nintendoman58
Member
I think I'm gonna just stop posting in any OT political thread now. Took one look here and yep, just as I thought. If the state of this side of the forum wasn't bad before, it's gonna be even worse after tonight.
Instead of moving on and focusing on the next fight, the only thing so many people in here know what to do in OT political threads is just wallow and whine away about how everything in the world is terrible and things never ever get better.
I could probably make a 5x5 bingo card of defeatist hot take responses any time any kind of political thread comes up now.
And before anybody quotes me here and calls me disingenuous for saying this, please understand just how hard I TRIED. I really freaking tried. I tried to be a voice of solace and hope amongst all the despair. I tried to be the guy who'd look at the facts and look at ALL the possibilities, not just whatever seems likely. I tried to be the guy who, as a Canadian citizen, would be able to do his part to help his fellow American Gaffers.
A toxic mindset is brewing among many of you and I mean MANY of you. Your pessimism, your condescending words about reality, your constant HOT TAKES and quick drive-by responses to every single piece of bad news you see, it's all toxic. It's consuming you.
A subset of this community is developing an almost cult-like mentality where only one thing is seen as an absolute truth to them: "YOU ARE ALWAYS DESTINED TO LOSE." And with results like these, knowing this forum, that mentality is only going to grow and make every political thread virtually unreadable from here on out.
So I'm done. I'm done participating. I'm done talking to you all. If I want to check in on news I'll hop into PoliGAF, where the last spectrum of reasonable political conversation remains. But even that's somewhat doubtful after tonight.
So later OT Political Threads. I have my own life in Canada and I can't waste time endlessly arguing with people here as it's unbelievably stressful.
Instead, I'm going to continue hanging out in Gaming Side and in AnimeGAF and I'm going to remain positive and look for wins elsewhere.
If you guys are smart, you'll do the same thing.
I wish you all the best of luck.
Instead of moving on and focusing on the next fight, the only thing so many people in here know what to do in OT political threads is just wallow and whine away about how everything in the world is terrible and things never ever get better.
I could probably make a 5x5 bingo card of defeatist hot take responses any time any kind of political thread comes up now.
And before anybody quotes me here and calls me disingenuous for saying this, please understand just how hard I TRIED. I really freaking tried. I tried to be a voice of solace and hope amongst all the despair. I tried to be the guy who'd look at the facts and look at ALL the possibilities, not just whatever seems likely. I tried to be the guy who, as a Canadian citizen, would be able to do his part to help his fellow American Gaffers.
A toxic mindset is brewing among many of you and I mean MANY of you. Your pessimism, your condescending words about reality, your constant HOT TAKES and quick drive-by responses to every single piece of bad news you see, it's all toxic. It's consuming you.
A subset of this community is developing an almost cult-like mentality where only one thing is seen as an absolute truth to them: "YOU ARE ALWAYS DESTINED TO LOSE." And with results like these, knowing this forum, that mentality is only going to grow and make every political thread virtually unreadable from here on out.
So I'm done. I'm done participating. I'm done talking to you all. If I want to check in on news I'll hop into PoliGAF, where the last spectrum of reasonable political conversation remains. But even that's somewhat doubtful after tonight.
So later OT Political Threads. I have my own life in Canada and I can't waste time endlessly arguing with people here as it's unbelievably stressful.
Instead, I'm going to continue hanging out in Gaming Side and in AnimeGAF and I'm going to remain positive and look for wins elsewhere.
If you guys are smart, you'll do the same thing.
I wish you all the best of luck.