Sorry to see this forum go political

Thatgrimguy

theyolksonyou said:

Don’t know where y’all been, but in my 5 yrs here I don’t remember a time when there weren’t political discussions.  

I do think the what are you doing thread has killed a lot of cook threads.  

They are new and trying to talk about how it’s changed lol. Don’t even know what it was but already bitching about what it’s “becoming “

northGAcock

I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say it should be ok to post non cooks in the off topic thread. A reader can also choose to read the them or not by adjusting his or her forum view. 

We are all entitled to our opinions....and respect the OP’s. That said, it’s like reading a newspaper or the Internet. You read what you choose.  I like the sports page myself.....Dear Abby not so much. Let’s not take life so serious while on the planet.....and agree that Duke’s is the standard for Mayo. 

YukonRon

If your not cooking with Duke's your last.
-"Ricky Bobby"

northGAcock

reinhart36 said:

northGAcock said:

reinhart36 said:

The past time of Egging, and this forum as a supporting resource, used to be a nice escape from the onslaught of propaganda a person gets every time we turn on any flavor of talk news (radio or tv), or click for "news" on my phone while taking a dump.  It's depressing that it's in your face here too.  This should be a nice refuge from that IMO.

I've noticed anecdotally, there seems to be way less activity here than there used to be.  Not sure if that's accurate, but I'd bet on it.  I certainly come here pretty seldom now, which is telling.  This used to be the first link my browser would offer me because I came here to read so much.

Anyway, thanks to all who stay on point and post content consistent with the interests of those who browse here for ideas and camaraderie, and to support the community of folks who enjoy cooking for sport ... with fire..

I would be happy to out some Duke’s mayo packets to those interested. 

You got a line on some dukes may packets?? Do tell...

I had never seen them in portion packs before yesterday. Man it’s an Internet forum with an off topic thread......for a purpose. I have personally tried to be a better manager of technology, and less about being managed by it. I still enjoy humor and there is some great stuff here that is not about food. Much more serious things to worry about than a politics thread. I hope you and others who view it the way you do.....will all have a great day. Cheers

JohnInCarolina

The irony here is that not long ago the Buffalo came through and said political threads (and, sadly, gifs of bouncing boobs) would be grounds for banishment.  The Buffalo then banned a few people and all the political stuff pretty much stopped.  There are the occasional threads now once in awhile (and I have no idea why they’re allowed to last beyond a day) but it’s still far less than it once was.  

This place is what it is.  It’s not for everyone.  You can’t build a forum for everyone.  Different people like what they like.  I don’t know.  To me there seems to be plenty of variety and you can pick and choose what looks interesting.  

The only real moderation I’d like to see is moving threads to OT or their proper subforum.  That would allow folks who don’t want to be bothered by OT stuff to not have to see the threads at all if they didn’t want to.

reinhart36

JohnInCarolina said:

The irony here is that not long ago the Buffalo came through and said political threads (and, sadly, gifs of bouncing boobs) would be grounds for banishment.  The Buffalo then banned a few people and all the political stuff pretty much stopped.  There are the occasional threads now once in awhile (and I have no idea why they’re allowed to last beyond a day) but it’s still far less than it once was.  

This place is what it is.  It’s not for everyone.  You can’t build a forum for everyone.  Different people like what they like.  I don’t know.  To me there seems to be plenty of variety and you can pick and choose what looks interesting.  

The only real moderation I’d like to see is moving threads to OT or their proper subforum.  That would allow folks who don’t want to be bothered by OT stuff to not have to see the threads at all if they didn’t want to.

I actually really agree with this, particularly the organizational aspect of it.  Thinking more on it, it's the difficulty in finding a concentration of interested BGE and BBQ related content on this forum that causes me to lose interest.  Just last night seeing there's another political thread running awry on here was irritating to me because I feel like that stuff has been inescapable lately.

But again, to your point, I really should have whined about all the OT stuff in general.  Here's my thinking:

- When I want to read general news and commentary, I go to reddit, news websites, etc.

- When I want to read about mountain biking, I go to mountain biking websites.

- When I want to read about skydiving, I go to skydiving websites.

Of the sites I go to for various subjects, none are remotely as diluted as this one.

Increasingly you have to rummage through pages of threads to try and find something interesting and BGE related, and it's simply not an expedient way to run across new ideas for things to cook, methods, etc.

I'll concede that maybe it's always been a hot mess here, though having visited frequently since 2010, and created my account in 2012, I never noticed I had trouble finding material that was on-point like I do now.  Perhaps my perspective and patience level have shifted.

