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

let alone going there, running it as a poll?!

are you against choices?

ooohhhhh

the topic seems to often be discussed in absolutes, and I find that confusing/interesting/worth investigating. obviously I don't know how to talk about this stuff.

Someone else should try and frame the question.

Though preferably not poll it.

No

Thoughtlording on this topic in a forum where 3/4 of the women who made it more vital just a few years ago already have stopped posting is not something we need

Thank you, silby!

what is thoughtlording

(google not turning up anything but... ilx posts)

it's not that it's a bad conversation to have even as provocatively stated as it is it's that ilx (and any "public forum") is not the right place to have it

you know that dumb anecdote about the fish, where the punchline is "what is water?"

It’s not actually necessary to have public opinions about everything.

I feel like the question has an answer I'm supposed to know, but I'm not allowed to ask it, and discussing it is verboten

I do not know the fish joke, no

xps

i agree - ppl should spend more time choosing their shots when they express a public opinion. good questions to ask before doing so "what do i aim to accomplish from this" "will this benefit people reading it"

shakey the answer is that it is too case dependent to give a binary answer but getting into the weeds is where all the bitterness and mess is and i don't feel confident in ilx's ability to discuss it really. nb i wouldn't have blocked the thread bc "free speech ethics" but i 100% understand the reason for doing so

there seems to be some disagreement about it being case dependent afaict. as well as what the criteria are for evaluating cases are or should be.

but yeah what is this accomplishing, I'm not learning anything and ppl are jumping all over me so .... anyway.

I mean, if it's case dependent, then the binary answer is clearly 'no' :)

you’re so astoundingly fucking dumb, it just fills me with rage

I really don’t care what either of you have to say at this point

can you answer my questions tho

I'm just trying to understand where you're coming from

btw if there’s a conversation going on in here (?) i’m not trying to be part of it and my re-directed anger post has nothing to do with ... whatever is going on over here

I don't get what you mean, but I assume you're saying you were mad at me because of what I wrote about Godard

It’s not actually necessary to have public opinions about everything.

otmfm

No, he does not.

Lucy: holds football

whatever is going on over here

"...go away, dewey! you don't want no part of this shit!"

Leave Hermione out of it

it's not that it's a bad conversation to have even as provocatively stated as it is it's that ilx (and any "public forum") is not the right place to have it

― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 bookmarkflaglink

Man saying this in one post and then following by giving your base reductive answer to that fucking stupid thread in one line is pure chef's kiss.

base reductive answer of it's murky?

actually posting the post you are responding to itt is

something

oh is it lol

Meh, you could just as easily (and probably more accurately) say elderly voters or voters who identify as moderate or conservative made him the candidate.

the age divide was more significant than anything else here.

iirc african american voters under 30 did *not* prefer Biden so maybe we can drop this trope?

in reference to the actual discussion here...

y'all guys got shit you need to figure out, if part of that process is asking "yeah but how much do we need to listen to and respect women _really_?" i understand that, no for real i do, if that's what you need to do to get past this fucking Italian Spiderman approach to women, do it. i will also respect you less and will feel less comfortable communicating in an environment where y'all are still discussing the "woman question" from the 1890s.

i'm sorry for the Italian Spiderman reference, i know that one is kind of obscure

If we'd a "worst zings/shooting yourself in the foot" thread this one would be a HoF'er

it's amazing how bad your take on this entire thing has been from the very beginning, stfu

53. 'Ultracrepidarian': one who is presumptuous and offers advice or opinions beyond one’s sphere of knowledgehttps://t.co/k1Ae6EuPGF

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) April 10, 2020

lads im delighted to see that in these difficult times for all ye are to a man/woman as eager as ever to jump down the throat of anyone ye can find for any reason ye can find.

fuckin shame on the lot of ye.

ye each expect a lot better treatment than ye dole out, imo.

kisses and love.

https://images.arrowfilms.com/Images/db210888-b01d-4491-addb-44b94e8a907b.jpg?height=450

could you explain to me why your mom is on top of me right now? I'm finished with corpses ffs!

no

i wonder which beatle had the biggest shlong

POLL

(no pun intended)

“Drugs always lead to sex,” Noel says, later claiming that Ringo Starr had the biggest penis out of the four Beatles.