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Veritas
2/24/2010, 01:51 PM
Way back when, I got made a moderator after I volunteered to Phil to moderate a separate politics forum. This was back in '04, before that election, and I thought things were nasty then.

It's just gotten worse in the last four years; I'm not sure how this country has evolved into this state of permanent election, but it has, and it's killed much of what is fun about the SO.

Half of the front page is politics, dominated by a loud handful of posters.

So, what say you, SO? Is it time to move these conversations into their own sandbox?

C&CDean
2/24/2010, 01:57 PM
We're gonna go through this again? Dang.

Veritas
2/24/2010, 02:00 PM
We don't have to, man. I'm just selfishly ready to read the SO without having to wade through all the BS to get to the stupid fun stuff.

JohnnyMack
2/24/2010, 02:02 PM
No.

C&CDean
2/24/2010, 02:11 PM
Go ahead on cornhead. Maybe it's time. Besides, JM doesn't know dick from shinola.

Scott D
2/24/2010, 02:14 PM
yes.

I wish to limit rlimc's freedom of speech in the south oval to concerts and selling italian pants. ;)

Boomer.....
2/24/2010, 02:14 PM
Do it!

C&CDean
2/24/2010, 02:33 PM
There. I even stabbied it for you.

sooner_born_1960
2/24/2010, 02:34 PM
So, when the Bloom Box thread, for instance, dissolves into a debate on carbon footprints, would it be moved to this politics forum? Would any thread that turns political to some degree be moved there? Just curious how the various forums would be policed.

C&CDean
2/24/2010, 02:36 PM
Oh you don't even know the can of worms that will open up for moderating the SO/Poliltics forums. Of course if everyone would just self-police and not be dip****s it'd all be good. Riiiiight...

Veritas
2/24/2010, 02:53 PM
So, when the Bloom Box thread, for instance, dissolves into a debate on carbon footprints, would it be moved to this politics forum? Would any thread that turns political to some degree be moved there? Just curious how the various forums would be policed.
I can't speak for the other mods, but I'd be highly arbitrary and very capricious.

SicEmBaylor
2/24/2010, 02:55 PM
I've changed my mind on this issue. I used to be very much against.

sooner_born_1960
2/24/2010, 02:55 PM
As long as you're consistently arbitrary and capricious...

sooner_born_1960
2/24/2010, 02:56 PM
Dammit, Sicem. Move your post out of the way.

SicEmBaylor
2/24/2010, 03:01 PM
Dammit, Sicem. Move your post out of the way.

I continue to be the fly in the ointment.

yermom
2/24/2010, 03:16 PM
We don't have to, man. I'm just selfishly ready to read the SO without having to wade through all the BS to get to the stupid fun stuff.

yeah! stupid fun stuff!

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
2/24/2010, 03:16 PM
yes.

I wish to limit rlimc's freedom of speech in the south oval to concerts and selling italian pants. ;)Ah, censorship. It's what makes America great!

Sooner04
2/24/2010, 03:21 PM
So, when the Bloom Box thread, for instance, dissolves into a debate on carbon footprints, would it be moved to this politics forum? Would any thread that turns political to some degree be moved there? Just curious how the various forums would be policed.
That's how it should be. Any thread that devolves into a festering turd of political discussion should be immediately banished to the Politics forum.

Agreed?

Scott D
2/24/2010, 03:22 PM
censorship when limited in certain ways has been considered very patriotic.

sooner_born_1960
2/24/2010, 03:35 PM
Politics, the weather, you name it, it's fair game on the South Oval.
Looks like we already have politics forum.

NormanPride
2/24/2010, 03:36 PM
meh. I put a couple posters on mute and now my browsing experience is 10x better. I highly suggest it.

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
2/24/2010, 03:39 PM
Looks like we already have politics forum.At least, they're asking us to vote on changing it.(FWIW)

sooner_born_1960
2/24/2010, 03:45 PM
I don't think they are really puting this to a vote.

Stitch Face
2/24/2010, 03:52 PM
Why not create a separate Stupid Fun Stuff forum?

