The purpose of posting on NSG

[Silent Majority]

Personally, I find NSG to be quite informative. There is a diversity of opinion here that simply doesn't exist in the news or in the social media I reluctantly use.There are also a handful of posters who are very good at analysis, and their posts are just as good, if not better, than any editorial pieces I'd find elsewhere.


It also gives me an opportunity to discuss things that my friends really aren't interested in discussing, namely politics and other world affairs.

[Ostroeuropa]

Yep, trolling

Are you trollnaming yourself?

...*consults the rules in case that would make a humorous case*

It actually doesn't say that it has to be ANOTHER poster you trollname, but I suspect that'd be rules lawyering.

[The North Polish Union]

Yep, trolling

Are you trollnaming yourself?

No, I'm trying to see how long it takes to get reported to moderation for making a joke.

[Esternial]

I just want a place to show off how many imaginary PhD's I have.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

My faith in humanity is not shattered enough.

And now I know more about American politics than Indian politics.

[Conserative Morality]

We used to have posters like TCT, posters who would provide valuable information that makes us more aware. But those posters tend to be ignored, drowned out by others who just goes "NUH-HUH, YOU'RE WRONG." Same goes for ASB, which is probably why he posts rarely now days. Course, TCT was probably here more for the RP and that he's busy. Still, it seems that circle-jerks are more prevalent. It gets especially bad when you see a post making the argument that you want to make.

So, I just go here for personal amusement. For the "lulz" as you'd put it. And yes, I go to 4chan, among other places.

There have always been plenty of posters like that. More, even, back on Jolt. I remember precious few threads on Jolt that *weren't* dogpiles.

[Shard_Head]

Arguing for the sake of arguing. It's cathartic.

Although I wonder if staring into the shitty posting abyss for too long will have negative effects.

[Nadkor]

For something to do to waste time when I'm waiting for other things to come along.

NSG is a way of wasting time when you don't have anything else to do. There's nothing at all wrong with that, but let's not pretend that it's anything else.

[Hippostania]

I want to state my opinion and possibly argue with people that disagree with me/I disagree with. Simple as that.

[Warshania]

I post to share opinions/ideas and argue.

Sometimes out of boredom.

[Esternial]

but let's not pretend that it's anything else.

Really? I thought we had some chemistry

Maybe it's the heroin.

[Conserative Morality]

For something to do to waste time when I'm waiting for other things to come along.

NSG is a way of wasting time when you don't have anything else to do. There's nothing at all wrong with that, but let's not pretend that it's anything else.

As someone who has learned quite a bit on NSG, got into several authors and philosophers because of recommendations here, had my opinions changed and my arguments 'sharpened', so to speak, even if it didn't apply to anyone else on here, certainly all of that is something else.

[Norstal]

The discussion itself is the purpose.
But the discussion has other effects which make it a worthwhile purpose.
Entertainment is one of them, but also training the mind and such, and it can educate people on a few random bits of information. If we've altered the way someone has voted at all in an election, then you also have to ask "What's the importance of a single vote?" which is a whole other quagmire.

I'll re-iterate my question posed in the previous thread; do you think if every citizen of a nation devoted some of their time to discuss matters of politics, philosophy, theology, and morality, that the nation would be better off as a result?

If so, is it important to do so even if every citizen does not?

This was especially important during the elections. Some people didn't even know what they were voting for. But there were only a few people who actually contributes to me learning about the elections. Most of it was either circle jerks or bad jokes.

[Tarvelia]

To become a Khan of Spam.

[Ostroeuropa]

For something to do to waste time when I'm waiting for other things to come along.

NSG is a way of wasting time when you don't have anything else to do. There's nothing at all wrong with that, but let's not pretend that it's anything else.

As someone who has learned quite a bit on NSG, got into several authors and philosophers because of recommendations here, had my opinions changed and my arguments 'sharpened', so to speak, even if it didn't apply to anyone else on here, certainly all of that is something else.

I used to be a rabid stalinist. (Though I suspect at the time I would have denied this.)
Then NSG happened. Now i'm not. It got me to start taking my atheism seriously and prodded me into Hitchens and all his work.
I've started thinking in actually moral ways instead of just assuming what people told me was bad was bad etc.

[Reploid Productions]

There's a purpose?

