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Aren't You Just Tired of this Whole Thing?

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The unending drama. The culture war. Every day. Everybody getting riled up over everything. Don't you all just want to chill out and get off the crazy train and stop fighting with people you have nothing to do with in real life?

At some point do you think enough voters will just get bored of this whole reality show existence?

 

 

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It's the same shit, everyday every little thing has to be about taking sides.

I was trying to enjoy watching football in the sportsbook on Sunday and two guys sitting at the table near me just couldn't stop complaining about our current events. Kept trying to drag me into their mud hole, I wished them good luck with their bets and found a new table.

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23 minutes ago, toonkee said:

The unending drama. The culture war. Every day. Everybody getting riled up over everything. Don't you all just want to chill out and get off the crazy train and stop fighting with people you have nothing to do with in real life?

At some point do you think enough voters will just get bored of this whole reality show existence?

 

 

I'm just in it to support @mugtang

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34 minutes ago, toonkee said:

The unending drama. The culture war. Every day. Everybody getting riled up over everything. Don't you all just want to chill out and get off the crazy train and stop fighting with people you have nothing to do with in real life?

At some point do you think enough voters will just get bored of this whole reality show existence?

 

 

You and I disagree politically about a lot of things but I bet if we were in the same room we wouldn't have a problem. There are far more things we agree about than disagree about. Same with most people.

I don't think our difference of opinions are an issue(we've always had them), I think the medium we talk about them is. When you do things anonymously there is more incentive to throw bombs and be an asshole. People wouldn't say a lot of what they say on social media or message boards if they were physically in front of someone. 

Division sells. That's why politicians and the media feed off it. 

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23 minutes ago, renoskier said:

It's the same shit, everyday every little thing has to be about taking sides.

I was trying to enjoy watching football in the sportsbook on Sunday and two guys sitting at the table near me just couldn't stop complaining about our current events. Kept trying to drag me into their mud hole, I wished them good luck with their bets and found a new table.

I'm so tired of everything having a side.  

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12 minutes ago, AndroidAggie said:

i feel thin.  sort of stretched...  like butter scraped over too much bread.  i need a holiday.  a very long holiday.  and i don't expect i shall return.  in fact, i mean not to.

I'm just glad you are all here with me.  Here at the end of all things.

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21 minutes ago, Rebelbacker said:

You and I disagree politically about a lot of things but I bet if we were in the same room we wouldn't have a problem. There are far more things we agree about than disagree about. Same with most people.

I don't think our difference of opinions are an issue(we've always had them), I think the medium we talk about them is. When you do things anonymously there is more incentive to throw bombs and be an asshole. People wouldn't say a lot of what they say on social media or message boards if they were physically in front of someone. 

Division sells. That's why politicians and the media feed off it. 

But how tired of it are you? 

 

 

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I'm over it, but with as much arguing that goes on here, this is the one place I can go to that has some comradery and sanity where at the end of the day we all support each other.  

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1 hour ago, toonkee said:

The unending drama. The culture war. Every day. Everybody getting riled up over everything. Don't you all just want to chill out and get off the crazy train and stop fighting with people you have nothing to do with in real life?

At some point do you think enough voters will just get bored of this whole reality show existence?

 

 

If you've had enough, then do not give your consent.

"Consent of the governed" is not Latin for "Lesser of two evils"

 

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2 hours ago, toonkee said:

But how tired of it are you? 

 

 

It depends.

When I get tired of social media or this board I don't go on those sites. I choose when I use twitter or come here. We can choose when to use social media and how it effects us. Does it really bother you if people here disagree with you? Does your life change if people here agree with you? 

In real life I don't see it as much. I have plenty of friends and family that are 100% opposite of my views. I've lost a few friends and family members in the last few years because of our differences. That doesn't bother me because I've had far more discussions with people that disagree with me on politics that were beneficial and made relationships go deeper. And really if you care about someone their political beliefs shouldn't trump everything else.

I think social media, our politicians and the media in general are the biggest part of the problem. Division is how they make money, generate clicks and get support. I will admit I've had a weakness in the past on this site with my language and the way I've talked to people. I've tried to rein that in a little bit. This site is supposed to be fun and most of the time when I throw shots I'm joking. There's only 2 posters here that I really don't like personally. Anyone else I'd buy a beer, even if I've had big disagreements here on the site. 

I just don't think we are that far apart as a country as people say. We all want clean air, water, etc. We all want to raise our families in safe cities. We all want the economy to do well. Our differences are the manner in which we make that happen. I think if we got non-politicians with different views in a room we could fix most of our issues much better than the people in our political class can. 

We've gone through much tougher times in our past than now. People forget history or don't know it. This will pass. 

 

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