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" Is anything you say not a superlative in either direction?"

who gives a shit?

for the new page:

https://bsky.app/profile/tylerhuckabee.bsky.social/post/3mznri2uzo22f

this is well worth the watch

dude is a generational talent

[Edited on November 6, 2026 at 3:14 PM. Reason : .]

11/6/2026 3:12:58 PM

Well, since your posting style and word choices frequently detract from my enjoyment of this website, I suppose I do. There might be a few others out there, but if nothing else, you have demonstrated you will not be deterred or redirected from your single-minded crusades.

Everything you post from someone or something you like is God's gift to humanity, and everything you post about someone or something you dislike is the worst thing in history. It's exhausting.

11/6/2026 3:20:47 PM

again, who gives a shit

it’s a message board. this is the Soap Box. there is a party who is actively evil. not my fault if you get in your feelings over me posting about how awful they are.

11/6/2026 3:24:40 PM

• Grandiosity: An exaggerated, unfounded sense of self-importance, superiority, and uniqueness.
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD): A mental health condition marked by inflated self-importance, a constant need for admiration, a belief that one's views or rules are uniquely correct, and a lack of empathy for others. You can read more about the clinical signs on the Mayo Clinic Narcissistic Personality Disorder Overview.
• Delusions of Grandeur: When this sense of superiority crosses into a fixed, rigid belief that is detached from reality (such as believing one has special powers, divine status, or supreme authority), it is classified in clinical settings as a delusion of grandeur.

[Edited on November 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM. Reason : groan, we all know how awful republicans can be, quit beating us over the head with minutiae ]

11/6/2026 3:51:34 PM

That probably applies to more than one person on this board

Soap Box has been interesting today!

11/6/2026 4:31:25 PM

I’ve never had an issue with tgl3s posting style

I think we can all agree hotlinking YouTube videos to individual letters and words in your posts as part of the point you’re trying to make is the most obnoxious posting style on tww right now though amirite

11/6/2026 4:44:08 PM

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"the most obnoxious posting style on tww right now though amirite"

lol u rite. I rarely do the individual letter thing tho. I am making an effort to be less obnoxious in how I cite and reference supporting arguments and relevant sources of information and perspectives.

[Edited on November 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM. Reason : ^^]

11/6/2026 4:58:55 PM

I think tgl is ornery.

11/6/2026 5:27:12 PM

Y’all, I think I've finally figured it out: tgl is a dying website's Temu Hemingway. It has all the short sentences and none of the iceberg.

11/6/2026 6:31:24 PM

My previous comment on TGL3's posting style was not fair and was uncalled for. I'm going to say he caught me wrong during a moment of work stress.

A leopard can't change its spots.

But a chameleon can change its skin.

My simple request is to tone it down just a little and stop trying to impress or convince people with the strength of your personal convictions. If you want me to start keeping receipts and recording your greatest superlatives, I will, but this seems counterproductive to a healthy user base and generally mean-spirited.

A lot of what I read also seems disingenuous because it uses turns of phrase I never encounter in real life, and rather seem like something that was seen somewhere else and parroted. ( ) I mean, I guess all written and spoken word is this way to some degree. But isn't this one of the things we criticize about AI? Are these really your words? Is the way you post on here the way you speak in real life?

The crazy thing is I agree with you on probably around 90% of separable issues, but your delivery needs some work to meaningfully convince others. It doesn't hurt my feelings at all when you call out bad behaviors by public figures. You just don't seem like a real person to me sometimes.

I wanted to be happy this week, and overall, I am. But we don't need heelfan's right wing trolling replaced with your left wing version.

And look, I'll readily admit I probably annoy some people. I'm going to work on calming down this weekend.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Cool, man.

11/6/2026 7:33:51 PM

I promise you I’m not trying to impress anyone and absolutely would never troll

11/6/2026 7:39:23 PM

Thank you.

Stating your opinions is more than good enough.

11/6/2026 7:52:36 PM

again, I’m not trying to persuade/convince anyone of anything. I think that might be what’s getting lost in translation?

11/6/2026 7:59:28 PM

I'm curious why you do post, I can't remember if I asked that during our last round of this topic

[Edited on November 6, 2026 at 8:46 PM. Reason : Not in like a "gtfo" tone just like what do you get out of it]

11/6/2026 8:45:11 PM

the same reason everybody else posts?

