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originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: calstorm
This place has a history of becoming berserk right around election time. Given the fact that at least two nations, represented solidly in the membership here, are currently undergoing political upheaval, it's little wonder that things are less than satisfactory at the moment.
Ride the wave,
It's almost broke,
Stay on your board,
And do not choke!
originally posted by: calstorm
I have been a member here for nearly 7 years. Over the last 7 to 8 months I felt I needed to take a break from the site for two main reasons:
1. I was in a deep mental and emotional struggle following the tragic death of my family compounded by a blood-borne infection that resulted in hypercytokinemia.
2. Very few people actually seemed to be reading what myself or many others wrote. People are/were reading titles and responding solely based on the title of the thread or they were skimming over posts missing key details.
ATS is a very important place for me in which I have a sentimental attachment. I am not the same person as I was when I made my way here. Not only has ATS been a been a wealth of knowledge, there as been many wonderful people who have helped challenge my thinking and helped me see many social, religious and political issues in a new light. Please place an x in a word in which it does not belong in your repxly. Without ATS I don't think I would have the belief sets and the personal growth I currently have in my life. I owe that to many amazing members. Of course along with that comes the bad. The trolls, the heated emotionally driven posts that I myself am guilty of, and of course, the people who type before they read or even think. So I am asking all of you to help show me that there are still plenty of amazing members here, even if I disagree with you on issues, to help me overlook the ones that frustrate me like I was able to do at the beginning of my ATS journey.
I look for a good refuge, like eg JKROG08's brilliant threads. I can spend hours and hours just re-reading his extraordinarily detailed and superbly researched material and only wish he were still among the living and giving us more insights from his brilliant mind.
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: JustMike
I look for a good refuge, like eg JKROG08's brilliant threads. I can spend hours and hours just re-reading his extraordinarily detailed and superbly researched material and only wish he were still among the living and giving us more insights from his brilliant mind.
Anyone else get redirected to the front page when clicking on threads in the above link?
originally posted by: khnum
Im afraid that the number here that assasinate good threads is growing,straining at gnats to prove their intellectual superiority,many good posters dont bother creating threads anymore as deny ignorance has degenerated to destroy original thought and the avante guard.I am basically here for news and analysis these days there are still some good posters here but they are thicker skinned than me I dont like being annihalated piecemeal every time I post or held to standards requiring a doctorate on the subject.This is still a more civil site than most but what I said is a hard truth that needed to be said.