What do you think of NS's mainly male population?

[2nd Baron of Moyne]

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Good links are true and answer the question well.

Good links.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

The forum has changed, somewhat.

These are some of the stated reasons: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=246685&p=15036015#p15036015
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=246685&p=15035812#p15035812
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=246685&p=15035660#p15035660

That third post was perfect.

The poster in question hit the nail in the head, on all 3 counts. But such are the cycles on a forum, I suppose. Some day, the younger posters will be complaining like us.

Now, Nailed to the Perch is right in that this site used to be more diverse, in both demographic and in what could be discussed. But things changed, especially with the in-statement of the PG13 rule, which I think is a direct effect from NS being used as a tool to explain the nation-states concept in schools.

That's why I always remark that some topics discussed in TET, for example, should be taken to TG because a mod could (and it has happened) crack down hard on the posters for it. I don't think we had such a rule back in the Jolt days.

[2nd Baron of Moyne]

That third post was perfect.

Yeah, this "Nailed to the Perch" chick seems pretty smart. Whatever "Nailed" her to the perch must be one hell of a Hammer.

[Luveria]

That third post was perfect.

The poster in question hit the nail in the head, on all 3 counts. But such are the cycles on a forum, I suppose. Some day, the younger posters will be complaining like us.

Now, Nailed to the Perch is right in that this site used to be more diverse, in both demographic and in what could be discussed. But things changed, especially with the in-statement of the PG13 rule, which I think is a direct effect from NS being used as a tool to explain the nation-states concept in schools.

That's why I always remark that some topics discussed in TET, for example, should be taken to TG because a mod could (and it has happened) crack down hard on the posters for it. I don't think we had such a rule back in the Jolt days.

I suppose I'll never know what it was like in the Jolt days.

That third post was perfect.

Yeah, this "Nailed to the Perch" chick seems pretty smart. Whatever "Nailed" her to the perch must be one hell of a Hammer.

I'd like to get "nailed" by whatever hammer nailed her.

[Dumb Ideologies]

To me, Nationstates feels more like a war nowadays. You make a point, then you've got to set up the barricades and fight for your life against a barrage of strawmen and accusations that you're a terrible person. Whenever I dip into a debate thread nowadays I feel like I have to go in with an adversarial attitude. Is that an issue of the gender balance? I don't know, I notice it as much from female posters as male ones. Maybe it's a forum culture issue.

[2nd Baron of Moyne]

I'd like to get "nailed" by whatever hammer nailed her.

Well, I think she still has it. You can ask.

[Forster Keys]

To me, Nationstates feels more like a war nowadays. You make a point, then you've got to set up the barricades and fight for your life against a barrage of strawmen and accusations that you're a terrible person. Whenever I dip into a debate thread nowadays I feel like I have to go in with an adversarial attitude. Is that an issue of the gender balance? I don't know, I notice it as much from female posters as male ones. Maybe it's a forum culture issue.

Some debates more than others.

[2nd Baron of Moyne]

To me, Nationstates feels more like a war nowadays. You make a point, then you've got to set up the barricades and fight for your life against a barrage of strawmen and accusations that you're a terrible person. Whenever I dip into a debate thread nowadays I feel like I have to go in with an adversarial attitude. Is that an issue of the gender balance? I don't know, I notice it as much from female posters as male ones. Maybe it's a forum culture issue.

I think a long time ago, some canadian indigenous chick proposed a non-polemic non-advesarial discussion model. I remember it being very smart.

And I remember nobody really trying it.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

To me, Nationstates feels more like a war nowadays. You make a point, then you've got to set up the barricades and fight for your life against a barrage of strawmen and accusations that you're a terrible person. Whenever I dip into a debate thread nowadays I feel like I have to go in with an adversarial attitude. Is that an issue of the gender balance? I don't know, I notice it as much from female posters as male ones. Maybe it's a forum culture issue.

It's like having to put an armored suit, to type on the internet.

[Forster Keys]

People always talk about NSG's decline.

Mmmm. The end is near. The moon will be as blood and the Disney porno-poon girls will ride upon stripper pools for the horses will all be dead.

You know, you remind me of someone.

[Luveria]

To me, Nationstates feels more like a war nowadays. You make a point, then you've got to set up the barricades and fight for your life against a barrage of strawmen and accusations that you're a terrible person. Whenever I dip into a debate thread nowadays I feel like I have to go in with an adversarial attitude. Is that an issue of the gender balance? I don't know, I notice it as much from female posters as male ones. Maybe it's a forum culture issue.

