primitives whining about Skins's island again

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7160106

Oh my.

lamp_shade  (1000+ posts)      Sat Dec-05-09 04:47 AM
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Boy... that didn't take long...
 
It used to take me 3-4 hours to read through 5-7 pages of posts. This morning it only took about 20 minutes. Where are all the sharp, intelligent, rational, thoughtful old posters I used to see around here. As far as I can tell there are only a few of you left. Most of what I'm seeing lately are conspiracy theorists, tin foil hatters, knee-jerkers, shoot-from-the-hippers and drudge devotees. Jeezus.

lamp_shade  (1000+ posts)      Sat Dec-05-09 04:55 AM
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1. Hmmm... now who do you suppose would give me an unrec?

I didn't point a finger at anyone.

The bitter old Vermontese cali primitive:

cali  (1000+ posts)        Sat Dec-05-09 04:57 AM
NOMINEE FOR TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
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2. I didn 't but I'm thinking of doing so

your op is simply another in the heaping pile of whines that clutter DU. That's why I'd unrec it.

lamp_shade  (1000+ posts)      Sat Dec-05-09 04:59 AM
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4. Knock yourself out.

havocmom  (1000+ posts)        Sat Dec-05-09 04:57 AM
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3. don't take the unrec personally. Seems there are a few doing that to every new thread

Been watching and it doesn't matter what OP is about, some clown with a hair trigger hits unrec immediately after something is posted.

And yeah, a lot of old times have stopped posting here since the two year olds invaded.

lamp_shade  (1000+ posts)      Sat Dec-05-09 05:00 AM
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5. True. I've seen unrecs on pictures of puppies.

Her Stoutness the silly primitive:

SoCalDem  (1000+ posts)        Sat Dec-05-09 05:45 AM
NOMINEE FOR TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
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10. The rec-un/rec thing has ruined this place for me

It was much better when actual comments "made" the threads.. not just knee-jerk drive-bys

I wonder how many people really care what's on the "greatest"pageon earth, forever and ever amen,doubleplussgood

yurbud  (1000+ posts)        Sat Dec-05-09 05:01 AM
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6. the invasion is PR shills who try to make their assigned opinions look more popular by...starting a lot of threads with little content.

lamp_shade  (1000+ posts)      Sat Dec-05-09 05:07 AM
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7. They do draw a crowd tho, don't they? I recall a time when high-posters were considered valuable contributors to DU. No so much anymore.

lamp_shade  (1000+ posts)      Sat Dec-05-09 05:17 AM
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8. Hey... I'm in positive territory!!! Net 1 rec. Yea.

DrDan  (1000+ posts)      Sat Dec-05-09 05:35 AM
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9. perhaps its all been said

nothing left to say - time to pack it in and do some lawn work

Ishka Kibble  (77 posts)      Sat Dec-05-09 06:56 AM
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11. I agree with you.

A close friend of mine was a regular and very active poster here. She got fed up with the place and quit it a few months ago. I used to look over her shoulder, so to speak (I had her password, so I could see what she posted and who responded), and it was disheartening to watch the discourse deteriorate. It was as if all the smart people fled.

I recommended to her that "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" had, perhaps, taken place at DU.

So I got my own account, and, like you, I've been looking over the place every day. It was once a great source of news, a very good starting point for current events. But, that seems to have ended now. I don't find very many things that even inspire me to respond. That's not to say that I haven't encountered some smart and informed and thoughtful people here, because I have.

But I've also encountered some jerks, too.

It's not the place it used to be when I was just a shoulder-peeper, that's for sure. My friend still checks in, but not very often, and I've assured her that she's not missing a thing. I promised to send her links to anything I thought she'd find interesting, but, so far, that hasn't happened.

I don't understand the "Unrecommend" feature at all. It strikes me as a simply stupid feature, designed to let the cowards do damage anonymously, without contributing a damn thing. I just Recommended your post, lamp_shade, because you said what I've been experiencing. It looks like the whole place needs a good cleaning, but I honestly don't have the slightest idea of how to do that, except that I'd ditch the "Unrecommend" thing. It's worthless.

Still, I have hope, and I'm going to stick around a bit longer, in hopes that things will pick up, get smarter and more interesting, and maybe my old pal will even be lured into returning. We'll just have to see, I guess.

[GOBUCKS]

lamp_shade  (1000+ posts)      Sat Dec-05-09 04:47 AM
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Where are all the sharp, intelligent, rational, thoughtful old posters I used to see around here. As far as I can tell there are only a few of you left.

Well, DUmmy lamp_shade is, after all, a lunatic DUmmy, so he's probably serious, but this is one of the funniest comments at the DUmp in a long time. Any poster who is sharp, intelligent, rational, or thoughtful would have been tombstoned shortly after Jeb, Elian, and Lord Rove delivered Florida to us.

[Duchess]

I can't believe how seriously these people take the stupid "rec/unrec" thing. You'd think they got paid or fined money for them.