An Uneasy Community is a Community nonetheless

[DeliveryGodNoah_v1legacy]

Even when I knew it was coming, I was disheartened when I saw the site wasn't working for days. It's literally one of my default tabs that open when my browser does.

Too many things have been changing in my life recently; The gf I've had literally my entire adult life for over 7 years left me, my job is changing, I've been looking into further schooling now more than ever, and I'm finally learning how to drive.

At the very least the site may be changing, but it's comforting it's still here. I've been here too long to just let it go as well.

 

[Saelune]

So, anybody hear any good jokes lately?

I know a great 'knock knock' joke, but you have to start it.

 

[votemarvel]

I do wish they'd separate the Archive and forum links on the new homepage. At the moment I think it'll tell people this forum is just a place to read rather than post.

 

[Elfgore]

I left for a while, the site was just kinda aggravating me too much. It was 100% the people, a perfect mix of those I liked leaving (who still haven't come back) and either straight disliking or just meh about everybody else. I did the whole Reddit thing and honestly, I don't care for it as much. I remember conversations I've had on here, I don't remember any on Reddit. I don't even know a single user of Reddit. I know dozens here.

I really hope the revamp might help this forum come back to life a little bit. It was an important part of my life for a while and I'd like to see it stay.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Yeah, I was getting pretty bummed out that I was seeing certain regulars less and less because the steady decline in practically everything.

I'm happy to see users come back and be part of the community again. It's Cheers, goddammit, I want to see Norm everyone!

I'm glad they're keeping these legacy forums for now at least, and that they're going to transfer over the accounts. Can't say I like the new site. Its not bad, the layout is fine and simple enough, but there are so many ads now that it just interrupts the experience. Especially on mobile, its one of those 'the final ad doesn't finish loading until you click on something, so the whole screen jumps down a bit and you miss-click' deals and grrr...

Desktop one is better, but still has ads set in the middle of an article while also being on both sides and the banner. It feels awkward, like its an ad site with a few video game bits, rather than the other way around.

It's being worked on.

There are issues since the old site was practically kept together with cardboard and duct tape. So, bear with us since it can only get better.

 

[Gethsemani_v1legacy]

... so, these forums are now like, the actual basement of the site?

You are all in Religion & Politics now! Welcome to my lair...

But yes, I share the sentiment with everyone else in this thread, I kept clicking my bookmark routinely even when I had little hope of seeing the forum pop up.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

So, anybody hear any good jokes lately?

I know a great 'knock knock' joke, but you have to start it.

No one taking the bait? Ok then.

'Knock knock'

 

[Saelune]

So, anybody hear any good jokes lately?

I know a great 'knock knock' joke, but you have to start it.

No one taking the bait? Ok then.

'Knock knock'

Who's there?

 

[PsychedelicDiamond]

So, anybody hear any good jokes lately?

After weeks of strong rain a small town's being flooded. The people are starting to evacuate their homes in busses, all of them enter except for the local priest. "No," he says, "god is gonna save me". So the busses leave without him. The water rises. Soon the town can only be entered by boat. One comes by the priests house, trying to change his mind. "Father, get on the boat, the water will continue to rise and you're gonna drown!" but once again the priest refuses. "God is gonna save me" he repeats. So the boat leaves. The water keeps rising. The priest is holding out on his rooftop. A Helicopter comes in, asking him to finally leave the town. But the priest still refuses. "God is gonna save me" he says. So the water keeps rising and slowly and painfully, the priest drowns. At the pearly gates he meets god. "Lord, why didn't you save me, I served you all my life!" he protests. God looks at him. "I tried. I sent ten busses, a boat and a helicopter your way."

 

[Schadrach]

I like that this place, believe it or not, is NOT an echo chamber. Anyone who thinks this place is an echo chamber has never been on reddit.

...and anyone who thinks that Reddit is an echo chamber has never been somewhere like like ResetEra, or limits themselves to only particular stripes of subreddits, or limits themselves to subs that aggressively ban their heretics.

I hate the karma system, it encourages downvoting instead of actual discussion. Sure, I like to read the left-wing reddits shitting on the right, but then I see the right-wing ones doing the exact same, and there is no arguing, if you disagree in either of them, you will just be buried in downvotes.

I'll agree with you that a lot of people downvote rather than discuss, but hey, I've got a few thousand karma to burn and generally the folks who downvote to disagree will only take you into the negative teens or so. How much discussion you can get for saying something contentious varies wildly by the subreddit though. Of course, you also have to be careful to not even engage on certain subs because some subs will (in direct contravention of site-wide Reddit rules) ban you for posting in other subs,

 

[Saelune]

I like that this place, believe it or not, is NOT an echo chamber. Anyone who thinks this place is an echo chamber has never been on reddit.

