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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Shaka Khan on August 16, 2015, 06:08:36 PM

Title: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 16, 2015, 06:08:36 PM
Drawing the line here. There has to be more to this world worth discussing than your whine.

Even the GAF threads are less pathetic.

Think about that for a second.

Feel bad.

Now bottle it up, and wait until your next therapy meeting, which I'm sure you can afford because you're an adult, able person.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Madrun Badrun on August 16, 2015, 06:10:11 PM
Pointing out my stuggles is a stuggle.  Stop stuggling me, Khan.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 16, 2015, 06:10:42 PM
Here's a great resource that helped me overcome my insignificant problems.  (https://www.google.com/search?q=Deal+with+it&rlz=1C1CHMO_enUS559US559&espv=2&biw=1536&bih=775&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMI3-SIi8-uxwIVAxo-Ch2AXAA2)
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: toku on August 16, 2015, 06:13:50 PM
we gon' be alright
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 16, 2015, 06:15:38 PM
Pity parties do jack shit brehs. WAKE UP!
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Madrun Badrun on August 16, 2015, 06:18:01 PM
I only get soft yesses when I invite people to my pity parties.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: milchs evil twin on August 16, 2015, 06:18:10 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/JGP4MTY.jpg)
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 16, 2015, 06:26:02 PM
Bump.
You're on notice, Twin. :ufup
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: milchs evil twin on August 16, 2015, 06:27:11 PM
My struggles will outlast your non-struggles.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 16, 2015, 06:35:12 PM
Fuck off, figgurt.

Someone called me a figgurt. I must alert the internet...

(http://i.imgur.com/fEfu01Z.gif)
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Himu on August 16, 2015, 06:38:03 PM
I've got no problem with people letting off steam. I agree that some people out there on the internet only ever post about negative shit and it's a total downer. Like someone on my Facebook, all she does is bitch. But on the opposite spectrum, it feels like the internet is becoming this blackhole of faux positivity where everything in life is happy, everything is carefree, and every day is an adventure as really, really fucked up shit is going all around us. It comes across as a species wide apathy, and it feels like social media - or rather, Facebook in particular - fuels it. My own cousin unfollowed me on Facebook because I post about "too many negative things." It's like people want a constant sense of validation and a care free hug box zone. That's not to say we should relish and thrive upon these bad feelings, but it's almost as if the collective millenial's main modus operandi now is to deter anything that may drudge up any "negative" feeling or thought or something that goes against the status quo. It is methodically craven in its pursuit of "peace" with as little conflict as possible without ever parlaying anything of substance.

Internet is the new Opium of the people.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: milchs evil twin on August 16, 2015, 06:42:09 PM
Well, of course you're only gonna positive or negative stuff.

Neutral isn't really newsworthy...
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 16, 2015, 06:44:25 PM
Not that I intended this thread to be super REAL TALK. But as long as there's a healthy balance everyone can get along. Try to overwhelm the shared space with your personal, unrelatable problems... and we got problems.

Think of it like smoking— You're free to do it, but everyone is breathing the same air, so try to be considerate and self-aware.

(...bitch)
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Himu on August 16, 2015, 06:48:26 PM
I also agree balance is healthy and the best manner of dealing with it.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on August 16, 2015, 06:49:26 PM
People are too positive on the internet?  LOL

The internet is mostly a black hole of negativity.  It's shit that people would never get away with saying to anyone in public.  That's why they say it: to project their failures and shortcomings as people to those who can't or won't retaliate.  Most internet haters are people who had high hopes for themselves and are finding out that it ain't gonna happen for them; at best, they can be a cog in a giant corporate machine and at worst, they can't find gainful employment so they have to rely on the "gig economy".  I'm sorry that life hasn't turned out the way some people wanted it to be but that doesn't mean that I need to pay attention to people bitching about what some asshole I don't care about said on Twitter.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: milchs evil twin on August 16, 2015, 06:51:40 PM
Overly hot chili is the most relatable of all problems, though...
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Positive Touch on August 16, 2015, 06:51:50 PM
why the fuck do y'all wanna talk about anything besides videogames and fast food anyway
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 16, 2015, 06:58:38 PM
Plus, social media — and especially Facebook— is a completely different beast. You run a personal page that encourages you to share your thoughts ("What's on your mind?"), your photos, and your every moment. On Facebook, I personally add you as a friend because I'm interested on what you have to think or say, and whenever the interest is gone I can terminate the interaction very easily.

