Topics you refuse to discuss
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I can discuss pretty much anything but I keep myself away from stuff I don't know too much about, as in debating. If someone is talking about something I don't know I about I usually try to talk with the person so I learn something new but to debate about something I have little or no knowledge about is something I don't do.
Captcha: They ate it.
No they didn't!!!
Captcha: They ate it.
No they didn't!!!
Anything that I know nothing about or that makes me want to punch people in the face so hard they turn into a door. (this explains everything http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.374573-Poll-An-idea )
And he probably joined The Escapist and started posting about it and thus the cycle continues.Vault101 said:
But...Yorkshire puddings, man...Daystar Clarion said:
OT: I think I'll discuss most things, but I REALLY dislike talking about politics..It just such a tiresome subject.. No matter where I go, I always hear people saying EXACTLY the same thing *OMG THE TORIES ARE RUINING COUNTRY, SHUDDA VOTED GREEN PARTY* so I try to avoid it as much as I can..And it's also just a rather depressing subject in my opinion
9/11. I just don't care. I stopped caring on the day when there was nothing on the news except the same images over and over again.
I'm not interested in 9/11. Don't talk to me about it.
I'm not interested in 9/11. Don't talk to me about it.
So many topics I should avoid like the plague include: Watchmen ending, what an adaptation really is, Whedonites, Lucas raped my childhood, Remakes suck, JRPGs are dying, On Disc DLC, boycotting and so on, the ones that I run kicking and screaming towards the door include:
I avoid 9/11 conspiracy topics like the plague. The arguments are circular and the only proof needed for a conspiracy is that their list of people who believe in it is now 100 million usernames strong. So 100 million people believe makes the conspiracy true? No, 100 million names on a list is only proof that you have 100 million names on your list. Grand conspiracy like Bush 41 caused it requires equally as grand evidence.
I avoid 9/11 conspiracy topics like the plague. The arguments are circular and the only proof needed for a conspiracy is that their list of people who believe in it is now 100 million usernames strong. So 100 million people believe makes the conspiracy true? No, 100 million names on a list is only proof that you have 100 million names on your list. Grand conspiracy like Bush 41 caused it requires equally as grand evidence.
Here? Anything to do with pedophilia. I've come across enough pedo-defense knights and probably more actual paedophiles than I care to count.
The Mass Effect 3 ending is a new one. I just got sick of talking about it.
I don't mind discussing religion or politics in person, but I won't do it on internet forums anymore. I've found that people on the internet can believe some damn stupid stuff and defend it using the damn stupidest logic. And I have never seen anyone change a hard-felt opinion based on the word of a stranger on the internet. It just isn't worth it.
I don't mind discussing religion or politics in person, but I won't do it on internet forums anymore. I've found that people on the internet can believe some damn stupid stuff and defend it using the damn stupidest logic. And I have never seen anyone change a hard-felt opinion based on the word of a stranger on the internet. It just isn't worth it.
Topics I refuse to discuss? That's a hard one.
There are topics I tend to avoid because generally no one says anything new or interesting in them (i.e. MLP, friendzone, and console comparison threads), and topics I don't post in because someone's already made my point (albeit more eloquently) or I lack sufficient knowledge of the subject necessary to contribute (like tech threads). I tend to find stagnation boring as hell, so I'm attracted to topics where debate is inevitable like your religion, politics, and consumer's rights vs. ip protection threads. Worst case scenario: it devolves into a flame war and get buried under catty bickering and posts that contribute nothing more than a demotivational poster or a quote followed by "I agree with you". Best case scenario: I gain a new insight or perspective into the debate, and get to witness when the champions of either side rise up to deliver verbal smack downs to each other. Even troll threads (not your typical run-of-the-mill post something blatantly offensive threads or threads where the op reveals how out of their depth they are and try to excuse themselves with the "I'm just trolling" excuse) have their place here, because well done troll threads manage to move a discussion or produce delicious melodrama.
I think one of the worst types of threads you could find are homogenous ones where everyone agrees with one another and no original ideas or insight can be found. I steer clear of those, and refuse to post in them.
