This is not a Brexit post.....
This is not a Brexit post.....
Hands up those of us fed up with bloody "Brexit threads"
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Re: This is not a Brexit post.....
Me*
*Fed up with the ones in which I have to keep telling people that the total ******** they are spouting is total ********.
*Fed up with the ones in which I have to keep telling people that the total ******** they are spouting is total ********.
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I'm not fed up with them. I think it's hilarious to watch the Brexiteers perform mental gymnastics to continue to support a course of action that all their arguments in support of have been debunked.
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Re: This is not a Brexit post.....
Can anyone translate that last post please ?
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Re: This is not a Brexit post.....
It is a Brexit thread
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Been wondering for a while whether it’s time to stop pretending this is a football messageboard. It’s dominated by about half a dozen posters who seem to spend their lives on here. I wouldn’t be surprised if it transpired several of them are using numerous usernames.
Maybe a name change would help to manage the expectations of anyone thinking there’s much in the way of football discussion on here.
Maybe a name change would help to manage the expectations of anyone thinking there’s much in the way of football discussion on here.
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It's not a football message board. It's a Burnley Fan's message board.agreenwood wrote:Been wondering for a while whether it’s time to stop pretending this is a football messageboard.
Maybe a name change would help to manage the expectations of anyone thinking there’s much in the way of football discussion on here.
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Re: This is not a Brexit post.....
Receiving more and more complaints about the number of such threads - certainly looking at the potential for changing the board to prevent it.agreenwood wrote:Been wondering for a while whether it’s time to stop pretending this is a football messageboard.
Maybe a name change would help to manage the expectations of anyone thinking there’s much in the way of football discussion on here.
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Re: This is not a Brexit post.....
Cool, whatever.
Before Brexit, people used to be bright enough not to click on posts they didn't want to read.
Before Brexit, people used to be bright enough not to click on posts they didn't want to read.
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I don’t. Not much else to click on, so most visits are fleeting.Lancasterclaret wrote:Cool, whatever.
Before Brexit, people used to be bright enough not to click on posts they didn't want to read.
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The problem is that what should be perfectly reasonable (football and non-football) threads are being hijacked by people spouting the same Brexit views ad-nauseam, with an inability not to be seen to have the last word. It's tiresome.
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Re: This is not a Brexit post.....
...this is just a tribute
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Lancasterclaret wrote:Cool, whatever.
Before Brexit, people used to be bright enough not to click on posts they didn't want to read.
But people can't help bringing brexit into threads they aren't about, it is time the politics threads were banned.
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Not enough tenacious D links on here!
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Fine
I don't give a **** either way to be honest.
I only come on here to argue with the terminally mis-informed on Brexit and the EDL backers.
I don't give a **** either way to be honest.
I only come on here to argue with the terminally mis-informed on Brexit and the EDL backers.
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Well this has increased the number of Brexit threads on the first page by 50% up to a massive three!agreenwood wrote:I don’t. Not much else to click on, so most visits are fleeting.
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If you want to talk about football then talk about football. No one is stopping you.
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Did i do it right?
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You don’t have to though Lancaster, if you are fed up of it just don’t do it. You won’t make any difference even if you convince a few people on here that you’re right and they’re wrong. I really don’t understand why you keep banging on!Lancasterclaret wrote:Me*
*Fed up with the ones in which I have to keep telling people that the total ******** they are spouting is total ********.
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because it is of interest to me PYCB.
I quite get that it isn't for everyone though!
I quite get that it isn't for everyone though!
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Uh-oh. The Brexit threads are literally taking over. We need to ban Brexit threads from coming here and taking bandwidth from good, hard-working football threads.martin_p wrote:Well this has increased the number of Brexit threads on the first page by 50% up to a massive three!
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I agree but certain posters never get involved in Football related messages do they just using it to promote their own agenda'sImploding Turtle wrote:It's not a football message board. It's a Burnley Fan's message board.
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I think that the fact we are now discussing it means it has become a problem. The fact is enough people are sick of it that it has become a major discussion in itself. That surely means it is time that we look at how things are done. I am a political person and I do not think politics should be banned on here, far from it, but a seperate section would be a good way forward until people learn that they don't need to start a new thread every time someone in the public eye makes a statement about the same subject. It seems to me that the reason people continually start new Brexit threads is because they feel that those who shout the loudest get the most heard, i.e. they don't want their precious gem of a 'fact' or new piece of 'breaking news' to go unnoticed among all the other posts.