If the dozen people that dominate the content here enjoy the egghead forum as a place to talk about anything and everything, with maybe 50% on-subject, then it is what it is.  It simply isn't a very useful resource for egging anymore.  No worries, have fun!

TEXASBGE2018

Well I just created a what are you cooking now thread. So how bout folks post their cooking stuff on it?

JohnInCarolina

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Well I just created a what are you cooking now thread. So how bout folks post their cooking stuff on it?

You’re just looking to pad your forum points.  Nobody is fooled here man!

Thatgrimguy

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Well I just created a what are you cooking now thread. So how bout folks post their cooking stuff on it?

I hate these kinds of threads. It’s much more useful for cooks to be placed into single threads in appropriate sub forums so they can be searched and bookmarked.

SmokeyPitt

cookingdude555 said:

Got this at Walmart tonight, only $249. Regularly $447. 



I cannot believe how heavy it was.  Required loading help made me feel old on this one.  This may be the wrong thread to post it, but throwing it out there anyway. 

Agreed, forum has lost a lot of traction. Everyone has moved to Facebook. If you don’t like Facebook, I would reconsider. This site is every bit Facebook, except it isn’t moderated. 

Man that is a good deal.  I checked Brickseek and found a couple near me.  
https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker/?sku=385486122

I don't need it...I actually gave my BS away because I wasn't using it enough. BUT...if I had drawers to put stuff in, maybe I would use it more...

TEXASBGE2018

JohnInCarolina said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Well I just created a what are you cooking now thread. So how bout folks post their cooking stuff on it?

You’re just looking to pad your forum points.  Nobody is fooled here man!

I do want to get that BGE beer koozie that comes when I get 145,000 points.

TEXASBGE2018

Thatgrimguy said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Well I just created a what are you cooking now thread. So how bout folks post their cooking stuff on it?

I hate these kinds of threads. It’s much more useful for cooks to be placed into single threads in appropriate sub forums so they can be searched and bookmarked.

Ya, I get that argument. But as others have said if 90% of cooks already go in the what are you doing thread I just figured we could organize them all into their own and that way the folks that want to only see cooking stuff have an aim point.

Fred19Flintstone

HeavyG said:

Fred19Flintstone said:

I stopped opening the what are you doing now thread a long time ago because folks were posting stupid crap.

Geeezzzz...now someone is even whining about the single most viewed/commented/popular thread this forum has (and likely ever will have).

You truly can't please everyone and this is evidence of why you shouldn't even try.

@HeavyG - Is there some reason you feel compelled to post a critical or snarky comment about many of my posts?  Get a life you angry little troll!

Legume

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Thatgrimguy said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Well I just created a what are you cooking now thread. So how bout folks post their cooking stuff on it?

I hate these kinds of threads. It’s much more useful for cooks to be placed into single threads in appropriate sub forums so they can be searched and bookmarked.

Ya, I get that argument. But as others have said if 90% of cooks already go in the what are you doing thread I just figured we could organize them all into their own and that way the folks that want to only see cooking stuff have an aim point.

Classic right wing move here, and right on cue, the libs exercise their classic move to shut you up. Don’t let ‘em win man.


Thank you @MacPa, you made it all clear.

MacPa said:

A main objective of the political left is to shut down any speech they don't agree with. What is the intention of this thread?

lentsboy007

100% agree.  It was nice to have one place to escape the nastiness of politics and learn about egging . It’s gone tho. Even have a few trolls on here who never post a thing about egging , just start crap about politics . I especially love the guys on here who do actually talk about egging but always have to be an **** and say something crappy in their comments.  Compensating for something lacking in their drawers I assume . 

YukonRon

30% or more of the 30 posts on my first page have nothing to do with a cook on the BGE.

No complaints about the other posts that are non political, yet they provide zero information on cooks.

You can find what you want, when you want.

When you stop commenting on threads they vanish.

Otherwise they keep plugging along because you, and those like you,  post your objection to those who think differently than you.

Sorry about free speech in America. It is a right upheld in every case brought before the USSC, from Larry Flynt's pornography to the burning of the flag.

So spare me about political comments on the forum. Don't read it....participate in the other 28 on the front page and hundreds more, on all the other pages, that have no political alliances.

You have that choice....nobody makes you read these posts.

cookingdude555

SmokeyPitt said:

cookingdude555 said:

Got this at Walmart tonight, only $249. Regularly $447. 



I cannot believe how heavy it was.  Required loading help made me feel old on this one.  This may be the wrong thread to post it, but throwing it out there anyway. 