Whereas on public forums?

*flashback to bloodwakes struggles*

(http://i.imgur.com/GgW60i2.gif)
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 16, 2015, 07:04:05 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/gT5RF4f.jpg)
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 16, 2015, 07:05:11 PM
#strugglelivesmatter
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Himu on August 16, 2015, 07:07:13 PM
People are too positive on the internet?  LOL

The internet is mostly a black hole of negativity.  It's shit that people would never get away with saying to anyone in public.  That's why they say it: to project their failures and shortcomings as people to those who can't or won't retaliate.  Most internet haters are people who had high hopes for themselves and are finding out that it ain't gonna happen for them; at best, they can be a cog in a giant corporate machine and at worst, they can't find gainful employment so they have to rely on the "gig economy".  I'm sorry that life hasn't turned out the way some people wanted it to be but that doesn't mean that I need to pay attention to people bitching about what some asshole I don't care about said on Twitter.

I find Twitter pretty realistic. Then again, I hitch my horse directly to things that affect me, and that's mostly in relation to race. Nothing you said corresponds to my reality of the Internet. It actually reinforces it: people who are in a good place and therefore deem all people who they see as "negative" as losers who obviously (even when this isn't the case) that they are failures and thus have a reason to bitch. A narrative of clandestine snootiness that doesn't find people's personal struggles as valuable.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 16, 2015, 07:08:17 PM
#whiteinternetlivesdontmatter
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 16, 2015, 07:09:28 PM
Me IRL struggling

(http://i.imgur.com/Pm5YqO1.gif)

Me IRL overcoming my struggle

(http://i.imgur.com/c6dqz8f.gif)
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Himu on August 16, 2015, 07:14:11 PM
The idea that the internet in its current incarnation is inherently negative makes no sense in light of the popularity of sites like Upworthy or whatever doesn't...make sense.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 16, 2015, 07:15:52 PM
People are too positive on the internet?  LOL

The internet is mostly a black hole of negativity.  It's shit that people would never get away with saying to anyone in public.  That's why they say it: to project their failures and shortcomings as people to those who can't or won't retaliate.  Most internet haters are people who had high hopes for themselves and are finding out that it ain't gonna happen for them; at best, they can be a cog in a giant corporate machine and at worst, they can't find gainful employment so they have to rely on the "gig economy".  I'm sorry that life hasn't turned out the way some people wanted it to be but that doesn't mean that I need to pay attention to people bitching about what some asshole I don't care about said on Twitter.

I find Twitter pretty realistic. Then again, I hitch my horse directly to things that affect me, and that's mostly in relation to race. Nothing you said corresponds to my reality of the Internet. It actually reinforces it: people who are in a good place and therefore deem all people who they see as "negative" as losers who obviously (even when this isn't the case) that they are failures and thus have a reason to bitch. A narrative of clandestine snootiness that doesn't find people's personal struggles as valuable.

I hope you're not conflating the struggles I'm referring to here with those impacting millions of lives, such as issues of race, discrimination, politics, and any other relevant current events. Those have always, and will always, have a right to exist.

Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 16, 2015, 07:16:57 PM
people gravitate towards fear and look for salves
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 16, 2015, 07:17:30 PM
The idea that the internet in its current incarnation is inherently negative makes no sense in light of the popularity of sites like Upworthy or whatever doesn't...make sense.

