a minority of voters from mostly less productive parts of the country... Archived Message Posted by suburbanmyth on May 18, 2022, 11:02:52, in reply to ""I like my bubble, it's comforting"" who are watching modern life pass them by. it's growing pains. it's fine. we are trending the right direction. we now have: academia K-12 media sports league hollywood big tech basically every major corporation the temper tantrum from the nonproductive can go on for only so long. Previous Message Where did this red wave come from?! Message Thread: | This response ↓ I’d be fine with that whole thread being nuked. Some vile comments therein* - bbonb May 18, 2022, 8:05:24 Hey londoner, to confirm, this isn't racism and doesn't deserve a banning? - bigbop85 May 18, 2022, 15:44:04 It's like you are on some drug that makes context impossible for you* - Chilango May 18, 2022, 16:44:05 Trumpism is a hell of a drug. * - doubledown May 18, 2022, 16:44:58 You guys I think he’s finally broken* - illini21 May 18, 2022, 16:25:09 Original post for those that want to see the context and message body - CoronaTheirAss May 18, 2022, 15:58:54 Netflix replacement theory? - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 16:21:45 Are you 8 years old? Because this is the post of an 8 year old who got a slightly smaller - doubledown May 18, 2022, 15:52:07 When you get your way most of your life....* - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 15:53:41 When will they let entitled white men win?* - WhitmansFolly May 18, 2022, 17:39:35 I mean nothing about this was racist at all.... - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 17:56:17 But where is the white guy... - WhitmansFolly May 18, 2022, 23:23:23 You also gonna post the Nutter-uncle-on Facebook, anti-diversity meme... - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 15:48:15 And I'll reiterate that you're the one who posted it.* - complainant May 18, 2022, 15:45:49 Fook. And I spent the last two hours consorting withHome Depot employees* - Stu May 18, 2022, 10:37:45 stay away from those Lowe’s Losers* - bbonb May 18, 2022, 10:45:12 They are a cut above - Stu May 18, 2022, 10:49:24 “If I wanted to order it, would I be here with pants on?” * - doubledown May 18, 2022, 11:01:04 I slept in this morning, what did I miss?* - Sounder May 18, 2022, 10:34:26 Damn UK based mods doin' work while we be sleepin'. - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 10:35:51 He has been a pure shitposting troll for quite some time - Sounder May 18, 2022, 10:39:05 I, for one, enjoy the pearl grabbing when someone who has been purposely skirting the line... - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 10:44:42 It’s like he went to Twitter every morning - Sounder May 18, 2022, 10:48:21 "I like my bubble, it's comforting" - bigbop85 May 18, 2022, 10:53:03 If your version of a bubble is not having to be given daily reminders - Sounder May 18, 2022, 11:44:08 He acts like we don't all have wackadoo family members on Facebook... - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 11:49:34 what about us that don't get on fb (rarely or at all) - TarheelIllini May 18, 2022, 13:39:29 Anyone still on facebook deserves what they get...I had to reactivate my account recently... - haighter May 18, 2022, 12:52:28 Guess I don't get this. Basically the only politics I see are ads. - EffinIllini May 18, 2022, 14:51:17 It so, so bad.* - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 13:30:30 LinkedIn has also become a total mess* - Sounder May 18, 2022, 13:33:57 Great to know who to target/avoid for hiring though* - WhitmansFolly May 18, 2022, 17:41:21 The problem for me with Facebook is that there are components of it that I find useful - Sounder May 18, 2022, 12:53:55 So funny that both you and Turki are former Facebook friends* - JeffFrank May 18, 2022, 13:05:53 So funny that you think anyone gives a shit* - Sounder May 18, 2022, 13:08:33 Your ass still hurting from that booting?