Agreed, forum has lost a lot of traction. Everyone has moved to Facebook. If you don’t like Facebook, I would reconsider. This site is every bit Facebook, except it isn’t moderated. 

Man that is a good deal.  I checked Brickseek and found a couple near me.  
https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker/?sku=385486122

I don't need it...I actually gave my BS away because I wasn't using it enough. BUT...if I had drawers to put stuff in, maybe I would use it more...

I took my 36” to my moms house for a big family cook, and it’s been there ever since. Ive been using the 22” ever since at home, but I’ve wanted the big one back. I almost bought a 28” used yesterday, but in talking to the seller he said he was picking up a 36” on sale at Walmart instead. That ended our negotiation. He found the original at $180, but I found this one 30 miles away (using brickseek). Excited to give it a go, I like that it comes with a cover. 

DMW

Theophan

@caliking said:

Many folks post cooks in the "what are you doing now?" thread, which makes it seem like  there are fewer cook threads when you look at the main page....

Oh, NO!!!  I've never looked at that thread, figuring it was going to be mostly nonsense.  So I've missed a bunch of cooks?  <sigh>  I used to enjoy reading about what people have cooked, maybe copying a recipe to try, but that's been a lot less, lately.  I really don't want to have to wade through thousands of nonsense posts to find the cooking posts on that thread.

Thatgrimguy said:

... It’s much more useful for cooks to be placed into single threads in appropriate sub forums so they can be searched and bookmarked.

I strongly agree!  I often don't even click on a title that doesn't say anything about how it's about cooking something.  That's all I'm really interested in, what I come here for.  And yes, it's a lot easier when each cook starts its own discussion thread, rather than combining a bunch in one loooong thread.

TEXASBGE2018

Legume said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Thatgrimguy said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Well I just created a what are you cooking now thread. So how bout folks post their cooking stuff on it?

I hate these kinds of threads. It’s much more useful for cooks to be placed into single threads in appropriate sub forums so they can be searched and bookmarked.

Ya, I get that argument. But as others have said if 90% of cooks already go in the what are you doing thread I just figured we could organize them all into their own and that way the folks that want to only see cooking stuff have an aim point.

Classic right wing move here, and right on cue, the libs exercise their classic move to shut you up. Don’t let ‘em win man.


Thank you @MacPa, you made it all clear.

MacPa said:

A main objective of the political left is to shut down any speech they don't agree with. What is the intention of this thread?

What the heck are you talking about? I created a thread for people to post their cooks so as to aggregate them in one central location and that’s a right wing move? Did you mean to quote someone else? Apparently creating that thread is a swing and a miss. Noted.....

NorthPilot06

Geesh. This deteriorated fast...

Legume

Look, Man, it’s a playbook.  Well documented and everyone of a type is following it.  When you can get people following a program, it’s a multiplier, pretty soon 150k looks like a million.  Stick to the guns, so to speak, and don’t let the heat get to you, it’s probably just weather, not climate.  I’m just here for the show.

JohnInCarolina

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Legume said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Thatgrimguy said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Well I just created a what are you cooking now thread. So how bout folks post their cooking stuff on it?

I hate these kinds of threads. It’s much more useful for cooks to be placed into single threads in appropriate sub forums so they can be searched and bookmarked.

Ya, I get that argument. But as others have said if 90% of cooks already go in the what are you doing thread I just figured we could organize them all into their own and that way the folks that want to only see cooking stuff have an aim point.

Classic right wing move here, and right on cue, the libs exercise their classic move to shut you up. Don’t let ‘em win man.


Thank you @MacPa, you made it all clear.

MacPa said:

A main objective of the political left is to shut down any speech they don't agree with. What is the intention of this thread?

What the heck are you talking about? I created a thread for people to post their cooks so as to aggregate them in one central location and that’s a right wing move? Did you mean to quote someone else? Apparently creating that thread is a swing and a miss. Noted.....

Eoin

Theophan said:

@caliking said:

Many folks post cooks in the "what are you doing now?" thread, which makes it seem like  there are fewer cook threads when you look at the main page....

Oh, NO!!!  I've never looked at that thread, figuring it was going to be mostly nonsense.  So I've missed a bunch of cooks?  <sigh>  I used to enjoy reading about what people have cooked, maybe copying a recipe to try, but that's been a lot less, lately.  I really don't want to have to wade through thousands of nonsense posts to find the cooking posts on that thread.

Thatgrimguy said:

... It’s much more useful for cooks to be placed into single threads in appropriate sub forums so they can be searched and bookmarked.

I strongly agree!  I often don't even click on a title that doesn't say anything about how it's about cooking something.  That's all I'm really interested in, what I come here for.  And yes, it's a lot easier when each cook starts its own discussion thread, rather than combining a bunch in one loooong thread.

