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Communist

25th July 2009, 21:08

Pogue

25th July 2009, 21:08

Only the hardcore remain, it's like last man standing.

Communist

25th July 2009, 21:16

Pogue, I believe you'd be right.
Maybe some just get a new account and drop the old ones, if they escape the sockpuppet snare, but that wouldn't make any sense unless they embarrassed themselves or something.
However, embarrassment doesn't appear to be too common from what I've seen. :-)

New Tet

25th July 2009, 22:16

I've only been on RevLeft since early April, and in this very short time I've noticed quite a few members who just stop coming around. Some who were very active, posting quite a bit, suddenly vanish. Wonder why.
I can only imagine what the veteran RevLefters have seen in turnover...

Some are probably chased away by experienced flamers, others are kicked out for being trollish provocateurs and still others just change their forum names and undergo virtual makeovers. Like me, for example. I started out as "WILLEAT JAPUSSY", non-sectarian anarcho-monarchist. Soon I realized something was very wrong about my forum persona: The name was too long!

So I changed it. Jah Pussy was my first choice but it was already taken by, as I understand it, one of our present moderators. So I had to settle for this stupid boring name of New Tet. It was suggested by the moderators as a way, they said, of 'keeping track of my contributions'. CONTRIBUTIONS???

My stuff is more than mere contributions! What I say ought to be quoted by presidents. Hell, I should get the president of the American Dental Association to quote one of my better aphorisms: "If you're going to lie through your teeth at least brush them, Howard!" A slight sashay of the head and shoulders lends that powerful rebuttal the right kind of emphasis, don't you think?

Except the first time that I used it on someone (a balding middle-aged man who though he knew everything about 'Marxism-Leninism' and just wouldn't shut up), my opponent was so stunned that all he could do to gather his wits about him was to shout back at me "You fruitcake!" What a putz, right?

You probably noticed one of my previous brilliant threads I started using only these two beautifully shaped and talented hands: "Is Leftism Served By A Full Discussion Of Jacko's Nose Surgery?" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnfJhJ8d-D0&feature=channel_page) Ok, so no one responded, but that article was the cleverest expose I've ever written of the hypocrisy of the left in dealing with important topics like Michael Jackson (yes, I can almost hear you say, "Oh, I'll always miss my Jacko!"). I've written about 25 versions of this exclusive expose (available in all formats for only $20 pp).

Look, I'd love to sit here and chat with you all day but I just remembered that I have to feed my salamander (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VREG5kkJPUk&feature=channel_page) and oil my assault rifles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTRO3cSFUcE)...

Stand Your Ground

25th July 2009, 22:22

Alot of forums are like that. Members get bored, forget about it, get busy etc.

Communist

25th July 2009, 22:52

Alot of forums are like that. Members get bored, forget about it, get busy etc.

The one thing RevLeft is certainly not, is boring. :-)

New Tet

25th July 2009, 23:00

The one thing RevLeft is certainly not, is boring. :-)

It's the pink, frilly lace curtains that do it for me. That and the European style bathrooms; the commodes are just marvelous!

Holden Caulfield

25th July 2009, 23:09

Holden Caulfield

25th July 2009, 23:09

also wtf are 'european style bathrooms'????

Stand Your Ground

25th July 2009, 23:11

The one thing RevLeft is certainly not, is boring. :-)
Indeed. This is definitely one of the best forums I've been to.

New Tet

25th July 2009, 23:21

also wtf are 'european style bathrooms'????

Get with it, Holden. You can't spend your entire life walking around with a permanent look of shock on your face from all the "Fuck yous' plastered on the subway walls, you know!

http://ezinearticles.com/?European-Bathroom-Design---Why-Is-It-Becoming-A-Popular-Choice?&id=823118

http://www.twyfordbathrooms.com/binary.asp?path=1%3B52%3B8746%3B58%3B42283%3B81857&field=TWY_Image

25th July 2009, 23:30

This is a political forum and for that its more common for people dissapear.Some get do do some real life work that wont let them much time to get in here, some would found it hard to get in here where they are, some may started feeling weird about their ideas and decide to back off from the forum.

Communist

25th July 2009, 23:39

As the most senior member in this thread (thus far) I could tell you some tales, I remember this kids called HLVS a total wanker, such a liberal and a **** in real life as well. I'm glad he pissed off

Not the same as Pogue then??

Hey, share some of the stories if you can, should be interesting.

