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    COVID-19/Coronavirus thread

    in SLaM

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    On 1/25/2020 at 11:42 PM, Eloy Jiménez said:

    I'm about as worried about this as I am worried about SARS.

     

    The fact is, the flu is what Americans should be worried about and yet they decide foolishly not to vaccinate for it.

    This aged well. 

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    Something I want everyone to know.

    in SLaM

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    On 11/4/2019 at 10:17 AM, Y2HH said:

    The buster was one of the primary reasons I visited this site -- I still use it to keep up on Sox news, etc., just as I did back then -- but the Buster was where I actually posted and took part in the Soxtalk community. Not all conversations were civil, but overall, they were better than 99.9999% of the Internet in general. While I didn't always agree with everyone here, I at least respected their opinions, and they tended to come from a well-thought line of reason.

    Compare that to the comments section anywhere else on the Net -- including practically any Reddit thread -- and you'll see the stark difference in what we had here with the Buster, vs what's available out there.

    I wish they'd bring it back.

    +1

    *rides back off into the night*

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    Stroman: I stand with Tim Anderson

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted

    On 4/22/2019 at 4:39 PM, gusguyman said:

    As a white guy, I understand why it is frustrating to be told "you can't have an opinion on this because you are white."

    But seriously, just think a little bit. Just a little. The only reason this is true is because blacks were told for centuries "you can't have freedom/humanity/equal rights etc because you are black." We brought this situation on ourselves, so lets stop making it worse and just shut up for once. 

    PREACH.

    Appreciate how many posters are on the right side of this issue. We're making progress y'all. 

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    Filibuster - Closed

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    3 hours ago, South Sider said:

    This is the right move. I applaud the staff for coming to this decision.

    I have never been interested in talking politics with people, it is literally the most toxic subject you can ever talk about.

    Until Americans can get over their stupid political opinions and ideals, it is 99.9% of the time a pointless exercise to even undertake such conversations. I will never understand people who actually enjoy shoving their political garbage down others throats. There's so many better things they could be doing with their time. 

    Man who doesn't use forum saying forum is unnecessary is the hottest of takes.

    Filibuster - Closed

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    38 minutes ago, The Beast said:

    Maybe so but it is not impossible to have a substantive debate. I truly am curious if it would be possible to have the Fillibuster come back and have people debate the issues, not the party. Discussions on local issues and the midterms mean more than if Trump took a dump outside the White House. I hope the team here reconsiders this decision and comes up with some new rules for posting politically. The Fillibuster was more tame than Facebook and had a lot more intelligent conversation than I think people gave it credit for.

    100%. The convos here were far and away better than elsewhere on the internet.

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    Filibuster - Closed

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

    As just a piece of the behind the scenes stuff.  The filibuster alone has results in more suspensions and bans than the entire rest of Soxtalk combined for a really long period of time now.  It generates more discussions between staff about problems and potential problems then anywhere else as well.  For what is supposed to be primarily a baseball message board which was created long before there were the explosion of social media options available for people who want to discuss anything under the sun, it generated a gigantic share of problems for the message board.  When it was created it was an afterthought to add a place for discussions that was a good idea at the time.  We have lost a very high amount of posters due to interactions in the filibuster over the years, again WAY higher than what we have lost due to problems in any other board over that period of time.  The political and deeply personal nature of the discussions frankly have caused too many people to lose their minds for periods of time and partake in unacceptable behaviors.  No matter the warnings and the flat out begging for that to change, it never did, and frankly probably never will (and that goes for both an individual basis as well as a collective one).  This also has been something that has been discussed for a really long time with all of those arguments, attacks, and unconventional behaviors happening in the background.  It just got to the point where the option to host those kinds of discussions was hurting Soxtalk more than it was helping it.

    This is so weird to read given that you were among the biggest offenders (as was I)

    Filibuster - Closed

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    Two thoughts:

    1) Of all times to close it, 19 days before the most important election in history?
    2) Of all times to close it, the offseason after one of the most boring years in White Sox history.

    I still visit often out of habit - when I have nowhere else to go I type in www.so - and the rest fills in. But I'm sure that habit will fade. Sad.

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    Filibuster - Closed

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    16 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

    The White Sox have been so terrible for so long, the main motivation I had to visit was Filibuster AND maybe discussing movies and a few other interests (financial).

    The depressing thing here is that we're all supposed to be bonded by being White Sox fans...and yet the vitriol is so overwhelming that a community with shared interests can't get along.  (I'm also pretty sure if everyone on this board had actually met in real life at a Sox game and got to actually know each other, the tenor of conversations would be quite different, but that's obviously not feasible, some of us are thousands of miles away from Chicago.)

    Imagine how poorly that augurs for the rest of American society, when their used to be more beliefs about who we are as Americans that united us together as one, rather than dividing us.  There used to be a sense of care/concern for anyone struggling in life, down on their luck, depressed or lonely...now there's more and more a prevailing sense that everyone is pretty much on their own, nobody can help you but yourself (and your family.)

    In the end, the political system has won again.  They've managed to put the "common people" at each other's throats and distract them from the issues that really matter in the world.  We've gotten bogged down in details, gossip, scandals, conspiracies and minutiae.

    Totally. I'm sure I'd love you guys - even Dam and SS2k5 - in person. In real life I'm friends with (and even work with on these campaigns) people who have very different political belief systems than I do.

    2018 Democrats thread

    in The Filibuster

    Posted

    33 minutes ago, wrathofhahn said:

    That is true but I think you are somewhat falling into the trap of looking things through the lens of Trump. She has to get through a democrat primary first and while Republicans laugh at Warren for Democrats cultural appropriation is a real thing:

    https://thinkprogress.org/elizabeth-warren-is-not-cherokee-c1ec6c91b696/

    Sure Trump can choose to make it an issue whenever he wants but I find it hard believe other democrats will give her a pass either especially the extreme progressive wing that like I said believes cultural appropriation and white privilege are real tings. Maybe her leftist bonafides give her a pass but I doubt it because noone believes in her "one drop Indianhood" she will get massacred IMO before she even becomes the nominee.  

     

    This is you agreeing with me.

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