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
2/24/2010, 03:53 PM
I don't think they are really puting this to a vote.Now STOP THAT!

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
2/24/2010, 03:53 PM
meh. I put a couple posters on mute and now my browsing experience is 10x better. I highly suggest it.Works great, don't it?

C&CDean
2/24/2010, 04:21 PM
I've never put a single poster on ignore, and my SO experience is always peachy. I just don't get why people get all bent out of shape over ****.

sooner_born_1960
2/24/2010, 04:29 PM
Someone quote Dean. I can't see it.

My Opinion Matters
2/24/2010, 04:35 PM
Best idea since bacon on ice cream.

OULenexaman
2/24/2010, 04:51 PM
bacon on ice cream???.....you gotta be ****tin me....

SunnySooner
2/24/2010, 04:53 PM
Please split it off. Pretty please. With cherries on top and extra whipped cream.

Collier11
2/24/2010, 04:53 PM
I voted no cus I dont think it will matter

Collier11
2/24/2010, 04:53 PM
I voted no cus I dont think it will matter

SunnySooner
2/24/2010, 04:54 PM
Please split it off. Pretty please. With cherries on top and extra whipped cream.

tommieharris91
2/24/2010, 04:56 PM
Please split it off. Pretty please. With cherries on top and extra whipped cream.

Don't forget the bacon.

tommieharris91
2/24/2010, 04:57 PM
How the hell did this turn into a double post?

soonervegas
2/24/2010, 04:58 PM
Do we need a super majority? Because we are currently only at 58%....

LosAngelesSooner
2/24/2010, 05:01 PM
I used to be against it. Now I'm for it.

NormanPride
2/24/2010, 05:31 PM
I'd rather the board be fixed. I've seen a ton of double-posts lately, and threads where the "last poster" is not correct. Hrm.

LosAngelesSooner
2/24/2010, 05:53 PM
I say that if a SO thread devolves into nothing but political speak, then it is moved. HOWEVER, if a certain poster cannot post in the SO on a thread about something like the Bloom Box or "Methods of Going Green" or "How to eat organically" etc...etc...and continually threadjacks all those threads into poli-smack, then that poster gets a ban. That way we keep the civility/silliness on the SO that made it so great... I would also suggest that the new Politics forum be given the same posting guidelines as Smack Central. I mean...if people WANT to go in there and wag their dicks around and call each other *******s, let's go ahead and let them say what they really want to say. So, yeah...where once I was totally against it, now I'm wholeheartedly in favor of it. And, funnily enough, you probably won't see me on it very often. Plus, that would make it easier to moderate.

LosAngelesSooner
2/24/2010, 05:57 PM
Yeah...let's fix the forum. Double posts...loss of all formatting ^^^^ for example. Weirdness.

LosAngelesSooner
2/24/2010, 05:58 PM
At least, they're asking us to vote on changing it.(FWIW)

Let me get this straight...are you accusing Veritas of being part of the "vast MSM/Liberal/Progressive movement" which is holding you poor white men down lately?

My Opinion Matters
2/24/2010, 06:40 PM
I'd rather the board be fixed. I've seen a ton of double-posts lately, and threads where the "last poster" is not correct. Hrm.

My Opinion Matters
2/24/2010, 06:42 PM
I'd rather the board be fixed. I've seen a ton of doube-posts lately, and threads where the "last poster" is not correct. Hrm.

My Opinion Matters
2/24/2010, 06:43 PM
Well, I'm certainly confused.

49r
2/24/2010, 07:09 PM
If we add a politics sub forum, would that mean dolemite would come back to the SO?

yankee
2/24/2010, 09:42 PM
it worked on the other board i'm a member of for about a month...we have an off-topic section that started to get dominated by political bitching too...eventually the conversation died off, moved back a page or two...and sooner than later we were back to the typical threads about politics. good luck, but i doubt it works...at least for an extended period.

Whet
2/24/2010, 09:58 PM
It works at the other place quite well.

