Another Civil War?

Discussion in 'The Red Room' started by TheLonelySquire, May 19, 2017.

  1. NeonMosfet

    NeonMosfet Probably a Dual

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    So true. Back in the Days of LBJ's Great Society, they came up the great idea called "Revenue Sharing". It essentially threw all the Federal money in one pot and the poor states could sort of " help themselves". We have another word for this.
  2. Nova

    Nova livin on the edge of the ledge Writer

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    LOL, right, uh huh. Sure.
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  3. T.R

    T.R Don't Care

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    I agree. We already have people who get violent when a court case or election doesn't go their way. Propaganda can be dangerous.
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  4. The Flashlight

    The Flashlight Contributes nothing worthwhile Cunt Git

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    Social media buzz is the equivalent of back yard fence gossip. But because it happens on the internet, with a potential global audience, it's significance is magnified.

    A handful of douchebags bitching about something on Twitter gets blown up into the next "viral outrage!!!1!!111!" :dayton:

    It's all an illusion. OK, so there's some numbnuts out there popping off on Facebook and various message boards after a few too many beers and quarter bags of meth. So what? Certainly doesn't mean there is an army of Trumpsters massing at the borders of California.
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  5. TheLonelySquire

    TheLonelySquire Fresh Meat

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    You left out your legendary modesty!
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  6. TheLonelySquire

    TheLonelySquire Fresh Meat

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    For sure. But I'd have a lot of support from family and friends. Many friends are in law enforcement and my brother was a Green Beret. They've all been encouraging me but it goes against my nature.
  7. TheLonelySquire

    TheLonelySquire Fresh Meat

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    Stop posting more Peter David pics, please??? You're getting @Tererun all fired up!
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  8. The Flashlight

    The Flashlight Contributes nothing worthwhile Cunt Git

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    Actually they're Dickynoo selfies.

    I find them useful as reminders of the kind of pathetic loser he is and why it would be silly to ever take anything he has to say seriously. :)
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  9. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    It's Flashy's porn.
    He's too shy to make advances on Peter David.
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  10. Bickendan

    Bickendan Custom Title Administrator Faceless Mook Writer

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    Is that the alternative universe where you're atheist and Dayton's Mormon?
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  11. Tererune

    Tererune Troll princess and Magical Girl

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    I have flashy on ignore, so you have no worries. Now please do stop touching children.
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  12. TheLonelySquire

    TheLonelySquire Fresh Meat

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    Why would anyone have anyone at all on ignore? Especially you? Really?
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  13. TheLonelySquire

    TheLonelySquire Fresh Meat

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    Ha!
  14. TheLonelySquire

    TheLonelySquire Fresh Meat

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    I think Pete David would be down with it...at the right price.
  15. Bickendan

    Bickendan Custom Title Administrator Faceless Mook Writer

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    *Imagines Dayton in a white shirt and tie, going door to door*
    Hehehehehe
  16. Tererune

    Tererune Troll princess and Magical Girl

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    Rep spam, and I never bothered to figure out how to take it off. I don't use the ignore function often as it makes conversations look strange, but the notifications were getting all fucked up. The only other person I have on ignore is Soma for the same reason.
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  17. TheLonelySquire

    TheLonelySquire Fresh Meat

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    Rep spam? What is that?
  18. Tererune

    Tererune Troll princess and Magical Girl

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    When someone reps all of your posts to annoy you. I do not mind rep, but when it gets over twenty a day from one person it becomes annoying.
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  19. Tererune

    Tererune Troll princess and Magical Girl

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    If you ignore them you do not see the rep,but it accumulates. Since dim bulb and soma were not replying I just ignored them.
  20. TheLonelySquire

    TheLonelySquire Fresh Meat

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    I think it's silly to do that on both sides. People take this way too seriously.

    ETA - The only one who should be ignored is Baba. At least most of you guys are funny at one point or another. His crap is just boring.
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  21. Jenee

    Jenee Driver 8

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    Oh .., there's another one. :dayton: Can you believe this guy?
  22. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    Baba, by far, is the most annoying poster here.
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  23. Bickendan

    Bickendan Custom Title Administrator Faceless Mook Writer

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    Teh Baba is teh Baba. What can be done? :shrug:
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  24. Dinner

    Dinner 2012 & 2014 Master Prognosticator

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    Ah, baba is just misunderstood.
  25. Nova

    Nova livin on the edge of the ledge Writer

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    Speaking of funny, where the hell is Batboy?
  26. Soma

    Soma OMG WTF LOL STFU ROTFL!!!

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    Such ignorance and naiveté. The *Producers of any given civilization, who subscribe to a philosophy incongruous with the fascism of the modern American "liberal" left, cannot be counted among the denizens of the so-called Blue States. They exist in their own enclaves.

    Translation: The people who make Blue States prosperous are essentially transplanted Red Staters.

    * Producers being those who belong to the set of STEM-proficient individuals; this includes farmers. This set does not include "soft sciences" such as biology, pseudo-sciences such as psychology, or comedy such as Women's Studies.
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  27. Tererune

    Tererune Troll princess and Magical Girl

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    It is not about taking it seriously. It is about trying to see who has responded to you and have it buried under spam. This way dim bulb and soma can push the rep button all they want and I can see the more meaningful responses. It isn't like they will ever say anything worth a response. Even you have more valuable responses than they do. A dog barking at a moth has more to say than they do. Dayton has more to say than they do.
  28. Soma

    Soma OMG WTF LOL STFU ROTFL!!!

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    For the record, I have only repped Tererun 4 times since 11/30/2016 (that's as far back as I cared to look). Will someone tell it I am so genuinely sorry? :(
  29. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    Eh, the North benefited from the South for a long time, it's their turn now.
  30. Lanzman

    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    No. :lol: Not even close. Baba is part of the ambience. There are people here who are jaw-grindingly annoying.
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