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This is the coolest forum ever. It's huge, so there are so many topics that for almost everything you can think of there's someone that knows a lot about it. Everything from sports to politics there are plenty of experts out there. And there are so many people here that are so intelligent. I can't really hold an intelligent conversation with 99% of the kids at my high school, and the ones I can talk with are not nearly as smart as the people here.
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"The first man who, having fenced off a plot of land, thought of saying, 'This is mine' and found people simple enough to believe him was the real founder of civil society. How many crimes, wars, murders, how many miseries and horrors might the human race had been spared by the one who, upon pulling up the stakes or filling in the ditch, had shouted to his fellow men: 'Beware of listening to this imposter; you are lost if you forget the fruits of the earth belong to all and that the earth belongs to no one." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau -
This forum is really, really good, but it's still 2nd in my books.
Beyond3D is far more educational and interesting to me, and has a much better signal/noise ratio...which is why I lurk there mostly.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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If by better you mean significantly more intelligent, no. If by better you mean more insane, then yes.DULCE BELLUM INEXPERTISComment
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The EU OT forum is pretty good also (from what I've seen). But I can't be arsed to post in two forums. Poly takes up too much time already..."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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no, tis why I'm still hereComment
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The next best one is the Something Awful forums. You've got to pay $10 to get in, but it's worth it. Though I still like apolyton the best.Comment
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"Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez
"I was hoping for a Communist utopia that would last forever." - Imran SiddiquiComment
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I dunno, the only forums I ever post on are gaming forums, and most of them have boring off-topic sections (so I never stick around once I lose interest in the game that brought me to the forum in the first place). I once posted at a non-gaming forum (an Atheists/Agnostics forum) for about two days, but all of the non-lurkers were *******s. Separating the gamers from the non-gamers seems to help separate the grain from the chaff--gamers usually don't seem to take themselves so goddamn seriously all of the time.<p style="font-size:1024px">HTML is disabled in signatures
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nope, haven't seen one yet. The forum section to this site is easy to locate and the little 'bonuses' you get are cool.
That, and cause I get to use my Dr. Doom avatar!Despot-(1a) : a ruler with absolute power and authority (1b) : a person exercising power tyrannically
Beyond Alpha Centauri-Witness the glory of Sheng-ji Yang
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"...but what sane person would move from Hawaii to Indiana?" -DisComment
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Have you solved the 'more moderators than posters' problem yet?No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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I looked at the one on About.com a few times. That site is subject to hit and run raids by Fundamentalists and trolls of all types which might be why they are kind of touchy. There were even two BIG threads dedicated to one Christian I know from the MaximumPC forums who had decided he was more comfortable with Atheists/Agnostics than he was on Christian forums. A guy called Tessword who was mostly polite enough that the moderaters didn't ban him. Funny how unbelievers were more patient with him than believers were.Originally posted by loinburger
I once posted at a non-gaming forum (an Atheists/Agnostics forum) for about two days, but all of the non-lurkers were *******s.Comment
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It depends on what you meant by "better."
The Straight Dope Message Board also has a lot of intelligent posters, but it seems to be less fun. However, they did ban AH, so that has to count for something.(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."Comment
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Anyone who bans AH gets my vote.
I've seen other forums that I thought had potential, but their problem is always getting people to post consistently.Everything changes, but nothing is truly lost.Comment
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Haven't bothered to really look for after finding 'poly...You make my life and times
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There are other forums??????
If I'm posting here then Counterglow must be down.Comment
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