And, cans of worms make great snacks!

proud gonzo
2/25/2010, 04:25 AM
actually, the double posts and **** have made the SO more interesting lately.

I voted yes because I think it's a good idea (and I've thought that for a while) but honestly I don't read the board much anymore. Skim through the front page, nothing but political crap, so I leave. Makes things pretty easy.

49r
2/25/2010, 11:12 AM
I say bring the farks back to SO and move politics out.

But then that's just my opinion...I haven't been to the fark folder on here more than about twice since they moved them out of the SO, so maybe that would suck more I guess. I don't know.

yermom
2/25/2010, 11:24 AM
well, the resident farkers could just post farks where appropriate in the Football and SO threads like they used to and use Fark Central for the requests and battles and such

it certainly lost something when they moved

NormanPride
2/25/2010, 11:35 AM
Are farks not allowed on the main boards? I thought they Fark Forum was made to give people a place to develop their talents. It's still okay to put random farks in a thread, right?

Ike
2/25/2010, 12:05 PM
Ah, censorship. It's what makes America great!

It's not censorship. It's a free speech zone.







Far far away from people tired of hearing you freely speak. ;)

soonerinabilene
2/25/2010, 12:11 PM
can golf threads stay in the SO if this change is made?

yermom
2/25/2010, 12:19 PM
Are farks not allowed on the main boards? I thought they Fark Forum was made to give people a place to develop their talents. It's still okay to put random farks in a thread, right?

yeah, but people rarely do

yermom
2/25/2010, 12:20 PM
can golf threads stay in the SO if this change is made?

those will go to the new Tiger Woods forum

Fraggle145
2/25/2010, 12:22 PM
actually, the double posts and **** have made the SO more interesting lately.

I voted yes because I think it's a good idea (and I've thought that for a while) but honestly I don't read the board much anymore. Skim through the front page, nothing but political crap, so I leave. Makes things pretty easy.

Yep.

soonerinabilene
2/25/2010, 12:44 PM
those will go to the new Tiger Woods forum
porn is allowed now?

yermom
2/25/2010, 12:50 PM
Golf, skanks, you name it. it's fair game on the Tiger Woods board

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
2/25/2010, 12:57 PM
If Politics is isolated from South Oval, then there should be 3 different Politics boards: 1)Left-wing Politics 2)Right-wing Politics 3)Fence-straddlers. We could call it the Crucifax Column.

tommieharris91
2/25/2010, 01:02 PM
If Politics is isolated from South Oval, then there should be 2 different Politics boards: 1)Left-wing Politics 2)Right-wing Politics


Ah, censorship. It's what makes America great!

This is why I wear my sig.

yermom
2/25/2010, 01:22 PM
so you are a founder but not a member? :confused:

:D

Stitch Face
2/25/2010, 02:12 PM
Can we confine LAS and RLIMC to their own forum and just peer in at them from time to time?

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
2/25/2010, 03:12 PM
Can we confine LAS and RLIMC to their own forum and just peer in at them from time to time?I don't hear him unless he's quoted. Oh, the fun!

Tulsa_Fireman
2/25/2010, 03:29 PM
http://www.bountyfishing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/fangtooth-fish1.jpg

proud gonzo
2/25/2010, 05:58 PM
OMGWTF?!?

GottaHavePride
2/25/2010, 06:15 PM
Alternate idea! And one that basically just involves re-discovering an old forum that has fallen into disuse.


We COULD just take any thread that degenerates into political slapfighting and flamebaiting and move it to Smack Central. And once it's in there, it can be as turd-y as y'all turds want to make it, because I don't have boots deep enough to wade in there.

So basically, rational, civilized discussions could stay in the SO with the monkeys falling out of trees, Try Are McGrundles, and the Thing in Norm's Leg.

Chuck Bao
2/25/2010, 08:10 PM
Alternate idea! And one that basically just involves re-discovering an old forum that has fallen into disuse.


We COULD just take any thread that degenerates into political slapfighting and flamebaiting and move it to Smack Central. And once it's in there, it can be as turd-y as y'all turds want to make it, because I don't have boots deep enough to wade in there.