For those who think it's simple to just not click on such threads I would say it is also really simple to, if you really must start yet another, to put Brexit at the front of the heading instead of trying to fool people into reading your view.
For those who think it's simple to just not click on such threads I would say it is also really simple to, if you really must start yet another, to put Brexit at the front of the heading instead of trying to fool people into reading your view.
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Logged in to like this.ClaretTony wrote:Receiving more and more complaints about the number of such threads - certainly looking at the potential for changing the board to prevent it.
Board is swamped with this **** and i'm personally sick of it.
Yes, i can choose to click on a thread or not, instead i choose not to visit the site half as much.
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Goody1975 wrote:Logged in to like this.
Board is swamped with this **** and i'm personally sick of it.
Yes, i can choose to click on a thread or not, instead i choose not to visit the site half as much.
Do you think that people are just going to start talking about what you want to talk about if we're not allowed to talk about politics?
There isn't going to be more football threads if there are less politics threads. One doesn't replace the other.
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Agree with some of your points hb,for example i have no problem with the Labour MP'S leaving their party thread as this is a major news story,that isn't just brexit related,and crucially the title was perfectly clear,i do have an issue with misleading thread titles whatever the subject matter,i don't post as often as i once did on any brexit related threads as they usually disintegrate into a primary school he said she said spat,normally involving the same posters spouting the same claptrap,if people could debate in a dignified manner fine,but this seems sadly lacking nowadays.houseboy wrote:I think that the fact we are now discussing it means it has become a problem. The fact is enough people are sick of it that it has become a major discussion in itself. That surely means it is time that we look at how things are done. I am a political person and I do not think politics should be banned on here, far from it, but a seperate section would be a good way forward until people learn that they don't need to start a new thread every time someone in the public eye makes a statement about the same subject. It seems to me that the reason people continually start new Brexit threads is because they feel that those who shout the loudest get the most heard, i.e. they don't want their precious gem of a 'fact' or new piece of 'breaking news' to go unnoticed among all the other posts.
For those who think it's simple to just not click on such threads I would say it is also really simple to, if you really must start yet another, to put Brexit at the front of the heading instead of trying to fool people into reading your view.
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Nobody is stopping you and others talking about anything at the moment.Imploding Turtle wrote:Do you think that people are just going to start talking about what you want to talk about if we're not allowed to talk about politics?
There isn't going to be more football threads if there are less politics threads. One doesn't replace the other.
The thread/poll is whether or not people want such discussions banned, on a separate area, or to continue as they are. Seems quite simple to me.
I've voted for a non football discussion area, which i believe is my choice and nobody else's.
Is that okay with you?
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Lancasterclaret wrote:Me*
*Fed up with the ones in which I have to keep telling people that the total ******** they are spouting is total ********.
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Shut up and come play Rocket Leagueburnleymik wrote:
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Because i was replying to your argument, not your vote.Goody1975 wrote:You obviously do, because if enough people vote the same way political discussions will be moved to another area which seems to bother you. If it doesn't bother you then why did you engage in a discussion on the matter with me in the first place?
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I'm more concerned with the unelected rulers that are controlling us.Imploding Turtle wrote:Uh-oh. The Brexit threads are literally taking over. We need to ban Brexit threads from coming here and taking bandwidth from good, hard-working football threads.
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ParklifeImploding Turtle wrote:I'm not fed up with them. I think it's hilarious to watch the Brexiteers perform mental gymnastics to continue to support a course of action that all their arguments in support of have been debunked.
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Absolutely. I don't think I'm alone in thinking that with Brexit everything has now been said and both sides (in the real world and on here) are just clutching at every proverbial straw but I genuinely believe that no-one is now going to change their mind, if indeed anyone has to a great degree. It reminds me of the trenches in the first war with no-one gaining any ground, just rolling around in the mud. I genuinely cannot think of any political situation in my life that has both ground to a halt but has so many people arguing over it at the same time. The real irony is that rather than dealing with facts (because as it hasn't actually happened yet there are hardly any to be had) all we are getting is arguments (from both sides) about who has been lied to the most.tiger76 wrote:Agree with some of your points hb,for example i have no problem with the Labour MP'S leaving their party thread as this is a major news story,that isn't just brexit related,and crucially the title was perfectly clear,i do have an issue with misleading thread titles whatever the subject matter,i don't post as often as i once did on any brexit related threads as they usually disintegrate into a primary school he said she said spat,normally involving the same posters spouting the same claptrap,if people could debate in a dignified manner fine,but this seems sadly lacking nowadays.