Yep, trolling

No, no. I wasn't very clear about that. The purpose is to troll until your almost banned, then wait a few weeks, and then come back. It's pretty much the same in any online forum.

Worth noting that warnings don't expire for six months, and the warning history remains accessible to the moderators forever.

FOOOOOOOOREEEEEEEEVER!


~Evil Forum Empress Rep Prod the Ninja Mod
~She who wields the Banhammer; master of the mighty moderation no-dachi Kiritateru Teikoku

[Nadkor]

For something to do to waste time when I'm waiting for other things to come along.

NSG is a way of wasting time when you don't have anything else to do. There's nothing at all wrong with that, but let's not pretend that it's anything else.

As someone who has learned quite a bit on NSG, got into several authors and philosophers because of recommendations here, had my opinions changed and my arguments 'sharpened', so to speak, even if it didn't apply to anyone else on here, certainly all of that is something else.

It's entirely possible to learn stuff while wasting time. Entirely. But that doesn't mean that you weren't doing whatever activity you were doing when you learned those things out of any motivation other than to waste time.

When I'm bored I can sit and read Wikipedia for hours and learn about many things, but if someone asked me if I was doing anything important the answer would be "no", and if someone asked me if I was just killing time the answer, undoubtedly, would be "yes".

[Priory Academy USSR]

Knowledge of the vaguest possible topics. I mean, where else would I be forced to read the whole wiki article on the Winter War just to prove a point?

[Genivaria]

I used to think NSG was for intellectual debates, but I get more out of that by watching cat videos than posting in here lately. It becomes a circle-jerk when you have too much people who are like-minded or have otherwise stupid bullshit beliefs like creationism.

What I am saying of course is that we should clone Caninope.

Can this be our new phrase to end everything with?
What I am saying of course is that we should clone Caninope.

[Fionnuala_Saoirse]

It's an opportunity to bring together some of the greatest minds on the internet and hash out the really important topics of the day so that we might benefit the world and bring about a great change.

[Conserative Morality]

It's entirely possible to learn stuff while wasting time. Entirely. But that doesn't mean that you weren't doing whatever activity you were doing when you learned those things out of any motivation other than to waste time.

When I'm bored I can sit and read Wikipedia for hours and learn about many things, but if someone asked me if I was doing anything important the answer would be "no", and if someone asked me if I was just killing time the answer, undoubtedly, would be "yes".

Ah, then there's been a misunderstanding between us. Still, informing oneself on matters of history, recent events, philosophy, etc, is not important?

[Nightkill the Emperor]

I used to think NSG was for intellectual debates, but I get more out of that by watching cat videos than posting in here lately. It becomes a circle-jerk when you have too much people who are like-minded or have otherwise stupid bullshit beliefs like creationism.

What I am saying of course is that we should clone Caninope.

Can this be our new phrase to end everything with?
What I am saying of course is that we should clone Caninope.

Don't make it another "Carthage must be destroyed".

Which is still in my sig because I'm far too lazy to change it.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

It's an opportunity to bring together some of the greatest minds on the internet and hash out the really important topics of the day so that we might benefit the world and bring about a great change.

Is this before or after the sex jokes about bonobos?

[Ostroeuropa]

Knowledge of the vaguest possible topics. I mean, where else would I be forced to read the whole wiki article on the Winter War just to prove a point?

Those are always the best arguments.

As someone who has learned quite a bit on NSG, got into several authors and philosophers because of recommendations here, had my opinions changed and my arguments 'sharpened', so to speak, even if it didn't apply to anyone else on here, certainly all of that is something else.

It's entirely possible to learn stuff while wasting time. Entirely. But that doesn't mean that you weren't doing whatever activity you were doing when you learned those things out of any motivation other than to waste time.

When I'm bored I can sit and read Wikipedia for hours and learn about many things, but if someone asked me if I was doing anything important the answer would be "no", and if someone asked me if I was just killing time the answer, undoubtedly, would be "yes".

I regard self-improvement as important.
What I am saying of course is that we should clone Caninope.

[Esternial]

Can this be our new phrase to end everything with?
What I am saying of course is that we should clone Caninope.

Don't make it another "Carthage must be destroyed".

Which is still in my sig because I'm far too lazy to change it.

Your sig is a disgrace.

It'd even warrant a whole new thread just to discuss how horrible it is.