Stongly disagree. If I do a simple cook, I post it in the what are you doing thread. Lots of us do it. We really don't need thousands of cook threads showing a few pieces of chicken being grilled, or some koftas, which are not worth a whole thread, but worth a post and a couple of pics.

Not that keen on a separate cook thread either, it's nice to have cooking pics mixed in with other stuff people are up to.

Finally, take out the OT and banter and you might as well buy some cook books and read them on your own. A forum is for social interaction, not just a cooking directory.

TEXASBGE2018

JohnInCarolina said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Legume said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Thatgrimguy said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Well I just created a what are you cooking now thread. So how bout folks post their cooking stuff on it?

I hate these kinds of threads. It’s much more useful for cooks to be placed into single threads in appropriate sub forums so they can be searched and bookmarked.

Ya, I get that argument. But as others have said if 90% of cooks already go in the what are you doing thread I just figured we could organize them all into their own and that way the folks that want to only see cooking stuff have an aim point.

Classic right wing move here, and right on cue, the libs exercise their classic move to shut you up. Don’t let ‘em win man.


Thank you @MacPa, you made it all clear.

MacPa said:

A main objective of the political left is to shut down any speech they don't agree with. What is the intention of this thread?

What the heck are you talking about? I created a thread for people to post their cooks so as to aggregate them in one central location and that’s a right wing move? Did you mean to quote someone else? Apparently creating that thread is a swing and a miss. Noted.....

Odd that’s exactly how I feel

Gulfcoastguy

Eoin said:

Theophan said:

@caliking said:

Many folks post cooks in the "what are you doing now?" thread, which makes it seem like  there are fewer cook threads when you look at the main page....

Oh, NO!!!  I've never looked at that thread, figuring it was going to be mostly nonsense.  So I've missed a bunch of cooks?  <sigh>  I used to enjoy reading about what people have cooked, maybe copying a recipe to try, but that's been a lot less, lately.  I really don't want to have to wade through thousands of nonsense posts to find the cooking posts on that thread.

Thatgrimguy said:

... It’s much more useful for cooks to be placed into single threads in appropriate sub forums so they can be searched and bookmarked.

I strongly agree!  I often don't even click on a title that doesn't say anything about how it's about cooking something.  That's all I'm really interested in, what I come here for.  And yes, it's a lot easier when each cook starts its own discussion thread, rather than combining a bunch in one loooong thread.

Stongly disagree. If I do a simple cook, I post it in the what are you doing thread. Lots of us do it. We really don't need thousands of cook threads showing a few pieces of chicken being grilled, or some koftas, which are not worth a whole thread, but worth a post and a couple of pics.

Not that keen on a separate cook thread either, it's nice to have cooking pics mixed in with other stuff people are up to.

Finally, take out the OT and banter and you might as well buy some cook books and read them on your own. A forum is for social interaction, not just a cooking directory.

Actually I've found(and made) recommendations for several cook books on this forum. I tend to like individual cooking threads, if a group thread already has a thousand posts, I usually skip it. As far as banter goes, it's fine if generally connected to the thread. No need to bring TDS or Trumpanzees into each and every thread.

Botch

Like Eoin said above, I'll post a worn-out cook in the "What are you doing", but if its a new technique (to me), or sumpin' special, I'll make a separate thread.
 
I used to use the separate Beef/Pork/Chicken/Pizza subforums, but I don't think anyone looks at those, and I get many more looks just posting in the "General" forum.  

HeavyG

Fred19Flintstone said:

HeavyG said:

Fred19Flintstone said:

I stopped opening the what are you doing now thread a long time ago because folks were posting stupid crap.

Geeezzzz...now someone is even whining about the single most viewed/commented/popular thread this forum has (and likely ever will have).

You truly can't please everyone and this is evidence of why you shouldn't even try.

@HeavyG - Is there some reason you feel compelled to post a critical or snarky comment about many of my posts?  Get a life you angry little troll!

Don't flatter yourself, I didn't even notice (or care) who wrote that post I responded to.

StillH2OEgger

reinhart36 said:

Increasingly you have to rummage through pages of threads to try and find something interesting and BGE related.

We all have different tolerance levels and/or variety of things we find interesting, but respectfully, I can't think of one time I've had to wait until page 2 to find several topics I find worthwhile (the vast majority of which do involve actual cooking). There are also far fewer of the threads that I think inspired your original post than six months ago.

NorthPilot06

Just look for threads by @Mattman3969 @SciAggie and @smokingal  .