than one opinion on anything.

    I deliberately specified "the Democrat Party" rather than "Democrats" because I knew that Democrats are more likely to be offended than Republicans. I used "Republicans" rather than "the Republican Party" because I didn't want the sentence to look stilted, and I knew that Republicans don't tend to be so easily offended, anyhow.
     
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  11. John Brunner

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    There are times I have felt a little slighted, but then I remember that (a) it's the friggin' internet, and (b) I might just be implying tonal inflections that were not intended. But to go all "Meet me behind the school during recess" on another adult is creepy.
     
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  12. Faye Fox

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    I have no recommendation. It is what it is. :D
     
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  13. Shirley Martin

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    We have no enemies here. Bill Boggs was a yellow dog Democrat. I'm a blue dog Republican. But we became good friends in spite his mistaken political views. ;):)
     
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  14. Bobby Cole

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    Even after passing, he’s still probably defending AOC. I can almost hear him now, “Just give her a chance” he says.
     
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  15. Shirley Martin

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    Bless his heart. And I mean that sincerely.
     
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