Do you ever notice how this board brings out the worst in us

I have used that story a lot of times. It's got a whole lot of truth in it. 

This is where I'm at. Anyone is fully free to post what they want, but when I can pop in and it looks like the front page of CNN it's frustrating. If I wanted to read CNN or Twitter, I'm certainly adult enough to go there myself to read any headline news. Who's mind are you trying to change with all these anti-Trump posts? You certainly don't want differing opinions to join in, so why post so much? To me it's all just virtue signaling at this point because only the ones who agree with any OP tend to respond. We get it! And I think the majority of current peas around here agree these days.

If I was around anyone who pretty much only talked politics all the damn time (like some posters here), I wouldn't want to be around them. Doesn't matter if they have the same opinions as me or not. Same with religion. I don't care about your opinions on either and I don't care what you think about mine. No one is going to change any persons mind on either.

I really wish this site blocked the new threads started by people on your block list. One could easily get rid of 99% of the political stuff right off the bat.

No. It is not.

Or, you and anyone else who feels the same, could actually add to the board yourself by posting lots of threads abut other interesting/fun things to redress the balance. This has been said so often, most recently by MichyM I think, but sitting back and basically saying "Hmmfff, no one is entertaining me" is ridiculous and unfair. Instead of just coming here to read and relying on what other people post, give something back, contribute and make the board more of what you want....it's open to anyone.

Me too! That's actually where my pea name comes from, I'm always on a river somewhere.

Oh brother, I never said it was anyone's job around here to entertain me and it was unfair.  What I said is I pop in here most days, see a full wall of red politics tags and pop right back out.  I don't even bother attempting to read in between all the politics posts to get to the good stuff to actually have a response too.  Maybe I should actually try harder on those days by starting new posts and bumping others, but honestly it's exhausting weeding through it all (on most days).  I don't have the time or the energy to even want to.  

Other days I can pop in and its VERY obvious other peas are attempting to do this very thing by bumping and starting nonpolitical posts.  If I'm lucky enough to have time on those days I do attempt to take the time to enjoy and respond when I can.  But then they all start right back up.  Lather, rinse, repeat.  Which is why I find myself here less and less and I don't think I'm alone in that.  And probably the very reason why there are so many political posts these days.  Just fewer nonpolitical peas or peas just tired of most posts evolving around Trump on here.  We just stop posting all together and walk away in hopes it will be better on another day.  

Again, if I wanted to read CNN headline news or Twitter feeds, I can go to those sites myself.  I don't come to 2peas to get my daily quota of anti-trump.  There are a million other places I can go to get that...pretty much anywhere on the internet.  

I recently changed my name here since I was tired of having my original one.  I know I've chatted plenty here about paddling before!  We've had paddleboards for a few years, but got sit in kayaks this year and had the BEST summer ever with them!  It's now too cold to paddle in these parts (had 7 inches of snow last weekend), so now it's time for winter sports.  Although I think Covid is going to put a damper on our ice skating every week this winter, so we have to come up with something else. 

No, you didn't say that specifically but you did say you pop in and don't like what you see...and leave, or you see others are starting non-political posts but they're getting swamped. The end result is the same - you don't like what other people post so you don't stick around and contribute apart from the odd post. I know it might feel like you're posting against the tide but if all those you suspect of doing the same as you did more posting things would be different.

Be the change as they say!

I dunno- I do most of my Peaing on my laptop. It works for me; maybe you have to update the setting, log out, and log back in again, or something?

It’s funny how the people who admit They might have been bitchy are the ones I can’t recall being bitchy. 😂

My biggest thing about starting new threads is I have limited time on most days and I'm not on here full time like a lot of peas seem to be. When someone starts a thread and doesn't come back for responses (either at all or in a timely matter) I've seen the pile on and how they are treated. So my worry is I will start a thread, get busy with work or life and forget to come back in a timely matter. I'd more than likely come back to a full pile on and quickly become another of the "oh she just posts and runs" peas, neither of which would be deserved. And you can't tell me it wouldn't happen, because I've seen it numerous times.

So when I do start a new thread, I'm pretty careful that I have the time to devote to it. In fact, just responding to this thread has me already past my quitting time and normal workout time, so now I'm really stressed about any more responses I may not have time to come back to today. I know that's on me, but it's my personality and I don't ignore people in real life or online.

It really wouldn't matter to me what single topic of posts took over NSBR, I still wouldn't like it. If it changed to mostly religion, I'd be out. Changed to all recipes or all game threads, I'd be out. I'm here for the variety of topics from all over the world, but most days it's mostly a wall of politics. I have plenty of specific hobby groups to enjoy to my hearts content. Why not keep most of it to the Trump catch all thread that is already there like the recipe, game threads and multiple other topics can and do?

I guess I think the board just brings out the "us" in us? Like the old timer and the town story. Where ever we go, there we are.

I like this board because for the most part, it's full of a lot of people who are really really different from me. On current events and issues, you guys will post things I had never thought of or a perspective I wouldn't have thought of. The older I get, the more I realize I don't think outside the box well. I'm not stupid, but I'm not a very creative thinker. My therapist says I see things quite black and white - I come here for the gray area. It's very useful! I will mull something over and then think, hm....wonder what the peas say.

I don't actually notice much nastiness, but I think I skip over a lot of things. Certain words or a tone in a post and I just move on to the next one.

I think when someone posts something inflammatory or meant to be challenging then never comes back to the thread to reply to any of the thoughts that follow is what prompts the "oh she just posts and runs" comment. Or if they never bother to answer any questions people ask clarification about. 


I don't think that happens to your everyday topic where people just post and contribute to the conversation. I have started conversations with topics that interest me and then life happened and I never made it back to the thread. I've never been piled on for that. I also often see people add, "I'm on my way out but will come back and read responses after work." etc. 

It also seems passive aggressive to say that a lot of peas seem to be here full time. Maybe you didn't mean it that way. But that kind of comment isn't exactly conversation friendly. 

I have periods when I am posting a lot and other times when I just read a few minutes at a time. I've had a lot going on this week so haven’t posted much. I am here for 2-3 minutes at a time and by the time I do get here someone else has said what I might have and a lot of times better than I would have, so I “like” other posts a lot.

I really do not understand the bitching about the board being something other than a perfect fit for an individual. If you enjoy it stay, if you don’t, leave. I can tell you right now that if this board suddenly became a religious board with every discussion being about the Bible, I'd just go find another place to play, but you wouldn't hear me posting and bitching about it.  The Internet is HUGE. There is something for everyone out there.

And as for the “she just posts and runs”, everyone knows who those people are. They are the shit stirrers not posters who don't have time to get back to threads that are not political.

This board has been the same as long as I've been here since about 2013-14? I think there are a lot of people who have strong opinions, I am one of them but I don't think it brings out the worst in us other than a very small, few individuals. I believe they are miserable people on and off this board.