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Fair enough.
The blue elephant in the room.
Going away? Post so here! — Page 54
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He’s right in the sense that you can’t really say anything about it without someone having to respond “too bad it sucks!” This is true of the PT too honestly, and I am as guilty as anyone. It can become quite tiresome.
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It’s not actually even the “it sucks” stuff that’s getting to me (that’s easy enough to ignore), it’s the “civil discourse”. No matter what the topic, it somehow always ends up with people grappling about their feelings RE: TLJ.
What I see happening time and again is that some troll will jump into a conversation related to but not strictly “about” some element of TLJ and offer up a glib blanket criticism of the entire film. Then some well-meaning but misguided dope will attempt to engage with the troll and post a rebuttal. Then the folks who’re negative on the film but aren’t generally trolls about it see this as an invitation to pile on their own grievances, and the whole thing spins into the same tired TLJ debate for pages and pages before getting back on track (if it ever does). If this is helpful to you, fine, more power to you. But I finished processing the movie a while ago and it’s just tedious as all hell to see everything inevitably getting sucked down that path and I frankly don’t need it.
This isn’t only a criticism of this place either, I’ve stepped back from Star Wars stuff on Twitter and elsewhere too. Talking about Star Wars on the Internet feels like a chore across the board, and I’m sure that has at least as much to do with me as it does the discourse. I know I’ll be happy to jump back in when we’re done battling for the soul of this thing, but until then I know where I stand and hanging around watching everyone else sort out and re-sort out their own feelings ad infinitum feels frustrating and unproductive to me, and ultimately just isn’t at all fun or interesting.
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I see what you did with that contraction.
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Oh Jesus, it didn’t even register when I typed it.
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Oh Jesus, it didn’t even register when I typed it.
This is a really prolonged goodbye.
Oh, btw, TLJ sucks!!! Kathy Kennedy ruined my childhood.
I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.
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He’s right in the sense that you can’t really say anything about it without someone having to respond “too bad it sucks!” This is true of the PT too honestly, and I am as guilty as anyone. It can become quite tiresome.
Or just a “too bad you’re wrong”.
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He’s right in the sense that you can’t really say anything about it without someone having to respond “too bad it sucks!” This is true of the PT too honestly, and I am as guilty as anyone. It can become quite tiresome.
Or just a “too bad you’re wrong”.
Well in general I’d say the constant negativity is far more exhausting and annoying. On this site (and really the internet in general) we don’t let people enjoy things. Not just talking about SW.
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He’s right in the sense that you can’t really say anything about it without someone having to respond “too bad it sucks!” This is true of the PT too honestly, and I am as guilty as anyone. It can become quite tiresome.
Or just a “too bad you’re wrong”.
Well in general I’d say the constant negativity is far more exhausting and annoying. On this site (and really the internet in general) we don’t let people enjoy things. Not just talking about SW.
Somebody did try to start an appreciation thread for TLJ, but the thread devolved into a discussion about whether the thread was necessary or not.
I’d welcome new threads focused on positive discussion and interesting deconstruction, and the mods would certainly enforce the preferences of the OP in terms of squashing the negative derailments that often occur.
I’d like to see fewer replies in old, several-thousand-post threads and more new topics.
MTFBWY…A
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Goodbye. Love each other, love yourselves.
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Goodbye. Love each other, love yourselves.
I hope you’re not thinking what I think you’re thinking.
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I very rarely am.
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Don’t be a stranger, come back soon Possessed.
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^This. You will be missed, Possessed.
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Goodbye. Love each other, love yourselves.
That’s sad to hear. Hope it isn’t permanent, this place is definitely gonna feel a lot smaller without you. Stay safe.
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Have had less time/attention lately for posting, and other things. There’s a political post I meant to get back to…suffice to say you’re all wrong! 😉 I may take a hiatus or probably just reduced/lurker mode. All for good reasons. See ya around, kids.
The blue elephant in the room.
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Have had less time/attention lately for posting, and other things. There’s a political post I meant to get back to…suffice to say you’re all wrong! 😉 I may take a hiatus or probably just reduced/lurker mode. All for good reasons. See ya around, kids.
That is unfortunate. 😦
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Catch you on the flip side, Mrebo.
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Not gone for good (or even very long), but I’ll be taking a sabbatical for a week or two while my injuries (physical and mental) from a drunken Labor Day that I still have little to no memory of heal up some.
Also until I know whether or not I’m being charged with a felony because of it, like my parents still seem to insist will happen even though it’s been days and there’s still nothing under my name when I search beyond a speeding ticket 9 years ago…
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oh my. i hope you recover well man, and i hope nothing bad happens to you. take all the time you need to get back on tracks. we’ll be here for you.
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Damn, now that’s rock and roll.
Hope you don’t get charges man.
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Not gone for good (or even very long), but I’ll be taking a sabbatical for a week or two while my injuries (physical and mental) from a drunken Labor Day that I still have little to no memory of heal up some.
Also until I know whether or not I’m being charged with a felony because of it, like my parents still seem to insist will happen even though it’s been days and there’s still nothing under my name when I search beyond a speeding ticket 9 years ago…
Ouch! I hope and pray everything works out for the best and that you will recover and be back soon.
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Holy heck, Ash. Be safe.
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Good luck to you.
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Okay, I’m back (I think). Looks like I missed some…stuff.
Possessed PMd me after my last post, so I’ll just copy/paste my explanation of what happened that I sent him right here:
Monday afternoon, my friend and I went for a walk, ended up drinking a bunch of rum, it started pouring down rain so we started running around in it because we’re both basically children, then I woke up shackled to a hospital bed, was told I was found unconscious and alone with a head wound on the street with no wallet or keys and assaulted a police officer and a nurse when I came to after getting a CAT scan.
Never found my keys. My friend had my wallet - she woke up alone a couple blocks away under a truck (no injuries), couldn’t find me, and called a friend to pick her up.
When I finally started retaining memories I was at my parents’ house arguing with them and they were telling me they were going to have be committed for 72 hours if I didn’t calm the fuck down. I eventually did and they took me home. Luckily they found my car and had an extra set of keys for it. And I managed to make it to my first day at my new job the next morning, though with a lot of bandages, swollen wrists, and a limp.
Still no charges filed that I can find, but apparently the cop was going to arrest me, but knew my dad so let them take me home. Still said he was going to file charges for assaulting a police officer and assaulting a medical professional with the prosecutor’s office (both felonies), but that was Monday night and still nothing, so…?
I’m definitely off drinking for a while. Guess my BAC was .35 … Yeah.