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Offline franksolich

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burdened primitive thinking about taking a break
« on: February 26, 2008, 12:47:33 PM »
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Oh my.

Maybe the burdened primitive's thinking about taking a break so as to look for a job?

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Tyler Durden  (1000+ posts)       Tue Feb-26-08 07:10 AM
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The person who brought me here is "...taking a break..." 

Many others I respected and considered friends have gone the same route, some others have gotten TS'd.
I have started my second and this time permanent boycott of GD-P.

The reason this is happening? Everyone knows that.

As I watch this go on, I ask myself two questions more and more frequently:

What am I doing here?

Why do I think it will do any good?

Maybe it's time for me to think about a break.

The burdened primitive should go for it.

There's lots of want-ads screaming for attention.

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liberal N proud  (1000+ posts)       Tue Feb-26-08 07:13 AM
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1. If you are like most of us, you just need a place to vent and discuss things that you can't many places.
I wonder sometimes why I come here, but there are many good debates if you just ignore the trolls who come here just to push hate.

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Wetzelbill  (1000+ posts)       Tue Feb-26-08 07:18 AM
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2. I've been in semi-retirement from GD:P for years 

I found I was battling it out with people for basically nothing. And with absolutely unreasonable people. It's much easier to pick your spots and take breaks from that forum. Otherwise it can get consuming.

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ixion  (1000+ posts)       Tue Feb-26-08 07:26 AM
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3. I blocked GD-P, and have vowed not to return

I've been on this board for more than six years now, and am amazed and saddened at what I see in GD-P. There are some good people here, and we have some good debates I think. But those conversations never take place in GD-P.

Please don't leave, Mr. Durden. We need good people like yourself to make DU what it is.

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Tyler Durden  (1000+ posts)       Tue Feb-26-08 07:49 AM
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7. I've been here since the beginning. 

And I've watched some horrible times go on. I was proud to be published many times on the old front page.

But I'm tired. And I'm getting old: investing time and energy here as long as the political argument is reduced to two factions trying their damnedest to cram each other into a wood chipper is not the way I want to spend time.

I want to stay but I feel like I'm caught in a scene from "Apocalypse Now":

Kurtz: Are my methods unsound?
Willard: I don't see any method at all, sir.

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madokie  (1000+ posts)      Tue Feb-26-08 07:28 AM
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4. I come here to stay informed on issues I'm interested in the arguments and mudslinging are a bonus.
 

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ayeshahaqqiqa  (1000+ posts)       Tue Feb-26-08 07:30 AM
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5. Breaks are always a good idea

You can go one of two routes-only post on groups within DU that are non-political (Pets, Photography, etc), or leave altogether. I took a 2-3 week break a while back and felt much better when I returned.

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Tyler Durden  (1000+ posts)       Tue Feb-26-08 08:01 AM
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8. Place is too much like Heroin to me. 

Junkies don't do well on "medication vacations."

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KharmaTrain  (1000+ posts)       Tue Feb-26-08 07:40 AM
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6. The Fun Of The Silly Season...

It's gone on longer than I expected, but I sense it'll be over soon. I've all but avoided GD-P as I don't support a candidate and find the bloodsport going on there a game I'm not gonna play. Makes life a lot easier around here if you appreciate the people but never take this place too seriously.

In my real life, I have yet to meet another DU'er...or at least someone whose identified themselves that way...and that's fine with me. I pop in here for a little bit every day...or if to check what's going on and I see a lot of good things that happen here, but always at arm's distance.
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Re: burdened primitive thinking about taking a break
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2008, 05:52:39 PM »
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Tyler Durden  (1000+ posts)       Tue Feb-26-08 07:49 AM
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7. I've been here since the beginning.

And I've watched some horrible times go on. I was proud to be published many times on the old front page.

But I'm tired. And I'm getting old: investing time and energy here as long as the political argument is reduced to two factions trying their damnedest to cram each other into a wood chipper is not the way I want to spend time.

I want to stay but I feel like I'm caught in a scene from "Apocalypse Now":

Kurtz: Are my methods unsound?
Willard: I don't see any method at all, sir.

Good Lord, if he can't even handle merely discussing the revolution at DU how the hell is he going to participate in the "real" world?

Cindie
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Re: burdened primitive thinking about taking a break
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2008, 05:58:12 PM »
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Why do I think it will do any good?

That is your problem..you think it amounts to something.
It doesn`t and if you recognized that fact life would become so much easier for you to live through.

You might even decide Durden to venture back into the outside world.
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Re: burdened primitive thinking about taking a break
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2008, 07:56:30 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on February 26, 2008, 12:47:33 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2924291


Please don't leave, Mr. Durden. We need good people like yourself to make DU what it is.[/quote]

That's right, please don't leave.  We like laughing at loons like you. If you leave who will provide us with the entertainment. 

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Re: burdened primitive thinking about taking a break
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2008, 10:08:12 PM »
It's funny. I come to CC almost everyday. I spend a lot more time reading than I do posting but I never have the feeling I need to take a break from the forum. It's sad that DUmmies have so little control over their lives that they allow an internet forum to decide what they think and how they feel.
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Re: burdened primitive thinking about taking a break
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2008, 11:09:57 PM »
Quote from: Bondai on February 26, 2008, 10:08:12 PM
It's funny. I come to CC almost everyday. I spend a lot more time reading than I do posting but I never have the feeling I need to take a break from the forum. It's sad that DUmmies have so little control over their lives that they allow an internet forum to decide what they think and how they feel.

CC is like a monkey on my back.  I can't quit.  The mix of depravity and insanity of the DUmbasses with humor is just to strong.  If this is wrong I don't want to be right.
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Re: burdened primitive thinking about taking a break
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2008, 01:10:00 AM »
Quote from: delilahmused on February 26, 2008, 05:52:39 PM
Good Lord, if he can't even handle merely discussing the revolution at DU how the hell is he going to participate in the "real" world?

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