...and anyone who thinks that Reddit is an echo chamber has never been somewhere like like ResetEra, or limits themselves to only particular stripes of subreddits, or limits themselves to subs that aggressively ban their heretics.

I hate the karma system, it encourages downvoting instead of actual discussion. Sure, I like to read the left-wing reddits shitting on the right, but then I see the right-wing ones doing the exact same, and there is no arguing, if you disagree in either of them, you will just be buried in downvotes.

I'll agree with you that a lot of people downvote rather than discuss, but hey, I've got a few thousand karma to burn and generally the folks who downvote to disagree will only take you into the negative teens or so. How much discussion you can get for saying something contentious varies wildly by the subreddit though. Of course, you also have to be careful to not even engage on certain subs because some subs will (in direct contravention of site-wide Reddit rules) ban you for posting in other subs,

Except Reddit really is just the internet on the internet, and has an echochamber for every single possible thing. It works alright for hobbies and specific game interest, but for anything with any need for nuance and critical discussion? Nope.


Whether or not people put up with sticking to echo chambers doesn't change the existence of them. My big issue though is the publicity of these places. Most of them I find cause they are on r/All or whatever, where people who don't know better can stumble upon a politically slanted echo chamber where everyone is calmly agreeing with eachother and -sounding- smart, but actually not and fall for the BS of it all.


And that thing about banning in one subreddit just for posting in another is a disturbing thing too and honestly, with all these things, despite how politically opinionated I am, I actually do not partake in political arguing on reddit.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

'Knock knock'

Who's there?

Chimpzy.

After weeks of strong rain a small town's being flooded. The people are starting to evacuate their homes in busses, all of them enter except for the local priest. "No," he says, "god is gonna save me". So the busses leave without him. The water rises. Soon the town can only be entered by boat. One comes by the priests house, trying to change his mind. "Father, get on the boat, the water will continue to rise and you're gonna drown!" but once again the priest refuses. "God is gonna save me" he repeats. So the boat leaves. The water keeps rising. The priest is holding out on his rooftop. A Helicopter comes in, asking him to finally leave the town. But the priest still refuses. "God is gonna save me" he says. So the water keeps rising and slowly and painfully, the priest drowns. At the pearly gates he meets god. "Lord, why didn't you save me, I served you all my life!" he protests. God looks at him. "I tried. I sent ten busses, a boat and a helicopter your way."

It's an older joke, but it checks out.

Spoiler: Anyway, here's some real eye-rollers

How do you find Will Smith in the snow? Follow the fresh prints.

I used to date a girl with a lazy eye. Turns out she was seeing someone else the whole time.

I saw this advert in a window that said: ?Television for sale, $1, volume stuck on full.? I thought, ?I can?t turn that down.?

What's Forrest Gump's password? 1forrest1

My friend entered a pun contest. He entered ten, figuring at least one of them would win, but no pun in ten did.

What did the clock do when it was hungry? It went back four seconds.

What's Whitney Houston's favourite type of coordination? HAAAAND EEEEEEEEEYYYYEEE!!!!

Why do scuba divers fall backwards off of the boat? Because if they fell forward, they'd still be on the boat.

Did you hear about the two thieves who stole a calendar? They each got six months.

And so the Lord said unto John, "Come forth; and receive eternal life." But John came fifth and won a toaster.

Did you hear about the restaurant on the moon? Great food, no atmosphere.

Want to hear a joke about paper? Nevermind it's tearable.

What do you call a Mexican who has lost his car? Carlos.

Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field.

Why don't skeletons ever go trick or treating? Because they have no body to go with.

What do you call cheese that isn't yours? Nacho Cheese.

What did the grape do when he got stepped on? He let out a little wine.

The shovel was a ground-breaking invention.

This graveyard looks overcrowded. People must be dying to get in there.

What do you call a fat psychic? A four-chin teller.

To the man in the wheelchair that stole my camouflage jacket... You can hide but you can't run.

A furniture store keeps calling me. All I wanted was one night stand.

I used to work in a shoe recycling shop. It was sole destroying.

People don?t like having to bend over to get their drinks. We really need to raise the bar.

 

[Xprimentyl]

After weeks of strong rain a small town's being flooded. The people are starting to evacuate their homes in busses, all of them enter except for the local priest. "No," he says, "god is gonna save me". So the busses leave without him. The water rises. Soon the town can only be entered by boat. One comes by the priests house, trying to change his mind. "Father, get on the boat, the water will continue to rise and you're gonna drown!" but once again the priest refuses. "God is gonna save me" he repeats. So the boat leaves. The water keeps rising. The priest is holding out on his rooftop. A Helicopter comes in, asking him to finally leave the town. But the priest still refuses. "God is gonna save me" he says. So the water keeps rising and slowly and painfully, the priest drowns. At the pearly gates he meets god. "Lord, why didn't you save me, I served you all my life!" he protests. God looks at him. "I tried. I sent ten busses, a boat and a helicopter your way."

