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Ralyks

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Sometimes you just browse social media, seeing the average poster and realize... yeah, I can see how Trump won now


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Someone in a Facebook group chat I'm in posted this, and many said they were going to use "Were you homeschooled by a pidgeon?" regularly.
 

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Like I said, old ownership thought different. When we were inundated with spam and I begged him to get it back, he asked for me to pledge that I could "unbiased".

Meanwhile, you go somewhere like the MyLesPaul and the mods are the ones posting Trumper memes and banning left wing posters for benign disagreements.
"unbiased" from a conservative point of view means biased against liberals, in general. I heard my roommate yelling at someone on the phone the other day about how conservatives were censored under Biden, as if I didn't have to hear from them at all hours of the day on every platform including the mainstream media
 

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Like I said, old ownership thought different. When we were inundated with spam and I begged him to get it back, he asked for me to pledge that I could "unbiased".

Meanwhile, you go somewhere like the MyLesPaul and the mods are the ones posting Trumper memes and banning left wing posters for benign disagreements.
Doesn't the "old ownership" also own MLP? Or are they independent and I'm thinking of the other Les Paul forum?
 

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Like I said, old ownership thought different. When we were inundated with spam and I begged him to get it back, he asked for me to pledge that I could "unbiased".

Meanwhile, you go somewhere like the MyLesPaul and the mods are the ones posting Trumper memes and banning left wing posters for benign disagreements.
I got banned from MyLesPaul for reporting politics, which is banned there.
 

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All this ban talk just reminded me of an ESP thread where some guy was doing the whole “ESP USA IS EXPENSIVE CUZ CALIFORNIA!” and opted to ignore all the responses with dozens of other California guitar makers at lower price points and lose his shit and insult everyone because I called it Fox News garbage :lol:. Unhinged mfs. Not sure whatever happened there as the thread got stale.

Meanwhile, you go somewhere like the MyLesPaul and the mods are the ones posting Trumper memes and banning left wing posters for benign disagreements.

As an avid Les Paul owner I like the guitar-centric forums there because they are actually some of the chillest of all forums but I’ve never dove into the off-topic because I am well aware of the average Gibson consumer.
 

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All this ban talk just reminded me of an ESP thread where some guy was doing the whole “ESP USA IS EXPENSIVE CUZ CALIFORNIA!” and opted to ignore all the responses with dozens of other California guitar makers at lower price points and lose his shit and insult everyone because I called it Fox News garbage :lol:. Unhinged mfs. Not sure whatever happened there as the thread got stale.

It's always the guys calling everyone snowflakes that go completely batshit insane at the slightest pushback.
 

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Doesn't the "old ownership" also own MLP? Or are they independent and I'm thinking of the other Les Paul forum?
You're correct, Alex at the time owned MyLesPaul and a number of other forums that had an openly conservative leaning OT section and the mods weren't kneecapped like we were here.

There's one or two familiar faces we banned from here for openly transphobic language directed at members, and when they appealed to Alex he lifted their ban and ganked us. Didn't even DM to discuss it. Just one day "they" were back and every one of us had the hammer taken away. He'd rather protect the rights of a random bigot over the mod team that's been serving his site for 15 years.
 

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You're correct, Alex at the time owned MyLesPaul and a number of other forums that had an openly conservative leaning OT section and the mods weren't kneecapped like we were here.

There's one or two familiar faces we banned from here for openly transphobic language directed at members, and when they appealed to Alex he lifted their ban and ganked us. Didn't even DM to discuss it. Just one day "they" were back and every one of us had the hammer taken away. He'd rather protect the rights of a random bigot over the mod team that's been serving his site for 15 years.
Cool, guess I can say fuck Alex and I'm happy with new ownership already lmao. Gutting an entire mod team because of a transphobe who probably doesn't post here on the regular had to be a prick.
 