So basically, rational, civilized discussions could stay in the SO with the monkeys falling out of trees, Try Are McGrundles, and the Thing in Norm's Leg.

I was opposed to this idea before, largely because I post in and read economics threads. But, I would take a very perverse pleasure in seeing those who start new threads because they got something in their email inbox to see few views and every fewer posts. I mean most of the time there are perfectly good threads to post in and they can add to an already existing dicussion. But, no it has to be a new thread every time, as I suppose these extreme right wingers can't control themselves and their mad rush to denigrate the president of the US. Any attempt to set up a new forum would be completely wasted because they would start an innocently sounding thread in SO and shortly add on the lastest cut and past jobs from a right wing website.

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
2/25/2010, 08:30 PM
I was opposed to this idea before, largely because I post in and read economics threads. But, I would take a very perverse pleasure in seeing those who start new threads because they got something in their email inbox to see few views and every fewer posts. I mean most of the time there are perfectly good threads to post in and they can add to an already existing dicussion. But, no it has to be a new thread every time, as I suppose these extreme right wingers can't control themselves and their mad rush to denigrate the president of the US. Any attempt to set up a new forum would be completely wasted because they would start an innocently sounding thread in SO and shortly add on the lastest cut and past jobs from a right wing website."Let them eat cake"-Marie Therese

LosAngelesSooner
2/26/2010, 02:07 AM
Can we confine LAS and RLIMC to their own forum and just peer in at them from time to time?I'm not even in his or Tuba's league.

Shoot, Stitch...YOU'RE more of a troll than I've been in the last 2 years. :cool:


I don't hear him unless he's quoted. Oh, the fun!http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gifhttp://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gifhttp://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gifhttp://farm1.static.flickr.com/121/290004143_7d6c607fb9.jpg

LosAngelesSooner
2/26/2010, 02:21 AM
If Politics is isolated from South Oval, then there should be 3 different Politics boards: 1)Left-wing Politics 2)Right-wing Politics 3)Fence-straddlers. We could call it the Crucifax Column.Why am I not surprised that you actually feel that all issues can be categorized under those three qualifications? :rolleyes:

Veritas
2/26/2010, 12:45 PM
But, no it has to be a new thread every time, as I suppose these extreme left wingers can't control themselves and their mad rush to denigrate the president of the US. Any attempt to set up a new forum would be completely wasted because they would start an innocently sounding thread in SO and shortly add on the lastest cut and past jobs from a left wing website.
FTF2000-2008

Veritas
2/26/2010, 12:45 PM
Alternate idea! And one that basically just involves re-discovering an old forum that has fallen into disuse.


We COULD just take any thread that degenerates into political slapfighting and flamebaiting and move it to Smack Central. And once it's in there, it can be as turd-y as y'all turds want to make it, because I don't have boots deep enough to wade in there.

So basically, rational, civilized discussions could stay in the SO with the monkeys falling out of trees, Try Are McGrundles, and the Thing in Norm's Leg.
This is what I'm going to start doing, I think. I like this idea. A lot.

NormanPride
2/26/2010, 12:54 PM
I say move them to The Blender.

Chuck Bao
2/26/2010, 01:43 PM
FTF2000-2008 I cannot imagine how you could possibly believe that there were as many negative political threads started on SF during the eight years that Dubya was in office as there have been in the one year that Obama has been in office.

Honestly, I wouldn't post in political threads if I thought the criticism was fair and justified. I hate the current scaremongering and hateful diatribe going on now.

C&CDean
2/26/2010, 02:02 PM
Chuck, dude, seriously, you're way off on this one. I'm not going to take the time to research, but I can promise you the anti-dubya threads were 5-1 - at least - over the anti-brack threads. Hell, even tuba, rlimc, and the rest of the resident far Rs were bashing dubya in the last year of his presidency. And that doesn't include all the ill will spewed by our resident ultra-conservative republican LAS.

You just happen to like O, so you notice it now.

