Topics to Never Start in GD

[kentauros]

Vegetarianism/Veganism
Furries
'Woo'


What else?

[PoliticAverse]

1. Breastfeeding in public...

anything concerning The Olive Garden or Pitbulls.

[yellowdogintexas]

2. if I recall correctly, those are not so good in The Lounge either.

[yellowdogintexas]

3. cornflake chicken, don't forget that one. nt

[PoliticAverse]

4. Some topics are too dangerous to even mention...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3499154

[Stuart G]

33. Great Link>>>look up....one of the greatest links of all time...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, much too dangerous to discuss, now, or later.................

[Renew Deal]

76. Or anywhere else

[Recursion]

5. Breastfeeding at Olive Garden

I think there was a third to make the trifecta...

[kentauros]

18. Circumcising pitbulls

and bombing the moon with leaflets of what not to eat while on foodstamps.

[Recursion]

20. That was it (nt)

[Ken Burch]

6. What about "Vegan Furries Who Say 'WOO'!"? n/t.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Fat breastfeeding vegan furries talking loudly on cell phones

at Olive Garden while making an appointment to have their child circumcised.

[kentauros]

17. Careful!

That covers some DUers I know

[UrbScotty]

46. I'm all for that.

[earthshine]

7. Conspiracy theories.

9-11, Chemtrails, JFK, Area 51, and so much more -- not good topics.

[kentauros]

19. Usually, those get shut down and asked to move to Creative Speculation

[riderinthestorm]

8. Circumcision and burqas nt

[femmocrat]

9. A few more:

Pedigree dogs
Pit bulls negativity
Hirsohima/Nagasaki
Religion
Anything that can be considered ageism, sexism, fat-shaming, hair color discrimination, speciesism (seriously), generational differences, etc. etc. etc.

There are a lot of easily offended DUers.

[charlie and algernon]

14. "speciesism?"

Cats are better than dogs and vice versa?

[kentauros]

16. No, that's another terms for "Otherkin"

and I've seen an attempt to bring that up in the Lounge as a mock-able topic. Best to stay away, unless you want genuine information beyond what you're likely to find in the top hits on Google (most of those come from tumblr.)

[femmocrat]

24. I missed the "Otherkin" battles.

That had to be a riot.

[kentauros]

26. There were no such battles.

I've seen a little mocking of it in as a subthread, but nothing beyond that. Not something I'd want to get into.

[femmocrat]

28. Ah.... that is something a centaur would definitely be aware of!

I will be on the lookout from now on!

[kentauros]

30. Yeah, I don't bring that topic up around here,

whether I have beliefs that way or not

[femmocrat]

23. That is part of it.

But I was accused of "speciesism" for mocking mockingbirds. It doesn't take much sometimes.

I also stay away from whether dogs evolved from wolves and are dogs carnivores or omnivores. I learned the hard way!

[IDemo]

10. Some here:

Bicycles vs. cars
Stupid Left Lane Slowpokes
Region bashing (the South, Red states/Blue states, etc.)
GMO's - the good, the bad, the pseudoscience
I'm gonna leave the US if XYZ wins/XYZ loses, or pick your reason

[Stuart G]

34. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!......Stupid Left Lane Slowpokes..................dangerous topic indeed...

[progressoid]

73. Don't get me started on Left Lane Slowpokes!!1!

[Coventina]

11. Airplane seat reclining.

[KentuckyWoman]

12. Door buzzards.

Back in the day my sister posted something in a chicken thread about how nice it was to have eggs from her own chickens that went straight to hell pretty quick.

[femmocrat]

25. Yep... sounds like "speciesism" to me!

[eppur_se_muova]

57. Well, if she worded it as "preferring to eat her own eggs", I could understand that. nt

[surrealAmerican]

13. parenting issues of any kind ...

... notably: spanking, breastfeeding, homeschooling, daycare, extra-curricular activities, vaccines, unsupervised play ...


... actually, this list doesn't end.

[ellenrr]

21. anything that doesn't have the stamp of approval by mainstream media like the NYTimes

or the Guardian or BBC- bec. we know these newspapers always tell the truth.

[kentauros]

27. Yeah.

I'm lamenting the demise of Al Jazeera America and there is a vocal handful that will jump into any thread they can to tell you just how heinous AJM is because of their owners. I strongly suspect they've never sat down and watched hours of their investigative reports

[ellenrr]

35. al Jazzera was better than any american media, but I like even better Euronews.

euronews gives time to many protests, which I appreciate.
I think al jazeera and bbc both have good environmental news and in-depth.

[kentauros]

36. What channel is Euronews?

I have Dish, so will have to look for it

[ellenrr]

55. I get it on cable. I hope you can find it on Dish. nt

[kentauros]

56. I'll have to look around.

Dish only groups the big cable "news" channels together. All the rest as scattered around. It's almost as if they don't want people to ever find them. I wonder why................

[ellenrr]

62. apparently dish offers it at least in some places:

http://johnston.satpremium.com/pub/decentrix.com/international/euronews.html

(this is a site in Iowa)
I guess offerings differ from state or area?
I have no idea about dish.

[kentauros]

64. After looking for info from Dish,

it appears I can only get Euronews if I buy an international package, and I'm not going to do that just to get one channel. I'll be very happy when they finally let us buy a la carte, instead of paying for things we're not ever going to watch.

We do seem to have some Chinese news channel in English called CCTV.

