Am I the only one spending more time in the lounge after the election?

[fujiyama]

Since the election, I've spent a lot more time here in the lounge. I don't think I'm the only one though.

[graywarrior]

1. Me me me. It's all about you, isn't it?

No, I spend more time here because I can act my age.

[NYC Liberal]

2. Nope. You aren't alone!

:)

[tigereye]

3. no, but then I tend to spend more time in here anyway

GD still scares me a little.

[Bzzzz]

26. Doesn't scare me...

but, the lounge is alot more fun!:D

[msgadget]

4. No, my opinions re the electoral process and political parties

are way too cynical for me to be good company elsewhere. Here I can look at toenail polish, participate in polls and laugh out loud at an Elvis impersonator pic. (Have you seen that pic, btw?? Wow!)

Edit for grammar...only if I got it right.

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

5. you're definitely not the only one

before the election, I almost never came in here. now, I come here first and only rarely venture into either incarnation of GD.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

6. Caution, though - it's like crack.

[JohnKleeb]

8. Yes Cyndee but its great crack

:) its not like we fight much, well only over the degree of evil over that cub scout pic I posted.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

9. Yes, good crack... good peeps... lots of laughs.

Do you know that I have slept only like 30 minutes since Friday at 6 AM? I am fueled by Red Bull, a little Jager and some :smoke:. FOrgive me if I ramble like a fool now...

[JohnKleeb]

10. Really?

Ive been waking up in the late afternoon, I better not do the same tommorow, I have a lot of school work to do tommorow, and theres a Steelers game tommorow. I was so tired tonight, I fell asleep watching the history channel.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

11. I have been 'working' for... um.... 27 hours now.

Why on EARTH they let me play with production servers in this state of mind is beyond me!!

[JohnKleeb]

12. hah "working" I did a lot of that when I worked at the airport

I felt so guilty doing it too, but hey I did good work when I did work, and I did do what they assigned me to do. I also took a lot of unneeded bathroom breaks when I worked at the grocery store.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

13. The benefit of IT is.... I can do it all from one of my 4 PC's at home

while cooking King Crab Legs, pounding Jager and getting everyone to post their photo! And shit is STILL GETTING DONE!! The wonders!!

[JohnKleeb]

7. nope, Ive become nearly exclusive lounge the past week or two

[fujiyama]

14. It's amazing

how little fighting there is in the lounge threads. Sure arguments break out, but it's nothing like the GD forums which erupt over anything and everything. And it seems like people are bickering now more than ever before.

Did you see the contensuous thread over whether earthquakes were natural or manmade?

[JohnKleeb]

15. Nope I didnt see or even hera about it

Ive been so happy to stay out of that heck hole.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

17. Heh. You said "heck hole".

WHY HAVE I NOT YET GONE TO BED???!

John, kick my ass. I order you.

[JohnKleeb]

18. I fell on the floor earlier so I can't kick

Yeah GD is a fuck, heck, hole, really is. I am glad I retreated.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

16. It's fun here... on 'the dark side'.

[buddysmellgood]

20. What are you talking about? There is LOADS of fighting. You haven't got

a clue. Who are you to point out the lack of fighting anyway? And what's wrong with an obtuse discussion of earthquakes anyway? You want a piece of me?

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

21. See... and you... YOU SMELL REALLY FREAKIN BAD, BUDDY!!

[buddysmellgood]

23. You are an instigator Cyndee Lou, that's who you are.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

25. I am jacked up on all kindsa crazy right now. I am volatile

I'm sorry....

:hug:

[Seabiscuit]

19. You're not the only one. First I turned off the TV. Then I quit reading

the political stuff on DU. Too damned depressing.

Actually, I'm not sure if I posted in the Lounge prior to the election.

[Hans Delbrook]

34. I never even visited the Lounge prior to the election

But then I was completely obsessed w/ the election. For about 6 months prior to Nov. 2nd I cared about little else.

I couldn't understand when people expected me to donate time or money to anything else; I was of the mind, "MY GOD, don't you know there's an election going on? Don't you know what's at STAKE??!?"

Now of course, I can't even think of the outcome w/out major pain. The lounge is one of my "self soothing techniques." I hope to go back to reading the newspaper sometime next month. Then I may work up to the Daily Show. I never plan to go back to TV news of any kind.

[buddysmellgood]

22. You are utterly alone.

[Seabiscuit]

24. It's also true that there's too much contentiousness in the GD forums.

No matter what position I've taken on something there always seems to be someone there who wants to fight me to the bitter end about it - like a contest to see who can get in the last word without being banned.

Here I just get to be the goofball/"head"/weekend hippie I've always been, and no one seems to take offense. Lots of people with a sense of humor in the Lounge.

[Cuban_Liberal]

27. Not at all.

:)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

28. Me also. I rarely even visit much less post in other forums now.

I used to look primarily at GD and LBN and post there and come here as a break. Now this is about the only place I read or post in.

Combination of factors. There was a big trollfest in the LBN/GD forums right after the election, not even sure if it's still going on. Also a lot of good posters went away. Also just a generalized feeling of lack of purpose after the disappointment of the election.

[Forkboy]

29. I have been

but not so much because of the election.Just a lot of real crap going down personally that's made it really difficult to have any focus on issues or politics in general.

My nature to be wise ass has even dimmed lately :-(

[curse10]

30. Nope- me too. If I go into GD I just end up putting someone on ignore

bunch of fucking idiots I don't agree with hang out in there.

[yellowdogintexas]

31. Lounge (and its close relatives, the Groups) are a good place

to be, as we adjust to the election results, world events, etc.

This type of forum is where we can bond, get to know each other on a different level, make non political connections, party, whatever.

keeps me sane, let me tell ya.

I scroll down the GD lists, check the groups I like, check "My posts" and messages and then do the Lounge. My routine.

So no, you are not the only one.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

32. Whoo Hoo! It's good to know I am not alone!

I don't think I had ever posted in the Lounge before the election. Since then the majority of my post are here. I still read LBN and watch the Latest to see if anything important is posted, but I don't post in the other forums as much anymore.

The Lounge has been a healing balm for my ravaged soul. It's good to just hang out and be all fluffy sometimes. It also helped shake me out of my general shyness. :)

[Sanity Claws]

33. Me too

I can't take the anger that you see in the other groups. I'm too tired to fight anymore.

[0007]

35. Not indeed!

[Arkana]

36. Yep. I can't go to GD or GD Politics

cause of all the fighting.

[koneko]

37. I joined DU after the election

and although I posted alot on other political blogs prior to that, I cannot bring myself to do much political yet. It still stings too much.

I have started listening to Air America recently (it's pretty new up here), and I've been watching Jon Stewart. The only blog I can read is Rude Pundit's work. I'm only working well with humourous takes right now. Baby steps.

You all have been a great way to get reintegrated with Progressives while not yet coping with the political battles yet to come.