NationStates: I'm right, you're wrong.

I'd like to get "nailed" by whatever hammer nailed her.

Well, I think she still has it. You can ask.

I have plenty of my own but... I admit I'm curious about the size of the one she used.

[2nd Baron of Moyne]

Mmmm. The end is near. The moon will be as blood and the Disney porno-poon girls will ride upon stripper pools for the horses will all be dead.

You know, you remind me of someone.

Yes, I misspelled "poles" as "pools".

That doesn't make me Neo Art.

[Dumb Ideologies]

To me, Nationstates feels more like a war nowadays. You make a point, then you've got to set up the barricades and fight for your life against a barrage of strawmen and accusations that you're a terrible person. Whenever I dip into a debate thread nowadays I feel like I have to go in with an adversarial attitude. Is that an issue of the gender balance? I don't know, I notice it as much from female posters as male ones. Maybe it's a forum culture issue.

Some debates more than others.

It self-perpetuates I suppose. If you have a bad experience a few times, you tend to go in a bit more aggressive yourself. Certainly I've noticed I'm doing it recently, and I'm not very happy with myself for doing it. Snark cannons used to be reserved for extreme situations.

[Forster Keys]

You know, you remind me of someone.

Yes, I misspelled "poles" as "pools".

That doesn't make me Neo Art.

No, defiantly not.

[Luveria]

Some debates more than others.

It self-perpetuates I suppose. If you have a bad experience a few times, you tend to go in a bit more aggressive yourself. Certainly I've noticed I'm doing it recently, and I'm not very happy with myself for doing it. Snark cannons used to be reserved for extreme situations.

Snark cannons seem to be standard weaponry for a few.

Yes, I misspelled "poles" as "pools".

That doesn't make me Neo Art.

No, defiantly not.

Neo Art is defiant too. You're more alike than meets the eye.

[2nd Baron of Moyne]

It self-perpetuates I suppose. If you have a bad experience a few times, you tend to go in a bit more aggressive yourself. Certainly I've noticed I'm doing it recently, and I'm not very happy with myself for doing it. Snark cannons used to be reserved for extreme situations.

Now, you're like Richie Geko (sic?) in Dusk 'Till Dawn, ready to just shoot the whole fuckin' place up with devastating snark.

[2nd Baron of Moyne]

Yes, I misspelled "poles" as "pools".

That doesn't make me Neo Art.

No, defiantly not.

I must conceit that you are the vector in this parlay.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

What DI mentioned, I think we all do it. I certainly do, because in my experience, NSG can be and is, more often than not, adversarial. I've been insulted enough times to know that you can exactly be meek. I wish it weren't that way, and that I could turn off my anger at times.

[Forster Keys]

Some debates more than others.

It self-perpetuates I suppose. If you have a bad experience a few times, you tend to go in a bit more aggressive yourself. Certainly I've noticed I'm doing it recently, and I'm not very happy with myself for doing it. Snark cannons used to be reserved for extreme situations.

Yeah sometimes you can just get in a mood though.

I think I've found about a debate is that I can read through the thread, have an opinion, and end up being a fair bit more hostile to those that would be considered on the same side as mine, than my ideological enemies. It's more down to the manner and delivery of the poster rather than their message. And that might be what's changed over the years.

[Forster Keys]

No, defiantly not.

I must conceit that you are the vector in this parlay.

This leaves my prejudices unconfirmed.

[2nd Baron of Moyne]

What DI mentioned, I think we all do it. I certainly do, because in my experience, NSG can be and is, more often than not, adversarial. I've been insulted enough times to know that you can exactly be meek. I wish it weren't that way, and that I could turn off my anger at times.

One time I was in Tijuana when a rata grabbed a phone out of the hands of a street whore and made a run for it. She removed her heels, held one in each hand and chased him down the street.

Free of the heels, she overtook him less than half a block. Realizing he was about to be tackled, he turned to menace her with his fists. She dove low and to the knees, hitting him with a viciously brutal crunch and knocking the wind out of him. As he went down, she employed her remaining momentum to roll up, and then descend upon him.

With her heels, which were still in her hands.

She wailed on that guy, screaming something like pendejo or pinchy or something and she swung and drove those heels into eyes, ribs, his neck, she was just too savage and fast for him to block every swing, and each hateful strike caused his whole body to curl into itself like a dying spider until the next strike elicited a new contortion. She beat the living shit out of that fucking guy.