LosAngelesSooner
2/26/2010, 02:25 PM
MODERATE Republican (as all real Republicans are...moderate)

And I challenge you to find ONE SINGLE thread started by Tuba or RLiMC that bashed Bush. Seriously. Go fer it.

Dubya had a solid year to two years of SO love after 9/11. Things really got ugly by 2004, though. I wouldn't say that it's 5/1 Bush/Obama now...probably 3/1 at this point...but considering that's an 8yr/1yr ratio...AND considering that Obama wasn't even IN OFFICE before the SO was wallpapered with I hate Obama threads and threads about how he's a secret Muslim...well...the future doesn't look bright.

NormanPride
2/26/2010, 02:29 PM
I think the quality of the Obama threads' stupidity is more concentrated. Dubya's were much more shotgun stupidity. You'd get some stupid here, some stupid there, lots of stupid everywhere. But with Obama, it's all concentrated stupid that's like a fire hose. Sure you only have about three active threads a day, but.... damn.

C&CDean
2/26/2010, 02:31 PM
Do you think that might be due to Obama's ultimate suckitude though?

NormanPride
2/26/2010, 02:45 PM
I think it's related to Obama's SPECIFIC suckitude. Whereas W sucked at the war on terror, speaking, being a conservative, personal liberties, foreign policy, and a number of other things, Obama hasn't had time to do that. He's pretty much sucked at the economy. Give him time, and he'll have his chances at war, foreign policy, etc.

LosAngelesSooner
2/26/2010, 03:32 PM
Obama's "ultimate suckitude"...the WORST he could EVER conjure up...wouldn't even be HALF the suckitude that Bush did. Seriously.

And most of Obama's "suckitude" at this point is actually just him trying to clean up Bush's suckitude.

I think the real problem is that, for the most part, the complaints about Bush were grounded in reality and based on his performance and didn't start until over 2 years into the first term of his Presidency, whereas the complaints on Obama started before he was even in office and were comprised of such weighty and substantiated issues like "He's a Muslim," "He was born in Kenya," "He pals around with Terrorists," "He's a Socialist," "He's Adolph Hitler/a Nazi," "He's a Communist," "He's a Fascist," "He's Racist against white people," "He wants to kill your grandma."

Of course...I already know that you won't agree with any of that...so: Bacon.

proud gonzo
2/26/2010, 03:55 PM
can we move THIS thread to the politics forum?

JohnnyMack
2/26/2010, 04:00 PM
Obama's "ultimate suckitude"...the WORST he could EVER conjure up...wouldn't even be HALF the suckitude that Bush did. Seriously.

And most of Obama's "suckitude" at this point is actually just him trying to clean up Bush's suckitude.

I think the real problem is that, for the most part, the complaints about Bush were grounded in reality and based on his performance and didn't start until over 2 years into the first term of his Presidency, whereas the complaints on Obama started before he was even in office and were comprised of such weighty and substantiated issues like "He's a Muslim," "He was born in Kenya," "He pals around with Terrorists," "He's a Socialist," "He's Adolph Hitler/a Nazi," "He's a Communist," "He's a Fascist," "He's Racist against white people," "He wants to kill your grandma."

Of course...I already know that you won't agree with any of that...so: Bacon.

These ****ty, low quality posts of yours make your troll status much higher.

Stitch Face
2/26/2010, 04:10 PM
These ****ty, low quality posts of yours make your troll status much higher.

No, I'm the new troll. Keep up.

Ike
2/26/2010, 04:25 PM
Maybe instead of a political forum, we can just call the FBI every time someone annoys us...

http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59597

LosAngelesSooner
2/26/2010, 07:35 PM
Just 'cause you say it's "low quality" doesn't mean it isn't accurate. *shrug*

Harry Beanbag
2/26/2010, 09:47 PM
Just 'cause you say it's "low quality" doesn't mean it isn't accurate. *shrug*

Speaking of ultimate suckitude. Your posts make W and the Big O look like amateurs. You are so ****ing full of ****, and your ridiculous finger pointing posts are not fooling anyone. YOU ruined politics on the South f'ng Oval. YOU did it. You are the worthless selfish POS that thought your masturbatorial jollies were more important than every other poster on this board. Own it, lowlife.

