The what ever thread...

[Blackened Soul]

actually that was a more mellow thread really.. It's not like we all ended up hating each other

[popvulture]

Jesus Christ, DoS, how do you remember all that shit? I don't even remember it.

i used to be a lot more argumentative online. i also used to be pretty conservative. it's a tricky thing...conservatism is logic-driven IF you accept its assumptions. but like they say in college, logicis not truth. i got conservative when i was living and working in San Francisco and was doing pretty well for myself, but after i lost the house and had to leave California i found myself needing help from sources i used to decry like the two-years extension in unemployment benefits that Obama did. once i found myself in that position i could no longer support policies which assume that everybody can thrive without government facilitation.

now i don't really know what i believe. Communism didn't work, capitalism doesn't work, socialism to an extent seems to work OK in Europe if you discard the American assumption that year-to-year growth is the be-all/end-all outcome. but would it work in the US, a much larger and more diverse place than the typical European country? i dunno. Lately i'm preoccupied with the question of whether Nazis should have free speech rights or whether Antifa is a good thing. i dunno.

i guess i also saw that my argumentative presentation was just what i hated in other internet users. i was being THAT guy, and it also took too much out of me. i can't get as invested in words on a comments section--the scourge of the internet!--as some commenters can be. nowadays i look at the first few comments and if the tone is too nasty i just click back out of it. really, i tend to post less frequently on my forums thqn i used to, because feel like i have less and less to say.

For better or worse I am librarian.

Also I always thought you were a fun poster

I enjoyed this exchange

And that thread indeed seemed to resolve more civilly... the passing years have gotten intensely more polarized. But yep, the stuff about Nazis and Antifa is something that occupies a lot of my thoughts as of late, and while I don't post a ton on the politics thread, I found this particular podcast pretty great:

https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/unlocked-episode-133-antifap-feat-shuja-haider-81717

Kind of shocks me that Chapo Trap House hasn't come up more on this board, as I imagine it'd be right up many an ILFer's alley, but there's some specifically great stuff in this one on the topic of how people on the right seem to think that by being violent, Antifa are somehow on par with hate groups (they're not). Anyway... as usual, love this damn board, love y'all.

[comesect2.0]

okay so Dallas is running out of gas and theres a mile long line at EACH gas station, now they say only one station has gas left................................................................................................................................................................

[Invisible Man]

You have a problem with for-profit education?

Uh yeah. Yes.

[Achtane]

okay so Dallas is running out of gas and theres a mile long line at EACH gas station, now they say only one station has gas left................................................................................................................................................................

[BetterOffShred]

okay so Dallas is running out of gas and theres a mile long line at EACH gas station, now they say only one station has gas left................................................................................................................................................................

Better than the Garden hose and a breath mint!

[actual]

Typical Chank

[BetterOffShred]

Isn't that Kale?

[actual]

I think you're right

[morange]

Taylor Swift Unveils Even Darker Persona With New Single ‘Skullfucking Maggot Shit Boyfriend’

[snipelfritz]

10 hour workday is loooooooong.

[popvulture]

Taylor Swift Unveils Even Darker Persona With New Single ‘Skullfucking Maggot Shit Boyfriend’

Watainor Swift?

[Blackened Soul]

I'm happy that I only have a vague idea of her and her "music" so I guess the joke is funny

[BetterOffShred]

I'm happy that I only have a vague idea of her and her "music" so I guess the joke is funny

I also have never been so happy to have a high level of ignorance to a human and their dealings. Just saying

[BitchPudding]

You both are better off. My fiancee is into celebrity trash, so because of that I too am into celebrity trash.

Except the Kardashians. Fuck the Kardashians.