It seems kind of obvious that "the rich" in any kind of leftist critique means capitalists, not people earning $34,000 and therefore materially better off than the world's extreme poor. It also seems obvious that you can still criticize a system even if there is no way to avoid being part of it. IDK why I am bothering with this though.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:14 (eight years ago) link
Sorry for getting too real conservative for the joke conservative thread, carry on. Men's sports! rap =cRap ! Lol
― yolo mostly (sleepingbag), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:16 (eight years ago) link
IDK why I am bothering with this though
indeed
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:18 (eight years ago) link
messageboards and mobile devices have turned people into antisocial narcissists
also, zombies
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:20 (eight years ago) link
did you know that message boards aren't actually that popular anymore?
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:21 (eight years ago) link
yeah, but the damage is done, see the last 9000 threads.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:23 (eight years ago) link
how do you manage to stay unaffected given all the time you've spent on here Morbs?
― Tom Watson in a fedora (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:24 (eight years ago) link
is this some kind of confession
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:25 (eight years ago) link
first of all, i interpreted this thread as a safe space to air unpopular opinions without some smartass jumping down yr throat, so ease off sleepi or no one else will give up the goods
second of all, even a remotely sympathetic reading of sleepingbags og post would make it clear he's not talking about anyone living in america and making 34,000$, ya dick. gonna copy paste it again:
liberalism as many of my friends practice it is like a shitty religion that i want no part of.they think of other people as needing to be saved, by them. they make penance with speech acts, not real action. they live their lives in constant guilt. they live in cities that are only differentiated from other cities by being huge destinations for wealth, then they disavow that wealth while continuing to partake in the lifestyle it provides. they blame rich people for all the evils of the world while ignoring that they are the 1%. they prescribe how other people should be living their own lives.they say things that have no meaning other than to reveal to others that they are members in this very sensitive club of good people. it's nothing but performative.― yolo mostly (sleepingbag), Wednesday, August 17, 2016 2:15 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
they think of other people as needing to be saved, by them. they make penance with speech acts, not real action. they live their lives in constant guilt. they live in cities that are only differentiated from other cities by being huge destinations for wealth, then they disavow that wealth while continuing to partake in the lifestyle it provides. they blame rich people for all the evils of the world while ignoring that they are the 1%. they prescribe how other people should be living their own lives.they say things that have no meaning other than to reveal to others that they are members in this very sensitive club of good people. it's nothing but performative.
― yolo mostly (sleepingbag), Wednesday, August 17, 2016 2:15 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
are people like that really so alien to you, man alive? i feel like i see you complain about this shit all the time
― flopson, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:31 (eight years ago) link
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:21 (11 minutes ago) Permalink
This really true? I thought things had just kind of migrated to reddit.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:34 (eight years ago) link
I don't think many people use ilx style message boards, or at least %-of-the-internet-doing-this is lower, the total amount out there is still probably pretty high. but fb groups and reddit boards aren't that much different, just worse for extended conversations.
― iatee, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:38 (eight years ago) link
xp. oh yeah I guess reddit is a messageboard :(
but like younger people i talk to just seem to use snapchat, whatsapp, tumblr, twitter, instagram, etc.
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:38 (eight years ago) link
i hate myself; if you ppl were the slightest bit observant you'd have learned that by now.
but you're not.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:39 (eight years ago) link
i also love myself
...because with zero mobile devices, i'm still half the cretin Shakey is.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:41 (eight years ago) link
I only hold cool conservative beliefs
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:45 (eight years ago) link
i've met the people sleepingbag has described in los angeles quite often, except that i didn't know if they were part of the 1%, because i was not privy to such info
thing with arguments in general and ilxors is that if you quantify something -- even done offhandedly -- they will jump on you to try to prove it and will put it in a different context if they don't agree with you
it'd be cool if we didn't agree and would still be like 'oh ya we can agree to disagree but have you heard that new album by miley cyrus'
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 21:52 (eight years ago) link
vegans who use cocaine are some of the worst hypocrites
― sarahell, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 22:25 (eight years ago) link
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Wednesday, 17 August 2016
I expect less routine aloofness out of you.
― bamcquern, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 22:36 (eight years ago) link
which uncool conservative beliefs does dmac not hold? is more the question
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 22:44 (eight years ago) link
lol otm
― bagging area (map), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 22:45 (eight years ago) link
― sarahell
what animal products are used in cocaine?