yermom
2/26/2010, 09:53 PM
if by LAS you mean Tuba and RLIMC, then i agree ;)

LosAngelesSooner
2/26/2010, 10:39 PM
Speaking of ultimate suckitude. Your posts make W and the Big O look like amateurs. You are so ****ing full of ****, and your ridiculous finger pointing posts are not fooling anyone. YOU ruined politics on the South f'ng Oval. YOU did it. You are the worthless selfish POS that thought your masturbatorial jollies were more important than every other poster on this board. Own it, lowlife.I didn't realize I had that much POWER!!!

All by myself I defeated the entire South Oval, ruining it for everyone, left, right and center, for all time. I...singlehandedly...defeated the Posse...the Lefties...the Neo-Cons...

Wow.

I mean...I knew I was good...but this...

That's kinda cool. :D

Veritas
2/26/2010, 11:23 PM
can we move THIS thread to the politics forum?
No ****. Jeebus on a stick, this **** turn this thread has taken proves the case here.

LosAngelesSooner
2/26/2010, 11:26 PM
You're welcome.

Don't mess with my ultimate destructo-powers.

Veritas
2/26/2010, 11:29 PM
You're welcome.

Don't mess with my ultimate destructo-powers.
You're like the Nuclear Man of teh SO, you bastardo.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/NuclearMan2.jpg

colleyvillesooner
2/27/2010, 12:15 AM
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/6483/thisthreadsucksf.jpg

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
2/27/2010, 01:22 AM
if by LAS you mean Tuba and RLIMC, then i agree ;)Wanting a little censorship, huh, Pinkie?

yermom
2/27/2010, 01:23 AM
i think Reagan is pink next to you ;)

is it censorship to talk football on the Football Board?

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
2/27/2010, 01:24 AM
No ****. Jeebus on a stick, this **** turn this thread has taken proves the case here.Some poll, huh?-just as we thought.

SicEmBaylor
2/27/2010, 01:27 AM
I weep for the Republic.

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
2/27/2010, 01:28 AM
i think Reagan is pink next to you ;)

is it censorship to talk football on the Football Board?Drone on, Ignorenik.

"South Oval (14 Viewing)
Politics, the weather, you name it, it's fair game on the South Oval."

sooner ngintunr
2/27/2010, 01:31 AM
So I guess all we need is a Politics thread?

blah blah blah obama blah blah bush blah blah palin blah blah socialist blah blah doomed blah blah

Just keep this stickied (or better yet not) and merge all of RLIMC future threads here, no need for a different forum.

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
2/27/2010, 01:40 AM
i think Reagan is pink next to you ;)

His amnesty deal WAS a surprise, as was his (seemingly) trusting the democrats to cut back on their social spending.

yermom
2/27/2010, 01:40 AM
Drone on, Ignorenik.

"South Oval (14 Viewing)
Politics, the weather, you name it, it's fair game on the South Oval."

oh man, you got me there.

Harry Beanbag
2/27/2010, 01:59 AM
I didn't realize I had that much POWER!!!

All by myself I defeated the entire South Oval, ruining it for everyone, left, right and center, for all time. I...singlehandedly...defeated the Posse...the Lefties...the Neo-Cons...

Wow.

I mean...I knew I was good...but this...

That's kinda cool. :D

Defeated and ****ed up are two entirely different things. Congrats though.

LosAngelesSooner
2/27/2010, 04:51 AM
Quiver in fear, Fuzzy Nutsack. ;)

LosAngelesSooner
2/27/2010, 04:55 AM
You're like the Nuclear Man of teh SO, you bastardo.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/NuclearMan2.jpgThank you for my new Avatar. ;)


So I guess all we need is a Politics thread?

blah blah blah obama blah blah bush blah blah palin blah blah socialist blah blah doomed blah blah

Just keep this stickied (or better yet not) and merge all of RLIMC future threads here, no need for a different forum.^^^ THIS. :D

GottaHavePride
2/27/2010, 08:40 AM
Just 'cause you say it's "low quality" doesn't mean it isn't accurate. *shrug*

Heh. That one went RIGHT over some people's heads.