I don’t read every other post as people trying to convince anybody of anything

[Edited on November 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM. Reason : .]

11/6/2026 9:12:24 PM

I think everyone has different reasons to post, I used to think that anyone making a political point orange argument was hoping to convince others of their viewpoint, it's certainly the main reason behind most of my points.

My reasons to post in TSB
1) I'M RIGHT LISTEN TO ME
2) social (ism???)
3) the part of my brain that is addicted to a debate
4) to help inform others of something (maybe a subset of 1?)
5) ....fun?? Sometimes?




Like when someone says something you disagree with and you respond in disagreement, here or in life, what is your motivation to respond instead of just carrying on?

[Edited on November 6, 2026 at 9:25 PM. Reason : E]

11/6/2026 9:24:22 PM

to let my stance be known

I do think that a big problem with certain politicians (and regular people) is to treat every discussion as if it’s debate club

11/6/2026 9:29:08 PM

But why do you care that your stance is known


I don't know I guess it just doesn't make sense to me to tell someone they are wrong but then say you're not trying to convince them they are wrong, maybe I'm missing something in semantics somewhere. Carry on I guess.

11/6/2026 9:35:33 PM

Anyway back to our regularly scheduled programming

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"Q: I’m told that Vivek Ramaswamy left you a congratulatory phone call. Have the two of you spoken? Governor-elect Amy Acton: We can’t normalize behavior like this. It was so beyond the pale, so no, I have no intention of speaking to him. Leaders’ words matter and we need to hold folks accountable. "

Yesssss (this is more 4 and 5 than 1, probably)

11/6/2026 10:12:04 PM

^^ I mean maybe there’s a chance that someone will see something that hasn’t gotten inside of their bubble?

11/6/2026 10:20:23 PM

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6205195-jeffries-blasts-trump-miller-pick/amp/

Yesssss again, well done Mr Jeffries

11/6/2026 10:58:41 PM

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" Incoming House Armed Services Chair Adam Smith tells @gregsargent.bsky.social that House Dems will vote to cut off funding for Trump's Iran war with support from leadership: "I'll be one of the first things we do" Full episode: https://newrepublic.com/article/217676/trump-shivs-hegseth-strange-aside-gop-knives-come-big-time "

If they pull this off + 1 million

11/7/2026 12:00:02 AM

Genuine question, for the Kanye fan club: if you're not trying to persuade anyone, what's the goal of hoping someone sees something outside their bubble? Isn't that the definition of persuading?

[Edited on November 7, 2026 at 2:50 AM. Reason : typo]

11/7/2026 2:47:48 AM

I use TSB mainly as a curated news feed (but without the intrusive tracking and ads). It's like a best of the web. And to read what other educated people are thinking and saying.

11/7/2026 3:56:27 AM

And what's wrong with debate club?

11/7/2026 5:33:51 AM

^^^^If you listen to the interview, he says immediately after this he is unsure if defunding would actually end the conflict as the Trump Admin just robs whatever pentagon bank account is needed in any given moment. Sargent floats the question in several different ways and every time Smith is like “we gotta see what happens, I can’t guarantee anything.”

So yea, unprecedented and extra-constitutional times we live in.

11/7/2026 6:02:18 AM

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"Isn't that the definition of persuading?"

Persuading is effective either for or against. I guess you can say maybe he is persuading people away from left ideas. Maybe he is a GOP plant?

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"And what's wrong with debate club? "

Seriously, it is how you flesh out what you think. Reason IS a slave to the passions. But with debate you can make an attempt to see the foundations of what you and your "opponent" believe.

11/7/2026 6:37:57 AM

I find it very odd that you all seem to care so much about my posting and I honestly don’t see much if any difference in the way any of you post. I definitely don’t think of any of you trying to persuade anybody else on here.

at least I’m not a shitposting troll

11/7/2026 9:38:01 AM

I'm definitely trying to persuade people, I'm not sure why that seems to be a bad thing. Isn't that the entire point of political speech? A candidate on the pulpit, a pundit on a news show, a protester on the street, all trying to persuade people.

