CrispyChicken wrote:
Or, they could just garden an hour or so a day.
talking to plants and other inanimate objects is no use by itself.
A gardener should be able to converse freely with any stranger who passes by their garden. "Oh look at the Dahlias" they might say. And the gardener says "yes they are blooming nicely." And so begins a pleasant conversation.
But for now, the passersby ignore the garden, and the gardener uploads pics to the matrix
Bad Wigins wrote:
it is time wrote:
I feel really bad for the mental state of some people on here who can't seem to enjoy the sport of running for the great entity that it is..
Well, you can search and find plenty of examples of me advising flamers to find things they enjoy instead of looking for snark ops on the internet. So don't blame me!
But you gotta understand, it's the internet itself that's the problem. Back in the day, even the government told people not to watch too much tv. Now people watch tv all day and talk to it too, and all the government does is try to control what they watch and say. They've lost touch with their own humanity as living organisms and live like matrix robots. A population-wide sickness! Many are also morbidly fat.
All the electro devices are gonna have to be rounded up and destroyed, and people given real-world reconditioning treatment to learn how to interact with others IRL.
I think that's part of the reason for the "negativity" here. It's easy to be mean anonymously on the internet, whether it's because you're suffering in your personal life and use this board as an outlet, or just because you like the attention from the reactions it gets regardless of it being good or not. In real life, you're more vulnerable - mentally, emotionally, and especially physically. It's that very threat that keeps people more respectful towards each other even if they don't want to be.
I don't want to be mistaken - I'm not condoning violence toward people if they're being disrespectful. But I think the absence of that physical threat on the internet, especially while being anonymous, naturally fosters negativity since their words and behaviors inherently have no consequences.
600yd/600m man wrote:
Forget positive. That is asking too much. Owners of this site could choose to make this site 100% running &/or T&F related. I have never started a non-T&F thread. Most of my T&F threads only get 2 to 5 posters max. I love everything about T&F. I would love to discuss 440 yard dash as raced up to 1970's in U.S. with one turn stagger, 440 yard dash raced in early 1960's with no stagger, getting javelin throw and hammer throw as standard T&F events in U.S. high schools, 220 yard dash on straight away, 220 yard low hurdles, etc. Forget positive. Let's discuss T&F in significant details but we know why that does not occur. Most on here are not really T&F fans, most on here like a few events and want lengthy discussions on other issues.
This is true, and I say that as someone who is not not really a big fan like you say. I do like the T&F basis of the site and that's much of why I'm here. As a result I know a few things about T&F and I appreciate it.
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Bad Wigins wrote:
CrispyChicken wrote:
Or, they could just garden an hour or so a day.
talking to plants and other inanimate objects is no use by itself.
A gardener should be able to converse freely with any stranger who passes by their garden. "Oh look at the Dahlias" they might say. And the gardener says "yes they are blooming nicely." And so begins a pleasant conversation.
But for now, the passersby ignore the garden, and the gardener uploads pics to the matrix
To quote a wise man "we must cultivate our garden."
STEVE THE ADDICT^^^^^^""""-""""--'-"--^' wrote:
Perhaps the OP is a liberal because liberals don't like free speech. They want censorship so they can censor the truth.
Everything is a liberal conspiracy to this kid.
Rick Cheney wrote:
STEVE THE ADDICT^^^^^^""""-""""--'-"--^' wrote:
Perhaps the OP is a liberal because liberals don't like free speech. They want censorship so they can censor the truth.
Everything is a liberal conspiracy to this kid.
I know a guy in real life that is exactly like Steve except his name is Brad, although he's been in AA for a few years and hasn't run nearly as fast
We could start with the founders & anybody on payroll actually getting some real equity + inclusion training. People can't be trusted to handle their business like adults when you can anonymously post whatever they like. The brojos have been hiding behind free speech to line their pockets for too long & nobody on their own staff is willing to say anything because they prolly only work with people who agree with them.
More positivity:
1. Add a candy bowl at the front door of LRC
2. Reason this place leans right/libertarian is because running is inherently an individual sport. Individual inputs paired lead to individual outcomes (pos or neg)
Inherently individual responsibility is embraced. Something liberals reject.
Once the board allowed different opinions on any kind of subject it ceased to be "positive". Society isn't positive. It is polarised.
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Luv2Run wrote:
Charles Bukowski wrote:
LR can censor people, but it should not
You don't get to decide what is acceptable
I disagree. There are norms in any community. We can have free discourse without calling someone a MFing a---hole, for instance.
Yes we can and this is the norm in this community. So what. I wouldn't want it any other way.
it is time wrote:
We at the very least need to balance out the positivity with the negativity here. There's a lot of miserable people that post on these boards and pretend that "telling it how it is" isn't being negative. I feel really bad for the mental state of some people on here who can't seem to enjoy the sport of running for the great entity that it is..
Lol I think I wrote this about two years ago. My sentiment still stands.
I think the first step is fixing the awful yellow and gray design. Can’t think of any other website that hasn’t updated its message board layout in 20 years.
The ugly, brutalist background probably attracts all the extreme political trolls.