03-27-2021, 04:23 PM
Yeah, we left after one of their "Left leaning" mods called Grace an "idiot" on his radio podcast simply because she disagreed with him, and then pushed onward with no retraction or contrition. Not even an attempt to support his argument, just some name-calling and done. I sent him a chunk of my consciousness and left. Never went back for any great length, although I did occasionally check in to see what they were up to, once or twice a year, I figured they'd ban me after I lit that mod up, but they never did. Demoted him to "member" instead, but as far as I was concerned the damage was done, and without an apology from that specific mod, I had no interest in continuing there. They had shown their hand. Name-calling is in no way "Denying Ignorance". it is, instead, promoting it when in the absence of any cogent counter argument.
It was right after we left that their revenue started declining drastically. They had just gone through another of their periodic purges, and booted a lot of the membership... some of whom found their way here. It's hard to keep a business going when you alienate the core of your customer base, AND the people who are doing most of the producing for you. Even I know that, dumbassed hillbilly that I am.
Now I have to wonder WHO the new "silent" owners are. As someone mentioned above, that does not exactly inspire confidence. Most of the furtive folk I know are not people I would choose to hang out with. Some are, but not most.
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It was right after we left that their revenue started declining drastically. They had just gone through another of their periodic purges, and booted a lot of the membership... some of whom found their way here. It's hard to keep a business going when you alienate the core of your customer base, AND the people who are doing most of the producing for you. Even I know that, dumbassed hillbilly that I am.
Now I have to wonder WHO the new "silent" owners are. As someone mentioned above, that does not exactly inspire confidence. Most of the furtive folk I know are not people I would choose to hang out with. Some are, but not most.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’