* - JeffFrank May 18, 2022, 16:24:12 So emblematic in this discussion that all 3 of you are over 50... - haighter May 18, 2022, 13:07:10 bragging about how much you don't use Facebook - Sounder May 18, 2022, 13:09:06 Whatever makes you feel better grandpa. * - haighter May 18, 2022, 13:09:50 I barely use Facebook, and I'm fairly certain it's going to be the downfall of civilization* - Sounder May 18, 2022, 13:11:25 Completely anecdotal, but I think it'd on the downswing as it's median user age... - haighter May 18, 2022, 13:12:30 For sure it's a cesspool now - Sounder May 18, 2022, 13:15:43 I also launched lex and one other not sure who name here is* - JeffFrank May 18, 2022, 13:06:39 dots - Kajagoogoo May 18, 2022, 14:51:17 The whole idea of a bubble is insanely stupid in the first place - snipes824 May 18, 2022, 12:49:59 But this isn't a left wing/liberal website.....it (ostensibly) is an Illinois sports forum. - Illiniphil May 18, 2022, 13:01:33 First of all, I’m not making any “point” about these bannings - snipes824 May 18, 2022, 13:16:55 While I agree with everything you just said, I do think it's healthy - Sounder May 18, 2022, 12:52:50 I have a number of Trump supporting friends - snipes824 May 18, 2022, 12:59:35 man if you're not willing to have people longing for dictator trump and - John Coctostan May 18, 2022, 13:08:53 Nailed it.* - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 13:32:29 I don't need to seek out new friends for that, there's my family* - Taz May 18, 2022, 13:16:39 yeah, if I wanted to hear racist viewpoints coming from Florida - Sounder May 18, 2022, 12:30:31 a minority of voters from mostly less productive parts of the country... - suburbanmyth May 18, 2022, 11:02:52 Cool. - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 10:54:21 wankers, the lot of them* - bbonb May 18, 2022, 10:38:42 I have no idea what's going on, but if 'ricky "lost that number" to The Deuce, I'm good w/ that. - Kajagoogoo May 18, 2022, 10:04:11 All he seemed to want to do was troll* - Quiz May 18, 2022, 10:08:55 But there were threads about laying around too* - Stu May 18, 2022, 10:38:53 He taught me how to smoke a bologna - Sounder May 18, 2022, 10:39:50 Like you didnt know* - Stu May 18, 2022, 10:42:59 He did a life-like Hank Greenberg impression.* - complainant May 18, 2022, 10:42:00 I hear he's leavin - Sammich May 18, 2022, 10:05:43 *starts new racist thread* - Stu May 18, 2022, 10:36:05 When in doubt...trust George - ilinni11 May 18, 2022, 9:56:00 And yet there's a whole thread of wheelchair jokes* - RangerDanger May 18, 2022, 9:45:26 You're welcome. I'll keep them coming* - HamptonSki May 18, 2022, 10:25:49 They're not wheelchair jokes. They're Madison Cawthorn jokes. * - doubledown May 18, 2022, 10:15:09 I have refrained from posting his nickname here* - JeffFrank May 18, 2022, 11:14:52 cry more, lib* - longsnapper May 18, 2022, 9:50:15 Damn. I missed something* - timmer May 18, 2022, 9:32:49 You really didn't. Same shit that's been going on for weeks. * - doubledown May 18, 2022, 9:37:04 Exactly. Just the oh-so-predictable final act of a long, drawn out farce.* - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 9:47:38 It was just a matter of time, he appeared to want it - TarheelIllini May 18, 2022, 8:57:16 gives him more time with his kids; walking them to school, going to Chuck E Cheese, etc* - bbonb May 18, 2022, 10:18:48 I think, as far as racist Samricky content, there had been several warnings. - JFG May 18, 2022, 9:15:26 my point is that him and yoyo liked to piss on each other and say it was raining - TarheelIllini May 18, 2022, 9:27:10 And he wasn't banned for pissing on yoyo (hence why yoyo wasn't banned alongside him) - Taz May 18, 2022, 9:53:20 I guess I need to remind people yet again that boardhost does not provide any functionality for temp - londoner May 18, 2022, 9:33:05 not that it would have actually made a difference in this case * - londoner May 18, 2022, 9:33:29 I thought the mod could suspend the account or change the password - TarheelIllini May 18, 2022, 9:35:47 You can't suspend an account and ####ing around with people's passwords - londoner May 18, 2022, 9:37:14 Do you have access to IP addresses?