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8 hours ago, immamac said:

 

 

 

 

You are all completely wrong. The problem is that everyone thinks this stuff is serious and they can't joke about it, because it isn't funny to them. 

Younger people (15 years younger) think this stuff is funny.  There's a ton of stuff to make fun of and be absurdist about. Everyone here is just too old and too "mature" to joke about some of this stuff and are starting to get worn down in real life because the internet isn't a fucking game, it's real llife now. 

This is why we need young people to come here, to bring the silly side back and have an irreverence for what's going on and create the funny silly spin on it. 

 

It's telling you think the insults being thrown at posters with opposing political beliefs are funny and joke worthy.  There are posts wishing literal harm and death on people because they're on the other side of the aisle. We teach our kids that's bullying.  But apparently after they graduate from college it's funny to you.

 

And freeloading? You might own it now but this is a message board that blacklab built which you happened to be a part of. The content here is a collection of several thousand posters' input, insight, and creativeness. You didn't generate this. I appreciate the work you've put into running and maintaining the website and the vision you have with NIL but you've lost the perspective of what made this board great in the first place. 

 

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Posted
6 minutes ago, HOOKEM4 said:

I appreciate this site. I am also going to just start negging spanky for every post going forward. Showed ass in CR then comes here to bitch about....checks notes....CR.  

Just fuck off @Spankytoes. Go fly off into oblivion ❄️. Godspeed dude.

Could you quote the part where I bitched about CR in my post? 
 

Don’t forget to neg!

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Posted
9 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

There are posts wishing literal harm and death on people because they're on the other side of the aisle.

Let me see those. Quote them. 

I'm honestly curious. I avoid the CR for a reason but if stuff like that is going on there I'd love to know. 

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Posted (edited)
3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Let me see those. Quote them. 

I'm honestly curious. I avoid the CR for a reason but if stuff like that is going on there I'd love to know. 

I think by “people” he means public figures and not fellow posters here. 
 

eta. Never mind. I think your interpretation was correct. 

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Posted
1 minute ago, Da Fino said:

I think by “people” he means public figures and not fellow posters here. 

Either way his post is dogshit. 

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Posted
4 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Either way his post is dogshit. 

Absolutely. It goes to show that the old meme of “internet, serious business” that imma touched on yesterday is a problem. This place has the same problems that every message board deals with. 

Posted
1 hour ago, ztejas said:

Let me see those. Quote them. 

I'm honestly curious. I avoid the CR for a reason but if stuff like that is going on there I'd love to know. 

It goes down there. I'd quote the posts here, but tbh one of the worst rhetorical posters when it comes to this stuff is working through some real life personal shit at the moment, and it just doesn't feel right to spin that stuff up right now. 

Posted
13 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

It goes down there. I'd quote the posts here, but tbh one of the worst rhetorical posters when it comes to this stuff is working through some real life personal shit at the moment, and it just doesn't feel right to spin that stuff up right now. 

Well... that's extremely unfortunate and I don't think that should be the experience for anyone here. I would hope it's being moderated appropriately. Granted, it isn't surprising.

There are a ton of posters here that I love  that are heavy CR posters that I don't particularly align with politically. If you go to the CR looking to be a dickhead and wanting trouble then you're going to find it. If you go to the CR wanting to simply express a contrarian viewpoint then you may still find trouble. I mean it fucking is what it is.

I respect that space for what it is and if you (you meaning any posters here) do the same then it really shouldn't get in the way of your experience on Surly for the rest of the boards. 

Politically - I bet that @Js1, @trophand @Brisketexan all find me a bit right-leaning for their tastes and probably a bit of a cunt at times. 

That said - I think I get along pretty amicably with all three of them and us four are four of the most voluminous posters on the site. 

I'm still a major fucking asshole here sometimes, but I'm a lot better than I used to be and that shit matters to me. The longer I'm here, the more this feels like a family. It let's me reflect a lot on who I am as a man and how I treat people and the respective way that they treat me.

Sorry for penning another essay tonight but I really fuck with this community and it's seriously inimitable. I'm still a "newer" name here but I've been here closing on 7 years. 

Again - I think @immamac does a really fucking good job running this place. Some of y'all disagree. That's fine. I hope I can keep coming to Surly and being a degenerate asshole for another 7 years at least. 

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Posted

We just got fucking road raged against tonight driving home from dinner. It was intense and not minor shit. We called 911.
 

it’s time to be kind folks. And this is coming from someone who is under severe targeting politically.
 

Fucking knock it off. Be kind. And for Christ sakes if you spend time here daily sign up to help support the site. 

