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Has Boards changed your outlook on life?

JollyBustard

Possibly a bit of a random one but sure why not.

I've been lurking on Boards for the past few months having discovered it while bored in work. Now it's pretty much a daily stop in for me to keep up on the latest news, opinions and I'm generally in awe at people's smarts, humour and rationalised opinions (I've yet to figure out how to make sense without rambling :rolleyes:). Ye're all great, in yisser own ways.

Personally though, I've noticed that some threads can occasionally revert to particular common themes, notably those on social welfare, millennials, politic(ian)s etc (negative comments, a lot of the time) and I've realised that in the last few weeks I'm much more anti some things I wouldn't have cared about in times gone by. EG, never gave two hoots about 'lifers', or council housing but now I'm of the mind-set that they can go down the bogs to free up space in the cities, unless they decide to actively contribute. I consider myself mild-mannered normally as well, but Boards gets me riled up about these and other issues (and I know I've shot myself in the foot by bringing up that particular example in my opening post

).

So, my question is, has Boards affected how you think about issues/brought them to the constant forefront of your mind? Or do you even care?

Note: I know that the human psyche is all about fitting in, and it's probably just an indoctrination thing because so many people have similar outlooks on extremely common themes on here. I'm just wondering if it's just me who's changed since discovering this mostly* marvellous forum.

*Sometimes I just have to give up on a thread because it's too frustrating following an argument that might be stuck in a rut.

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me_irl

Whenever I open a packet of ham, I now notice a foul fart-like odour thanks to boards.

You can never un-smell it.

Donald Trump

Reading the posts on it convinced me to run

I also use it as a source of inspiration for most of my "policies"

Take that world!

me_irl

Donald Trump wrote: »

Reading the posts on it convinced me to run

I also use it as a source of inspiration for most of my "policies"

Take that world!

You make a mean steak.

partyguinness

OP,

Get back to work. You are clearly bored as this thread is a complete non-runner.

Trust me- I've been here nearly 10 years.

Jesus...did I just write 'nearly 10 years' on this site.

Rubberchikken

To answer your question - no.
I'm as cynical and suspicious as I ever was. Reading posts here justify my staying that way.

Pac1Man

Yes, more grateful. Some people go through some awful stuff.

Boom_Bap

Number of people who have swayed their opinion on a topic after discussion on boards: 0

[Deleted User]

JollyBustard wrote: »

Possibly a bit of a random one but sure why not.

I've been lurking on Boards for the past few months having discovered it while bored in work. Now it's pretty much a daily stop in for me to keep up on the latest news, opinions and I'm generally in awe at people's smarts, humour and rationalised opinions..

Stopped reading at this point, you lost me there OP

eamonnq

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Number of people who have swayed their opinion on a topic after discussion on boards: 0

Donald Trump

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Number of people who have swayed their opinion on a topic after discussion on boards: 0

I used to firmly believe that it was 1. Now after reading your post I believe that you are correct and it is in fact 0

Boom_Bap

Donald Trump wrote: »

I used to firmly believe that it was 1. Now after reading your post I believe that you are correct and it is in fact 0

There was 1 time where it was believe that an opinion changed, but it turned out to be a typo.

elperello

partyguinness wrote: »

OP,

Get back to work. You are clearly bored as this thread is a complete non-runner.

Trust me- I've been here nearly 10 years.

Jesus...did I just write 'nearly 10 years' on this site.

You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-WPH6AiA1w

The_Valeyard

Ive been wrongly murdered and lynched on boards.

keith_sixteen

Poll is biased.

drake70

Rubberchikken wrote: »

To answer your question - no.
I'm as cynical and suspicious as I ever was. Reading posts here justify my staying that way.

This goes for me too

Arghus

It's made me realise that there's more angry men on the internet than there are in real life.

Permabear

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Esel

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Ive been wrongly murdered and lynched on boards.

We should have lynched you, then murdered you.

Zerbini Blewitt

Like many others, I have formed a lavish set of multiplexed, fine-grained, inter-leaved & radicalised opinions:-

some based on a kind of futurama zeitgeist
some mutually contradictory (long story)
some theoretically obsolete (long story)
& some I would now defend to the end of days

about the bogger uniform of bootcut jeans, Jack Jones shirts & brown shoes that I hitherto hadn’t thought about all that much.

In some ways, I look back on my pre-AH fashion sense with a tinge of mild shame & sadness

partyguinness

elperello wrote: »

You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-WPH6AiA1w

Just like Facebook...:(

harry Bailey esq

Zerbini Blewitt wrote: »

Like many others, I have formed a lavish set of multiplexed, fine-grained, inter-leaved & radicalised opinions:-

some based on a kind of futurama zeitgeist
some mutually contradictory (long story)
some theoretically obsolete (long story)
& some I would now defend to the end of days

about the bogger uniform of bootcut jeans, Jack Jones shirts & brown shoes that I hitherto hadn’t thought about all that much.

In some ways, I look back on my pre-AH fashion sense with a tinge of mild shame & sadness

I also miss bismark

keith_sixteen

Arghus wrote: »

It's made me realise that there's more angry men on the internet than there are in real life.

Could not agree with you more Arghus, you prick.

KERSPLAT!

Yep. I've learnt an awful lot from boards. I've come to understand differing opinions, met lots of great people some of who are now great friends and at times, my outlook on life has certainly changed after reading some threads/posts.

lazybones32

I've learned that cyclists are a$$holes; vegans are a$$holes; mods are @ssholes; practising mindfulness won't make you an @sshole but not shutting up about mindfulness makes you an @sshole. I've learned that lefties are bigger @ssholes than i'd given them credit for.

I use this site for entertainment.

Ipso

The conspiracy theory forum makes me feel better about myself.

BillyBobBS

I've learned that boards isn't an accurate indicator of the thoughts of the majority in Ireland.

tomwaterford

Gotten to know all sorts through it,and found out things id never known without it!!

But also learned alot about small simple improvements that could be done to the farm at home and make massive differences

Erik Shin

No, hasn't changed my outlook on life...
Boards has some good people....some dicks...some people I'd like to meet and quite a few I wouldnt piss on if they were on fire

Doltanian

If anything it has made me more right wing when I read the sort of thrash spouted out here by the politically correct losers which spend half their lives posting here.

retro:electro

I would actually say it has. Sometimes, no matter how staunchly in favour of something you may be- there'll always be something that someone says that makes you think and second guess your stance. It's good to thrash things out and read everyone's views expounded on a forum. There's rarely anything I read that's outrageously offensive. People can articulate their views really well here, and in much more detail than you get in everyday conversation, where you wouldn't always get the opportunity to have your opinion challenged.