The cops apparently didn't feel paid enough to care, they just watched. After a bit, her apparent pimp showed up and with an facial expression identical to a garbage man bored with his job, he picked her up and dragged her away. He put her back in her spot at the wall and gave her phone back to her, which he had picked up.

Then she went right back to texting on her phone like nothing happened.

[Luveria]

What DI mentioned, I think we all do it. I certainly do, because in my experience, NSG can be and is, more often than not, adversarial. I've been insulted enough times to know that you can exactly be meek. I wish it weren't that way, and that I could turn off my anger at times.

One time I was in Tijuana when a rata grabbed a phone out of the hands of a street whore and made a run for it. She removed her heels, held one in each hand and chased him down the street.

Free of the heels, she overtook him less than half a block. Realizing he was about to be tackled, he turned to menace her with his fists. She dove low and to the knees, hitting him with a viciously brutal crunch and knocking the wind out of him. As he went down, she employed her remaining momentum to roll up, and then descend upon him.

With her heels, which were still in her hands.

She wailed on that guy, screaming something like pendejo or pinchy or something and she swung and drove those heels into eyes, ribs, his neck, she was just too savage and fast for him to block every swing, and each hateful strike caused his whole body to curl into itself like a dying spider until the next strike elicited a new contortion. She beat the living shit out of that fucking guy.

The cops apparently didn't feel paid enough to care, they just watched. After a bit, her apparent pimp showed up and with an facial expression identical to a garbage man bored with his job, he picked her up and dragged her away. He put her back in her spot at the wall and gave her phone back to her, which he had picked up.

Then she went right back to texting on her phone like nothing happened.

Just another day in Tijuana.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

What DI mentioned, I think we all do it. I certainly do, because in my experience, NSG can be and is, more often than not, adversarial. I've been insulted enough times to know that you can exactly be meek. I wish it weren't that way, and that I could turn off my anger at times.

One time I was in Tijuana when a rata grabbed a phone out of the hands of a street whore and made a run for it. She removed her heels, held one in each hand and chased him down the street.

Free of the heels, she overtook him less than half a block. Realizing he was about to be tackled, he turned to menace her with his fists. She dove low and to the knees, hitting him with a viciously brutal crunch and knocking the wind out of him. As he went down, she employed her remaining momentum to roll up, and then descend upon him.

With her heels, which were still in her hands.

She wailed on that guy, screaming something like pendejo or pinchy or something and she swung and drove those heels into eyes, ribs, his neck, she was just too savage and fast for him to block every swing, and each hateful strike caused his whole body to curl into itself like a dying spider until the next strike elicited a new contortion. She beat the living shit out of that fucking guy.

The cops apparently didn't feel paid enough to care, they just watched. After a bit, her apparent pimp showed up and with an facial expression identical to a garbage man bored with his job, he picked her up and dragged her away. He put her back in her spot at the wall and gave her phone back to her, which he had picked up.

Then she went right back to texting on her phone like nothing happened.

Resilient lady.

[Luveria]

One time I was in Tijuana when a rata grabbed a phone out of the hands of a street whore and made a run for it. She removed her heels, held one in each hand and chased him down the street.

Free of the heels, she overtook him less than half a block. Realizing he was about to be tackled, he turned to menace her with his fists. She dove low and to the knees, hitting him with a viciously brutal crunch and knocking the wind out of him. As he went down, she employed her remaining momentum to roll up, and then descend upon him.

With her heels, which were still in her hands.

She wailed on that guy, screaming something like pendejo or pinchy or something and she swung and drove those heels into eyes, ribs, his neck, she was just too savage and fast for him to block every swing, and each hateful strike caused his whole body to curl into itself like a dying spider until the next strike elicited a new contortion. She beat the living shit out of that fucking guy.

The cops apparently didn't feel paid enough to care, they just watched. After a bit, her apparent pimp showed up and with an facial expression identical to a garbage man bored with his job, he picked her up and dragged her away. He put her back in her spot at the wall and gave her phone back to her, which he had picked up.

Then she went right back to texting on her phone like nothing happened.

Resilient lady.

Resilient or violent? You decide.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Resilient lady.

Resilient or violent? You decide.

That depends on who you are in that equation. The lady, the guy being beaten or the pimp.