As to why I'm interested, it just feels strange to me to use energy to argue but don't care about the result of the argument, why bother. So I'm curious to get to the motivation. We're humans, we have reasons for everything we do.

[Edited on November 7, 2026 at 10:17 AM. Reason : "I would never accuse of you of trying to persuade!!" ]

11/7/2026 10:16:49 AM

I'll chime in to say that I understand and accept tgl's explanation and don't find it odd or bad. people have different reasons and motivations for their choices and behavior.

11/7/2026 10:23:34 AM

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" A candidate on the pulpit, a pundit on a news show, a protester on the street, all trying to persuade people."

to me, all of those examples are much, much different than posting on a message board. that’s the intended goal of all three. I don’t think of posting on a message board as anywhere close to that.

I suppose I do like the back-and-forth. a lot of the pushback I give is to those who I don’t think are posting in earnest

11/7/2026 10:24:34 AM

^^I don't think he provided an explanation until ^ that's why I kept asking.

I also don't think I ever said his motivations were "bad" or even "odd" necessarily, but maybe "surprising" that someone spends that much time arguing without a care of the result. ^ saying you just like the back and forth and/or trying to push others to be more honest helps me to understand. Thanks.

[Edited on November 7, 2026 at 10:35 AM. Reason : I guess strange and odd are synonyms.... ]

11/7/2026 10:34:54 AM

Big, if true
https://theonion.com/abdul-el-sayed-makes-history-as-first-physically-healthy-senator/

11/7/2026 12:19:31 PM

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" I find it very odd that you all seem to care so much about my posting and I honestly don’t see much if any difference in the way any of you post. I definitely don’t think of any of you trying to persuade anybody else on here. "

People just find you interesting!

It's more just to understand where other people are coming from. Like the rights conversation there's a ton of nuance and different things you can mean. As a curious person sometimes I'm thinking through something and posting stream of consciousness and other times just trying to see what you mean.

11/7/2026 12:21:34 PM

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"I suppose I do like the back-and-forth. a lot of the pushback I give is to those who I don’t think are posting in earnest"

So it's debate club after all? That's kinda rich, considering you told me this on Wednesday:

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"you just get off on arguing online. whatever floats your boat, though"

Apparently we both like the back-and-forth. The difference is that I actually responded to you in earnest about the WA vote, and you've basically ignored it twice.

11/7/2026 12:58:47 PM

hard to think of anyone who has lost more arguments/shown themself to be so hilariously wrong than you, and I’m sure there are other people who are still active on here who agree

can’t wait for you to eventually mention the Warriors and your degrees

11/7/2026 1:03:27 PM

Still nothing on the WA vote, I see. That's three times now.

11/7/2026 1:06:40 PM

Keep waiting, I guess.

11/7/2026 1:26:57 PM

I’ve already posted multiple pieces on it

again, it’s weird that you seem to be waiting for me to post like I owe you something. this whole deal has been weird.

11/7/2026 1:56:22 PM

What whole deal?

Conversing with other people using the written word in an attempt to reach greater mutual understanding?

People don't want pieces in isolation, or with a one-liner superlative statement. They want to know what you think and why. You yourself say you want your position to be recorded, but when probed, it's often left dangling.

11/7/2026 2:01:58 PM

again, you’re acting as if I owe you something. if I wanted to expound on something, I would.

it’s like you want there to be consequences or something. it’s a message board. it ain’t that deep.

11/7/2026 2:11:00 PM

I know what a message board is. I registered before you did. You just seem to have a different use case than anyone else, which might itself be intriguing, but you are mystified by the reaction of others to your explanations or lack thereof.

11/7/2026 2:13:50 PM

I guess I’m gonna have to start requesting full dissertations of all of your “LOL!” posts

11/7/2026 2:21:58 PM

Oh, that is internet shorthand for "laughing out loud", but not always meant in the literal sense.

It's meant to convey appreciation for something of a humorous nature. You've even had a few like that recent burn on JD, but strictly speaking, I don't find you among the funnier posters here.

11/7/2026 2:26:11 PM

I’ll be sure to bring that up at the next, “Boy I Sure Do Hope Those Random Messageboard Users Find Me Funny” meeting

11/7/2026 2:32:17 PM

Pity LOL!

11/7/2026 2:41:11 PM