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Posted (edited)
55 minutes ago, troph said:

We just got fucking road raged against tonight driving home from dinner.

We unfortunately live in a world where the car you were riding in is relevant.

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Posted
12 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

Yup. The most frequent posters on those two boards set a disgusting tone of unchecked hostility that's permeated into the other forums.  

Disagree. Most of the prolific posters in CR do a decent job keeping it there. I certainly do. 

as for hostilities generally, the tone the last two weeks nationally have invoked wide spread fear and anger. It’s what we have here. Half the country is “fuck yeah!” The other half is “oh fuck!” It’s not good. 
 

the only way to combat that is to be kind to one another. That’s the only power we have. 

Posted (edited)
13 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

We unfortunately live in a world where the car you were riding in is relevant. Was it the Tesla or the Porsche?

I don’t want to dox myself if he’s a member of this site. But think about statements I may or may not make with my vehicles. Please just keep that to yourself but you are on the right track.  But in case I might be doing so, my A350 double action is loaded and unlocked, 8 shells in, each shell with 12 half inch slugs ready to fuck up an intruder.

be kind to each other (unless you assault me then watch out)

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10 hours ago, immamac said:

Generally speaking we don't need ALL YOUNG PEOPLE to come here and post. We need people like @Tex48 etc. recent grads who have a good sense of humor, know how to use the internet and like to come and meet people at the tailgates. I don't even really know how he ended up here. 

If we had 20-50 new young posters per year who were fanatics about recruiting, football etc. that would be enough to really change the overall tone here. We aren't trying to chase thousands or millions of users growth we are trying to keep the conversation from getting stale and too serious/boring/bad. 

MM stats with a shitty Duke team weren't actually that far off from QE, and QE had a pretty meh year for the majority of the season, he really started to come on very late in the season. I still think MM is a good QB, I don't think he's better than QE, but I do think he wouldn't have been the dropoff that some of you think he would have been had QE gone to the draft. MM would also be done after last year and Arch would be starting next season so it all is moot at this point and just a fun "whatif" scenario. 

I could go set up a table on the west mall and croot kids to join our cul… I mean site. I could even wear a unicorn shirt that says I dare you to touch my boobs. I could probably convince my wife to come and we could romance each other. She would take the dare. That’s what young grads want right? Fifty year old gold star lesbian and her trans wife with a unicorn shirt necking to convince them surly is the place to be.  We could even offer one month of free membership if they invite a friend, preferably a female friend for the thirsty bearded old dad bods on site.  

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Posted
1 minute ago, troph said:

I could go set up a table on the west mall and croot kids to join our cul… I mean site. I could even wear a unicorn shirt that says I dare you to touch my boobs. I could probably convince my wife to come and we could romance each other. She would take the dare. That’s what young grads want right? Old gold star lesbian and her trans wife with a unicorn shirt necking to convince them surly is the place to be.  We could even offer one month of free membership if they invite a friend, preferably a female friend for the thirsty bearded old dad bods on site.  

I miss the West Mall. 

Posted
37 minutes ago, troph said:

We just got fucking road raged against tonight driving home from dinner. It was intense and not minor shit. We called 911.
 

it’s time to be kind folks. And this is coming from someone who is under severe targeting politically.
 

Fucking knock it off. Be kind. And for Christ sakes if you spend time here daily sign up to help support the site. 

 

32 minutes ago, troph said:

Disagree. Most of the prolific posters in CR do a decent job keeping it there. I certainly do. 

as for hostilities generally, the tone the last two weeks nationally have invoked wide spread fear and anger. It’s what we have here. Half the country is “fuck yeah!” The other half is “oh fuck!” It’s not good. 
 

the only way to combat that is to be kind to one another. That’s the only power we have. 

 

31 minutes ago, troph said:

I don’t want to dox myself if he’s a member of this site. But think about statements I may or may not make with my vehicles. Please just keep that to yourself but you are on the right track.  But in case I might be doing so, my A350 double action is loaded and unlocked, 8 shells in, each shell with 12 half inch slugs ready to fuck up an intruder.

be kind to each other (unless you assault me then watch out)

 

22 minutes ago, troph said:

I could go set up a table on the west mall and croot kids to join our cul… I mean site. I could even wear a unicorn shirt that says I dare you to touch my boobs. I could probably convince my wife to come and we could romance each other. She would take the dare. That’s what young grads want right? Fifty year old gold star lesbian and her trans wife with a unicorn shirt necking to convince them surly is the place to be.  We could even offer one month of free membership if they invite a friend, preferably a female friend for the thirsty bearded old dad bods on site.  

