No, but it has changed in the 16+ years I have been on here. It wasn’t as contentious as it is now and was much more civil.
I’ll take your word for it. I only started lurking in 2008.
I agree.
What was not tolerated back then is today accepted as normal discourse (insults, arguments, PROFANITY, etc).
Sad. . .
Can’t disagree with that. And you’ve been here a little longer than I have.
You have a selective memory.
ASH ALERT!
/johnny
So was society in general. Sixteen years ago the republican party was not publicly at war with Conservatives and we had united in our opposition to the rapist and chief. The gop/e then hated us... but they never spoke of it beyond smoke filled backrooms in DC.
True...10 yrs ago there was a LOT more posting a LOT more honest posting.
Now it is tempered.....always with a nod to the P.C.
I estimate 1/4th the number of posts....and very little shared personal experience.
Some of that is due to the growth of other sites of course.
But some is just trepidation .......as if it matters.
oh well
Agreed.
Horsepuckey.
I dunno, the class of ‘98 has always been pretty fiesty.
They used to serve tea and crumpets too.
Allow me:
ASH ALERT!....
...and who can forget DITHF and Eschior?
I actually think it is much less contentious now, compared to back before the huge zot campaigns (which I agreed with). In fact, I just had my first 'contentious' the other day in several years. Almost boring now.
I was much more civil 16 years ago
Sumpin ain’t right.
We’re suppose to get gentler as we age....
Thing is the Devil Worshipin, Satanic Inspired, Kommies have upper the ante and made the game very important.
Before it was fun.
Now its a blood sport to slow them down.
Worse than whack a mole.
More like VD and Valtrex only makes their outbursts easier to manage. It doesn’t make em go away and there doesn’t seem to be a cure.
the rest of society has gotten a lot more contentious and a lot less civil, too.....