get the popcorn and pepsi-max out ....... fire away chap

This site 'strong views' leaning ...... tell us your story :-)

frenchie - socialdemokrat, my guess.

Just post a random topic and finish with "What now libtards" or "this is why obama is awesome" and you'll get a debate

Well, Nikola would be right about my stance. But another question I have is why are so many Diplomacy players so politically active and opinionated. Politics is fascinating to me, and I'd like to see if there is a correlation between Dip and politics.

Look out - ****SUPER-TROLL**** alert.
I see the force is strong in this one

Well, I am national-socialist. Maybe we can exchange our views on international problems? :)))

OMG - I may need a hotdog and a top-up on my max if this goes on, maybe some nachos with melted cheese

Bake a lamb. :DDDDDDDDDDDDDD

That is so typical from you Socialists ...... always the poor old lamb that gets it

I need to bookmark that gif of popcorn eating

We need emoticons .....

I have a better grasp on American issues mostly. I'm a high school senior from California who pays attention to the major issues in California mostly. Probably the biggest issues on my mind are gun laws, marriage equality, minimum wage, and marijuana.

Fitting in with the political discussions here can take some time, but there are shortcuts. I'd recommend either rabies or bath salts followed by several sessions of randomly slamming your face against the keyboard.

http://reactiongifs.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Scarlett-Johansson-eating-popcorn.gif

More guns, no equality, 0 Deutch marks and weed, well OK.
BRING IT OOON!

"Probably the biggest issues on my mind are gun laws, marriage equality, minimum wage, and marijuana."
PMSL - grist to the mill sunshine ..... bring it on :-)

It's a good question. If I had to take a guess I would say the sort of people who enjoy playing a strategy game where the prime means of success is convincing people that they should help you, probably enjoy debating more than the average person off the street. Since politics is a commonly debated topic, where everyone(almost) has a strong personal opinion it would make sense that it, and religion (which also shows up fairly often) would occur at a high frequency here.

That is however just a hypothesis, it could be that diplomacy players are also more likely to be into politics. Or perhaps it is just an example of a self perpetuating loop where users who love politics happen to post a lot, which creates an atmosphere which encourages further posting about politics. These are all workable hypotheses. I would guess it is likely a combination of all three factors.

(On an unrelated note, I just realized, how arrogant is is of me to presume that the personal political philosophy I profess is superior to that of others, simply because I believe it is more logically consistent. Intriguing. )

Great minds think alike NME....

Sorry Niggee, whats PMSL?

So I can rethor it, of course.

Diplomacy is a board game that is popular among a breed commonly referred to as intellectuals. While normally the intellectual is a civilized bunch, if you want to see them at their most savage, bring up a political discussion, nothing gets them more fired up then having them try to explain to you why their (mostly stupid, and I speak of both sides of the political aisle here) policies would work more then the current government of their countries.

"(On an unrelated note, I just realized, how arrogant is is of me to presume that the personal political philosophy I profess is superior to that of others, simply because I believe it is more logically consistent. Intriguing.)"
- some would say that is a pre-requisite for using this forum :-)

PMSL - post-modern socialist lunacy

I would rather go with harrased in youth as a common denominator.

Thank you, Mr. Niggee.

@Nigee

Arrogance a prerequisite? Yeah, I can see why you might say that.
I certainly post because I think my words are too important not to share with the community. ;)

Of course it is not earache - it is pissing myself laughing

damian .... is that an Omen

I have no idea what that is supposed to mean Nigee, sorry.

"Arrogance a prerequisite? Yeah, I can see why you might say that.
I certainly post because I think my words are too important not to share with the community. ;)"

And so say all of us, I thought that is why we all post here ..... I know the intel I feel compelled to impart is of vital international importance, I feel I am saving people single-handedly, mostly from themselves but some people from Gunfighter, he is a nutjob !!

75% of what passes for 'political' conversation around is just spam from people like Nigee and abgemacht trying to be comedians.

Yep .... still trying
I can see you gave up trying to be funny years ago you miserable old git !!

You have to know what you're good at.

So you specialise in misery .... got ya !!

I would recommend picking a topic and just start screaming about it. Make sure to insult anyone who disagrees with you. That should put you on about an equal footing with most of the political discourse here.

Frenchie walks into a room full of dung slinging monkeys and asks permission to fart. Sissy.

"I have a better grasp on American issues mostly. I'm a high school senior from California who pays attention to the major issues in California mostly. Probably the biggest issues on my mind are gun laws, marriage equality, minimum wage, and marijuana. "


Ahhhhhhhh ha ha ha ha ha hah ah ah ahahah ah ah ahh ah ah ahahaahh ahhahaha <...breeeeeathe.....> <cough cough...> AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHahahahahahahahaah

Yeah....that $17+ TRILLION dollar debt, massive unemployment rate (no, it's NOT 6% or 7% or whatever bullshit lie is coming from the Feds, because millions are just dropping off the rolls...*participation* rate in employment is plummeting)...the continuous drive towards nuclear weapons by Iran, the (still out there) chemical weapons in Syria...these don't even make the top of the list? But the imaginary gun issue, gay marriage and pot are?

God...how I long for the days of being a super-naive high school kid who thinks he knows it all...

<...there...that should fire this thread back up...>

Imaginary gun issue. That's funny man. The families of those people that died from gun shots are gonna laugh so hard when they read that. I bet they'll even go to that imaginary graveyard and tell it to their imaginary dead relative.