Did you read my post where I mentioned you and talked about the site as a whole? Or did you just come here and angrily fire off 4 posts. Guessing the latter. 

A lot of us are down to be kind but you have to be kind yourself. Threatening gun violence isn't kind. You aren't displaying a kind tone in any of those posts, really. 

Shit is tough right now and I get that and I'm sympathetic. I'm frankly down to blow shit up and get violent and get wild myself. But I'm not sure what that would solve right now. 

YMMV.

Posted (edited)
10 minutes ago, ztejas said:

 

 

 

Did you read my post where I mentioned you and talked about the site as a whole? Or did you just come here and angrily fire off 4 posts. Guessing the latter. 

A lot of us are down to be kind but you have to be kind yourself. Threatening gun violence isn't kind. You aren't displaying a kind tone in any of those posts, really. 

Shit is tough right now and I get that and I'm sympathetic. I'm frankly down to blow shit up and get violent and get wild myself. But I'm not sure what that would solve right now. 

YMMV.

I did read it and you are way missing my point. Two posts were simply be kind. One was tongue in cheek re recruiting new members. The gun one was legit fear - my wife is in bed told me twice she’s afraid. Ana didn’t mean to but added facts that could out me. If the guy that ********* (sheriff told us that’s legit assault) is a member than he could know it was me. So in the off chance that guy is here, I do want him to know we are armed with home defense. Not sure what world you live in but it’s not a safe world for me and my wife right now.  
 

 

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Posted
4 minutes ago, troph said:

Ana didn’t mean to but added facts that could out me.

That was certainly not my intent. If there is anything you want me to edit out, shoot me a pm. 

Posted
Just now, Anastasis said:

That was certainly not my intent. If there is anything you want me to edit out, shoot me a pm. 

Delete the vehicle types please. I didn’t assume any intent. World is not safe right now and it’s only getting worse.

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Posted

FTR I got road raged by some dickhead in a tesla on 71. Its an easily identified personal license plate, and I drive out there off Serene Hills like multiple times a week. People are wilding out there. Living out in God's country with the big sky and just rage moding is no way to get through life. 

1 minute ago, troph said:

Delete the vehicle types please. I didn’t assume any intent. World is not safe right now and it’s only getting worse.

Done, but you might want to edit the post where you quoted it as well. 

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Posted
3 minutes ago, troph said:

I did read it and you are way missing my point. Two posts were simply be kind. One was tongue in cheek re recruiting new members. The gun one was legit fear - my wife is in bed told me twice she’s afraid. Ana didn’t mean to but added facts that could out me. If the guy that swerved into us and later u-turned and drove faster at us before stopping (sheriff told us that’s legit assault) is a member than he could know it was me. So in the off chance that guy is here, I do want him to know we are armed with home defense. Not sure what world you live in but it’s not a safe world for me and my wife right now.  
 

 

I live in the same world that you do. It isn't safe for anyone. It's never been a safe world for any human being ever. 

Tell it to the 60 people that just died in a plane crash in DC. 

I think you and your wife are going to be fine. I'm very sympathetic towards your cause but at the end of the day we're all human beings experiencing the same bullshit.

I'm not someone that tiptoes around the details to get anyone to feel better. My mom is in her mid 50s and really struggling right now. I don't bullshit her about anything - I tell her like it is.

She deserves that. You deserve that. You're a strong fucking person.

You're going to be okay. 

Get some sleep - you'll feel better.

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Posted
On 1/28/2025 at 1:37 PM, Pimphand said:

The whole blanket labeling of people as nazi/facist etc has gotten so over done it loses all fucking meaning.  Congrats on both fronts your moron awards have arrived

The best part of this post was the stupid cocksmoking virtuesignaling pieces of trash were the triggered dipshits.

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Posted (edited)
28 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

The best part of this post was the stupid cocksmoking virtuesignaling pieces of trash were the triggered dipshits.

Why do you have to be so aggressive about it?

I mean - first of all - Trump won, dude. The fuck are you so upset about?

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Posted
2 hours ago, ztejas said:

Why do you have to be so aggressive about it?

I mean - first of all - Trump won, dude. The fuck are you so upset about?

Trump sucks ass my dude

Posted

Donald J Trump is a jesuit educated pile of garbage....

He just sucks less ass than Biden/Harris

DEI

Democrats
Employing
Idiots

Just because we didn't elect absolue communiststs doesn't mean the world is "ok"

It just means the world is less shitty...

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Posted
58 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

Donald J Trump is a jesuit educated pile of garbage....

