Is this Survival Monkey or ??

I'm going to TEST this out in this the Team Clubhouse Forum first, to see the reaction before moving to Open Forum.

Is this Survival Monkey or has it once again turned into a personal dumping ground for people to post ALL their latest conspiracy theories and political rants?

I understand people's frustrations with current affairs, especially since I'm living through an absolute SHIT show myself in my home state.

Bitching about it on the Internet isn't going to change my circumstances.

I'll be awaiting the browbeating, LOL

 

Sometimes these posts are just entertainment. Some are educational. With the current batting average of conspiracy theorists I find lots of these crazy ideas have turned out to be based on at least some reality that sounds nearly as crazy. Survival includes maintaining a stable mental footing. If we don't have any exposure to the absolute fringes of how out of balance things have become we won't be able to maintain our own mental stability when the crazy comes to our neighborhood.

Small doses. You're not alone.

 

"Conspiricy Theorists" are simply those farsighted individuals who see the institutionalized BS for what it is, and voice their concerns.

 

I think what is happening is that society has become more polarized and people have learned by example from social media and politicians that the louder one yells and screams at the other side demonizing them the more 'Truth' their words carry.

We only have a few members that probably generate the majority of the thread posts.

I hate the hyperlink drive bys. Create a thread/topic and just dropping a link or cut and paste a passage with no personal commentary or opinion by the OP. Not even a few sentences or worse yet telling the reader that if they don't agree they are wrong/stupid.

I almost wish we had a conspiracy thread that branched off into two additional threads one where the conspiracy was proven true, the other where it was proven false.

The Inferno was an excellent idea.

I appreciate Dee's mannerly debate thread but I think the individuals that need to understand her words are going to nod in agreement but not change.

Right now SM is looking like the society at large. We just wish it wasn't in our house, and at our table.

Seems Uncle Richard has decided to come to dinner and brought a couple of his friends from the bar as well. I'm not going to say I'm a saint and don't poke the bear trying to derail their train on some of these threads. Sometimes with a funny meme or sometimes a newspaper across the nose.

But yes, we've got some pretty ranty and tinfoil wrapped individuals. But we also have a lot of folks that live in an echo chamber and don't like opposing or differing opinions and that is usually where the problem begins. The are sure it's a personal attack if you don't agree with their opinion ... just like society.

 

"And you are correct Colt that bitching on the internet doesn't change anything but it does provide a means of venting ones anger and frustration."

Also, when venting one's anger and frustration it does much more. It also shows the individual that he is not alone and/or perhaps there are incorrect reasons for his anger or more data that will increase the anger, but I think the main thing is showing what other people are thinking and whether he/she is alone in his/her rant or if the feeling is part of the greater whole. It's really important! One of the reason the politicians or organizations have gotten away with so much is the fact that people think they are alone, unsupported and unorganized. One person's discontent and anger is nothing. A million people's anger could be a revolution and winds of change. There are thousands of sites like this, in one form or another, throughout the country and each one is important for one reason: they connect people together.

Politics IS part of survival in the 21st-century. You maintain a watch on a nearby Wildfire, preparing for the worse, planning your reaction while maintaining surveillance. The problem is Politics is much harder to predict, requires much more astute and higher degree of surveillance than even a Wildfire. Plus, the media makes it even harder to get accurate data as they control the narrative so numerous minds are better than one mind for collection and interpretation. In this, there is strength in numbers. Of course, the decision on how to react to the data comes down to the individual.

 

Could one just drop this on a thread as a scolding:

Or how about one of these.

 

so do I.

 

Thank you folks for not chewing me up and spitting me out for bringing this up. I know it's been mentioned in the past and I thought I'd try it, being it appears to me at times a reset might be in order with some individuals.

Unfortunately, I haven't been the most active member in years. It's not I don't like this place, I've just moved on from being active on the Internet.

One thing is for certain, I feel fortunate that I landed here for the content within the halls here. And I've come to learn a lot about other aspects of life from those of you that express yourselves very well in writing.

I'm just trying to see what I can do to help out a situation I have no control over. I'll let this set here for now, unless other's think this need be discussed in public.

 

Move to public or let it set for further discussion??

 

Without further ado

@BTPost you are the wizard with the magic wand. Please move this thread to the appropriate Forum.

 

I didn't start this thread to slap anybody in the face, be-little anybody or criticize any specific member regardless of one's content or opinion.

However, I have noticed that when I hit Recent Posts the majority of the content is in the Tin Foil Hat and Political Forum. Am I complaining about it, just an observation. Do I have any grudge towards any members, nope.

 

……. Remember it well. Hard to believe it was so long ago now ! Also remember having hijack that site back from a rogue admin back in the day as well !!!! I also heard that the old owner of that place may have passed ! They were interesting days. I am not as active on the monkey as I once was. Probably because of the points raised here. I have enough BS in my life without seeking more here. I check in most days and try to throw a bit of what is good here in Aus out from time to time.

 

Personally I feel 99% of the discussions here have their particular merit. Political posts in particular as a more and more intrusive government is currently driving peoples fears of an uncertain future, which is what turns a lot of folks into preppers. Without a doubt, the ability of the membership to discuss such a wide range of topics without walking away angry is the glue that holds it all together. Other sites like this feed on members bashing members and the rest stopping by to see the fights like watching a car wreck. I do wish there were more "how to" but it is still a great mix. The founders did a great job and the CoC is just right, even allowed to be bent at times. Like many things, a singular focus would only serve to reduce participation.