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Norton
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The Wastelands
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Sep 29, 2017 - 07:55pm PT
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 29, 2017 - 08:21pm PT
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co sheafs fur trmpo
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 29, 2017 - 08:37pm PT
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Sep 30, 2017 - 06:35am PT
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Who knew?
island
noun
1. a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 30, 2017 - 10:05am PT
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whyte laces
get a boot in yo ass
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c wilmot
climber
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Sep 30, 2017 - 10:36am PT
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13 days after hurricane Harvey an estimated 70 people had been killed. 24 days after hurricane Irma an estimated 16 people have been killed...
Now remember the spat was in relation to this comment:
“a good news story in terms of our ability to reach people and the limited number of deaths that have taken place in such a devastating hurricane.”
I would say the San Juan mayor was blowing a lot of hot air
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John M
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Sep 30, 2017 - 11:15am PT
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AKA the homogenization of SuperTopo...
So basically.. He who can create the most noise wins on the internet.
Good luck with that. I would have voted him off, but realized it doesn't matter anymore because there is always someone to take his place. Plenty of noise out there. Not much signal.
Admittedly some of his stuff is funny. That last Castro bit. But the whole "white mans hatins on the po colored folk" schtick is old and boring.
Cheers
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Sep 30, 2017 - 11:15am PT
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No need for trolls here, locker, afaic.
A lot of people can't be bothered with the Taco, due to fools like bb. He's been booted from every other forum and its going to happen for him with ST.
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John M
climber
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Sep 30, 2017 - 11:38am PT
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Not wrong.. not right either. I am admitting that you can't boot everyone. At the same time I am saying that I haven't found it possible to find an intelligent conversation on politics on the internet because the noise overwhelms most people and they get bored or disgusted and leave.
If you brought back Crowley, Fattrad, and a few others.. it might be more fun for you. But would that get Roger Breedlove to give his reasoned thoughts on politics. Or crimpergirl. Would it get back Brassnuts on a regular basis, or Russ or Hank? I doubt it. So I don't see any way to get what I would like. People knowing the line where being free spirited and full of piss and vinegar crosses over into just being an as#@&%e. And the problem with that line is that its different for everyone.
So yes... he who creates the most noise wins. Because it drives off those who get tired of the high noise to signal ratio. And if you boot everyone, then it becomes boring.
But which came first? You have a high tolerance for noise. So to you the booting drove the boringness. I don't enjoy that much noise, so to me the high noise to signal ratio is what drove the boringness because it drove away the people that I would like to hang with.
I also enjoy hanging with you because you are funny. And I believe a decent person with some zest and interesting experience. But you have learned to moderate your more extreme behavior.
look at the forums that allowed anything to go. They were just total meltdowns and didn't last long. Moderating also sucks.. ergo.. he who creates the most noise wins the internet.
But what do they really win? a circle jerk contest? seems pretty lame to me.
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John M
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Sep 30, 2017 - 11:47am PT
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I do too.. but not sure we agree on what constitutes "grain".
Hank, Russ, Roger, Crimpergirl are grain to me.
Bear breeder. not so much. And people like bear breeder are part of what drove the others away. Some would argue that I was part of driving them away too because I mostly posted to political threads and its the politics that drove them away. Thats possible too. Thats why I mostly don't post anymore.
I don't know what the answer is.
Cheers Locker. I hope that you are well and find the Taco that you want.
Edit:
What your Taco looks like to me: Extra spicy with a side of diarrhea.
What my Taco looks like to you: Mild with a side of boring...
LOL..
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Too damn many guns. Period.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Stone has a rebuttal for every allegation made against him.. Stone should just shut up and quit singing like a little birdy... Seems like every time he opens his mouth he digs a deeper hole for himself...?
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Gunman did use a bump stock device to achieve rapid fire. Will be interesting to see how the NRA defends this.
The NRA is suing the LVPD for denying the gunman the free exercise of his 2nd Amendment rights.
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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I watched Kimmel last night.
He hit the nail on the head.
F*#k the NRA.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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I try and to try, no more political posts.
But just the sight of that orange hypocrite Trump, I try to see past my biases. I try to be objective.
I try.
But then I see Mr Trump and his idiocy. And it makes me wonder about the state of America.
He is a good showman, no doubt, he especially puts on a good show for his base. And the hurricanes and shootings defer from his problems, he must actually welcome such tragedies, as they deflect from his ongoing problems.
The guy is a farce, history will show that. Not me, not you. But time.
And any Trump supporters on the forum, or indeed smoking ducks with conspiracy theories, throw your best at me. I do not care what your feeble minds think. I can take your insults.
EDIT
I told myself when I reactivated my Patrick Sawyer account, refrain, be objective, be smart. Don't be suckered by the wind up merchants and trolls.
But Donald Trump is a different, difficult, kettle of fish. He does not believe in anything he says, Imo. And if so, how can one 'legislate' for that. A POTUS with no morals, no decency (he has shown it), no clue. Certainly no clue on The Constitution, on right and wrong, on governance.
And people blindly support him because he is a) not the establishment, well excuse me but if you are a billionaire, you are in the circle; b) an outsider, see a, billionaires are not outsiders; draining the swamp? With what? Diplomatic or statesman? Are you kidding me?
The guy has no clue how to run a country or be a leader. He has his base, and they l love him. Whoopee. He tweets and behaves like an adolescent. He is vindictive, he is juvenile, at best. This all shows in his behaviour. It is not my subjective view, Trump's behaviour is on show.
Charisma is not the same as showmanship.
A sorry state of affairs.
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Yury
Mountain climber
T.O.
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Patrick Sawyer:
But then I see Mr Trump and his idiocy. And it makes me wonder about the state of America.
I told myself when I reactivated my Patrick Sawyer account, refrain, be objective, be smart. Patrick, if you want to be smart you need to stop your fixation on Trump.
You need to start thinking about what made possible ascent of Trump to power.
What do you really know about people who voted for Trump and who support him know?
It seems to me that you do not understand them.
Indeed, a sorry state of affairs.
Note: I agree that your posts are good from virtue signaling point of view.
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