Whatever happened to this forum ?

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

I mean if we can't have a laugh at a washed up ex footballer who has been dumped by his employers on the radio because he's always late or pissed or both .....then we may as well become nuns

Dear me

[NYCBlue]

Re: Whatever happened to this forum ?

What happened?

[Des Parrot]

Re: Whatever happened to this forum ?

I mean if we can't have a laugh at a washed up ex footballer who has been dumped by his employers on the radio because he's always late or pissed or both .....then we may as well become nuns

Dear me

I’m sorry to hear this Sludge. I sure you’ll find another job soon.

[dembethewarrior]

Re: Whatever happened to this forum ?

What?

[Whisperer]

Re: Whatever happened to this forum ?

Your old road is rapidly agin’

Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand

For the times they are a-changin’

[J R Hartley]

Re: Whatever happened to this forum ?

14 year old unfunny Youtube videos and a bare faced lie about a man losing his job are just what this forum needs eh. Bring back the halyhcon days of CCMB.

[life on mars]

Re: Whatever happened to this forum ?

Welcome to the new woke policed world.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: Whatever happened to this forum ?

Welcome to the new woke policed world.

Ignore all miserable wokes!

“You found it offensive? I found it funny. That's why I'm happier than you.” -
@rickygervais

[NYCBlue]

Re: Whatever happened to this forum ?

Welcome to the new woke policed world.

Yeah, you can't be sexist or racist anymore or even make fun of people with disabilities. Bummer.

[AfricanBluebird]

Re: Whatever happened to this forum ?

Ignore all miserable wokes!

“You found it offensive? I found it funny. That's why I'm happier than you.” -
@rickygervais

Ricky Gervais has nothing new to be funny about anymore so has just doubled down on the tired old jokes and become a nasty little man. "Oh I'm allowed to make fun of disabled people because I'm not actually making fun of them but making fun of people who make fun of them" or "I'm allowed to make fun of anyone because I'm a 'comedian'" - yeah right Ricky.

As Stewart Lee said (who is a million times funnier and smarter than Gervais) "Afterlife was a nine hour sad wank"

Don't get me wrong, Gervais has done some excellent stuff, but now I find him unfunny and tedious.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Whatever happened to this forum ?

Ricky Gervais notwithstanding, it should be clear to anyone who's posted on here for more than, say, a decade that this forum has become a nastier, less civilised and more intolerant place and I say that as someone who has, from time to time, contributed towards the board's decline.

[AfricanBluebird]

Re: Whatever happened to this forum ?

Welcome to the new woke policed world.

I know right!!! - fecking woke Tories and the right-wing - trying to ban human rights, protesting, strikes, investigations into their corruption, independent reports into their behaviour, criticism of government, talk of BREXIT etc

[AfricanBluebird]

Re: Whatever happened to this forum ?

Ricky Gervais notwithstanding, it should be clear to anyone who's posted on here for more than, say, a decade that this forum has become a nastier, less civilised and more intolerant place and I say that as someone who has, from time to time, contributed towards the board's decline.

You and I both TOBW.

Discussions used to be a bit more respectful and funnier.

Definitely something changed in the national psyche around the BREXIT vote.

[Robin Friday's Ghost]

Re: Whatever happened to this forum ?

You and I both TOBW.

Discussions used to be a bit more respectful and funnier.

Definitely something changed in the national psyche around the BREXIT vote.

I wouldn't say it was all down to the referendum in that a similar divide has opened up in the US, for example, around Trump. I think the ubiquity of social media and people being able to choose news outlets which feed their particular world view have been massive influences on the divisions which have emerged. Once you've arrived a view on any issue you will find an enormous amount of info to confirm your belief and you can choose not to see any which might question your view. Previously, you had pretty much consistent output across TV and radio, although the choice in printed media was more varied.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: Whatever happened to this forum ?

You and I both TOBW.

Discussions used to be a bit more respectful and funnier.

Definitely something changed in the national psyche around the BREXIT vote.

Too right, some people are so angry, like this bloke.

I know right!!! - fecking woke Tories and the right-wing - trying to ban human rights, protesting, strikes, investigations into their corruption, independent reports into their behavior, criticism of the government, talk of BREXIT, etc