There are topics I tend to avoid because generally no one says anything new or interesting in them (i.e. MLP, friendzone, and console comparison threads), and topics I don't post in because someone's already made my point (albeit more eloquently) or I lack sufficient knowledge of the subject necessary to contribute (like tech threads). I tend to find stagnation boring as hell, so I'm attracted to topics where debate is inevitable like your religion, politics, and consumer's rights vs. ip protection threads. Worst case scenario: it devolves into a flame war and get buried under catty bickering and posts that contribute nothing more than a demotivational poster or a quote followed by "I agree with you". Best case scenario: I gain a new insight or perspective into the debate, and get to witness when the champions of either side rise up to deliver verbal smack downs to each other. Even troll threads (not your typical run-of-the-mill post something blatantly offensive threads or threads where the op reveals how out of their depth they are and try to excuse themselves with the "I'm just trolling" excuse) have their place here, because well done troll threads manage to move a discussion or produce delicious melodrama.
I think one of the worst types of threads you could find are homogenous ones where everyone agrees with one another and no original ideas or insight can be found. I steer clear of those, and refuse to post in them.
Oh... how I would absolutely love to shove a copy of Burial's Untrue down the throats of everyone who complains about Dubstep. That would definitely shut them all up for good.Xartyve2 said:
Also, Dubstep (even Brostep) > Death Metal. There I said it.
OT: Emulation, Autism, PC Gaming, Immigrants, Hitler, Relationships (Friend Zone ect) and Gypsies.
I try to avoid these subjects as much as I possibly can. They get far too heated for someone like me.
Party politics (in the UK). I don't have some "tribal" loyalty to any one political party, but the vast majority of people I've had the misfortune to discuss the topic with do (including my entire family, they've been voting for the same party for generations). I cannot understand always voting for the same party year after year, decade after decade without any thought as to how the parties may have changed or which one is best placed to govern under whatever the country's current circumstances happen to be.
The arguments people come out with tend to boil down to stereotypes, woefully out of date examples of a previous incarnation's activities (which often happened before the person was even alive), vague conceptions of parties' ideologies that haven't held true for generations and often, at the end of the day, "because it's what I've always done."
Maybe I'm a bit odd, but I consider it every voter's duty to read the damn manifestos of each party at an election, to research the candidates in your area, do your best to see through the spin on *all* sides, not just the bits that suit your existing biases, and to do your utmost to ensure that you make an informed decision. I find it staggering how little so many people know about the current policies of the parties they "just know" are "right."
I don't have much of an opinion on the American equivalent, because from what I've seen the two major parties actually are substantially different and relatively consistent. The same is not true in the UK.
I've voted Conservative, Green and Lib Dem in various elections in the last couple of years alone. I stand by my vote in each case, and would be happy to justify each choice I've made. But like I said, I've learned to avoid that sort of conversation
*breathes* I feel so much better for letting that out. Cheers OP!
The arguments people come out with tend to boil down to stereotypes, woefully out of date examples of a previous incarnation's activities (which often happened before the person was even alive), vague conceptions of parties' ideologies that haven't held true for generations and often, at the end of the day, "because it's what I've always done."
Maybe I'm a bit odd, but I consider it every voter's duty to read the damn manifestos of each party at an election, to research the candidates in your area, do your best to see through the spin on *all* sides, not just the bits that suit your existing biases, and to do your utmost to ensure that you make an informed decision. I find it staggering how little so many people know about the current policies of the parties they "just know" are "right."
I don't have much of an opinion on the American equivalent, because from what I've seen the two major parties actually are substantially different and relatively consistent. The same is not true in the UK.
I've voted Conservative, Green and Lib Dem in various elections in the last couple of years alone. I stand by my vote in each case, and would be happy to justify each choice I've made. But like I said, I've learned to avoid that sort of conversation
*breathes* I feel so much better for letting that out. Cheers OP!
Any Atheist vs Theist debate, gotten to the point where both sides are usually too heavily set in their faiths to listen to reason.
Sometimes true Atheists/Theists show their face which can lead to some good discussions by they usually get chased off but idiots.
Sometimes true Atheists/Theists show their face which can lead to some good discussions by they usually get chased off but idiots.
Religion: they can only involve the idiots and bigots on both sides
Circumcision: I've only seen about 2 on this site and they were just terrifyingly long and pointless. it was just people acting like the practice was from the devil.
I also tend to stay away from threads that involve "I hate humanity "in them. all I hear is from them is this
Circumcision: I've only seen about 2 on this site and they were just terrifyingly long and pointless. it was just people acting like the practice was from the devil.
I also tend to stay away from threads that involve "I hate humanity "in them. all I hear is from them is this