If it's any consolation, Upworthy's bubble has bursted. Other sites quickly figured out their terrible reporting practices and copied it until people got pissed off and pushed back.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Kara on August 16, 2015, 07:20:16 PM
I've heard of struggle sessions but I thought those things went out of fashion at the conclusion of the Cultural Revolution.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Himu on August 16, 2015, 07:22:41 PM
People are too positive on the internet?  LOL

The internet is mostly a black hole of negativity.  It's shit that people would never get away with saying to anyone in public.  That's why they say it: to project their failures and shortcomings as people to those who can't or won't retaliate.  Most internet haters are people who had high hopes for themselves and are finding out that it ain't gonna happen for them; at best, they can be a cog in a giant corporate machine and at worst, they can't find gainful employment so they have to rely on the "gig economy".  I'm sorry that life hasn't turned out the way some people wanted it to be but that doesn't mean that I need to pay attention to people bitching about what some asshole I don't care about said on Twitter.

I find Twitter pretty realistic. Then again, I hitch my horse directly to things that affect me, and that's mostly in relation to race. Nothing you said corresponds to my reality of the Internet. It actually reinforces it: people who are in a good place and therefore deem all people who they see as "negative" as losers who obviously (even when this isn't the case) that they are failures and thus have a reason to bitch. A narrative of clandestine snootiness that doesn't find people's personal struggles as valuable.

I hope you're not conflating the struggles I'm referring to here with those impacting millions of lives, such as issues of race, discrimination, politics, and any other relevant current events. Those have always, and will always, have a right to exist.

Some people (mostly white people, some other racial minorities) will flat out tell me to stop being negative or angry about race matters. It's filed under everything I'm talking about, because these people avoid these issues just as much as they avoid any other "negative" feeling. When I said they avoid bad feelings, they avoid ALL BAD FEELINGS and want everything and everyone to be a smily happy place town. The premise of your thread sounded eerily similar to "why are you so angry?!!?" topics regarding race.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on August 16, 2015, 08:21:30 PM
I'm pretty sure the twin Black Holes of Negativity and Faux Positivity are key 🔑 elements of the Kingdom Hearts cosmology?
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: king of the internet on August 16, 2015, 09:49:04 PM
Maybe some of us enjoy wallowing in shit.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 16, 2015, 10:11:11 PM
Maybe some of us are fed up listening to your wallowing... bitch.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Madrun Badrun on August 16, 2015, 10:12:42 PM
So this is how online bullying feels.  Now I know why teen girls cry. 
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Madrun Badrun on August 16, 2015, 10:30:01 PM
I've been feeling sorry for my self for like the decade I've been posting on this forum, Wrath.  O, fuck, I'm not going anywhere in life.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 16, 2015, 10:33:55 PM
vularai makes it funny because he uses the history and struggles of the communist state as his preferred metaphor. we can ALL get behind the central planning and distribution of misery. :rash
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Himu on August 16, 2015, 10:39:48 PM
I personally don't read the struggle thread. It's mostly a circle jerk of "tied my shoes wrong this morning :fbm" or "have to work late today :fbm" or something.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Mandark on August 16, 2015, 10:44:00 PM
Even the GAF threads are less pathetic.

no
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 16, 2015, 11:21:37 PM
vularai makes it funny because he uses the history and struggles of the communist state as his preferred metaphor. we can ALL get behind the central planning and distribution of misery. :rash

He keeps it cute, but he better keep it fresh.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 16, 2015, 11:23:43 PM
I personally don't read the struggle thread. It's mostly a circle jerk of "tied my shoes wrong this morning :fbm" or "have to work late today :fbm" or something.

I've completely ignored them tbh lol. I'm only making this thread as a public service... last time we let it run unchecked, it reached critical mass and got... "complicated."
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Himu on August 16, 2015, 11:24:08 PM
When was this?
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 16, 2015, 11:27:24 PM
TVC15's flogging thread, Malek's diarrhea, and Bloodwake's "it's complicated" trifecta.