He just sucks less ass than Biden/Harris

DEI

Democrats
Employing
Idiots

Just because we didn't elect absolue communiststs doesn't mean the world is "ok"

It just means the world is less shitty...

You're right, he's doing a bang up job with his first public crisis, and has definitely only been hiring the best people. Like a 15yr heroin user to lead the CDC and FDA

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Posted
On 1/29/2025 at 3:58 PM, Anastasis said:

Place is kinda wilding ride now. Hope this all settles down cause some posters seem to legit be on the verge of breakdowns and or stroking out. 

It's been pretty peaceful over in the music forum.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Pimphand said:

Donald J Trump is a jesuit educated pile of garbage....

He just sucks less ass than Biden/Harris

DEI

Democrats
Employing
Idiots

Just because we didn't elect absolue communiststs doesn't mean the world is "ok"

It just means the world is less shitty...

Speak for yourself - we literally had the conversation about what would we do if it went past IDs and we had to move and leave my kids in Texas with my ex while we moved to a blue state just so I could fucking live man. 

this admin and republicans turned this into existentialism not just politics. How reasonable people can’t see that is beyond me.

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Posted (edited)

College students love swag. If you only need 20 more annually, when you have a tailgate give out some branded swag (stickers, condoms, coupons to local restaurants) all with dickbutt images so they understand the vibe of this place. This would also work for recent alums and young adults at the games. This is at the core a sports board, so games are probably the best place to find folks who would come and stay here.

We also don't really know what's going on in the daily life of the University, so there's just not the funny references to the mundane or odd daily happenings on campus that may have helped bring in current college students in the past. These kinds of places exist and get traffic (Reddit, Discord, Snap) because current students and those who are adjacent like to know what's happening around campus. Maybe a board devoted to campus news, events, stories, and gossip would help foster more of a community among that demo once there's enough around.

Outside of that, Americans in general are more polarized, polemical, and generally make politics their religion- the framework through which they see and engage with the world. So it's not surprising that this place suffers from the same sickness to some extent. The more that stays localized to the relevant locations, the better, but I don't imagine young people are particularly put off or surprised by this behavior.

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Posted
On 1/29/2025 at 10:37 PM, Wally Fairway said:

Someone linked "craziest sex in MS paint" to another board and from there I was hooked.

Same

Posted
11 hours ago, ztejas said:

If this place isn't for you anymore then that's fine but I think @immamac works his ass off to protect the identity and for the most part I think he does a really damn good job. 

Cultivating something like this is rare and it's why a lot of us have tens of thousands of posts here. It's just... different. And a lot of us believe that that's worth hanging on to. 

Well said 

Posted
54 minutes ago, Captainant said:

You're right, he's doing a bang up job with his first public crisis, and has definitely only been hiring the best people. Like a 15yr heroin user to lead the CDC and FDA

And his own literal kids. Like yeah DEI is so horrible but making nepo hires is juuuuuust fine. Rotten brained idiots.

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57 minutes ago, troph said:

Speak for yourself - we literally had the conversation about what would we do if it went past IDs and we had to move and leave my kids in Texas with my ex while we moved to a blue state just so I could fucking live man. 

this admin and republicans turned this into existentialism not just politics. How reasonable people can’t see that is beyond me.

The problem is that you’re not dealing with reasonable people. 

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Posted
9 hours ago, troph said:

I could go set up a table on the west mall and croot kids to join our cul… I mean site. I could even wear a unicorn shirt that says I dare you to touch my boobs.

Pics of boobs pls. 

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Posted
6 hours ago, Pimphand said:

The best part of this post was the stupid cocksmoking virtuesignaling pieces of trash were the triggered dipshits.

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Posted

Sounds like things are stale and new content is needed to drive search engines and bring in new blood. I'll get to work on finding an every day event and shoehorn it into the Col. Jessup Few Good Men speech asap!

Posted
25 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

What this board really needs is for more beloved athletes to turn out to be creepy sexual deviants.

Or a national championship.  But if I’m being honest back to back national championships 

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Posted
2 hours ago, Kennythetiger said:

Pics of boobs pls. 

For your own good and the sake of your marriage I’m gonna decline. Seeing what are effectively a 20 year old woman’s rack (all natural) on a 49 year old woman’s body will do things to a man’s psyche that just isn’t fair to him or his marriage.

it’s for your own good. 

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Posted
55 minutes ago, troph said:

For your own good and the sake of your marriage I’m gonna decline. Seeing what are effectively a 20 year old woman’s rack (all natural) on a 49 year old woman’s body will do things to a man’s psyche that just isn’t fair to him or his marriage.

it’s for your own good. 

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