Does this message board represent the general population?

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  • _
    _ Posts: 6,657
    Thanks for all the feedback. :)

    I guess I should have been more clear that I meant along the lines of values, politics, perspectives, etc.

    For instance (and now I'm really going to get it), when I read x% of conspiracy-theorist-type posts I wonder, "Wow, are there really that many people out there who view things this way?" So I'm wondering if certain attitudes/beliefs may be over- or under-represented here. Make sense? :?
  • flywallyfly
    flywallyfly Posts: 1,453
    scb wrote:
    Thanks for all the feedback. :)

    I guess I should have been more clear that I meant along the lines of values, politics, perspectives, etc.

    For instance (and now I'm really going to get it), when I read x% of conspiracy-theorist-type posts I wonder, "Wow, are there really that many people out there who view things this way?" So I'm wondering if certain attitudes/beliefs may be over- or under-represented here. Make sense? :?

    Oh, this is one of those "I dont like a certain segment of this board so I want to hear others say they dont like them so I feel good about myself threads". I kinda liked the way it was going before.
  • TriumphantAngel
    TriumphantAngel Posts: 1,760
    theserialthrilla wrote:
    im guessing
    80% in here are between 30-45.
    60% are american
    48%female
    35%listen to pearl jam every day
    10% come into the forum every day
    5% are pearl jam fanatics
    0.001% are as bad a paul :twisted:
    2/8

    man. i suck.
  • OffHeGoes29
    OffHeGoes29 Posts: 1,240
    I think about this all the time....fuck no it doesn't!

    This board is about as extreme left as it gets sometimes, or just crazy with some of the stuff people say.
    BRING BACK THE WHALE
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    I go on a few message boards, a BMX site and a biker site (H/A support board) and the difference in opinions
    from board to board are as different as night and day on most subjects for instance on the biker site most of you wouldn't understand the ideas of what freedom is to us and anger over some issues, not to say these things are not important to all or other opinions mean less it's just another view on life issues and freedom.
    "opinions vary" so do ideas and in our own world we are always right. ;)

    Godfather.
  • TriumphantAngel
    TriumphantAngel Posts: 1,760
    Godfather. wrote:
    I go on a few message boards, a BMX site and a biker site (H/A support board) and the difference in opinions
    from board to board are as different as night and day on most subjects for instance on the biker site most of you wouldn't understand the ideas of what freedom is to us and anger over some issues, not to say these things are not important to all or other opinions mean less it's just another view on life issues and freedom.
    "opinions vary" so do ideas and in our own world we are always right. ;)

    Godfather.
    probably a silly question, but what is a (H/A support board)?
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    TriumphantAngel wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:
    I go on a few message boards, a BMX site and a biker site (H/A support board) and the difference in opinions
    from board to board are as different as night and day on most subjects for instance on the biker site most of you wouldn't understand the ideas of what freedom is to us and anger over some issues, not to say these things are not important to all or other opinions mean less it's just another view on life issues and freedom.
    "opinions vary" so do ideas and in our own world we are always right. ;)

    Godfather.
    probably a silly question, but what is a (H/A support board)?

    i'm guessing hells angels?

    i do find it funny that people think that people on this board are extreme left here ... i would say there are a few but for the most part ... most people align centre-left here ... no extreme lefty would vote for obama ...
  • _
    _ Posts: 6,657
    flywallyfly wrote:
    scb wrote:
    Thanks for all the feedback. :)

    I guess I should have been more clear that I meant along the lines of values, politics, perspectives, etc.

    For instance (and now I'm really going to get it), when I read x% of conspiracy-theorist-type posts I wonder, "Wow, are there really that many people out there who view things this way?" So I'm wondering if certain attitudes/beliefs may be over- or under-represented here. Make sense? :?

    Oh, this is one of those "I dont like a certain segment of this board so I want to hear others say they dont like them so I feel good about myself threads". I kinda liked the way it was going before.

    You couldn't have it more wrong. This is a "I think some views represented here are bat shit crazy and I wonder if the rest of the country are just as nuts" thread.
  • cajunkiwi
    cajunkiwi Posts: 984
    TriumphantAngel wrote:
    theserialthrilla wrote:
    im guessing
    80% in here are between 30-45.
    60% are american
    48%female
    35%listen to pearl jam every day
    10% come into the forum every day
    5% are pearl jam fanatics
    0.001% are as bad a paul :twisted:
    2/8

    man. i suck.

    I kicked your arse, I got 3/8! Get off this board!
    And I listen for the voice inside my head... nothing. I'll do this one myself.
  • TriumphantAngel
    TriumphantAngel Posts: 1,760
    polaris_x wrote:
    TriumphantAngel wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:
    I go on a few message boards, a BMX site and a biker site (H/A support board) and the difference in opinions
    from board to board are as different as night and day on most subjects for instance on the biker site most of you wouldn't understand the ideas of what freedom is to us and anger over some issues, not to say these things are not important to all or other opinions mean less it's just another view on life issues and freedom.
    "opinions vary" so do ideas and in our own world we are always right. ;)

    Godfather.
    probably a silly question, but what is a (H/A support board)?

    i'm guessing hells angels?
    i wondered that too.

    then again, i thought they were so badass, the last thing they would be worried about is "freedoms". i just figured they did what they wanted, when they wanted, how they wanted and where they wanted.

    and the rest of the world could go to hell.
  • Starfall
    Starfall Posts: 548
    scb wrote:
    But do you think this board is really a good representation of the general population?

    Of course not. We have great taste in music (Pearl Jam) and we're prettier. :lol:
    "It's not hard to own something. Or everything. You just have to know that it's yours, and then be willing to let it go." - Neil Gaiman, "Stardust"
  • _
    _ Posts: 6,657
    Starfall wrote:
    scb wrote:
    But do you think this board is really a good representation of the general population?

    Of course not. We have great taste in music (Pearl Jam) and we're prettier. :lol:
    :lol: Well just because you're prettier doesn't mean I'm prettier! There are only 4 people on this board who have met me (that they know of) or seen my picture, so none of you really know whether or not I'm prettier. ;-)

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