Topics You're Sick Of

[The Nuclear Fist]

Creationism threads, Islamophobic threads, abortion threads, homosexuality threads, Nazi threads, 'herp derp look how awesome North Korea is, guys!' threads, threads filled with teenage westerners and other privileged beatniks railing against a democratic system that only benefits them, etc ad nauseum.

[Outer Brightonburg]

I am sick of threads asking what topics you are sick of

/Thread win.

[Liriena]

Abortion and Falklands.

[Herlosk]

Culture threads

[The Nuclear Fist]

Abortion and Falklands.

I think the Argentines should abort the Falklands.

[Liriena]

Abortion and Falklands.

I think the Argentines should abort the Falklands.

...ok.

[Disserbia]

Creationism threads, Islamophobic threads, abortion threads, homosexuality threads, Nazi threads, 'herp derp look how awesome North Korea is, guys!' threads, threads filled with teenage westerners and other privileged beatniks railing against a democratic system that only benefits them, etc ad nauseum.

that North Korea guy is so annoying.

[Amland]

1. Abortion threads.
2. Atheism vs religion threads.
3. Brony vs anti-brony theads.
4. Threads related to American Presidents (especially the election ones)
5. Threads about homosexuality. (Seriously, some people are straight, some people aren't, DEAL WITH IT!)

[Ammar]

Creationism vs Evolution.

[The Nuclear Fist]

Cretionism vs Evolution.

Hey, Cretionism is the one true belief. Now, creationism, that's a load of hogwash.

[Meryuma]

Religion.
God.

It is entirely possible to have a great religion thread, and has happened in the past (Condunum's thought experiment thread about the possibility of a deceitful God).

[L Ron Cupboard]

Thing is that people will leap on an abortion or evolution thread and it will be twenty pages in no time at all, in the mean time a novel topic will slide down on to page two with barely twenty posts.

[Conex]

White Supremacy.
9/11 was an inside job.
Pretty much anything demonizing the West for a few minor actions, usually in the past.
Abortion.
Feminism.
Anything that's just pure propaganda.
The South will rise again.

That's about it...

[Pravengria]

Abortion threads

Seconded.

Thirded

[Priory Academy USSR]

The South will rise again.

Sussex WILL be independent!

[Vloskovia]

Abortion threads
Religion threads
Pony threads
Sexuality threads
Threads about American politics
Propaganda threads
Threads that degenerate into flame wars (although that sometimes includes everything above)

[Bodegraven]

MLP threads.
Abortion threads.
Feminism is evul threads.
(Dis)prove God threads
Best historical whatever threads.
Threads concerning gender/sexuality
And the one I'm sick of the most:
Political Compass threads

[Takaram]

Every thread that pops up related to a major tragic shooting, and all of the coverage around it in general, really

[Imsogone]

I'm noting a trend here, which leads me to ask a question; if we eliminate all the threads people are tired of, what will we have left to discuss?

[Augarundus]

Anarchocapitalism threads. Or any thread that describes "Radical Politics" (any form of anarchism, radical liberalism/"libertarianism", actual socialism/communism, etc.). Or philosophy threads, for that matter.

NSG has a very small base of intellectuals who are capable of debating philosophy intelligently. The vast majority of threads on radical politics (anarcho-whatevers and socialism) end in the center-right/left majority crying "This is ridiculous/'It would never work'" (whatever that means), without substantively addressing the arguments made (if a socialist talks about how self-ordering worker communes could theoretically determine distribution of resources by voluntary collective-decision making, "That would never work" isn't an adequate response. Just like "This is ridiculous" isn't a proper response to an anarcho-liberal describing how spontaneous order would give rise to legal arbitration, etc.)

As for philosophy threads, everyone on NSG and his dog thinks he's a great philosopher, and the demographic is pretty homogenous here. NSGphilosophy is overrun with bumper-sticker littlenietzsches and solipsists, who think they look badass by saying things like "God is Dead", "Cogito ergo sum", and "You can't trust your senses". Look to any philosophy thread (even this "Is coercion moral" question), and you won't find anyone doing the intellectual legwork to make an argument. Even if philosophy requires proofs (just like geometry or any other scientific field), you find one-line posts (usually beginning with the insipid "Well, I think that...", implying that anyone really gives a damn about what "you think" - we're looking for debate: for some contribution to the intellectual community, not your whimsical opinions) like "There is no such thing as morality!" or "Coercion is just a tool!"

While either of those (namely the former, because the latter doesn't address the question of morality at all, it just talks about "coercion" - whatever that is - and how it can be utilized for a purpose) may be true, the vast majority of NSGers who write that sort of stuff don't provide a priori (or any) proofs/reasoning for their views. If they do provide some garbage (and I'm speaking about proponents of all philosophical views - there are idiot anarcho-liberals/voluntarists here too) to substantiate their claims, they don't recognize that it's garbage (in fact, they usually think it's the most fucking brilliant thing ever seen). We get posts like "Whaddya say to that, smart guy?" - for someone who actually has done fairly significant reading/personal work in philosophy, this just makes us sick (like some random observer advising a physician about his diagnosis, then adding, "Ever think of that, did ya?").

There are other people who enjoy studying and debating philosophy on these boards, and I trust that they'll agree with me when I say, I have gained nothing, intellectually, from debating philosophy with other NSGers.

I personally don't mind most debates about specific subjects (animal rights, abortion, mainstream politics, etc.), because these usually consist of people making positive claims about the world (which are fairly easy to disprove, given how ludicrous the assumptions of most NSGers - or people in general - are). I hate these "What if" or "Greatest of" threads, though. Most threads here are garbage, but those threads aren't even shiny garbage.

[Wikkiwallana]

Science denialism.

[Northwest Slobovia]

I'm noting a trend here, which leads me to ask a question; if we eliminate all the threads people are tired of, what will we have left to discuss?

There's always the kerfluffle du jour.

I do wonder what would happen if the admins/mods/powers what be created a "Dead Horse" forum for those who want to discuss those subjects, the same way they set up F7 to handle games (etc), and then broke PttM off of F7 to handle non-NS roleplaying, and for forth. Sure, the boundary between the various endless discussions and other stuff would be fuzzy, but I think it would improve NSG.

[Wikkiwallana]

Any thread related to the American election. Seriously, they don't stop! As soon as this one is finished the 2016 threads will start! Why!?

We've already had a 2016 thread.

[Farnhamia]

Any thread related to the American election. Seriously, they don't stop! As soon as this one is finished the 2016 threads will start! Why!?

We've already had a 2016 thread.

What are we up to? 2020? 2024?

EDIT: Missed the space bar

[Ifreann]

We've already had a 2016 thread.

What are we up to? 2020? 2024?

EDIT: Missed the space bar

I'm interested in who'll be running in 4444, because that's a cool year. Though deaths in office or resignations might mess that up.