NotBornYesterday's Journal: Fuck your opinion on healthcare.

Okay, not everyone's opinion. Just the ones that are poisoning every fucking slashdot article with their political drivel, particularly about the recent healthcare law. I'm used to people around here inserting a certain amount of their political bias when they have nothing more useful to say, and I even do some of it myself, but holy self-conrtol, batman, try to show a little fucking restraint, will you? Sometimes the article is technical and political, so crossover is expected. But it's gotten so far out of hand that you can't open an article around here without having a couple hundred healthcare-related posts staring you in the face. Seriously. As an example, that particular article gets hijacked offtopic immediately after the first post. I had to scroll down past more or less a hundred useless posts to get to any relevant ones.

Maybe you're for the healthcare bill. Maybe you're against it. Maybe you're against it, and mad as hell that it passed. Maybe you're for it and mad as hell that other people are mad as hell about it passing. It doesn't matter. Shut the fuck up unless you have something useful to add to the particular technical article you are perusing. Better yet, go somewhere else more appropriate to either a) flame your opponents, b) shout down people that hold unpopular views, c) celebrate/commiserate with like-minded individuals in an effort to bolster your inadequate ego, or self-esteem, or whatever. Slashdot even gave you a place to go to get it all out of your system. And it seemed to work at first, because there's over 2300 replies so far. That makes it roughly an order of magnitude more popular than the regular articles around here. But some people still can't or won't leave well enough alone. Well, I've got a message for them: It's over folks! Done! Fait accompli! For better or worse, the healthcare bill passed, so isn't it time to stop beating this particular dead horse?

So please don't fuck up the rest of the articles. I'm begging you. You're ruining this place. I have nothing against others' views, or their right to bellow them as loudly and ignorantly as they want. But please, just don't do it here. Or do less of it, at least. Hey ... I've got an idea ... maybe you could write a journal article about your thoughts! That'd be a great fucking idea.

LOL

[Captain Splendid]

You must be new here. This "stick to the tech" attitude you have is outdated here on Slashdot by about a decade at least.

Or, you could go friend/foe some people and tweak your reading threshold preferences instead of bitching yourself. Slashcode may be crap, but they at least try and give you some tools to tailor the discussion to your liking.

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[NotBornYesterday]

Mostly just blowing off steam. I know that politics is part of the landscape here, and I admit that I participate in some of that. I just get annoyed when a whole article gets driven off topic within the first 2 posts.

I prefer not to foe people. My least favorite comment of theirs is usually not a fair indicator of what they have to offer. I could set my reading threshold higher, but mod points aren't always a good indicator of content.

Moderation

[mcgrew]

I clicked your link thinking I'd go to one of the comments you're talking about, and was presented with the story itself. Apparently the posts have been moderated down as offtopic, as they should be, because they weren't visible when I looked (I didn't scroll far).

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[NotBornYesterday]

Hmm. Maybe moderation isn't completely broken.

I'm actually starting to wonder what got into me yesterday. Normally this stuff doesn't bother me much unless something else is secretly bothering me. Not the most intelligent rant I've ever had, but a nice bit of release nonetheless.

Speaking of going off-topic, I haven't seen much about Tammy or Tami in your journals lately ... just curious what the news was.

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[mcgrew]

Well, Tammy's got to have a gall bladder operation, but she doesn't have money for the pre-op EKG. So I haven't seen her much, she's mostly been home. I will say that she surprised me; she wears loose clothing that hides her figure, I never knew what a nice ass she has. Oh, and the batshit craziness was drug-induced; her doctors gave her some strong pain medication.

She's studying to be a Sunday school teacher now.

Tami needs surgery on her spine or,her doctors say, she'll wind up in a wheel chair.

But when I

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[NotBornYesterday]

I wish the best of luck to both of them. I can't imagine waiting for a gall bladder operation ... no wonder Tammy's on strong meds. I look forward to seeing the next journals when the time is right. In the meantime, I've got some planning to do for my next homebrew day.