Posts you had second thought about and decided not to post - put them here

blended haircut y or n?

If I started checking my notes here I’d never stop but tl;dr - lol.

like, I see a bunch of non-Californians opining on our state politics thread

? you do?

silby for one

oh right

To answer your question. Nej.

brb stealing Seattle's water

xps

I get annoyed sometimes, but, like ... this is ilx, and it's not worth making it a thing.

and tbh, it's not nearly as annoying when they post stuff I agree with

😎

doesn't silby live in an adjacent state? do we all live in an adjacent state?

I like to call California “South South Seattle”

it depends on how you define "adjacent" -- in the geographical sense, no ... in the political sense, idk

eh, Seattle is like South Vancouver imo

like, I see a bunch of non-Californians opining on our state politics thread, and I just wanna know if I have the right to be annoyed at them, esp. when they get all sanctimonious

it is ok to be annoyed with any out of region person giving their opinion on yr politics no matter their tone tho might be a bit gauche if they're just humble and asking questions for edification but definitely deserved if there's any kind of performative esp sanctimonious bullshit

but y'know, someone from Seattle having opinions on California politics is geographically similar to someone from say, Denmark having opinions on UK politics

Idg the state/country comparison (if that’s being made). I don’t think that works at all.

xp Mordy -- I feel we can put a name to this, and call it "the gabbneb rule"

xp what are your thoughts on all the actual foreigners who live in the UK and who have thoughts about its politics? Or those who live outside it and who also post there who never ever attract any of this? Do you think there might be anything controversial about that at all?

ha, i am looking at a map and I think I always place oregon where idaho is.

xp what are your thoughts on all the actual foreigners who live in the UK and who have thoughts about its politics?

If you live in the UK, then obv. its politics affect you. If you are an expat, you at least have some familiarity and history with a place ... idk, I am with Mordy, in that if you are an "outside observer" it should entail a certain humility and taking a step back

and how should foreigners living in the UK posting about its politics react to someone living outside the UK calling them (for example) a xenophobe for their constant shitting up the thread?

I'm an American, and I follow a fairly isolationist approach to this issue ... not my country, not my thread, not my place to judge

they should call them out on the posts you had second thoughts about and decided not to post - post them here thread

sorry that someone's shitting up your thread tho

What if you live in a neighbouring country that is inordinately affected by the flatulent ripples of a certain other country's general shenanigans. Or if you live in the Middle East.

then you should post links to a thousand furious tweets about why the iowa caucus results are taking so long to come in

as in "unban Heave Ho"?

Denmark is not inordinately affected by the flatulent ripples of Bojo's Britain afaict.

pretty sure America is the most flatulent and rippling

Which is why Fred is always welcome in US political threads.

California is home to Cowschwitz fwiw

Frantically saturating a given thread with tweets is a good rule of thumb when approaching topics that may in fact exceed your ken.

xps

loathe as i am to suggest an additional politics thread (as opposed to a politics board which i support) maybe a US and the World thread series could help fulfill foreigner desires to discuss how the hegemonic superpower impacts them and stop having to worry about every minor gossipy news story to come out of american media about the primaries

Frantically saturating a given thread with tweets is a good rule of thumb when approaching topics that may in fact exceed your ken.

consider that if you find yourself in this situation you have a third choice which is not to post at all

Nonsense! The aim is to share the gems you've unearthed in your quest for international omniscience.

Now you're sounding like me, pom.

pom, do you like canine poms?

Just pointing out yet again I was posting about Scandinavian politics and a uk poster told me I didn't know what I was talking about and should shut the fuck up

We've always been on the same wavelength as regards this… most enriching invention.

2xp

Funny you should ask, sarahell. The answer is no.

Looking forward to you being characterized as doddery old buffer too.

lol

pom otm re canine poms, they’re horrible. our old dog was 1/4 pom and that was more than enough tbh

Just pointing out yet again

not to be a dick, but in general, if you start a sentence with this phrase, it is likely you actually don't need to post that sentence, and you aren't going to change anyone's minds.

It was on a uk newspaper thread as well. I've put forth the very reasonable suggestion that we split ilx in two and let the uk posters have their own space, and the rest of us can post in peace.

I know that sara. The uk posters are constantly lying no matter what. Still.

Wouldn't mind visiting Pomerania, though. Gdańsk aka Danzig is in it.

Partition always works when the UK’s involved!

Can I have danelaw back?

No hint of xenophobia in Fred's last two posts. Reasonable as ever.