Was a difficult time.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on August 16, 2015, 11:30:35 PM
I never got to see Bloodwake's thread
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 17, 2015, 12:02:11 AM
Those threads serve a function though. Imagine how many bad threads would have been created with people sharing their minor annoyances.

It's probably saved The Bore from 10 bad threads from myself alone.

Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Himu on August 17, 2015, 12:08:57 AM
he's dating someone now
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: brawndolicious on August 17, 2015, 12:24:56 AM
What happened to bloodwake? Maybe I was drunk that night.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Positive Touch on August 17, 2015, 12:53:12 AM
I played mass effect 3 with him he was a cool guy
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Reb on August 17, 2015, 04:22:27 AM
Jesus christ, team overshare is trying to police what people share?

Wrath, Shaka, I'm calling you out as people I most s'd my h to in the past.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 17, 2015, 08:52:28 AM
Jesus christ, team overshare is trying to police what people share?

Wrath, Shaka, I'm calling you out as people I most s'd my h to in the past.

I kept it cute, I kept it fresh, I kept it out of pity-party megathreads, and most importantly I kept it moslty to myself under Shaka. 8)

Vote Shaka/Wrath 2016.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Rufus on August 17, 2015, 08:56:07 AM
Think of the struggle thread as a pressure release valve. You let it trickle out there so the boiler doesn't explode at some random time.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: CatsCatsCats on August 17, 2015, 09:31:29 AM
Sorry we all don't just come here to talk about GAF, and have real lives

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b2/80/d3/b280d36830ed3a2cbb575f7a7dd5a5bf.gif)
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shadow Mod on August 17, 2015, 10:53:05 AM
Struggle threads? What?

Does that include the struggle of boreans to get brojobs from other boreans?
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: T234 on August 17, 2015, 10:55:17 AM
Niccas need to back off of my friend Bloodwake. When I first met him, he checked me for flippers. The hallmark of a True Gangsta.

CHECK EM FOR FLIPPERS
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Joe Molotov on August 17, 2015, 11:44:07 AM
Blood Wake was a good game.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 17, 2015, 01:03:42 PM
To clarify, I understand that it's hard to not vent when you struggle. My proposed solution is stop struggling. Like, stahp, breh. Stop.

Nope, don't finish that thought. Just stop.

 :cop
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 17, 2015, 01:05:46 PM
Sorry we all don't just come here to talk about GAF, and have real lives

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b2/80/d3/b280d36830ed3a2cbb575f7a7dd5a5bf.gif)

I want to preserve those real live sis, when some of y'all want to end it.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: studyguy on August 17, 2015, 01:06:52 PM
So you're saying I should just stop resisting?

(http://www.thecoli.com/media/police-mjpls.3639/full?d=1423718113)
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Kara on August 17, 2015, 01:12:07 PM
vularai makes it funny because he uses the history and struggles of the communist state as his preferred metaphor. we can ALL get behind the central planning and distribution of misery. :rash

I was going to point out that Shaka is acting like Lavrentiy Beria during the Troika but the implication of that was that I am a Khrushchevite and I am *not* a Khrushchevite. Read Atlas Shrugged Enver Hoxha.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: CatsCatsCats on August 17, 2015, 01:18:06 PM
Sorry we all don't just come here to talk about GAF, and have real lives

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b2/80/d3/b280d36830ed3a2cbb575f7a7dd5a5bf.gif)

I want to preserve those real live sis, when some of y'all want to end it.

Oh well, hell no, I'm on my grind tryna buy me that cabin in the woods :lawd
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 17, 2015, 01:24:57 PM
So what would it take for some of you to stop hating life? Let's hear it and address it right now.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: demi on August 17, 2015, 01:27:35 PM
Why is this suddenly an issue now?
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Kara on August 17, 2015, 01:42:29 PM
Why is this suddenly an issue now?

I blame Arvie.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Madrun Badrun on August 17, 2015, 01:54:23 PM
Only I can blame me, Vul!
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: StealthFan on August 17, 2015, 01:55:01 PM
Who the fuck is Bloodwake?
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Kara on August 17, 2015, 02:14:28 PM
Only I can blame me, Vul!