25th July 2009, 23:43

As the most senior member in this thread (thus far) I could tell you some tales, I remember this kids called HLVS a total wanker, such a liberal and a **** in real life as well. I'm glad he pissed off

cough cough, you said something you mister senior?
:lol::lol: Sounds funny to call ourselves seniors when there are members from 2003 and before.:lol:
As for you... should i tell your story? :drool:

New Tet

25th July 2009, 23:49

As for you... should i tell your story? :drool:

Not before we have a full and frank discussion of the Michael Jackson phenomenon from the anarcho-monarchist perspective!

Communist

25th July 2009, 23:50

Not before we have a full and frank discussion of the Michael Jackson phenomenon from the anarcho-monarchist perspective!

Oh man. Just when I thought a whole four hours might pass without hearing that name again...
:crying:

Communist

25th July 2009, 23:52

...some would found it hard to get in here where they are, some may started feeling weird about their ideas and decide to back off from the forum.

Excellent points, neither of which occurred to me.

New Tet

25th July 2009, 23:54

Oh man. Just when I thought a whole four hours might pass without hearing that name again...
:crying:

Sorry, I'll quit. It's always funny 'till someone loses an eye!

Communist

25th July 2009, 23:55

sorry, i'll quit. it's always funny 'till someone loses an eye!
lol

Sarah Palin

26th July 2009, 03:25

I haven't noticed anyone stop coming around.
But maybe I'll stop just to prove myself wrong.

Communist

26th July 2009, 03:45

I never noticed you being here in the first place... :-)

Holden Caulfield

26th July 2009, 10:49

Fuserg was here before me but I was a global mod when he was still in the cabbage patch. I demand he respects my authority...

I miss all the mental Stalinists, all the people with warped political view points helped me better form my own.

P.S. Revleft makes you smart as fuck, anybody who says it hasn't was either too intelligent before they came here or lying.

punisa

26th July 2009, 11:06

I guess they run away for many reasons.
Some people start to fancy socialism and want to learn more, thus they windup here.

After a week or so they either get really into the whole thing or dismiss it as utopia.

Also Revleft covers many many ideologies that fall under the general "left", but members seldom argue and clash over their ideas.
What I personally noticed (still, not a reason to leave) is that some members lack the fundamental conversation culture.
For instance, if someone tries but fails to prove you wrong, he/she gives you a simple "fuck you". Again something that people don't value as good debate, obviously :laugh:

Another thing that might drive some people away is the general attitude that only a hardcore idealists are right, everything else is reactionary.
You can not even try to propose a realistic solution for a given situation without some prick calling you "reactionary".

These are just some of the reasons I guess some people leave.

The only thing that *bothers me*, in lack of a better expression, is that the whole board is still teen (even preteen). But I can't say that, cause then the same majority-pack accuses me of being an "Ageist" and - of course - a "reactionary" :laugh:
I hold nothing against younger people, I just compare it to myself and many other "comrades" when I was 16. We knew shit, talked shit and basically were just a pain in the ass.

26th July 2009, 16:05

Holden Caulfield

26th July 2009, 16:13

Im now higher in authority so you respect me:cool::lol:

for now

Sarah Palin

26th July 2009, 17:15

P.S. Revleft makes you smart as fuck, anybody who says it hasn't was either too intelligent before they came here or lying.

Oh hell yes. I knew nothing at all prior to spending some time here. After sticking around a bit, I've learned more history and political theory than a few years at school.

26th July 2009, 17:19

for now

Oh noez!Tell me you arent organizing with TAII's groups of the elit anti-anarkkkists to overthrow me?:crying:

Raúl Duke

26th July 2009, 17:42

I joined in 2006...

but never actually wanted to be an admin/mod...

maybe it's because I'm part of this secret anarchist CC conspiracy they all talk about. :ninja:

26th July 2009, 17:47

I joined in 2006...

but never actually wanted to be an admin/mod...

maybe it's because I'm part of this secret anarchist CC conspiracy they all talk about. :ninja:

shhhh, thats why its called secret, we dont tell it!:marx:

NecroCommie

26th July 2009, 17:56

Yees... My activity has decreased lately due to increased challenge when accessing my computer. But then again, everytime I get on the computer I check revleft. I don't do that with my e-mail for example. (might contain something from the boss)

Sam_b

26th July 2009, 20:26

I imagine a lot of people leave because they get fed up with arguing against liberals on what is supposed to be a forum for revolutionaries.

Communist

26th July 2009, 20:28

>>a week or so they either get really into the whole thing or dismiss it as utopia<<

Another great point. I went through a similar period myself many moons ago.
Maybe most of us have.