The fact is we have no real idea what will happen as and when we leave and if we wound up not leaving we will never know. For every so-called expert who brokers doom there is another who says all will be well (or even better). Never has there been such a devide on a (as yet) non-violent issue, at least not as far as I am aware (and I've been around a while).
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Debunked? A very sheeple way of looking at it.Imploding Turtle wrote:I'm not fed up with them. I think it's hilarious to watch the Brexiteers perform mental gymnastics to continue to support a course of action that all their arguments in support of have been debunked.
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Could be a tough one for the mods trying to remove the odd escapee 'political' bits from the football stuff.
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This is true.
Imagine just getting our European scouting network up and running and then finding out that we can't sign any of them because of something we can't talk about.
Imagine just getting our European scouting network up and running and then finding out that we can't sign any of them because of something we can't talk about.
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ten bellies wrote:Debunked? A very sheeple way of looking at it.
Go on then, what significant reason for leaving the EU hasn't been debunked?
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Imploding Turtle .........
"It's not a football message board. It's a Burnley Fan's message board."
And which Burnley fan is that? Surely you don't mean CT?
"It's not a football message board. It's a Burnley Fan's message board."
And which Burnley fan is that? Surely you don't mean CT?
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Apostrophes are the devil's punctuation.Bullabill wrote:Imploding Turtle .........
"It's not a football message board. It's a Burnley Fan's message board."
And which Burnley fan is that? Surely you don't mean CT?
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That 52% voted for it you know this democracy thing.Imploding Turtle wrote:Go on then, what significant reason for leaving the EU hasn't been debunked?
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That's not an argument that was used to convince people to vote to leave the EU. And you know that.Jakubclaret wrote:That 52% voted for it you know this democracy thing.
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Ultimately thats the reason we are leaving, you are delusional thinking any different.Imploding Turtle wrote:That's not an argument that was used to convince people to vote to leave the EU. And you know that.
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I initially replied to your most recent vomiting, but I deleted my post because i think calling you an "absolute genius" might get me banned for abuse to smart people.
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Not to be ruled by an unelected distant monolith. To take back control of immigration. Those reasons haven't been debunked. The scumbags of Westminster in collusion with those similar scumbags of the EU, are determined to undermine the unexpected referendum result.Imploding Turtle wrote:Go on then, what significant reason for leaving the EU hasn't been debunked?
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OK. Well they are elected. So that's pretty easy to debunk.ten bellies wrote:Not to be ruled by an unelected distant monolith. To take back control of immigration. Those reasons haven't been debunked. The scumbags of Westminster in collusion with those similar scumbags of the EU, are determined to undermine the unexpected referendum result.
We always had control of immigration, we just chose not to exercise it because it would have been bad for the economy. So that's debunked.
Anything else?
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Well that turned out to be a brilliant idea, debunked maximoso.Imploding Turtle wrote:OK. Well they are elected. So that's pretty easy to debunk.
We always had control of immigration, we just chose not to exercise it because it would have been bad for the economy. So that's debunked.
Anything else?
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Edit
- no point, if you are going to ignore stuff like that, then you are not interested in evidence full stop.
- no point, if you are going to ignore stuff like that, then you are not interested in evidence full stop.
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Everybody seems to be talking about evidence & I've yet to see any & my eyes are wide open, the evidence will & can only emerge after a democratic decision has been enacted, right now at this moment in time we've got everything but evidence or fact, how on earth some people can determine & accurately ascertain the future when something hasn't happened is completely beyond me. When I'm next in the newsagents picking my lottery numbers it's absolutely imperative i consult with some members of this forum beforehand.Lancasterclaret wrote:Edit
- no point, if you are going to ignore stuff like that, then you are not interested in evidence full stop.
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You miss the point pal, but then your type usually do. My own silly fault for replying to a plank like you.Imploding Turtle wrote:OK. Well they are elected. So that's pretty easy to debunk.
We always had control of immigration, we just chose not to exercise it because it would have been bad for the economy. So that's debunked.
Anything else?
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Well, no. You said a couple fo things which aren't true, and i provided you with evidence that they aren't true.ten bellies wrote:You miss the point pal, but then your type usually do. My own silly fault for replying to a plank like you.
But what is the point that feel I've missed?