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"unbiased" from a conservative point of view means biased against liberals, in general. I heard my roommate yelling at someone on the phone the other day about how conservatives were censored under Biden, as if I didn't have to hear from them at all hours of the day on every platform including the mainstream media
Having had to work with/around those types, and having a few unfortunately in my own family in both cases basically for as long as i can remember.... "Censorship of conservatives" basically boiled down to being pissed that they cant use slurs without social impunity anymore, or weirdly, in a lot of cases it seems to be tied to getting fact checked. It's gotten harder and harder to take any of the conservative mindset seriously, even if I disagree with it, because so much of the their core rhetoric and beliefs ore objectively proven wrong over and over and over again by actual facts, world events, common sense. Like, they say "fuck your feelings" but, like, your 'feelings' aren't solid, proven facts. Start using that to support a counter argument, don't just have "a concept of a plan" or whatever, and maybe, maaaybe I can feel like you get a seat at the big kids table again, even if I disagree. But I don't see either the average red voter doing that, and their media does it so often they've gotten sued repeatedly for blatent bullshit.... and THAT is also what they will call "conservative censorship". And on top of all that, they keep embracing the Trumps, and the MTG's, and Boebert types which are just not at all people I feel like any grown adult would be able to take seriously, but holy shit, somehow, they do.... Jersey Shore was popular for a hot minute too, I guess.... and these people just spout these bullshit ideas based solely of fear, greed, or like, abject cruelty for people who they disagree with in any way, and no actual, constructive logical reasons, and when its the people being voted into our highest offices spouting toxic lies, shit rolls downhill... and it rolls fast. And were all forced to smell it now.

EDIT: Might I add, fwiw, I'm also pretty salty with our so-called left wing politics in this country. They almost, almost made Bernie there guy, one of the few of there group who actually has a clue, and a fire in his belly despite his age (dudes objectively sharper and more 'alive' than Trump or Biden). And moreso, they coulda' stopped a lot of this lunacy we got now, and rolled over and let so much happen.... the supreme court abortion fuckery almost seemed like a wake up call, but nope, still sitting on there hands. And a lot of the minority groups they claim to champion have been tired of the lip service of "Iknow we promised X-Y-Z, but now just isn't quite the right time." Well, make time motherfucker, thats why we voted for you, and why our taxes pay your salary. ....We basically gotten thrown to the wolves.
 
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EDIT: Might I add, fwiw, I'm also pretty salty with our so-called left wing politics in this country. They almost, almost made Bernie there guy, one of the few of there group who actually has a clue, and a fire in his belly despite his age (dudes objectively sharper and more 'alive' than Trump or Biden). And moreso, they coulda' stopped a lot of this lunacy we got now, and rolled over and let so much happen.... the supreme court abortion fuckery almost seemed like a wake up call, but nope, still sitting on there hands. And a lot of the minority groups they claim to champion have been tired of the lip service of "Iknow we promised X-Y-Z, but now just isn't quite the right time." Well, make time motherfucker, thats why we voted for you, and why our taxes pay your salary. ....We basically gotten thrown to the wolves.
This is a good summary of why I reregistered as an Independent. Like, I'd say like Bernie, I caucus with the Dems, but outside of Bernie, AOC, Booker, and Crockett, no one seems to have that fire under their ass to do something. There was probably more action that the "Hands Off" protests did than any of the left outside of those four.
Also, Schumer desperately needs to step down. Get some new blood to run things.

Anyway, we already knew this, but this doesn't math:
 

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Me, 2025 edition: researching where to get a measles vaccine and weekend checking of the Shanghai stock market.

Yeah my sis texted me yesterday to get an antibodies test done to check the efficacy of the measles vaccine I got when I was a kid. I thought she was joking. I was assured she was not. What the hell...
 

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Yeah my sis texted me yesterday to get an antibodies test done to check the efficacy of the measles vaccine I got when I was a kid. I thought she was joking. I was assured she was not. What the hell...
Interesting, didn't know about an antibodies test. Hmmm... My understanding (not a doctor) is that the measles vax is fairly low risk of side effects, so I wonder if it's just better to get a second one.
 

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Interesting, didn't know about an antibodies test. Hmmm... My understanding (not a doctor) is that the measles vax is fairly low risk of side effects, so I wonder if it's just better to get a second one.

Yeah re-upping the vax is what my wife was saying to just do.

Fwiw, the antibodies test is called a "Titer Test".
 

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