* - complainant May 18, 2022, 10:56:20 Yes* - londoner May 18, 2022, 10:57:22 That's good. I don't think he's smart enough to get around that particular impediment.* - complainant May 18, 2022, 11:21:19 Sam knew what he was doing and had been pushing buttons for a while - GrandmotherPearlsJam May 18, 2022, 9:31:40 This.* - WhitmansFolly May 18, 2022, 9:42:21 agreed, and who was pushing his buttons - TarheelIllini May 18, 2022, 9:34:55 He started countless shitposting threads. He knew exactly what he was doing* - GrandmotherPearlsJam May 18, 2022, 9:36:16 Wait so Samricky is now banned? - bigbop85 May 18, 2022, 8:43:09 I am now banned from Widespread Panic board for taking about Chicago crime in Buffalo thread - JeffFrank May 18, 2022, 11:18:21 Glad to hear you two are still in touch. What about the six-week fling?* - Tortillini May 18, 2022, 11:46:09 Nope* - JeffFrank May 18, 2022, 12:29:05 Catholic isn't a ethnicity. It's a large pedo supporting religion* - Chilango May 18, 2022, 9:46:51 Kinda bullshit that you can spew that without repercussions.* - EffinIllini May 18, 2022, 10:22:25 Spew what? It's facts. There's thousands of cases and millions if not billions in - Chilango May 18, 2022, 13:39:57 Hey it's not Londoner's religion so it's board approved - bigbop85 May 18, 2022, 10:35:18 No one has called this board that except those who criticise it. - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 10:40:52 And we aren’t the people who left to pay for another board - jayd May 18, 2022, 11:01:55 Wait, who left?* - gnpbfubbgre May 18, 2022, 12:49:11 Shhh someone might tell him* - bigbop85 May 18, 2022, 13:00:43 Considering he has a January 23, 2017 join date that's some revisionist shit right there.* - gnpbfubbgre May 18, 2022, 13:03:00 Oh, we left. The old board had a low/no moderating admin. Trump had been elected... - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 13:43:03 I honestly don't remember who split or went where. I've just gone where the most activity is - jayd May 18, 2022, 15:42:43 Hey, no worries. I'm just happy you're here! - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 16:22:48 Let's be honest, it's the only arguments he can win (and he still loses most of the time) * - Taz May 18, 2022, 10:57:57 Catholics are stupid..... - Philo May 18, 2022, 10:29:30 when you’re the one, true religion, everyone’s going to take shots at you* - bbonb May 18, 2022, 10:36:51 I mean, a peter started it all.* - Chilango May 18, 2022, 15:01:24 I'm going to be honest, I'm pretty uncomfortable with this kind of catholic-bashing. * - londoner May 18, 2022, 9:51:18 Should I post links? It's not bashing when there's thousands of pieces of evidence - Chilango May 18, 2022, 13:39:09 I'm not saying its not true, I'm saying that using that fact out of context to score points with - londoner May 18, 2022, 14:56:26 I'd like to think I'd be willing to criticize any religion that ran a world wide crime ring* - Chilango May 18, 2022, 15:00:51 So calling my religion a pedo-ring just makes you uncomfortable - bigbop85 May 18, 2022, 10:04:24 Over $3BN in payouts. I'm accurate, not bashing* - Chilango May 18, 2022, 13:41:14 yes, let's just pretend there's no context here whatsoever * - londoner May 18, 2022, 10:11:47 The context is you agreeing with the politics of the offended* - bigbop85 May 18, 2022, 10:30:01 One of the extremely underrated fringe benefits of emigrating from the US is that I no - londoner May 18, 2022, 10:57:07 The context is the massive amount of pedophilia that has occurred (and likely continues) in the chur - Taz May 18, 2022, 10:56:48 Thank you* - PapaDels May 18, 2022, 9:55:58 Catholic should