Again I think your misunderstanding the difference between actually boycotting (which largely I think is a kind of moral Onanism but that I admit is on me) and feeling the need to tell everyone you’re boycottingOriginally Posted by Mac76
I don’t know what Memes you’re aware of, but you remind me of the picture of the lad with a vein in his temple with the tagline “gone more than five minutes without telling someone you’re a vegan”
so i say once that I don't buy the Sun (which is so long ago I don't remember it but strangely you do - not that you're obsessed or anything...) and that means I'm virtue signalling, rather than just mentioning it on a messageboard which - again - is designed for discourse
This would be a pretty boring board if no-one was able to say what they did or didn't like or support
And again, this whole 'conversation' came from an opinion on something expressed - and very strongly by you...
You saw an article link from the Sun and felt the immediate need to tell everyone you boycotted it. That speaks to me of a need to express your virtuosity.
You also remarked in another thread about how you didn’t subscribe to Sky because of Murdoch. Similar thing.
Plus the point I’m making is that it’s remarks like that, that mean that many (maybe not all) your political views are quite easy to discern, and that it felt at least likely to me that you would respond to my post the way you did.
Maybe it’s unintentional on your part, I just find people quite predictable really
Last edited by HCZ_Reborn; 26-06-2024 at 04:50 PM.
Honestly. During the pandemic - working at home and all that - I'd forgotten just how bloody annoying people in an office can be.
Our meeting rooms have iPads on the wall outside which you can use to book them. It takes a few seconds. The two things people do which make me want to punch them in the face are:
1) They block out the room for the day and barely go in there.
2) They squat in rooms without booking them which makes you feel you can't book them even though they're available.
Someone was in a meeting room at 10:15 but hadn’t booked it. I needed a room for 10:30 and there weren't any others available so I assumed he’d just popped in the room quickly and I booked it for 10:30. 10:30 arrives, the bloke was still in the meeting room. I went in and the following conversation ensued:
Me: “Oh, sorry. I have this room booked now.”
Him: “…Did you book it while I was in here?”
Me: “Yes, you didn’t have it booked”
Him: “It would have been nice if you’d asked me!”
Me: “It would have been nice if you’d booked the room...”
(He leaves the room with his tail between his legs)
Needless to say, I had the last laugh.
again i don't remember saying that but you do, so clearly you have some kind of unhealthy obsession with things people have said in the distant past (that's two unhealthy obsessions now)
"your political views are quite easy to discern" - only to someone who pigeonholes people into convenient stereotypes, in order to make it easier to dismiss whatever they're saying
And so what if I said i was boycottign the Sun? - it sounds to me like I was just explaining the reason i couldn't click on a link to the Sun, otherwise if I said I couldn't read the article people might ask why
The funny thing is you're saying one minute I'm predictable then you were highlighting the fact that when i defended Assange that it went against your sterotyped view of my opinions - so which is it?
No I’ve said it absolutely fits the stereotypeThe funny thing is you're saying one minute I'm predictable then you were highlighting the fact that when i defended Assange that it went against your sterotyped view of my opinions - so which is it?
I accept it could be unintentional on your part but you pigeonhole yourself and meet almost entirely the standards of the token leftist.
It’s not even necessarily a criticism, it’s just an observation.
The whole you’re obsessed thing is a bit of a projection, I’m explaining why I can reasonably predict what view you’re going to take on something and giving you an explanation why.
I’m not going to remember every example, but I think you virtue signal more than you realise…..but then again that’s a contradiction, virtue signalling is an intentional thing unless it maybe becomes a habit
Much in the same way a lot of your footballing opinions are extremely predictable. Bit like how I knew even before looking that your reply to my post on the Euros thread would contain a comment on Harry Kane
Last edited by HCZ_Reborn; Today at 11:07 AM.
However what I will say re Assange is that it’s evidence of horseshoe theory, as populist right wingers (especially those of a conspiracist nature) are also pro Assange.
Maybe it’s the shallow appeal of narcissists and the politics is irrelevant
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