It's an older joke, but it checks out.

Yeah, I always loved that joke. It?s also one I?ve often used, as an agnostic, to bridge the gap in discussions both with staunch, fundamentalist Christians and hardcore atheistic science subscribers.

Spoiler: Anyway, here's some real eye-rollers

How do you find Will Smith in the snow? Follow the fresh prints.

I used to date a girl with a lazy eye. Turns out she was seeing someone else the whole time.

I saw this advert in a window that said: ?Television for sale, $1, volume stuck on full.? I thought, ?I can?t turn that down.?

What's Forrest Gump's password? 1forrest1

My friend entered a pun contest. He entered ten, figuring at least one of them would win, but no pun in ten did.

What did the clock do when it was hungry? It went back four seconds.

What's Whitney Houston's favourite type of coordination? HAAAAND EEEEEEEEEYYYYEEE!!!!

Why do scuba divers fall backwards off of the boat? Because if they fell forward, they'd still be on the boat.

Did you hear about the two thieves who stole a calendar? They each got six months.

And so the Lord said unto John, "Come forth; and receive eternal life." But John came fifth and won a toaster.

Did you hear about the restaurant on the moon? Great food, no atmosphere.

Want to hear a joke about paper? Nevermind it's tearable.

What do you call a Mexican who has lost his car? Carlos.

Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field.

Why don't skeletons ever go trick or treating? Because they have no body to go with.

What do you call cheese that isn't yours? Nacho Cheese.

What did the grape do when he got stepped on? He let out a little wine.

The shovel was a ground-breaking invention.

This graveyard looks overcrowded. People must be dying to get in there.

What do you call a fat psychic? A four-chin teller.

To the man in the wheelchair that stole my camouflage jacket... You can hide but you can't run.

A furniture store keeps calling me. All I wanted was one night stand.

I used to work in a shoe recycling shop. It was sole destroying.

People don?t like having to bend over to get their drinks. We really need to raise the bar.

I?m stealing every last one of these.

 

[Worgen]

I like this site too, I mean its been tab 1 since like 09. I really wasn't looking forward to finding a new tab 1 if the forums vanished and it just became a news agitator site with ZP.

 

[Worgen]

So, anybody hear any good jokes lately?

After weeks of strong rain a small town's being flooded. The people are starting to evacuate their homes in busses, all of them enter except for the local priest. "No," he says, "god is gonna save me". So the busses leave without him. The water rises. Soon the town can only be entered by boat. One comes by the priests house, trying to change his mind. "Father, get on the boat, the water will continue to rise and you're gonna drown!" but once again the priest refuses. "God is gonna save me" he repeats. So the boat leaves. The water keeps rising. The priest is holding out on his rooftop. A Helicopter comes in, asking him to finally leave the town. But the priest still refuses. "God is gonna save me" he says. So the water keeps rising and slowly and painfully, the priest drowns. At the pearly gates he meets god. "Lord, why didn't you save me, I served you all my life!" he protests. God looks at him. "I tried. I sent ten busses, a boat and a helicopter your way."

I hate that I kinda like that joke.

Anyway, have some Anti-jokes.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

'Knock knock'

Who's there?

Chimpzy.

Is this the part where I post this?

 

[Russ Pitts]

Y'all are giving me a feeling.

 

[Xprimentyl]

Y'all are giving me a feeling.

Would you, Russ Pitts, of sound mind and body, mind clearly stating for the record that this ?feeling? you?ve been given is an amicable one? Should someone in here foresee a future on the Supreme Court or some other lofty position of power and influence, I would hate for this to come back and haunt them in a different, unintended context.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

Y'all are giving me a feeling.

Now the real question is are we making you high on believing?

 

[Drathnoxis]

It was pretty disappointing getting all those domain errors. I'm not in contact with any of my people IRL, so I was starting to miss the discussions on nerdly matters.

'Knock knock'

Who's there?

Chimpzy.

Gah! Just skip to the punchline already!

I kept typing "esc" into my browser to bring up the bookmark. I did it probably every couple of hours, usually by reflex.

I like writing about stuff and hearing other people's opinions on stuff and occasionally arguing with them about stuff. I found myself missing the ability to do that more often than I would have guessed.

I would miss a fair few people here if the forums died suddenly. I don't keep anyone's emails or anything, so I wouldn't be able to ever send out a goodbye PM.

In case that ever happens: goodbye! You know who you are.

Aww, gee. I didn't know you cared!