― a confederacy of lampreys (rushomancy), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 23:43 (eight years ago) link
your mom
― bagging area (map), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 23:44 (eight years ago) link
A poll we can all agree on
Morbs/ btw i vote lefter than most of u everything else is yknow good for u /morbs
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 23:46 (eight years ago) link
reveal how lefty you are here thread is elsewhere
― Mordy, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 23:47 (eight years ago) link
Heh well of all the ilxors i didnt expect to be swayed by morbstags huh
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 23:48 (eight years ago) link
i think violent media affects the viewer's relationship to violence
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 23:49 (eight years ago) link
― sarahell, Wednesday, August 17, 2016 5:25 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^^^
tho this doesn't strike me as really all that...conservative
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 18 August 2016 00:11 (eight years ago) link
mine would probably be something something using social/gov't resources for conserving wilderness is a good thing something something
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 18 August 2016 00:13 (eight years ago) link
weird coalition of trump and ghost of rob ford high-fiving moral upper hands by endorsing locally sourced farm-to-table cocaine
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 18 August 2016 00:36 (eight years ago) link
guys just literally dont ever do cocaine unless you are comfortable with the fact that ppl's heads got cut off in order for you to talk too loud at a party about your stupid ideas
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 18 August 2016 00:42 (eight years ago) link
yeah but they were humans and have original sin, animals have no sin
― mh, Thursday, 18 August 2016 00:53 (eight years ago) link
that's speciesist https://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/armscrossed.gif
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 18 August 2016 00:58 (eight years ago) link
Meritocracy is a fake dream and means testing matters
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 18 August 2016 01:04 (eight years ago) link
I don't know how to reconcile those ideas though
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 18 August 2016 01:05 (eight years ago) link
meritocracy is a funny fake idea like utopia and both mean nowhere
― mh, Thursday, 18 August 2016 01:06 (eight years ago) link
abortion makes me sad
― marcos, Thursday, 18 August 2016 01:10 (eight years ago) link
i mean I think it should be legal for sure but it makes me sad and I think we should invest more in preventing it
I've been a part of enough lefty activist communities to have met like extreme pro-abortion fanatics and tbh they weird me out
― marcos, Thursday, 18 August 2016 01:13 (eight years ago) link
lol, known more than a few ~comfortable radicals~ who have ranted about oppression or w/ever while high on cocaine. but yeah, don't think getting irked by that hypocrisy is a conservative stand point.
― circa1916, Thursday, 18 August 2016 01:27 (eight years ago) link
Pot is addictive and wrecks your motivation.
Vegetarianism "for ethical reasons" is ill-informed
Schools should administer discipline when necessary (though never ever physical/abusive)
― rb (soda), Thursday, 18 August 2016 02:59 (eight years ago) link
concerts should never go past 11 pm
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 18 August 2016 03:01 (eight years ago) link
otm
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 18 August 2016 03:03 (eight years ago) link
government subsidized insurance should not pay for homeopathic bullshit
― sarahell, Thursday, 18 August 2016 03:20 (eight years ago) link
society should reintroduce the "moron" and "imbecile" classifications and people classified as such should not be allowed to vote
― sarahell, Thursday, 18 August 2016 03:23 (eight years ago) link
dang sarahell you are really going ~in~
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 18 August 2016 03:39 (eight years ago) link
I will probably enjoy long term capital gains tax if I ever have the opportunity to enjoy it.
― veggie sticks potato snacks (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 18 August 2016 03:39 (eight years ago) link
Insurance should always be high deductible with the primary goal of preventing a life ruining financial disaster resulting from a mistake.
― veggie sticks potato snacks (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 18 August 2016 03:43 (eight years ago) link
Concerts should never go past 10pm
― veggie sticks potato snacks (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 18 August 2016 03:47 (eight years ago) link
A deck of playing cards is better than most new boardgames
― veggie sticks potato snacks (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 18 August 2016 03:52 (eight years ago) link
Benny was the protagonist in Rent
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 18 August 2016 03:53 (eight years ago) link
most opinions should not be arrived at, you aren't that smart and you aren't that tasteful
― qualx, Thursday, 18 August 2016 06:10 (eight years ago) link