Thanks for looking anyway

[ellenrr]

71. UR welcome. I am looking at the link you provide

I think media in China is state-run. not sure about this one.

[ellenrr]

63. ps - I also like the culture reviews on euronews-

dance, movies and such -
but really interesting and different...
not that I can watch any of it.

but it's nice to see creativity.

[bigwillq]

22. Smoking. Guns. (Nt)

[kentauros]

29. And next, it'll be

Smoking. Jackets.

[LiberalEsto]

31. I quit smoking guns years ago.

The rubber band on the wrist trick really helped.

[Phentex]

32. I'm leaving and I'm sorry and I cut my lip shaving...

that sort of thing.

[kentauros]

38. Okay, I dare you to post a "I cut my lip shaving" thread!

I want to see what happens

[Phentex]

43. I think you know...

[kentauros]

44. I thought it'd be more like this:

[So Far From Heaven]

70. Done.

Since I've actually managed to pull such a trick off more than once, it was easy to take up the dare.

[KamaAina]

37. Outdoor cats.

[kentauros]

39. There are some people on DU whom I wouldn't want to meet in person.

Because they are truly "Always Serious. All. The. Time."
They're the ones who complain about cat threads even showing up in GD.

I don't remember the thread(s) on outdoor cats. Must have been pretty bad if you're still shivering

[KamaAina]

40. They're horrible! They kill birds 'n' stuff!

[kentauros]

41. Oh, for a second I thought you meant the people I don't want to meet

[KamaAina]

42. Snarf!

[whistler162]

45. Wouldn't it be easier and a much shorter list

to ask what topics you can start in GD without starting a major war!

Let me start -

Hmmmmm...... let me think....... Nope no clue.

[kentauros]

47. That is so true!

Partly because there are too many that become outraged that you are not also outraged

[mackerel]

48. Vaccinating & Homeopathy

[Major Nikon]

49. Mid February Sports Illustrated

[kentauros]

50. Also topics that sink,

like current weather events that do not take place on the west coast, east coast, and/or Great Lakes region.

For example...

[shenmue]

51. Poking Yourself in the Eye is Great

[kentauros]

52. If you mean literally,

then you get about the same level of enjoyment between either doing it or posting it in GD

[Blue_In_AK]

53. GMOs

[demwing]

54. Home Schooling /nt

[eppur_se_muova]

58. Cats: cornflakes or no ? nt

[Generic Brad]

59. Any well thought out opinion or position

Only hyperbole and overreaction is acceptable.

[In_The_Wind]

60. GBCW

[lastlib]

61. Just what do you have against...

...the Grace Baptist Church of Waterloo??!?

.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

65. People who shop at Wal-Mart. People who don't take public transportation.

Because we are all supposed to be living in big cities where we can shop for cruelty-free super-vegan whatever at other stores.
And live where we got instantly on-time subways and buses.

Sure, I can shop at Costco or Whole Foods, but I'll have to drive 150 miles one way. That's not real practical. And all these other chains that people mention that they shop at for groceries? We don't have them here. They are NOT all over the country.

[kentauros]

66. Oh, you're never supposed to shop at "Whole Paycheque"!

That's only for Latte Liberals

Yeah, it's also too bad the rest of the country (i.e., the NE, PNW, and California) doesn't have either HEB/Central Market or Fiesta. They don't know what they're missing!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

68. I don't have a latte machine.

And I'm about 70 miles away from the nearest Starbucks, so I guess I'm not a latte liberal. I've seen the Trader Joe's across from the Whole Foods on Voss, which moved into the old Randall's at Voss and Woodway. I have not been in either the new Whole Foods or the Trader Joe's.

We have a small crummy HEB in Crockett. Not a big good one. And we have a small crummy Kroger in Palestine. And Brookshire's in Palestine. Not a whole lot of choice.

My problem is that when I lived in Houston I went to the humongous Kroger at Wirt and Westview, which had acres of stuff. I got spoiled. As in "I can buy egg drop soup mix or fried rice mix or alfalfa sprouts whenever I want."

[petronius]

67. Whether or not to bring in shopping carts from the grocery parking lot,

and/or whether you should use the self-checkout...

[So Far From Heaven]

69. Better yet

whether or not you should contact your insurance company when a loose shopping cart does a header on your car.

[Iris]

72. Spanking

[mac56]

74. Boom cars.

[So Far From Heaven]

75. I've already gotten in trouble with this thread but here goes:

Something your mother in law said or did. This is so bad on soooo many levels.......

[kentauros]

78. Do you want me to dare you to post that topic in GD, too?

[So Far From Heaven]

79. Nope. This one is yours. Go for it, I dare you.

[kentauros]

80. I can't fulfill the dare.

The one time I had a MIL, she died not long after I was married. And the one time I got to talk to her on the phone (she was in Ontario) she was very nice and pleasant. Typical Canadian

[So Far From Heaven]

81. Shit. I'm sorry.

In all honesty I can't either. Although I got to know mine for 16 years or so before she died, she too was nothing but kind and considerate to me. This might not have been a good idea.

[kentauros]

82. Well, there are plenty of other topics here to choose from

[So Far From Heaven]

84. I'm going to try something else.

Look for it. I hope it gives everyone a reason to stop the primary wars for a short while and have some fun.

[Renew Deal]

77. B word

[So Far From Heaven]

83. This thread is like heroin.

Charlton 'You'll take my gun from my cold dead hands' Heston in Ben-Hur or any of the other crappy movies he starred in.