Speaking of ultimate suckitude. Your posts make W and the Big O look like amateurs. You are so ****ing full of ****, and your ridiculous finger pointing posts are not fooling anyone. YOU ruined politics on the South f'ng Oval. YOU did it. You are the worthless selfish POS that thought your masturbatorial jollies were more important than every other poster on this board. Own it, lowlife.

And actually, posts like THIS ruined politics on this entire board.

Jesus H. tapdancing Christ, some of you people get THIS worked up about words yped in a place that doesn't even physically exist?

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png

bluedogok
2/27/2010, 09:34 AM
A couple of the other forums that I am on split the politics out as a sub-forum of the main Off Topic section. On most of them any that develops into the typical political primordial ooze gets moved into the sub-forum.

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
2/27/2010, 11:00 AM
A person went to bed with his shoes on. Took them both off while in bed, and quickly dropped one onto the floor. Then, he began to ask his dormroom buddies when he should nudge the other shoe off the edge. "We can't control our mice", said some. "They click by themselves?" asked others. Hope? Change? Yes, we can.

yermom
2/27/2010, 11:34 AM
...

Collier11
2/27/2010, 11:43 AM
Let me clear this up for everyone

LAS is a smelly fartface

RLIMC is a stupid butt sniffer

OUTuba is a taint rubber

Politcs are so hard that we cant even discuss them, mainly because LAS is a fart face, RLIMC snffs butts and OUtuba rubs taints, GOT IT :D

LosAngelesSooner
2/27/2010, 07:36 PM
Let me clear this up for everyone

LAS is a smelly fartface

RLIMC is a stupid butt sniffer

OUTuba is a taint rubber

Politcs are so hard that we cant even discuss them, mainly because LAS is a fart face, RLIMC snffs butts and OUtuba rubs taints, GOT IT :D^^^ THIS.

:D

LosAngelesSooner
2/27/2010, 07:43 PM
Meh...I'm having "tiny avatar" syndrome. :(

C&CDean
2/27/2010, 08:59 PM
Guess what I'm gonna do? That's right, move this rotten smelling POS thread where it belongs.

Collier11
2/27/2010, 09:04 PM
LAS, that goes right along with your tiny man syndrome and your little pee pee syndrome :D

captain_surly
2/27/2010, 09:34 PM
Heh.

And actually, posts like THIS ruined politics on this entire board.





You're a moderator not a goddamn supreme court judge. Your opinion is offically worth exactly as much as Harry's in this forum. Less as far as I'm concerned. Unoffically of course.

LosAngelesSooner
2/27/2010, 10:28 PM
LAS, that goes right along with your tiny man syndrome and your little pee pee syndrome :DThere are some things that this 6' tall man with a tremendously large penis simply cannot argue with! :D

Collier11
2/27/2010, 10:33 PM
I WIN!

olevetonahill
2/27/2010, 11:39 PM
Guess what I'm gonna do? That's right, move this rotten smelling POS thread where it belongs.


You so smart !:D

LosAngelesSooner
3/8/2010, 01:18 AM
Just looking at the S.O. and the top 15 threads on it right now proves to me that there should be a Politics forum on here.

Too much trash on there now. Worse than ever.

yermom
3/8/2010, 10:27 AM
can be bundle religion in there as well? ;)

TopDawg
3/8/2010, 12:30 PM
Chuck, dude, seriously, you're way off on this one. I'm not going to take the time to research, but I can promise you the anti-dubya threads were 5-1 - at least - over the anti-brack threads. Hell, even tuba, rlimc, and the rest of the resident far Rs were bashing dubya in the last year of his presidency. And that doesn't include all the ill will spewed by our resident ultra-conservative republican LAS.

You just happen to like O, so you notice it now.

