Time to reinvent SC

[JoeWeber 1,865]

What is making this forum uninteresting is the lack of personality in the posts of too many here. Too many follow the format of: I R 1 Y R U 1? Too many have no other thing to say other than what someone else said is in error or to pick out a pointless point as an example. We have experts in dissection, we have Huffington Post caliber news aggregators, we have quick Googlers, we have world class pedants, etc. but we are short of people who are more interested in exposing themselves than their correspondents; we are short of people who put themselves inside their posts. To put it plainly, too many who post here are dry, humorless, and give next to no insight into themselves outside of the impression that being repetitive or petty is a key conversational virtue. Of course, that is the definition of boring. Hence our current attrition rate. What to do? Well, I have my ideas but it's not my site and, as any fool can say, I am not Mod material. So maybe we can all take a look at ourselves before our next post and ask if how we are making our point is helping or hurting in the long term.

[jakee 980]

Great idea. Why don’t you try it?

 

https://www.dropzone.com/forums/topic/270888-president-biden-critics-corner/page/121/?tab=comments#comment-4998522

[kallend 1,345]

You left out trolls and troll-feeders.

[Phil1111 690]

The first casualty of politics is the truth. Without the acknowledgement of facts consensus is difficult or impossible to reach. In some countries tribalism has embedded lies and false ideologies in what they believe.

Social economic political policy and the discussion thereof. Is inherently dry IMO. Beyond that the personality of regular posters does come out. John for example strikes me as someone impatient with ignorant time wasters. Who he labels as trolls.

Joe frequently interjects a comedic irreverence into the discussion.

Comedy intermixed with lies can be used to pander to a base. AKA populism. Hence it is what it is.

[JoeWeber 1,865]

44 minutes ago, Phil1111 said:

John for example strikes me as someone impatient with ignorant time wasters.

And faster than a quantum leap.

45 minutes ago, Phil1111 said:

intermixed

You don't enjoy intermix?

[Bigfalls 101]

"Time to reinvent the SC"

I don't see anything wrong with South Carolina.

[JerryBaumchen 873]

15 minutes ago, Bigfalls said:

"Time to reinvent the SC"

I don't see anything wrong with South Carolina.

Hi falls,

Well, I see some problems with the Supreme Court.

Jerry Baumchen

PS)  Which I thought Joe was referring to when I first read the title of the thread.

 

Edited January 22 by JerryBaumchen

[kallend 1,345]

1 hour ago, Bigfalls said:

"Time to reinvent the SC"

I don't see anything wrong with South Carolina.

Well, it does have an ethically challenged senior senator.

[Line Stretch 0]

I'm almost perfectly happy with the way SC is.  Moved here ten years ago to escape the north east.  The only potential problem I see is it is getting entirely too populated with liberals.  And they tend to want to change it so it is just like where they ran away from. 

[RonD1120 54]

On 1/21/2023 at 10:44 PM, JoeWeber said:

What is making this forum uninteresting is the lack of personality in the posts of too many here. Too many follow the format of: I R 1 Y R U 1? Too many have no other thing to say other than what someone else said is in error or to pick out a pointless point as an example. We have experts in dissection, we have Huffington Post caliber news aggregators, we have quick Googlers, we have world class pedants, etc. but we are short of people who are more interested in exposing themselves than their correspondents; we are short of people who put themselves inside their posts. To put it plainly, too many who post here are dry, humorless, and give next to no insight into themselves outside of the impression that being repetitive or petty is a key conversational virtue. Of course, that is the definition of boring. Hence our current attrition rate. What to do? Well, I have my ideas but it's not my site and, as any fool can say, I am not Mod material. So maybe we can all take a look at ourselves before our next post and ask if how we are making our point is helping or hurting in the long term.

People do not learn anything if they don't ask questions. Posters here do that very rarely. And, in general, they hate articulation.

[JoeWeber 1,865]

4 minutes ago, RonD1120 said:

People do not learn anything if they don't ask questions. Posters here do that very rarely. And, in general, they hate articulation.

While I can not imagine where we are in agreement on probably every other matter, I do respect that your self is inside of what you post and that what you post is what you believe. On that note, is there anyway we can buy up all copies of your soon to be published self help book so as to actually save the world from further chaos?

[kallend 1,345]

34 minutes ago, RonD1120 said:

People do not learn anything if they don't ask questions.

Glad to know that you finally recognize the value of science, as opposed to religious dogma.

[BartsDaddy 3]

Well people would open up more, if it wasnt implied they were to dumb to know where they lived when they do.

[JoeWeber 1,865]

2 hours ago, BartsDaddy said:

Well people would open up more, if it wasnt implied they were to dumb to know where they lived when they do.

Your post was not helpful to your cause.

[RonD1120 54]

On 1/23/2023 at 6:16 PM, JoeWeber said:

While I can not imagine where we are in agreement on probably every other matter, I do respect that your self is inside of what you post and that what you post is what you believe. On that note, is there anyway we can buy up all copies of your soon to be published self help book so as to actually save the world from further chaos?

It is not that kind of book. It will be, if I actually write it, directed as a help text for Christian counselors, pastors, preachers, and ministers.

Edited January 25 by RonD1120

[SethInMI 131]

SC has survivor bias. The people who can put with the constant snarkiness and sniping are those who like engaging in snarkiness and sniping. 
 

(like any good rule there are exceptions, Wendy and Joe are largely snark free)

[RonD1120 54]

On 1/23/2023 at 6:42 PM, kallend said:

Glad to know that you finally recognize the value of science, as opposed to religious dogma.

I certainly recognize and adhere to science. Furthermore, I am not a follower of religious dogma.

[SkyDekker 898]

On 1/23/2023 at 9:03 PM, JoeWeber said:

Your post was not helpful to your cause.

How did this help yours?

[SkyDekker 898]

On 1/23/2023 at 1:01 PM, Line Stretch said:

I'm almost perfectly happy with the way SC is.  Moved here ten years ago to escape the north east.  The only potential problem I see is it is getting entirely too populated with liberals.  And they tend to want to change it so it is just like where they ran away from.