be capitalized. - Poldark May 18, 2022, 9:55:38 So is racism okay in your book, it's just "insults"? Or do you want people banned - Taz May 18, 2022, 9:21:23 He draws the line with pubs getting carte blanche and libs getting none. - WhitmansFolly May 18, 2022, 9:34:21 Such an ish take to ignore the racism angle from one of the insulting parties - jayd May 18, 2022, 9:17:25 Yoyo said samricky had a dick nose and called his wife a female Dee Snider - bigbop85 May 18, 2022, 9:28:24 Neither side was banned for insulting the other. Samricky was banned for making racist comments - DT May 18, 2022, 9:33:47 his racist comment referred to the size of Indian people's dicks and insulting the looks of women - bigbop85 May 18, 2022, 9:35:41 So you're opinion is that insulting one's partner is worse than overt racism? Cool, bro* - Taz May 18, 2022, 9:49:16 It's probably every bit as divisive if you're trying to actually propagate something... - haighter May 18, 2022, 10:12:46 good to see that you still have not learned of the pernicious nature of racial animus - suburbanmyth May 18, 2022, 10:30:18 Cool observation...hey... - haighter May 18, 2022, 10:34:29 You ugly, your mama ugly, your wife a ho jabs have been around for eternity - jayd May 18, 2022, 9:42:36 Yes, it’s different insulting a person and being a racist. - DT May 18, 2022, 9:37:43 I agree with your point. I still think going after a spouse is across the line. - PapaDels May 18, 2022, 10:13:18 Agreed - insulting family members should also not be tolerated in general* - CoronaTheirAss May 18, 2022, 11:45:08 if a guy insults me about being unattractive to women, you better believe i'm going to talk about... - suburbanmyth May 18, 2022, 10:31:51 It's a fair point that you were antagonized. - PapaDels May 18, 2022, 11:20:25 ooo - EffinIllini May 18, 2022, 10:26:26 *snicker* - MtHoodIllini May 18, 2022, 14:45:20 lulz* - PapaDels May 18, 2022, 11:21:03 Oh please. - JFG May 18, 2022, 9:32:57 Let's get into it then. Where's your line? Any insults? * - Taz May 18, 2022, 9:30:54 Sorry we dragged you back here.* - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 9:12:58 Nixon made a dick joke about Indians? Link?* - WhitmansFolly May 18, 2022, 9:09:28 what catholic jokes?* - suburbanmyth May 18, 2022, 8:48:43 Does this count? - ISeeDeadHawkeyes May 18, 2022, 9:12:04 yes but that's closer to the (non-bannable) cricket comments i deal with compared with what..... - suburbanmyth May 18, 2022, 10:34:24 Wait, I've got this. Mass involves "stand up, sit down, stand up, sit down... good, now have a snack - Cunativeson May 18, 2022, 8:52:07 Have you heard the one about the Pope and Raquel Welch? * - doubledown May 18, 2022, 8:51:37 Those aren't buoys!* - Jackie May 18, 2022, 9:07:42 This offends you as a Jewish person?* - GrandmotherPearlsJam May 18, 2022, 9:11:15 No, it insults me as a comedian!* - Cunativeson May 18, 2022, 9:12:28 Plenty of other places for you to go if you don't like it here.* - JFG May 18, 2022, 8:46:28 Newbie alert. This could apply to almost any thread on the board. - osklister May 18, 2022, 8:35:46 why do you hate burger reviews? - IlliniSax05 May 18, 2022, 8:22:56 Impossible. Everyone loves my burger reviews.* - longsnapper May 18, 2022, 8:27:21 No one likes the Impossible burger* - KCWildcat May 18, 2022, 8:38:49 Impossible Burger: literally a contradiction in terms. * - osklister May 18, 2022, 9:03:07 right? who cares if tort has some days off this week* - biclops May 18, 2022, 8:21:15 Haah* - Taz May 18, 2022, 9:19:18 It’s quite the waffle party. * - doubledown May 18, 2022, 8:19:58 This could be in response to almost anything * - ijustkrushalot May 18, 2022, 8:15:13 Take off and nuke the entire site from orbit.* - DT May 18, 2022, 8:14:00 Take off, it's a beauty way to go. - osklister May 18, 2022, 8:37:21 It's not a hurricane* - ghost_of_clt May 18, 2022, 8:17:58 It's the only way to be sure.* - JFG May 18, 2022, 8:17:42   Searching