Well, I did take the time to research. It wasn't exhaustive by any means, but it's something. I did a search of the SO "from the beginning" which took me back to 2006. I looked at 4 full pages of thread titles (not clicking on the actual threads) and from what I could tell, we had 3 or 4 political threads...roughly one per page.

Now, in all fairness, there aren't a whole heap of political threads on the first four pages of the SO right now either. But it certainly isn't 5-1 "anti-W" over "anti-O". Now maybe if we look at the last year of W's presidency we'll see that magical number you speak of, but I'm skeptical.

It could just be that you happened to like W, so you noticed it then.

TopDawg
3/8/2010, 12:37 PM
Personally, I think we should have:

A Michael F. Brice College of Business Forum for economic discussions.
A National Weather Center (or Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences College) Forum for climate change discussions.
A Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications Forum for MSM/liberal media/Fox News discussions.

and so on.

Make the South Oval a place for frisbee discussions.

Sooner04
3/8/2010, 12:49 PM
So, in closing, 2/3 of the voters want a politics forum.

Why hasn't one been created yet?

Harry Beanbag
3/8/2010, 12:57 PM
Pay attention, it's because we don't need one and it'll never work. :)

TopDawg
3/9/2010, 05:42 PM
Now, in all fairness, there aren't a whole heap of political threads on the first four pages of the SO right now either.

Must've still been getting warmed up from the weekend. The number of political threads continues to increase as the week goes by.

Sooner04
3/17/2010, 03:31 PM
I looked through the South Oval earlier.

Yeah, we still need a politics forum.

soonercruiser
11/18/2010, 10:06 PM
censorship when limited in certain ways has been considered very patriotic.

Yup! Already got it with NPR!

soonercruiser
11/18/2010, 10:10 PM
Let me clear this up for everyone

LAS is a smelly fartface

RLIMC is a stupid butt sniffer

OUTuba is a taint rubber

Politcs are so hard that we cant even discuss them, mainly because LAS is a fart face, RLIMC snffs butts and OUtuba rubs taints, GOT IT :D

Sounds like a political forum already to me!
(Are the ^^^ all Demoncrats?)

OUthunder
11/18/2010, 10:43 PM
I only frequent a couple of sites besides SF, and they all have political forums just for politics. It's a good idea IMHO because then you know where to go and what to expect, which is usually crap.

five fingers
1/6/2011, 03:54 AM
meh. I put a couple posters on mute and now my browsing experience is 10x better. I highly suggest it.
10x better???o?. (http://www.anyvibramfivefingers.com/)

TopDawg
1/6/2011, 10:24 AM
So based on this poll, it's 2-to-1 in favor of a politics forum. Know why we don't have one?

Politics.

SpankyNek
4/13/2011, 09:19 PM
So based on this poll, it's 2-to-1 in favor of a politics forum. Know why we don't have one?

Politics.

Wondering this myself....

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
4/14/2011, 12:59 AM
Wonder why some people can't figure out why when you click that mousey thing, it takes you to the post you click on.

StoopTroup
4/14/2011, 01:05 AM
Wonder why some people can't figure out why when you click that mousey thing, it takes you to the post you click on.

Did you write that or is it Copied and pasted from somewhere?

StoopTroup
4/14/2011, 01:07 AM
We're gonna go through this again? Dang.

It's been almost two months....have you all made a decision?

StoopTroup
2/22/2013, 10:07 PM
(1)I've never put a single poster on ignore, and my SO experience is always peachy. (2) I just don't get why people get all bent out of shape over ****.

(1) I've put a few on ignore for awhile but I've never left them permanently ignored as I have always noticed that things usually seem to calm down eventually.

(2) Me either. Thanks for the 2 week ban....LMAO....I got a few things done I'd put off. I was able to help the little Ole Lady up the street. The damn mailman kept delivering her mail to the wrong House. I think I got it fixed.

StoopTroup
3/8/2013, 03:22 PM
I think this goes here. Just MHO.



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One palm for whatever personality you're gonna use today?

Open a window. The fumes must be overwhelming ya.

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