My skin is still broken out from showing fat #solidarity with you. As far as I'm concerned you're the second coming of Gorbachev.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 17, 2015, 02:14:49 PM
Why is this suddenly an issue now?

Boredom.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shadow Mod on August 17, 2015, 02:17:13 PM
I need a ru paul's drag race gif dump.

/putting struggle in your thread since I can't make a thread
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Purrp Skirrp on August 17, 2015, 02:37:39 PM
 :drudge :drudge :drudge
(http://i.imgur.com/aly6B78.jpg)

THE BORE IS CURSED :gddr5

CANNIBALIZING ITSELF FROM THE INSIDE :brazilcry

JUST AS HE PLANNED IT :hans1

(http://i.imgur.com/3IzuhXt.gif)
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Brehvolution on August 17, 2015, 02:39:22 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/IumLhjX.gif)
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: brawndolicious on August 17, 2015, 02:44:20 PM
I need a ru paul's drag race gif dump.

/putting struggle in your thread since I can't make a thread

Oh I see, he's just trying to get this thread stickied up.

I respect how creative your people can be.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: bork on August 17, 2015, 02:46:18 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM
 :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

spoiler (click to show/hide)
:stahp
[close]
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Madrun Badrun on August 17, 2015, 02:50:19 PM
Only I can blame me, Vul!

My skin is still broken out from showing fat #solidarity with you. As far as I'm concerned you're the second coming of Gorbachev.

Wouldn't skin spots make YOU Gorbachev?
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 17, 2015, 02:57:11 PM
I need a ru paul's drag race gif dump.

/putting struggle in your thread since I can't make a thread

Wouldn't it be amazing if drag race had a season dedicated to cats in drag? I don't think the internet would handle it
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Kara on August 17, 2015, 03:01:56 PM
:drudge :drudge :drudge
(http://i.imgur.com/aly6B78.jpg)

THE BORE IS CURSED :gddr5

CANNIBALIZING ITSELF FROM THE INSIDE :brazilcry

JUST AS HE PLANNED IT :hans1

(http://i.imgur.com/3IzuhXt.gif)

Narolfdaghost :ohhh

Wait, what if he was the ghost from beb's infamous vacation? :ohhh

The truth is out there, people. :hans1
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shadow Mod on August 17, 2015, 03:04:05 PM
I need a ru paul's drag race gif dump.

/putting struggle in your thread since I can't make a thread

Wouldn't it be amazing if drag race had a season dedicated to cats in drag? I don't think the internet would handle it

(http://i.imgur.com/YAFSzYZ.gif)
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: T234 on August 17, 2015, 03:17:06 PM
Who the fuck is Bloodwake?

Some guy who's better and more important than you.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Joe Molotov on August 17, 2015, 03:18:42 PM
Shaka's already taken away our heterosexuality, now he's taking our struggles too?  :beli
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 17, 2015, 03:21:00 PM
It's jockstraps and sharia law from here on out. Get used to it.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: T234 on August 17, 2015, 03:23:00 PM
The Bore's Leather Jihad might be upon us.
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 17, 2015, 03:27:29 PM
The Bore's Leather Jihad might be upon us.

Allahu Akbar :bow
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Steve Contra on August 17, 2015, 03:28:47 PM
Plz change Shaka's name to "Leather Jihadist"
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 17, 2015, 04:26:04 PM
came for the struggle struggles; stayed for the homoeroticism :phil
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Shaka Khan on August 17, 2015, 05:23:56 PM
Plz change Shaka's name to "Leather Jihadist"

New tag
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Mandark on August 17, 2015, 05:32:33 PM
Boredom.

more like Bore-dom
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 17, 2015, 07:45:21 PM
arvie is more of a bore-sub

bottombore
Title: Re: No more struggles above this thread
Post by: Madrun Badrun on August 17, 2015, 08:01:08 PM
'Father Mike' is a total bore-master name.