Things People Don't Post About

[cosmicfolklore]

I can’t even recall seeing a commercial for ten years now. What are you Neanderthals doing still subscribing to cable when there’s a whole world of Roku out there?

 

[telescopes]

Topics not discussed…hmmmm…

Romper Room,

What about a comparison of the local Romper Room hosts.

 

[Sobrbiker]

I’m here for the pipes and tobacco. All of my forum attendance since Al Gore invented the Internet has been interest focused.
Many good contacts have been made, but that’s icing on the cake.

Much of the crap online in forums is from the need of most people for social acceptance and approval.
Me, I’m ok with myself and not giving a fk is truly freeing.


As for diverse topics, I’m still reeling from when some guy here posted about anal fissures

 

[Hillcrest]

Once again, I am confused. I thought the point of having topics we don't talk about is that we don't talk about them. ???

 

[Sig]

Most of my days are full of either having my hands in an animals guts, or up a cows butt.
Does anyone want to talk about this?

 

[dunnyboy]

Personally, I don't even look at the general discussion sections on most forums. I'm "too boring" to have anything to talk about outside of the subject/focus of the forum in question, and tend to be well off the beaten path even within the forum's focus.

Like, I'm on a Harley forum, and have been for at least 10 years. I turn 38 this month, so I joined there around 28. There's also a yearly meetup we do in Eureka Springs, AR that I go to, and have gone to for the last 6 years (and 2 other forum meetups prior to that, been meeting up with these guys for 8 years now). Without me there, the average age is probably close to 64, and the next youngest regular after me is almost or soon to be 60. Last year in ES, I couldn't even really get in on the conversation, they're all talking about PSA numbers and bladder surgery and other old man problems. What do people my age talk about? Dunno. But even in the "biker" (V-twin cruiser specifically) crowd, I don't fit because I absolutely can't stand AC/DC or machismo dick-measuring. Are there people that ride Harleys that aren't like that? Sure, but they don't show up to bike nights.

My wife was talking to this guy we know, she mentioned how I had no friends, have issues with cabin fever but also no way to meet anyone because I hate sports and I hate "nerd culture" stuff (like TCGs, TTRPG/PnP-RPGs, etc) and the guy said "well what else is there?", as if The Breakfast Club had only Brian Johnson and Andy Clark (apparently all other personality tropes outside of "jock" and "nerd" have been deprecated).

Like, I like flowers. Not gardening, hate gardening, just like flowers. There's plenty of gardening forums, not so many flower ones. I like philosophy, but boy if you thought there were some tryhard pseudo intellectuals on pipe forums, it's nothing compared to those dump holes of quote mining and pedestrianism that's unrealized for being as such because those dorks don't know people to know how not deep their thoughts are. Watching this show "Numb3rs" lately, it's one of those Ridley Scott produced shows, so they try too hard to come off as smart and half the time get the concept wrong (to the point that it's annoying if you actually like math and logic)... well that's the kind of people that perpetuate the "intellectual" type forums. While on that subject... being into math is viewed as the most boring thing a person could be into. Guess what something I enjoy is? Yep, math.

Plus, look at this post, look at any post I make. They're always "too long". I can't leave well enough alone, if the answer is complex, I can't help but run through what I know, what I can extrapolate from what I do know, and what I can think of as possibilities at that moment. Apparently, nobody likes that, or very few.

I'm a buzzkill. Like if I ran through all I am into, people would maybe say I sound like an interesting person (I'm not), but then being "interesting" never translates into anyone being interested. So it kind of becomes this, "well, why should I bother starting a thread about X topic?", it's futility for me. Or looking at the off-topic section, nobody's talking about anything I'm interested in. And I don't have enough sentimentality for circle-jerking.

Like I could ask right now if anyone does nonograms. It'll probably be one of the least popular general discussion topics in the history of the forum.

As to others motives for not discussing many things, I haven't a clue.

It's true I often skip long posts but I found this one "interesting." I'm going to read your long posts in the future—even if I don't need my buzz killed!

 

[Douglas]

I find it rather amusing that when a man starts having erectile issues, it's automatically assumed that we are the one with a medical issue. Has anyone ever thought to themselves "maybe the real issue is that my wife isn't trying hard enough anymore to get this thing where it needs to be?!"

Discuss that one with her at your own risk

The solution to ED without question is diet and exercise. Now if I could just get my wife to diet and exercise.

 

[woodsroad]

I do my damn best to obfuscate, but this is a pretty stubborn audience.

 

[Douglas]

Most of my days are full of either having my hands in an animals guts, or up a cows butt.
Does anyone want to talk about this?

I’ve had my hands in a few cow butts. Dairy farming many many moons ago.

 

[Sig]

I’ve had my hands in a few cow butts. Dairy farming many many moons ago.

Ive got my own small herd of beef cattle, and about 3,500 dairy and beefer patients.
That's a LOT of butts!!

 

[Douglas]

Ive got my own small herd of beef cattle, and about 3,500 dairy and beefer patients.
That's a LOT of butts!!

The you my friend are a very busy man!

 

[Brad H]

Door knobs

 

[brian64]

I'm only here for the stuff we don't talk about.

 

[Servant King]

I don't recall ever seeing a post discussing the benefits and differences of various erectile medications

Well, that's because:

I don't have enough sentimentality for circle-jerking.

 

[brian64]

I am sick to death of pharma ads on tv. I heard RFK was going to try to do away with them. I hope he does.

But what would become of the multi-millionaire talking heads masquerading as journalists, who get paid for what they don't report on?

They might have to take a pay cut...or God forbid, get a real job.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Idea Pipes.

 

[telescopes]

I don't have enough sentimentality for circle-jerking.

From what I understand from my friends in Palm Springs who are in the know, sentimentality is not a requirement.

 

[huntertrw]

This:

 

[Brad H]

This:

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No, we discussed this in a different thread where someone discovered that Ai advises that preparation H can be used in the eyes and nose……

 

[huntertrw]

...someone discovered that Ai advises that preparation H can be used in the eyes and nose……

"AI" = Awful Intelligence!