Topics for the SDMB that I haven’t had the energy to properly shepherd but HAVE thought of:
GD: Anti-capitalism talking point number 1 – why is it that when capitalists talk of communism, economy is a zero-sum game – if we have to share our welath equally, no one will have anything nice, but when they speak of capitalism, economy is not a zero-sum game – all those Welathy people sucking up the vast majority of A,merican welath are creatng new wealth in the process, making the middle class and the poor richer?
CS: Youtube is democratizing video to such an exten t that it will be unrecognizable to trad TV viewers in a generation.
The BBQ pit – are the mods collectively making SDMB duller without realizing it, due to unconscious bias in their moderating?
IMHO: What happened to nanotech? I thought we’d all have little machines inside us now, mowing our interior lawns and such?
ATMB: Given enough server space, would SDMB ever host streaming video or stills in support of cites in posts?
G.Q. : How was slave revolt avoided long enough to have the Great Pyramids built?
G.D. : Has the Internet rendered The Straight Dope irrelevant?
C.S. : Top Ten most dangerous occupations in the history of the entertainment industry.
IMHO: Just how dangerous IS it to be a professional pollster? Do any of them still go door to door?
MPSIMS: When a house becomes a home.
BBQPit: Cartooniverse, you boot-licking toady.
To the OP: Yeah, I get that feeling sometimes when I’m posting here as well. OTOH I will admit that when life becomes rather complex, The Dope is one of those things that I let slide into the background. It’s been complex recently, so I’ve not posted or read much.
It is a living breathing organism, a community. Life cycles dictate that we will have doldrums just as we will have tsunamis.
Maybe I should sticky this thread for all those who complain that the IMDB has become boring and all we do is rehash old topics. I’m seeing a lot of good ideas here which I hope some of you will follow up on.
Lol, you know, I actually even stopped to try and think about whether or not it was Quint or Quincy when I wrote that post. Oh well, at least now it’ll stick in my memory.
Heh, there are some really good ideas in the thread. I’d enjoy seeing some of them posted. On the unlikely occasion that one of mine is actually included in the list other people thought were good, feel free to start the thread if I don’t (I probably won’t, and aside from the much-discussed shark-teeth dream, none of mine are tied to me personally).
Another one I thought of but won’t post immediately:
Which media hotties do you know shaves their pubes and which do you know do NOT shave their pubes, and most of all, why or why not? There must not be any photographic evidence, or any comments by said hotties about their shaven or unshaven-ness, or general comments on their feelings about shaven or unshaven pubes. You need to be guessing based on other factors. Frex, I think Sarah McLaughlin doesn’t shave because she strikes me as the sort who would regard doing so as pandering to base male tastes.
I really mean no offense but do you honestly not see how creepy that suggestion is, Evil Captor? Seems more like a good discussion for fourteen year old boys to talk about in the locker room.
I honestly do not see how creepy that suggestion is, CarnalK. I also think the prudishness that is endemic among some Dopers is one of the reasons the board seems dull to some. You cannot start a fun thread on a sexual topic without some Doper suggesting that it is creepy, immature, perverted, sexist, kinky or just plain wrong.
Well, not to hijack the thread, but I feel I should attempt to explain because you always seem to think it’s some puritanical censure when someone mentions this to you.
I wouldn’t blink at a thread discussing whether these strangers, specifically the sub group of media “hotties”*, had fake boob jobs. Their job is to be seen and boobs are a big part of that world. Also, I wouldn’t be shocked by a thread about Dopers discussing whether they’ve shaved their privates and what benefits they’ve realized from it. Somehow though, discussing whether total strangers are shaving their pubic area seems to cross into creepy.
If I thought that “I bet she doesn’t shave her pubes because she’s a feminist” was fun, insightful, humorous or in any other way useful I’d probably not be so “prudish”.
*the “hotties” wording real adds to the whole creepy feeling. You can’t even pretend you’re just making genital related celeb humour.
ATMB: Is Bacon Salt an advertising sponsor for this board?
GQ: How can Bacon Salt have zero calories? How can anything but water have zero calories?
GD: Bacon Salt in 08’?
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CS: ** What recipes do you use Bacon Salt in?
IMHO: Bacon Salt vs. regular salt
MPSIMS: ** My cat puked on the carpet (Bacon Salt related) (also, pics included)
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Pit: ** Shuttup about the fucking Bacon Salt!
BTW: EC**, I thought it was a funny idea for a thread; and it was closed while I was in the middle of posting.
But of course it could NEVER be a matter of prudishness. Nay, nay. Besides, I don’t say “puritanical” for a reason. I think its more old fogeyness and a particular form of gay prudishness which is resentful of hetero expressions of sexuality that is involved.
I don’t see what’s so shocking about speculating whether on not media celebs shear the pubic hair, when some of them make a practice of showing us their pubes anyway. I don’t see why it’s a big deal. I also don’t see how speculating about this aspect of media celebs or hotties as we call the physically attractive ones, is so shocking. Tasteless, maybe, but a lot of fun stuff tends to be tasteless.
You’re welcome to offer your own rationales and candidates. Everybody can play!
*the “hotties” wording real adds to the whole creepy feeling. You can’t even pretend you’re just making genital related celeb humour.
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Well, I just wanted to explain what I’m sure is a very common reaction to your thread idea, I had no idea you had already posted it in Cafe Society when I did. If you just going to make some point by point refutation of my explanation of my feeling and insist that I’m simply shocked by your prurient interests then I guess it was a waste of my time.
Well, Skippy closed your thread but my entry would have been “Evil Captor probably shaves it all off. It makes you look bigger and I imagine him the type to spend hours admiring himself naked in a full length mirror while concocting his next celeb sex scenario.”
