Arguing on the internet is a waste of time

Discussion in 'The Soapbox' started by Commodore Kittenpaws, Jan 24, 2012.

  1. Commodore Kittenpaws Fabulous he, Ali Ababwa

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    Please debate this.

    Also, please sign my petition to remove the Soapbox from Shinra. If you need a reason, how about the fact that the rules thread was created by Miffet.

    When was the last time you saw fucking Miffet on this site?
  2. EsKo UPLOAD COMPLETE

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    Pretty much everyone whose opinions were the right ones stopped posting here. They are probably multi-paragraph annoying people in heaven now.
  3. Commodore Kittenpaws Fabulous he, Ali Ababwa

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    EsKo maybe you haven't noticed this but pretty much everyone stopped posting here period.
  4. EsKo UPLOAD COMPLETE

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    I didn't notice. I only come here to post about what I had to eat, what I'm playing/watching or what I'm listening to.
  5. Commodore Kittenpaws Fabulous he, Ali Ababwa

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    You accidentally posted this on Shinra instead of Facebook
  6. EsKo UPLOAD COMPLETE

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    I have this place. I don't use Facebook.
  7. Kompakt Well-Known Member

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  8. Skooch ٩(๏̯͡๏)۶

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    This forum needs more feminists.
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  9. StarJammer The Terror of Stars!

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    Go on...
  10. Ade Of Stone James Burnett, Lord Monboddo

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    I'm almost always too crunk for arguments (maintaining a ghettolicious lifestyle in an upper middle class environment is also very time-consuming)

    But I think you can learn a lot from long, text-based arguments, and I can sometimes even enjoy them more than a real life vocal discussion. The rhetoric is more refined, the sources are often cited directly and can be controlled by opposing sides, I think the internet could have been an ideal platform for intellectual discourse if people on the internet were a bit different. I found the rape thread to be very enlightening, I learned a lot about the subject, and agreeing/disagreeing with well-formulated arguments helped me clearly define my own. I was surprised at how little I knew! I used to think rapier was a fancy rapist, somewhat of a rape artist. It's actually a sword
  11. EsKo UPLOAD COMPLETE

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    Amaranth is gone man.

    :transberry:
  12. Commodore Kittenpaws Fabulous he, Ali Ababwa

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    Someone grab the Foghorn of Intersexual Equity to summon Evilia
  13. Skooch ٩(๏̯͡๏)۶

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    Ya know I can't decide whether she was a necessary evil or not. For all the demands some people made for her to be banned from the site, it's ironic she was the thing that kept them debating.

    Actually on second thought there's no way that shit was worth it
  14. EsKo UPLOAD COMPLETE

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    Debating?

    More like strawmanning
    and arguing
    insulting

    being crazy
  15. Commodore Kittenpaws Fabulous he, Ali Ababwa

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    We always debate about timely social issues like gender equality and criminal justice. We should focus our debate on the more important issues: video games.
  16. Skooch ٩(๏̯͡๏)۶

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    What kind of video game debates? I've seen forums rendered apart by the raging fires of fanboyism...

    For a minute there, I lost myself.
  17. Commodore Kittenpaws Fabulous he, Ali Ababwa

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    Whatever FFXII fanboy at least I am a fan of things that are worth loving
  18. Skooch ٩(๏̯͡๏)۶

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    Leading the witness, your honour.
  19. Alrek الرعك

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  20. Geisha Buoy Superstantial.

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    I draft Seashore Angel to return and run the forum.
    I think internet drama is fun so it was definitely worth it, except that she tried to defend Russia invading Georgia.

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