Okay, one mention of Trump in ten threads.
So, take a sabbatical from the forum till 2025?
Report them if you think they’re being hijacked.
This ain’t the place to do that, IMO. There are SDMB forums for it, but not in whole. And if you really expect to hide yourself from references to the most stunningly unprepard president, I will wish you good luck with that.
Sure, I even read the overtly political threads and forums every so often, though I don’t participate in them.
Though when you have threads like the one about the new Oumuamua like interstellar visitor I think its not unreasonable to open them believing there aren’t going to be politics in them.
And for those question how often it happens, fine maybe its not every thread, or even most of them, but its certainly the case that he pops up in places where he really shouldn’t.
I think it is because the guy is a virtually perfect caricature/epitome of so many different things that are terrifyingly wrong not just with the US, but with all the cultural drift toward … that … which is trending on the whole planet. I could list them but this is not the forum for it. So he is sort of a shorthand for despair.
If you were to ask him, yes. Yes he does, if only to keep him interested.
There aren’t any politics as such in that thread. Trump isn’t even mentioned by name. There are a few jokes about him and Boris Johnson, but they’re pretty low key and I don’t think they’re disrupting the thread.
Such comments and jokes are entirely political and its perfectly obvious who is being referred to.
However I guess I’m in the minority on this one, I just thought it was worth mentioning as I said its affecting my enjoyment and use of the SDMB and I thought others might be feeling the same way.
I kinda look forward to the knee-jerk “It’s all Trump’s Fault!” posts. They’re inevitable when someone is in a dither over weather, politics, climate, acne, continental drift, you name it.
We have a game here where, after reading the thread subject, friendly bets are placed on how many posts before Trump’s name appears. The SDMB rarely lets us down.
For real. Goofle really took the striking of “Don’t Be Evil” from its CoC to heart!
Trump, you are so vain, you think this thread is about you…
Trump approves of every thread being about him, including this one!
I thought we had just the right number of Trump threads until this one pushed it over the top. Sad!
There are all kinds of threads here which are Trump-free, and they’re not hard to find.
I think the issue is that Trump is kind of like a metastasizing cancer in the vital organs of the body politic. You can comfort yourself on how well other body parts like your feet are doing, unaffected, but you really should keep an eye on the cancer, because your feet won’t be of much use when you’re dead.
You are mistaken: it was $500 marked up from $50, because it is better than Monopoly. But it was pulled off the shelves when Clinton took office - which was a big mistake for Milton Bradley, because then they went bankrupt. Nobody has even heard of Milton Bradley anymore. Sad!
You’re in the minority because what you describe isn’t true. I avoid Trump all the time here when I want to.
Multiple people have told you this, but you seem to be ignoring them.
Doing a search, I find 42 threads active within the last three days which contained the name “Trump.”
BBQ Pit 11
Elections 10
IMHO 7 (one of which is this one, and 3 others are on political topics)
Great Debates 6
MPSIMS 4 (two of which are political)
GQ 2 (one of which is political)
Cafe Society 1 (on a political movie)
Thread Games 1
So outside of threads in GD, Elections, and the Pit and political threads in other forums, I get just 7 threads that mention Trump where you might not expect him to come up.
Maybe Trump will eventually be included in Godwins Law.
I’m not ignoring them, you are as people here seem to do taking the worst interpretation of my words. I thought it was worth bringing up as a lot of people, including regulars seem to be leaving the board and new people don’t get a particularly warm welcome and this may be one factor. The board has changed since 2016, and not in a good way.
But fine, I knew this thread was a mistake anyway. I’ve thought for some time I’m not a good fit for the SDMB. Enjoy yourselves.
The SDMB has changed since 2016? Buddy, this board has been constantly changing since 2000, when I joined. If this board has any constant, it is change. But I’m still around, as are many of the old regulars. We grow and adapt and we’re in it for the long haul. Because fighting ignorance (and dealing with a few total dipsticks) is an ongoing challenge.
I would like you to re-think your decision. After all, will you be satisfied with your legacy of having your final contribution to the board be a Trump thread?