I liked being in the PM for the same reasons other people have stated: it was a general hangout.
People could shoot the shit with each other, debate, civilly argue, et cetera. It was pretty much a digital equivalent of going to a bar and seeing buds/regulars there.
Hell, a lot of the time it felt like what SB should have been in tone, compared to now that has people on-edge constantly in-case they say something 'wrong'/wrong-think or get dog-piled for having a dissenting opinion. Or writing disclaimers in posts to prevent the inevitable shrieking of posters accusing someone of something because they're too fucking stupid to read context.
It was a refuge for people who were... well, normal. Had common-sense. It didn't matter if your beliefs were moderate, conservative, liberal, Democrat, Republican, religious, atheist, et cetera. It was a place where we hung out and chatted. Just normal people from different walks of life.
It was... chill.
The rest of SB? They've gone fucking insane on the whole. The lunatics are running the asylum, and that includes a lot of staff members.
Frankly, the next year is going to see the site implode because there's no way in Hell Trump isn't going to re-elected. I still post there, still interact with people, but my main interest is in the stories being posted there and any interesting news or articles that pop-up. But that's all.
People could shoot the shit with each other, debate, civilly argue, et cetera. It was pretty much a digital equivalent of going to a bar and seeing buds/regulars there.
Hell, a lot of the time it felt like what SB should have been in tone, compared to now that has people on-edge constantly in-case they say something 'wrong'/wrong-think or get dog-piled for having a dissenting opinion. Or writing disclaimers in posts to prevent the inevitable shrieking of posters accusing someone of something because they're too fucking stupid to read context.
It was a refuge for people who were... well, normal. Had common-sense. It didn't matter if your beliefs were moderate, conservative, liberal, Democrat, Republican, religious, atheist, et cetera. It was a place where we hung out and chatted. Just normal people from different walks of life.
It was... chill.
The rest of SB? They've gone fucking insane on the whole. The lunatics are running the asylum, and that includes a lot of staff members.
Frankly, the next year is going to see the site implode because there's no way in Hell Trump isn't going to re-elected. I still post there, still interact with people, but my main interest is in the stories being posted there and any interesting news or articles that pop-up. But that's all.