I've met him in person.now maybe Gorgon can come out of hiding.
Nothing bad to say about him at all.
He helped a good friend of mine find
a great deal on a very reliable vehicle
a few years ago.
I've met him in person.now maybe Gorgon can come out of hiding.
I was surprised you (and the team) allowed it to go on asAnd many of the responses in this thread are what was a big problem in OT. Lack of respect for opposing opinions and ideas, totally going off on unrelated tangents, etc.
A decision has been made by the owner of this site. We hope those of you who mostly posted in OT will continue to contribute in the rest of the forums.
What will NOT happen is a transfer of the OT chaos to the Dominican threads. That ends right now.
I can assure you the information you often sharedHaha. There was not ONE advertiser on DR one for years. Just recently Guzman came back.
Mawnin' Beeza!Great news. I've been a DR1 member for 14 years. The off topic forum hasn't contributed at all to the concept of fellow expats discussing life in their new chosen country.
We are all in the same boat. Guests (apart from those that became citizens) in this country. Unity is what gives a community strength. When a community is divided, it falls apart. The polarising views aired in OT was destroying that unity.
Well done Dolores. Normal service will be resumed shortly.
Although I suspect some of the mods will have their work cut out for them in the next few days. Some individuals still need to vent their agendas and won't pass up an opportunity to do so in a DR related thread. I'm pretty sure there is a lot of unfinished business in the US politics thread.
Yep, Groupthink has found us.This is a sign of the times. People are hyper sensitive now. They don't want diversity of ideas they want a monolith to nod in agreement no matter how ridiculous or frivolous their assertions might be. They want to be intellectually lazy, they don't want to do the research that is required to defend their worldviews. It is all about feelings now, people just want to complain, bitch and partake in cancel culture. Nowadays everyone is a snowflake, everything is racist, and normal mundane simple things trigger the intolerable single minded simpletons. What happened to live and let live? This newly minted culture of 'everything offends me' wants to control every aspect of everything, even thought, conformity is what they want. This new mindset is ruining everything, comedy is ruined, colleges and universities are now ruined and unbearable, theaters, movies, politics and even book aren't exempt from this madness.
I remember when we could make good fun of our differences and have a laugh without being judged or it being misconstrued into something malicious. Today it is virtually impossible to have any type of fun or discorse without someone's feelings getting hurt. We should all be afraid of the fun and thought police or that's what some here want. Apparently it's a crime, or considered toxic, to trade barbs in a political thread in the OT forum to past the time. The punishment, at least here, is a closed OT forum followed by an announcement thread to serve as public shaming. So too has the lunacy of intolerance creeped slowly into this forum but to what end?
What I fail to understand is why not treat every thread on this forum like the cable channels on your TV. Watch the ones you like and skip those you dislike but don't complain to the cable operator and ask that channels you dislike be removed. Stop being selfish, a Karen, the world doesn't need to conform to your Utopian worldview. We share this space together, literally and metaphorically, and everyone has the same right to enjoy whatever they like as long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others. Why is it so hard for some to understand this simple concept. I wonder if they ever stop to think, why do we have so many colors or flavor of ice cream? ...different stripes for different likes? Perhaps the crux of the issue is exactly this; lack of thought.
In whichever direction DR1's owners decides to steer the site, I wish them the best. I've been here on this forum close to 20 years. I've even attented a get together with my wife at Rocky's in Sosuat thesame month and year I created my account here. I met and enjoyed the company of many interesting DR1ers including Dolores, Robert, AZB and too many others to list. Those were truly great times for the DR1 community. If I'm lucky and DR1 is so blessed, I might be here for another 20 years budding heads with cyber friends as usual.
End of rant.
If you put almost any two people in the same room, eventually they will find something to disagree about.Virtually any other thread, with enough posts, will show division. All people do not share the same views.
This is a sign of the times. People are hyper sensitive now. They don't want diversity of ideas they want a monolith to nod in agreement no matter how ridiculous or frivolous their assertions might be. They want to be intellectually lazy, they don't want to do the research that is required to defend their worldviews. It is all about feelings now, people just want to complain, bitch and partake in cancel culture. Nowadays everyone is a snowflake, everything is racist, and normal mundane simple things trigger the intolerable single minded simpletons. What happened to live and let live? This newly minted culture of 'everything offends me' wants to control every aspect of everything, even thought, conformity is what they want. This new mindset is ruining everything, comedy is ruined, colleges and universities are now ruined and unbearable, theaters, movies, politics and even book aren't exempt from this madness.
I remember when we could make good fun of our differences and have a laugh without being judged or it being misconstrued into something malicious. Today it is virtually impossible to have any type of fun or discorse without someone's feelings getting hurt. We should all be afraid of the fun and thought police or that's what some here want. Apparently it's a crime, or considered toxic, to trade barbs in a political thread in the OT forum to past the time. The punishment, at least here, is a closed OT forum followed by an announcement thread to serve as public shaming. So too has the lunacy of intolerance creeped slowly into this forum but to what end?
What I fail to understand is why not treat every thread on this forum like the cable channels on your TV. Watch the ones you like and skip those you dislike but don't complain to the cable operator and ask that channels you dislike be removed. Stop being selfish, a Karen, the world doesn't need to conform to your Utopian worldview. We share this space together, literally and metaphorically, and everyone has the same right to enjoy whatever they like as long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others. Why is it so hard for some to understand this simple concept. I wonder if they ever stop to think, why do we have so many colors or flavor of ice cream? ...different stripes for different likes? Perhaps the crux of the issue is exactly this; lack of thought.
In whichever direction DR1's owners decides to steer the site, I wish them the best. I've been here on this forum close to 20 years. I've even attented a get together with my wife at Rocky's in Sosuat thesame month and year I created my account here. I met and enjoyed the company of many interesting DR1ers including Dolores, Robert, AZB and too many others to list. Those were truly great times for the DR1 community. If I'm lucky and DR1 is so blessed, I might be here for another 20 years budding heads with cyber friends as usual.
End of rant.
Yep, Groupthink has found us.
Great news. I've been a DR1 member for 14 years. The off topic forum hasn't contributed at all to the concept of fellow expats discussing life in their new chosen country
Thats what I was going to say. It was a place for real men to discuss real issues.The best part of closing the off topic forum is that you didn't get to make the cut and we were spared from the shovels of dung you were going to contribute. See there is always a silver lining, we just need to look for it.
It was more like a circle of boys doing the elephant walkThats what I was going to say. It was a place for real men to discuss real issues.
The point of your insult is?It was more like a circle of boys doing the elephant walk
I've met him in person.
Nothing bad to say about him at all.
He helped a good friend of mine find
a great deal on a very reliable vehicle
a few years ago.
Point being the thread was dominated by like minded individuals that jumped on people that held differing opinions like a bunch of hens at a peckin' party. It's obvious enough members were offended by the lack of civility (I am somewhat guilty of contributing to that) and complained to close the off topic threads. I have mixed feelings regarding the closing of the off topic forums as it did provide some interesting insight into the thought process of some of the people that contribute to this site.The point of your insult is?
Point being the thread was dominated by like minded individuals that jumped on people that held differing opinions like a bunch of hens at a peckin' party. It's obvious enough members were offended by the lack of civility (I am somewhat guilty of contributing to that) and complained to close the off topic threads. I have mixed feelings regarding the closing of the off topic forums as it did provide some interesting insight into the thought process of some of the people that contribute to this site.
On the whole it's likely a good decision by the ownership as this is a Dom Rep forum. If they bring it back they should drop the onerous 500 post rule.