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crackpanther
March 25, 2007 1:30 PM

So...this is the website most full of smart people that I've ever seen, yet the only intellectual conversatin' that goes on is when there are fights, which is cool, but what forums do you people frequent to fulfill your brainy/conversational/political/non-porno needs?

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smamurai
March 25, 2007 1:42 PM

boards.straightdope.com/sdmb

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AngryAmerican
March 25, 2007 2:49 PM

i don't.

in order to find his equal an Irishman is forced to converse with the almighty.

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gabe_billings
March 25, 2007 3:48 PM

quote:

crackpanther wrote:
yet the only intellectual conversatin' that goes on is when there are fights,

WHY DON'T YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP, YOU COCKSMOKING WHORE! NO ONE WANTS TO LISTEN TO YOUR SHIT ANYWAY!

Also, the other day I was reading a stimulating paper on self-focused particle beam drivers for plasma wakefield accelerators. I think they make some valid points, Chebotaev especially. What do you chaps think?

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biped
March 25, 2007 5:10 PM

Brainy/conversational/political/non-porno forum conversations are fuckin' ass boring.  I hate them with a capital R.

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ivytheplant
March 25, 2007 6:28 PM

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum

I tend to gravitate towards the science forums, but it's the philosophy forums that get all the glory. And the UFO/Ghost/I has super powers forums. The best part of the latter is most of them don't understand they're being insulted unless it has bad grammar or workds like "stupid omg lol" in it.

The philosophy/religion forums can be stressful, as there's a little cadre of bigots (GoddessWhispers, _Kratos_, Supra_Sheri, and a couple others) who call themselves "freethinkers" that spend an inordinate amount of time propogating stereotypes, bashing entire groups of people, and trying to eat alive anyone who doesn't agree with them. I finally had to just stop going there. Despite the efforts of the moderators to keep them from doing this, they still do it. The moderators can't keep up with half their bigoted shit and the assholes manage to play the system just enough to keep from being banned. They also will deman evidence from everyone who doesn't agree with them and then refuse to read the evidence presented., saying they don't have time for this nonsense. Or they'll not read it and loudly proclaim that the massive amount of evidence that dares to contradict their (as anyone with a brain can see) obviously erroneous (and most often retarded) theories is nothing more than "religious apologist" works. I don't know about you, but when I think of science journals, I think of religious apologists. Once, _Kratos_ actually pretended I never provided any evidence, despite over and over me presenting it with everything but a giant virtual neon sign. They will also completely refuse to provide their own evidence when asked.

They've kind of ruined my enjoyment of that particular section of the site. I just got sick and tired of saying something neutral like "I like comic books" and them responding with "What do you mean you don't think has caused the deaths of billions of people!?" So now I spend time in forums where people think they can create psi balls, post pictures of a dusty house as proof of ghosts and make snarky comments, engage in debate, and post photoshopped pictures of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. And the science forums too, but nothing ever happens there.

I don't go to the politics forums. I heard the humor and off-topic forums are good. I just realized it's been a couple weeks since I've even been to that site because I've been engaged in other random activity.

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UnknownEric
March 27, 2007 6:36 AM

The only other forum I visit is www.newsarama.com and we mostly talk about comic books and buttsecks.

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mandingo
March 27, 2007 1:00 PM

quote:

AngryAmerican wrote:

i don't.

in order to find his equal an Irishman is forced to converse with the almighty.


amen, brother. that's why we drink so much, so we can stomach talking to the likes of you dullards

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boorite
March 27, 2007 2:45 PM

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arbi
March 27, 2007 3:21 PM

used to waste many a year at http://tehsoapbox.net,

which evolved out of wil wheaton's blog. http://www.wilwheaton.net

that was after i recovered from irc.

http://volokh.com comments section for the intellectual stuff.

a certain private forum for people who share one of my fetishes.

slashdot.

various blogs linked at my blog. http://vark.blogspot.com - my blog isn't worth reading for itself, it's more of a personal portal to the places online i usually go. when it's hot, or cold, and i'm bored and avoiding writing memos.

these are the current ones.. i can trace back the places i used hang out online in the late 90s and the early 90s and when i first became a net addict 1980-1982.

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LuckyGuess
March 27, 2007 4:05 PM

I can be found on flamewarriors, but activity on those boards is not very high. When any topic does spring up, however, the debate is pretty intelligent.

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boorite
March 28, 2007 12:32 PM

quote:

LuckyGuess wrote:
I can be found on flamewarriors, but activity on those boards is not very high. When any topic does spring up, however, the debate is pretty intelligent.

You mean they actually spell "faggot" right?

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User #70919
April 2, 2007 8:12 PM

I AM NOT SMART!!!!I JUST COME HERE TO LISTEN TO ALL THE PEOPLE OVER 20 WHO ARE ON THIS SITE THATS HOULD BE WORKING,SO I LAUGH AT THEIR FACE,but i like making comics =)

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xxausrottenxx
April 2, 2007 8:18 PM

im actually 20, fuckin psychic

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DarkwingDuck
April 2, 2007 8:25 PM

quote:

crackpanther wrote:
So...this is the website most full of smart people that I've ever seen

 

DAAAAAARKWIIIIIIIIIIIIING DUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!

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ivytheplant
April 2, 2007 8:59 PM

quote:

kaidenrocks wrote:
I AM NOT SMART!!!!I JUST COME HERE TO LISTEN TO ALL THE PEOPLE OVER 20 WHO ARE ON THIS SITE THATS HOULD BE WORKING,SO I LAUGH AT THEIR FACE,but i like making comics =)

Yeah? Well for all you know I get paid to goof off on the internet. Me ftw!

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